Class Notes

Do you have a new job? Have you been promoted? Retired? Did you get married? Let your Trinity classmates know what you have been up to! Read messages, announcements, and updates from fellow Trinity alumni, or leave one of your own.

Newer updates will appear at the top of each decade, and updates will be displayed for 3 months.

Updated: February 9, 2024

Nathaniel Hajovsky
Class Year: 2022
Nathaniel Hajovsky began attending the University of Texas at Austin iSchool in the Fall of 2023 and entered the Master of Science in Information Studies (MSIS) program.

Isaiah Mora
Class Year: 2018
Isaiah Mora started as the Annual Giving & Grants Manager at Hemisfair Conservancy in January of 2024. The Conservancy works to redevelop and activate the site of the 1968 World’s Fair into a series of three parks in the heart of San Antonio, Texas.

Updated: February 9, 2024

Christopher Mammen
Class Year: 2005
Christopher Mammen was named to the Texas Business Journal’s Texas 100: Influential Texans to Watch in 2024 for his leadership managing workforce initiatives for the greater: SATX. He was also selected to participate in Leadership San Antonio 48.

Sarah Davis
Class Year: 2004
Sarah Davis started a new position with the Successfully Aging and Living in San Antonio (SALSA) Collective Impact Initiative with the San Antonio Area Foundation as their AmeriCorps VISTA Program Director after finishing graduate studies in social gerontology.


Updated: December 4, 2023

Mary Caton Lingold
Class Year: 2004
Mary Caton Lingold authored a book titled “African Musicians in the Atlantic World: Legacies of Sound and Slavery”, which was published by the University of Virginia Press.

Updated: February 9, 2024

Marie Mendoza
Class Year: 1996
Marie Mendoza earned her PhD in Education from Northcentral University in 2022. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of Emergent Bilingual Programs in Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas.

She published her first children’s book titled, “Skin, Skin, Don’t You Know Me?”, which is available on Kindle via the Amazon Website and soon in the Barnes and Noble store.


Updated: January 26, 2024

Jan Thomas Pasek
Class Year: 1998
Jan Thomas Pasek successfully retired to his hometown of Chicago, living just one block away from Lake Michigan in the Rogers Park neighborhood. He went home after spending 20 years in the Corporate Communications Department of the Philadelphia Housing Authority where he handled a wide variety of responsibilities in addition to communications. Prior to that, he spent 30 years in broadcast journalism, including WOAI radio. He is most grateful to Trinity University for its financial support via scholarships that allowed him to obtain a Master's degree and prepare for a new career. He fondly remembers the time spent researching in the Coates Library, especially as the internet first developed. Trinity installed a computer system called Troilus that dramatically improved searches for articles online, as well as books and periodicals within the library. He could easily spend 8 enjoyable hours in the library and have a good time researching topics for his class papers.


Updated: December 4 2023

David Guenthner
Class Year: 1993
David Guenthner '93 was promoted to Vice President of Government Affairs at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in January 2023. Mr. Guenther graduated from the Leadership Program of the Rockies in June 2023.

Steven P. Mach
Class Year: 1992
Steven P. Mach '92, P'25 celebrated 10 years of service on the five-member Texas Public Safety Commission on November 27, 2023. Mach was named Chairman of the Public Safety Commission by Governor Greg Abbott in March 2017.

Updated: February 9, 2024

Carlos Balido
Class year: 1987
Carlos Balido is celebrating 18 years since he helped start his law firm, Walters Balido & Crain. His law firm has grown to over 70 lawyers in 4 different cities: Dallas, Houston, Austin and Decatur. He was recently honored by the Dallas Bar Association with the Tort Trial Legend Award. His daughter Elizabeth, a 2016 Trinity graduate, is in her third year of law practice with his firm.

David Collenback
Class year: 1984
Coach David Collenback earned his 500th career victory as a head baseball coach in his 24th season. He is presently at Antonian Preparatory College and was formerly at O’Connor High School for 21 years.

David Otey
Class year: 1981
David Otey double-majored in Radio-Television-Film and Physics, but it was his liberal arts education at Trinity that made it possible for him to do what he does now. After a career in broadcast engineering, he works with STEM professionals on their presentation skills. His newest keynote is titled, “Audiences Don’t Need Speakers”. Contact him to find out what they DO Need! David@davidotey.com


Updated: January 26, 2024

Stephanie King Mattingly
Class year: 1983
Stephanie King Mattingly earned a BA in Print/Broadcast Journalism, graduating one semester early in the Class of '83. She is the author of the forthcoming book titled “The Secret You Hide Holds You Back: How Letting Go Sweetens Life and Makes You Free.” She is the host of “The Challenge What Holds You Back” podcast. She lives in Simpsonville, South Carolina.

Updated: February 9, 2024

Brett Hall
Class Year: 1974
Brett Hall’s book on the men in his family, Our Fathers, will be published in the Fall of 2024. It’s been in the works for the past 15 years. His book’s message is how rich a life one will have when blessed with fatherly men in their lives.


Updated: January 26, 2024

Thomas Masinter
Class Year: 1976
Thomas Masinter owns a thriving piano instruction studio and an antique piano restoration business. He writes and directs music stage shows.

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