ALUMNI CLASS NOTES Editors: Mary Beth Finnerty ’85, director of alumni relations, Brandon Murphy ’17; assistant director of alumni relations; Kathy Palumbo, development assistant of alumni relations; and Christina Colucci ’21, alumni relations intern. Please submit all of your Class Notes information to your class coordinator. If there is no coordinator listed for your class, please send all information to alumni@siena.edu.
1942 1947 1952 1957 1959 If you are willing to help as a class news notes coordinator, please contact alumni@siena.edu. David M. Fahey published his new book, Temperance Societies in Late Victorian and Edwardian England.
1960
Joe Harrison Jolter60@gmail.com Joe Harrison has “finally” retired from teaching at the University of Virginia after 35 years. So you cannot call him “professor” any more!
1961
Lou Zampier jeanzampier1942@gmail.com George Doodian, Jack Nimons, Jerry Fitzgerald, and Lou Zampier met at a restaurant in Northville, NY over Reunion Weekend. They enjoyed seeing one another and recalling memories from their years at Siena.
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Nick Laiacona nlaiacona43@gmail.com
1963
Rick Spataro rspataro67@gmail.com
Kevin Raymond Kevinraymond317@gmail.com Richard Fiumara worked for AT&T as an accounting manager in North Carolina after graduating and retired after 32 years of service. After a brief retirement, he went back to work temp jobs, including six years as an accountant for an air conditioning company. Rich and his wife became grandparents and like to spend high-quality time with their grandchildren. Richard turned 80 on May 9, but accepts certain accounting principles as 80 years old is the new 60 years of age! Richard Holmes reports that in the past year, two amazing great-grandchildren were born into his family, Alani Rose Holmes and Colette. Thank you for sharing with all of us. Beautiful babies and names!
1964
Joe Suozzi joesuozzi@msn.com
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Jack Mulvey jkmulvey@gmail.com
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Jerry DeFrancisco gdefrancisco@siena.edu
1969
Ken Dedrick ken.dedrick1030@gmail.com Jack Cashill announces his new book came out in July about Barack Obama.
1970
Paul Twardy twardy.paul.f@gmail.com Mike Flanagan started coaching a high school girls varsity lacrosse team in Ojai, California last year. Congratulations to John Glynn, who received the Fr. Benjamin Kuhn, OFM Award for Service to Siena as part of our reunion observance. Well done, you. We continued to celebrate our 50th reunion — as one part of Reunion Weekend, the Alumni Relations Office gave us a Zoom presentation that featured photos of life on campus as we knew it. The way we were. Recollections and tales of life of campus ensued. With apologies to Mr. Shakespeare, “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers…”
Those of us who participated were: Richard Ahl, Mike Flanagan, Al Kovanis, Ritt Schiano, Bob Sharkey, Mike Shine, Larry Stenson, John Ullrich OFM, Grant Lehman, and John Glynn. On June 6, a limited crowd of socially distanced alumni gathered at the grotto for Mass. I represented our class. Mark your calendars for the weekend on November 12-13. It’s Homecoming Weekend. Various sites around downtown Albany will host gatherings as Siena’s basketball season begins. This will be a good opportunity for local and out-of-town alumni alike to come together to celebrate. Let the next 50 years begin. After several years as class correspondent, I am stepping aside. It has been a pleasure sharing Class of ’70 news and helping keep us together as we have traveled through the decades. Pax et Bonum.
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Nicholas Positano njpositano@hotmail.com
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Dennis McGovern elephantdonkeymouse@ yahoo.com
1973
Brian Valentine bgvalentine@verizon.net Jim LaBate published his sixth book, Streets of Golfito. The story is loosely based on
his time in the Peace Corps and follows Diego who is a Peace Corps volunteer and Lilli who wants to learn English.
1974 If you are willing to help as a class news notes coordinator, please contact alumni@siena.edu.
1975 If you are willing to help as a class news notes coordinator, please contact alumni@siena.edu.
1976
Jean Reamer jean.reamer@gmail.com Memories, oh “the way we were” 45 years ago! How enjoyable it is to gather with Siena friends sharing stories that get better each time they are told. I'm disappointed we missed our chance to gather 45 years later and have some laughs, embellishing once more. Siena challenges reunion classes with a giving goal to help support the College's continued growth and advancement which has been impressive over the past 45 years. Please consider a gift to the Class of ’76 to help us achieve our 45-year reunion giving goal. Any size gift is appreciated. It would be nice to see more names on the giving roster.
1977
Eileen Foley classof1977newsnotes@ gmail.com John DiNuzzo is AVP of Crisis Management, Global Corporate Security for MetLife in Manhattan. Charlie Diamond recently retired from the NYS Unified Court System after 44 years of service. For the last 25 years, he served as Chief Clerk at the Albany County Supreme and County Courts. Upon retirement, Charlie took
a month-long vacation to visit family in Florida after not seeing them for two years. Happy retirement Charlie! Dan Scales is President and Board member of a National Food Manufacturing Company in the Boston area, but resides in Sarasota with his wife Roberta. Dan still has family in the Saratoga area and enjoys visiting as well as the Lake George region. Colleen (Holmes) Riley worked for four years as a secretary at IBM in New York City and then at their former country club in Sands Point on Long Island. She later went on to teach elementary age special needs children in Suffolk County for over 20 years and recently retired. Colleen and her husband Mark now enjoy traveling and spending time with their children and their families. Hennepin friends Margaret Zollo, Louann Tucci, Mary Krenceski, and Mary Ann (Maxwell) Yates ’76 have recently enjoyed meeting a few times a year for lunch or dinner, and a long visit. Recently, they have connected online, but it's been a great comfort to hear about everyone's loved ones through the pandemic. The group treasures this shared friendship.
