the Lake Success–based law firm Vishnick McGovern Milizio. Last year she was appointed to the New York State Commission on Statewide Discipline; she also serves on the Committee on Character and Fitness for the 2nd, 10th, 11th, and 13th Judicial Districts. She is EVP of the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York and a board member of the St. John’s University School of Law Alumni Association, the Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert, and the Korean American Youth Foundation. EJ resides in Forest Hills. • Felix and Stephanie (Miles) Klock welcomed their first child into the world on July 24 in Paris, France: Logan Xavier is doing well and is proudly sporting a BC onesie. • Hugh, MEd’06, and Meggie (Gavin) Galligan baptized their son Thomas Gavin at St. Susanna’s church in Dedham on June 5. Classmates Steve Fitzgerald and Kathryn Brennan, MEd’06, sponsored as godparents. Thomas’s older brother, Hugh Martin, cheered the loudest in the church. Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com
2006 On June 27, 2015, Richard Rossi and Meghan Landy were married at the Church of the Resurrection in Rye, NY. A reception for 250 of their closest friends and family followed at the Shenorock Shore Club, where groomsmen Robert Heins and Brian Mickelson were among the many BC Eagles in attendance. Fellow BC’06 wedding guests included Brian Ahn, Jordy Clements, Sarah Greenwood, Brian P. Kelly, Daniel Milligan MBA’14, Patrick Mulhearn, Max Podell, Alexandra Selby, Victor Silva, Shaun Ulloa, and Michael Vitale. The newlyweds honeymooned on Italy’s Amalfi Coast before returning to their home in Manhattan. • The National LGBT Bar Association selected Matthew Putorti as a “Best Under 40” for 2016, recognizing the 40 best LGBT lawyers in the United States under the age of 40 who have “distinguished themselves in their field and demonstrated a strong commitment to LGBT equality.” Matthew is a litigation associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman in New York City. • In May, Marianne Tierney FitzGerald, PhD’16, doubled her Eagle status when she received her PhD in theological ethics from the Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. Marianne, a Margaret O’Brien Flatley Fellow, focused her dissertation on Latin American human rights, service learning, and social justice. Marianne’s family is extremely proud of her hard work and her new status—joining her dad, Joe Tierney ’72, JD’76, as a Double Eagle! • Cristina Velocci Hochkeppel moved across the country from New York City to Silicon Valley with her husband, Jesse ’05, who started a one-year pain-management fellowship at Stanford in August. • In October 2015, Eamonn Kelly had a double lung transplant. He has suffered from cystic fibrosis since birth, and his physical abilities had become more and more limited over the years. The lung transplant gave him a new chance at life,
and he recovered remarkably quickly with the support of his wife, Elana Alfred. He and Elana celebrated his six-month anniversary by running in the BC Race to Educate 5K, which benefits Saint Columbkille Partnership School, where Eamonn teaches. He has continued running; he was training for a 10K in the fall. Elana and Eamonn were also very excited to purchase their first home, in Dedham. • Andrew, JD’16, and Alyson (Boulanger) Smith welcomed their son, Andrew William Smith Jr., into their family on December 2, 2015. • Ryan Brown is now corporate counsel for global operations with Rosetta Stone Ltd. • Nicholas Ford, MEd’07, married Rachel Forte on June 25 in Seattle. Nicholas recently became principal of Our Lady of Fatima School in Seattle. • Christine Smith is working in the financial services industry, marketing and distributing financial service products to individuals and business owners. She is expanding and growing her team nationwide and is looking forward to connecting with more staff and alumni. • On July 2, Kiernan Laughlin married Jillian Ohlenschlaeger at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Babylon, NY, with a reception following at the Venetian Yacht Club, also in Babylon. Eagles in attendance included groomsmen Michael Galvin and Daniel Scali as well as Lindsay Lachky Kenworthy ’13, Bob Keogh, Sara Porter, Mary Mycroft ’08, and Ryan Valle MBA’12. • Dave Krueger was married on April 23 in Houston. He and his wife, Lucy, were joined by Eagles Brian Wildermuth (groomsman), Mark Cardarelli, Ben Hux, Steve Oliveira, and Blake Uyeno. • Jeff and Sarah (Schultz) Lazar welcomed their third child and future Eagle, James Jeffrey, on March 27 in San Diego. James spent 22 days in the NICU, and the Lazars are happy to have him home! Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu
