Horne welcomed a son, Clarence Jupiter, on May 21. The Hornes live in Boston. • Ramy and Rebecca (Cyr) Fayed welcomed their second son, Jacob, on February 27. Jacob’s big brother, Zach, is 3 years old. • John Comiskey and his wife, Michelle, welcomed a baby girl, Emily Elizabeth, on June 29. • Eric and Andrea (Fabsik) Bendjouya welcomed their first child, a son named Jack Lawrence, on April 1. The family is living in Mahwah, NJ, where Andrea is currently a stay-at-home mom, and Eric works for a commercial heating company. • On a sad note, Joe Alden ’97, JD’99, who was a year behind us at BC and also graduated from BC Law, died in June. My condolences to Doug, Barb, and Lisa Alden. • Fantasy Football note: Julie (Allen) Holbrook and I drafted Matt Ryan ’07 this year. I swear, he was the best pick available at the time.
1997 Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com 464 Westminster Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570 In March, Erin Croddick Avery launched CollegeApp, an interactive, college search tool for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It is available free on the iTunes app store. It boasts thousands of users with the mission of helping students find the right college fit and match. Besides her busy private educational consulting practice on the Jersey Shore, Erin is most proud of her marriage of seven years to Charlie and of their three children: Quin (5), Virginia (3), and Shanley (2). • Mark and Melissa (Longo) Munster welcomed their first child, daughter Marielle Elyse, on June 21. They reside in Park Slope, Brooklyn. • Shoba Vaitheeswaran was married over Memorial Day weekend in Sedona, AZ. She lives in Scottsdale with her new husband, Steve Lemoine, a graduate of Arizona State University. Steve works for an international race-car equipment company in Scottsdale, and Shoba is director of communications for Redflex Traffic Systems, a technology company that provides red light and speed safety cameras across the United States. In 2008, she completed her MBA at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. • Some exciting news from JJ Tighe’s household: Anderson Tighe was born on August 18. His two brothers, Brendan and Ryan, are excited about the new addition and already have plans to take their new brother to a BC home game this year. In addition, JJ will be taking a new role as VP, Great Lakes region, for IPR, a small infrastructure rehabilitation company based in Houston. JJ will be relocating the family to Ann Arbor—which brings back great memories of the 1996 BC–Michigan football game in the driving rain (and, guys, the Winnebago video is still missing).
1998 Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com 1281 N. Dayton Street Chicago, IL 60614
Amy Snyder and Joseph Janezic ’96 were married on October 24, 2009, in St. Ignatius Church. Alumni in attendance were John ’99 and Lisa (Auriemma) McGrory; Josh Lewendon; Steven Kim MA’99, JD’02; Stephen Sobhi; Ian Breen ’96; Christian Doheny ’96; Michael Abbate ’96; Larissa (Huskins) Wilson MBA’03; Patrick Mulligan ’93; James ’00 and Kristina (Konnath) Maher MSW’01; Judith Lyons JD’99; Masai King JD’96; and Matthew Feeney ’00, JD’03. Ada (Penabaz) Lewendon, Alicia Doble, Mary Buttarazzi, and Jennifer Saenz were in the wedding party. Amy is a VP of marketing at Frontier Capital Management in Boston, and Joe is a prosecutor and deputy chief of the Gang Unit in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. The couple live in Brighton with their golden retriever, Tedy. • Jeff and Charise Rohm Nulsen are proud to announce the arrival of their first child, Jac Charles, in June. Many ’98ers have visited Jac, and I also had that honor in August. • Also in August, Michelle (Breitman) Hipwood was promoted to executive director at The Capital Network (TCN), a nonprofit organization in Boston that provides entrepreneurs education and community on the early-stage funding process. Michelle was a senior associate at Roseview Capital Partners before joining TCN in 2009. She received her MBA from Babson’s Olin School of Business. • Please send me your updates for the next issue.