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Rick Gabriel rgabrielsyr@gmail.com Barbara and Harvey Thomas sold their business, ServiceMaster, and have since happily retired.
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Sue Reilly Hayes Clifton522@aol.com It’s been a while, a combination of everyone being off living their best lives, too busy to share news notes, and weathering a nasty pandemic inhibiting fun for over a year. Hoping and praying that you all weathered COVID,
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Barclay Damon LLP announced that Jack Quinn ’73 has been elected to the Board of Directors of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF).
Connie Cahill ’79 has been elected M anaging Partner for the law firm, Barclay Damon. She is the first woman to lead the organization in its 165-plus-year history.
i solation, and remote work and are now looking forward to reemerging into the sunshine and having some fun. Here at the Hayes household, as we all came down with COVID in the middle of a kitchen renovation in the fall. Can you say Thanksgiving to go? This mama is basking in the last few weeks of a full nest, as my son Matt wraps up a year and a half of remote work and plans his return to NYC, and my daughter Erin ponders her next (undoubtedly overseas!) adventure after returning home from two and a half years in Egypt in April. Pat Barry and his wife Elizabeth have been assisting his mother in law with a move into assisted living. In his words, “It is not a job for the faint of heart. Not very jovial or newsworthy, but I bet a lot of us alumni have been through it.” He is looking forward to attending the wedding of classmate Greg Garvin’s daughter in the fall, delayed a year as were so many others. Pete Hansen and his wife Andrea Pedro ’80 didn’t let a pandemic stop them from having a fabulous cross- country adventure. Earlier this year, they relocated from Virginia to Washington state. They traveled over 4,000 miles in 27 days in a new RV while still working part-time from the road. They took the southern route with a few stops to visit friends and family.
They checked off bucket list items, looking for crystals in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and visiting the Alamo. They are planning more RV trips back to some locations for a longer stay at each. They are now settling into their new home with their new rescue Jack Russell, Beau, and are enjoying the Pacific Northwest and being near their grandchildren. Pete chronicled the trip on Facebook with lots of pictures if you’d like to see some of the sights. Does reading about your classmates bring a smile to your face? Think about how hearing YOUR news would delight your friends. Please take a minute to text or email me a few details, so we can keep our class notes column going strong!
1980
Diane DeSilva diane0429@gmail.com Chris Arnold is the resident and Race Director of P Paige’s Butterfly Run, named after his daughter Paige Arnold, who passed away in 1994, to support pediatric cancer research and patient programs at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse. Since their founding, they have raised over $3.7M to support their mission. Marc Burdick, Chris’s roommate for 4 years at Siena, and Ralph Simone ’79 have been 43
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Elizabeth Smith Boivin ’82 was named to the Women’s Business Council Capital Region Chamber Women of Excellence list for excellence in business development for her work at the Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York.
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Stephanie Dolan ’85, the Chief Financial Officer for One William Street Capital Management, was listed as a top 50 “Leading Women in Hedge Funds” in the world by the Hedge Fund Journal and Ernst & Young..
involved with PBR since the beginning. Sadly Marc passed away earlier this year from pancreatic cancer. Marc was a good man, and PBR was just part of his legacy. Please visit, pbrun.org. Tom Murphy, the President and CEO for Glens Falls National Bank & Trust, was appointed to a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dorothy Skiba Pisarski has attained emeritus professor status at Drake University, where she was Associate Professor of Advertising. She began there in 2004, after a successful career in marketing and advertising. 44
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Jeannie DiCaprio jdicap@nycap.rr.com Robert Folkl, Robert Trencheny, Tom K inslow ’83, and Mary (Mullen) Kinslow ’83 bicycled the entire 365 mile Erie Canal Bike Trail from Buffalo to Albany in August 2020. Accompanying them for sections along the way were Guy George, Keith Perry, Rich Murphy ’82, and Mike Kelly ’82.
1982
Bob Young rjy60@yahoo.com
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Elvira Altimari-Jaeger Eaj6@optonline.net I hope you have all been staying safe over the last year, plus. I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say I’m glad 2020 is in the rearview. 2021 brings a major milestone for most of us in the class of 1983. We turn 60 this year. I want to extend a very heartfelt and collective “Happy Birthday” to all of you. I hope you are/ were able to celebrate with family and friends and get a little normal back. My birthday is approaching, and it is miraculous to know that I will be able to spend the weekend with a bunch of my Siena friends. Amazing “old” friends that I met over 40 years ago. Otto Weis reached out about his son Ryan ’21, entering the Siena/Albany Med Program this fall. They shared a pre-med advisor, Dr. Ed LaRow ’59. Guess you can say that is full circle, Otto! Dr. John Walker has been busy this last year as part of a start-up digital health services company, ReviveHealth. He is the CEO & President of the company. ReviveHealth is available in all 50 states and brings much-needed health services to those who can’t afford insurance or are
underinsured. Chuck Young is the Managing Director of Public Affairs for the US Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress. It was great to hear about so many of our fellow classmates. Keep the updates coming! Flashback for this edition: Big Dom’s: My roommate “loved” their Tuna Sub. Shoutouts to Mike and Michele (Dixon) P aton, John and Lori (Remmel) Miano, and Gina (Olivera) Christel. Where are you and what are you up to? Email me so I can say that you shouted back! If you have any flashbacks, updates, or noteworthy items, or if you want me to do a shoutout to someone you miss, please email me for inclusion in the next Alumni News. Hey ’83 – Get vaccinated and get back to normal! And of course, keep in touch!
