SUSAN (YOUNG) MALONEY, R.N.C. ’97M has been inducted to the Union City Wall of Achievement. Maloney holds 31 years of nursing and health care experience. She worked at Saint Vincent Health Center until she completed her master’s in nursing to begin work as a family nurse practitioner. She ultimately secured a full-time, tenured position at Edinboro University and has taught mental health nursing since 2004. In 2018, Maloney completed a second postmaster’s certification as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and passed her national board certification in 2019. Her educational outreach garnered the attention of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office for opioid education efforts. She was recognized with a public declaration and award as well as an appointment to the Pennsylvania Trauma-Informed Care Network. Maloney was recently sworn into the Erie Veteran’s Medical Center’s Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic, where she works as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, caring for veterans’ mental health needs. DAVID S. RUSSO ’97M has been promoted to senior vice president of Customer Service for Erie Insurance Group. Russo most recently served as senior vice president of Services Operations & Support. In his new role, Russo will oversee service functions, including ERIE’s Center of Excellence and Claims Quality teams, Customer Care Operations, First Notice of Loss, Zone Operations, Policy Processing, and Mail and Document Services.
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the pitching staff and team recruiting efforts. Chalot came to Mansfield from West Virginia Tech University, where he worked as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Golden Bears and assisted in the development of the strength and conditioning program.
THOMAS L. LENOX ’98 has been honored as an Erie police sergeant with the Northwestern Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association’s Officer of the Year Medal. The medal is given to an officer who epitomizes a lifelong desire and preparation for the police profession.
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CHANEL M. COOK has been appointed as the director of Programs and Community Relations of Erie Arts & Culture. Cook brings to Erie Arts & Culture 17 years of experience working for federal and local levels of government. From 2005 through 2011, Cook worked for the U.S. House of Representatives as a district and constituent representative. From 2001 to 2019, Cook held several roles with Erie County government including refugee health manager, public information officer, and the manager of outreach services at the Erie County Public Library. In November 2019, Cook was also appointed to the Pennsylvania Humanities Council Board of Directors.
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ANDREW J. CHALOT has been named the head coach of the Mansfield University’s Mountaineer baseball program in Mansfield, Pa. He previously worked as the interim head coach since May and as an assistant coach with Mountaineer baseball for the past eight seasons. In this role, Chalot was primarily responsible for
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DEAN R. BORONYAK ’03M was named the Elementary Health and Physical Education Teacher of the Year at the annual Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Convention in Lancaster, Pa. in December 2019. Boronyak is a teacher at Ingomar Elementary School in the North Allegheny School District. He began his career in North Allegheny in 2008.
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MARISA A. MOKS UNGER ’06M has been appointed to The International Women’s Writing Guild’s Board of Directors. Moks Unger founded the Internet start-up, We Write It Right, which offers personal and professional growth to companies and
A daughter, Lillian Iris Fox (born June 27, 2019) to Allison Lesser Fox ’09 and her husband, Seth. 1
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MARIO A. COMMERET-MEDINA, ESQ. has been named first assistant with the Crawford County Office of Public Defender. Commeret-Medina has been a practicing attorney since 2010. He initially worked in Georgia and returned to Erie County in 2017. He has been serving as an assistant public defender in Crawford County since April 2019.
A daughter, Lucy Shine (born Jan. 24, 2020) to Timothy M. Shine ’99 and his wife, Erica. 3
A daughter, Quinn Elliot (born Sept. 27, 2019) to Brandon Kudasik ’16M and his wife, Amber. 2
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