class notes was previously a VP at Louder Than Words, a Boston-based communications agency that was acquired by Warschawski last fall. • Erick Hunt recently accepted a position at Sulzer Metco in Westbury, NY, as contract manager. Erick was previously a senior contracts administrator at BAE Systems. • Kerry Beauchemin married Brian Rommel on November 14, 2009, in Annapolis, MD. Bridesmaids were Kelly (Robinson) O’Connell and Aby Moeykens. Also in attendance was Joanna (Enstice) Kerpen. The couple reside in the Rockville, MD, area. • Katie Pyrek married Andrew Prahin on May 29, 2010, in Chicago. The couple live in Chicago, where Katie is a school guidance counselor. • Judy Pisnanont married Ru Yuan in August 2010. The couple live and work in New York City, where Judy is a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals. • Cassandra (Lopez) ’01 and James Loftus are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Quinn Patrick Loftus. He was born on June 17, 2010, in Palo Alto, CA, and joins big brother Jackson (3). In addition, James recently accepted a corporate counsel position at Google. • Joe and Jennifer Rath Caggiano joyfully announce the arrival of their baby girl, Ashley Nicole, on September 23, 2010. Ashley joins her proud big brother, Nicholas (4). • Hugh Cauthers and his wife, Chrissy, welcomed their third child, Kaila, on October 16, 2010. She joins her brother Deston (6) and sister Georgana (3) in their Gloucester home. • Please remember that you can post your own updates on the BC online community or send them to me. Thank you as always for sharing your wonderful news. I love being able to share your updates with the rest of the BC community. be
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Correspondent: Erin Mary Ackerman bostoncollege01@hotmail.com 16 Brightwood Avenue North Andover, MA 01845 Matthew Mainelli and Julie McCartney ’04 were married on August 21, 2010, in St. Paul’s Church in Ellicott City, MD. Sister of the bride Kelly McCartney (a Presidential Scholar in the Class of 2011) was maid of honor. Classmates in the wedding party included brother of the bride Kevin McCartney, Brian Anderson, Tracy Clifford ’04, Laura Sanchez Cross ’04, Gillian Scanlon ’04, and Brendan Sullivan. Alumni in attendance included the father of the bride, Donald McCartney ’68; Lise Byrne Anderson; Rob Doehner; John Feore ’68; Jon Heagle; Billy Kelty ’68; Maggie Kelty ’04, JD’08; Mark Kimberling; Ken Kozack; John McCartney Jr. ’65; Mary (O’Donovan) ’69 and Ed McDonald ’68; Jack McDonnell ’68; Rose Disalvo Micozzi ’04; Jim Miskel ’68; Michael Rocco Sr. MBA’73; Mary Beth ’91 and Michael Rocco ’89; Serene Saliba ’04; and Breanne Bonner Sieurin ’04. The couple currently resides in New York City, where Julie is an advertising sales account executive at CBS, and Matt is a VP in the health-care investment banking group at JPMorgan. • Danny and Shelley (Ventura) Colontrelle are proud to announce the birth of a baby
boy, Dylan Thomas, on January 30, 2010, in Vero Beach, FL. • In October 2010, Tim Heston was promoted to VP at Bertram Capital, a private equity firm headquartered in San Mateo, CA. He joined the company in 2009 and concentrates on industrial sector investments. Tim holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. • In 2004, Jason Mulgrew created a blog, Everything Is Wrong With Me, as a means of developing content for his stand-up comedy act. Since then, he has turned hisself-deprecating observations into a book, Everything Is Wrong with Me: A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong (Harper Perennial, 2010), a collection of stories about growing up in South Philly in the 1980s. • John Mahon Jr., an associate at Williams Venker & Sanders in St. Louis, was listed as a “Rising Star” in the 2010 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers. John was recognized for medical malpractice and general personal injury defense. be
