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1970s

Debbie Regan Cleveland ’73 recently published a children’s picture book, How Shadowchaser Got His Name: A Cat Tale, which is available on Amazon. The book is illustrated by Aemilia Ann Desy ’20.

1980s

After more than two decades of leadership, Paul J. LeBlanc ’80 stepped down as President and CEO of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) on June 30, 2024. LeBlanc oversaw the school’s growth from 2,800 students to over 160,000 learners, making SNHU the largest nonprofit provider of online higher education in the country.

Sandra Arruda Cain ’81, Executive Vice President of Dean College, is part of a three-person leadership team handling the duties of the college’s Office of the President while a search for a new president is underway.

Gail Shapiro ’88 is proud to announce the publication of her novel, To Sisterhood! which covers the formative and turbulent period in the lives of four young women from their meeting at Boston’s first Female Liberation Conference in May 1969 through August 1972.

1990s

Artist Dan Dowd ’90, had the first solo assemblage of his work at Magenta Plains in New York City this year. Consisting of work from 2012 to 2024, Resurface exemplifies the consistent thrust of Dowd’s practice. Made entirely of found materials, Dowd’s wall-mounted assemblages combine clothing, rubber, leather, metal and other kinds of worldly ephemera into unique, carefully considered compositions. This body of work speaks to the histories embedded in these objects, locates them within our consumption-heavy material culture, and places an emphasis on reuse and recreation as alternative paths forward.

Christopher A. Pratt ’94
will be taking on the role of Superintendent of Schools for Claremont and Unity, NH after serving as the Interim Superintendent.

Shelly Zayas Nahkala ’96
has accepted the position of District-Wide Director of Chapter 74 Technical Programs for Springfield Public Schools. She was previously Vocational Supervisor for the High School of Science and Technology.

Denise Scurio ’96 will be overseeing the Danvers branch of the Merrimack Valley Credit Union, continuing her career in the financial services industry.

Michael Malvesti’s ’97 latest role is in Madame Web, playing on Netflix, but he can be seen in more than 30 other films and shows, including Julia, The Holdovers, Boston Strangler, and American Fiction.

Stacia Miele ’99 shares that she is starting a new position as Vice President, Integrated Marketing + Digital Solutions at Crescent Hotels & Resorts.

2000s

Allison Gadoury G’03 is the Associate Director, Data Management at Foundation Medicine. Foundation Medicine is a molecular information company which offers next generation sequencing and profiling in cancer patients.
The FDA-approved CDx tests analyze over 300 genes to match patients up with personalized treatment plans.

Danielle Nolan Callahan ’04 accepted a new position as
Vice President for Sales Enablement at Sentinel Group. She previously led the marketing team and is looking forward to this new chapter!

David Paulson ’06 was recently honored by the Boy Scouts of America’s Narragansett Council

with the National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, which recognizes Eagle Scouts who have distinguished themselves in their careers at the local, state or regional level. He is now a Senior Wildlife Biologist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, leading the Wildlife Unit at the State’s Department of Transportation Highway Division. He focuses on conservation and policy for rare species and serves on Wrentham’s Open Space Committee.

Clarice Francis ’07 has joined The Village Bank as Vice President, Digital Banking and will be responsible for all digital banking (consumer and business) programs.

“Rebecca Rixton ’14 passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam with a score high enough to practice in any UBE jurisdiction.”

Eian Bain ’08 has accepted the job to lead the program at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School as their Head Football Coach, after spending eight seasons as the Head Coach at Franklin High School.

Tina LeGrand Howard ’09 has been promoted to Budget Account Manager for NASA’s Aeronautics and Space Technology appropriations.

2010s

Tim Sugrue ’11 has been promoted to Division President – Direct Hire Staffing at Colonial Staffing Group Inc.

Karla Hailer ’12 will be a speaker at the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering in Concord, MA, presenting on “Ghosts of Gardens Past: How Misreading

Walden Made Me a Gardener.” Additionally, “The Nightmare Rider,” inspired by a class she took as a student at Framingham State, is being published in an anthology, Bolts of Fiction. She recently launched a Substack under her pen name Frances DeLisle, where she is publishing serialized young adult fiction with strong female lead characters in a Steampunk/
alternate history world.

Matthew Cook ’14 accepted a promotion to Assistant Editor at Ghost Cult Magazine, covering the music scene.

Hannah Prescott ’14
has been promoted to Executive Operations Officer for the Town of Southbridge Department of Public Works, with more than 16,000 residents and 21 square miles.

Lauren Botelho ’14, a Family Nurse Practitioner and Registered Dietitian, recently began working with Milford Gastroenterology Associates as a Nurse Practitioner.

Dino Rizzo ’14 is happy to share that he is starting a new position as Vice President | RIA & Multi-Family Office Market Leader at DWS Group.

Rebecca Rixton ’14 passed the Massachusetts Bar Exam with a score high enough to practice in any UBE jurisdiction.

“Michael Malvesti’s ’97 latest role is in Madame Web, playing on Netflix, but he can be seen in more than 30 other films and shows, including Julia, The Holdovers, Boston Strangler, and American Fiction.”

Katelyn (Hanlon) ’16 and Tyler Carden ’18 eloped on May 18, 2024 in Narragansett, RI.

Jenna Corsi ’17 is starting a new position as Registered Dietitian at Phillips Academy, providing counseling and nutrition education to students.

