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Award-winning producer After learning his commercial for the new Tiger Woods video game won a national EA Sports contest, Mike Eisenberg ’09 didn’t celebrate too long. Instead, he turned his attention to his latest project at Tall Tale Productions in Chicago. “The Rockwell Project is our big venture right now as we continue to pursue paid opportunities to fund these kinds of exciting narrative projects,” says Eisenberg, who graduated from Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy after leaving Marietta. “Every year we intend on releasing at least one fullyproduced narrative project and next year the goal is to create a feature film. Right now, we are trying to brand our work and really gain recognition as a viable option for professional clients in Chicago.”
> N EW PIONEER Megan Vanlandingham Craig ’96 (Alpha Xi Delta) and Christopher J. Craig ’97 and ’12 celebrated the birth of daughter Ailsa Greer Craig at 12:40 a.m. on 12/12/12. Ailsa joins older brother Owen, 3, and sister Magnolia, 5. Although she took a brief hiatus for a few months from her baking business, Nutmeg’s Desserts for Every Occasion, Megan is again baking cakes and sweets for local customers in the Marietta area, and still serves as advisor to Marietta’s chapter of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
Melissa Lang Canavan ’02 and her husband Alex, were thrilled to welcome their daughter, Olivia Ann, on Jan. 26, 2013. Justin R. Thibeault ’04 (Lambda Chi Alpha) recently graduated from the George Washington University with master degrees in both Public Health and Health Sciences. Justin is working as a physician assistant at the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center in Portland, Ore. Saket S. Waghmode ’04 was blessed with the birth of a baby daughter on Jan. 13, 2013. Saira is keeping her new family very busy and entertained!
Eisenberg founded the production company in late 2011 and has worked closely with fellow Flashpoint graduate Kailey Brackett, who is also his girlfriend. To help pay the bills, Eisenberg does wedding and corporate videos, but his passion is scriptwriting. He believes winning competitions and being recognized in film festivals for his work on short films like “Stitches” will lead to bigger and better projects in the future. “It’s always extremely rewarding for work to be recognized for its quality. We don’t create stories just for ourselves. It’s crucial the stories we create are sharable and have an audience,” he says. “That’s what filmmaking is about — the audience. Without it, we’re just making home videos with production value. We recently won audience and festival awards at a pair of film festivals for our short film Stitches and that is equally rewarding because those are people who really respect the art of filmmaking and saw our work as worthy of their praise.” Eisenberg received $7,500 for the Tiger Woods commercial, and he says that allowed him to pay his cast and crew. He has also completed a commercial for a new app called Brabble.
Kristen Bird Henwood ’06 graduated in December 2012 with a Master of Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband, Matthew G. Henwood ’05, live in Ardmore, Pa. Sarah F. Smith ’07 graduated from Capital University Law School (Columbus, Ohio) in May 2012. She passed the West Virginia Bar Exam in the summer of 2012 and is now practicing law in southern West Virginia. Mark E. Goudy ’12 (Alpha Sigma Phi) recently moved to Morgantown, W.Va., to accept a promotion to assistant manager at Abercrombie & Fitch. He also serves as the Grand Chapter Advisor to the Alpha Sigma Phi interest group at West Virginia University.
> N EW YEA R ’ S N U P TI A L S Karen C. Lederer ’09 (Alpha Xi Delta) married Tim Springer on New Year’s Eve on St. Petersburg Beach in Florida. Bridesmaids and Alpha Xi Delta sisters, Nicolette M. Kynkor ’09 and Jennifer N. Valentic ’10, as well as Melissa A. Schulte ’09 (Alpha Xi Delta) and Theresa Plant ’11 (Alpha Xi Delta) were in attendance to help the couple ring in the New Year. Karen and Tim currently reside in Tampa, Fla.
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