Haley McConnell Fagan and her family were featured in the Catholic Education Arizona newsletter. She and Jonathan have three boys. Haley has a 20 year career in accounting and is active at OLPH School and Boys Team Charity Cactus League.

Jennie Hodgkins Weiland was named an Outstanding Adjunct Faculty at Rio Salado Community College. Jennie has been teaching Biology 100 at Rio for six years.

Sister Joanie visits with Mollie Susin Brooks ’90 and her daughter Mia Brooks ’25 at Xavier’s Open House. Mollie found her picture in the yearbook!

Open House at Xavier on October 25th brought Keri Whitney Lee ’91, Katherine Lee ’25 and Lana Khaley Whitney ’67 to campus. Three generations of Xavier!

Two Xavier alumnae were celebrated as Women of Achievement in January 2020 as part of the President’s Circle Dinner celebration.
Sara Bartylla Miller ‘84 was feted for her service to the school. Sara has served as School Advisory Board chair for nine years. She has three Xavier alumnae daughters, Molly ‘14, Annie ‘17 and Emily ‘19. Sara teaches fourth grade at Saints Simon and Jude where she established the Peer Mentor Program. She is a facilitator for the Diocesan Proud to Protect Program and a Diocesan Religion Curriculum Committee member.

Anna Puchacz Burke ‘94 was honored for her service to the community. Anna is a board certified geriatric psychiatrist, the Karsten Solheim Chair for Dementia, and the Director of the Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Division at the Barrow Neurological Institute.
She is dedicated to helping patients and families struggling with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s dementia. Anna has two daughters.

Melisa Tezanos visited Xavier with her family to show off her Gator Brick located on Winsor Way. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter.

Dr. Katie Lively Swartz was commissioned Lt. Commander in the U. S. Navy by her husband Commander Shaun Swartz.

Family attorney, writer and Noe Valley columnist Katie Burke has released her first book, Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco (April 7, 2020, SparkPress). Katie brings together candid perspectives on urban life from fifty interviews with San Francisco kids between the ages of five to nine, drawing heart-warming, hilarious, and illuminating insights for parents and caregivers on how to talk to children about their experiences of city life.

Ann-Marie Donaldson Alameddin has been named one of the Most Influential Women in Arizona 2020 by AZ Business Magazine. Ann-Marie is the President and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association.