class notes Radtke, David Samikkannu MS’06, Sara Sairitupa, Paul “Ethan” Schuler, David Tollerud, Megan Treacy, Justin Virojanapa, and Diana Wong. • Thomas Treacy recently accepted a position at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) in New York City on the institutional equity sales desk. Tom had been employed at Sidoti & Company as the firm’s head of institutional equity sales in London. • Clay Westrope is planning to pursue an MA in sustainable international development at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy. • Gloria Knight, MEd’06, and Max Vasershteyn were married on Long Island on June 26. • Kate Fernandez and David Sun were married in Beaver Creek, CO, in July 2008. They now reside in Miami. • Mike Del Ponte founded Sparkseed, a nonprofit organization that invests in college social entrepreneurs and ventures that address social and environmental issues. • Ben Bireley was recently selected as chief articles editor for the Texas Law Review. • Margaret Gavin and Hugh Galligan, MEd’06, were married on June 26 in St. Mary’s Church in Wells, ME, by James Fleming, SJ, MEd’84. Classmates in the wedding party included Kathryn Brennan MEd’06, Stephen Fitzgerald, Katelyn Petralia, and Gregory Tarca. The couple reside in Dedham. • Bryce Pinkham received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama and has since performed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Bay Street Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, and The Public Theater off-Broadway. He is currently performing in the world premiere of Horton Foote’s The Orphans’ Home Cycle with the Hartford Stage and Signature Theatre Company. • Christina Xenides graduated from Seattle University School of Law on May 16. She plans to practice international human rights law with UNHCR in Nicosia, Cyprus. • Max Duganne and Laura Warmenhoven, MA’06, were married in Santa Monica, CA, on August 1. Groomsmen included Paul Gregory and Sarosh Nentin, while fellow BCers Dana Vartabedian and Ashley Christie ’07 were bridesmaids. • Lindsey Condon and Colin Moynihan were married in Trinity Chapel on Newton Campus, where they met their freshman year. Bridesmaids included Kristy Devine and Katie Swenson. Groomsmen included Robert Murray, Daniel Northrop, and Jason Schumacher. Lindsey recently earned her MSW from Loyola University Chicago. She is an adolescent counselor at a nonprofit organization, and Colin is a financial analyst at a nonprofit organization. The couple reside in Chicago.
2006 Correspondent: Cristina Conciatori conciato@bc.edu / 845-624-1204 Correspondent: Tina Corea TinaCorea@gmail.com / 973-224-3863 Katherine Flaherty and Adam Florek were married on August 14 on Cape Cod. The bridal party included Cristina Conciatori and Kelly Winn, and Geraldine Hough, Linda Sabatello, Chris Tynski, Tom Broderick, Matt Bair, and Ryan Merrill also attended. • On July 25, Kelly Coughlin and Ernest Bourassa were married at St. Ignatius. The Mass was
celebrated by Fr. Neenan, H’08. The wedding party included Jay Harrington, Matt Venables, and Lizz (McAlpine) O’Rourke. • Jennifer Berg married Padraig O’Buachalla on August 8 in New Ulm, MN. Shannon McNamee and Caroline Whelan were bridesmaids; Chris Bentson, Jenna Commito, Nicole Iannuzzi, and Patrick Waickman also attended. The O’Buachallas honeymooned in Costa Rica before returning to their home in Dublin, Ireland. • Taylor Goodell married David Benedum on August 1 in South Berwick, ME. In attendance were Lauren Brennan, Natalie Caruso, Alana Mahoney, Elizabeth Weyman, Amanda Kearns, Jayshree Mahtani, Katie Kiefner, Katherine Poff, Drew Wiechnicki, Rebecca Madson MA’08, and Marisa Fusco Ackermann MA’07. Taylor works in the marketing department at Citizens Bank, while Dave works at Anixter/Pacer. The couple honeymooned on Nantucket and now live in Medway. • George Abdelsayed wed Linda Meier on July 26 in Redondo Beach, CA. In attendance were Jason Hsu, Kristen Gorham, Monica Santis, Mai-Linh Lai, Megan Lacerte, Mike Welch, Christine Crawford, Keith Murphy ’07, Chris Tsichlis ’05, Racquel Wells ’07, and Winfield Scott Craig. The couple honeymooned in French Polynesia. Linda recently received her master’s in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and is now working with autistic children as a child developmental therapist. George is a third-year medical student at USC. • Michael “Alex” MacFarlane married Sarah Klein on August 29 in Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, where Sarah is a teacher, and Alex develops and markets personal electronics. • Matthew and Rebecca (Plate) Shineman were married in Charlottesville, VA, on August 16, 2008. Many BC alumni attended, including groomsman Nicholas Todisco and best man David Biele, JD’09. The reception had a special BC connection, as Rebecca enlisted members of Matt’s a cappella group, The Bostonians, to sing that evening. • Tony DiMeo was promoted to senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. • Tina Corea graduated from Columbia University’s policy program and began work as policy advisor for the Brick City Development Corporation in Newark, NJ. • After three years with Bain & Company, Kevin Schohl took on a private equity associate position with Charlesbank Capital Partners.
