alumni class notes Dennis Wilson (formerly Croke) has changed his name to his mother’s maiden name and now goes by Dennis Wilson. He earned a master’s in entomology from the University of Nebraska/Lincoln this summer and plans to go on for a doctorate. He was a state forester in Florida and is now living in Minnesota.
Norman “Budd” Veverka is a game land research biologist for the Indiana Division of Natural Resources and is the coordinator/ editor of the National Wild Pheasant Conservation Plan. He and Alisa (Butler) ’00 have a daughter.
Tony DaSilva has his own business, Maine Masonry Craft, building masonry heaters.
Christy Aucoin works on her family’s farm. She and her husband are building a new house, mostly out of recycled materials, in Cabot, Vt. They have two children.
Meg (Diviney) Fearing enjoys being a stay-at-home mom with her two-year old. Tom Laskowski is a firearms instructor for U.S. Fish and Wildlife at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga. He and Misty were married last year and live on St. Simons Island. Chrissy (Hayward) Bouschor keeps busy with four children. She moved to a new home on the Entiat River in the State of Washington. Steven Hills and his wife Judi welcomed Ian Patrick, born in 2011. They also have a son and daughter. Steve is a Computer-aided design (CAD) draftsman for Tecton Architects in Hartford, Conn. Patti Kallfelz-Werts is a wetland scientist for Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., a transportation, land development, and environmental consulting firm. She and her husband, Zev Werts, have a son born in November 2009. Alvah Maloney’s family-owned company, Maine Kayak, Inc. in New Harbor, Maine, was featured in the August 5, 2012, Boston Globe article, “4 Ways to Get on the Water in New England.” Lindsay Peterson and Tom Lannan were married December 17, 2011. Michelle Fisher ’00, Kevin ’99 and Donna (Hyslop) Furlong ’99, and Lisa (McNeil) Irwin ’00 attended the wedding. Lindsay works as a legal secretary for a law firm in Boston. Jimmy Piccuito is an environmental engineer/GIS analyst for Jacobs in Bourne, Mass. He has been working at the New Bedford Harbor Super Fund Site and doing soil boring and drilling in Fall River. He and Elaine have been married 12 years and have two children. Jimmy coaches his son in baseball and basketball.
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Dan Bowker is an environmental and geographic information system coordinator for Cherryfield Foods. He also is fire chief in Marshfield and assistant fire chief in Machias. He married Rose in September 2012. Lisa (Bunch) Martin showed her fine art photography at the Kahbang Art’s Spring Gallery Exhibition in Bangor in March and April of 2012. She is an adjunct instructor in art history and photography at Unity College. She and Jeremy have a daughter. Editor’s note: in the Winter 2011 magazine, Lisa was mistakenly listed in the class of 1999 Peter Deane is a U.S. customs and border protection officer in Vermont and Lee Anne (Ouellette) ’00 is a law enforcement assistant at Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Heather (Lindquist) Gerquest has a service dog, Rosie. Heather is a photographer in addition to making gnome houses and wreaths. Chris ’90 is now back in Maine after being a chef in Oregon for two years. Bob Giolito is a Vermont State trooper in the K9 Unit with his dog Mitch. He received a life saving award from the State of Vermont for pulling a woman away from a burning car. He guides rock and ice climbing groups on his days off and has started a Search and Rescue in Killington, Vt. Amber Hayden finished work for International Committee for the Red Cross where she managed construction and scientific marine mammal monitoring in addition to overseeing storm water pollution prevention. She, John, and their child will be moving to Oregon to start a farm, and Amber will return to school. Patrick Kieran is a wildland fire fighter for the Bureau of Land Management, and Sarah (Thornbury) ’02 is a special education teacher and is finishing her master’s of education with a focus on administration at Mesa State University. They have two sons.
Elisha (Lindquist) Boatman is a registered nurse at Maine Medical Center in the ambulatory surgery unit, works with home health visiting nurses, and is an adjunct faculty instructor at the University of Southern Maine. Tom ’97 works for UPS, is a member of the White Mountain National Forest Trail Crew, and is a wildland firefighter. They have two daughters. Katie Merrill is science curriculum coordinator for the Springfield, Mass., museums. She volunteers at the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Bloomfield, Conn., which breeds and trains German shepherds to work with the visually impaired. Marcie (Pierce) Wistar and Roger have a second son, born in April 2011. Marcie teaches science and is assistant director of the middle school program at the Kildonan School. Justin Preisendorfer is a recreation specialist for the U.S. Forest Service in the White Mountain National Forest. 2001
David Bolanowski is senior research associate at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center Surgery Department. He conducts research on liver transplants. David and Danielle have a daughter. Lisa Ferrisi-Guttman received her master’s in environmental science with a focus in sustainable development and climate change from Antioch University in Keene, N.H. She completed an internship with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (a civil engineering firm) in environmental services. She has a sixmonth bio-monitoring internship with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in their watershed management bureau. Sharon Hupe works part-time in maintenance at Cranmore Mountain and is training for a mini-triathlon. She has a daughter. Jennifer (Madigan) Reifler is a tour bus driver/guide at Denali National Park in Alaska. She and Michael have two children. They spend summers in Alaska, fall and part of spring in New Hampshire, and winter in Mexico. Daniel Rock is an adaptive sports instructor/guide for the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colo. This fall he and his girlfriend, Gabrielle Harris, finished the southern half of the Appalachian Trail.