As the season turns to spring, we checked in with former Eagles pitcher Dave Preziosi, MEd’08. The southpaw and four-year studentathlete now pitches in as a senior district sales manager at ADP. His wife, Merry Foley Preziosi ’06, works at Georgetown University Hospital as a nurse practitioner in interventional radiology. • Former BC softball player Michelle Daly Rooney married her high school sweetheart, Anthony Rooney, on June 14, 2008. Their son, Michael Robert, was born on November 7, 2012. Michelle had worked for seven years at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, but is now COO of the Rooney household. Anthony is a CPA at Gray, Gray & Gray in Westwood. The Rooneys reside in Quincy. • Eric Ares would like to report that he has cut his hair and started wearing tank tops. He just added a cat, Amar Jr., to his family, and he is working for an organization called LA CAN (Los Angeles Community Action Network), advocating for the rights of people living in the area of downtown LA known as Skid Row. He married Yelena Zeltser in October 2011. • Speaking of weddings, bells were ringing for the Class of 2005 in 2012. Charles “CJ” Gangi married his best friend, JoAnn Amico, at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Framingham on September 29. The wedding party included best man Paul Gangi ’10, James McLaughlin, Gavin McGrath, Angelita Delgadillo, Anastasia Maternovskaya, and Lisa Davis. Also present were Ben and Laura (Goodhue) Knappmiller, Elizabeth “Biz” LaRose MEd’06, Nell Curran, Molly (McDonnell) MS’10 and Dave Lemoine, Adam Markey, Christian Hunt, Justin Barrasso, Meg Feist JD’09, and Jessica Petersen. • Lane Marmon married Miles Plant on October 27 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle, NY. BC’05 alumni in attendance included best man Robert Plimpton, matron of honor Jane Balas Bortz, and bridesmaids Suzanne Jones and Lauren Bonaventura. The couple reside in Stamford, CT, where Lane is a matrimonial attorney at Rutkin, Oldham & Griffin, and Miles is an attorney and judicial law clerk at the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. • Bill and Danielle (Hedderson) Wales were married in Breezy Point, NY, on July 20. In attendance were Jamie Cositore, Katie Legge McLennan ’99, Snehal Shah ’03, Maria Suarez Ruff, Michelle Brown, Eileen Delaney MA’06, Mike Leahy JD’07, Katie Cronin, Laura Belden, Christine Mulligan, Jody Ebanks, Evan Glover ’04, and Jonathan Koenigsamen ’04. • Matt and Carly Fraser Doria, were married in 2011 and are living in Brooklyn. Carly is an associate editor at W.W. Norton, and Matt works as an operational consultant at Sibson Consulting. On October 14, 2012, the couple welcomed a new addition to the family: Zadie Patricia, who, her proud mother reports, is like a dream baby, easy, smiles a lot, and sleeps well. • In other baby news, AJ, MBA’11, and Kari Cushing Nary welcomed Tucker Davis Nary on January 15. Tucker is currently on schedule to graduate with honors from Boston College in the Class of 2035. • Adam Fitzgerald’s debut collection of poetry, The Late Parade, is slated for publication by W.W. Norton’s Liveright imprint in June. Adam, who holds a master’s degree from BU’s Editorial Institute and an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts, is an adjunct professor in literature and creative writing at Rutgers
University and The New School. He is also the founding editor of the poetry journal Maggy and the small artisan press Monk Books. Adam resides in the East Village.
firm for two years. Previously, he held a private wealth management role at UBS. Kevin is a chartered financial analyst and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
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2006
class participation goal: 650 Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu Ted Dunlap is living in Hermosa Beach, CA; he has lived in the LA area since graduation. Ted is the athletic director for Junípero Serra High School in Gardena, whose football team won the Division II state championship last fall. He still tries to play basketball in his free time and enjoys living by the beach.
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2007
class participation goal: 720 Correspondent: Lauren Faherty Bagnell lauren.faherty@gmail.com Evan and Angela (Thompson) Reeves were married on September 21, 2012, in Buffalo, NY, at St. Joseph University Parish. The bridal party included maid of honor Maia Tekle and bridesmaid Kathryn (Barwikowski) Scerra. Other BC’07 Eagles in attendance included Kate Sarmini, Kristina Nazareth, Becca Miles, Lisa (Antonellis) Kelley, Michael Wilhelm, Michael Scerra, Larry Lundy, Patrick Gipson, Chas Eby, and Django Gold. The couple reside in Buffalo, where Angela works in brand finance for Fisher-Price, and Evan in IT for the Department of Homeland Security.
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2008
reunion year class participation goal: 1,000 Correspondent: Maura Tierney mauraktierney@gmail.com Congrats to Timothy Manning, MA’09, and Jennifer Ferreris, MA’09, who were married in Clearwater, FL, on July 7, 2012. Sara Bedford and Mary Wall were in the wedding party, and fellow BC’08 alumni in attendance were Eileen Puzo MA’09, James Puzo, Colin Smith, Colin Laughlin, Jordan Bragg, Jennifer Bickford, Michael and Ashley McLaughlin Leen, Sarah Conaghan, Maureen Lonergan MEd’09, and Jeffrey Staples. • Jonathan and Sarah Milonas Carmin, MEd’12, are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Matthew William Carmine, on March 15, 2012, in Boston. • Sean Hickey received a promotion and is now an embryologist/lab specialist at Strong Fertility Center. His wife, Nicole, is enjoying her new job as a nurse, and their two young boys, Rory and Rhys, are healthy and happy! • In March, Ryan Selkis launched Good-Benefits.com, a Web-based platform that helps people manage their giving in one place (in personal “microfoundations”), and makes it easier to save for larger donations—like those to BC! • Kevin Foote was promoted to the portfolio trader, Institutional Equity Division, at Morgan Stanley in New York. He has been with the www.bc.edu/alumni
2009
class participation goal: 660 Correspondent: Timothy Bates tbates86@gmail.com
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2010
class participation goal: 610 Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com
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2011
class participation goal: 550 Correspondent: Brittany Lynch
brittanymichele8@gmail.com Christopher Salerno, now a second lieutenant in the Army, was deployed to Afghanistan with his unit, the 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, of the 10th Mountain Division. He was an ROTC cadet while a student at the Carroll School of Management, and he completed the Armor Basic Officer Leaders Course at Fort Benning, GA, in 2012 before reporting to Fort Drum in New York. Chris is the son of Debra and Harry Salerno ’75 of Plymouth, and the brother of Richard Salerno ’01. • Elizabeth Rodriguez was recently promoted to assistant to the director of admissions at Midwestern State University, where she will be responsible for speaking to and recruiting prospective students. • On February 23, Brittany Lynch and Frances Sevilla-Sacasa participated in Boston College’s 150 on the Road event in Miami. BC has partnered with Catholic Relief Services and Stop Hunger Now to package meals that will be delivered to families in the West African nation of Burkina Faso through the Helping Hands service project. Attendees at the Miami event packaged more than 30,000 meals out of the 150,000 goal, which was a huge success!
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2012
class participation goal: 670 Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly a year since we were students at Boston College. Many are currently continuing their education or soon will be. Kathryn Roulett is attending Columbia Law School and plans to practice corporate law in New York City after graduation. Michelle Irwin is now attending George Washington University Law School. I will be attending Georgetown’s Public Policy Institute starting in September for my Master of Public Policy. I have spent the year working as the intake and operations coordinator at Ostiguy High School, a