1999 Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com Hey, Class of ’99, my wife, Laura Thompson ’97, MBA’04, and I, Matt Colleran, MBA’06, are very excited to announce the arrival of our daughter Riley Margaret on June 8! She is amazing, and I can’t wait to bring her to experience BC sporting events. • Jason ’96 and Stacy (Santos) Hill welcomed a baby girl, Chloe Serinha, on March 25. She joins older brother Brandon (2). • Marielle Sack and Rob Bush got married on May 22. Bridesmaids included Heather (Murphy) Goetz, Kerry (Hickey) Thelen, and Jessica Alberti ’00. Also attending were Kathryn Sweeney and Matt O’Leary, Laurel (Zinn) Turner, Kali Thorne Ladd, Erin Shippee, and Greg and Erin (Harding) Devine. The couple honeymooned in the Maldives. • Mark and Sarah (Martin) Pitlyk belatedly announce the birth of their son, Thomas William Pitlyk, on June 29, 2009. Sarah works as a clerk in the DC Circuit Court. • Marc and Sarah (Garvey) Cockerill welcomed Rory Owen Cockerill on March 12. • Paul and Cassie (Martin) Waller welcomed a little girl, Emersyn Brae, on March 18. They live in London. • Andrew and Katie (Hart) Rollauer, MS’07, welcomed a daughter on September 15, 2009. Paige Madeline is already an avid Eagles fan. They live in Needham. • Ryan Foley married Sarah Ringstrom on May 15. Brian Lynch was a groomsman, and in attendance were Tim Nest, Jeff Wright, Michael Treacy, and Laurel Turner. • Kathleen Corcoran and Henwill Balladares welcomed their first baby, Molly www.bc.edu/alumni
Elise, in November 2009. • Gayle (Gastineau) ’01 and Sam Wholley, MBA’07, with children Teagan and Maeve, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in May. Sam took a job as the COO of an accounting and advisory firm. • Jana and Jeff Bridge, MS/MBA’08, welcomed a daughter, Clara Winifred, on May 24. • Christopher Sanetti has joined Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt, Dow & Katz in New Haven, CT, as an associate, practicing in civil litigation, and Lisa Hagermoser Sanetti is an assistant professor and research scientist at UConn’s Neag School of Education. Chris and Lisa live in West Hartford and have a daughter, Daniela Jane (1). • Chad and Kristen (Proude) Feetham welcomed Maddox Paul Feetham on September 1, 2009. • Jeff and Julie (Mitchelson) Brown welcomed Griffin Brown on September 7, 2009. Griffin joins big brother Ryan (2) at home. • Michael Callahan and Shelby Saad-Callahan welcomed Janet Callahan in April 2009. • Enjoy the winter!
2000 Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com 63 Carolina Trail Marshfield, MA 02050 Greetings, Class of 2000! • In May, Anaysa Gallardo, JD’03, was made partner of the law firm Cozen O’Connor. Anaysa is a member of the general litigation department in the firm’s Miami office. • John Colontrelle and his wife, Emily, welcomed their second child, Jackson, on January 29, 2009. He joins his brother Dominick (3). • Michael and Jenna Albano Harma welcomed the birth of their son, Jack Michael, on January 8. He joins his proud sister, Sophia Grace (4). The Harmas live in Connecticut, where Michael is a primary care physician with the Alliance Medical Group in Middlebury. • Scott and Kimberly Arbuckle Goodwin welcomed their daughter, Reese Catherine, on April 22. They are currently living and working in New York City. • Mike and Megan Collier Reilly are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Daniel James. He was born on May 12 in Brighton. Danny joins Jack, his two-year-old big brother, who is enjoying his new role. The family is doing very well and still resides in Brighton. • Dorian John was born on May 24 to proud parents Jennifer Butterworth and Ryan Debin of Sherborn. Big brothers Reaves and Grant are thrilled with the new addition to their family. Also, Ryan was recently promoted to senior VP at Anglo Irish Bank in Boston. • Tom and Rory (Moore) Smith welcomed a son, Patrick James, on May 26. He joins his sister Ellie (2). The family resides in Los Angeles. • On June 10, Peter Andrew and Katie (Moran) Vanaria welcomed a baby boy, Zachary Michael, who joins his older brother, Alexander James. • George and Katie Ryan Wisecarver welcomed their first child, William Cayce, on June 12. William joins Katie and George in the family’s Alexandria, VA, home. • Thank you as always for sharing your wonderful news. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season.