LORA A. MOFFATT, ESQ. has joined the Intellectual Property Group of the law firm Crowell & Moring LLP at the firm’s New York office.
1988
THOMAS M. JONES and SAMUEL M. CUMMINGS ’ 90 are embarking on a new business venture, the first of its kind in the area. They are opening CJ Sprits, state licensed as the first “craft distillery” in Northern Pennsylvania.
1989
CARLETTE M. ALLEN VMC is seeking reelection as the Fremont County, Colorado coroner. Allen was appointed to the position in January 2013 following the retirement of her predecessor. She had previously served as the chief deputy coroner and has been with the coroner’s office since 2007. MARGARET “MEG” (ROTHGERY) VANDERLAAN is now the chief communications officer for MWH Global, and will continue to lead the company’s communications strategies globally. She was formerly vice president of communications. She joined MWH Global in 2009.
1990
FREDERIC J. AMENDOLA was awarded the Rising Star Award from Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. Amendola is an agent with the company and was honored for his 2013 sales performance, with more than 20 transactions closed for more than $2 million in sales. DAVID P. MCKELVEY has been named President of MAY Medical, a spinal implant company headquartered in Pittsburgh. KENNETH M. OGOREK ’ 90M recently spearheaded an effort to find out what topics that Catholics in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis wish that their friends, neighbors and relatives knew about their faith. The resulting resource, great for evangelization efforts, appears here: http://www/archindy. org/yearoffaith/10things.html. Any alumni interested in Church-related careers can contact Ogorek via the Archdiocese of Indianapolis at www.archindy.org. RONILYN M. REILLY is a producer for the Hallmark Channel’s “Home & Family,” which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. BRADLEY T. ROAE is seeking his fifth twoyear term for the State House seat in the 6th District of Pennsylvania.
1991
DEBORAH (MOSTELLER) BECK has joined Rawle & Henderson LLP as counsel for the firm’s Philadelphia office. Beck focuses her practice on workers’ compensation litigation and was the 2004 defense co-chair for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section.
1992
EPHRIAM “TIGER ” BILETNIKOFF ’ 05M was appointed Director of Supply Chain for IEC Electronics in February 2014. BONNIE M. CLARK, ED.D ’ 92M has been promoted to vice president of instruction/ provost, West Campus, of Pasco-Hernando Community College in Florida. Clark was formerly the provost and associate provost of the school’s Spring Hill campus (2010-2014) and dean of arts and sciences from 2006 to 2010. LISA M. MILLER ’ 94M ’ 08M has been named assistant vice president for academic affairs at Mercyhurst University’s North East campus, where she will be primarily responsible for faculty and student academic concerns. Miller joined the staff in 2002, teaching in the physical therapist assistant program. THERESA (PISCOR) PODBIELSKI and her husband, Paul, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by taking a nine-day family camping trip to Elkmont in the Smoky Mountains.
1993
GARY N. LEE ’ 93M has been chosen to serve as the director of administration for Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper. Lee is currently president of Harrisburg-based GNL Consulting Group, which specializes in creating business plans, developing businesses for minorities and women, securing funding for small businesses and developing youth entrepreneurship programs.
1994
SAMUEL C. ASHBAUGH has been named as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget by Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto. REV. MARK R. JUCHTER was chosen as one of two Air Force Chaplains to attend the 20142015 Army Family Life Program. He will be working on a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling at Texas A&M University and participating in the Army Family Life Center at Fort Hood, Tex. beginning July 2014. ERIC G. LAPRICE, M.S. ’ 97C, ’ 99M received a great book review by The Midwest Book Review on his coffee table photography book, “Best Foot Forward.”
1995
RALPH F. BERARDI is seeking a five-year term on the Hornell City School District’s Board of Education. Ralph spent a lengthy career in the supermarket business, working in almost every aspect, from stocking shelves to running stores in Hornell, N.Y. MATTHEW W. STEGER was awarded the “Outstanding Customer Service Award” by WIN Home Inspection at their annual franchise conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. This award is based upon returned customer surveys exceeding 90 percent satisfaction levels. Less than 15 of the company’s more than 140 franchisees won this award. This was the second consecutive year that he’s won
marriages
1987
Maureen Anne Bradley ’12M married Daniel Alexander Cephas on Dec. 21, 2013. Julie Coppolo ’05 Married Andrew Lapiska ’09M on May 17, 2014 Rico J. Dillard ’02 married Sara Sypula on June 29, 2013. Kayla Ann Fracassi ’08 married John Duke Pichette ’08 ’10M on Oct. 19, 2013. Colleen M. Gildea ’92 married Charles P. Shaffer on March 15, 2014.
Sarah M. Grab ’10M married Steven Skelton on Oct. 19, 2013. James Christopher Griesacker ’04 married Sara Beth Jett on Jan. 18, 2014. Leanne Nicole Opperman, PT ’13M married Jeffrey Alan Homza on Aug. 31, 2013. Christina M. Parker ’12 married Patrick Rakowski on Feb. 18, 2014. Kristen J. Patterson ’12 married Walter LaPlante on July 19, 2013. Brent Andrew Vargo ’00 married Courtney Brianne Tome on July 26, 2013.
this award. Steger has owned and operated WIN Home Inspection in Elizabethtown, Pa., since 2002.
1996
CHAD S. HENDRICKSON, M.D. opened a new dermatology clinic in Slippery Rock, Pa. on March 1. Hendrickson served as a Major in the U.S. Army and was a physician stationed in Iraq and in Germany, treating wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Hendrickson earned a 12-month fellowship at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., where he will perform work at the institute’s Laboratory of Mammalian Genetics and Gene Therapy under Jeffrey Meedin, Ph.D. AMY (BARRY) MURCKO DNP, RN, ACNSBC ’ 96M has been promoted to chief operating officer for Sharon Regional Health System. She joined SRHS in November 2012 as chief quality officer and has played a major role in leading the improvement of numerous clinical quality and patient safety initiatives. She will be responsible for the overall performance of day-to-day operations and quality of the health system.
1997
LISA M. SMITH spent a decade working in Hollywood before returning to her native Pittsburgh to help bolster the film industry’s presence there. She is currently chief operating officer of Steeltown Entertainment #
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