Class Notes - Fall 2006

1990

Marva Hawkins (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, graduated from Columbia University's graduate program and passed the New York state licensing examination to become a licensed master of social work...Christopher McPartland (J.D.) is bureau chief and head of a newly created Suffolk County government bureau department dedicated to crimes of political corruption...Michael McCreesh (B.B.A., M.B.A. '94) of Southport, CT, and wife Dana (B.A. '91) have raised $450,000 for childhood cancer research under the banner of "Team Brent." Team Brent was founded to honor their son, Brent, age 4, and his ongoing battle with neuroblastoma cancer…Vas Mountzouros (B.A.) of Yorktown Heights, NY, was honored by the NY chapter of NATAS with two Emmy Awards...Diane K. Muscarella (B.B.A.) of Massapequa, NY, has been a marketing specialist at the Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT), in Bay Shore since 1999. She is married to Anthony. Their daughter, Carolyn, graduated from Hofstra University School of Law in 2004 and practices family law at Samuelson, Hause & Samuelson in Garden City... Steven R. Vigliotti (B.B.A.) of Manhasset, NY, is chief financial officer of NYFIX, Inc., a leader in technology solutions for the financial marketplace...Christine Woronka (B.A.) of Eastport, NY, received a master's degree in secondary education and is certified to teach biology...

1991

Ann Argila (B.A.) of Scotch Plains, NJ, is an RN. She and husband Charles have a daughter, Cara, born in December 2004...Joshua Bernstein (B.A.) of Great Neck, NY, moved back to Long Island after 12 years in Bristol, CT. He was the coordinating producer of SportsCenter for ESPN and won an Emmy Award in 2005 for best sports daily show of 2005. He is now working as the coordinating producer of Cold Pizza on ESPN2 in New York City...Beatrice Brunnschweiler (B.A.) of Norwalk, CT, and Christopher Earle Thompson are planning a June wedding. Beatrice is an account executive for Cablevision Advertising in Norwalk, CT. Christopher is a technology specialist at Southern Berkshire Regional School District in Sheffield, MA...Calandra Branch (B.A.) of Jamaica, NY, is a senior financial analyst for the vice president of operations at NY Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus. Her husband of eight years, Isidoa Branch, Jr., is the pastor of St. Philip's A.M.E. Zion Church in Nyack, NY, and they are expecting their first child...Lorey Friedman (B.A.) of Kew Garden Hills, NY, and husband Elliott celebrated the Bar Mitzvah of their oldest child, Shlomo. Joining in the celebration with them was Rabbi Meir Mitelman of Hofstra University Hillel...Steven Getman (J.D.) of Interlaken, NY, was named to a third term as Seneca County district attorney by the county's board of supervisors. He is the legal advisor to the county's officials, and prosecutes and defends civil actions and proceedings brought by or against the county... Dr. Michael LoGuidice (B.A.) of Palm City, FL, published his first book in December 2005 titled Open Up and Say Agghh!! It is a tool for parents to ease children's fear about going to the doctor's office. Michael is the chief of emergency medicine at Columbia Hospital in West Palm Beach...Dana McCreesh (B.A.) and husband Mike (B.A. '90, M.B.A. '94) have raised $450,000 for childhood cancer research under the banner of "Team Brent." Team Brent was founded to honor their son, Brent, age 4, and his ongoing battle with neuroblastoma cancer…Victor Ricciardi (B.B.A.) of Lexington, KY, is assistant professor of finance at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, KY...Daniel A. Rosen (B.A., J.D. '96) of North Bellmore, NY, is special trial attorney in the Department of the Treasury's Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service in New York City...

