Paul Sutton, Kevin Werner, Ken Williams, and Judy Barclay ’74. The Stuarts reside in England. be
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Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com 703-863-6715 Please keep the updates coming—I love hearing from everyone! • Ben ’03 and Laura (Sanchez) Cross had their second son on September 9, 2010. Baby Julian joins big brother Jackson in this all-Eagle family. • Katherine Weiss, JD’07, married John Romano on October 30, 2010, in Riegelsville, PA. The wedding party included bridesmaids Melissa Barrett, Kelly Bloom, and Liz (Abbott) Wenger MSW’06. Other alumni in attendance were Denise Carlon, Kelly (Smith) and Pete DeMartini, Chris Holsten ’03, Mark Khan, Juliana Gaita-Monjaraz, Pat Moore JD’07, Jess Pandolfi, Matt Thompson ’05, and Paul Wenger. Katie is an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in Manhattan, and John is an assistant U.S. attorney in Newark, NJ. John and Katie reside in Hoboken. • Courtney Shackleton married Andrew Maury on September 18, 2010, on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, CA. The wedding party included alumni Geno Burmester ’05, Maura O’Day, and Dennis Mahoney. Also in attendance were Jeremy Chasen ’06, Jill Crawford, Annie Hagbom, Maggie Kelty JD’08, Susan McGee ’05, Megan Murphy, and Brandon Wong. Courtney is a first-grade teacher, and Andrew is the founder and managing partner of Nantucket Brand. The couple live in Atherton, CA. • Kelly Thorne married Michael Chornoma on July 24, 2010, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in WesthamptonBeach, NY. Alumni in the bridal party included Jessica Franco MS’05, Jennifer (Elfstrom) Gibson MA’05, and Lauren (Tallevi) Meyer. Other alumni in attendance included Christopher Burns, Sara Durgin, Julie (Prassas) Kras, Christian Poyant, Christopher Bean ’02, and Conor Wynne ’03. Michael is a graduate of Bryant University in Rhode Island. The couple currently live on the eastern end of Long Island, where Kelly teaches at a local elementary school. • I hope 2011 is giving you all many blessings, and I hope to hear from more of you this year! be
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Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com 95 Harvest Lane Bridgewater, MA 02324; 508-807-0048 BC 2005 alums continue to connect around the country and the world. • Emily Keane and Liz Adams ventured out west to Jackson Hole, WY, to visit Erin Taylor in March 2010. Erin took the city girls under her wing, and the trio hiked into Grand Teton National Park to a frozen lake for a picnic; snowshoed to a natural hot spring; and tasted local delicacies such as bison burgers, elk steaks, and Snake River
Brewing beer. • Lauren Marra graduated from Georgetown University with a master’s in public policy and is pursuing a career in nonprofit management and social policy analysis. Last June, she completed her first Sprint Triathlon along with classmates Chris Kelly, Maria Schweitzer, and Annie Walsh. Lauren happily resides in Washington, DC. • For the past three years, Andrew Grillo has lived in Sydney, Australia, where he is a compliance analyst for State Street Global Advisors. • On May 21, 2010, Laura Terlouw married Jason Buttorf ’04 at Viansa Winery in Sonoma, CA. In attendance were Adam Koneman; Lucy Bueti; Liana Popkin; Andrea Overall ’04; Joe Ballard ’04 (Jason’s best man); Andy Maples ’04; Mike Lucarelli ’04, MS’05; Mike Smith ’04, JD’07; Sef Ghanem ’04; and Sarah Mahler-Ghanem ’04. The couple live in San Francisco. Laura graduated from Stanford Law School in 2008 and is practicing employment litigation at Cooley LLP. Jason is a portfolio manager with Rochdale Investment Management. • Stephanie Miles married Felix Klock II (an MIT alumnus) on September 5, 2010, at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead with MIT chaplain Robert Randolph presiding. Courtney Baker was a bridesmaid. Other BC alumni in attendance included Eric Vermeiren, Alicia True, Veronica Korb, Katina Tsagaroulis Cross ’04, Sarah Cue ’98, and Alison Casey MA’07. Stephanie completed her MBA at Boston University and is now in the Information Management Associates Program, a two-year rotational leadership development program at BristolMyers Squibb. • Melissa Bruno and Sean O’Dowd were married at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Shirley