Kirsten Haack, AS’00, was named the communications director for Euroleague Basketball in late October. Formerly, she was the coordinator of international public relations for the National Basketball League.

Bobby “BJ” Hill, AS’00, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, began a journey of discovery that became a trek with a mission when he walked across his home state in October 2006. Hill walked the 260 miles from Williamstown, in the northwest corner of the state on the New York line, to Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod. An unemployed teacher when he undertook the trip (he’s now a special-education teacher in Winchester), Hill began walking about a month before the November elections, which included a hotly contested Massachusetts gubernatorial race. He brought a notebook in which he asked people he met to write something addressed to the next governor; he planned to deliver the notes per­­sonally to the election winner. On January 29, he met with Governor Deval Patrick at the State House and gave him the notebook. Hill’s blog can be found at http://www.walkacrossmass.com. As a Northeastern student, Hill studied a year abroad in Mexico at la Universi­dad de las Americas–Puebla. During that year’s Christmas break, he spent twelve days hiking across the country, from Coatzacoal, in Veracruz, to Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca. He has also taught English in Japan, worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer based in Denver, and served as a Red Cross volunteer in Texas after Hurricane Katrina.

Ike Papadopoulos, MBA’00, of Belmont, Massachusetts, is the vice president in investment banking for public finance services at Piper Jaffray & Company, in Boston. He was formerly the director of financing programs at the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Luis Rivera, CJ’00, and his wife, Meltem, were married May 18, 2006, in Ribe, Denmark. They live in Spring Lake, North Carolina. Rivera writes, “I am assigned to the criminal justice division of the U.S. Army, serving as a special agent. I can’t wait to get out. Anyone have any ideas for me? I am also trained in protective services, having performed missions for the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”

Ari Bessendorf, AS’01, of Los Angeles, graduated in 2005 from Suffolk University Law School, where he specialized in energy and infrastructure, and interned at Cape Wind Associates. He is now an associate in the global project finance department at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy, a Los Angeles law firm.

Melissa Hynes, AS’01, of San Francisco, is a marketing consultant with Wells Fargo Treasury Management at the company’s corporate headquarters. Previously, she worked in software marketing for five years.

John Bishop, MA’02, is the content manager/feature writer for BostonBruins.com, the online publication that covers Boston’s National Hockey League team. He and his wife, Andrea, live in the Brighton section of Boston.

Jennifer (Kilbane) DeFronzo, L’02, of Paxton, Massachusetts, has been named a partner at Milton, Laurence & Dixon, a Worcester law firm. DeFronzo’s practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice and civil litigation.

Kim Donlan, UC’02, of Newton, Massachusetts, is the vice president of marketing at OrderMotion, in Boston. She was formerly the director of marketing at Demandware, and the founder and CEO of Presension.

Leah (Travers) Shabouk, BA’02, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and her husband, Joe, celebrated the birth of their son, Robert Francis, on May 21, 2006, at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Janel (Colarusso) Capone, BHS’03, and Cory Capone, CS’03, were married on May 20, 2006, at the Fort William Henry Resort, in Lake George, New York. In June, they honeymooned at Sandals in St. Lucia. The couple currently resides in Brookline, New Hampshire.

Julia E. Green, L’03, formerly of Roslindale, Massachusetts, is an associate in the environmental practice group at Harter Secrest & Emery, a Syracuse, New York, law firm.

Sara Littlecrow-Russell, L’03, of Leverett, Massachusetts, is an author and a professional mediator. Her collection of poems The Secret Powers of Naming was published by the University of Arizona Press. Her play We Got Issues! was performed at the Apollo Theater in New York City. In addition to writing poetry and articles for a wide variety of magazines and journals, she works with Community Partnerships for Social Change at Hampshire College.

Ryan Polk, L’03, of El Cerrito, California, is an associate on the commercial litigation team at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, a San Francisco law firm.

Danielle DiLorenzo, BA’04, is attempting to transform a Survivor experience into an acting career. DiLorenzo finished second on the CBS reality show Survivor: Exile Island and has now moved to Los Angeles. She spent three days playing a nurse in The Game Plan, a movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, which will be released later this year.

Lisa Kirby, BA’04, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is serving her second deployment to Baghdad, Iraq, as her battalion’s communication officer.

Richard P. Lindsay, MBA’04, of Exeter, New Hamp­shire, is the vice president and chief financial officer at Bentley Pharma­ceuticals.

Mario Santomassimo, BHS’04, and his wife, Michaela, celebrated the birth of Mia Rose on October 13, 2006, in Providence, Rhode Island. Matthew is the baby’s older brother.

Jaclyn Leung, L’05, of Stamford, Connecticut, is an associate at Epstein Becker & Green. She and Joel Quintong were married on October 7, 2006, in Fairfield. Judy Pisnanont (bridesmaid), Nancy Lee, Stefanie Howell, and Kevin Su—all L’05—attended the wedding.

Lorenzo M. Boyd, PHD’06, of Denton, Texas, is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of North Texas. His specialty is race in policing. He is also the Gulf Coast regional secretary for the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. Boyd is a Dorchester, Massachusetts, native.

Chris Jarvis, E’06, of Grimsby, Ontario, has never allowed Type 1 diabetes to prevent him from participating in strenuous athletic activity. That’s the message he’s now passing along to young people who have the same disease. At Northeast­ern, Jarvis was a member of the rowing team (he also competed in marathons and triathlons during his college years) and rowed for Canada at the Athens Olympics. Currently, he is training with Canada’s national rowing team for a seat in either a two- or an eight-man boat at next year’s Beijing Olympics. Jarvis delivered his message of perseverance to five youths who have Type 1 diabetes when he led them on a climb to the ancient Incan city Machu Picchu, built at 7,900 feet in the Peruvian Andes. “We were looking for kids who showed potential but had a lot of struggles with diabetes,” Jarvis says of the climb. “We felt that, with our leadership, having the right attitude and taking care of things in a positive way would really allow them to just go after life.”