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		1990s Rose M. Fiore, MBA’90, of East Boston, is a senior associate with Flansburgh Associates, an architectural firm based in Boston. She joined the company in 1997 as director of administration and human resources. Prior to Flansburgh, she worked for several architectural firms in Massachusetts and managed her own consulting company, which offered financial, human resource, strategic planning, and information systems services for architects, engineers, and computer software firms. Fiore has also lectured on business administration and communications at Harvard University Extension School and at the Boston Society of Architects’ annual Build Boston Conference. She is an active member of the Society of Human Resource Management and the Boston Society of Architects, and cofounder of the Advisory Group, which consists of representatives from the eighteen largest architectural companies in the Boston area. Nora (Lohan) Hutton, BB’90, and Tom Hutton, BB’92, celebrated the birth of Liam Thomas, their first child, on February 21. The family lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Steve Ostrovitz, CJ’90, MCJ’91, and his wife, Judy, announce the birth of their first child, Sophie, who was born in January. They live in Framingham, Massachusetts. Ostrovitz reports he has a busy solo law practice in Framingham, and he’s an associate professor of criminal justice at Newbury College in Brookline. Liz Fitzgerald, BB’91, and her husband, Mark Moran, celebrated the birth of their first child, Tyler James, on September 9, 2001. They live in Oakland, California. Fitzgerald is completing work toward a master’s degree in school counseling. She can be reached by e-mail at <fitzmo@pacbell.com>. Deborah (Goldman) Korkodilos, AS’91, and Emmanuel Korkodilos, E’91, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Alexa Rose, on September 26, 2001. Alexa joins a sister, Rachel; the family lives in East Hanover, New Jersey. Friends may e-mail them at <family@korkodilos.net>. Helen R. Pineo, MN’91, says she’s enjoying her retirement in York Beach, Maine, after working in public health for the state of New Hampshire. Rich Wade, E’91, and Suzanne (Burnham) Wade, BA’91, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary in September 2001. They have two children, Eric and Rebecca. Rich is an engineer with Cisco Systems in Franklin, Massachusetts, and Suzanne is a freelance writer who specializes in the jewelry, gemstone, and craft fields. They can be e-mailed at <suzanne@rswade.net> or <rich@rswade.net>. Joan Ross-Inselberg, AS’92, and David Inselberg, BA’89, of Long Beach, New York, have been married for seven years and have two children, Ross Harrison and Samantha Erin. Ross-Inselberg has worked for ABC, in New York City, for seven years. She now works part-time. She can be e-mailed at <joan.m.ross@abc.com>. David Rusk, AS’92, and his wife, Amanda, now live in Folsom, California. Peter Simmonds, MBA’92, of Baldwinsville, New York, is the cofounder of Solgenia USA, which is headquartered in Syracuse, New York, and offers integrated business solutions to midmarket companies throughout the country. He can be e-mailed at <psimmonds@solgenia.com>. Danielle (Friel) Cain, AS’93, and Ken Cain, CS’94, of Andover, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on August 3, 2001. Her grandparents are Charlie Friel, Ed’69, and Linda (de Lyon) Friel, LA’70. Allison Czarnecki, BB’93, and Jay Czarnecki, BA’94, welcomed a new daughter, Ella Rose, on March 2. The family lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. They can be e-mailed at <ajczar@worldnet.att.net>. Alyssa (Santoro) Gagnon, N’93, and Brian Gagnon, BA’93, announce the birth of their first child, Noah Todd, on April 22. They live in Medway, Massachusetts. Brian Kinsley, CJ’93, has relocated to Silver Spring, Maryland. He also reports his daughter, Bridget, was born on August 4, 2001. Ken Williams, AS’93, writes, “Just a quick hello to the old Maxwell gang. My wife, Nancy, and I moved to southern California. We are now in Temecula, about forty-five minutes north of San Diego. Hope everyone is doing well. Hooked up with Greg Spero and Seth Newman just before leaving Massachusetts.” E-mail Williams at <kennywilliams@kennywilliams.com>. Christopher Fusco, MBA’94, of Westwood, Massachusetts, is a senior compensation consultant with Salary.com. He’s responsible for marketing the company’s compensation management software product, CompAnalyst, to corporate human resources professionals. Candace Harper, AS’94, and Marquis Harper, AS’98, live in Rumford, Rhode Island, with their children, Marquis Jr. and Aquila. The couple teach in the Community Preparatory School in Providence; she teaches fourth and fifth grade, and he teaches sixth grade. Marquis is also a coach with the New England Storm, a women’s professional football team. Brian A. Kelley, CJ’94, of South Boston, writes “to let some of my classmates know that I’m graduating from the New England School of Law this year. I am currently working for the Suffolk County Superior Court’s Community Outreach Division. I began co-op for the Massachusetts judiciary in 1991 and have been working