class notes Toronto, where Jen works in marketing for Labatt Breweries of Canada. • Mary Alex Dundics married Jake Blanton on September 19, 2009, in Annapolis, MD. BC alumni in attendance were Moira Boyle Anderson, Timothy Curry, Angela (Demeter) Schauffler, Catherine Tucker, Melissa Gainor Sosnowky, Cassie (Martin) Waller, and Michelle and Jay Lovejoy. • Please keep in touch and keep the updates coming.
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Correspondent: Kate Pescatore katepescatore@hotmail.com 63 Carolina Trail Marshfield, MA 02050 Hello, Class of 2000 members! As always, I have some wonderful news to share with you. • In November 2009, Danielle Porcelli Bianchi, JD’03, accepted a position as the assistant to the associate general counsel in the Department of the Navy’s Office of the General Counsel. • In January, Jared Leland was named a partner in the firm of Keevican Weiss Bauerle & Hirsch LLC. Jared also hosts a bi-weekly radio show in the Pittsburgh area called Jared Leland Live: “From the Red Carpet.” • Robb Moriarty recently married Eileen E. Connors of Woburn. Eileen and Robb are both assistant district attorneys for the Cape and the Islands and live in Centerville. • Erica Cashman married Matthew Shevlin in Coral Gables, FL, in April 2009. Erica is a partner at Horizon Partners in Boston. The couple live in Brooklyn. • In June, 2009, Liz Lane married Gavin Parks in Darien, CT. Liz and Gavin both work in New York City and live on the Upper East Side. • Kelly Corigliano and Ethan Yeh were married on August 29 at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington DC. • Chris and Maggie Gould Franklin, MEd’01, welcomed a son, Henry Christopher, on August 25. He joins his two-year-old sister, Libby. The family resides in Short Hills, NJ. • Matthew and Megan (McCabe) Welch welcomed their first child, Christopher, in September 2009. The family continues to live in the Boston area. • Nick and Liz (Shevlin) Seita also welcomed their first child, James Edward, on October 11 in New York City. The Seitas reside in Darien, CT, and Liz works at L’Oréal USA. • Jason and Erin Nicholson Maloney, and their son Aidan, announce the birth of Liam Nicholson on October 23. • Tim and Sarah Geyer Howell welcomed their first child, Alexis Victoria Howell, on December 1. Currently, the family is residing in Louisville, KY. Sarah is the chief of dermatology at Fort Knox, and Tim is a senior manager in Ernst & Young’s Advisory Services practice. • Dan ’97 and Ashley (Miller) Kalosieh announce the birth of their son, Evan Gregory, on December 4. Evan joins big sister Elizabeth at their Connecticut home. • Elizabeth and Rick Kenney welcomed their first child, Cecil Andrew Kenney, on December 31. • Keep the wonderful news and updates coming! • Editor’s note: Jeff Finley is not a partner with Stephen M. Ferretti Inc., as was reported in our last issue. Our apologies to Jeff; we regret the error.
2001 Correspondent: Erin Mary Ackerman bostoncollege01@hotmail.com 16 Brightwood Avenue North Andover, MA 01845 At the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver this past February, Brooks Orpik was member of the U.S. Hockey team that took home the silver medal, coming in second only to the Canadians. A native of East Amherst, NY, Brooks played three seasons for Boston College and was a member of the team that won the 2001 NCAA Hockey Championship. He currently plays for the NHL’s Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins. • Mathew and Erin (Turick) Gooch are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Wyatt Thomas, on December 31, 2009, in Albany, GA. He joins big brother Peyton (1).
2002 Correspondent: Suzanne Harte suzanneharte@yahoo.com 42 8th Street, Apt. 1102 Charlestown, MA 02129; 617-596-5486 Congratulations to Lauren Ziobro, MEd’03, and Thomas McDonald, who were married at St. Ignatius of Loyola on August 16, 2008. The wedding party included best man Robert McDonald ’98 and groomsmen Carlos Canto MBA’08 and Gregory Reilly. Other alumni in attendance were Nathaniel Gori, Tsuyoshi Yano, William Jarry MBA’05, Patty Burden ’73, Kathleen (Stout) Jenney MEd’69, and Albert Kunberger ’73. The couple reside in Natick. • Margaret Felice’s most recent operatic appearance was in the Boston Opera Collaborative’s July 2009 production of Carmen. Of her performance, the Boston Musical Intelligencer wrote, “Margaret Felice, with her drop-dead beautiful voice, was ideal as Micaëla.” Margaret’s 2008–2009 season included Haydn’s The Creation at Concord University in West Virginia, where she appeared as a guest soprano soloist, and Gianni Schicchi with the Boston Opera Collaborative, as La Ciesca. She was a semifinalist in the Peter Elvins Vocal Competition, a finalist in the Little Italy Soprano Competition in New York City, and the winner of the Best Diction award at Stelle dell’Anno Nuovo, sponsored by the Italian Consul General–Boston. Her complete performance schedule is available at www.margaretfelice.com. • Meaghan Flaherty, MA’07, and John Dupuis were married on December 31, 2008. A Mass was held at St. Ann’s Parish in Dorchester. The reception and New Year’s Eve celebration was held at the Westin Hotel. Over 30 members of the Class of 2002 were in attendance. The couple honeymooned for two weeks in Tanzania and Zanzibar.
