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Debbie (Tauscher) Goff ’75 is a Professor of Pharmacy, an Infectious Diseases Pharmacist and founding member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP) at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She founded the OSUSouth Africa pharmacists ASP mentoring program now in its 12th year and is the international advisor to South African health care providers on antibiotic stewardship. Debra was a 2023 guest interview by Dr. Dena van denBergh on Secrets of Women Impacting Healthcare series.

April (Volpe) Ricci ’99 is the Executive Clinical Director of Haemonetics and was awarded Presidents Club 2023 status. She has exceeded her quota three years in a row while expanding the Southwest Florida territory.

Henry Sipchen ’20, a rising senior at Lawrence University, competed in The Pitch, an annual entrepreneurial contest. Henry designed an app called SchoolFinder to effectively match high school students with colleges.

Jolyn (Lorenzetti) Cikanek ’06 resides in Arlington, VA and is married to Zach Cikanek. They have two daughters, ages 3 and 1 years old. Jolyn has been working in politics and federal government relations.

Nora Sypkens ’21, a rising junior at the University of Kentucky, has been awarded the Omicron Delta Kappa’s Jerry D. Claiborne Scholarship and was named vice president of the UK chapter of ODK for the 2023-24 school year.

Kevin Huff ’85 and Tim Hendricks ’85 are executive producers for Entropy Media’s Brokers, Bagmen & Moles podcast available on Apple Podcast. The podcast features fellow alum Lewis Borsellino ’75.

Jenny Westerkamp ’04 recently launched All Access Dietitians, a group dietitian practice.

Abigail (Saez) Gualberto ’01 received a global Top 100 Talent Acquisition Professionals Award and leads the recruiting function at KeHe Distributors. She is also an avid bowler and will compete in the 2023 USBC Women’s Championship in Las Vegas.

Maggie South ’12 recently graduated from Central Michigan University with a Master of Science in Administration with a concentration in Recreation and Park Administration. She has also published two works, DuPage Roots: Then and Now and Images of America: Westmont.

Ryan Laughlin ’18 (above), a 2022 graduate from St. Louis University, has been teaching high school in Osuna, Spain this past year.

Jim Izzo ’71 was awarded the Lasallian Service Award from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. Jim is a 1975 graduate of St. Mary’s University and was awarded this honor for dedicating his life’s work to serving and providing a Lasallian example to thousands of young people.

Renee Swider ’19 graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness concentrating in Agribusiness Management and minoring in Global Food and Agriculture Systems. She also earned certificates in Industrial Selling and Collaborative Leadership. Renee has taken a job at Cargill as a Grain Origination Sales Associate in Gibson City, IL.

Johanna Kingsfield '19 was a member of Northwestern University’s Womens Lacrosse team that won the 2023 National Championship.

Nikki Cuchran '18 closed out her Northwestern University Softball career with her team winning the regular season and the Big Ten Tournament as well as making it to the Super Regional. A long-time starter at first base, Nikki earned First Team All-Big Ten for the second year in a row. Nikki led the Wildcats to four NCAA Tournaments, 3 Super Regionals and the 2022 Women's College World Series. Her 222 hits ranks 8th in Northwestern Softball history.