1992

Fred Greene (B.A.) of Trumbull, CT, is moving to the Atlanta area to become senior rabbi at Temple Beth Tikvah in Roswell, Georgia...Eric Hatcher (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, is a municipal securities trading desk assistant at Weiss, Peck & Greer. After graduating from Hofstra, Eric began a freelance writing career garnering numerous cover and feature stories for a variety of national magazines, including The Source and Black Elegance, and is currently working on a series of short stories...*Samantha Stevens Heron (B.B.A.) of South Orange, NJ, and son Garrett visited the Hofstra campus in April and caught up with Margaret Shields, director for stewardship, in the Student Center. Garrett is now a freshman at Hofstra...Mark Lebow (J.D.) of Kensington, MA, is partner and chief trademark counsel for Young & Thompson, a 102-year-old intellectual property law firm in Arlington, VA. He has been married six years, and has two daughters, Dalit, age 3, and Annie, age 1. He and wife Mary are expecting a third child... Michael Minars (B.B.A.) of Massapequa, NY, is chief financial officer of Millennium Technology, serving both Millennium Technology Value Partners, L.P., Millenium Technology Ventures, L.P., and the firm's related entities. He is a member of the NVCA, the AICPA, and the advisory board for LogicWorks, a managed Web hosting provider...Alexander Sirotin (B.A.) and wife Jessica (Wilfehrt) Sirotin (B.A.) are marking their fifth anniversary of living in Warsaw, Poland. Alexander works for Algorithmics Inc., as a regional business manager, covering Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. They have three children, Sebastian, age 7, Phoebe, age 4, and Maya, 20 months... Alfreida Foster-Tolbert (B.A.) of New York, NY, earned a Master of Science in corporate communications at the University of Wisconsin and has been working for the NYS governor, as deputy director of community affairs for the past six years. She has been married to Terence D. Tolbert for three years...Kristyne Vollkommer (B.B.A., M.S.Ed. '97) of Virginia Beach, VA, relocated to Virginia Beach in 1998 after graduating. She married Thomas Lotito in October 2005 and is working at Bryant & Stratton College. She began as an adjunct instructor, became the business and accounting program chair, and is now the associate dean of faculty development...

1993

Oren Arieli (B.S.) of San Jose, CA, married Traci Stahl last November and purchased a home in San Jose. Oren's business is in its fifth year, and he has been involved in the communications industry since 1988...Colleen M. Cronin (J.D.) of Babylon, NY, is partner at L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, where she practices environmental and toxic tort law...John Katz (B.B.A.) of Stockton, CA, is general manager of the Salem (VA) Avalanche, a Class High-A minor league baseball team in the Carolina League. He was the top GM in the California League in 1999, and has spent more than 12 years in pro baseball... Christine J. Kordalski (B.B.A.) of Robbinsville, NJ, married Michael J. Dzwolak on November 20, 2005. Christine works for Telcordia Technologies as an account manager, and Michael is an operations manager for International Fund Services...Hon. Thomas McKevitt (B.A., J.D. '96) of East Meadow, NY, was elected to the New York State Assembly, 17th District. He had been an attorney for the Town of Hempstead for the past nine years, is a longtime member of the East Meadow Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce and is an executive council member of the Hofstra Alumni Organization...*Stacey Mornan (B.A.) of Glendale, AZ, has been elected to the board of Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County. The organization trains tutors who teach reading or English to adults. Stacey is a member of the Black Board of Directors Project, and a client services manager for AON Risk Services... James A. Rose (B.A.) of Smithtown, NY, was named counsel to the Litigation Group at Certilman Balin. He practices in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injury and real estate. He is a committee member of the Nassau County Bar Association and Smithtown Schools' Industry Advisory Board...Matt Schwartzberg (B.B.A.) of Rockville Centre, NY, was named one of Long Island Business News' "40 under 40" distinguished business leaders, representing A-1 First Class Moving and South Shore Records Management. Matt is a principal in both companies...

