1992

Michelle Skierka Mannisto and her husband Richard Mannisto are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter Grace Candace Mannisto on April 26, 2009. The couple eloped on June 10, 2008 and both celebrated and renewed their wedding vows at Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church on August 9, 2008. Grace also has a five year-old big brother Peter Lochner. Michelle is currently a family nurse practitioner at Community Care Organization.

1998

Joe Chmielewski graduated this May from Columbia Business School with a Master in Business Administration. Joe focused his studies on Environmentally Sustainable Business and Social Entrepreneurship. At school, he founded the Green Business Club and led the school’s 300+ member Social Enterprise Club. Both groups focus on connecting and educating students on how organizations can deliver economic, social, and environmental value.  Joe will begin working with Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations practice in January. He lives with his wife Maribeth Fox-Chmielewski (’98) in Brooklyn, NY.

1997

Sarah Hoye was selected a Kiplinger Knight Fellowship. She is a reporter at The Tampa Tribune in Tampa, Florida, where she is responsible for covering arts, entertainment, culture and lifestyles trends. Hoye holds a master’s degree of journalism from the University of Maryland-College Park and earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She was named the 2008 Emerging Journalist of The Year by the National Association of Black Journalists and was awarded the 2008 Newspaper Association of America Minority Fellowship. She has worked at The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She joined The Tampa Tribune in July 2006. During her time as a Knight Fellow, Hoye plans to produce a multimedia package on the experiences of multiracial teens.

1996

1995
Christine Pelzek (photo at left) made her Solemn Profession as a Carmelite Sister and has taken the name Sister Grace of the Trinity. She received a black veil indicating that she completed her time of study and has become a fully professed member of the Order. The ceremony took place the Carmelite Monastery in Covington, Louisiana, with many of her relatives and friends present. Prayers are requested for Sister Grace of the Trinity as she continues her vocation in the Carmelite Order.  Photos of the ceremony can be found on the Carmelite Sisters’ website at http://ettinger.net/carmelcov/

David Sieren and Jo-Nell (Koelsch) Sieren were married on October 2, 2006 in Ballinalaken Castle, Doolin, Ireland. David graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design in 2002 with a BFA in Graphic Design. He is now senior designer at Remedy, a design and strategy firm in Chicago. Jo-Nell graduated from the New York School of Visual Arts in 2002 with a BFA in photography. She is staff photographer at Marx-Saunders gallery in Chicago. (The couple is pictured at left with their fathers Michael Sieren '63 and William C. Koelsch '64.)

Kathryn Grocholski  married Jeffrey Elliott on May 13, 2006 at St. Rita Parish in West Allis. Bridesmaids included maid of honor Anne Grocholski ’00, Laura Beckemeier ’98 and Jennifer Guix ’98. Gregory Grocholski ’05 was a groomsmen. Katie and Jeff now live in Louisville, KY where she is completing her D.M.D. from the University Of Louisville School Of Dentistry. After graduating in May 2007, Katie will complete a one-year residency in Washington D.C. with the United States Air Force, and then will be employed by the USAF for three years as a dentist in fulfillment of her scholarship obligations.

Jeffrey James Keyes has been working as a writer and actor since graduating Fordham University College at the Lincoln Center.  His short story Mirages was published recently in the book Italy from a Backpack.  Jeffrey also finished his second full-length play, Bay View, and is working on a novel. "I owe everything I know about writing to the late Carol Billig, Dan Martin, and David Dentinger."