in some capacity for the court system since that time.” He can be reached by e-mail at <bajk22@netscape.net>. Dan Zeytoonian, BA’94, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, is a captain in the Army. He received the Olmsted Scholarship to begin Arabic language training in May in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 2003, he plans to attend the University of Jordan in Amman for graduate studies. He can be e-mailed at <dzeytoon@juno.com>. David R. Golberg, AS’95, of Devon, Pennsylvania, writes, “My wife, Chantal Eadeh-Golberg, AS’94, and I are doing very well in our new home just outside Philadelphia. I’m an assistant district attorney, and she is busy working in the family commercial real estate business. I visit Boston very often, and always walk through campus to keep up with the constant change. I recently returned from a six-week trek exploring the country, and was glad to see several NU stickers and shirts as far away as Billings, Montana. Hello to all. We would be glad to hear from old classmates.” The e-mail address is <dgolberg@countyofberks.com>. Rich Levasseur, UC’95, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, sends along “congratulations to my brother, Dan, for finishing his bachelor’s degree up at UC. I know how long the road was. Great job, Dan!” Robert Lilly, ME’95, of Portland, Oregon, says he’s returning to school after seven years in the wilderness. “Youth fading, I take one last shot at the dream of my childhood, to pursue a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics. For those who wish to find me, rumor has it I will be found in the mists of the Northwest rain forest.” Sandra Avellani MacMullin and David MacMullin, both BB’95, were married in November 1997. They live in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Sandra opened Flip City Gymnastics in Billerica in March 2001. They invite classmates and Sandra’s Northeastern women’s gymnastics teammates to contact them by e-mail at <info@flipcitygymnastics.com> or <sam8dam@msn.com>. Terry O’Brien, BA’95, received the Rookie of the Year Award for sales representatives in 2001 from Healthpoint, in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the company’s sales representative in New England. O’Brien and his wife, Janet, live in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Conrad Ciszek, BA’96, of Boston, received a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Massachusetts in Boston in June. “I will now enjoy the free time to travel and pursue other interests,” he writes. Alison (Rutherford) Martin, BA’96, was married on September 9, 2000. She lives and works in New York City. Brian Miller, AS’96, writes that he and his wife, Stacey, and son, Trey, have relocated to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where Brian is the associate sports information director in the athletic department at Louisiana State University. He can be reached by e-mail at <bmiller@lsu.edu>. Lemuel Wiechels, BA’96, of Brooklyn, New York, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Kayla, on April 2. He has worked for JP Morgan Chase (formerly Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan) in New York City since 1997, and has been in the ICS management training program since September 2000. Karen Yau, L’96, of Brooklyn, New York, is the new director of the Public Interest Law Firm Clinic at Syracuse University’s College of Law. Yau left the Yale Law School, where she was the Robert M. Cover Clinical Teaching Fellow. Prior to her teaching fellowship, she was a litigation specialist with Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard in New York, specializing in employment-related matters. From 1996 to 1998, she was a Skadden Fellow and staff attorney at the National Employment Law Project, advocating for employment rights of welfare recipients in the Work Experience Program. Yau’s community involvement includes serving as an advisory board member for Community Voices Heard, an organization of welfare recipients, and as a participant in A Day’s Work, A Day’s Pay, a documentary about those in New York’s Work Experience Program. She is a member of the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York bars. Ed Gafanhao, BA’97, of Quincy, Massachusetts, got engaged to his college sweetheart, Ruth Goncalves, N’99, of Randolph, Massachusetts. The wedding is planned for May 2003. He is a project manager for a flooring contractor, Allegheny Contract, and she is a registered nurse at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Amy Kocher, BA’97, married Brian Hayes on November 17, 2001. They live in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Robert J. Dolan, MPA’98, was elected the mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts, on November 6, 2001. He is president of the Melrose board of aldermen. Penelope Nam, BA’99, married Daniel Stephen on June 22. Nam has lived in New York City since graduation. She’s an assistant buyer of men’s clothing for all Prada boutiques in the United States. “I would love to hear from all my NU friends about your lives since graduation,” she writes. “I hope you are all doing well.” Her e-mail address is <pennynam@aol.com>.