class notes Kaiser Permanente. • David Cotter, MA’05, married Susan Klassen, MA’06, on October 9, 2010, in Rochester, NY. Patrick Matarazzo and Andrew O’Kane were members of the wedding party. BC alumni in attendance included Adam Poluzzi; Lesley Johnston Lang; Tom Casazzone JD’09; Courtney Chapman ’02; Lauren Hemenetz ’05; Emily Dendinger ’05, MEd’06; Stephanie Glassburn MA’06; and Heather Byrns MA’05. After touring Scandinavia for their honeymoon, David and Susan returned to their Massachusetts home. • In June, Marta (Capasso) LaRusso, an associate member of the Council for Women of Boston College, hosted Beginning the Journey: Continuing the Conversation at her home in New York. This networking opportunity was developed as a continuation of the council’s Beginning the Journey programs for young alumnae.
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Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com Everyone keeps reminding me to mention that I finished a master’s in public relations from Georgetown University this past summer. The Army sent me to graduate school after my last Pentagon job, and I was truly blessed for the experience. I now live at Fort Bragg, NC—and still appreciate all updates you send! • Kelly (Smith) DeMartini received a PhD in clinical psychology from Syracuse University in July after completing a yearlong clinical internship at Yale Medical School. She will be staying on at Yale to complete a two-year research postdoctoral fellowship to study alcohol abuse and dependence treatments, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. • Brad Arguello, Henry DeMatteis, and Alex Gschwend have opened a restaurant and food truck in Denver called The Über Sausage, featuring gourmet sausage sandwiches, homemade-style chips, and homemade apple coleslaw. • During the summer, Brendan Housler won two Pro/ Elite New York State cycling championships, placing first in both the Bristol Mountain Road Race in May and the Pro/Elite Criterium championship in June at Saranac Lake. He is currently working for Zimmer Spine and racing for the Mt. Borah cycling team. • Kristine “Krissy” Pattin has accepted a position at Dartmouth College as director of graduate curriculum at the Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences. Last year, Dartmouth established a new graduate concentration in quantitative biomedical sciences to crosstrain students in bioinformatics, biostatistics, and molecular epidemiology. She has also been appointed instructor of genetics. • Allen Ferrucci and Sara Hart were married on July 29 in New Haven, CT. A reception followed at the Lighthouse Point Park Carousel. The wedding party included Kristen Benakis, Valerie (LaVoie) Berezin MS’05, Kristyn (Bunce) DeFilipp, Elizabeth Furbish, Jay Green MS’05, James Jakobsen, and Amy (Techtmann) Pasqua. Alumni in attendance included Christi Crowley; Donald Harrison; Andrew Killian; Jeff Pasqua; Fran Taglia; Raj
Thind; Lauren Donalty ’97, MEd’99, MEd’00, and Paul Canalori ’94; and Maggie (Davis) Trivino MEd’03. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii. They live in New Haven, where Allen is completing his residency in orthopedic surgery at Yale–New Haven Hospital, and Sara is a third-grade teacher in the New Haven Public Schools. • Brendan Russell married Becky Simmons on June 4 at her parents’ home in San Jose, CA. In attendance were Elizabeth Bernardi, Shaama (Saber) Chahoud, Denis and Katie (West) Gallagher, Susan Kasper, Thomas McDonald ’08, and Michael Ryan ’05. A second East Coast celebration was held at Cameron’s on the Green in East Bridgewater on June 18. • Mary Catherine Healy and James Cristiano, son of Margaret Yatch Cristiano ’64, were married on September 25, 2010, at St. Peter’s Church in Southwest Harbor, ME. The wedding party included Brandon Barford, Robert Cristiano ’00, Sarah Fox, Emily Hayden MEd’06, Amy Johnson, Tom Mitchel, Chris Reilly, Janet Rutledge, and Lauren Shurtleff. Alumni in attendance included Zachary Barber, Brian Doucette, Bridget Sullivan Eisenhart, Chris Eustance, Jen (Gallagher) Eustance, Brian Giesen ’03, Stephanie Ladam Leach, and James Russo. • Brad Anderson and Shannon Gherty were married on August 7, 2010, in Minneapolis, MN. Although both are native Minnesotans, Shannon and Brad first met during senior year. Classmates in their wedding party included Josyl Barchue, Kelly Crowther, Chris Johnson, Justin Slattery, and Seth Therrien MS’05, MBA’08. Other alumni in attendance included Suzanne Jones ’05, Heath Kramer, Jamie Lockhart ’99, Liz McInnis, Stephanie Rodetis, Luis Santiago, Rich Sweeney, and Jeni (Runco) Therrien. Brad and Shannon live in Minneapolis with their dog, Buckley. They wish a heartfelt congratulations to Dave Giulietti, who was married the same day!
