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with Halloran & Sage LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Hartford, Danbury, Middletown, New Haven, New London and Westport, Connecticut, and a branch in Washington, D.C.
Colleen Parent ’02 and her family
divorced three years ago, which was hard for me and my kids. But you know some times you have to go through hardship to find greatness. I have found it in my fiancée. We are getting married this summer in Medora, N.D. So very excited.” Pete Corritori writes, “I am living and working in New York City, and would like to announce that my girlfriend and I are expecting a baby boy in August. We are very excited for the arrival of our first child.” Dan Kirsch writes, “I’m an associate professor of political science at Valley Forge Military College in suburban Philadelphia, and am writing a book on the politics of student loan debt, to be released in 2017. I’m also active in the Caucus for a New Political Science and the American Association of University Professors. I was married in 2012, and my wife Morgan is a minister at a local church. We just returned from a trip through India in January, where we visited 11 cities in 20 days. I missed the 10-year ReUnion, but I look forward to seeing everyone at the 15-year ReUnion.” Colleen Parent writes, “I have just recently moved back to Guilderland with my family, where I work for Latham 50 | UNION COLLEGE Spring 2016
Guida (Estrela) Mattison ’02, Bryn (Conklin) Rogers ’02 and Sara (Dietrich) McGowan ’02 all had baby girls this year. Best friends already! Scarlett Spina Mattison was born July 12, Violet Mary Rogers was born November 25 and Alice Rose McGowan was born November 15.
Medical Group. We are very excited to be close to our families again!” Meghan Wood writes, “Over the summer I enjoyed a mini Union ReUnion when Jacqueline Jordan married Jamie Obletz. In attendance were a few 2002 graduates: Gigi Greenwood MacMullan, Chace MacMullan, Nate Peck, Jane Kaplan Peck, Jill Laudin Morris, Amanda Comunale, J.R. Fowler, Genevieve Moran, 2001 grad Lauren Thistle Gargulio and ’03 graduate Lissie Grace Waugh. Looking forward to a busy 2016 and I miss all my Union bffs!”
2003 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Katrina (Tentor) Lallier 50A Locust Street Danvers, Mass. 01923 katrina@alumni.union.edu Oscar Suarez was recently selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers’ 2015 Rising Stars List. Super Lawyers is a nationally accredited rating service of lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Oscar works
Adrian Bardet writes, “After graduating I moved back home to San Francisco to pursue my BFA. I joined a tech startup and eventually met my future wife, Jackie (Bentley ’06). At the end of 2011 we moved to Charlotte, N.C. to be closer to my family business that I had joined a few years prior to our move. The business, now 95 years old, specializes in industrial manufacturing and engineering for the power generation industry. But most importantly, my wife and I are thrilled to announce the birth of first child, Reese Marie Bardet, who arrived on Dec. 29, 2015.”
2004 Ethan Blum writes, “I am the NYC advocacy chairman for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Please visit our website at www.pancan.org to see how you can help make a meaningful difference against this devastating disease. I also work in the capital markets group at Avison Young, raising debt and equity for investors and developers. On the weekends I can be found assisting Sam Hinkie in player analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers or acting like Larry David and getting looks from my wife (Cheryl).”
2005 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Andrea Doenges andrea.doenges@gmail.com
2006 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Sarah Heitner sarah.t.heitner@gmail.com Ruth Fasoldt was recently named a 40 under 40 New York City Rising Star by City & State magazine. Ruth is business development manager at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She holds a master’s degree from Simmons College. Emily Blout has been hired as a lecturer at the Media Studies and Politics Departments at the University of Virginia. A Ph.D. candidate at University of Saint Andrews, she will be teaching two courses on mass media in modern Iranian history and politics, while she prepares to defend her dissertation this June. Her husband, Mike Signer, was recently elected mayor of the city of Charlottesville, where they live with their twin 1-1/2 year old sons. Alissandra Stoyan and Cory Spicer moved to Manhattan, Kan.—the “Little Apple”—in the summer of 2015. They both work at Kansas State University, where Ali is an assistant professor of political science and Cory is an IT consultant. Ali earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a focus on comparative and Latin American politics. Cory and Ali are engaged and are very excited to be getting married at Union in December 2016.
2007 CLASS CORRESPONDENT
Nick Salvatoriello nick.salvatoriello@gmail.com Michael P. Mastroianni earned his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the Univer-