Boston College Magazine, Fall 2013

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July 13 at St. Ignatius in Chestnut Hill. BC classmates in attendance for the wedding festivities included Kate (Boyle) Scully, Ryan and Allison (Maher) Mattison, Bethany O’Neil, Christine (Schmitt) Quinn, and Tim ’04 and Kristin (Klein) Christensen. • Sarah Walsh received a PhD in Latin American history from the University of Maryland, College Park in May. This fall, she is moving to Australia, where she will be a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney. • Nina Suryoutomo, MS’04, married Zach Mueller on May 11 in Waikoloa in Hawaii on the Big Island. Jen Bailey was Nina’s maid of honor. • Joseph and Laura Fieseler Hickman were married on September 29, 2012, in Spring Lake, NJ. The happy couple reside in New York City, where Laura is a VP of equity sales at JMP Securities. • Jeffrey Kuntz was named a Florida “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for the fifth year in a row. This honor “recognizes attorneys who are 40 years of age or under, or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.” Jeff is a senior associate in the Fort Lauderdale office of GrayRobinson, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, appellate law, employee benefits, and banking and finance. Jeff also authors The Florida Legal Blog (www.floridalegalblog.org), where he analyzes decisions from the state’s appellate courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Jeff resides in Boca Raton.

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2004 reunion year

class participation goal: 650 Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com Holly (Rothe) Wielkoszewski completed an MA in international studies, China, from the University of Washington and now works as a foreign affairs officer for the U.S. Department of State. She and husband Beau reside in Northern Virginia. • John and Katie (Weiss) Romano, JD’07, welcomed a baby girl, Mary Helene, on New Year’s Eve 2012 in Summit, NJ. Katie left her job as an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City and is now clerking for a federal judge in Newark, where John also works as a federal prosecutor. • Allen and Sara (Hart) Ferrucci welcomed their first child, a baby boy, Benjamin Michael, on April 7 at Yale–New Haven Hospital, where Dad just completed his residency in orthopedic surgery. The family is relocating to Columbus, OH, where Allen will be doing his fellowship in foot and ankle surgery. • Jeffrey Rallo married Emily Yates at St. Francis Xavier in Brooklyn on May 25. In the wedding party were Pasquale “Pat” Pontoriero, Robert Amara JD’10, Brad Gibson, and Steve Ryan. Other Eagles in attendance were Jim Russo, Jake Berry, Michael Archambault, William Watt, Meghan McGinn, Jen (Elfstrom) Gibson MA’05, Kristin (Lamonica) Pontoriero MS’05, Susan (Burton) Keays MSW’07, Katie Arsenault, Amy Johnson, Donna Carroll, Brian ’03 and Janet (Rutledge) Giesen, Caitlin Olsen ’07, and Azim Nakhooda ’96. The couple live in St. Louis, where Jeff is finishing his pediatric emergency medicine fellowship, and Emily is a pediatric nurse pursuing her master’s degree as a pediatric clinical nurse specialist.

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2005

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2006

class participation goal: 570 Correspondent: Joe Bowden joe.bowden@gmail.com

class participation goal: 620 Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu

Correspondent: Justin Barrasso jbarrasso@gmail.com

Jamie Blosser married Neal Morris on April 13 at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale. A reception followed at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. The wedding party included college roommate Taylor Heyen. Eagles in attendance included Kate Unger Davis, Elise Melvin Saur MS’07, Leigh Tinmouth ’07, Doug and Gillian (Cohen) Bush, and Chrissy McNamara ’03. Jamie is a primary therapist at Oliver-Pyatt Centers, a comprehensive treatment center for women with binge eating disorders and exercise addiction, and Neal is the director of quality assurance for Clarity Diagnostics. The couple reside in Fort Lauderdale. • Jacqueline Wyka Mahajan earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. She will be a postdoctoral fellow at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. • Craig and Kaitlin (O’Malley) Duffy were married on September 15, 2012, at the Paulist Center in Boston. Classmates in attendance included Claire (O’Connell) Boogaard, Chelsea Benson MS’10, Meghan (Walsh) Cobb, Jeff LaBroad MEd’07, Dave Levy, Katy Meagher, Shannon Stump, and bridesmaid Elise Melvin Saur. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and currently live in the North End. • Adam Shipley, MBA’12, married Sarah Wojtusik, JD’10, on June 8 at First Church in Chestnut Hill. Ben, MS’07, and Kristen (Skarupa) Lindeman were in the wedding party. In attendance were Greg Garra, Tim Weaton, Allison Watras, John and Stephanie (Johnson) Barger, William Genco ’10 and Michelle Lifrieri ’10, MEd’11. • Christopher and Jennifer (Luoma) McCracken were married on June 8 in North Conway, NH, at Our Lady of the Mountains. BC’06 Eagles in attendance were Christina (Pherson) Haag and Ryan and Megan (Rulison) Scudellari. The couple reside in Highland Heights, KY, just across the river from Cincinnati. Jennifer is a math teacher at Newport Central Catholic High School, and Christopher is an admission counselor at his alma mater, the College of Mount St. Joseph.