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Andrew Grillo has been living in Sydney, Australia, since February 2008. He works as a portfolio manager in the currency management team at State Street Global Advisors. In true Aussie style, Andrew has taken up surfing, wakeboarding, and snowboarding. A baseball player at BC, Andrew has played for the North Sydney Bears baseball club for three seasons. In his spare time, he has been busy collecting wine. • Laura (Goodhue) Knappmiller moved to New York City in August with husband Benjamin to start a new position at AllianceBernstein as a client relations associate. Ben finished his LLM in taxation from BU School of Law in January and is working at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its tax mergers and acquisitions practice. Their cat, Kelly Clarkson, is beyond herself with excitement in the new city. • Jessie Rosen is celebrating one year in her adopted city of Los Angeles this fall. Jessie moved 23 class notes
west to work as the director of branded content development with Generate, a Santa Monica–based production company creating TV, film, and digital content in partnership with brands. Jessie also continues to pursue her writing career, maintaining her blog, 20-Nothings, and developing scripted projects for TV and film. • Jane Balas and Andrew Bortz are happy to announce their marriage on June 11 in Guilford, CT. Among the many BC alumni in attendance were maid of honor Lane Marmon and bridesmaid Lindsey Scardino Borden, MS’06. Victoria Hellen, Stephanie Bissonnette, and Mark Switaj delivered readings at the wedding. Jane and Andy, who met while on vacation in 2008, reside and work in the Philadelphia area, where they are also in the part-time MBA program at Villanova University. • The Boston Playwrights’ Theater featured Hideous Progeny in July, which tells the story of the events that would lead Mary Shelley to write her Gothic classic, Frankenstein. The play was written by Emily Dendinger and directed by Krista D’Agostino. The costumes were designed by BC adjunct assistant professor of theater Jacqueline Dalley. • Carly Fraser and Matthew Doria were married on July 7 at the Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington, CT. After BC, Carly earned her master’s in American studies from Columbia; she is now an associate editor for W.W. Norton in New York. Matthew received his MBA from NYU and is a consultant with the Segal Company, a human resources consultancy in New York. • Laura Kebel and Corey Manchester, MS’08, were married on June 4 in Bernardsville, NJ. The wedding party included Andrea Casassa, Luci (Posillico) Kemnitzer, Jenny Nowak, Ellen Pyzik, Melissa Tully, Adrian Anderson, Sanjay Arora, Joseph Cooper, Matthew Druckman MS’07, John Geiger, John Kennedy, and John Wynne. Attendees included Andrew Hodgens; Aoife Millar; Cindy Harrington; Erin O’Neil; Allison Cherundulo; Kathleen McDermott; Liz Hollinger; Pete DeLuca; Maureen Downes; John Xeller; Valeria (Castanaro) Gallotta MEd’06; Liz Hassan; Allison Bensley; Skip Paul; Brian Benestad; Lauren Schultz ’04, MEd’05; Joseph Kennedy ’07; and Daniel ’74 and Kathy (Reilly) Druckman ’74. The couple honeymooned in Tahiti and now reside in Walpole.
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Esther Cajuste was recently selected for a fellowship through Stoneleigh Foundation. Esther will be working with the homeless advocacy organization Project HOME to develop a resource guide for homeless service providers in Philadelphia and to provide homeless children with more educational opportunities. Project HOME is regarded as a national model to end homelessness. • Joseph Sabia, who works at Next New Networks, a web video production company recently acquired by YouTube, spent part of his summer as a teacher at boot camp in