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For more than 30 years, Sissy Goff has helped girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them to be. A well-known and widely respected child and adolescent counselor, she is a sought-after speaker for events across the country and a frequent guest on media outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, NBC Nightly News and Christianity Today. She has authored 13 books – including her latest, The Worry-Free Parent: Finding the Confidence You Need So Your Kids Can, Too – and is co-host of the popular Raising Boys and Girls podcast. You can follow Sissy on Instagram @raisingboysandgirls and @sissygoff.

As senior project manager at GE Vernova in Boston, Sarah Beadle '11 is helping manage the construction of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, overseeing all business operations for a project that is helping the United States transition to more sustainable sources of energy. Prior to GE Vernova, Sarah served for seven years as one of the first female submarine officers in the U.S. Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant. Her passion for sustainable energy was fostered as she trained with the Nuclear Power Training Unit and served aboard the USS Georgia, a guided missile Ohio class nuclear submarine. There, she led the Reactor Laboratory Division and went on to serve as the Tactical Systems Officer, Anti-Terrorism Officer, and Strike Officer. Sarah earned her first Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, was named Officer of the Year 2019 for the USS Georgia, and qualified as a Naval Nuclear Engineer. Following her final deployment, Sarah was assigned to the Naval ROTC program at the University of Notre Dame where she received her second Commendation Medal for her work and also completed her MBA. In 2024, she was named as one of University of Notre Dame's Domer Dozen, the annual outstanding young alumni award.