MA’00, MA’01. Michele Furman Liesse and Daniela (Grande) Cardone had also planned to attend but couldn’t because of the snow. Laura and John live in New York City, where John is a manager in asset protection at Polo Ralph Lauren, and Laura is a VP of finance at Maverik Lacrosse, a division of Bauer Performance Sports. • Dan Lewin married Toby Sloan on September 18 in Boston. Three groomsmen were BC grads: Tom Bumbolow ’98, who served as best man; Ryan McCourt; and Anthony DePinto ’98. Dan and Toby live in Brookline, and Dan works at UBS Financial Services as a financial advisor.
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class participation goal: 460 Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com Happy 2012, Class of 2000! • In September, Ellen Finnigan published her first book, The Me Years. You can read all about it on her website: www.ellenfinnigan.com. Ellen earned her MFA from the University of Montana. • Kevin Boland and Kerrie CaulfieldBoland are proud to announce the birth of their second son, Kevin Patrick, on November 22, 2010. Big brother Kyle (4) was very excited to bring Kevin Patrick to his very first BC football game in September. • Steve and Alison Ball Bryan are proud to announce the birth of Max Harrison on June 2, 2011. The family lives in Cohasset. • Marggy and Phil Gabriel are also proud to announce the birth of a child: Audrey Simone on October 10, 2011. Big sisters Charlotte and Sabrina love their new roles! The family continues to live in Wellesley. • I hope that everyone had a joy-filled holiday season, and I wish you a wonderful year ahead. Please remember to send me your news so that I can share it with our classmates.
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class participation goal: 500 Correspondent: Erin Mary Ackerman bostoncollege01@hotmail.com Former BC roommates Oliver Lubin and James Reinhart, along with Harvard alumnus Chris Homer, became entrepreneurs with thredUp, an online community to buy and sell gently used clothing, which they founded in 2009. The site attracted 10,000 members within just the first three months, and in 2010, they added a children’s clothing service to the site. • Mathew and Erin (Turick) Gooch are proud to announce the birth of a daughter, Leila Grace, on November 3, 2011, in Newark, DE. She joins big brothers Peyton (3) and Wyatt (2) at home in West Grove, PA. Leila is the first granddaughter on both sides of the family.
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reunion year class participation goal: 634 Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Jamie and Donato Giuseppi, who have three beautiful children. Sienna Giuseppi was born on December 13, 2006, and Cris Stauffer is her godfather; Donato Giuseppi IV was born on July 8, 2008, and Rachel (Dunleavy) Quinn is his godmother; and Luca Giuseppi was born on June 7, 2011, and Steve Monaco is his godfather. The happy family just moved into their first house in Pelham, NY. Donato is still with UBS Investment Bank, where he has worked since graduation, and he recently became COO of IBD Americas. • Congratulations to John Cotter, MBA’10, MSF’11, and Katherine Trainor ’05, who were married on October 1, 2011, in New Hartford, NY, with a reception following in Cooperstown. In addition to the bride and groom, 8 of their 16 bridal party attendants were Boston College alumni, including Edward McNabb, Jonathan Trainor ’07, Kyle Trainor ’09, Christopher Wilkie, Lindsay Conlin ’05, Erin Fransen ’05, Allison LeBlanc ’05, and Sarah Quintana ’05. Tessa Trainor, the maid of honor and sister of the bride, is a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and will graduate this spring. Other BC alumni in attendance included Keri Rubeis ’05, Curtis Wells ’06, Nathan Buttrick, Adam DeVito, Joseph Katchpole, Michael Leflar, and David Griffith ’68. John is a senior risk analyst at a merchant energy firm, and Kate is a partner at a public relations firm, both in downtown Boston. They reside in South Boston. • Congratulations to Mark ’90 and Anne (Sargent) Gallagher, who, along with big sister Charlotte, welcomed identical twin boys, John Hynes Gallagher and Henry Sargent Gallagher, on March 29. The family resides in Cohasset.