1994

Christine Barnhart (B.A.) of Roslindale, MA, is the distance education senior production specialist at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. She also works part-time as a video camera operator for the Boston Red Sox...Dr. M. Rita Caso (Ph.D.) of Huntsville, TX, is the university director of institutional research and effectiveness at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. She lived in College Station, TX, for almost 11 years and left her longtime position at Texas A&M University and the Texas Engineering Experiment Station. Her son is a musician and songwriter and lives in upstate NY...Brian Donner (B.S.) of Wilmington, NC, completed a two-year fellowship in nephrology at the University of Massachusetts and moved to the ocean-front city of Wilmington to join a large private practice nephrology group. Brian and wife, Susan celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary in May and have two children Sophia, age 5, and Cole, age 2...*Kristen Kasper (B.A.) of Parsippany, NJ, and her husband, Albin, were married on October 28, 2005, and purchased their first home. Kristen is a human resources manager for EchoStar Communications Corp., the provider of DISH Network Satellite TV services....Nichole Lau (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, is an English teacher at a high school in Brooklyn. She earned a master's degree at Columbia a year ago...Colm Reilly of Flushing, NY, is a performer and owner of Helen's Restaurant, Cabaret, and Piano Lounge in New York City...Betty Tufariello (J.D.) of Selden, NY, is an intellectual property lawyer and founder of Intellectualaw, a firm that recently announced the launch of a comprehensive Web site to educate the public about intellectual law issues and to explain their services…

1995

*Laurie Bloom (B.A.) of Brightwaters, NY, has been named one of Long Island's 50 Most Influential Women by Long Island Business News. Laurie is director of marketing and communications at Rivkin Radler LLP. She was recently elected first vice president of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20, and serves as chair of the Alumni Organization's products and services committee. Laurie has been accepted to serve as an assistant adjunct professor for Hofstra's School of Communication...Joyce Brewer (B.A.) of Friedheim, NY, joined the WAPT Channel 16 news team in August 2002 to co-anchor the 6 and 10 p.m. news with Gene Edwards. Joyce also founded the Youngstown-Warren Association of Black Journalists, a local chapter of the NABJ, and served as its president for more than two years...James Dinn (B.A.) of South Huntington, NY, has been married since 1997 and has two boys, ages 5 and 1, and works on Long Island...*Beth Goldberg (M.A.) of Massapequa, NY, had 48 paintings displayed in a one-woman solo show titled "Multiplicity" at the Summer Museum and Archives in Washington, D.C. In May she presented an exhibit at the South Huntington Library titled "Diversity in Art." She is the recipient of the George M. Estabrook Distinguished Service Award at Hofstra University, the Woman of Distinction Award in the Arts, Woman of Distinction in Community and Civic Affairs from the Town of Oyster Bay, the Grumbacher Medallion Award of Excellence, and the Julia Cohn Award in creativity... Kevin Hassett (M.S.Ed.) of Farmingdale, NY, retired after 30 years in law enforcement with the Port Authority PD. After retirement, Kevin started his own NYS-licensed private investigation company named Guardian Select Investigations...Diane Hobin (B.A.) of Champaign, IL, is director of operations for women's basketball at the University of Illinois...John D. McKenna (J.D.) of Greenlawn, NY, is partner at L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, where he practices professional liability and insurance coverage litigation...Matthew Parr (B.B.A.) of Hackettstown, NJ, is an assistant vice president at E-Risk Services. He is married to Debbie, and their son, Evan Matthew, is almost 3 years old... Patricia Pistone (B.A.) of Fitchburg, MA, and husband Michael are expecting their first child...Robert Salvatico (B.A.) of Garden City, NY, was recently elected corresponding secretary of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20…*Steven Secka (B.A.) of Astoria, NY, will be a resident artist for painting and drawing at Cooper Union this summer. He is currently working as a preparator at the American Museum of Natural History...

