In September, Guia Golden rode in the BRAKING AIDS® Ride, an 80-mile bike ride from Fishkill, New York to New York City. She was supporting Housing Works Thrift Shop seeking to end the crisis of homelessness and Aids. Her team raised over $203,000!

Laura Franco French has been named Director, State Government Relations at TSMC in Arizona.

Caroline Lynch was named the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation Workforce Development committee chair and incoming at-large member of the executive committee.

Lindsey Palmer Salatka has published a novel, Fish Heads and Duck Skin: A Novel. She resides is San Diego.

Vanessa Running Alexander ran into her best XCP friend Jennifer Brya at the first BCP football game of the year!

Betsy Lynch ’88 has been promoted to Associate Principal at Gould Evans, a national architecture, interiors, planning and branding firm. She currently serves as the Board President of AIA Arizona and is a co-founder of the Phoenix chapter of the Carbon Leadership Forum.

Dr. Tara Ostrom is the Medical Director of Optum Primary Care in Phoenix. She has been featured on Arizona Sonoran Living and published in The Phoenix Business Journal.

Lyda DiTommaso Downs and Meg Naughton Jones helped their 2021 graduate daughters Cassidy Espinosa and Ellie Jones move into their room at Gonzaga University. 

Jennifer Smith Gremmert is the executive director at Energy Outreach in Denver, CO.

Cristina Beloud is the Arizona Primary Security Representative for the National Football League (NFL) for the greater Phoenix area.

Eden Hassett Higgins is celebrating 30 years of marriage in June. She and husband Pat have three children: Shannan ’16, Cal BCP ’15 and Ellie ’22. Eden is a cross country and track coach at Xavier and volunteers in many capacities at Xavier. She is celebrating 22 years with the Duffy Group, recruiting in the areas of renewable energy, sustainability and new technologies.

Liz Hendricks Frakes and Mary Ellen Churosh Leggio at the graduation of their niece, Alex Hendricks ’17 from the University of Texas, Austin in May 2021.