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1990s Matthew Edson, CJ'90, of Reading, Massachusetts, is a member of the Reading Police Department. In March, he was involved in an auto chase and arrested three men who attempted to steal power tools from the Home Depot in Reading.
Brian Perry, CS'90, of Newton, Massachusetts, is the founder of BKP Technologies, a computer consulting and software company.
Darlene Conners, AS'91, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, is the human resources director for real estate developer Campanelli Companies, in Braintree. She and her fianc?©, Mike, have two children, Brianna and Michael Jr. "Would love to hear what old friends are up to via e-mail," she writes. Her e-mail address is darleneconners@msn.com.
Thomas Fallon, SET'91, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, was recently promoted to industrial engineer in the lean manufacturing division of the U.S. Department of the Navy at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in New Hampshire. "I formerly held employment at the shipyard as an information technology specialist in the IT division. I have spent the last ten years in this field. The change to engineering is a rewarding move."
Maureen Hoye, BB'91, of Framingham, Massachusetts, married John McCarthy, of Cork, Ireland, on November 21, 2004. A reception was held in Assonet. Their e-mail address is mehoye@verizon.net.
Janet Madigan, MN'91, of Abington, Massachusetts, is the president of the Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives and the treasurer of the Massachusetts Center for Nursing.
Kim (Weist) Piasecki, GB'91, of Moorestown, New Jersey, writes, "After graduation in 1991, I returned to New Jersey to live and work. I have been working as a psychotherapist since 1991, and am now a Licensed Professional Counselor. In 1996, I got married and have since had two beautiful daughters, Samantha and Emma. I also have a stepson, Adam." Tamara C.
Richardson, CJ'91, of West Orange, New Jersey, is the owner of Taceri, which specializes in women's shoes.
Renee Sevelitte, UC'91, UC'93, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, is planning an art workshop based on her book You Are a Work of ART! at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C.
Tiffany (Rollins) Currie, BB'92, and Wayne Currie, CJ'88, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of a son, Kaiden Torrance, on January 6. His siblings are sisters Mackenzie, Alysha, and Dayna.
Catherine Dennis, UC'92, of Chicago writes, "I moved in 1992 and have worked in technology sales management ever since. I was with SPSS for many of those years. Currently, I want to use my experience in building/rebuilding inside sales organizations, sales operations, and performance improvement."
Joseph Dunlap, AS'92, of Hartford, Wisconsin, and his wife, Brenda, welcomed the birth of daughter Avery Morgan on March 23 in Menomonee Falls. The Dunlaps have two other daughters, Elisa and Alexa.
Susan Grossberg, L'92, of Melrose, Massachusetts, was presented the Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award by the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association in March 2004. The award recognizes her work in behalf of indigent clients, assistance for HIV/AIDS victims, protection of single mothers, and prevention of shutoffs and home loss for elderly clients.
Mike Harrington, BA'92, of Melrose, Massachusetts, is an account executive for SunGard Availability Services, a financial services software company.
Meri (Aschner) Levine, BA'92, of West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and her husband, Marc, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Alexis Ann, in September 2004. Gabe is their older child. Levine can be reached by e-mail at meri.a.levine@comcast.net.
Marylee Condon Lyndon, BB'92, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, reports she married William Lyndon in 2000. They celebrated the birth of their daughter, Caroline, on December 5, 2003. Lyndon is a principal consultant medical recruiter with Enid Chesterfield, a recruiting firm in Boston. Her e-mail address is marylee@enidchesterfield.com.
Dina (Tenaglia) Mastrocola, AS'92, of Hanover, Massachusetts, and her husband, Paul, welcomed the birth of a daughter, Gillian Grace, in July 2004. Gillian's older brother is Justin.
Shawn W. Murphy, MA'92, of Plattsburgh, New York, writes, "This past year, I was promoted to associate professor of journalism at Plattsburgh State University. I married Elaine Ostry, an English professor at SUNY?ÄìPlattsburgh. We honeymooned in the Canadian Rockies." His e-mail address is shawn.murphy@plattsburgh.edu.
Saswati Paul, L'92, of San Mateo, California, celebrated the birth of her son, Amit Paul Krishnan, on March 8. He joins a sister, Anika.
Kathryn (Yerge) Rebhan, BA'92, of Buffalo, New York, celebrated the birth of Joseph Thomas II on December 29, 2004. She and her husband, Thomas, also have a daughter, Dagny.