1996

Jenny Blanco-Doe (B.A., M.A. '98) and Eric Doe (B.A. '97) of Fayetteville, NC, were married on September 1, 2002, and are expecting their first child in September. Jenny is currently the director of the audiology department at Cape Fear Otolaryngology in Fayetteville, NC. Eric is an Army aviator flying the UH-60 Blackhawk and is currently serving as an aeromedical evacuation officer for the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Bragg, NC... Ronen Bojmel (B.B.A.) is managing director of Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC. He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and a recipient of the 2005 TMA Transaction of the Year Award for a mid-sized company restructuring...Carol A. Cooper (B.A., M.S.Ed. '97) of East Meadow, NY, was recently elected executive vice president of the Hofstra Alumni Organization at the Alumni Organization Annual Meeting on May 20. Carol served as first vice president from 2004 to 2006 and is chair of the Alumni Organization Homecoming Committee…Thomas J. Dargan (J.D.) is partner at Lewis, Johs, Avallone, Aviles & Kaufman...Jamie Deklin (B.A.) of Los Angeles, CA, is a Broadway performer and professional songwriter/singer. She recently sold a song to CBS, and she married actor Mark Deklin last October...Dennis Malaspina (B.A.) of Peekskill, NY, is working at Return Path, Inc., as vice president of sales and client development for its Customer Acquisition Solutions product family, including Postmaster Direct... Robert J. Scott (J.D.) is partner at Scott & Scott, LLP, where he leads the software compliance practice group. He is a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Managed Services Providers Alliance, IT Compliance Institute, and Metropolitan Technology Council...Barbara Soltis (B.A.) of Freehold, NJ, and husband Keith announce the birth of their son, Christian Troy, born February 26, 2006. The couple run a financial planning firm with offices throughout New Jersey and New York...

1997

Sabira Beg (B.B.A.) of Chelsea, MA, is assistant project manager at Bovis Lend Lease, managing multimillion-dollar construction projects...Eric Doe (B.A.) of Fayetteville, NC, and Jenny Blanco-Doe (B.A. '96, M.A. '98) were married on September 1, 2002, and are expecting their first child in September. Eric is an Army aviator flying the UH-60 Blackhawk and is currently serving as an aeromedical evacuation officer for the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Bragg, NC. Jenny is currently the director of the audiology department at Cape Fear Otolaryngology in Fayetteville, NC...Laura J. Granelli (J.D.) of North Bellmore, NY, is partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman and practices within the education and municipal law practice group, providing general and labor counsel services to public school districts and libraries... Ann Kreuder (J.D.) of New York, NY, is an associate general counsel at Competitive Technologies, Inc....Erik Leach (B.E.) of Alpharetta, GA, has a 2-year-old son and has lived in Georgia, since moving from New Jersey in 2000...Cheryl Lee (B.B.A., M.S. '06) of Oceanside, NY, and Erik Sean Quick (B.S.) of Franklin Square, NY, are planning a summer 2007 wedding...Jennifer Rowell-Gastard (B.A.) relocated to the south of France and works from home for Alexander Hughes. She married David Gastard, a computer analyst, on April 22, 2006, in France...Jeanine Marie Zaremba (B.A.) of East Meadow, NY, married Sean Michael Hayes on November 6, 2004. Jeanine is a general manager for Yves Saint Laurent for Gucci Group of America...

1998

William Doherty (B.A.) of Floral Park, NY, has been a police officer since 1998, first with the NYPD and now the Floral Park PD. He is pursuing a Juris Doctor at Pace University...Dr. Laura Keisler (B.A.) of Long Beach, CA, earned an Ed.D. in urban education at the University of Southern California. She married John in June and started her own educational consulting firm called Target Education Group...Stephen Kraft (B.A.) of New York, NY, helped launch "Career Breakthroughs," a career development program for Afghanistan and Iraq veterans. The pilot program is set to begin in January 2006, for 30 veterans...Dr. Nicole Lambrou (M.A., Ph.D. '01) of San Francisco, CA, joined Jackson Hole Group's team of business advisers. Nicole's role focuses on the design, development, and delivery of complex business strategies and change efforts...Brian Langtry (B.A.) of Parker, CO, was selected by the Denver Outlaws during Major League Lacrosse's Expansion Draft...Karen Low (B.A.) of Henderson, NV, is returning to work after spending the last two years at home with her children, Connor, age 5, and Catherine, age 2. She is vice president of sales for Echelon Place, a $4 billion, 5,300-room Boyd Gaming development project on the Las Vegas strip, opening in 2010...Christopher Tretola (J.D.) of Robbinsville, NJ, joined the law firm of Spadaccini Main, LLC, in Lawrenceville, New Jersey...

