Mary M. Cullinan, MBA'81, of Slingerlands, New York, is the manager of financial planning and analysis at Albany Molecular Research, a drug company. She was with General Electric for more than twenty years, most recently as a senior financial analyst in the silicone products division.

Dick Holcomb, MBA'81, of Houston, is the senior vice president of sales and operations at eLinear, a computer-security and communications-services company. He previously worked for Micro System Enterprises.

Jim McGowan, BA'81, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, is a partner in the Boston office of Novogradac and Company, a national certified public-accounting and consulting company.

Kevin Sanders, MJ'81, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, is the president and chief executive officer of the Better Business Bureau serving eastern Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.

Charlene A. Friedman, L'82, of Menlo Park, California, is vice president, general counsel, and secretary at VNUS Medical Technologies, a medical-devices company. Previously, she served in the same capacities at R2 Technology.

Michael Mandracchia, MS'82, of Jackson, New Jersey, on January 1 began a three-year term on the board of directors for the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM). In September 2005, he received his fifth consecutive Champion of Excellence award at ACHMM's annual national conference. Mandracchia is a hazardous-site mitigation specialist for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Eileen Harrington Giddings, UC'83, UC'85, of Billerica, Massachusetts, writes, "I went to night school in Burlington. I am married, and work as an accountant at a private school for children with disabilities, the Cotting School, in Lexington. I have two daughters."

Thomas MacHenry, UC'83, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, writes of his family's three-generation connection to Northeastern. His late father, Albert MacHenry, UC'75, UC'77, lived his entire life in Stoneham. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was a member of the Stoneham Police Department for many years. Al and his wife, Shirley, raised four sons. He returned to college to study criminal justice and graduated with honors. He was a former athlete at Stoneham High School, and maintained an interest in NU hockey and football until his death in 2002. Thomas has been a member of the Wakefield Police Department for nearly thirty years and holds the rank of sergeant. "Having married in 1977 and become a father two years later, I found Northeastern the perfect fit for me," he writes. "I credit Northeastern and its professors with giving me the opportunity, direction, encouragement, and confidence." Thomas went on to graduate from the New England School of Law, in Boston. "Northeastern gave me the foundation and the opportunity to further my police career," he explains. "In addition, NU encouraged and incited me to consider other academic pursuits, such as law school, and to seek challenges in other careers, such as practicing law, as well as teaching criminal justice courses part-time at a local college." Thomas adds that, like his father, he is a former athlete and a fan of Husky hockey, football, and baseball. Thomas's son, Michael, CS'04, completes the triple-generation tie to Northeastern. Michael currently lives in Somerville.

Jim Madden, AS'83, of Cumming, Georgia, is the vice president of the carrier services division of Five9, a company that provides telemarketing and call-center services. He was previously vice president of service providers at Nuance Communications.

Paul Frazier, UC'84, of Braintree, Massachusetts, is the city's police chief. He and his wife have two daughters. Frazier is in his second year of a three-year term as president of the Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association. He has been involved in fundraising events for the Jimmy Fund, and he participated in the 2005 Pan-Mass Challenge bicycle trek.

Elisa Oksner Shostak, BA'84, of Seattle, writes, "It's been a few years since I've submitted a class note. Here's a quick update: I started my own management consulting business, Compass Rose Strategic Consulting, four years ago. The website URL is www.compassrosellc.com. Last year was a good year, and I was proud to contribute a percentage of my revenue to a local arts organization as my way of giving back to the community. I've also started a blog, at www.compassrosestrategic.com, documenting the cooking and gardening projects that take up most of my spare time. Walt and I celebrated our twelfth wedding anniversary in February. I miss Boston very much, except in the summer and winter months."

Steve Weisse, BA'84, of Schenectady, New York, writes, "After graduation, I began working for General Electric, as a member of their financial management program. I spent ten years working in various corporate positions for GE. I left the company in 1996 to get my master's in teaching English from Union College in Schenectady. I spent the next six years working for the Schenectady City School District. Most recently, I have become a crew member onboard the ship Half Moon, which is a full-scale replica of the exploration ship sailed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch East India Company in 1609. Every year, we take the ship for three weeklong voyages with a dozen New York–area middle school students. You can read about these trips on the website www.halfmoon.mus.ny.us/livinghistory.htm. As a Half Moon crew member, I also appeared in the History Channel documentary "Conquest of America," filmed in late 2004. I'm the president of the Tri-City Cricket club here in Schenectady. Our club has introduced this great sport to the local school system through districtwide training of the physical education staff. In addition, I play the trumpet professionally in upstate New York, and am in a brass quintet that performs regularly at various local venues."