1984
Lisa San Fratello McCutcheon mcclisa107@gmail.com
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Cathy Casey Bjorklund Ron Bjorklund Bjork90@comcast.net It’s the job he always wanted, Rusty Irving just can’t stay away. He had it on his bucket list since our days at Siena to come back and be a professor. Well, that day has come and after retiring from GE after 34 years, Rusty is officially now a professor at Siena. Sue Tase Cleary has been volunteering as a vaccinator assistant at the Albany County Department of Health COVID-19 vaccine clinics held at the Times Union Center. This incredibly organized process relies heavily on volunteers and a typical clinic will distribute 1,000 vaccines in 2 hours. In March 2020, at the start of the shutdown, Rita McClurken Child, Mary Beth Sniffin Finnerty, Kathy
Mayette Knipfing, Barbara Gowen Lowe, Claudia Casey Silk, Loretta Smith S weeney, and Patty DeBeauvernet Windover had a Zoom happy hour to connect and support each other. From there, a Siena Book Club was born, adding Carol Turnbull and a few honorary Siena alumnae. Guided by Claudia’s expertise as a librarian, they explore fiction, non-fiction, and contemporary issues, joined by daughters and even a guest author. Ron Bjorklund has been voted Vice Chairman of the Siena College Board of Trustees. Ron has served on the Board of Trustees for 14 years. Carrie Holstein Addessi is enjoying being a grandmother and soon to be an empty nester. Her youngest, Jake, is graduating HS and she recently welcomed a new grandson, Gio! After Siena, Carrie went on to earn two Master's Degrees in Teaching; Special Ed and Literacy. Her husband is happy to be retiring after almost 40 years with IBM where they met. Lucene Magro Noia’s niece Emma will be starting as a freshman at Siena in the fall. Always good to hear of more Saints following in family footsteps! Drop us a line and tell us what YOU’VE been doing the last 36 years!
1986
Janice Linnan jalinnan@me.com Lynda Brennan was a finalist for NYS’s Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching at the K-6 level. Congratulations to Patrick Bonner, who recently published his first fiction novel, One Man, One Day, a legal drama set in New York City and Long Island. The book tells the story of a single father whose daughter is gravely injured at a town sports event, resulting in a lawsuit. It is available on Amazon. Patrick Bonner is a lawyer who practices in New York and New Jersey, and
CELEBRATION FOR KEVIN CLARKE ’91
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On May 2, Chris- Farry-Fuller ’92, Dan Fuller ’91, Megan O’Donnell ’92, Mary Pat McLoughlin Holler ’92, George Clarke ’97, Bill Clarke ’94, Kati Bynon ’98 and Fr. Dennis Tamburello ’75 reunited to celebrate the life of Kevin Clarke ’91.
Sabrina Mosseau ’91, BS, RN, OCN was featured in the Albany Times Union’s 20 Things for her work as the Executive Director at New York Oncology Hematology. She is the first woman to hold this position in the company’s 35-year history.
Keen Decision Systems announced that CEO and Co-Founder, Greg Dolan ’95, was nominated by Inc. 500 to participate in “Birthing of Giants,” a fellowship program that convenes in October at MIT.
a partner at Menz Bonner Komar & Koenigsberg LLP.
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Maryann King jrkingfamily@aol.com Kevin Thompson has been promoted to President of Marathon Boat Group, a manufacturer of Grumman canoes, DuraNautic boats, and Vanderbilt luxury pontoon boats. After graduating from Siena with a degree in accounting, Kevin attended the Virginia Tech MBA program. He has also held finance and operational positions with VF Corp, NIKE, Giorgio Armani, and Aspen Dental.
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Jim Monaghan Jpmonaghan65@yahoo.com Jerry J. Witkop Jr. was awarded an MBA degree and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Organizational Leadership and Change Management from The College of St. Rose, where he has worked since 2013. He was inducted into the Delta Mu Delta National honor society for business students. Francesco Falbo is still living locally with his wife Penny Birnbach and their daughters, two in college and one living out on her own. He went on to get his MBA from RPI and has been in the Aerospace
and Defense manufacturing business sectors for over 25 years. He has gotten back on campus a few times either with his daughters or sitting in on the Senior Capstone marketing class at Siena! He hopes everyone is staying safe and healthy!