1999

Keith Goodale (B.B.A.) of Riverhead, NY, was married in December 2002. Both he and his wife have cystic fibrosis and received lung transplants in 2004. After a year of recovery they are back at work, and Keith recently joined his local volunteer fire department...Morrisa Rice (M.A.) of Rockville, MD, relocated from Toledo in 2005. She was selected as an HRSA Scholar at the Health Resources and Services Administration under the Department of Health and Human Services. She and husband George have two children, Taylor, age 8, and George IV, age 4...John Sasso (M.B.A.) of Montauk, NY, is the founder and president of Insight Consulting, LLC. He recently announced the affiliation between his management consulting firm and the broad-based management consulting firm Cooperating Executives Organization, LLC (CEO)...Brian Whelan (B.A.) of Charlotte, NC, is senior marketing manager at Mergent, Inc...

2000

Heather Fernandes (B.A.) of Robbinsville, NJ, is married to Dan and they have two daughters, Kelley, age 4, and Caitlin, 17 months old... Jennifer A. Leahy (J.D.) of Massapequa, NY, is an associate at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein. She works in the Mineola-based firm's injury group, as well as its litigation and dispute resolution groups...

2001

Thomas Albano, Jr. (B.B.A. '01) of Seaford, NY, married Maria Mascitti on June 24, 2006. In July he was promoted to audit manager at KPMG LLP in Melville...Lynne Genaway (B.S.Ed.) of Los Angeles, CA, married Michael Patti (B.S. '02) in July 2004. Lynne works as a music teacher at an elementary school and teaches kindergarten through sixth grade. Michael is a film music composer, contributing to many film, television and videogame projects. He is currently contributing additional music to the Warner Bros. animated series "Xiaolin Showdown," which airs Saturday mornings on the Kids WB....*Randell Hansen (B.B.A.) of Citrus Heights, CA, was promoted last fall to the position of trainer analyst for the California State Teachers Retirement System. He trains payroll and human resources staff at school districts and county education offices throughout the state...Robert Gregory Rossicone (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, is engaged to Courtney Allison Engel. Robert is a social studies teacher with PS/IS 104, and Courtney is an art teacher at the same school...Michael L. Wainer of Bayside, NY, has been producing music for MTV, Warner Bros., VH1, Howard Stern, Comedy Central and various recording artists in America and Europe. He is currently on leave from MTV and touring the United States with rock outfit The Answer, opening for 311, Papa Roach and Breaking Benjamin...

2002

Benjie Gachette (B.A.) of Buffalo, NY, attends University at Buffalo Law School and was awarded the Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship in 2003. She was recently named a 2006 Who's Who Among Students honoree for academic achievement and student leadership. Benjie and Michael Peter Acunis are planning a November 2006 wedding...Louise Gehres (B.A.) of Scottsdale, AZ, is a paralegal in the real estate development field, and has applied to the Arizona State University College of Law for fall 2006...Benjamin Greenberg (B.S.Ed.) of Valley Stream, NY, earned a master's degree in music performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2004 and moved to Mexico. He plays in the Symphony Orchestra of Guanajuato and was recently appointed to the faculty of the University of Guanajuato as professor of horn...Efthimios Mariakakis (B.A.) of Elmsford, NY, and wife Lisa (B.A.) are expecting their first child in December...Janice Moore (M.B.A.) of Rockville Centre, NY, is head of the marketing department at the Gospel Music Channel LLC...Dr. Marco Palmieri (B.A.) of New Hyde Park, NY, graduated from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in May 2006, and is pursuing a career as an anesthesiologist at Good Samaritan Hospital and Stony Brook Hospital...Michael Patti (B.S.) of Los Angeles, CA, married Lynne Genaway (B.S.Ed. '01) in July 2004. Michael is a film music composer, contributing to many film, television and videogame projects. He is currently contributing additional music to the Warner Bros. animated series "Xiaolin Showdown," which airs Saturday mornings on the Kids WB. Lynne is working as a music teacher at an elementary school and teaches kindergarten through sixth grade...

