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Fall 2006 • Volume 32, No. 1

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2000s

Bill Burke, GB'00, of Middleborough, Massachusetts, is the administrative director of cardiology at South Shore Hospital, in Weymouth. He notes that the hospital, in conjunction with Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, opened the first comprehensive cardiovascular center south of Boston last summer.

Giuseppe Olivadoti, E'00, of Braintree, Massachusetts, is a field engineer at microchip maker Analog Devices. He is the coauthor of an article titled "Real-Time Debugging 101," which appeared in the May issue of Embedded Systems Design magazine.

Nicole Chagnon, AS'01, writes, "After eight years in Boston, I moved to the West Coast in July 2003 and have settled in San Anselmo, in Marin County. I do media relations for Macy's West and am in the process of submitting an application for graduate studies in communications at San Francisco State University. I would love to hear from classmates who remember me, particularly from Organization Communication and fellow Stetson Westers."

Timothy Faraldi, BA'01, of Hyattsville, Maryland, earned an MBA in May from Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He is a principal financial analyst in the financial leadership development program at power company Constellation Energy. He says he's excited to start his new career with his fiancée, Sarah Kaye.

Sharon Levine, AS'01, of Brooklyn, is the founder of Concrete Safaris: Work Out Your Adventure. She writes, "After five years in the music industry, I decided I wanted to do something different with my life. I trekked Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, and returned home to New York City to start an adventure fitness company. My dream is to reduce the obesity rate through adventure fitness. In October 2005, I began phoning gyms to see if any personal trainers might donate their time for private training and mentoring sessions with at-risk youth. The response was overwhelmingly positive. In December, Keen Footwear made me the female/urban spokesperson for their national marketing campaign, HybridLife, which appears in Jane, Shape, and ReadyMade magazines from April through October. You can learn more about what I do at www.concretesafaris.com."

Shawn MacDonald, CJ'01, and Allyson Cicchese, N'02, were married on September 9, 2005, in Boston. They live in Rockville, Maryland. Allyson is a nurse at the National Naval Medical Center. Shawn has a job with the CIA and is working toward a master's in business.

Mimoza Meholli, AS'01, formerly of Boston, graduated in May from the collaborative Ben-Gurion University–Columbia University Medical School for International Health, which trains doctors in global health. She spent her first three years in classes at Ben-Gurion University's Negev Faculty of Health Sciences Medical School for International Health, in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and in clinical electives at Columbia's affiliated hospitals in New York. Last winter, she served a two-month clerkship in India. Meholli's health-care background includes volunteer work in the emergency department at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston. During medical school, she also volunteered in Kenya for Operation Crossroads Africa.

Andrew Bayliss, BA'02, of Allston, Massachusetts, and Kimberly Kokot, N'06, of Rochester, New York, are engaged. Bayliss works in the retirement- services division of mutual fund company DWS Scudder. Kokot is preparing to take the NCLEX exams for registered and practical nurses.

Diane Berry, BA'02, and John Hrenko, BHS'97, of Brockton, Massachusetts, were married on April 29. "We were fortunate enough to have several of our Northeastern friends attend," writes the bride. They included Elizabeth (Fernandes) Lozano, BA'01; Laurie Constant, BA'02; Becky (Goldstein) Hayes, BA'02; Chris Britton, BA'03; Deborah Burns, AS'03; Mike Mosny, BHS'03; Laura Gazzilli, BHS'04; Krista Marcigliano, BHS'04; Rod Marriott, BHS'04; Lori Wise, BHS'04; Brian Fournier, BHS'05; Amanda Hannon, BHS'05; and Jaclyn Gossett, BHS'06.

Lisa Gramp, L'02, of Portland, Oregon, is an assistant general counsel with the Portland Development Commission, the state's largest urban-renewal agency. She was formerly an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Oregon.

Dan Klotz, MA'02, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, teaches sociology at Bryant College, in Smithfield, Rhode Island, and online at Skidmore College's University Without Walls. He was the president of the New England Sociological Association from 2004 to 2005. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Center for Cape Verdean American Community Development in Pawtucket since 2004. He and his wife, Nadia, have three daughters. His e-mail address is klotz_dan@hotmail.com.

Leslie (Kappauf) Marchio, AS'02, and Scott Marchio celebrated the birth of their daughter, Genevieve Rose, on April 21. They live in Somerset, New Jersey. Marchio is an architectural designer for a firm in Wayne. She earned a master's degree in architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Angela B. Martin, L'02, of Henniker, New Hampshire, is serving the first year of a three-year term on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Manchester. An associate with the law firm Devine Millimet, she practices general corporate law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Martin is a member of the Manchester Rotary, and the New Hampshire Bar and Women's Bar Associations. She writes and lectures on legal and business topics.

