Accomplishments of My Two Older Children- Dodie and Dinah

The David B Katague Clan at Ian King's (my oldest grand son)Wedding, November, 2021

Just recently my youngest daughter Ditas Katague's Senior Executive Service( SES) appointment at the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce had received a lot of publicity as well as numerous congratulatory messages from relatives and friends both here in the US and in the Philippines. 

https://theintellectualmigrants.blogspot.com/2022/05/filipino-americans-in-biden-harris.html

I am one of those friends and relatives that are very proud of her achievements. Needless to say, I have a feeling that my other two living children may feel that I am not proud of their accomplishments. With this article, I am assuring my two other living children, Dodie and Dinah that I am also very proud of their accomplishments even though it is not as popularly publicized in the Internet and social media and no international news coverage. Here are their biographies from LinkedIN.

Dodie is my oldest son. He was born in the Philippines, but immigrated to the US in 1960. He is accomplished lawyer, writer and actor.  His latest acting work and performances were "Sweat" ( Benecia) and "Fences" (Pittsburg) as follows:

 

Featured performers from “Sweat” by Benicia Old Town Theatre Group are, left to right, Julius Rea, Dodie Katague and Matthew Goff. (Courtesy –Joe Messina Photography) Benicia Old Town Theatre Group presents “Sweat,” weekends April 19-May 11, B.D.E.S. Ahll, 140 West J St., Benicia.  

Dodie as a Patrol officer advising a drug addict in the play, Sweat.

Dodie Katague as Bono presentation of Fences, Pittsburg Community Theatre, February 5-13, 2022.
 

Life's Truth makes the best fiction

Dodie, my oldest son was born in the Philippines, but immigrated to US when he was only 18 months old. He has a law degree from University of California, Davis and had been a successful prosecuting attorney in Northern California for several years. He early retired last year to devote more time writing his 3rd novel.  He is married to his former classmate, Ruth Carver, also a lawyer and they have 3 adult children, Philip, Alix and Marina.   Dodie Katague lived at Cloyne Court Coop from 1977-79 while he attended the University of California, Berkeley.  He graduated in 1981 with a degree in Geography. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, King Hall School of Law in 1985. Since then, he is a prosecutor in Martinez, California. His first novel Cloyne Court is highly rated by both readers and critics. He is currently working on his second novel, "Rock Star Planet", a Young Adult science fiction adventure. He retired two years ago and have plans of finishing his third novel, "Devil Mountain DA", a fictional account of life in a dysfunctional district attorney's office.  http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorid=108890
Here's Dinah's Information in Linked In Dinah Katague, CAMS Dinah Katague Compliance Officer, High Risk Member Unit, Technology Credit Union Dinah started her career in BSA/AML in 2011 at Bank of the West. Within three years she was managing a team of 27 contractors to clear the FDIC items of the previous year’s audit. She was instrumental in growing the new department of 5 to 42. In 2017, Dinah joined Umpqua Bank as the CDD/EDD Manager. She managed two departments of EDD Analysts and CDD Specialists. Living in the “heart of cannabis growing country”, Dinah navigated her teams through the intricacies of the current political climate regarding marijuana, hemp and CBD, to become the subject matter experts for the bank. In June of 2020, Dinah joined Technology Credit Union as the Compliance Officer/Manager of the High Risk Member Unit. Her main responsibility is to help create, cultivate, develop, maintain and monitor the marijuana businesses direct and indirect program for the credit union. Dinah has been accused by some of creating a “Dynahsty” where ever she goes and they would be correct!   Here her Statement in LinkIn: "Through the course of my 15+ years’ experience, I’ve enjoyed the chance to manage and motivate teams toward consistent success. Colleagues will tell you I have a deep and intuitive grasp of business and team capabilities, and use this instinctive approach to expertly allocate staff and resources. A focus of my work has been employee engagement: by promoting an engaged and collaborative work culture, I’ve been able to develop staff members and deliver key gains to the bottom line. I also pride myself on adapting readily to new work challenges and environments".Compliance Manager, High Risk Member Unit at Technology Credit Union (Tech CU) Technology Credit Union (Tech CU) California State University-Sacramento

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Meanwhile enjoy this recent photo of Dodie and Ruth from their vacation in Germany and other countries in Europe.