Mary Ling, BA'00, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, is a certified public accountant working for accounting and consulting company McConnell, Rothman, in Milton. Yogesh Singla, ME'00, of Brighton, Massachusetts, is completing work on a master's degree in business administration at Boston University.

Clifton Whilby, E'00, of Sanford, North Carolina, is a sales engineer at W. A. Brown Instruments, a test and measurement instruments company in Cary. He was a sales representative with Nissan. "Finally got back into the engineering field," he writes. "Automobile sales is a lot harder than it looks, but it was lot of fun."

David Costello, AS'01, of Watertown, Massachusetts, along with Brian McCarthy, AS'01, of South Boston, and George Rodgers, CJ'00, of Sierra Vista, California, have formed the NU Alumni Real Estate Club. "The club's mission is to create an alumni network of industry professionals, such as real estate attorneys, brokers, and agents, as well as those who are simply interested in real estate, and to strengthen ties to Northeastern through campus and local events," writes Costello. The club's website is at http://realestate.alumni.neu.edu.

David Homa, MBA'01, of Warwick, Rhode Island, is the vice president of operations at InsureMyTrip, an online travel site. Over the past fifteen years, Homa has worked at engineering, manufacturing, and software companies in product planning, customer service, and business management.

Gretchen (Kaplinger) Duford, BA'02, of Raynham, Massachusetts, and her husband, Tom, celebrated the birth of Benjamin Thomas on November 12, 2005, in Boston.

Robyn (Donovan) Goldberg, CJ'02, of East Hampton, New York, and Eric Goldberg were married May 6, 2005, in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. They met in San Diego and moved to East Hampton, where Eric is stationed with the U.S. Coast Guard.

Shana (Brunye) Hoch, MBA'02, of Hudson, New Hampshire, and Casey Hoch were married August 27, 2005, in Jaffrey. Shana is a retail advertising manager at the Nashua Telegraph, in Hudson. Casey is a pilot for Alpha Flying, in Manchester.

Steven Palmacci, UC'02, of Melrose, Massachusetts, is a regional sales manager for PAR Springer-Miller Systems, in Stowe, Vermont. He was formerly a sales manager at Nantucket Island Resorts. "I was looking for a chance to leverage all the MIS courses I took at UC along with my hotel experience," he writes. "Working for this leading provider of technology management solutions for the hospitality industry is an ideal opportunity."

Michael DePaulo, MA'03, of Braintree, Massachusetts, made his fashion designer debut at 7 on Seventh, a fashion-industry trade show in New York City. DePaulo presented fifteen formal suits and gowns.

Matthew Driscoll, BA'04, of Arlington, Massachusetts, is a financial adviser at investment bank Morgan Stanley, in Boston. "I've returned to my former co-op employer," he notes.

Marysharon Owens, BA'04, of Somerville, Massachusetts, may look familiar to readers of Forbes. In the February issue, the magazine chose its top hundred U.S. companies and represented each with a photograph of one employee. Owens was the employee chosen to represent software giant Microsoft.

Kenneth J. Procaccianti, AS'04, of Boston, announced in February that he is running for a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He's a candidate for the Third Suffolk District, which includes the North End, Beacon Hill, the South End, and Chinatown. Procaccianti is the national director of marketing for Metro Networks, a company that provides local content—including traffic, news, sports, and weather programming—to the radio and TV industries.

Andrew Singer, BA'04, of Staten Island, is a staff accountant with accounting firm Amper, Politziner & Mattia, in Edison, New Jersey.

Gary Chapman, AS'05, of New Orleans, writes, "I will soon graduate from Tulane University after completing the two courses of study for a law degree and a master of arts. In October, I will begin work toward a doctorate in criminal law and justice at the University of Oxford, in England."

Ryan Patterson, BA'05, of San Francisco, is an investment analyst at MacFarlane Partners, a real-estate investment management firm. He can be e-mailed at rpatterson@macfarlanepartners.com.

Sophia Powell, N'05, of Boston, received an Excellence in Nursing Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association in February. She is a pediatric nurse at New England Medical Center.

Dawn Swain, BHS'05, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, and her husband, Ronald, celebrated the birth of Peter Elwin on December 25, 2005, at Winchester Hospital.