1989 If you are willing to help as a class news notes coordinator, please contact alumni@ siena.edu.
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Janet Shotter Swierbut jswierbut@yahoo.com What a year! Despite its challenges, I received some great news from some of our fellow classmates. I wish you all well and hope we get to be together again very soon! Mary Prindle retired in June, lucky! Jeanine (Pronzo) Camporine recently started as VP of Operations for a new franchise called Petwellclinic. The first of 20 locations opened in Union, NJ and the concept is a walk-in clinic for dogs and cats that provides care for minor illnesses, chronic conditions, and vaccines. Steve Fordham has a new position as Vice President, Quality Assurance
with C apstone Development Services Co, LLC in Chicago. Dan Bergin’s daughter is finishing her junior year at Siena and Chris Greklek’s daughter just finished her first year at Siena. Love those family legacies.
1991
Maureen Harris siena1991@yahoo.com
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Mary Pat McLoughlin Holler jmpholler@yahoo.com Jenna (Hurtt) Bongermino is now a first-time published author. Based on the desire to have a book to read to her goddaughter, Abigail Hope, she was inspired to write and illustrate, The Silly Misadventures of Bumble Boo and Doe Doe – Up the Down Spout. When she is not working on her next creative project, she is the Director of Human Resources for the North Colonie Central School District. She and her husband, Vince will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this August.
insurance industry, Dee DiFatta has finally learned how to set herself free to be a catalyst for healing and positive change. As an Authenticity Coach and CEO & Founder of A Dose of PositiviDee, she is teaching fundamental strategies to help people break through their barriers and achieve boundless potential. She has published a book entitled, Your Daily Dose of PositiviDee providing 365 days of new perspectives, insights, and inspiration. The book is available on Amazon. Annette M. (Kozlowski) Nagle recently accepted the position of Associate Director at The Neurobehavioral Institute Ranch in Florida. She is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She is also part of the NBI treatment team and her other areas of expertise and interest include depression, ADHD, family therapy, parenting treatment, group therapy, crisis intervention, and trauma.
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Glenn Hofsess ghofsess@yahoo.com
After 49 years of life, 27 years living with Multiple Sclerosis, and 17 years working full-time in the
Eric Hennessey has been promoted to Partner at UHY Advisors, for their Albany office. He has been with the company for almost two decades.
Sue Hannon Shannon@ryeneck.k12.ny.us
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Jason Irizarry ’96 has been named dean of the Neag School of Education for a five-year term. Irizarry will be the first Latino dean to lead the Neag School.
From left to right Pat Straw ’99, Greg Sack ’99, Mike VanWieren ’99, Greg Unger, Neil Kuchins, Joe McWilliams ’99, and John O’Neil ’99 met in Tampa, FL.
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1998
Janine Trapp Scotti Sienasaints98@yahoo.com
Sajid A. Khan ’99, MD, FACS, FSSO was promoted to Section Chief at Yale University. He continues in his role as CoDirector of Team Science and is Associate Professor of Surgery (Oncology) at Yale University School of Medicine.
Josh Fitzpatrick is the Director of Communications and Policy for NY State Senator Daphne Jordan.
1995
Neil Wilcove neil.wilcove@millermartin.com
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Brian Murray murray21@hotmail.com
1997
Selena Dutcher selenadutcher@gmail.com Steven Lopez joined the Leventhal Thompson Team at Corcoran as a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson. 46
Hello, Class of ’98! We haven’t heard from anyone in quite a while; please send me your updates. We want to hear about your family, career accomplishments, and anything else you’d like to share. Hoping you and your families remained safe during the pandemic, and you enjoy the upcoming summer months. Kind regards, Janine.
1999
Angela Cella amcella99@yahoo.com Stefanie (Oettinger) Loomis has been named a lead teacher in the Beyond Benign Green Chemistry Lead Teacher Program! As one of the lead teachers who will be representing New York in this three-year program, Stefanie will receive advanced training and opportunities to further green chemistry education as a workshop leader, conference presenter, and curriculum writer. Stefanie has been applying green chemistry at CHS for many years, updating lesson plans, and finding ways to make science labs safer for our students and teachers. Along with pursuing graduatelevel professional development on the subject, she is
involved in a NYS Master Teacher Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team. She was accepted into the Lead Teacher Program based on her teaching experience here at Catskill and her demonstrated expertise in the subject. Megan (Gordona) B ennett and her husband live in Connecticut with their two beautiful daughters. After serving as a Math Coordinator and Principal, she is now the Superintendent of School for Regional School District 12. Siena created a wonderful educational foundation and fostered her love for schooling. Ben Zachar married his Hoosier wife, Emily. They are the proud parents of four boys. Ben is an emergency medicine physician practicing in Indianapolis. Ben, we thank you for providing compassionate care during these times and beyond. Tim and Kim (Karbowski) Breault married in 2003, live in North Carolina, and have 3 kids. He currently works in Charlotte for Bank of America in Credit Risk and has had 9 different roles with the company over his 22-year career. Kim was an elementary school teacher for several years and now volunteers at the school. Most of their time is spent shuttling kids to and from sporting events.
