Alumni News
Nicole Eichberger Solitario ’89 was recently named partner at Poskauer Rose. She is a member of the labor and employment law department and a member of the class and collective actions and wage and hour groups.
Ana Buckley ’02 and her husband Earl Labounty are the proud parents of two sons; Earl, born in 2015 and Ari, born April 18, 2017.
Sidney Torres, ’89 was honored as man of the year by the Louisiana/ Mississippi chapter of the The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The award was a result of the society’s inaugural fundraising campaign. Sidney raised an impressive $829,036 in 10 weeks. (Woman of the year Kaye Courington raised $126,949.) As an entrepreneur, Sidney founded SDT Waste and Debris Services, which cleaned the French Quarter and improved trash removal after Hurricane Katrina. In addition to owning upscale boutique hotels, Sidney’s recent project, The Cove, is a $100 million world-class resort in the Bahamas. He currently manages 25 limited liability corporations and employs 150 people. He is also starring in season two of “The Deed,” an investment reality show airing on CNBC. Photo by CNBC Andrew Haspel ’93 lives in Los Angeles, where he is first assistant accountant for season five of “Ray Donovan,” which airs on Showtime. Brooke Rabin Weinstein ’00 gave birth to her second child in February, Eli Weinstein. Brooke also owns a pediatric occupational therapy practice called Therapeutic Learning
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Center, which recently expanded to a larger facility on Metairie Road. The company provides services to children, from infancy through high school, to support learning and development.
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Melissa Steckler ’03 attended St. Martin’s Episcopal School and Tulane University, where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications and a minor in French. Melissa moved to Utah to attend graduate school at Brigham Young University where she received a master of arts degree. Melissa resides in Salt Lake City where she is a project team leader for the marketing firm Axis 41. She recently wed Sgt. John Brian Spooner who is currently serving in the Army National Guard.
Patricia Boh ’06 works in Washington, D.C., as assistant to the British Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James. Following her graduation from Southern Methodist University in international studies and King’s College London with a master’s degree in war studies, Patricia worked for Senator Tom Cotton (RAR) as a member of his legislative team.
Abby Botnick ’06 graduated from Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama in 2015. This May, Abby played the role of Rosie Alvarez in the production of “Bye Bye Birdie” at Rivertown Theaters for the Performing Arts. While studying at Carnegie Mellon, Abby worked throughout Pittsburgh as a professional dancer. She was also a recipient of Carnegie’s SURF Grant for her accomplishments in film and dance. While at Carnegie, the university funded the production of Abby’s film “Still Burning,” a reflection of her love of dance and cinematography. Abby also re-branded the Carnegie Mellon dance company Infra, which was in danger of folding before Abby and others worked to revitalize it. Abby is pursuing a graduate degree at Carnegie Mellon in entertainment industry management and studying aerial dance. Lee Lee Barahona ’08 graduated from Spring Hill College in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Hispanic studies and a minor in biochemistry.