Alumni News
1989
David Braukman lives in Cincinnati and is General Manager of Half Day Café , a locally owned breakfast and lunch restaurant in Mason .
1994
Anne Pembaur lives in Winston Salem , NC where she works as a patternmaker for Kontoorbrands ( better known as Wrangler ). She is also the incoming Vice President of The Haley Graves Foundation and responsible for the Foundation ’ s social media and events coordination . The Haley Graves Foundation helps rescue and find homes for animals that have been abandoned or sent to a high kill shelter . Anne has fostered over 30 dogs this year alone .
1995
Julianne Oester Gast is married with three children ( two sons and a daughter : ages 4 , 8 , and 10 ). She is a clinical psychologist .
1997
Jill Oester has two sons , ages 7 and 1 . Jill works in human resources at ProLink , a healthcare staffing company .
1999
Jay Doyle is currently living in Herndon , VA with his wife of nine years , Sarah . They have five children : Lillian , age 7 ; Cecilia , age 5 ; Elizabeth , deceased ; Mary-Azelie , age 2 ; and James , age 7 months . Jay received his Ph . D . in Computer Science from The University of Notre Dame in 2015 . He is employed at the MITRE Corporation .
2001
Sally Neidhard along with her husband John Silvestro and their 3-year-old daughter Julia , welcomed Polly Neidhard Silvestro on December 22 , 2020 . Sally also earned her M . B . A . from Slippery Rock University , Slippery Rock , PA in May 2021 .
Julianne , Jill , Jake and Josh Oester . Julianne and Jill are building homes on the Anderson Township family property . Jake and Josh will build on the compound in the future .
Jake Oester is engaged and has a 2 ½ year old son . He is coaching McNicholas High School ’ s baseball team and is the Supply Chain / Warehouse Manager at a solar panel installation company .
Alex Doyle van der Zee ( class of 2002 ) and Spencer van der Zee ( class of 2001 ) are currently living in Covington , KY pending completion of their home in Over-The-Rhine , Cincinnati . They have a 3-year-old son , Oliver , who will be attending the Villa this fall . Alex owns and operates a family law practice . Spencer is an artist and recently wrote , illustrated , and published a children ’ s book entitled “ Oliver ’ s Alphabet of Instruments .”
2002
John Birchak graduated from a cardiology fellowship at The Henry Ford Medical Center in Detroit , MI . He will continue for two more years to train in electrophysiology .
Bobby McElroy lives in Shanghai , China with his wife , Yuzhen Zhao McElroy and their baby , Maia . After graduating college from Loyola University in Chicago , IL , he spent three years teaching English in Wuhan and Kunming , China . Upon his return to Cincinnati , he met his wife , a graduate student and professor at University of Cincinnati . He then obtained his M . B . A . from the Melbourne Business School in Melbourne , Australia and moved to Shanghai , China . Using his knowledge of Chinese culture and proficiency in Mandarin , Bobby is a project manager in the Chinese market for InBev , which owns Budweiser and other beer brands .
2003
Monica Baylis lives in San Diego , CA with her husband Vince and works for Pure Spectrum .
2004
David Albert is Assistant Director of Admissions and Enrollment at McNicholas High School where he also serves as Co-Dean of the Student Leadership Team and C . R . E . W . Program . This fall he will be Head Coach of McNick ’ s Swimming and Diving teams . He is also a member of the Cincinnati Marlins Masters swim team . Prior to McNicholas High School , David was Senior Program Director for the Cincinnati Marlins and Travel Coach with the U . S . Paralympic Swimming Program . David and his wife Erin live in Anderson Township and celebrated the birth of their son , James on August 21 , 2020 .
Alex Doyle van der Zee ' 02 , Spencer van der Zee ' 01 , and Jay Doyle ' 99 with wife Sarah gathered for a recent family reunion . Pictured in center : Cathy Doyle with the third generation of the Doyle family .
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