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1970 Ken Doyle serves as Senior Vice President National Sales Manager for Fox Entertainment. He resides in Bluffton, South Carolina, with his wife. They are pictured with their son and daughter. 1

1988 Kerwin Young was recently profiled by Houston Chronicle leading up to the world premiere of his latest work, “Coming Forth by Day,” on November 1, 2020. A trio for oboe, cello, viola, and baritone, the piece is comprised of seven miniatures with a duration of 20 minutes.

1990 Danielle (Ferraioli) Turco recently authored a book, Keto for Autoimmune Healing, which can be purchased on publishizer. com. She is a certified keto, health, and life coach, as well as an RYT 500 registered yoga instructor and AFAA certified personal trainer. Danielle is a 20-year lupus survivor who has achieved remission by following a ketogenic lifestyle. 2

1994 Kenneth Ryan recently bought a home in New Providence, NJ.

1995 Juan Estrella, a faculty member and boys cross country/track coach at Kellenberg Memorial, was voted onto the Fordham University men’s cross country A-10 25th Anniversary Team in November 2020. Juan was a multiple-time competitor at the A-10 Championship with his best finish coming at the 1998 Championship held at Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia, clocking in at 26:25. In other meets that season, he was Fordham’s top finisher at the IC4A Championship at Van Cortlandt Park, placing 26th in 26:28.3, as well as at the Metropolitan Championship, taking 21st in 26:50.

1996 Bevin (O’Rourke) Lee married her husband, Milton, in July 2020. Due to the pandemic, they initially had a civil ceremony, which was held over Zoom. The couple happily received the Sacrament of Marriage on November 1, 2020, in the Holy Cross Chapel at St. Agnes in Rockville Centre, NY with Fr. Michael Duffy presiding. FF&C

1997 Katie (Moore) Kenney has been working as a registered nurse for the last 19 years. She is married with five beautiful kids and lives on Long Island. 4

1998 Talitha Vickers, a news anchor for NBC in Winston-Salem, recently authored a children’s book. Why My Hero Had to Go is dedicated to the thousands of men and women serving in the United States Armed Forces and the families who quietly serve a “special mission” of their own. This uniquely illustrated children’s picture book is based on Talitha’s brother who served in the United States Army and her nephew and aims to show how families can stay connected despite being thousands of miles apart. Those interested in learning more may visit talithavickers.com. 3

1999 Diana Alutto and her husband, Gio, escaped New York City and moved to Tokyo, Japan in August 2020. Diana is teaching Grade 1 at Horizon Japan International School in Yokohama, Japan. The couple had visited Japan many times on vacation and decided

to turn their favorite vacation destination into their residence for a little while. 5

Regina (Reidl) Boutilier got married on September 19, 2020. She resides in Maine, where she has been working for a local credit union in the mortgage department as a mortgage loan processor since 2005. FF&C

John Costa graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2008 with a Master in Public Administration degree, along with a masters-level certificate in terrorism studies. He owns two small online businesses and is an amateur radio operator with an extra class license (call sign W1OJ). John also volunteers with South Carolina ARES as a ham radio operator and served two years as a volunteer ham radio operator with US Army M.A.R.S. program. He is a trained CERT team member in the state of South Carolina, where he resides with his wife, Laura, and daughter, Bette. John is pictured with Bette at the South Carolina Emergency Operations Center in Columbia, SC. 6

2002 LaTonja Lee, who is an assistant athletic trainer at Molloy College, also serves as the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee Chair. She recently was interviewed by Long Island Herald stating, “My passion for the profession of Athletic Training has been profound, but advocating and promoting diversity in the profession is personal.” LaTonja holds a bachelor’s degree in human biology with a concentration in anthropology from the University at Albany and continued her education and obtained a master’s degree in athletic training from LIU-Brooklyn. 7 2003 Rudner DeVera met and graduated with his wife, Raquel, while they were attaining masters degrees in counseling and clinical health psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. They married in 2017 and welcomed their daughter, River Jean Johnson, in September 2019. Rudner successfully defended his dissertation, “Emotional Intelligence of Doctoral Psychology Students,” in June 2020. His doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Immaculata University was conferred in August 2020. 8

2004 Meaghan (Curtin) Ledetsch was recently profiled by her alma mater, Scranton University, for her work as a critical care registered nurse at North Shore University Hospital in the Cardiac ICU/ Covid ICU during the height of the spring 2020 Covid-19 surge. In July 2020, she was promoted to assistant nurse manager at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Alyssa (Guerrier) Mannion, a faculty member at Kellenberg Memorial, and her husband, Joe, welcomed their third child, Logan Calvin, in July 2020. Logan joins big sisters Chloé (5) and Natalia (2). FF&C

2005 Brent Nisbett attended Howard University where he simultaneously studied broadcast journalism and economics. During college, he worked his way up the ranks in television production at Viacom. Upon graduating, Brent continued his journey as a freelance producer, working with major networks such as Bravo, MTV, BET, VH1, TLC, OWN, and Netflix. Currently, Brent is an executive producer/showrunner and recently signed with Creative Arts Agency.

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