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Summer 2006 • Volume 31, No. 4

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1990s

Dave Dal Pos, BA'90, MBA'95, of Bow, New Hampshire, writes, "What happened to all the party animals from the class of 1990? Would love to hear from you. Married Leila Ennabe, CJ'90, in 1995, and have two boys, fourteen and eight. Workin' up here in 'New Hampster' building banking software, traveling, yada yada. Trading in my bike for a Harley Softail, and looking forward to many long trips. Call if you want to go for a ride."

Ruthann DePietro, MBA'90, of Atkinson, New Hampshire, has joined the medical products company Insulet, based in Bedford, Massachusetts, as vice president of quality and regulatory affairs. Most recently, she served as vice president of quality and regulatory compliance at ONUX Medical.

Howard Hall, AS'90, of Boston, is the vice president of corporate development at Vericept, a Denver company that produces software to monitor network activity. Previously, he was with River Ridge Consulting and cofounded a software development company, StorageZip Technologies. The Boston Business Journal listed him as one of the most influential businesspeople under age forty.

Richard Hermann, BA'90, of Newbury, Massachusetts, is the vice president of sales at software company Contact Networks. He formerly worked at Interface Software.

Axel Knaf, BA'90, MBA'93, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, has joined accounting and management consulting firm SC&H Group, in Hunt Valley, Maryland, as a partner in its tax technology practice.

Thomas McHugh, AP'90, of Wildwood, Missouri, is the corporate controller at BearingPoint, a management and technology consulting firm in McLean, Virginia. He was most recently the vice president of finance, chief financial officer, and chief accounting officer at Huttig Building Products, a building materials company in St. Louis.

Abraham Ndiwane, MS'90, of Malden, Massachusetts, received an Excellence in Nursing Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association in February.

Charles Thorne III, L'90, of Woolwich, Maine, and Susanna Walsh were married September 23, 2005, at North Woolwich Methodist Church. They are planning a move to Monticello, in northern Maine.

Kevin Cronin, MBA'91, of Londonderry, New Hampshire, is the chief financial officer, secretary, and treasurer at U.S. Global Nanospace, a research and development company specializing in the security, defense, and health markets. Previously, he was with CEPA Technologies, a voice-activated software company, as a consultant.

Don Orsillo, AS'91, was named the Massachusetts Sportscaster of the Year in February by the Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association of America. Orsillo, who lives in Rhode Island, is now in his sixth season as television's play-by-play broadcaster for the Red Sox.

Tamara Richardson-Williams, CJ'91, of West Orange, New Jersey, is the owner of Taceri, a line of women's shoes in sizes 10 to 14. The brand has been featured in publications such as Essence, Footwear News, and San Jose Magazine. The former attorney also speaks at seminars and conferences geared toward young women. Covering topics from celebrating your body image to creating life goals, she shares tips on how to choose a career path, how trends are changing traditional jobs, and how to remain true to yourself while pursuing your goals. She writes, "I am driven by my obligation to the greater community."

Nikesh Arora, MBA'92, of London, England, is the vice president of European operations for Google. He has previously worked at Fidelity Investments and Putnam Investments. He also founded T-Motion, a data firm in London.

Thomas J. Honan, MBA'92, of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is the president of Hays Insurance Brokerage Services of New England, in Boston. Formerly, he was senior vice president at Marsh, an insurance services firm in New York.

Tom Hutton, BB'92, of Bedford, Massachusetts, is a major serving with the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division in Iraq. He is a medical operations officer with the 6th Iraqi Army Division in the Baghdad area. He and his wife, Nora (Lohan), BB'90, have two children, Liam and Maeve. Hutton can be e-mailed at thomas.c.hutton@us.army.mil.

Valeria Ramdin, UC'92, MS'95, of Arlington, Massachusetts, received an Excellence in Nursing Award from the New England Regional Black Nurses Association in February. She is a nurse practitioner at Northeastern's Lane Health Center.

Byron Hurt, AS'93, of Central Islip, New York, produced and directed the documentary Beyond Beats and Rhymes: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs In on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture, which was showcased in January at the Sundance Film Festival, in Park City, Utah. The film was one of 120 selected from more than 7,000 submissions. Earlier in his career, Hurt worked in Northeastern's public relations office and at the Center for the Study of Sport in Society. He was a founding member and associate director of Mentors in Violence Prevention, a rape and domestic-violence prevention program for college and professional athletes. Hurt is a former Huskies quarterback.

Michele (Aberbach) Levine, BPH'93, of Livingston, New Jersey, and her husband, Adam, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Jocelyn Maya, in May 2005. Levine can be e-mailed at michla21@aol.com.

Frances Miranda-Watkins, L'93, of Durham, North Carolina, is the first Hispanic assistant district attorney in the office of the Durham district attorney. She specializes in felony cases.

Patrick J. Moynihan, CJ'93, of Portland, Connecticut, has worked with Hartford's Casey Bail Bonds for thirteen years as a surety bail agent. He is also a senior loan officer with Connecticut Mortgage Lenders, in West Hartford. He and his wife, Eileen, have four children, Patrick, Riley, Ronan, and Quinn. He writes, "I look forward to hearing from any of the old ropes at patrickm@cmlenders.com."

