SETH LEYTON (BBA) left Granite Financial Group in 2005 to launch Viewpoint Securities, San Diego’s first brokerage firm dedicated solely to the needs of professional money managers and hedge funds. The business’ professionals have a combined 75-plus years of industry experience.

KELLY (ENGLAND) McELWAIN (B.A.) and her family moved from rural Pennsylvania to just outside Columbia, S.C., in July 2008 through a transfer with her husband’s company. “We love it here!” Kelly says. “Besides the fantastic weather, we enjoy year-round outdoor activities, day trips to the beach — a must for a San Diego girl — and Southern charm and hospitality.” Kelly and Doug promised their daughters, Taylor Anne (7) and Kate (5), a puppy after the move, so now they have an enormous black Lab named Roxy. Kelly is home with the kids and the puppy, but she looks forward to going back to teaching gifted kids in the next few years.

CYNTHIA (KOVOL) NICHOLSON (BBA) and her husband, Jed ’97 (J.D.), of Templeton, Calif., announce the birth of their daughter, Katherine “Kate” Jane, on July 11, 2008. Kate joins sister Karen Jane (8) and brother John Frederick (4 ½). Jed is a partner at Adamski, Moroski, Madden and Green LLP in Paso Robles, Calif. Cynthia is a property manager and enjoys volunteering at school and hanging out with her family and friends.

DEBRA LEARMONTH (MSN), after many years in community and homeless health, says, “I have moved to a college health position at University of New Hampshire and I’m loving it!”

VERONICA (LUGO) McKNIGHT (B.A.) and her husband, James, welcomed their daughter, Amelia Lynn, on April 16, 2009. Amelia joins brother, Joel Samuel, 2.

WES HILL (B.A.) lives in Chico, Calif., with Jeanna, his wife of 15 years, and their three children, ages 4, 7 and 9. Wes has been in the apartment investment business since 1992 and he brokers, sells and owns apartment buildings in California, Oregon and Washington. Wes and Jeanna are involved in leadership at Bidwell Presbyterian Church in Chico and recently visited USD with their 9-yearold son while in town to help with his fourth-grade mission project. >

ANN ROCHA (MSN) completed a post-MSN clinical nurse specialist certificate in 2008. Ann is now the clinical nurse specialist for the Birth Center at Pomerado Hospital.

HEIDI VAUGHT KLIPPEL (B.A.) has her own estate planning law practice in La Jolla. She was named among the Top 25 San Diego estate planning attorneys in San Diego Magazine. Heidi and her husband, Eric, have two children and live in Mount Helix.

JOANNA BRUSO (B.A.) and her husband, Paul Bruso ’96, welcomed their third child, Timothy John, on March 24, 2009, in San Francisco. Timothy was welcomed home by his older brothers, Patrick (4) and Matthew (2).

RICHARD KOENIG (BBA) married his wife, Elisa, on July 5, 2003, at The Immaculata. Their first child, Avery, was born on April 29, 2007. Richard has been working for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department for the past 11 years and currently holds the rank of investigator.

LISA STEPHENS (MSN) retired from the U.S. Navy in 2005. Lisa and her daughter, Hannah, have returned to live in the Pacific Northwest. Lisa is a nurse practitioner at the naval hospital in Bremerton, Wash., and Hannah, 13, attends junior high in Silverdale, Wash. Divorced in 2008, her ex-husband, Doug, remains in Maryland.

JAIME (KRUPNICK) GEFFEN (B.A.) is the co-owner of an event production company called YourBASH! (www.your-bash.com). She enjoys producing all types of events, although her specialty events are entertainment, corporate, charity and lifestyle events such as weddings and fashion shows. Her business partner, Brian Worley, recently hosted a show on E! TV called “Party Monsters Cabo.” Jaime and her husband, Jason, live in Santa Monica, Calif.

KELLY (CHANG) RICKERT (J.D.) and her husband, Scott, welcomed a daughter, Adia Jolie, on Sept. 13, 2008. “Adia means ‘God’s gift’ because that’s what she is!” says Kelly. In addition to playing mommy to her 5-month-old, Kelly continues to be a certified family law specialist in her firm, the Law Offices of Kelly Chang. Named a Super Lawyer in 2007 and 2008, Kelly was identified as an outstanding practitioner. She and her family live in Los Angeles.