2003 Correspondent: ToniAnn Kruse kruseta@gmail.com 43 Jane Street, Apt. 3R New York, NY 10014; 201-317-2205 23 class notes
Kevin Swatt, MS’04, recently accepted a position at Watkins Meegan LLC as a supervisor in the government contracting group in Vienna, VA. He resides in Arlington. • Ryan and Leah (Murphy) Scarafile were married on May 30, 2009, in St. John’s Chapel in Geneva, NY. A reception followed at Ventosa Vineyards. In attendance were Claire Julian and Lisa Mokaba. The Scarafiles reside in Baltimore. • Kathleen Ceglarski and James Burns were married on July 25, 2009, in Rhinebeck, NY. The wedding party included Andrew Burns ’05, Matthew Burns ’07, John Burns ’11, Molly Ceglarski ’09, William Ceglarski ’11, Kevin Connors, Nolan Kelly, Kathleen Martin, Kalyn Melidossian, Kenneth Nolan, and Claire Piantidosi. Guests included grandfather of the bride, Len Ceglarski ’51; parents of the groom, David Burns ’72 and Laura Hines MEd’01; Paul ’79 and Eileen (Tully) Ceglarski ’79; and Tim Ceglarski ’87. Also in attendance were classmates Adam Combies, Michael Coppens, Lauren Coppola, Shannon Corcoran, Colleen Costigan, Robert Creedon, William Creedon, Elizabeth Fodera, Edward and Lauren (O’Neil) Goff, Christopher Levkulich, Patrick McKiernan, James O’Sullivan, Lauren Sabonis, James Salois, and Sigrid (Bango) and Timothy Spiegel. • Alissa Chang married Andrew Bain on August 9, 2009, in Chatham, NJ. The reception was held at Brooklake Country Club in Florham Park. BC alumni in the bridal party included Kristen Renzulli, Jonathan ’00 and Amy (Dubrule) Chang ’00, and Elizabeth Cafiero. BC alumni in attendance included Mark Bushee, Erin Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Lally, Kaitlin Mara, Christine Negri, Kadan (Swift) Sample, Gina Yianopoulos, Meghan (Mahoney) Scancarella ’87, and Patricia (Bickimer) Guthlein ’75, JD’82. Alissa graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2007 and is an associate at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney and Carpenter LLP in Morristown. Andrew, a Seton Hall School of Law alumnus, is clerking in the Superior Court of New Jersey. • In October, Daniel O’Mullane was ordained a deacon in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and in June, he will be ordained a priest in Paterson, NJ. • Frank Sweeney, MS’89, was in touch with Roy, MEd’04, and Jillian (DeGuiseppe) Lee, MEd’04, who welcomed twins, Samara Joy and Eliana Marie, on November 25, 2009. The Lees live in Sayville, NY. • Garrett and Sarah (Sedlock) Call are proud to announce the birth of their son, Graham Henry, on December 21, 2009, in Newport News, VA. • Matthew and Shirley (Galarza) Epstein welcomed a baby girl, Isabel Laura, on October 1, 2009, at Stamford Hospital. • In January, R. Victoria “Vicky” Fuller, JD’06, joined Sherin and Lodgen LLP as a litigation associate. • In February, the Student Advisory Board of the Council for Women of Boston College hosted An Evening with Mary Tomer, author of Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy. Mary is the founder and contributing editor of Mrs-O.org, a Web site that showcases the fashion styles of First Lady Michelle Obama. Mary also presented at the council’s fall meeting in New York City. • In March, David and Donna Peary organized a fundraiser to establish the Jason Peary Scholarship at Boston College High School in