John Beckford, UC'93, MBA'98, of Margate, Florida, is a licensed realtor with All Homes Realty in Coral Springs. "Decided to make a career change in January 2005. As a focused and enterprising person, the challenges of a sales career in the real-estate industry will definitely lead me to self-actualization," he writes.
Jay Gannon, BA'93, and Kelly Gentry, AS'98, of West New York, New Jersey, were married in Napa, California, on October 9, 2004. They honeymooned in Hawaii.
Stephen Garrepy, BA'93, of Fort Lauderdale, is a managing partner of the Titans of South Florida, a regional real-estate development company that has holdings in Florida and the Great Smoky Mountains area of Tennessee.
Laura (Schroth) Hester, CJ'93, writes, "I have worked in the criminal justice field since being a co-op student. I feel fortunate to have such a rewarding career in federal service. After spending almost six years as a deputy U.S. marshal in Washington, D.C., and Boston, I decided to change gears. In July 1999, I transferred to the U.S. Probation Office in Boston and began my new position as a U.S. probation officer. I have worked in both the pre-sentence and supervision units. In April 2004, I transferred to the Plymouth office, where I continue to work as a U.S. probation officer in the supervision unit. On September 23, 2003, I married my best friend, Thomas Hester (who is also in the CJ field). I finally settled down and landed back on Cape Cod. In April 2004, I obtained my real estate license and handle most areas of Cape Cod. I hope to change gears again soon and do real estate full time."
Tamara Zeytoonian Kefeyan, BB'93, of Watertown, Massachusetts, and her husband, John, celebrated the birth of their first child, Nathan. "I received my master's degree in physical therapy in California and lived there for four years. I am a practicing physical therapist in Boston," she writes.
Lisa Loveland, AS'93, and George Proakis, E'95, of Melrose, Massachusetts, were married October 10, 2004, on the island of Chios in Greece. Northeastern alumni in attendance included Mike Davis, AS'92, Bruce Skillin, AS'94, and Robert Pepe, AS'97. In November 2004, the couple held a Spencer, Massachusetts, reception, attended by numerous NU graduates. They are rehabbing their Victorian home. Loveland is an attorney for the Massachusetts Department of Social Services. Proakis is the chief planner for the city of Lowell.
Timothy O'Malley, CJ'93, of the Bronx, New York, served an eleven-month tour of duty in Iraq with the 172nd Infantry of the New Hampshire National Guard. "We provided route and convoy security throughout the Sunni Triangle, including Baghdad, Fallujah, and Taji," he writes.
Miklos Sandorfi, E'93, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, is the chief technology officer at SEPATON, a Marlborough-based data storage company. He joined the company in 2002. Sandorfi holds twelve granted and eight pending patents.
Eric Schreiber, E'93, of Hollywood, Florida, writes, "We are blessed with the arrival of our baby girl?Äîour first daughter and our son's first sister. I am still working with Royal Caribbean Cruises, and have been promoted to the position of manager for electrical engineering."
Manya Chait, MBA'94, of Lexington, Massachusetts, is the vice president of public relations at VistaPrint, a graphic design and printing company in Lexington.
Michael Daly, GB'94, MBA'96, of North Easton, Massachusetts, is the women's lacrosse coach at Stonehill College, in Easton. His team has won the Division 2 national championship two of the last three years. Last year's champions went undefeated, for a 21-0 record. This past summer, Daly coached the U.S. Women's National Team in Australia. He was formerly a graduate assistant in campus recreation at Northeastern.
Timothy Foley, GB'94, of Westborough, Massachusetts, is a staff scientist III in the clinical laboratory science division at Genzyme in Framingham.
Jordana (Lawrence) Goodstein-Lawrence, N'94, of Bethesda, Maryland, is an account executive at Lee Wayne, a promotional products company.
Claudia Guzman, BA'94, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts, is a data analyst at Chadwick Martin Bailey, a market research firm in Boston. She has a master's degree from Bentley College in information-age marketing and a certificate in business data analysis.
Francisco Lorite, AS'94, of Los Angeles, is a movie director whose production, Cuco Gomez-Gomez Is Dead, won the Best Cine Latino Award (Short) at the D.C. Independent Film Festival, in Washington. At age nineteen, Lorite moved from Spain to study theater at Northeastern.
Rachael (Perry) Lumpkin, E'94, of Chesterfield, Virginia, and Gregory Lumpkin celebrated the birth of Savannah Louise on July 13, 2004. "She came six weeks early, but she did great, only spending six days in the hospital before she came home," writes Lumpkin.