Mark T. Munroe, AS'93, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, is the vice president of business development at Somnia, a surgical services company. Previously, he was vice president at iLIANT, a medical software and services company.

Jack Gibson, MBA'94, of Dunedin, Florida, is the manager of dealer relations and branch operations for Flamingo Financing, in Clearwater.

Mark Grover, MBA'94, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is the managing director of the disputes and investigations practice at the Huron Consulting Group, an operational and financial consulting services company in Chicago. A certified public accountant, Grover is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Larry A. Ramdin, UC'94, of Arlington, Massachusetts, is an environmental health specialist for the city of Newton. He was awarded a certificate of merit by the National Environmental Health Association for outstanding contributions to the profession. Ramdin is the education chair of the Massachusetts Environmental Health Association and past president of Sigma Epsilon Rho Honor Society.

Robert Ramsey, CJ'94, of Kingston, Massachusetts, has been a police officer in Hingham for eleven years. He writes that he and his wife, Kim, celebrated the birth of their son, Aidan Thomas, on March 17, 2005 (St. Patrick's Day, he notes). Aidan's uncle is William Ramsey, L'00.

Dennis Shaughnessy, MBA'94, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a member of the board of directors of Phase Forward, a medical data management company in Waltham, where he chairs the board's audit and finance committee. He is also a faculty member at Northeastern's College of Business Administration. Formerly, he was chief financial officer, chief operating officer, and chief executive officer at Bowstreet, a provider of development tools for web applications.

Robin Yancey, MJ'94, of Worcester, Massachusetts, is the regional director of security for the Massachusetts Trial Court, covering courts in Worcester and Hampshire Counties and parts of Middlesex and Hampden Counties.

Neil Greenspan, MBA'95, of Smiths Parish, Bermuda, is the chief accounting officer and vice president of Montpelier Re Holdings, an insurance company, and its subsidiary Montpelier Reinsurance, in Hamilton. Greenspan was previously the vice president of accounting at ACE Financial Solutions International, a Bermuda-based insurance company.

Patricia Marshall, MS'95, of Wayland, Massachusetts, presented the awards at February's Excellence in Nursing Awards banquet of the New England Regional Black Nurses Association. She is a nurse practitioner at Mount Auburn Hospital Occupational Health, in Cambridge.

Jennifer (Robinson) McAdams, AS'95, of Groton, Massachusetts, and her husband, Kevin, celebrated the adoption of Liliann Qingmo on February 21. Liliann was born on June 11, 2003, in China's Guangdong province. The couple has a son, RJ.

Paul Scapicchio, L'95, of East Boston, has left his position as city councilor from the North End, Charlestown, and East Boston and is now working in government relations at the Boston consulting and lobbying firm ML Strategies.

Ronald Wilson, L'95, of Tucson, received the Rosa Parks Living History-Makers Award from the Tucson chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the League of United Latin American Citizens. The award is presented to individuals who follow the spirit of civil-rights icon Rosa Parks by distinguishing themselves in their community. Wilson is the chief presiding judge in the South Tucson Municipal Court.

Colleen (Curtis) Brooks, AS'96, of Burke, Virginia, and her husband, Robert, celebrated the birth of their second daughter, Madeline Jean, on November 29, 2005.

Ed Spies, MBA'96, of Millis, Massachusetts, is the vice president and corporate controller at Idiom Technologies, a Waltham company that provides software for managing websites in several languages. He was previously a senior consultant at River Ridge Consulting.

Eric N. Vandewater, L'96, of Macon, Georgia, is a partner with Pursley Lowery Meeks, an Atlanta law firm. He concentrates on commercial and business litigation with an emphasis on construction disputes and medical malpractice defense.

DebraLee (Castellano) Pasek, N'97, of Dallas, is a women's health-care nurse practitioner and colposcopist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Pasek notes she's "working on the elusive master of science in nursing at Drexel University, and loving it!"

Rick Schuhwerk, CJ'98, of Hingham, Massachusetts, is a member of the suburban leasing team at Spaulding & Slye, a commercial real-estate firm in Boston. He was with Parsons Commercial Group, another commercial real-estate company. A former Huskies hockey captain who played in the American Hockey League and the East Coast Hockey League, Schuhwerk is an assistant coach of the Hingham High School boys' hockey team.

Andrea (Levin) Segal, AS'98, and Michael Segal, BPH'98, of Sharon, Massachusetts, celebrated the birth of their son, Jaden, on August 3, 2005. "After living for four years in Arizona, my husband and I moved back to Massachusetts," Andrea writes.

Jessica D'Agostino, AS'99, of Brockton, Massachusetts, writes, "I am pleased to announce that I have successfully completed the doctoral program in molecular cell biology at Brandeis University."

Penelope Nam-Stephen, BA'99, of Elmhurst, New York, and her husband, Daniel Stephen, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Victoria, on January 19 at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City.