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1995
class participation goal: 450
Correspondent: Kevin McKeon kmckeon@gmail.com In September, Ken Avalos rejoined Raymond James Ltd., the Canadian arm of North American investment dealer Raymond James Financial, as senior real estate analyst to lead its Canadian real estate research coverage. He is working in the firm’s home office in St. Petersburg, FL. After graduating from Boston College in 1995, Ken earned an MBA from the Stern School of Business at NYU. He served as director, finance and capital markets, at First Potomac Realty Trust in Maryland before returning to Raymond James, where he had worked for almost a decade.
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counted for the class of
1996
class participation goal: 383
Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman12@gmail.com Amid the gales of Hurricane Irene, John Dempsey married Brigid Tobin ’97 in Boston on August 27 at St. Ignatius Church. Fr. Don MacMillan ’66, MDiv’72, presided over the ceremony, and John Boyt, David Telep, and I were among the groomsmen. Among the many classmates and guests in attendance were Josh and Julie Holbrook, Shane and Jim Roth, Tom Adams, Josh Wallin, Cristin Hayes Callaghan, Andrew Fellingham, Anna Zintl, Loretta Shing, Brian Woods, Christy and Matt Keswick, and Maureen ’97, MA’02, and Chris Barnowski. Fun fact: Dave and his wife, Amy (Schoefield), introduced Brigid and JD. • Tim Burke, MSW’96, married Jeanne Kleinberg (Providence College ’04) on July 16 in Salem. It was a joyous celebration with many BC’96 graduates in attendance: best man Do Chan and wife Julie; groomsman Paolo Villasenor and wife Laura; Chad Cote; David Horn with fiancée Chrissie Larkin; Eric Kung and wife Jessica; Matt Popalo and wife Angela; Vivek Sailam and wife Smruti; Gian Verri and wife Karla; and Mark Wenger. Tim and Jeanne enjoyed a wonderful honeymoon adventure in Morocco following their wedding. • Roy and Maureen (Lerz) Bulleri welcomed a son, Alexander Edward, on June 1. They currently live in Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. (Correspondent’s note: That’s my hometown. Very pretty!)
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counted for the class of
1997
reunion year
class participation goal: 420
Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com Tom and Julie (Tucker) Rollauer welcomed their second child, Brendan Stephen, on May 16. He joins big sister Megan (2). The Rollauers recently bought a home in HoHo-Kus, NJ. Tom is a VP in the institutional clients group at Citigroup, and Julie manages YouTube’s advertising business for cable and
wireless providers at Google. Both work in Manhattan. • Tom and Katie (Curran) Kelley welcomed their second daughter, Abigail Rose, into the world on June 29. Katie was warmly welcomed back from maternity leave this fall with an invitation to become a monthly guest on a local Portland, OR, TV talk show, where she shares tips and advice as a leadership coach with her business, Legacy Builder Coaching. • Trevor and Alison Daniels Macko, MEd’99, are overjoyed to announce the birth of their third child! Charlotte Ann was born on September 25, 2010. Charlotte joins siblings Alicia (5) and Hayden (3). • Yasmin Hakim’s latest company, 2Creatives Media, launched its first digital magazine for iPad in July. The app, Cosmopolitan Indonesia, is now available from the App Store for download globally. 2Creatives Media provides services for companies seeking to bring their publications into the digital tablets world. Yasmin resides in Jakarta, Indonesia. • Myles Duffy married Saerom Park on August 20 in Mattituck, NY. Saerom is studying at NYU Law, where she is a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar. Myles works for the Washington DC–based political consulting firm Gumbinner & Davies Communications. They live in Brooklyn. • Michael J. O’Brien married Andrea Halderman in Kinsale, Ireland, on July 4. Among family and friends in attendance were Tim and Kim Mooney-Doyle and their two daughters, Grace and Zoe, who were flower girls. The couple honeymooned in the Netherlands and France before settling into married life in Jenkintown, PA, where Mike has worked as a staff writer at Human Resource Executive magazine for the past five years. He earlier worked as a reporter, columnist, and photographer at the Daily American newspaper in southwestern Pennsylvania. Mike is currently working on a novel based on his experiences as a newspaper reporter covering the crash of United Flight 93 on 9/11 and the Quecreek Mine rescue that occurred shortly thereafter.