After time spent in Philadelphia, New York City, and Chicago, Greg Gartland and his family moved back to his hometown of Poughkeepsie in 2016. He practices law as a Corporate Restructuring Attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP and spends his spare time hiking, playing tennis, on a bike, or marveling at Kevin Schramm’s Instagram posts. Paul Gulde, Ph.D. married his college sweetheart, Stacey Gulde ’98. Life after Siena started with the US Army thanks to the ROTC scholarship where Paul had the benefit of receiving. It was an amazing experience to be an officer in the Signal Corps, he reached the rank of Captain before completing his commitment. He went to Grad School at the University at Buffalo, earning a degree in Microbiology and Immunology. They had a son, AJ, and a foster daughter, Lidia. Lidia is now a PA and expecting a daughter with her husband. Stacey teaches chemistry at the University at Buffalo and Paul is now leading the Thermo Fisher Scientific Multi-Omics R&D group specializing in bioproduction. The education, the values, and the experiences at Siena have bled into every aspect of their lives as they are sure it has for many of their classmates. Nancy (Czarniecki) Koziol has been busy since leaving her position with the National Education Association in 2015. She earned multiple international certifications in wine and published her first book, a nonfiction guide to sustainably home brewing small-batch mead, cider, and herbal wine. She is repped by Skyhorse Publishing. Nancy also wrote extensively, with wine-centric articles appearing in Huffington Post, Santé, Greylock Glass, and elsewhere. In 2019, she created and launched her small business, couch + cork (www.couchandcork.com). It provides accessible, engaging
wine education. couch + cork conducts tastings in person and virtually for private and corporate clients. She has partnered with businesses in Southern Vermont and was named 2020 Member of the Year by the Southwestern Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Nancy has been a featured panelist as a woman entrepreneur in southern Vermont and for her ability to collaborate with other businesses across many verticals. In addition to running her business, she spends as much time as possible traveling with her husband Kris, and being outside. They live in downtown Bennington with two dogs, a cat, and a lot of wine.
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Chris Madigan CDMadigan@gmail.com Marie Colette Matthews has moved back east, to Titusville, Pennsylvania, where she's still practicing Family Medicine. She and her husband have started a regenerative farm where they plan to raise artesian grass-fed beef. The family is expecting three more calves to join the farm’s firstborn and a barn full of 10 cows, 30 chickens, two turkeys, one goose, and two goslings. Whew! Makes me think fondly of a countdown party in the spring of 2000 held in MacClosky Square! It’s been quite a year for everyone’s old friend, Avery Stempel. The well-known performance poet navigated the pandemic to open Collar City Mushrooms, an indoor urban mushroom farm growing gourmet nutraceutical mushrooms at 333 Second Avenue in Troy. On top of that, Avery beams with pride about his daughter, Kaya, and son, Fox. Kaya, who was born during our senior year at Siena, was chosen to be Albany’s 2020 Tulip Queen and recently graduated from SUNY Albany
earlier this year. And his son Fox became the youngest person in history to run for North Colonie’s School Board.
2001
Maura Mack Maura820@yahoo.com Wow, 20 years have flown by. While our reunion couldn't go off exactly as we envisioned, I know the Alumni Office is offering other opportunities for us to gather, and hopefully, we can come out stronger than ever for our (gulp) 25th! Shari (Quinn) Wilson appeared as a contestant on Wheel Of Fortune in May. Gloria Bruzzano launched her own business, Children First Consulting and Coaching, LLC. Gloria is the owner and Executive Director and works with families across NY and NJ to assist them in the IEP process with school districts and to obtain the services their children require. She also began her own podcast, Two Woke Mamas, where she discusses social justice issues and how everyday parents can and are making a difference. Please do not hesitate to reach out with your updates, I know many of you are doing incredible things and I'd love to be able to include them in my next update. I hope you and your families are well, and here's to brighter days ahead.
2002
Christine Cinnamond Christine.cinnamond@gmail.com
2003
Bill Bordak sienanotes2003@gmail.com In June 2020, Caitlin Mahoney married Dave Smallen, in a Zoom wedding for the ages. Caitlin is also publishing an edited book with Routledge, entitled, Public Health, Mental Health, and Mass Atrocity Prevention.
2004
Melissa Termine Goetz Mtermine24@yahoo.com Lauren Weber Lwebs13@gmail.com Blake Hanan was named to Albany’s Business Review’s 40 Under 40 list. Shontell Smith is Chief of Staff and Counsel for the New York State Senate Majority Leader.
2005
Breanne Suhrland Elsesser belsesser19@gmail.com I hope you are all remaining safe and healthy during this time! Despite a challenging year, some of our fellow classmates have been busy giving back to their community. Michael Kieloch was recognized for being appointed as the new Director of Communications and Public Relations for the Diocese of Providence by Bishop Thomas Tobin. In other exciting news, Virginia (Mercurio) Bennett and her husband Paul Bennett ’96 welcomed their first baby, Daniel Walter on February 23. Laura (Eid) Brennan and Daniel welcomed twins Daniel and Jameson on November 11. Danielle (Carpenter) Galligan and Thomas welcomed Avery Blake on February 20. Kristen Corliss launched the OnHonorRoll, national teacher campaign to celebrate and honor the work teachers have been doing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations to all!
