Alumni Updates: Here’s what your brothers have been up to since UPenn

It is always a great opportunity when you get to catch up with a brother you haven’t seen in a while! We recently caught up with three brothers who gave us an update on what they have been up to since UPenn! Read on to hear their updates. 

Steve majored in History at Penn, “which prepared me for absolutely nothing,” and following a stint in the Army, spent several years across various jobs in commercial real estate finance. He worked his final 18 years as a CFP at Charles Schwab in Phoenix, AZ before retiring in December 2019. While he has spent over two decades in Arizona (moving from Scottsdale to Tucson last year), he gets back to Pennsylvania a few times a year to visit his two children and five grandchildren. Trips to see his daughter, who lives in South Philadelphia, afford him the chance to get back and visit the house from time to time. – Steve Cunningham ’70

“The lifelong friendships are hard to come by, and it is so cool to have a history with people you have known for 30 years,” Jason said. He and some of his Alpha Chi Rho brothers are headed to climb the Everest Base Camp later this year. Bill Lawler ’93 is part of that group and is still Jason’s best friend today. Jason and his wife have a beautiful blended family with four kids and are currently empty nesters who love to travel the world. In terms of his career, Jason has had a diverse career path. “I have had an interesting career. I worked in strategic consulting, joined a boy band and traveled the country doing 300 shows a year, I owned a bar, I worked at Lotame, working my way from the mail room to Chief Revenue Officer, and most recently, I was the Director of Global Sales at Google,” he shared. – Jason Downie ’94

Bob and his wife were married in 1976, and they have three children and seven grandchildren. After graduation, Bob went on to medical school and opened a family private practice office in 1980. He still practices today. – Bob Goodwin ’72

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