at 7:30 a.m. Upon returning home from this fulfilling accomplishment, Todd went on to professional achievement as well with his promotion to managing director at Rocaton Investment Advisors, an investment consulting firm in Connecticut. • Erin Dionne’s first picture book, Captain’s Log: Snowbound (Charlesbridge), was released in November. It’s an exploration of imagination: The protagonist takes on the persona of a stranded captain when his family is homebound after a big snowstorm. Inspired by the 109-inch snowfall in Boston in 2015 as well as Facebook posts, the book has received a starred review from Kirkus! Correspondent: Margo Rivera Gillespie margogillespie@gmail.com
1998 John Ingoglia writes: “The reunion was a great time! My wife, Shirley, was able to experience Boston for the first time. She thought everyone in our class was so nice and the campus so beautiful. Being on campus was like it was 20 years ago. Such happy times. Very grateful for it all. Go, BC!” • Two years ago Steve Olivier, aka “Guy Holmes,” launched Grow: The Quintessential Cannabis Horticulture Magazine. It was the fastest-growing print magazine at Barnes & Noble for 2017 and has just been ranked in the top 1,000 print magazines by revenue at B&N, the nation’s biggest seller of magazines. Grow is also sold internationally and employs cannabis legends like Ed Rosenthal, Todd McCormick, and Laurence Cherniak. Steve has been publishing magazines since 2005, when he launched Eugene Magazine, Lane County, Oregon’s lifestyle quarterly. He still oversees operations of both magazines, headquartered in Eugene, where he lives with his wife, Lanny, and three kids, Quinn (10), Steve (6), and Josette (4). He also grows cannabis and consults with growers worldwide. Correspondent: Mistie P. Lucht hohudson@yahoo.com
1999 20TH REUNION
May 31–June 2, 2019 Correspondent: Matt Colleran bc1999classnotes@hotmail.com Correspondent: Emily Wildfire ewildfire@hotmail.com
2000 Happy 2019! It’s hard to believe that another year has passed since our time at the Heights. • Jason Maloney was elected to the board of directors of Watson Clinic, a 220-member, multi-specialty physician group in Southwest Florida. Jason has been a neuroradiologist with Watson for more than four years. • BC roommates Lisa Herskowitz Rager and Libby Putman Roin celebrated their 40th birthdays with friends and family in Aspen, CO, in late August. 56
The celebration fortuitously fell on the 22nd anniversary of their first meeting at the Heights—on the first day of freshman orientation in 1996. Lisa joined Tesla Motors in June 2018 as a global security manager and says she is excited to be contributing to Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. • Nadia Lehmejian and Patrick Moore were married on June 29, 2018, in the neighborhood where they live, New York City’s West Village. Patrick is from West Hartford, CT. Nadia continues to work in marketing in the technology space as she has been doing on and off since 2003. She also has been teaching Bikram Yoga for more than nine years. • Thank you again to everyone who shared their news. Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com
2001 Happy new year to the Class of 2001! • Paul and Candice (Condon) Cunningham have moved to Lubbock, TX, where Paul serves as a senior district manager for Altria Group, and Candice stays home with their children, Peyton (9) and Avery (6). Candice was recently elected VP of Better Understanding of Down Syndrome (BUDS), a West Texas Down syndrome advocacy nonprofit. She is looking forward to soon delving into a career in real estate now that their youngest has started kindergarten. She recently had a blast in Charleston, SC, with classmates Megan Cunningham West, Erin Haran MacCurtain, Christy Merullo Thompson, Lauren Hill Kowaleski, and Kate Maher Gruber. • Maggie Messitt graduated from Ohio University with a PhD in creative nonfiction, focused on literary journalism and postapartheid South African literature, in 2017. She was then named national director of Report for America, a national service program placing talented emerging journalists in local newsrooms across the country to report on under-covered issues and communities. She splits her time between Brooklyn and Pittsburgh. • I recently retired my pom-poms as cheer coordinator and trustee for our local K–6 youth football and cheerleading league, where I also coached a great group of ladies. I’m excited to pass the baton and become a spectator for the school squad next year, which will give my family more time to come up and cheer on the Eagles! • This is the year during which most of us turn 40. Live it up, and keep those updates coming! Happy birthdays! Correspondent: Sandi Birkeland Kanne bc01classnotes@gmail.com
2002 Laura Eliasof Jimenez, a financial advisor with Merrill Lynch in White Plains, NY, has been making her mark in the financial advice field. In 2018, she was named to both Forbes’ list of America’s Top NextGeneration Wealth Advisors, which recognizes the best forward thinkers in the business,
and Working Mother magazine’s list of Top Wealth Advisor Moms. Laura has been with Merrill Lynch for the past 15 years, helping individuals and families successfully manage wealth and achieve their retirement goals. She resides in Port Chester, NY, with her husband and young daughter. • David Baxter and his wife, Lori, welcomed their second child, a son, Riley Ernest, on October 5, 2018, in their hometown of Roseburg, OR. David and family plan to return in December to Vientiane, Laos, where they have lived for the past two years. You can follow their expat family adventures at AwayGoWe.com. • Janie Ho, a former analyst at LinkedIn in New York City, is now an adjunct professor of social media at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She owns the Boston College tech and communications alumni group on LinkedIn—request to join and send her a note! She also provides social/digital, speaking, and even photography (portrait, events) services. She’d love to hear from fellow Eagles; email her at janiekho@gmail.com. Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com
2003 It’s congratulations all around for this issue! In September, Kerry Whelly Langan, MA’04, was named to the CNY Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty for 2018. The list recognizes 40 individuals who are under the age of 40 and have excelled in the workplace and in the community. Kerry, a labor and employment law attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King, is also involved in volunteer work centered on helping children and families. She is a board member of Huntington Family Centers, which provides youth, family, and adult services, and also served for many years on the board of Circare, which supports individuals and their families who encounter barriers to their health and wellness. • In April 2018, Ashley “AC” Bradley won a Daytime Emmy for writing in an animated program, Trollhunters. She is also the author of multiple episodes of a new animated series, 3Below, which debuted on Netflix in December. She hopes you will watch with the whole family. • Congratulations to Carl Oliveri twice over! Carl received his PhD in administration and leadership from Marywood University in November 2017, and he was married on September 14, 2018. He lives in Chelsea. Editor’s note: With this issue, Toni Ann Kruse is relinquishing her role as your class correspondent. Toni Ann has served as the sole writer for this column, faithfully reporting news of your class throughout the 15 years since graduation. We are very grateful to her for her excellent work and thank her for her commitment as a volunteer for Boston College. If you would like to follow Toni Ann’s good example, serving the great Class of 2003 by joining our team of scribes, please contact us at classnotes@bc.edu. Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com