on September 18, 2010. Catherine Bruno, Melissa’s younger sister, served as maid of honor, and bridesmaids included Kristin Aten MEd’06, Kathleen O’Dowd ’08, and Breanne O’Dowd. Andrew Tignanelli served as best man, and groomsmen included William Doherty, Rory Anderson, and Michael Durso. BC ’05 classmates in attendance included Jenevieve Doerr, Margaret Brown, and Edward Lin. Fellow Eagles included Rachel (Perez) Schulten ’04; Deborah Bruno ’79; Donna Pennino ’96; Glenn Moody ’07; Renee (Lindo) Fuller ’03, JD’06; and Arlan Fuller JD’06. Also in attendance were Alfred Pennino, former associate VP for planning and construction at BC; and Robert Capalbo ’62, MA’74, PhD’90, associate director, stewardship and donor relations, in BC’s Office of University Advancement. Melissa and Sean currently reside in Belmont. Melissa is a senior account executive in health care at global public relations firm Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, and Sean is an AVP at FactSet Research Systems, a financial software company. • Eugene Raux is currently working as a paralegal at Brecher Fishman Pasternack Walsh Tilker & Ziegler PC. He is also pursuing his master’s degree in history at Long Island University. be
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Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu / 845-624-1204 Correspondent: Tina Corea TinaCorea@gmail.com / 973-224-3863 www.bc.edu/alumni
Last July, Jay Beekman met up with a number of fellow BC alumni in Leogane, Haiti, where he was volunteering for a Boston-based NGO called Hands On Disaster Response (now known as All Hands Volunteers). Several other recent BC graduates were also volunteering for HODR when Jay was there. They included Kelly Madigan, Karl Balan, Melissa Law ’10, Garrett Waters ’09, and Joe Dreeszen ’09. Two additional BC alumni were recently working on HODR’s management team: Beca Howard and Bill Driscoll Jr. ’05. Read more about the organization at http://hands.org. • Sarah (Schultz) and Jeff Lazar are happy to announce their marriage on May 22, 2010, at the Bahia Resort Hotel in Mission Beach, San Diego. They currently reside in San Diego. Jessica Giordano, Ann Clark, and Katie Baynes were in attendance. Sarah and Jeff celebrated with a honeymoon on St. Maarten. • In October 2010, Casey Bayer joined the PR firm of Regan Communications Group of Boston as an account manager. For the past three years, she has served as a journalist and web photo editor at the Christian Science Monitor. • Melissa Fortunato was married to Mike Slomienski ’04 on September 25 in Spring Lake, NJ. Groomsmen included Joe Celia ’04, Peter Bianco ’04, Matthew Slomienski ’07, and Richard Kabobjian ’04, and BC bridesmaids were Lauren Lundy and Alexa Reisler. The couple have been living and working in London for the past two years. • Don’t forget to join our BC Class of 2006 Facebook page to stay up on all of the reunion news! be
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Correspondent: Lauren Faherty fahertyl@bc.edu 11 Elm Street Milton, MA 02186; 617-698-6608 On August 8, 2010, Rachel Yoffe, MEd’08, married Justin Mack in Cohasset. Rachel was escorted down the aisle by her father, BC alumnus Dov Yoffe ’85. Fellow alumni and members of the bridal party included Leslie Appleton, MEd’08, and Caitlin O’Connor, MSW’10. Other alumni in attendance were Rachel Orlowski, Katie McLarney MSW’08, Jennifer (Cundall) Meech, Kyle DeMeo MEd’08, Lora Krsulich, Jennifer Mahoney, Katie Brennan, Jennifer Pascual, Christopher Griffin, and Nick Frangipane MA’10. • Stephanie Talutis received her master’s in public health from Boston University and is currently attending New York Medical College School of Medicine in Valhalla, NY. On October 8, she received her white coat. • On November 1, 2010, forward Jared Dudley signed a contract extension with the Phoenix Suns basketball team for $22.5 million over five years. The deal, which allows Jared to opt out of the final year, begins next season and runs through the 2015–2016 season. • For the past two years, Detroit Lions tackle Gosder Cherilus has helped fund a community school in his grandmother’s hometown of Desdunes, Haiti, and he hopes to build a new school for the city within the next two years. Gosder, who was born and raised in Haiti, also paid for a team of local physicians and health-care