John Murdock, E'94, of Grafton, Massachusetts, is the director of business development at Extraprise Group, a consulting firm in Boston. He and his wife, Maria, have a daughter, Amanda.
Sheila (Borghi) Nash, CJ'94, of McLean, Virginia, and husband Alan celebrated the birth of Ava Sabrina on May 9, in Washington, D.C. Ava joins her brother, Spencer.
Kevin O'Connor, CJ'94, and Cynthia (Meacham) O'Connor, PAH'94, of Milford, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their third child, Ryan Andrew, on September 16, 2004. Kevin works for the FBI, and Cindy is a pharmacist with Brooks Pharmacy. The family includes older children Kaitlyn and Kevin.
Mark Payton, AS'94, of North Wales, Pennsylvania, writes, "I am an import manager for one of the largest stainless steel companies in the United States, Specialty Nickel Alloy. I also have my own business in sports production. Since 1994, I've been involved in sports production at all levels, from high school games to professional sports. I frequently work at CN8 in Philadelphia. I've also done stints at ESPN, TNT, Fox, and Westwood One Radio."
Dan Zeytoonian, BA'94, of Weatherford, Oklahoma, is a major in the U.S. Army. He was promoted to that rank by General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a ceremony at the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Zeytoonian is working toward the completion of his master's degree in international relations. He can be e-mailed at american_in_cairo@hotmail.com.
Richard Barthelmess, UC'95, of Danvers, Massachusetts, recently accepted a position as patrolman in the Danvers Police Department. He was formerly employed at the Hamilton Police Department. "After serving Hamilton for over four years, I have finally moved on to my hometown police department," he writes.
Kelly Jones, BA'95, is the vice president and director of marketing at Atlantic Trust's private wealth management division in New York City.
Scott Lanciloti, GB'95, of West Newton, Massachusetts, heads up sales in the northeast United States for WILink, an investor-relations services provider.
Jennifer (Robinson) McAdams, AS'95, of Groton, Massachusetts, and her husband, Kevin, celebrated the birth of their son, Robinson James, on March 24, 2004.
Laura Noonan, L'95, of Scituate, Massachusetts, is the president of two companies, Screened Images Multimedia (SIM) and the Corrections Connection News Network, both based in Quincy. SIM develops websites and manages information technology systems. Corrections Connection is a weekly and daily news source for the corrections industry. Her husband, Joseph, is the CEO of both companies. Noonan produced her first inmate orientation video for the Norfolk (Massachusetts) county sheriff when she was nineteen.
Marcus Randolph, MBA'95, of Richmond, Virginia, is the director of finance and operations at Highland Park Community Development, in Richmond. The organization provides affordable housing for low- to moderate-income households.
Renee Somers, MA'95, of New York City, earned a doctorate in English from the University of Rhode Island. She is on tenure track as an assistant professor at LaGuardia Community College, in New York City. Somers has completed two books, Edith Wharton as Spatial Activist and Analyst (due out this fall from Routledge) and Film, Television, and Contemporary Culture (forthcoming from Longman). Friends can write her at rsomers@lagcc.cuny.edu.
Kris Boccia, AS'96, of Arvada, Colorado, and his wife, Laura, celebrated the birth of their son, Zane, on June 1. Their older son is Mason. Boccia was presented the Outstanding Recruitment Excellence Award from Bell Aerospace and Technologies. He has worked at the company since 2002. His e-mail address is kboccia@hotmail.com.
Erin L. Boyar, MJ'96, of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, is the associate director of planning and research at the state's Department of Corrections. She started working at the department in 1997 as a principal planner.
Kathleen Bryant, N'96, and Dustin Rand, E'97, of Framingham, Massachusetts, welcomed the birth of Anja Mae on March 8. Her older sister is Ruby.
Karen Cajka, MA'96, of Johnson City, Tennessee, was presented the Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship this year from the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. The fellowship allows her to travel to Dublin and Belfast to continue work and research on novelist and poet Dorothea Annesley DuBois. Cajka is an assistant professor of English at East Tennessee State University.
Heather Clark, N'96, of Medford, Massachusetts, is engaged to marry Stephen Davis, also of Medford.
Henry Daley, L'96, of Alexandria, Virginia, is a partner in the intellectual property group of Venable. He was a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop.
Dennis G. Dallaire Jr., CJ'96, MPA'02, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a mayoral candidate. He has previously worked at the U.S. Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C.; the Massachusetts state legislature; and the Los Angeles mayor's office.
