Northeastern University Alumni Magazine
FALL 2009 - VOL. 35, NO.1
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Robert Antonellis, MA’00, of Sterling, Virginia, recently became chief of the FBI’s Asia terrorism analysis unit, a group of fifteen analysts who study threats posed by terrorists working out of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, among other countries. Because of his knowledge of South Asian terrorist groups, Antonellis was part of the FBI Rapid Response Team sent to Mumbai in the wake of the November 2008 terrorist attacks there; he served as the intelligence link between India and the United States for forty-five days. Last February, Antonellis went to New Delhi for an additional sixty days to continue his study of the terrorist attacks and support the FBI mission in South Asia. Amy R. Black and Christopher G. Wright, both BA’00, of Old Bridge, New Jersey, celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary this spring with the birth of their first child, Emily Madison Black-Wright. Emily was born on May 13 at 9:33 a.m.; she weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 20.25 inches long. Amy is the director of staffing operations at Prudential. She can be reached at <amy.black@prudential.com>. E-mail Chris at <christopher.x.wright@us.hsbc.com>. He is the assistant vice president of marketing at HSBC. Kristina I. Eisnor, MJ’00, of Berkley, Mass­achusetts, is a compliance officer at Rampart Investment Management, which specializes in option strategies. She maintains corporate policies and procedures, participates in the planning and implementation of the firm’s business continuity plan, and oversees the compliance calendar. Eisnor has more than eleven years’ experience in compliance at financial-services firms. She previously served as a compliance officer at Ameriprise Financial RiverSource Investments. David Klineberg, AS’00, of Branford, Connecticut, works at Response, a marketing agency. He writes that one of the company’s partners is also a graduate of Northeastern: Carolyn Walker, BA’91. “We didn’t know each other before she interviewed me here,” Klineberg says, “but I’m sure our similar backgrounds at Northeastern got me in the door. I’ve been with the company more than three years, now serving as an account director. We have won several national marketing awards for our work. We have clients across the country and continue to work heavily in the digital marketing world.” Matthew Cantor, BHS’02, GB’03, of Potomac, Maryland, is a new inductee into the Gold Humanism Honor Society at the Medical School for International Health (MSIH). The honor society recognizes exceptional medical students who have “demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service.” Cantor is a fourth-year medical student at MSIH. Previously, he provided intensive care for two years at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. At MSIH, he has been a liaison and volunteer for Physicians for Human Rights. In this role, he developed and led an overnight trip to an unrecognized Bedouin village; while there, various speakers led discussions on issues of human rights and access to health care in the Bedouin community. Nick Connors, AS’02, of Stoneham, Massachusetts, is the new executive director of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Connors was field director for Kerry Healey’s 2006 campaign for governor and deputy regional coalitions director for former president George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign. Holley Burfoot-Rochford, AS’03, formerly of Beech Grove, Indiana, has been appointed to the position of assistant director at the Williams College Children’s Center, in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She previously served as executive director of the Magic Mountain Children’s Center, in South Royalton, Vermont. Sean Paul Cormier, UC’03, of Boston, owns his own wholesale flower and design shop. He reports that he freelances as a writer for several newspapers and takes on some small acting roles as well. Victoria Nguyen-Schultz, AS’03, of Burlington, Massachusetts, married Stanley Schultz, AS’04, of West Keansburg, New Jersey, on June 14, 2008. They welcomed a son, Kai Stanley, on July 12, 2009. The couple met in class as music majors at Northeastern. Keith J. Bae, CS’04, of Lawrence, Kansas, received a juris doctor degree from New England Law, Boston, in May. This spring, he served as judicial intern to associate justice Charles Spurlock of the Suffolk County Superior Court. Bae was also an associate and lead-articles editor at the New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement, president of the Intellectual Property Law Association, and vice president of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association Law Student Division, and a patent agent for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Tara (Slattery) Harriman, AS’04, writes, “I married Justin Harriman, CJ’02, on October 18, 2008, in Woodstock, Vermont. We honeymooned in Paris and now reside in Belmont, Massachusetts.” Heidi Buchanan, AS’06, of Washington, D.C., this summer sent in a note about her plans to wed Adam Schmidt. She wrote that the ceremony would take place in her hometown on September 12, followed by a weeklong honeymoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Schmidt, a 2004 graduate of George Washington University, is a campaign consultant at a start-up firm in D.C. Buchanan is a freelance writer. Ray Hurteau, BA’07, of Medford, Massachusetts, remembers a co-op position he held at Microsoft, in Redmond, Washington, working as an operations analyst and project manager. As a result of that opportunity, he writes, “I was able to put down a quality company name on my resumé and leverage my experiences and accomplishments for future interviews and, ultimately, a job in Boston. After working full-time for almost two years, I can look back and confidently say I would not be at my current job had it not been for the experiences offered through the co-op program. College can and will be fun, but it is also the most important time to set yourself up for your career.” John J. Nagro, CS’07, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, reports that he has started working toward a graduate degree in computer science at Northeastern. Friends may reach him at <john.nagro@gmail.com>. Pearl (Chauhan) Shah, BA’07, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, is in a rotation program at health-care giant CIGNA. She writes, “Rotation programs are meant to move the brightest up the ranks, identify the top talent, and position you for senior-leadership success. You could say I am addicted to the feeling that I will keep learning, growing, and moving within the company and no one can stop me. I spent three wonderful co-op cycles working at different companies, gaining exposure to different people and different technologies (I’m a tech geek), and growing as a person. I savored getting to start fresh but loved developing what my counselor referred to as transferable skills. So, when I started my job search senior year, I was focused only on one thing: rotation programs. At CIGNA, I’m part of the technology early-career development program. One high-level manager here said something that has stuck with me: ‘Succeed in your current role, no matter what work you are doing, whether it’s data entry or leading a team, and you will succeed in your career.’ That’s the attitude I take with me from project to project and rotation to rotation, and it keeps me going.”