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Rosalie Smith ’13M married Kenneth Bonus on Aug. 3, 2019. Stella G. Bechakas ’15 married Blake J. Zaccagnino on Sept. 7, 2019.
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Garrett B. Sturges ’10 married Erica Fiorentino on Oct. 11, 2019. 1 Sgt. Thomas L. Lenox ’98 married Kristen Bergquist on Oct. 12, 2019. Stephanie Clark ’13 married Michael Groesch ’13, ’16M on Oct. 12, 2019. 2 Kathleen Cahill ’11 married Patrick Washington ’09 on Oct. 12, 2019. 3 Julia Duncan ’16, ’17M married Matthew Mascharka ’17 on Dec. 14, 2019 4 Ashley Brianna Chismar ’16 married Zachary Ryan Langer on Feb. 29, 2020. Jennifer Jones ’12 married Ronald Bronakoski on Dec. 14. 2019 5
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TRACEY MCCANTS LEWIS, ESQ. is working to make Pittsburgh a more livable city. McCants Lewis has made it her goal to help make AfricanAmericans aware of the opportunities available to them through education and training opportunities after a report from Pittsburgh’s Equity Commission revealed the city as being least livable for African-American women. McCants Lewis has been a longtime resident of Pittsburgh. She currently works as deputy counsel and director of Human Resources for the Pittsburgh Penguins. She previously spent 10 years at Duquesne University as a tenured law professor, where she also managed the university’s law clinic.
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DAVID M. FINK has been appointed president and executive director of The Plastics Pipe Institute
Inc. Fink most recently worked as senior vice president of WL Plastics, a PPI member company. He served as chairman of the PPI board of directors from 2017-2019, and currently chairs the PPI statistics committee. He also cochairs the newly established PPI safety committee. KAREN A. (FAILS) SURKALA addressed the Rotary Club of Westfield-Mayville to highlight the year in review for the Westfield Memorial Hospital. The Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club helped found the hospital in 1942 and has been a longtime supporter. Surkala is president of WMH and has more than 30 years of health care field experience. She served as vice president and administrator at WMH from 2007 to 2011, helping to lead the hospital through a multi-year restructuring process. Most recently, she served as CEO of Select Specialty Hospital, a long-term acute care facility in Erie. Three years prior, she was the
senior director of Strategic Agenda Management at the Cleveland Clinic. From 2012 to 2015, Surkala was a senior vice president at Saint Vincent Hospital and was an integral member of the C-suite team. In this role, she was responsible for various aspects of the hospital’s strategic, operational and business development performance.
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DAISY DENIZARD, ESQ. has joined the law firm of Hawkins Parnell & Young in the Chicago office. Denizard advises and represents clients in complex litigation, insurance issues and risk management. She primarily defends corporations in litigation involving mass torts and toxic exposures to asbestos, talcum powder and a range of chemicals. Throughout her career, Denizard has handled a wide range of high-exposure and highprofile matters, including commercial disputes, business torts, environmental, #GUPOSSIBILITIES 29