Joe and Amy (Desrosiers) Reilly welcomed their son into the world in June; Charles Roger is named after his two grandfathers. • John Curley reports that old chum Drew Locke has married the lovely Danielle Lawrie. Drew, the baseball sensation from BC High and fouryear center fielder at BC, is currently working in sales at Oracle. He and Danielle, a two-time NCAA Softball Player of the Year during her time at the University of Washington, met while Drew was playing in the minors and she was playing a series at his baseball stadium in Round Rock, TX. Drew was locked in as a hitter, and Danielle was impressed with his proclivity at the plate, and the rest, as they say, is history. • Will Cutrone, MA’05, is now a senior specialist, marketing communications, for the NBA. Will, who still bleeds New York Knick blue, is hoping to see a Knickerbocker championship at some point in his life. • Drew DiPasquale Hoffman may still think of Revere as home, but she has spent the last six years in New Jersey at Pearson Education in its literacy realm. She lives with her husband, former BC football star Augie Hoffman ’03, in Mahwah. • John Kennedy received his law degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2009 and is now an attorney at the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. • Jenny Murphy Carnival is a fashion designer now working for the ashley B company in New York City, and her amazing designs are available at Saks Fifth Avenue! Jenny’s close friend Jessie Rosen is also seeing her career blossom. Forbes has named Jessie’s blog, 20-Nothings (http://20-nothings.com), one of “the 100 best websites for women in 2013.” • Ryan “Buddy” Rutzke, MSW’06, graduated from the University of Washington Law School in June. He plans to continue working for social justice as a newly minted JD, even if the “poorly placed NyQuil box” continues to haunt him. • CJ Gangi shared some good news, as dear friends, former roommate Gavin McGrath and Elizabeth “Biz” LaRose Oates, MEd’06, both brought their second bundle of joy into the world. Gavin and wife Amanda welcomed Charles Walter on July 1, while Biz and husband Phil said hello to their son Robert Thomas on May 26. Both children are scheduled to graduate from BC in the Class of 2031. The Oates family is helped in a number of different capacities by their British au pair, Michelle Lawson. • Michael ’06 and Rachel (Smith) Egbert, MA’06, welcomed Gabriel James into the world on April 10. He joins his big sister, Audrey Jane, who was born on May 26, 2011. • Ryan ’06 and Anne (Maxwell) Foster also welcomed a beautiful child into their family: Their daughter, Gibbons “Gibbie” Rose, was born on April 16. Anne is co-owner of Tilton Fenwick, a boutique interior design firm in New York that was the 2011 recipient of the “Rising Stars of Interior Design” award by the International Furnishings and Design Association. 76 class notes

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2007

class participation goal: 640 Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com Alexandra Kamin and Brian Maples were married on November 17, 2012. Fellow Eagles in the wedding party were Andy Maples ’04, Ryan Panaro, Chris Coleman, Andrew Donahue, Joey Jones, Becky Kane, Jeanette Marrone, Sarah Bouchard, and Erica Olson. Guests included Danny and Sarah (Manganaro) Jamieson MS’10, Kristina Lang, Ben Litchfield, Kay Saylor, Vicki Devins, Katelyn Reabe, Anthony Liberti, Amanda Short, Jean King, Elizabeth Yan, and AJ and Emily (Labriola) Silver. • On July 13, Meg Wesp married Brad Lightner (Penn State ’10) at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Luckily for Meg and Brad, Tropical Storm Chantal dissipated before hitting the Bahamas, and they


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