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counted for the class of
1998
class participation goal: 505
Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com On May 7, 2011, Alison (Curd) and Tyson Lowery welcomed Avalon Alison Lowery into the world. She shares her birthday with her mom! Big sister Calista is excited to have a real baby to play with now. They are still loving San Diego. Alison enjoys her job managing the finance organization at Life Technologies that supports the company’s 25 manufacturing sites worldwide, and Tyson continues to grow his consulting business as well as his baseball website: www.simdynasty.com. • In May, Amy Planz married Steven Annese (St. Peter’s College). BC alumni in attendance included Amy Dufour, Gail Rodriguez, Janine (Miller) Cummings, Mike ’94 and Kerry (Spellman) Curran, Garo Nazarian, Colleen (Hughes) Pichette, Kirstin (Gollop) Schena, Laurie (Flaherty) Mitchell, and Geoff Garcia. Amy’s daughter Ava (5) was the flower girl. The family resides in Basking Ridge, NJ. Amy, a pediatric dentist, is opening her own practice 21 class notes
in Hillsborough, and Steven owns his own business, Elite Holdings Group. • Mike and Laura (Walsh) Giesecke welcomed Henry Jacob on March 25. He joins big brothers Evan (4) and Matthew (2). The family lives in Whitefish Bay, WI. Laura works very parttime for the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute, supporting the STEP Literacy Assessment. Mike continues to work for GE Healthcare. • JonMarc P. Buffa married Elizabeth Kelly on August 13. • Richard Brauman passed away suddenly on July 6, leaving behind his fiancée, Annaliese Rittershaus, whom he had planned to marry on August 13. Richard was the founder and CEO of Little Pearl Caviar. The company sells caviar harvested in sustainable American fisheries and packaged without preservatives to restaurants and retail markets; its caviar has won praise and awards from the New York Times, Bon Appétit, and Food & Wine. • This past summer, Samir Bhavnani, along with Thomas James, Jeffrey Sgro, Christopher Duncan, and Andrew Taylor, were in Palm Desert, CA, where they competed in the Flip-Flop Invitational Golf Tournament. • DJ MacAloon and wife Jennifer welcomed their first child on July 12, a baby girl named Leah Rose MacAloon. They are living in Bloomfield Hills, MI, and DJ is working at Gallagher Benefit Services, a consulting firm. DJ’s brother Griffin is a freshman this year at BC! • Chris Boscia, MA’00, and Kristin Love Boscia welcomed their first child, Katherine Love Boscia, on June 23. They live in Santa Clara, CA.
You’ll always be
counted for the class of
1999
class participation goal: 430
Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com Hello, members of the Class of 1999. We hope you are having a great fall. Please keep the updates coming. Also, be sure to check out the new Class of 1999 group on Facebook. This group was recently upgraded, so you may need to rejoin the group. Let’s try to get as many members of the class as possible in the group! Thanks and we look forward to catching up with many of you soon. • Shawn and Kristin (Adamo) Grenier welcomed their first child, Ryan Francis, on June 16. They live in North Andover. • Fred and Daniela (Grande) Cardone welcomed their second child, Micaela, on June 6. She joined her two-year-old big sister, Adriana. They live in Basking Ridge, NJ. • Brett Caya and Linnsey Workman were married on June 25 at the St. Regis Resort in Punta Mita, Mexico. Renetta (Ascher) Caya served as matron of honor. The couple honeymooned in South Africa and Botswana. Linnsey is associate general counsel for the action sports apparel maker Quiksilver Inc. • David Myers and his wife, Rebecca, celebrated the birth of their second child, Emily Meta Myers. They reside in Roseville, CA. • Lori (Nehls) Nickerson and her husband, Rob (Babson ’99), welcomed a son, Andrew James, on June 25, 2010. Julia Rose (4) adores her little brother and being a big sister. They are still living in Framingham, where Lori is inhouse counsel for a medical device company,