2006
Chris Elsesser celsesser19@gmail.com I hope this message finds you and your family well and safe. I know that many of us were disappointed that we weren’t able to celebrate our 15-year reunion in person this June. (I still can’t believe it has been 15 years since our soggy, but memorable
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Gloria Bruzzano ’01, Esq. established Children First Consulting and Coaching, LLC, a child advocacy firm.
ommencement behind Siena c Hall!) Please be on the lookout for more information from the Alumni Office about “Homecoming” this November, when all Reunion ’21 classes will be celebrated at a Siena Men’s Basketball home game! I am proud and humbled to announce that I was elected to join the Siena Board of Advisors. I look forward to serving Siena in this new role by working to further the College’s mission through engaging with our overall community in various opportunities. It is always “a GREAT DAY to be a Saint!” Congratulations to Dr. Karen Patricia who was married this past October to Brian Crochet. She has been promoted to Associate Medical Director at Houston Methodist in Woodlands, Texas, through Baylor College of Medicine Neonatology. Karen was also elected to the Siena Board of Advisors. Awesome stuff Karen! Theresa Falchi celebrated a very special Christmas 2020 season by becoming engaged to Chris Sperling ’08. Theresa and Chris met at the end of 2017, and interestingly enough did not know each other during their crossover years on campus. Congratulations to these Siena soulmates who found a way to finally connect with each other! Congratulations to Cathy Hoehn who married Jeffrey 47
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Christopher Graber ’06 has been promoted to CEO of Consumer Directed Choices, an Albany -based nonprofit helping seniors and people with disabilities maintain or regain independence, and was featured on Linkedin’s ‘20 Things.’
Andrew Mangini ’06 was named to The 2021 New York Upstate Power List. He was also the keynote speaker at Siena’s 8th Annual Economics Alumni-Student Networking Event.
Tiffany Rex ’06 led the naming project for Novavax’s NVX-CoV2373 Covid Vaccine for her company, Brand Institute. Brand Institute worked on the brand naming initiatives for all of Project Warp Speed vaccines.
Dockum on October 24, in Saratoga Springs. We wish you a lifetime of happiness and love. Peter Troisi and Kirsten (Saetre) Troisi ’07 welcomed James Daniel Troisi on January 13. Christopher Salute, MBA, Ph.D. was named the Dean of Graduate Studies at Sierra Nevada University in Incline Village. His media company also purchased FabUplus Magazine, the largest plussize magazine in the world, distributed to over 2,000 stores. I am looking forward to hearing from more of you in the coming months ahead. Enjoy the remaining months of 2021! Be safe, well, and GO SAINTS!
2007
Stan Horton Kristen Carlson Rubin Sienacollegeclassof2007@gmail. com Thanks for keeping Siena Magazine updated and please continue to do so! Laura Darling is now working for Sunmark Credit Union as its in-house closing attorney. Her last play, Painting Moonlight, was awarded an Excellence in Writing Award from the
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heater Association of New T York State. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Confetti Stage, Inc. Siena may have future Saints heading its way! Sarah (Behanna) Kossbiel and her husband Tim welcomed Noah James on December 31. Matt Restivo and Danielle welcomed Remington Martin on February 22. Kelly (Edelman) T ulley welcomed her second daughter, Annie Patricia, in March. She will be entering her 10th year of teaching at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, where she works with Dyana Christie and Brian Kelly ’98. Jamie Sullivan and her husband, Chris Sullivan, welcomed a baby boy, Jackson Becker Sullivan, on April 24. Dave MacDonald and Kristin (Wernig) M acDonald welcomed Ailin Jack on March 17. Matt Camarota and Katherine (Seeber) Camarota ’10 welcomed Carter Malone on March 13. Jose Romero and Rosanna (Lucero) Romero ’09 welcomed Leonis Elias Romero-Lucero in April. James Cataldo and Nicole welcomed Avery Mae in June. Congratulations to all!
2008
Danielle Grasso Utzig Patrick Preston Sienacollege2008@gmail.com Dan Plunkett and Olivia welcomed Ellis Cyril in January. Erin (Steffen) Crocker and Rory welcomed identical twins Cooper and Max on March 9.
2009
Tiffany Salonich tsalonich11@aim.com Andrew Horvath and Jennifer (Milavec) welcomed Mackenzie Jeanne on December 2. Daniel Abbondandolo and his wife welcomed Siena Rose in January. Tiffany (McNeil) Clark and her husband, Jeff, welcomed Kennedy Jane on January 17. Meredith (Yund) Loeck and John welcomed George in January. Stephanie Di Mari is a director in MLS’s Consumer Products Department. She is also the head coach for the U19 girl’s soccer team at Asphalt Green Soccer Club where she has started a new mentorship program. Every month she gathers women athletes of all ages to enhance their skills on and off the soccer field. Kevin Sheldon and Lauren (Rapsard) Sheldon welcomed Molly Joyce on March 11.
Emily (Morr) Llobell and PJ Llobell welcomed Jack in March. Ned Marzigliano and Crystal (Rosekans) Marzigliano ’10 welcomed Lucas Michael on March 25. Jenna Jonassen was selected to the 2021 New York Metro Rising Stars list, an honor received for lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Andy Piotrowski and Beth welcomed Kennedi on April 12. Katie Hohman is Founding Partner of Sheridan Hohman & Associates, a political consulting firm in Albany. Chris Fabian and Nicole (Burch) Fabian welcomed Colton on May 7. Amy (Kuter) Ragowski and Dennis welcomed Brookline Rose on May 5. Samantha (Carroll) Potapchuk and Nick Potapchuk welcomed Connor James on May 11. Jake Hill launched Oh Gee Cookie Company with his mother. Check them out on Instagram @ohgeecookie.
