Dr. Robert Winn '87 Breaking Barriers in Cancer Care and Community-Building As the first Black leader of a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, alum prioritizes patient care and community-building.
Bob Solis '84 Welcoming Children with Open Arms Alum offers family to children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa
John Gallo '83 Representing the Least Among Us Alum spends his second act representing the poor and underserved as head of Legal Aid Chicago.
Dorene Dominguez '85 Dreaming to Uplift Underserved Students Alum uplifts students in under-resourced schools in memory of her late father.
Paul ’80 and Cindy ’81 Stark Changing the World, One Child at a Time Husband and wife alums pursue their vocation through fostering and adoption.
Michael Brennan '84 Providing a Welcome Refuge at the Border Alum is committing his empty-nest years to serving refugees at the border.
Kitty Ryan ’79, Bob Wegener ’80 & Neal Mongold ’80 Trio of Architects Serves Boston’s Most Vulnerable Notre Dame alums marry expertise with passion for social justice
Brian Donley '86 Building a More Empathetic Health Care System A patient-centered and compassionate approach to medicine
Mary Meg McCarthy ’80 Helping Immigrants Find Justice Alumna leads organization that provides legal services
Lisa Hendey ’85 and Eric Carlson ’19 Storytellers Share Their Faith with Children Writer, illustrator team up to produce book
Jim Carlsen ’81 J.D. A Voice for Veterans Law School alum finds encore career “tremendously rewarding”
Susan Jackson ’86 Sustainable Seafood Advocate Builds Opportunities for People She sees how a healthy marine ecosystem provides food, jobs
Kate (Mather) Herrmann ’88 Celebrating and Creating Opportunity for Women Filmmakers Festival director draws on love of film, passion for equality
Dr. Lawrence Lenke ’82 World-Renowned Spinal Surgeon Saves and Changes Lives Doctor prepares exhaustively for challenging surgeries
Ed Gavagan '86 In a New York Minute Ed Gavagan '86 reflects on the random attack that almost took his life
Marikris (Dalum) Coryell ’88 Empowering Young Women to Change the World School president builds opportunity for lower-income students
Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr., ’81, ’87 J.D. Veteran And Wife Make a Difference Through Fostering, Adoption Couple thrives on raising a large blended family
Cari Votava ’85 J.D. Fighting Poverty And Curbing Corruption She helps world’s poorest countries strengthen their economies
Darrell Gordon ’88, ’89 M.S. He Leads Life-Changing Treatment for Troubled Youth His residential treatment center provides high-quality care
Mary Brosnahan ’83 Seeing Homelessness Moved Her to Make a Difference She led organization that delivers crucial assistance
Sheila (McDaniel) Henry ’87 She Survived Cancer And Raised Money to Fight It She developed a passion for raising money to support life-saving research
Denise A. Salerno, M.D. ’89 She Now Treats the Children of Former Patients Pediatrician makes a difference serving generations of families in Philadelphia
Patti (Bergin) Bedard ’86 Kidney Donor Gives Cousin a New Lease on Life After her cousin began looking for a kidney donor, she answered the call
Lynn Malooly ’84 They Were Thirsty. She Gave Them Water. She helps provide much-needed water for South Sudan
Monica (Gardner) Flynn ’88 Helping Moms Choose Life Her nonprofit assists single moms who are expecting
Loretta Rietsema ’80 Sharing the Gift of Sobriety Alumna in recovery from alcoholism runs sober living house for women
