Michael Dragone, PAH'80, UC'83, of Taunton, Massachusetts, is a regulatory manager in New England for the American Red Cross.

Peter Kaberides, CJ'80, of San Antonio, Texas, retired in June 2004 from the U.S. Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel, after twenty-four years of service. He and his wife, Kathy, celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary in February. They have two children, Niki and Theo. "While my wife works, I'm relaxing and enjoying a year of no work," he says. "Will start searching soon and get back into the job market by the end of the summer."

Russ Nagle, E'80, of Newton, Massachusetts, is a senior systems architect for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, a semiconductor company.

Michael W. Smith, MA'80, PHD'83, L'93, of Malden, Massachusetts, describes himself as "a sociologist who also happens to practice criminal defense, civil rights, and immigration law." In December 2004, he was granted tenure at St. Anselm College, in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he teaches criminology, race and ethnic relations, and the sociology of terrorism and genocide. Over the past two years, Smith has presented papers at academic conferences in New York City, Florence, Rhodes, Amsterdam, and Havana. This summer, he will travel to South Africa to study the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Arthur Mushkin, MBA'81, of West Boxford, Massachusetts, is the vice president of human resources at UNICCO Service Company, which provides facilities maintenance.

Margot Nickerson-Malpher, UC'81, of Topsfield, Maine, reports that she has opened a private kennel for miniature poodles and embarked on a new career as a purebred dog breeder for American Kennel Club shows. She has previously worked as a purchasing agent, a business administrator, a technical editor, and a technical documentation specialist. "This experience and my education have been very beneficial in paving the groundwork for a new career," she writes. Her e-mail address is margotkm@hotmail.com.

Gerard L. Ready, MPA'81, reports he is nearing the end of a twenty-one-year sentence he is serving at the Massachusetts Department of Corrections prison in Bridgewater. He writes, "I will need help finding housing (one room will do fine after two decades in a six-by-ten cell), employment (of any kind in any field), and socialization. I am willing and able to relocate anywhere. Anyone who can help may write to me: Inmate #M10302, M.T.C., 30 Administration Road, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02324."

Paul Tumolo, UC'81, of Medway, Massachusetts, is the founder and principal of Edusult Performance Systems, an executive education and management consulting company he started in 2002.

Julie Gersten, CJ'82, of Miami Beach, Florida, teaches fourth grade in Miami. She has a ten-year-old daughter, Leigh. Gersten's e-mail address is tworubens@the-beach.net.

Michael Kardok, BA'82, of Needham, Massachusetts, is a senior vice president and fund treasurer at IXIS Asset Management Group North America, in Boston.

Alan Feinberg, MBA'83, of Los Gatos, California, is a senior business unit director at Atrenta, which audits designs for electronics companies. He most recently served as vice president of marketing at Monterey Design Systems.

Michael J. Mitsock, ME'83, of Westford, Massachusetts, is the chief marketing officer at Tele Atlas, a digital mapping company. He formerly was vice president of worldwide marketing and product management at Lightbridge, a transaction-processing company.

Wendy Talbert-Gordon, AS'83, took twenty-nine of her students at the State University of New York­Rockland to culinary school in Florence, Italy, during spring break this year. She helped develop a course titled "A Taste of Italy" in conjunction with the Office of International Studies at SUNY­Rockland, where she is an adjunct professor. She and her husband, Keith Gordon, AS'82, live in Suffern, New York.

Monte Ford, BA'84, of Southlake, Texas, is a senior vice president and chief information officer at American Airlines. In February, he was named one of the seventy-five most powerful African Americans in corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine.

Michael Mainelli, E'84, of Orlando, Florida, is the president of Invivo Corporation, which is part of Intermagnetics General Corporation. Mainelli is responsible for the company's medical-device business. He has worked at Stryker Spine, Stryker Japan, and General Electric.

Thomas Scott, PA'84, of Irwin, Pennsylvania, is the vice president of finance at World Health Alternatives. He was previously chief financial officer at a collection of television stations affiliated with NBC and ABC.

Stephen Winslow, MBA'84, of Concord, Massachusetts, is a senior vice president and chief financial officer at Cumberland Farms. He previously served as a senior vice president and chief financial officer at U.S. Toy Group at Hasbro and CFO of the Walt Disney Company's Global Retail Division.

William Hill, L'85, of Acton, Massachusetts, in February was elected president of the board of directors of the Appalachian Mountain Club. A litigation partner at the Boston law firm Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, he has been active with the Appalachian Mountain Club as vice president, member of the executive committee, and co-chair of the conservation programs committee. Hill chairs the Acton Conservation Commission and is a trustee of the Acton Conservation Trust. Last December, he and his daughter climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania.