2010
Kelly Peckholdt kellypeckholdt@gmail.com Elizabeth (Bauer) Fluster and Zak welcomed Noah Jay on March 29. Jessica Blanchette Esq. is an Associate Attorney at Bond, Schoeneck & King, a law firm in Albany. Melissa (Chafee) Lomaestro and Matt Lomaestro ’11 welcomed Giovanni James last May. Matthew Horan has been promoted to Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor at NYS ACCES-VR, assisting individuals with disabilities in meeting their vocational goals of obtaining, maintaining, and advancing in competitive employment.
2011
Carmen Francella III Francella3@gmail.com Kara Livingston karalivingston89@gmail.com Marcel Bedard mp30beda@gmail.com Chelsea Belmonte and Carly, adjunct professor at Siena, welcomed daughter Shaye Catherine on May 24. Lauren LaVare graduated from American University Washington College of Law this year and was offered a position with the Philadelphia’s DA’s Office as well as a Fulbright Fellowship to research alternative sentencing methods in Malawi. Alyssa Livolsi welcomed Vivienne Marie Edmonds on May 19. James La Grutta graduated with a Master of Divinity from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Amanda (Lesniewski) Durant and Matt had a little boy named Owen Robert Durant on April 7. Craig Sherrer and Lauren welcomed Mackenzie Irene in March. Tyler Culberson was named to Albany’s Business Review’s 40 Under 40 list. Julia Deblock earned her MBA from SUNY Albany. Devon (Donovan) Briggs and Cullen welcomed Emerson Ann on May 11. Frank Freund and Elizabeth welcomed Brooks Samuel on May 18.
2012
Therese Daly tdaly@nysenate.gov MaryAnn Gaffuri and Eric Holton were married on June 19 in Cooperstown. Kayla O’Hara and Nate Kutzscher were engaged in October. Stephanie (Rowland) Dobert and Chris welcomed their second child, Makenzie, in April.
Maureen Massaroni and Ryan Seber ’11 are excited to announce their engagement — a true Siena love story! Maria Valanzano married the love of her life, Chris Zingalli in May. Rose (Himmelmann) Wollins and Mike announced the birth of Jacob Asher in May. April Backus participated in a global panel on service-learning and community engagement for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. Matthew Jacques and Jackie welcomed Molly June on January 14. Kathryn (Ornellas) Englese and Anthony welcomed Sofia Elizabeth on February 22. Laura Ettinger and Beth Regan welcomed twins, Theodore Thomas and Quinn Catherine on March 21. Thomas Burke III, Chief Operating Officer at The Burke Companies, was named to Albany’s Business Review’s 40 Under 40 list. Matthew Grimes, Director of Talent Acquisition, Diversity & Inclusion for Springfield Public Schools, was a 2020 G.O.L.D. Standard Award Winner and co-hosted with Jessica Coles an Equity Summit for First-Year Seminar instructors. Maryann Gaffuri is the Practice Manager for the Department of Surgery at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts. Shakunthala Devi Shiwnath is the Director of Business Development for JVS Boston, a career services non-profit organization. John (Jack) Murray and Lauren Servello Murray welcomed John Michael Murray on May 5. Ridge Harris was recently appointed to serve as Deputy County Administrator in Saratoga County.
2013
Cassy Jane Werking C18werk@siena.edu Brianna Herman got engaged to Chris Battiste. Christina Fex and Matty Lite got engaged. Meredith Baade recently completed her MBA at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and started as an Associate in the Corporate and Investment Banking division at TD Securities in New York. Kirk Dieter and Stephanie LaMountain became engaged this year. Melissa Grippa recently became engaged to Salvatore Cracolici. Sara O’Shea and Matthew Mysliwiec became engaged this year. Lorin Michelini and Kristin (Rell) Michelini ’15 welcomed their son Finn on January 5. Lauren (Kelly) Sexton and Patrick welcomed Clare Kelly on March 17. Megan Cahill was promoted to vice president of communications & digital media for the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League in April.
2014
Nicole Heck nicoleheck3@gmail.com Thomas Zielenski and Brianna (Hazzard) Z ielenski welcomed Jackson in September. James P. Gormley completed the Presidential Management Fellows Program and was converted to career status by the Department of Housing and Urban Development in their North Carolina Field Office. Chris Talone and Jessie welcomed Leo Nicholas. Adam Biggs has been appointed as the principal of St. Thomas the Apostle School in Delmar.
NEWSMAKER
Lauren Smith ’16 was named Associate VP Investment Advisor at Graypoint LLC.
2015
Helene Rached Caroline Bertholf SienaNotes2015@gmail.com Patrick Glenn passed the NY State Bar Exam. JP Redding earned his MBA from SUNY Albany with a concentration in finance. He also got engaged to Brett Jordan on April 11. Connor Finnerty, Sean Baldwin ’14 and Laura Darling ’07 put their creative talents and love of movies to good use during the p andemic. They created “Let’s Remake a Movie”, a podcast that mashes up popular films. Listen on all major podcast platforms (letsremakeamovie.com).
