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Brittany Browning Manning ’04 continues to be an active member of the LCHS community serving on the Alumni Council.

Brittany serves as MCF’s Director of Wealth Management Services and Shareholder. She was previously involved in the Junior League of Lexington. Brittany is currently involved in several community organizations including the Bluegrass Estate Planning Council, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Michael Rumpke ‘04

Even as a small child, Michael was destined to become an entrepreneur. He was an all-state football and baseball player for LC winning many leadership awards in both. He played baseball at the collegiate level, finishing his career at the University of New Orleans. Through many years of research and hard work, Michael founded “Alpha Radon Remediation” a five star nationally certified Radon Mitigation and Measurement business. Michael’s creative marketing and savvy business acumen has allowed the company to expand beyond the Lexington area and into Louisville and Cincinnati/N. KY

Michael Beirne ‘06 is a mentor and expert in his field of intercollegiate and professional athletics administration. Having overseen the WCWS and 20+ NCAA national championships, 100+ conference championships, served as sport administrator for men’s gymnastics, and served on the national board of CEFMA, winning national awards USA Gymnastics and CEFMA Event Manager of the year. Michael has served as a college instructor at Miami University and University of Oklahoma in Sport Administration along with countless guest lectures and interviews.

Danielle Otto ’09 Dr. Otto received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky. She then completed a PGY1 ambulatory care track pharmacy practice residency at University of North Carolina Medical Center and a PGY2 specialty residency in hematology/ oncology at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. Dr. Otto provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients at UK’s Markey Cancer Center, primarily practicing in the Multidisciplinary Solid Tumor Clinic. Her research interests include oncology supportive care, financial toxicity, patient outcomes, and residency training.

Blair Schneider ‘09 is a Nurse Practitioner at the Gastroenterology Clinic at UK HealthCare. She received her MSN from EKU in 2019 and received her BSN from Marshall University in 2013, where she also represented Marshall on the women’s soccer team. Blair has spent her whole nursing career at UK first as an Internal Medicine Med Surg RN. She then helped open the internal medicine 10th floor progressive unit as a Charge Nurse, overseeing 36 beds, 9 RNs and 5 NCTs in addition to caring for 4-6 patients of her own per shift. Blair was a finalist for the Clinical Nurse Excellence Award and nominated for a Daisy Award. She is working on her Doctor of Nursing Practice at UK and will graduate in Spring 2025.

Phillip Johnson ’10 Phillip attended Eastern Kentucky University graduating magna cum laude in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Since joining the Lexington Police Department in 2013 he is currently one of the youngest Sergeants since being promoted in January 2021. Phillip has served his local and state communities through volunteering for many events and is part of the Kentucky First Responders Disaster Relief Team traveling to other states and assisting fellow Kentuckians when disasters occur. Phillip has been the recipient of many awards and commendations including 2018 FOP Member of the Year.

Hannah B. Simms ’10 Though her career is still young, Hannah has served the University of Kentucky in a number of important roles, including leading the development and implementation of UK Health Corps, a support hub for services, information and referrals related to COVID-19 during the pandemic; providing engagement leadership for the UK Alumni Association; and most recently, serving as Associate Dean of Students, overseeing the Office of Student Conduct. Trained as an attorney, Hannah is a rising star in higher education.

Devin Walden ‘12 Devin is a highly accomplished master distiller of Big Machine Distillery in Nashville, TN. Devin was a distiller at Woodford Reserve and then went on to be the master distiller of a distillery in Miami. She has her alcohol in stores, and she has been flown to several places to sit as a judge at tasting competitions.

Molly Dawson ’13 Molly is an ICU nurse. In June of 2020, she contracted COVID while working and nearly died, spending a month in the hospital and another 18 months recovering from side effects of the virus. During that time, she was the first person in Kentucky to donate convalescent plasma as a COVID survivor. She also began working toward her critical care nurse practitioner degree. She regularly volunteers at events for Deaf children. She is currently working as a travel nurse in ICUs around the country.

Thien-Huong T Tran ‘13 was valedictorian of the class 2013. She went onto Transylvania University graduated summa cum laude with a degree in accounting in 2017. She was accepted into the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Business and School of Public Health into their dual master’s program, MBA, master’s in business administration and MHA, master’s in health administration, in 2018 and graduated in May 2021. She was selected in the school of Public Health in 2021 as their student profile. She was featured in TOPS 50 under 50, in their October 2020 issue for her work with 2nd Chance Clinic. St. Jude is extremely dear to her heart. She lives in Minneapolis, works for Optum and United Healthcare, and is the Associate Director of Care Model Strategy, Acceleration Office for the Optum Washington State, Optum West.

Brennan Carpenter ‘14 has been very blessed with a job in marketing, but her heart has always been with helping in the diocese. She has created Saint canvases for Lexington Catholic halls, CTK, St. Leo’s, Benedictus, National Catholic Youth Conference, and One Bread, One Cup. She has done work for St. Margaret Mary (Louisville) in the diocese, contributes social media content for diocese accounts, and is a web designer/ content contributor for the Catholic Education Opportunities Foundation. She is a drummer for Christ the King & St. Peter Claver, and a media/ marketing volunteer St. Peter Claver, young adult events coordinator in the diocese.

