designation. In her 20 years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns, helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals and trained more than 25,000 development professionals in Canada, Mexico, Egypt, Bermuda and most of the 50 United States. She also serves as Acquisitions Editor for CharityChannel Press and for the GENIUS Press.
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Ann (Guido) Brooks ’91 held a book signing at the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto. She wrote “The Bell Ringer: Song of Salvatore,” which recounts her grandfather’s childhood challenges in Sersale, Calabria, Italy, prior to coming to the U.S. The book is available on Amazon or through the Italian-American Cultural Center at Alvernia’s Dr. Frank A. Franco Library Learning Center. Ann resides in Leesport with her husband, David, and their daughter MaryElizabeth.
Rocker Alice Cooper with Kendall Schwoyer ’79
Dr. Melissa Marcario ’93 is a licensed psychologist and has worked in the Pittsburgh Veterans Administration Hospital since 2002. She supervises doctoral psychology interns and fellows at the VA. She was recently the guest speaker at the Alumni/Student Dinner for the Psychology Department at Alvernia.
Michael Carnes ’96 became the principal of Middletown Area High School on July 1, 2013. Mary Ann Heydinger ’97 passed away on March 31, 2013. Khanh C. Hoang ’98 passed away on June 20, 2009. Peter M. Pugliese ’98, M’02 passed away on May 30, 2013. Thomas Minick ’98, M’10 was named associate vice president of advancement at Alvernia University. Debra (Walker) Smolnik ’99, ’02, ’05 is the manager of human resources for Distributed Systems Services, Inc. Debra will be overseeing human resource compliance, employee recruiting and training programs, compensation and performance review, as well as benefits management.
Linda Lysakowski ’88
Erin McCurry ’99 received her master’s in organizational Alvernia University Magazine
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