Michael O'Connor, CJ'02, and Cristine (Zappone) O'Connor, celebrated the birth of their son, Owen Michael, on April 16. The family lives in Highland, New York.

Jason Oliver, CJ'02, of Arlington, Virginia, works for the U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C. He is engaged to Johanna Liparini, an attorney from Maryland.

Michael E. Pikiel Jr., L'02, of New York City, is an associate in the public- finance group at international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski. He was previously an associate at Bowditch & Dewey in Boston. Craig Standish, BA'02, of Dover, New Hampshire, earned a law degree from Syracuse University with a certificate in global law and practice. He was a three-year Dean's Scholar, the managing editor of the Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, and a student attorney in the college's Low-Income Tax Payer Clinic. Standish spent his first summer clerking for Judge Paul J. Barbadoro of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire and his second summer at McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton in Manchester. After taking the bar exam, he will work at McLane as an associate in the tax department.

Jonathan E. Bachand, E'03, of Los Angeles, earned a law degree from Gould School of Law of Southern California. He is practicing law with the firm Knobbe, Martens, Olson, and Bear in Irvine.

David Ilnicki, CJ'03, of Quincy, Massachusetts, is a financial representative at the Boston Group, an office of Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. The Boston Group sells and distributes financial and insurance products. Ilnicki was a corporate security representative with mutual fund company Fidelity Investments, in Boston.

Elizabeth (Coulter) Medeiros, E'03, and Kevin Medeiros, BA'03, of Raynham, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their son, Coulter Joseph, on January 8. "He is growing fast and looking forward to his first visit to NU," writes Elizabeth.

Vadim Radunsky, MBA'03, of Framingham, Massachusetts, is the president of Hypertronics Corporation, a Hudson-based manufacturer of specialty connectors and connector solutions for the electronics industry. He had been the company's vice president of engineering and new-business development since 2001.

Matthew and Peter Slutsky, both AS'03, of Merion Station, Pennsylvania, are twin brothers and the founders (along with Josh Skaroff) of DoubleSpeak, a politically progressive online radio show. Its URL is . Kurt Bertram, BHS'04, of Boston, writes, "After doing clinical ophthalmology research for two years at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, I will be moving to Long Island for medical school at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Boston has been my home for seven years, and I will deeply miss it. I hope to survive these next four years."

John C. Burke, CJ'04, is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marines currently stationed in Iraq. Angela Flintoff, BHS'04, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, in May received a master of science degree in communication sciences and disorders from Emerson College. She works in the speech language and hearing department at Massachusetts General Hospital Health Centers.

Jillian Goldfarb, E'04, of Providence, is engaged to Douglas Kriner. She notes they met through a friend ("Thanks, Jesi Marshall, AS'04," she writes). Goldfarb is working toward a doctorate in chemical engineering at Brown University. Kriner received a doctorate in political science in June from Harvard University and is an assistant professor at Boston University.

April Luna, L'04, of Somerville, Massachusetts, is an associate in the litigation department at the Boston office of law firm Adler Pollock & Sheehan. She focuses on litigation, including products liability, toxic tort, and insurance defense. She joined the law firm in 2005 as a legal assistant and then worked as a paralegal. She also served as a contract attorney at Goodwin Procter, in Boston. Luna is active in several community programs against domestic violence.

Monica Vantoch, L'04, of Santa Cruz, California, writes, "For my website supporters (you know who you are), here is my new website: the Mediation and Law Office of Monica Vantoch, www.santacruzmediation.com."

Kristy (Clem) Durgin, AS'05, and Dan Durgin were married on April 29 in Lynn,Massachusetts. They live in Englewood, Florida.

Courtney Tamulevich, BA'05, traveled from California to attend the wedding. Robert C. Dwelly, MBA'05, of Barre, Massachusetts, is a tax and estate-planning manager at Ojerholm Associates, an accounting company in Worcester.

Megan McGregor, AS'05, of Santa Monica, California, is an assistant to the vice president and the director of retail marketing in the licensing and merchandising division of film studio 20th Century Fox, in Los Angeles. She previously worked for Assistance in Marketing, recruiting for market-research studies in West Los Angeles, with clients that included General Motors, Pepsi, and Cingular. "In this new position, I will be responsible for overseeing the licensing of various Fox properties—such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, 24, Ice Age 2, and Napoleon Dynamite—to create promotional programs that you find at major retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart, and Kohl's," she writes. McGregor can be reached at megan.mcgregor@fox.com.

Sara Pic-Harrison, L'05, and Lisa Pic-Harrison were married on September 4, 2005, in Boston. They live in Roslindale. "Thanks to my wonderful, supportive, Beautiful School of Law family who helped me celebrate my wedding to Lisa," writes Sara.