2007 10TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017
Joseph ’08 and Shannon (Keating) Kwiatek, MEd’09, welcomed with love their son Keating Ignatius, who was born on July 14, 2016. • Kevin Dziubek married Ipek Akinci on June 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. The couple celebrated their wedding at the St. Esprit Cathedral in Taksim Square before continuing with a dinner and reception at the Esma Sultan Mansion on the European shores of the Bosphorus. Kevin and Ipek would like to extend a special thank-you to groomsmen Leigh Tinmouth JD’10, Michael Anello, Michael Schuler, and Mark Fahey and fellow BC alumni Michael Boyle, Petra Hiigel, David Lin, Soma Kesthely, and Haynes Ko ’04 for joining the celebrations. The couple honeymooned in Tanzania and Zanzibar before returning to Amsterdam, where they currently reside and welcome all their friends to visit in the future! • Rita Calvo recently wed Pete Shah (Ball State ’02) in a private ceremony at the Palazzo di Grimaldi in Naples, Italy. The ceremony was officiated by Fr. John Domino Lombardi. The newlyweds are topping off their wedding
celebration with a move to New York for Rita’s job as a wealth advisor at CPK Capital Partners. • Melissa Gerdung, MS’08, married Charles Osterberg in Healdsburg, CA, on July 23. The wedding party included fellow Eagles Carrie O’Connor, MSW’11, and Michaela Zanello. Other classmates in attendance were Lisa Velte, Sandra Simich, Lara Kapura, and Alex Rios. • In September, Karla Loya-Stack was named chief program officer at Young Women’s Preparatory Network, a nonprofit agency that provides funding to eight all-girls, college preparatory public schools in Texas attended by economically disadvantaged students. Karla joined YWPN from Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas, where she was chief program director, and before moving to Texas, she was an elementary world language teacher in the Brookline public schools. Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com
2008 Congratulations to Lauren Zaccone and Matt Carney, who married on July 9 in a beautiful ceremony in Weehawken, NJ. The wedding party included Megan Green, Thayer Surette, and Alan Zaccone ’13. Other Eagles in attendance included Jess Kelly, Meghan Hillmeyer Lloyd, Ryan Aspell, Sarah Carter Kostecki, Kathryn Dill, Amanda Engborg, and Jay ’02 and Celeste (Sedo) Tini ’02. • In 2016, Karen Schreiner, MA’10, a secondgrade teacher in Oakland, CA, was awarded Teaching Tolerance’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is given out every two years to five educators nationally who work to reduce bias in the classroom and promote a social justice lens to their teaching. • Robert Jones was recently hired as the Nature Conservancy’s global aquaculture lead. He is responsible for launching and managing a new global program to ensure that aquaculture develops in an environmentally sustainable way, with initial projects located throughout the United States as well as Indonesia, Belize, Australia, and Tanzania. • Lauren Weaver began her first semester at Georgetown Law this fall. Prior to returning to school, she taught kindergarten in the District of Columbia Public Schools through Teach For America, eventually becoming a vice principal at Tubman Elementary School, and conducted educational research as a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea. She intends to use her law degree to continue advocating for quality education for all children. • Kat Sullivan was recently voted the No. 2 Best Electronic-Trading Salesperson on Wall Street by Institutional Investor. • This past July, Small Wars Journal published a research paper by Craig Noyes, MA’13, on the Islamic State. • Dylan Hayre, JD’11, MEd’11, was recently appointed co-chair of the Democratic State Committee’s Affirmative Action and Outreach Committee and also began as an associate and the director of development and external relationships at Dhar Law, a Charlestownbased law firm. • We also welcomed several new baby Eagles this past summer! Shannon (Keating) ’07, MEd’09, and Joseph Kwiatek welcomed with love their son Keating Ignatius, who was born on July 14. Dave 67