2007 Correspondent: Lauren Faherty fahertyl@bc.edu 11 Elm Street Milton, MA 02186; 617-698-6608 Many from the Class of 2007 have experienced exciting developments since our departure from the Heights over two years ago. • Classmates Christine Ettman, MA’08, and Christopher Kenyon were married on February 21. • Alanna Wong Valdez recently earned her master’s in ethics, peace, and global affairs from American University. She married fellow Eagle Edgar Valdez ’04, MA’05, on May 30 at St. Ignatius Church. Frances Macias-Phillips; Erin Richling; Kevin Burke; Ethan Sullivan ’94; Guy Melamed ’05, MS’06; and Matthew Jacobson ’05 were members of the bridal
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party. Alanna and Edgar moved back to Boston and are living in Waltham. Alanna is currently working at BC’s Church in the 21st Century Center. She’s happy to be back home and hopes to hear from anyone in the area at Alannavaldez.1@gmail.com. • Amanda Grazioli recently took on a new position as development and alumni relations officer at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, and is working toward an MA in arts administration in the evenings. • Molly Dane married Trey Skinner (Davidson College ’07) on July 18. They met while volunteering with Jesuit Volunteers International in Belize. In attendance were Heather Ferron, Jon Bowen, and Katie West, as well as BC Women’s Soccer coach Alison Kulik and Steven Koo of the Admissions Office. • John Walsh, Schuyler Fabian, and Alexander Theissen competed in ESPN’s SFTC competition in July. None made the final leaderboard, but they enjoyed themselves nonetheless. • Melissa Catarra completed the BA/MA program at BC in 2008. She is now teaching high-school history at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill. • Edward Shim and Kelsey Dippold will be finishing up their two years of service with the Peace Corps in Bulgaria; Edward was a community and organizational development consultant with a local initiative group in Varshets, and Kelsey worked with the Association for Youth Initiatives and Tolerance as a youth development worker. They arrived in Bulgaria in August 2007 and were scheduled to leave this October— taking with them a love of the people and traditions of Bulgaria.
2008 Correspondent: Maura Tierney mauraktierney@gmail.com 92 Revere Street, Apt. 3 Boston, MA 02114 Hi there, Class of 2008! Our classmates have been busy since we set off from the Heights a year ago! • Patrick Ryan has spent the past year in New York performing in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; On the Town; Grey Gardens; and Kiss Me, Kate. He is living in New York with his former BC roommates Curly Glynn, Greg O’Kane, and Jeff Vincent. • Amanda Buescher spent the past year serving in the Peace Corps in Kankossa, Mauritania. She worked on girls’ empowerment and education, which included setting up a new mentoring center with computer classes and academic guidance for the 64 girls in the village. This year, Amanda will be working as a gender and development/AIDS coordinator in Conakry, Guinea. • Paige Nichols returned to her junior year study abroad destination, Buenos Aires, and has since been working with Road2Argentina, which offers immersion programs for international students in Argentina. • Steve Casey was recently promoted to senior agent at International Creative Management in Los Angeles. • In the fall, Elizabeth Riley started her JD at Northeastern University after having spent the past year working for