Tom Campo officiated the wedding, and Tyler Joosten did a reading. • Kristin Sementelli and Michael Troy met at Boston College—and were married on September 24, 2016. Their beautiful wedding was held at the Glen Manor House in Portsmouth, RI. Correspondent: Bridget K. Sweeney bridget.k.sweeney@gmail.com
2011 John Glynn will be a Peace Corps volunteer in the Galápagos Islands starting this spring. • Isabel Protasowicki started working at adidas AG and is now located in Nuremberg, Germany. • Evan Waters has relocated to Amsterdam, where he is now director of growth for Naspers. • Inés Spinnato and Andrew Zarrilli were married on May 28, 2016, at Sant Pau Recinte Modernista in Barcelona, Spain. They were joined by their incredible BC friends who have known the couple since they began dating during their freshman year. • Michael and Christine (Donahue) Sickler welcomed the birth of their daughter, Margaretta Anne “Molly,” in September. Molly joins older brothers Jack (3) and Christopher (1). Correspondent: Brittany Lynch brittanymichele8@gmail.com
2012 5TH REUNION June 2–4, 2017
Emily O’Brien and Matthew Tyksinski (Holy Cross ’11) tied the knot at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield, CT, on August 12, 2016. The bridal party included Megan Krakowiak MA’15, Katherine Misgen Nowicki, Rebeccah Stevens, and Matthew Driscoll ’11. Many other Eagles were in attendance, including the mother of the bride, Florence (Palmieri) O’Brien ’83 and her BC’83 roommates Kelly (O’Brien) Maffei, Gail Dilger, Pamela Callanan, and Lori (Zimmer) Underwood. • Kristen House married Zachary Jason ’11 in Boston on October 1. The wedding party included Hilary Chassé; Brendan Fitzgibbons ’11; John Glynn ’11; Jason Goode ’11; David Kete ’11, JD’14; Darren Ranck; Ana Lopez Shalla; and Michael Shea ’11, JD’16. The couple have since moved to Indonesia, where they are training a pride of mountain lions to run for U.S. Senate. (This is from Zak, whom you may recognize as the author of many wonderful stories in this magazine!) • And in career news: Also in October, Matthew McCluney accepted a new job as senior campus planner at California State University, Monterey Bay! Correspondent: Riley Sullivan sullivan.riley.o@gmail.com
2013
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Building health partnerships that really make a difference is so fulfilling—there’s nothing I’d rather be doing.” —Ryan Littman-Quinn
Healthy Pursuits
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uring his senior year, Ryan Ryan Littman-Quinn cold-called Click Diagnostics, a start-up developing mobile health applications, and offered to volun» Major: Marketing teer—if they’d send him abroad when an opportunity arose. The » Minor: Philosophy and Massachusetts native found himself graphic design in Botswana not long after. » Lives: Gaborone, Botswana His first project was a three-month collaboration with the BotswanaUPenn Partnership using telemedicine to diagnose dermatological conditions. In areas where health care is sparse, telemedicine enables diagnosis and treatment through mobile phones. Ryan explored several other uses for the technology during that time. “Penn got another grant,” he says, “and I was back for a year. And then we landed a big grant and started hiring and growing.” He is now charged with fostering mobile health innovation and sustainable development at Penn’s Center for Global Health. Based in Botswana, he will focus on improving care in several countries by developing long-term programs and fostering public-private partnerships between ministries of health, universities, corporations, and other stakeholders. He’s fallen in love with Botswana, though he misses snow. He hikes, camps, rock climbs frequently, and commutes to his office at the University of Botswana by bike. “The people are so hospitable. Kids call me Uncle Ryan when I walk my dog,” he says. Recalling his time at the Heights, Ryan remembers, “I learned to really appreciate self-reflection and the Jesuit mission on my Kairos retreat. I wrote my future self a letter, hoping I’d be happy, inspired, and stimulated by my work—and I am definitely all of those things.”
Littman-Quinn ’09
Melanie Courtemanche, MEd’14, and John Amichetti celebrated their wedding in 73