Lisa Burns, CJ'85, MJ'86, of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, has earned a master's degree in special education and is a therapeutic special educator. "Although I no longer work in the field of criminal justice, my background has helped me tremendously in my present job," she writes.

Nancy (Brown) Conner, AS'85, of Ithaca, New York, published two books in 2005: Twenty Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Home (which she coauthored with Steve Holzer), and eBay: The Missing Manual. Her e-mail address is nancy@lightlink.com.

Gwendolyn Huntoon, ME'85, lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Amro El-Jaroudi, and children Rasha and Nadim. Huntoon is the director of networking for the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the interim director of operations for National LambdaRail, an initiative by research universities and private technology companies to provide a national-scale infrastructure for research and experimentation in computer-networking technologies and applications.

Walter Eykel, CS'86, of Norton, Massachusetts, teaches computer organization and assembly language at Wheaton College. Previously, he taught C and C++ at Northeastern's Dedham campus. He also works at Invensys. "Our three kids are all getting big and doing well with their activities," he writes. "I am particularly interested in hearing from my old roommates. I was back on campus for the Alumni Ball in October 2005." His e-mail address is weykel@yahoo.com.

Paul Lessard, BHD'86, of Phoenix, has been hired by the Red Sox as their head athletic trainer. Formerly the head athletic trainer for the Arizona Diamondbacks, he'd worked with that team for eight years. Lessard has also worked for Boston University, Holy Cross College, the Atlanta Falcons, and the New York Yankees.

Paul Altmeyer, AS'87, of Norfolk, Massachusetts, is the vice president in charge of Southwest recruiting for the search firm Analog Group, headquartered in Walpole. He was previously the regional sales manager at NESN. "I made the change from media sales into technical recruiting as a lifestyle/career change," he writes. "My biggest challenge is learning about traits and trends in the electronic hardware and firmware industry." He can be contacted by e-mail at paul@analoggroup.com.

Ann Carriere, AS'87, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, reports, "I work as a freelance writer and editor. Most recently, I have been helping special-needs students develop their note-taking skills. I recently accepted a position at the circulation department of a local newspaper."

Fran (Nicholson) Hodgkins, AS'87, of Sparks, Maryland, recounts several changes she and her family have undergone. In October 2004, Fran, husband Winston, and daughter Roslyn celebrated the birth of Theresa Ann. In fall 2005, two of Hodgkins's books were published—If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby and The Cat of Strawberry Hill. In October 2005, the family moved to Maryland, where Hodgkins is the executive editor for humanities at Words and Numbers, an editorial services company in Baltimore.

John Panagopoulos, MA'87, of Malden, Massachusetts, earned a law degree from Suffolk University in May 2005. He holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts–Boston.

Anne Collins, L'88, of Arlington, Massachusetts, was appointed the state's registrar of motor vehicles by Governor Mitt Romney on November 28, 2005. Both her parents are Northeastern graduates: Bill, E'56, and Louise, LA'56. The elder Collinses live in Brewster.

Paul Metzger, E'88, and Donna O'Bryant, UC'96, of Nashua, New Hampshire, were married on August 6, 2005. Metzger is a system engineer at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, in Lexington, Massachusetts. O'Bryant is a health-care management specialist at Health Dialog, a medical-services company in Manchester, New Hampshire. They share a love of community theater and are working on a production of Cats with the Actorsingers group in Nashua.

Sal Lupoli, BA'89, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is the cofounder (along with brother Nick Jr.) of Sal's Just Pizza, which in November opened its twenty-fifth restaurant, in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Christine (DeSimone) Meckley, AS'89, MEd'91, and her husband, Tom, celebrated the birth of their second child, Sawyer James, on September 19, 2005. Riley is his older sister. The family lives in Port Jefferson, New York. "I would like to say hello to my old roommates Susie, Debbie, and Lori, and especially to my friends from the swim team," writes Meckley. E-mail her at christinemeckley@yahoo.com.

Amy Westerman, CJ'89, of Amissville, Virginia, is a technical analyst at Datatel, a telecommunications company. She's also a nationally licensed massage therapist. After graduating from Northeastern, she played rugby on the U.S. Women's National Team, competing in two World Cup; she's fourth on the list of top point scorers. Since retiring from rugby, she has completed two marathons: New York in 2003 and New Mexico in 2004.