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CLASS NOTES logical basis of protection from dengue fever. David Friedman started his own blog, The Disabled Foodie, to review restaurants and food venues on their food and service and on their accessibility. Amanda Pielecha Sauter recently accepted a position at the University at Buffalo as a prehealth academic advisor.
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go.geneseo.edu/classnote Jake Bruno, Jan. 29, 2013, in Valhalla, N.Y. Born prematurely, Jake died Jan. 31 and Deskin spent more than nine months in the hospital before coming home Nov. 12, 2013.
Darren Anderson and Meredith
Anderson are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Meghan Rose, born on Sept. 19, 2014. Lori Lehmann Brady and Steven Brady are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Nicholas Steven, born on May 6, 2014. Matthew Ebbecke and Amanda Ebbecke are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Allison Kimberly Ebbecke, born on June 8, 2013. Dennis Lowenfels is vice president and senior compliance officer at HGI Asset Management LLC. Bradley Mattox is vice president and relationship manager for Citizens Commercial Banking. Mattox joins Citizens in Boston from BNY Mellon, where he was a vice president and senior private banker. Rachel Peters Razza and James Razza are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Sophie Anne, born on Jan. 30, 2015. Tara Sweeney Sroka was recently promoted to art supervisor at FCB Health, a pharmaceutical ad agency in New York City.
2000 Kelly O’Coyne Huss and Joseph
Huss are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Sophia Marie, born on Nov. 7, 2014. Ann Gallic Tiede is proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Brooks Benjamin Tiede, born on Nov. 20, 2014.
2001 Celebrating their 15th reunion in 2016. Julie Ann Bruno-Burton and
James Burton welcomed the birth of twin sons, Deskin Joseph and
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2002 Jessica Exelbert Weiss and Elliot
Weiss are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Max Edward, born on Jan. 30, 2015.
2003 Christine MacDaniels Ferguson
is proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Miranda Rae, born on Sept. 15, 2014. Tami Root Holihan is the full-time library media specialist at Park Road Elementary School in Pittsford, N.Y. Margaret Sites Kite and Joseph Kite are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Donovan Kilmer, born on June 24, 2014. Elizabeth Tertinek Midgley was recently promoted to partner at Anspach Meeks Ellenberger LLP in Buffalo, N.Y. She focuses her practice on litigation, including the defense of medical, dental and legal malpractice, as well as professional responsibility and ethics.
2004 Tim J. Conheady recently
accepted a position at Moody Associates PA in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., as the director of contract compliance and analytics. Laura Taczak Jacobs, senior account executive at e3communications, has been elected 2015 chair of the 32nd annual Taste of Buffalo presented by Tops. Kyle Nix was named the 2014-15 Teacher of the Year at LaVergne High School in Nashville, Tenn.
2005 Danielle Higgins and Jeffrey
Green are happy to announce their marriage on Oct. 4, 2014, in New York, N.Y. They currently reside in New York, N.Y. Zachary Staff and Betsy Staff are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Colbie Mae. She was born on Jan. 24, 2015.
2006 Celebrating their 10th reunion in 2016. Theresa Clar has started her own interior design business, NAFASI, based in Arlington, Va. Taralyn Bouquin DiMillo and Ryan DiMillo were married in September 2011 and are proud to announce the birth of their first baby boy in September 2012 and their second baby boy in September 2014. Megan Havey MacDavey recently accepted a position at The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation as a program officer. Sandra Frandina Segerson and Benjamin Segerson are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Valerie Lynn, born on Feb. 5, 2015.
2007 Michelle Humble English and Justin English are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Maceo Gregory, born on Aug. 31, 2014 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Michelle was recently promoted to director of operations at J&J Editorial LLC in Cary, N.C. Jenna Nigro Gutman and Kevin Gutman are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Cora, born on March 1, 2015. James Traylor created his own planning company, Upstate Special Needs Planning Inc., for individuals with disabilities. Martha Valenti recently accepted a position at
Mirror Show Management in Webster, N.Y., as program manager. Martha recently was employed at Foodlink Inc. as donor and government relations manager.
2008 Tarik Kitson is a health care
administrator at Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Center in New York City and is the founder and CEO of Active Plus, which focuses on reversing the epidemic of childhood obesity. Joseph Malach recently accepted a position at Sageworks Inc. as product manager. Kathryn Meyers Emery and Keith Emery are happy to announce their marriage on Oct. 4, 2014. They reside in Grand Rapids, Mich. Benjamin Povinelli earned his doctorate in cell and molecular biology from the University at Buffalo in May 2014 and began his postdoc fellowship at the University of Oxford in August 2014. Emily Rustin Sewnauth is a stay-at-home mom who also works from home and was promoted to team manager for Jamberry Nails. She was previously a Premier consultant. Melissa Waterman Solomon was accepted into the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program. She has been working as a zookeeper at Disney’s Animal Kingdom since 2008 and is completing her master’s in environmental studies through Green Mountain College.
2009 Ashley Westerbeck DePutron
and Jesse DePutron are happy to announce their marriage on May 25, 2014, in Rochester, N.Y. Larkin Kimmerer Podsiedlik
recently accepted a position at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County in Bath, N.Y., as senior nutritionist/issue leader.
2010 Brendan Chella recently accepted a position at Minot Public Library in Minot, N.D., as an