John Dunn, AS'96, of Nashua, New Hampshire, earned a law degree from the Massachusetts College of Law in June 2004. He started a Nevada-based business called Granite State Paralegal and Seminar Services.
Nancy Hanisch, AS'96, of St. Augustine, Florida, received a master's degree in psychiatric rehabilitation from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Hanisch is the director of employment services for the Arc of the St. Johns as well as the president of the Florida Association for Persons in Supported Employment. Both organizations serve people with disabilities. Her e-mail address is njh3@earthlink.net.
Evangelea Spirounias, AS'96, of Watertown, Massachusetts, married Matt Kelly on June 12, 2004, in Portland, Maine. Rachael (Lott) Gelowski, BA'98, was a bridesmaid. Cristina (Nunes) Bettencourt, BPH'96, and Chris Vardo, BPH'97, attended the wedding. The honeymoon was in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Spirounias, who is originally from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, is a corporate account manager at Harvard Business School Publishing.
Noel Texeira, CJ'96,of Foxborough, Massachusetts, was a guest of U.S. senator Ted Kennedy at the White House reception for the New England Patriots, which honored the team's victory in the 2004 Super Bowl.
Christopher Wernau, E'96, of Concord, Georgia, is a senior quality engineer at Gardner Denver, blower division, in Peachtree City. He formerly served as a quality engineer at Vernay Manufacturing. He and his wife, Belinda, E'97, live on a farm with their four sons, Andrew, Daniel, Erik, and Ferris.
January (Damon) Hattabaugh, BPH'97, of Leominster, Massachusetts, and her husband, Joe, welcomed the arrival of Cadence Riley on November 24, 2004.
Thomas Landry, CJ'97, of Canton, Michigan, is a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. Previously assigned to the Detroit field office, he was transferred in May to the dignitary protective division in Washington, D.C.
Linda Lovejoy-Smith, N'97, of East Brookfield, Massachusetts, left her job at Harrington Memorial Hospital, in Southbridge, to spend time with her son, Stephen, who came home on leave from Iraq. Lovejoy-Smith previously worked at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, and St. Vincent Hospital and UMass Memorial Medical Center, in Worcester.
Jonathan Violette and Tara (Toth) Violette, both BPH'97, of North Conway, New Hampshire, celebrated the birth of Lauren Elizabeth on December 17, 2004. Logan Philip is the baby's older brother.
Peter J. DeChaves, E'98, and Eileen (Marinella) DeChaves, BPH'98, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, welcomed the arrival of their first child, Julia Eleanor, on March 18. They were married in October 2001.
James Dooley, BA'98, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, earned an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management on June 3. He is a general manager in merchandising at Target.
Mark Doran, E'98, and Gale Marticio, BA'99, of Norwood, Massachusetts, are engaged to be married.
William Dube, AS'98, of Rochester, New York, writes, "I worked in Ohio for the John Kerry campaign. Even though we lost, it was a wonderful experience. I am now working on the Wade Norwood campaign. He is running for mayor in Rochester."
Mary Candler Freed, L'98, of Alexandria, Virginia, is an associate in the commercial litigation practice group at Venable. Katrina Gundal-Zaid and Ali Zaid, both E'98, of Lexington, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Laila Frances, on March 9.
James Hurd, SET'98, of Littleton, Massachusetts, married Emily Smyth on May 14. Chris Chiumiento, E'98, was the best man, and Alex Urquizo, E'96, was the groomsman. Other Northeastern alumni in attendance included Corinna Balsamo, UC'74, UC'77; Robert Cicerchia, E'97; Rick Melloy, E'97; Claudio Capoccia, SET'98; Jeanine Chapman, AS'98; Lourie (Cruz) Sarcione, SET'98; and Roberto Burgos, SET'99. Hurd earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell this past spring. Hurd's e-mail address is jchurd@comcast.net.
Jessica (Bradford) Mulhall, BPH'98, and John Mulhall, E'98, of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Abigail Mary, on March 22 in Gardner. Zacharia A. El-Harouchy, BA'99, of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, writes, "If any of you ever come to the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, or South Africa and need some contacts, it will be my pleasure to help." El-Harouchy is a deputy operations manager for conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk. His e-mail address is zachelharouchy@hotmail.com.
Dovie King, L'99, of Pasadena, California, writes, "I have taken over the Debtor Assistance Project at Public Counsel, the nation's largest pro bono law office. I assist low-income debtors with all aspects of bankruptcy."
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