I Class Notes I
1996
lamar gary wrote his first book, How to Properly Learn Languages, available at amazon’s Kindle store. ¶ Diane Fogarty married Chris Chandler in Cary, NC, on September 8, 2012. They are expecting their first child in September 2013.
1997
David alperin opened Goose Barnacle, a men’s clothing and fine art store in Brooklyn Heights. Visit goosebarnacle.com.
1998
James Valentino is a prosecutor for the Kings County District attorney’s Office, specializing in violent crime.
1999
andrew Matney is having fun raising twin 3-yearolds, Isabella and Gabriella, and being an attorney!
2000
John Verzosa and his wife, Betsy, welcomed a 6 lbs., 6 oz. baby girl this winter, Sophia anne Verzosa.
2001
rudi Hanja is approaching seven years as a real estate agent handling residential sales and rentals in Manhattan and Brooklyn. She says, “I recently partnered up with my pop at Brown Harris Stevens.” ¶ Katherine zinsser and her wife, Caitlin, are moving to Chicago where Kate has accepted a
tenure-track position at the Univ. of Illinois in the Department of Psychology. Her doctoral research at George Mason Univ. focused on children’s development of emotional competence in early childhood education classrooms.
2002
William atallah is a urology resident at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. ¶ as part of his medical residency, Christian zaino takes orthopedic trauma call at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. “I see and treat everything, from gunshot wounds to the femur and children who fell from the monkey bars with broken elbows to old ladies with hip fractures and athletes with aCl tears. I’m getting great experience,” he says.
2003
Jason goldstein is currently working in the action Sports & Olympics division of Wasserman Media Group as the Senior Manager, Social Media and Digital.
2004
Jonathan Feinberg was married to China Gordon in January 2012 and will begin pursuing his MBa at Harvard Business School in 2013.
2005
David Mash was recently elected to the board of the Syracuse Univ. Whitman alumni Club of New York.
2006
amanda Boston earned her Ma in political science from Duke in 2012. She is now a PhD student in africana Studies at Brown.
2007
Daniel Hochman graduated from Dartmouth in June 2011. He is working at Bridgewater associates. ¶ In 2011, isaac Katz moved to Israel to draft into the Israeli Defense force. He says, “I was selected to join the elite Paratroopers of the IDf. after completing training to become a paratrooper and serving some time on active duty, I was chosen to attend sniper school. Having completed sniper training, I recently accepted a promotion to the rank of sergeant.”
2008
Joe Colandrea graduated from Villanova last May and is currently working at Merrill lynch in downtown Manhattan. Before that he interned at PineBridge Investments, studied abroad in Italy, participated in and led multiple volunteer trips to South and Central america, and worked at his family restaurant, Colandrea New Corner, in Brooklyn.
2010
Christa Wojcik was recently admitted to the Psi Chi national honor society for psychology.
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Class of 2003: (left to right) front row: olakunle Saliu, roger Morace, Dominique zirino, Keyonte Sutherland, Meekaelle Joseph, Maxine Fay Donskoi, emily rubin, Shanell Bryan, nandita Scillitani Kripanidhi, Julia Morrison, Kirk Deligiannis, Maria Marinakis; second row: luis Flores, Peter rocco, robert Francis, renessa noel-Baptiste, racine Henry, oksana Magg, anthony Ciccone, Daniel Flores; third row: Kathryn aberlin, David Herbert, andrew Cavitolo, Michael Pontone, Shaun Din, osaze ogbahon, Krystal Coke, Matthew Dresher; top row: Michael Marron, gregory Matsoukas, Ketan Bhalla, nathaniel ralph, Michael Falotico, Jonathan geffrard, John Polignone, Christopher Mangiero, Mark Kleyrerman. Class of 2008: (left to right) front row: Jennifer Buchholz, Jennifer guterman, lee Feiner, Katherine Wu-leung; second row: Marina gluckman, Courtney nolan, Katherine giovinazzo, Madeline Turner; top row: Daniel zaykowski, Matthew Harnisch, ian Holden, Joseph gibilaro, Brandon Jefferson.
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