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the greatest note taker, so please send me updates from the reunion so I can include them in the next issue. As for me, I had a great time at the festival with my husband, Dana Colarulli ’95; daughter Ailinn; and friends Shireen (Pesez) Rhoades, M.Ed.’01, of Vernon, CT, with husband Dave and boys Tommy, Jayson, and Christopher, and Elizabeth (O’Hearn) Galvin (who recently moved to Winchester) with husband John and daughter Georgia. Mary Clancy Peak was there with daughter Caroline and husband Kevin, who happens to be a Georgetown University friend of Liz Galvin’s husband… small world. Stacy and Matt West, a photographer at the Boston Herald, were there with their three beautiful daughters, Ainsley, Charlotte, and Devon. Award for the farthest travel (at least that I know of) goes to Marilu (Peck) ’95 and Joe Logudic and their kids Nina and Jack, all in from Hong Kong for the event. It was great to see Kirsten and Joe Healey with their kids, Eric Tennessen and Mark Tamisiea. Joe is now a Jesuit and lives in New York City. Dan Brown, who came from San Francisco, still looks like a teenager. Also present were Kim (Kozemchak) Paster; my old high-school classmate Meika (Driscoll) Leonard, who got married last year; Meagan ’95 and Gary Lynn; Will and Carolyn (McKenna) Enestvedt, both showing pictures of their beautiful kids and just two days shy of their 13th wedding anniversary; and Doug Hurley, who flagged me down and showed me a picture of his gorgeous daughter, Morgan (5). Thanks to everyone who helped organize the events and coordinated our contribution to the BC Fund in honor of our reunion year, making possible our Class Gift of $835,114. • Here is some non-reunion-related news. Two of my roommates weren’t at the reunion because they have newborns at home! Matt and Beth (Coyle) Alford welcomed a little girl, Kealin Nancy, in March, and Lori MacDonald, husband Phil, and son Max welcomed Alexis Irene, born just a day before the reunion. Jennifer and Michael Monteiro welcomed Madeline Elizabeth in February. • Greg Boron has had his own dog training and boarding facility in New Jersey for the past six years. He has also worked with abused and neglected animals and has written several animal-themed children’s books. He is now moving to Colorado to work at the Denkai Animal Sanctuary, where he will be involved in fundraising, overseeing the construction of a new state-of-the-art dog facility, and running that portion of the sanctuary. • In April, Diane Howells was featured on womanaroundtown.com as the
founder of the Motorcycle Safety School, a pioneer in motorcycle education and rider safety and the largest training school in New York State. Diane’s documentary film on female motorcyclists, Motorcycle Diaries, was featured in the Guggenheim Museum’s The Art of the Motorcycle exhibit, designed by Frank Gehry, and the Oxygen Network bought the television distribution rights. Read Diane’s profile at http://www. womanaroundtown.com/tag/art-of-the-motorcycle. • Morrissey Perfetti, MBA’01, is the new regional vice president, Southern California, of Business Wire. • Andres Benach is now a partner in the employment and immigration group at Duane Morris in Washington DC. • Thanks again, everyone, and please do send news for the next issue.
1995 Correspondent: Enrico Jay Verzosa bc95.classnotes@gmail.com Le Moyne College Panasci Chapel 1419 Salt Springs Road Syracuse, NY 13214 Keith Shea married Anna Hansson Shea on June 7, 2008, in Leksand, Sweden. In attendance from the Class of ’95 were Timothy Watson, Charlie Gilbride, Andre Bessette, Tyler Sloat, and Pete Hogan. Keith and Anna live in San Francisco. Keith gave Maj. Kevin Duffy permission to miss the wedding because Kevin was on his honeymoon! Kevin married Rachel Sunbarger Duffy in Georgetown, DC, the weekend before Keith’s wedding. • Brian Armstrong married Sara Andreala on April 25 in Newport, RI. In attendance were Christopher Costello; Jennifer Carlucci Ferrero; Joseph Kopilak; Mark Marino; Scott Masse ’96; Michael Melito; Shawn Cassidy Perkins; Christian Talma; Adrian Thibodeau ’02; Tracey Armstrong Thibodeau ’00; Laura (Barnabei) ’94, JD’97, and Christopher Twomey; Craig Tyndale; Nickolas Zaderej; and Pavlo Zaderej. Sara and Brian live in Manhattan. Brian runs Armstrong Contracting, his interior renovation company, and Sara just helped launch TraceyCakes.com, a family business. • Lisa (Anderson) Flanagan writes, “I am working as a vice president for Citibank in New York City. Sean, who is nearly five, became a big brother last August when Kian arrived!” • Adrienne LePore wrote with news that her father, James LePore ’69, has published his first novel, A World I Never Made (The Story Plant, 2009). Adrienne and her sisters, Erica 29 class notes
LePore ’93 and Jamie McClutchey LePore ’98, are very proud of their father’s achievement. • Blessings to Ben ’98 and Sue (Mancuso) Fehser, who welcomed their son, Benjamin Charles Jr., on March 11. • Blessings also to Dennis and Jean (Ennis) French, who welcomed their first child, Catherine Marie French, on November 9, 2008. BC ’95ers Katlyn May, Lillie Lucas, Sharon (Turner) Mainero, Maureen (Grealish) White MBA’02, Maura (Winson) Mann, and Mary Cris (Flynn) Kaleba have helped celebrate. Jeannie is an assistant professor of computer science at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, and lives in Myrtle Beach. • Melissa (Karam) Panchley received her MBA from UMass Dartmouth in May. She did it in three years while working for her father’s company and raising two sons, now ages five and seven. Melissa is “not planning to do anything different right now, but it feels good to have more options.” • Meg McSorley graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in May. She’s just moved to Seattle with her husband, Mike Culligan, and their two children, Catie (6) and Jack (3), to start residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington.
1996 Correspondent: Mike Hofman mhofman@inc.com 517 E. 13th Street, No. 20 New York, NY 10009; 212-673-3065 Mark and Caroline (Cerullo) Hogan are proud parents again. Their son, Liam, was born on June 1. He joins sister Sarah. The Hogans live in Charlotte, NC. • Julie (Beckford) ’97 and Dane Koepke gave birth to a daughter, Willow Cora, on December 10, 2008. Dan writes that his older son, Maguire, rushes home from school every day to hold his little sister. • Finally, Colleen (Raymond) and Tim Gagne, MBA’03, recently welcomed their fourth child. Emerson Caroline Gagne was born on March 11. She joins big brothers Danny (7) and Brody (2) as well as her sister, Ainsley (5). Tim works in technology management, and after teaching second grade for many years, Colleen is planning to stay home with the kids.
1997 Correspondent: Sabrina Bracco McCarthy sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com 464 Westminster Road Rockville Centre, NY 11570