2016
Anthony Bjelke Matt Lorini Sienanotes2016@gmail.com Jaclyn Marino graduated with a Master in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2017
Amy Polchinski Anthony Pelliccia siena17classnews@gmail.com Jenn Hogan got engaged to Shane Cronin ’16 and recently bought a house together! Rachel May received tenure at her teaching position. Monica Lauren Maxino graduated from New York
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with a Master in Public Health with an Advanced Certificate in Emergency Management and also Health Education. Monica has also been working with the Putnam County Department of Health’s COVID-19 vaccine clinics since January. Sam Iannuzzi got engaged to Ricky Wahmann on January 22. Meghan Blasig is a Research & Writing Assistant at J Strategies in Albany. Eddie Carneglia wed Shanna (Sinberg) on May 15. Billy Barry wed Kirsten Jedd-Barry in June. Andy Murphy ’17, MBA ’21 earned an MBA at Siena and has been promoted to Associate Director of Marketing at Siena.
2018
Ali Digena siena2018news@gmail.com
2019
Megan Kelly Patrick Moran siena19news@gmail.com Jacob Miller is a Constituent Liaison in Representative Stefanik’s Glens Falls district office. Victoria Fioravanti got engaged to Matt Pampolina ’18 on May 22 at The Grotto.
2020
Brianna Brown Zach Brimmer siena2020classnotes@gmail. com Rachel Clark, Kyle Creech, and Kylie Gilbride are pursuing MPAs at Rockefeller College at the University of Albany. Zachary Coderre is attending the Boston College School of Law. Marissa Hochberg and Matt McAuliffe are pursuing J.D.s at Albany Law School. Devin Laudenschlager is attending the Maurice 50
A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Mariah Murray is pursuing a MA in Strategic Intelligence & Analysis at Northeastern University. Zoe Schlesinger started a job with Habitat for Humanity in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lorenzo Sibilia is a Fellow in the Americorps VISTA
rogram and is working at p the Boys & Girls Club of the Capital Area. Jessica Sharron started a PACE teaching fellowship through the University of Portland and is teaching in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ty Natali has accepted the role of Sales District Leader at PepsiCo.
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IN MEMORY
Siena College mourns the loss of the following members of our community: Kenneth Bordon ’43 Harold Gilbert, DDS ’49 Bernard McHugh ’49 Jack Tabner ’49 Robert Clark ’50 Michael Mansion ’50 Henry Spina ’50 Arnold Applebaum ’51 Andrew Bania ’51 Joseph Bianchine ’51 Thomas Butman ’51 George Racette ’51 Ernest Tetrault ’51 Rev. Dr. Walter Debboli ’52 Gildo Frese ’52 Walter Geleta ’52 Raymond Wise ’52 William Toomey ’53 Rev Peter Young ’53 John Curry ’54 Donald Larocque ’54 Robert Quinn ’54 George Schnurr ’54 Paul Agnello ’55 Edward Bucci ’55 Daniel Revella ’55 Kevin Halloran ’56 Edward Walsh ’56 William Marani ’57 Joseph Marsh ’57 George Slichko ’57 Jerry Sokaris ’57 Edward Visker ’57 Marion Zanghi ’57 J. Vincent Chesterfield ’58 Richard Mullaney ’58 John Girard ’59 Stanley Hickok ’59
Joseph Hunter ’59 James Reilly ’59 Frank Singsheim ’59 Rev Richard Testa ’59 Peter Vlez ’59 Raymond Zielinski ’59 Andrew Baldwin, Jr. ’60 James Daly ’60 Francis De Francesco ’60 James Dodd ’60 Eugene Quattrociocchi ’60 Rev. George Guinan St. John ’60 William Coffey ’61 Mamoru Iizuka ’61 Samuel Kawola ’61 Jack Paradise ’61 Richard Willigan ’61 Ralph Catrambone ’62 Jack McGarry ’62 Jack Owens ’62 Frederick Van Alstyne, Jr. ’62 Paul Bechet ’63 Patrick Foti ’63 David Hubbard ’63 Edward Morgan ’65 Charles Macaluso ’66 Dennis Frattallone ’67 Ernie Green ’67 Roy Markowski ’67 Edward Marois ’67 Gail McNeil ’67 Charles Chera ’68 Robert Daley ’68 Br. Leo Legendre ’68 Thomas Shively ’68 Gary Lenhart ’69 William Manning ’69 Ronald Ratchford ’69
Gerald Sloane ’69 Kenneth Varley ’69 Richard Bartholomew ’70 Robert Fuller ’70 Hon. Thomas Walsh ’70 John Bakoon ’71 Jack Birchmeyer ’71 Charles Prud'homme ’71 Giova Cioffi ’73 Thomas Hepp ’73 Douglas Pollock ’73 Daniel Rourk ’73 Bruce Hall ’74 Thomas Donovan ’75 Dale Metzger ’75 Frank McColl ’77 J. Michael McLaughlin ’78 James Cashman ’79 Susan Doherty '’80 William Keating ’80 John Cain ’81 Colleen Seeber ’81 Raymond Callanan, Jr. ’82 James Hughes ’82 Thomas Hans ’83 Edward LoBalbo ’83 Patrick McKenna ’84 Douglas Roseberger ’84 Jeffrey Stowe ’85 William Faragon ’87 John Peterson ’87 Frank Battiste, Sr. ’88 Frederick Field H ’96 JT Reilly ’15 Peyton Morse ’21 Deacon Gregory Zoltowski, Professor of Creative Arts 1988 – 2010