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1996
Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman12@gmail.com
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1997
Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com After more than a decade working on the sales and trading floor at Deutsche Bank and consulting to the financial services industry before that, Will Dombrowski was drawn to the Great White Way and left Wall Street to form an independent theatrical production company, Paper Boy Productions (www. paperboyproductions.net). In the time his business partner and he have been operating, they’ve produced and invested in several successful Broadway shows and domestic and international touring companies. Most recently, they received their first Tony Award nomination and won (in the Best Revival of a Musical category) for producing The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, and David Alan Grier. Will reports that it’s been an exciting journey so far. • Jennifer Laiacona Caicedo and husband Rick live in Charlotte, NC, where Jennifer is an allergist working in private practice. The couple have a fouryear-old daughter, Sarah Angela, and a son, William, who was born on March 2, 2011.
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1998 reunion year
class participation goal: 590 Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com Chris and D’Arcy Lynch Toffolo welcomed a son, Graeme Ashbolt, to the world on St. Nicholas Day, December 6, 2011. In the fall, they relocated from Indianapolis to Denver, where D’Arcy is VP of business development for a marketing agency. • Antonio Granger is a member of the Class of 2012 that was inducted into the BC Varsity Club Hall of Fame this past fall. Antonio, a forward, helped lead the Eagles basketball team to two NCAA tournaments in 1996 and 1997 and led the Big East in three-point field goal percentage during the 1996–97 season. He currently ranks sixth in the Eagles’ record books for three-pointers (193) and fifth on the single-season list (78 in 1997–98). The honorees were inducted in a Conte Forum ceremony on September 7 and then were recognized at halftime at the Eagles football game against Maine the following day. • Fergus O’Donoghue left New York City and moved to Seattle with his wife, Carolyn Mansfield, to join Microsoft’s Xbox division. After starting in digital supply chain strategy, he joined the Xbox LIVE engineering group and managed the engineering teams that launched Xbox LIVE in Brazil, Russia, and Poland, among many new markets. He is also focused on SmartGlass technology, which allows entertainment providers
to offer unique second-screen interactive experiences that complement a consumer’s Xbox console entertainment consumption. Son Tadhg and daughter Niamh love the Pacific Northwest and are actively recruiting preschoolers to be future Eagles. • Jillian (Gray) Wilson is very excited to be homeschooling both of her boys for the first time! Simon (13) and Jackson (11) are in the eighth and sixth grades, respectively. She is so grateful to BC for preparing her to take on such a daunting task. • Stephen and Stephanie (Gaviglia) Hall welcomed their second daughter, Lauren Bradford Hall, on April 2. She joins big sister Natalie (3), and everyone is doing great! Stephanie writes: “Natalie is a great big sister to Lauren, and we are enjoying watching Lauren grow into her own personality.” The Halls live in Natick. Stephanie is approaching 15 years of service at EMC in the HR department, and Stephen is still co-owner of Hall Construction and owner of Hall Landscaping. • Ben and Christina (Weber) Enticknap, along with daughter Alana (2), welcomed son Ian, born in March. After 14 years in social services, Christina, a child and family therapist, started a private practice in Portland, OR. • We are coming up on another reunion— already! Please send me your updates, and I hope to see many of you in 2013.
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1999
Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com We hope you had a great fall season and a chance to make it back to the Heights for a football game. Thanks for sending in the updates and please keep them coming! • Christian Fonss recently joined Klinedinst PC as a shareholder. He was formerly a principal at the transactional and securities firm Fonss & Estigarribia. Before launching his own boutique law firm, Christian was with Foley & Lardner, where he served both domestic and international clients in corporate, transactional, and securities law matters. He earned his JD from the George Washington University School of Law in 2002. • Anne (Rechkemmer) ’01 and Patrick Chatfield welcomed a son, Thomas Patrick, on April 30. He joins big brother James (2) at home. • Mark and Leigh (Cofran) Gammons recently welcomed their third child, Meghan. The Gammons household is pretty wild as Meghan joins brothers Will and Max (both 3)!
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2000
Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com Greetings, Class of 2000. Once again, I have received some amazing news from our fellow classmates. • Siouxsie Espinosa, MEd’02, received her doctorate in spring 2011 from UMass Boston. Her focus was www.bc.edu/alumni
on leadership in urban schools. • Susan Pitt recently completed the general surgery residency program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she is now pursuing a fellowship in transplant surgery. • Brenda Cowley Hagan currently lives in Natick with her husband, Chris, and daughter Maya (2). Brenda teaches English at Weston High School. She and Chris recently returned from an amazing trip to Ireland to attend the annual conference of the Ireland Funds, a charity dedicated to supporting programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education, and community development throughout Ireland. • Stephanie Ridge and Mike Murray, MBA’05, were married on May 18 in Phoenix. • Jennifer Mather, MA’05, JD’08, married Peter McCarthy ’98, JD’07, on July 7 at St. Thomas Chapel in Falmouth. The couple reside in Boston, where they are both attorneys at Mintz Levin. • Joe, JD’03, and Abby (Bronner) Theis welcomed Connor William on January 18, 2012. Marin (7), Meredith (5), and Ethan (3) greeted the newest addition to the family with open arms. The family resides in Hingham. • Caitlin and Rob Mosesian are thrilled to announce the birth of daughter Clare Elizabeth on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5. • Nick and Kathleen Ryder Caserio welcomed home their second baby girl, Chatham Grayson. • Ellen (Coats) ’02 and Neil Mendelow share the good news of the birth of their first son, Caleb Coats (future BC Class of 2033). He was born on March 3. The family is now living in Houston. • Meg Miles Loester and husband Mike welcomed their third son, Owen Thomas, on April 12. • Rachel and Daniel Johnson and big sister Leah celebrated the birth of Samuel Joseph in June. Dan is an anesthesiologist and ICU physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and is also on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. • Thank you, as always, to those classmates who submitted news. Please don’t forget to send your announcements. You can always email them to me or post them on the BC alumni online community. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please check out the online community. There, you can write your own in-depth announcement and even post a picture.
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2001
Correspondent: Sandi (Birkeland) Kanne bc01classnotes@gmail.com This time of year always makes me miss pumpkin pie ice cream from White Mountain. Happy fall, everyone! • Lisa Grandy Pereira, MA’04, writes that her husband, Victor Pereira, MAT’04, was a recipient of the annual Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence. Victor was one of nine K–12 science teachers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, who were recognized for their “outstanding ability to inspire students and produce results in science education.” Way to go, Victor! • On May 5 in Rhode Island, Carra Beth Constantine married William Hall, originally from Wenham. Eagle alumni in attendance included Rochelle Webb, Christina (Keough) Franey, Kevin ’00 and Janna (Stanhope)