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class participation goal: 532 Correspondent: Toni Ann Kruse kruseta@gmail.com Helen Wong and Justin Tang were married on August 12, 2011, in Avon, CT. Helen is a dentist, and Justin is a group manager at Pratt & Whitney. The couple reside in Vernon, CT. The wedding party included Kristina DeRosa ’05, maid of honor; and Ryan Maguire and Justin Fredericks MBA’09, groomsmen. Other classmates in attendance included Dwight Branch, Sehee Kim, Lisamarie Sears, Lena Tang, Junho Park, Eric Murray, Jason Antoine, Jeffrey Bishop, Brian Gilboy, and Matthew Riordan. • Pauline and Benedikt Goetz—and big sister Matilda— welcomed Marius Cosimo Goetz, born February 17, 2011, in London. • Katherine Williamson and David Sutton were married in Yonkers, NY, on May 14, 2011. In attendance were Christine Hogan, Toni Ann Kruse JD’08, Lauren Meyers, Jennifer Worsham Miskelly MEd’04, Jason Sclafani MA’06, and Brian and Kristen (Cwirka) Swenson. • Sean and Jillian (Fantozzi) O’Connell welcomed a baby girl, Charlotte Eileen, on May 16, 2011. They reside in Boston. • Lauren Sabonis and Steve Schlegel ’01 were married on July 9, 2011, at St. Luke’s Church in Scituate. A reception followed at Indian Pond Country www.bc.edu/alumni
Club in Kingston. BC alumni in attendance included Mary Troy ’69, Jay Kilpela ’01, James Koehler ’01, Kelly Driscoll ’02, Jeana Whitney MEd’05, Jody Platt, Sarah Kate Wilson, Meredith Bauer, Meaghan Traverse, Kate Schrinsky, Sara Albano MS’04, Bryan Albano, Nolan Kelly, Katie Driscoll ’07, and Jenny Driscoll ’10. Lauren and Steve now reside in Watertown. Lauren is a mathematics teacher in the Chelsea Public Schools, and Steve is a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche in Boston. • Dwight and Kelly (Agostinacchio) Forquignon welcomed their second daughter, Julianna Kate, on June 21, 2011. She joins big sister Madelyn Grace. The family lives in Massapequa, NY, where Kelly is the director of accounting for a law firm. • On November 23, 2011, Christina Neuner Boyle and Sean Boyle welcomed their first child, a beautiful baby boy named Seamus Eugene Boyle. The happy family resides in Zurich, Switzerland, where Christina is a postdoctoral scholar of neuroscience at the University of Zurich, and Sean is an internal auditor at UBS. • Thomas and Kristen (Moore) Johnson are proud to announce the birth of their son, William Thomas Johnson, on July 22, 2011. The happy family currently resides in Bucks County, PA, where Kristen is working on her PhD in epidemiology at Drexel University. • Happy 2012 to all, and keep me posted on any exciting updates!
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class participation goal: 500 Correspondent: Alexandra “Allie” Weiskopf allieweiskopf@gmail.com Last year, Molly Scannell completed a master’s degree at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, where she is now working on a PhD in epidemiology. For the past four years, she has been evaluating programs and policies that affect children at Chapin Hall, the school’s policy research center. • Jessica Tychsen married R. Nolan Townsend on September 10, 2011, on Martha’s Vineyard at the Harbor View Hotel. The wedding party included Allison Puca and Katherine Anderson ’06, MBA’10. Alumni in attendance included the groom’s sister Camille Townsend ’03 and former BC women’s hockey teammates Renee Taylor and Heidi Seidewand ’05. The couple currently reside in Seoul, South Korea. • Jennifer Gallagher married Christopher Eustance on June 18, 2011, at St. Ignatius Church. The wedding party included classmates Sarah Fox, Michael Greco, Robert Fountain, and Michael Stack. Other alumni in attendance included Jillian (Baer) Fountain MA’05; Lauren Shurtleff; Emily Hayden MA’06; Alexa Pombo; Erica Jane Kluge; James and Mary (Healy) Cristiano; Susan Burton MSW’07; Donna Carroll; Amy Johnson; Janet Rutledge; Brian Giesen ’03; Andrew Stevenson ’05; Brian Conley ’05; John Vautour; Noah Patel MEd’05; Richard Samuels; Brian May; Adam Pelletier; Robert Daly ’03, MS’08; Kathleen Arsenault; Christopher and Emily (D’Amour) Pardo; and Jennifer Healy ’97. The couple reside in Boston, where they both work for investment management