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2014

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Jenny Brown and Scott Roy tied the knot on August 27, 2022, at Maquam Barn & Winery in Milton, Vt. The alumna reports that 30% of the wedding guests were fellow Falcons; that includes the wedding party: Mark Adamiak, Molly (Lepine) Aldrich, Jake van Berkum, Stacey Raap and Max Rick ’13, MSA . The couple hiked the Tour du Mont Blanc, which is a 105-mile hike through France, Italy and Switzerland, for their honeymoon. They call Belmont, Mass., home.

Andrew Goemaat and Christa Sirignano ’17 said, “I do!” on September 30, 2022, at the Black Swan Country Club in Georgetown, Mass. They celebrated with fellow Falcons Sebastian Brunell ’17; Dillon Carlyle; Harrison Chan ’15; Paul Cheek ; Katie Chin ’18, MSHFID ’21; Alex Davies; Jeremy Dulong ’17; Gabriel Fermaint; Rob Iwany ’86, MSA ’98; Alyssa (Gonyea) Kusmin; Andrew Kusmin; Donna McKnight ’82; Nick Morin ’17; Nia Santiano ’17; Nikki Sirignano ’15 and Dan Sirignano ’21.

Amanda (Wagner) Koschei and husband David ’12, Wilmington, Mass., became proud parents to Ruby on June 26, 2022.

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Andrew Gosselin ’14 and Lauren Battista ’14 said, “I do!” on August 14, 2022, at Lakeview Pavilion in Foxborough, Mass. Gosselin proposed to Battista in August 2020 on the Barbara Stevens Court in the Dana Athletic Center. A shared sport and connection to the university makes Bentley an integral part of their happily-ever-after.

“Since Bentley was such an important part of our love story, we wanted that to be reflected in our wedding,” shares Gosselin. Who better to officiate the ceremony than the school’s seventh president, Gloria Cordes Larson? “Since graduating, we both kept in touch with Gloria and we were so thrilled when she said ‘yes!’”

The Falcon-packed guest list ranged from former teammates and

2015

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Kayli Kemperle married John Austin Vance on August 20, 2022, at Troutbeck in Amenia, N.Y. The Falcon contingent included Wyatt Allread, Courtney Bailey, Tom Baxter, Lauren Desrosiers, Kirsten Holzer-Liang, Chris Ippolito, Juliana Bahring King, Harry King, Tessie Lammle, Theresa LeBlanc, Justin Leis, Kevin Liang ’14, Grace Alenson McCormick, Meghan O’Brien, Ariana Oshiro, Crystal Park ’16, Andrew Peppel ’16, Kayla Perkins, Katy Perry, James Purdy ’17, Jeff Sheehy and Emmeline Van Der Post ’14. The couple lives on Long Island now, in Huntington, N.Y. They honeymooned in southwest Utah, with stops at the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas.

Sean Naughton and Chloe Wright tied the knot at the Fairmont Copley in Boston, Mass., on October 29, 2022. Many fellow Falcons from the Class of 2015 celebrated the newlyweds on their big day — 11 years in the making! They met as first-year students in Spruce, where Naughton lived. The couple lives in Boston and plan a fall honeymoon in Paris.

2016

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Âriel de Fauconberg, MBA , Concord, Mass., was selected as a finalist for the Bracken Bower Prize, awarded by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Co. to recognize the best business book proposal by an author under age 35. The alumna wrote Racing to Net Zero on the Front Lines of Climate Innovation

Alexandra Gent and Daniel Lonardo exchanged vows at Red Lion Inn in Cohasset, Mass., on November 18, 2022, with over two dozen Falcons joining them to celebrate the big day. The newlyweds reside in Newton, Mass., and honeymooned on Italy’s Amalfi Coast.

(Continued on page 34) roommates to retired coach Barbara Stevens and retired assistant athletics director Cindy Scott to groomsman and Andrew’s roommate of three years Stephen Dickey ’14 to the bride’s parents, Carol (Kaplan) ’80 and Tony Battista ’80.

Christiana Bakolas ’14, MBA ’16; Jacqui Brugliera ’14; Caleigh Crowell

’14; and Courtney Finn ’13, MBA ’15 stepped up as bridesmaids for their former team captain. The five were starters on the undefeated NCAA champion women’s basketball team of 2014.

“It was a great night that we will cherish forever,” says the groom. “Lots of Falcons in one place!”

Nirin Kulvanit ’17 (right) met up in Asia with Johannes “Hans” Eijmberts, senior lecturer in Global Studies and director of the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences. The alumnus took one of the first courses that Elimberts taught, in spring 2014. After graduation, he worked in finance and consulting before taking over his parents’ business: a beach resort and organic farm on Phuket Island in Thailand.

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Chris Gormley and Jenny Seuling ’19 tied the knot on September 16, 2022, in Scituate, Mass. The newlyweds celebrated with alumni of the Swimming and Diving team, including Kate Kaduboski ’19; Paige MacNeil ’20, MSDI ’21; Ryan McGeary ’19, MBA ’20; Delaney Molnar ’19; Hannah Rauch ’19, MBA ’22; and Ariana Revelas ’20. The couple lives in Boston.

Kristi (Hemmer) Yadav, MSBA and husband Ashish, MSBA , Clarksburg, Md., welcomed baby girl Kaya in June 2022. Kaya is the granddaughter of TinaMarie (DiFranco) Hemmer ’83.

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Davin McCarthy and Jess Solomon were married on October 15, 2022, at The Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley, Mass. They honeymooned in the Bahamas. “Throwback to senior year!” writes the bride. The couple is living in Boston.

Christa Sirignano and Andrew Goemaat ’14 said, “I do!” on September 30, 2022, at the Black Swan Country Club in Georgetown, Mass. They celebrated with fellow Falcons Sebastian Brunell; Dillon Carlyle ’14; Harrison Chan ’15; Paul Cheek ’14; Katie Chin ’18, MSHFID ’21; Alex Davies ’14; Jeremy Dulong ; Gabriel Fermaint ’14; Rob Iwany ’86, MSA ’98; Alyssa (Gonyea) Kusmin ’14; Andrew Kusmin ’14; Donna McKnight ’82; Nick Morin; Nia Santiano; Nikki Sirignano ’15 and Dan Sirignano ’21.

Katie Wood and Jake Carvalho, MBA ’23 exchanged vows on October 8, 2022, at Granite Links in Quincy, Mass. Falcon guests included Paul Bolick ’87, P ’17; Tim Bolick ; Meg Greco; Greg Karpacz; AJ Lacey ’16; Jeff Molgano; Tom O’Donnell, MSA ’18; and Ellie Shuman, MSA ’18

2018

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Ben Brayton and Jen Potluri, MSBA ’21 tied the knot on June 9, 2022, at Oceanview of Nahant in Nahant, Mass. The newlyweds went to Turks and Caicos for their honeymoon, staying at The Shore Club. They live in Somerset, N.J., after relocating to the Garden State to work for Novartis, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company.

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