the District of Columbia. She was nominated by President Obama in July 2010 and confirmed by the Senate in September. Previously, Maribeth was a supervising attorney in the trial division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where she had represented indigent defendants charged with criminal offenses since 1999. Maribeth holds a law degree from Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, where she has also served as an adjunct professor. be
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Correspondent: Sandy Chen Dekoschak sdekoschak@gmail.com 2043 Hawley Road Ashfield, MA 01330 Danielle (LoPiccolo)’97 and Steve Salhany are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Evelyn Rae, on May 28, 2010. She is their first child. The family resides in Brunswick, ME. Steve is a law librarian at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland, and Danielle is an OB/GYN physician in Augusta. • Our sincerest regret and sympathy to the family and friends of classmate Joseph W. Appleyard, who passed away in September 2010. After BC, Joe joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Tacoma, WA, where he worked with the L’Arche Tahoma Hope community. He continued to work with special-needs children and adults during his career and spent the past six years with the EagleEyes Project at BC’s Campus School. Joe leaves his parents, three siblings, and several aunts and uncles, including BC’s Joseph Appleyard, SJ, ’53, PhL’58. be
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Correspondent: Nancy E. Drane nancydrane@aol.com 226 E. Nelson Avenue Alexandria, VA 22301; 703-548-2396 Hello, Class of 1994. I’m hoping it is busy lives filled with excitement that has kept you from writing! Please drop a line—feel free to share news of friends and classmates as well as your own. • We should all be proud of our classmate Liz McCartney and her St. Bernard Project, which was featured on the cover of U.S. News & World Report in October 2010. Liz cofounded the nonprofit, which is helping to rebuild New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. To date, the project has built 312 homes and recently created a wellness and mental health clinic to help residents deal with long-term problems arising as a consequence of Katrina and the BP oil spill. • Fernando Pinguelo, JD’97, was invited by the Supreme Court of New Jersey Special Committee on Discovery in Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Matters to address the full committee on the applicability of civil electronic discovery and evidence rules and general practices to the criminal context. • Finally, it’s a small world. Just a few days ago, I was walking around my hometown
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hile at BC, Jamie Canniffe ’91 played Nick in an adaptation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and spent a summer acting and writing at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre. Canniffe says that he’s always felt compelled to tell stories. His own narrative, in fact, is as entertaining as the reality shows he creates for Sony Pictures Television, where he was recently promoted to senior vice president. The Marblehead, Mass., native had his first taste of Hollywood in 1993 as a volunteer turned production assistant on the Jeff Bridges actioner Blown Away, which was filmed in Boston. He had been selling mutual funds before the gig and soon left for the West Coast, taking a job answering phones on the Warner Bros. lot. “I figured my best chance to get Jamie Canniffe develops reality programming ahead was to work cheap,” says Canniffe. for Sony Pictures Television. It soon paid off, when he talked his way onto a syndicated sports show hosted by Dan Marino. Canniffe left as an associate producer, later venturing to VH1’s Behind the Music, where he produced episodes on David Crosby and John Lennon, among others. When reality TV exploded onto the scene in the early 2000s, Canniffe was at the right place at the right time, serving as producer and then co-executive producer of the Emmy-nominated hit The Apprentice for six seasons. In his current role, Canniffe develops reality shows for a variety of audiences. His touch can be seen on NBC’s breakout hit The Sing Off, ABC’s Shark Tank, and the nationally syndicated Dr. Oz Show. Below, Canniffe provides his take on life and BC: what is the most satisfying moment in your professional life?
how have you changed since graduation?
Writing, producing, and directing a short film, titled Foto Fandango, with the help of some friends in 1997. It was recognized in a half-dozen major film festivals and even won a couple prizes.
Not sure that I have changed. I still feel 21, but I certainly look older.
in your personal life? Running the Marine Corps Marathon.
what is your fondest bc memory? Studying at the Abbey Theatre.
what is your next goal?
why did you decide to attend bc? For the great education and the tailgating— not necessarily in that order.
what is the secret to success? Doing what you love.
where is your favorite spot on the heights?
To complete an open-ocean swim race, travel to every continent, and start my own television production company.
The Bonn Studio in Robsham, where I first acted in front of a couple hundred people. It seemed like anything was possible in that little black-box theater.
what is one thing everyone should do while at bc?
what would you do if you were bc president for a day?
Try everything. The college life— without responsibility and with endless opportunity—is a gift.
I’d give all my nieces and nephews full scholarships, so they could experience everything I did.
for more q&a with jamie canniffe, visit www.bc.edu/alumniprofiles.