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Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com 42 8th Street, Apt. 1102 Charlestown, MA 02129; 617-596-5486 Congratulations to Rich and Lauren (King) McGreehan, who welcomed their first son, Ryan Joseph, on May 6, 2010. Lauren also received her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from George Mason University in Virginia in May. • Meghan Cunniff married John Ferone on August 7, 2009, in Red Bank, NJ. Jill Geismar was a bridesmaid. Other BC alums in attendance were Jessica (Cox) Fairbairn, Kristen Spillane MS’09, and Kevin Kelly ’00. Meghan is a third-grade teacher and she and John live in Monmouth Beach, NJ. • Allison Leigh Cahill married Raymond Augustine Burke on September 3, 2010. The ceremony was held at St. Francis de Sales Church in Charlestown, and the reception was at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Keri (Sullivan) Cote, MS’07, served as the matron of honor. Bridesmaids included Lisa Kahle, Sarah Kowalchuk, and Andrea Ricci. The best man was Charles Breen. Groomsmen included Adam Bomberger MBA’10, William Holtham ’95, and Robert Cianfrini. BC grads in attendance were Meghan (Kane) Bride MS’05, James Bride, Courtney Chapman, Amanda (Berger) Gould, Aimee (Whitlock) Mack, Kelly (Langton) Otte, Denning (Aaris) Peccia MA’07, Kadie (Steinberg) Whalen ’01, Sean Whalen ’01, and Laura (Panneton) Wright. Allison is a clinical exercise physiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Raymond is an account executive for CDW. The couple honeymooned on Antigua and currently reside in Charlestown. • Congratulations to Jay and Celeste (Sedo) Tini, who welcomed the birth of their first son, Drennan Joseph Tini, on September 12, 2010. The family resides in Alexandria, VA. • Keri Sullivan married Matthew Cote on September 6, 2009, in Melrose. The reception was at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. Allison Leigh Cahill, Laura (Panneton) Wright, Kelly (Langton) Otte, Lisa Kahle, and 23 class notes
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Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com 111 Lawrence St., Apt 19F Brooklyn, NY 11201; 201-317-2205 In January, Harper-Collins released Just Being Audrey, a children’s biography of Audrey Hepburn, written by Margaret Cardillo and illustrated by Julia Denos of Boston. The book has been chosen by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City as one of its children selections for this winter. • Ryan’01, MEd’03, and Erin (Kelly) Travia, MA’05, welcomed their first child, Nicholas William Travia, on September 29, 2010. • Rebecca Gilman married Edward Shklovsky in Newport, RI, on July 4, 2010. Classmates in attendance included Krysta Berquist, Alana Blanks, Amanda Bradstreet, Katherine Clark, Claire Julian, Tara (Wilcox) Keffer MS/MBA’08, Meghan (Brennan) Mazzacano, Kendall (McLane) McCarthy, Lisa Mokaba, Tyler Radford, and Gina Yianopoulos. • Rebekka Grater married Brian Mark on August 14, 2010, at Tupper Manor in Beverly. Amanda (Gibbons) Minerva, MEd’04, was a bridesmaid, and classmates attending included Megan Reilly, Sophie Lehar, and Kristin (Skrine) O’Donnell. Other BC alumni in attendance included Rebekka’s father, Otto Grater ’72; her mother, Pearl Feeney-Grater ’74; and her uncle Marty Feeney ’70. • Matthew Sullivan married Hillary Mauro, MEd’10, on July 17, 2010, at Our Lady of the Cape in Brewster, Cape Cod. The reception took place at the Dennis Inn in Dennis. The wedding party included groomsman Benjamin Delahanty and maid of honor Gail Ryan ’05. Others in attendance included Mark Rawden, Paul Tzovolos MEd’04, Kathleen (Zimmerman) Kaufman, Alexandra Barrett, Jeffrey Butterworth, Noelle (Letourneau) Cameron, Danielle Anderson, Angela Maglione, Arthur Jean, Jeanne-Marie ’71 and John P. Ryan ’71, John G. Ryan MBA’08, and Caroline Junta ’91. The happy couple honeymooned in Hawaii for two weeks and currently reside in Reading. • Renee Lynne Pento and husband Marc DiLeo of Reading welcomed their son Gianni Anthony DiLeo on July 27, 2009. The baby was baptized on October 18, 2009. • Christy Zider married Andrew Pearce on July 4, 2010, at the “Hartland house,” the home of Simon and Pia Pearce in Hartland, VT. Christy’s sister Mary Zider ’06 was the maid of honor. • Dave and Ashley (Hunt) Stuart were married on November 7, 2009, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Theresa (Esposito) Allgood was the matron of honor. In attendance were Mike Briganti, Stephanie Casey, Tim Clark, JR Dehring MS’04, Dana Langston, Luke Northern, Matt Spear,