Bethany Norman ’17 joined the Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA) as the Executive Assistant in March 2024.

Colton Madore ’18 announced that he has been promoted to Associate Merchant for Talbots and is moving over to the Haven Well Within brand, where he will be taking over the Sleep, Footwear and Accessories departments. He extended a huge thank you to his many fellow Talbots coworkers for their immense amount of support over the past two years.

Madison Doerr ’19 began a new position as Marketing Operations Specialist at Lytx, Inc.

Desiree Gonzalez ’19 was recently promoted to Paralegal at Pabian Law, LLC, in Framingham, MA.

2020s

Aemilia Ann Desy ’20 shares that her illustrations are featured in a recently published children’s picture book, How Shadowchaser Got His Name: A Cat Tale, authored by Debbie Regan Cleveland ’73.

Cam Bushey ’21 accepted a new position as Territory Manager for Dunlop Sports Americas, where they create state-of-the-art equipment for athletes.

Jared Graf ’21 has joined MCR Labs in Framingham as a Junior Accountant. The Massachusetts facility is MCR Labs’ flagship laboratory and headquarters for their scientific and business development teams.

Dawn Dellasanta ’21 has been named Director of the Framingham Public Library. She has been with the Framingham Public Library since 2012, when she started as an adult page. She served as Head of Library Technology from 2018 to 2022 and as Head of Branch Experience from 2021 to 2023, and was named Assistant Director in 2023.

Carly Paul ’23 recently accepted a position as an Assistant with Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, which has three offices in Massachusetts.

Patrick McGonagle ’23 shares that he is enrolling at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for their PhD program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and adds that a paper he co-authored,

A Content Analysis of Diversity in Undergraduate I-O Psychology Textbooks, was recently published.

Andrew Thompson ’23 celebrated his first year in Higher Education as a full-time professional working in Residential Life at Missouri State University.

Gwen Carpenter ’24 was selected to the 2024 Academic All-America NCAA Division III second team, announced by the College Sports Communicators. She also recently received a $10,000 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee for part-time or full-time graduate study at a university or professional school.

In Memoriam

Carolyn Crowell ’48
3/16/2024Norma (Billings) Taylor ’51
4/3/2024Evelyn (Andelman) Allen ’52
6/12/2024Barbara Richmond
Lawrence ’52
6/24/2024Anne Walley Volk ’52
10/3/2023Anne (Lyons) Carty ’56
1/4/2024Helen (McElhiney)
Hawkey ’56
1/1/2024Nancy Crosby ’57
3/23/2024Phyllis (Brown)
McCampbell ’57
6/27/2024Sister Mary
Philippon ’57
3/13/2024Jean (Richardson)
Cade ’58
6/6/2024Patricia O’Connell ’58
2/19/2024Patricia Olone ’59
6/21/2024Maryanne Quirk ’59
2/20/2024Penelope MacDonald ’60
3/22/2024Dorie Walmsley
Goodlatte ’60
1/30/2024Joyce (Morrissey)
Donohue ’61
3/1/2024Mary Ellen (Lanigan)
Ross ’61
1/13/2024Ann Jacek Vincini ’62
4/26/2024Lucy (Gulesian)
Metcalf ’63
3/7/2024Janice Emerson
French ’64
3/28/2024Carol (Porrazzo)
Zani ’65
6/22/2024Joan (Johnson)
Kleber ’66
4/13/2024Susan Coy ’69
12/11/2022John Haig
Karagosian ’69
6/3/2024Catherine (Buxton)
Kiburtz ’69
2/26/2024Edward Boyce ’70
1/3/2024Judith (Sullivan)
Roy ’70
4/16/2024Shirley Bennett ’71
3/29/2024Ann Dzindolet ’71
3/6/2024Daniel Langelier ’71
4/17/2024Barbara (Lambert)
Colburn ’72
1/7/2024William Kenney ’72
3/20/2024Elizabeth Lambert ’72
12/6/2023Adrienne Cost ’73
2/8/2024Brian Courville ’73
6/15/2024Vincent Dimilla ’74
4/13/2024Eleanor Maciolek ’74
10/25/2001Liane Eva Schurzky ’74
4/8/2024Patricia Garrity
Esposito ’75
4/12/2024Harriet Stone ’75
3/17/2024Elizabeth Chipman ’76
2/28/2024Patricia (O’keefe)
Gillis ’76
3/26/2024Elizabeth Quivey ’76
2/14/2024Paul Carchedi ’77
9/7/2022James Ruggiero ’77
6/10/2024James Bernazzani ’78
3/24/2024Linda (Kubel)
Gissinger ’78
4/24/2024Cheryl Rowe ’78
1/17/2024Dilar Videira ’78
3/8/2024Eileen Sacco ’80
3/27/2024Joanne (Megazzini)
Adams ’86
5/23/2024Brendan Sheridan ’86
1/28/2024Denise Marie
Baker ’87
5/14/2024Edward Stadelman ’87
2/12/2024William Mayo ’88
1/23/2024John Gerard
Morahan ’88
6/6/2024Betsy Ann
Shapiro ’88
11/15/2023Evelyn Soldano ’89
6/13/2024Patricia Ann
Naze ’92
2/9/2024Michael Feltman ’99
4/12/2024Anna (De Cristofaro)
McKenna ’14
4/21/2024