Kirk Paul Kirkman, BA'85, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, is the vice president of physician recruitment and retention at Zix Corporation. Formerly, he was vice president of sales and head of customer care at Amicore.

Patricia Vinchesi, MPA'85, of Conway, Massachusetts, has been South Hadley's town administrator for more than four years and is the president of the Massachusetts Municipal Management Association. She and her husband have two daughters. "I'd love to hear from old poly sci teaching assistants," she says. Her e-mail address is fitzfest@comcast.net.

Doug Burns, ME'86, of Westford, Massachusetts, is vice president of consulting services/chief scientist at Signal Integrity Software, which specializes in high-speed interconnect design and analysis. He has experience at Honeywell, Digital, and Compaq Computer.

Larry Chisvin, E'86, is the chief operating officer at PLX Technology, a high-tech firm based in Sunnyvale, California. He was previously the company's vice president of marketing. Chisvin has also been director of marketing at Neomagic, and worked at LSI Logic, S3, Philips, Western Digital, and Digital Equipment.

Nancy Lafianza, PAH'86, of Hanover, Massachusetts, is the director of health-information management and privacy officer at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. A registered health-information administrator, she has also worked at Milton and St. Elizabeth's Hospitals.

Susan Barbieri Montgomery, L'86, of Westport Point, Massachusetts, is the vice chair of the intellectual property law section of the American Bar Association. A partner in the intellectual property group at Foley Hoag, Montgomery is also an adjunct professor at Suffolk University School of Law.

Andrea Waterson, MBA'86, of Westport, Connecticut, is the managing director of the West Division of GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending, based in Beverly Hills, California. Waterson has been with GE Commercial Finance for more than five years, most recently as managing director of the business credit group.

Marc Cremer, E'87, of Austin, Texas, is the vice president of sales at Tatara Systems. He has fifteen years of experience in wireless mobility, semiconductor, and enterprise software sales management.

Deborah Gold, BA'87, and Robin Gold, AS'91, of Barrington, Rhode Island, together sold just under $10 million in real estate in 2004 in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts. The sisters achieved this while raising young families; Deborah has three children, and Robin has two. They can be e-mailed at debbiegold@coldwellbanker.com and robingold@coldwellbanker.com.

Kristie (Haas) Jorgensen, PAH'87, of Lee, New Hampshire, is a senior pharmaceutical sales specialist at Sepracor in Marlborough, Massachusetts. "Nathan and I love to ski, golf, hike, and travel," she writes.

John Petrin, MPA'87, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, became the town manager in Ashland in January. Previously, he was the assistant school superintendent in Marlborough. He and his wife, Kim, have a son.

Kumiki Gibson, L'88, of Baltimore, Maryland, is the senior vice president of administration, chief governance officer, and counselor to the president of the National Urban League. Previously, she was vice president and general counsel at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to that, she served as counsel to Vice President Al Gore, a partner at Williams and Connolly, and an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Thomas J. Lynch, MBA'88, of Zephyrhills, Florida, is the vice president of information technology at URS. Before joining the company in 1996, he was the chief information officer at Air and Water Technologies.

Jim Pimentel, AS'88, of Orange Park, Florida, is the police legal adviser for the Clay County Sheriff's Office. For seven and a half years, he was a prosecutor with the state attorney's office in Jacksonville.

Edward (Ned) Sennott Jr., CJ'88, and his wife, Suzanne, celebrated the birth of their first child, Patrick Joseph, on January 8. They live in Norwood, Massachusetts.

Mark Tardif, AS'88, of Waterville, Maine, is the associate director of college communications at Unity College. Formerly, he was a public relations officer at Thomas College. Tardif can be e-mailed at mtardif@unity.edu.

Grace E. (Reidy) Girotti, MCS'89, of Danville, New Hampshire, married Robert Girotti in 2002. She reports she retired from programming in January 2003 and she and her husband celebrated the birth of their son, Thomas Anthony, in September 2003. "I've never been more satisfied with my life than I am now as a wife and mother," she writes.

Elliott B. Herman, PA'89, of Needham, Massachusetts, is a partner at PRW Associates, a financial-services provider in Quincy. He focuses on investment plans and opportunities.

Dawn Taylor Thompson, CJ'89, of Richmond, Massachusetts, writes, "In 2004, I ran for the Massachusetts Senate in Berkshire, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties. I'm the president of Thompson Construction, a masonry and general contracting firm, and president of Sudds Mill E-Z Wash, a small chain of laundromats. My husband, Steve, and I have eight children. I became a certified teacher in 1998, teaching government and world history, mostly to high school juniors." .