Class NOTES
1992 Adweek.com took notice of Nick Pappas and his wife, Mary Perhach, last year due to the success of their media agency SwellShark. Mr. Pappas serves as CEO, while Ms. Perhach is president. Brian Schulz was named to the 2014
SportsBusiness Daily/Global/Journal 40 Under 40 list, which honors the most promising young executives in sports business. A producer and cinematographer for MLB Productions, he won a National Emmy in 2012 for his work on The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants. 1993 Mark Perry earned a master’s degree this May at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, N.J. He was invited to join the Alpha Sigma Nu and Kappa Delta Pi honor societies. Mr. Perry is currently a high school social studies teacher and reading specialist in Newark. He worked in real estate commercial brokerage for nine years before transitioning to his career in education.
1994 Matthew Hickey is currently assis-
tant general counsel at Rouse Properties in New York City. 1995
Paul Fabsik is celebrating his second year of marriage to his wife, Laura.
2002 Dr. Robert Cyparski, BCPS earned his
Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. He is a clinical pharmacy specialist at Martinsburg VA Medical Center. 2003
Matthew Hedge was a bone marrow donor in March.
2005 Eddie Cullen is working as the community manager at Grand Central Tech, the celebrated tech accelerator headquartered in New York City. Previously, he served as Director of Innovation at the Fordham Foundry, a unique partnership between
Fordham University and the City of New York that focuses on creating and growing small businesses. 2006 Michael Long was recently named
general manager of the iconic Manhattan saloon P.J. Clarke’s. 2007
Capt. Michael J. Chiaia, USA returned
from Afghanistan in October 2014 and received the Army Commendation Medal and the Air Medal for his contributions to combat operations as a UH-60M Pilot and Platoon Leader in Regional Command-West. Capt. Chiaia flew more than 70 combat hours in challenging environments, including night vision goggle flights at high altitudes and mountainous, dusty terrain with minimal illumination in hostile territory. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in May and will attend the Aviation Captain’s Career Course at Fort Rucker, Ala., from August 2015 to February 2016. 2008 Rev. Nicholas Colalella was ordained to the priesthood in the Diocese of Brooklyn on June 27. He is a 2011 graduate of St. John’s University, where he studied philosophy and ancient studies. After college he was sent to the Pontifical North American College in Rome and completed his degree of bachelor of sacred theology summa cum laude at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He is currently pursuing a licentiate in biblical sciences at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, with a focus on biblical languages, including Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
2010 Christopher Corrado earned his
bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and graduate certificate with honors from Stevens Institute of Technology in May. He is currently employed as a software engineer with Johnson & Johnson in their IT Leadership Development Program.
Championship (NEC) and played in the Division I College World Series. Mr. Maguire is the only player in Sacred Heart baseball history to win three NEC championships. 2011 After one year with ESPN, Chris Chavez has accepted a job at Sports Illustrated. He will be writing for the SI news team and assisting in their track and field, marathon, and Olympic coverage.
Members of the Xavier Entrepreneurial Society, accompanied by Michael Mulé '04, James Cappabianca '05, and Michael Chiafulio, visited Eddie Cullen '05 at Grand Central Tech in March.
Lawrence Schober graduated from
Fordham University earlier this year. He is a grantwriting intern at the Atlantic Theater Company on 16th Street. Mr. Schober founded his own theater company, The Mesh; its inaugural production of Woyzeck premiered this June in Long Island City. He hopes any Sons of Xavier who want to get involved in theater in New York will reach out to him at lawrence.schober@gmail.com.
Patrick Steffens recently graduated from Florida State University with a double major in finance and real estate. He is now working at the New York office of Avison Young, where he is an associate on the commercial leasing team.
Capt. Michael Chiaia, USA ’07 during his deployment in Afghanistan.
2012 Frank Arigo was recently elected senior class president at Gettysburg College, as well as vice president of the Student Senate.
John Cortese ’12 atop Mount Everest.
John Cortese, a rising senior at
Northeastern University, climbed Mount Everest in April. 2015
Matthew Rienzi has been playing on a baseball team in Croatia and Poland and represented Poland in the European Cup Championship. He was chosen to represent Poland on the Polish national baseball team in Vienna, Austria, from July 27-August 1. He has also been coaching Little League in Poland, where he donates gear to children who are interested in the sport.
Matthew Rienzi ’15 pitching for the Polish national baseball team.
Robbie Maguire and his Sacred Heart University baseball team won the Northeast Conference
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