Paige Ezell ‘14 excelled as a student/athlete at the University of Louisville. As a Division I swimmer, her team finished in the top 8 and nationally all four years. She served as a representative to UofL’s Athletic

Director and earned the top GPA Award (4 years). Upon graduation, she entered Brandeis School of Law where she was Regional Champion of the National Mock Trials - one of four teams qualifying for nationals. Paige was a representative for the Kentucky Bar Association and worked with immigrants prior to their taking the US Citizenship Test. She earned her Juris Doctorate in May of 2021 (magna cum laude) and currently works at Stites and Harbison as an Associate and serves as a Volunteer Leader for Fellowship of Christian Athletes in the JCPS system.

Mariah Stevens ‘14 Mariah embodies the mission statement of Lexington Catholic every day by showing her commitment to serving God and sharing her love for Him. Ms. Stevens has jumped in as Marketing and Admissions Director at Sts. Peter & Paul. She also serves on the Catholic Education Foundation Committee, helping to promote Catholic Education in the greater Lexington area.

Jake Carrico ‘16 he received a dual degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky in 2020. After college, he started his software development career in Madison, WI while also starting his professional athletic career. In 2022, he was selected to play for the Madison Radicals ultimate frisbee team as part of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). Lexington Catholic helped him discover his passion both for Ultimate Frisbee and Computer Science.

Carmen Maria von Unrug ‘16 exemplifies drive, creativity, loyalty, productivity, innovation, personal integrity, passion for excellence, and strong leadership skills in all she does. She would not be where she is today without her dedicated, spectacular teachers, particularly Mrs. Timko, Mr. Geraci, and Mrs. Stokes. The discipline learned led to her growth and development of her event venue, Montresor. She has been renovating the150+ year-old estate as an ideal location for wedding ceremonies, receptions, and more. She has continued volunteering with patients since graduating from LCHS and Washington University in St. Louis. She runs an animal sanctuary specializing in caring for endangered waterfowl.

Sarah Angelucci ’16 is preparing to graduate from UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law in May of 2023. She recently received the CALI award for excellence (highest grade) in her Labor Law class. She is a successful competitive equestrian. She is proud to be a Lexington Catholic graduate and love sharing her experiences with everyone she knows.

Michael Naas ‘17 As a teacher at Sts. Peter & Paul Regional Catholic School, Michael shares how he chose a career as a Catholic educator because of the rewarding experiences and faith formation he received at SPPS and Lexington Catholic. Each day he brings joy and enthusiasm to the classroom. Michael has volunteered to assist the elementary Academic Team for the past two years. While he is a young professional, still early in his career as a teacher, he is the type of educator who is enthusiastically “giving back” to the Catholic schools he feels helped to form him into the person he is today.

Caitlin Flemm ‘19 is graduating from the University of Kentucky with her degree in music education this spring. She coaches Lexington Catholic’s pop a cappella group, Knight Life. Caitlin is the recipient of the KMEA NAfME Collegiate Composer Award for 2022 and recently conducted her award-winning piece “Glory to God” at the Kentucky Music Educators Association in Louisville. She is an inspiration to all the young artists she teaches every day, and we are blessed to have her in our community.

Jordan Gal ‘19 will graduate this spring from the Clemson Honors College with a B.S. in Biology. She expanded her research completed as part of the Lexington Catholic

Exemplar Scholars MST Program, presenting at the 2021 American Diabetes Association annual scientific conference and publishing in Pediatric Diabetes. Jordan has consistently received President’s List recognition for outstanding academics. She has been an active volunteer and leader at Clemson, serving as the Clemson Miracle Morale Team Chair, ZTA philanthropy chair, Think Pink Week Chair and as the 2022 Co-Chair for the ZTA Big Man on Campus event which raised over $115,000 for Breast Cancer Education and Awareness.

Cameron Gartland ’19 Cam graduated from LCHS in 2019 and was awarded “Boy of the Year.” He is currently a senior at Purdue University. He was admitted to the Honors College and is majoring in Economics with a minor in Statistics. He has consistently maintained excellent grades, which garnered him a position as a Teaching Assistant in Economics last year. He is currently a Resident Advisor and president of the Pre-Law Society. Cam will graduate in May and plans to attend Law School next year.

Jackson Kirn ‘19 Jackson has excelled as a Division 1 student-athlete playing soccer for Bellarmine University. He led his team in minutes last season, earning Conference player of the week and has started every game over the last 2 years. He will graduate this spring with a dual major of Business Administration and Sports Business. He has also begun the Bellarmine 5-year MBA program and will graduate with his MBA in the spring of 2024 after his last season of soccer. He also leads his team’s spiritual life group.

Collin Schneider ’19 As of this spring he plans to graduate from EKU and continue his academic career to pursue a master’s in athletic training degree at the University of Kentucky. LC’s college-preparatory classes, community engagement, and spiritual influence made him want to pursue higher goals all while strengthening his relationship with Christ.