2003

Christine Bowman (B.A.) of East Meadow, NY, is a graduate student at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, working towards a Ph.D. in school psychology...Jamie Calli (B.A.) of Southington, CT, was promoted to 11 p.m. producer at WFSB in Hartford, CT, and married Richard Mascia in June 2006...Chanee Coleman (B.A.) of Hicksville, NY, married Bruce Hammonds on April 2, 2005. Their daughter, Mia Monique, was born on September 6, 2005....Samantha Dadon-Dick (B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, works for YAI/NIPD, an organization that serves people with developmental disabilities. She began as a counselor and is now assistant supervisor of a residential group home. Her husband, Garth, works for JetBlue Airlines...Ronald Ferguson, Jr. (B.A.) of Queens Village, NY, was married in July 2004 and is expecting a son in February 2006...Neil Guarniere (B.B.A.) of Nesconset, NY, has been working as an investment associate at First Long Island Investors, LLC for one year. He is currently enrolled in Hofstra's M.B.A. program in Business Computer Information Systems...Jennifer Mastanduono (B.B.A., J.D. '06) of Garden City, NY, is engaged to Philip Vessa (J.D. '06). They are high school sweethearts...Janine Morris (B.A.) of Saint Albans, NY, completed her debut novel, Diva Diaries, published by Kensington Publishing, which is now available in stores. She is currently attending Hofstra Law School…Tracy Nemiroff (B.B.A.) of Basking Ridge, NJ, graduated in May with a Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University School of Law...

2004

Sal Alosi (B.S.) is the strength and conditioning coach for the Atlanta Falcons professional football team in Atlanta, GA...Mark Davis (M.A.) of Merrick, NY, teaches global studies and legal research classes at August Martin High School, and is also adviser for the law club/mock trial team...Mark Kistoo (B.B.A.) of Uniondale, NY, opened a coffee house in Westbury called A Midnight Summers Dream...*E.J. Kritz (B.A.) of Swansea, MA, is producer of WPRO-AM, a news-talk radio station, and will be responsible for producing The Dave Barber Show weekdays at 9 a.m...Caroline Ledgin (B.A.) of Merrick, NY, filmed a feature documentary film on Michael Jackson fans, which is currently in the post-production stage...

2005

Jessica Cardona (B.B.A.) of Brooklyn, NY, is a real estate agent for Foxtons...James Evans (B.B.A.) of Bethpage, NY, was promoted to financial analyst II and was married on May 29, 2006...Ramou Sarr (B.A.) of Greenfield, MA, is entering Suffolk Law School in fall 2006...Adriana Segura (B.B.A.) of Ft. Walton Beach, FL, is a tennis coach leading her Cochtawhatchee boys and girls to district championships. She was named the local paper's Coach of the Year...

2006

Meredith Fleshman (M.A.) of Pottstown, PA, moved back to her home state and works as an IOP therapist with the Central Montgomery Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center...Angela Locantore (B.A.) of Staten Island, NY, is pursuing a master's degree in speech pathology at Hunter College this fall...Dominick Delli Paoli (B.B.A.) of Bloomfield, NJ, is district manager for ADP, New Jersey region, in Parsippany, NJ. He began construction on a summer house in Bay Head at the Jersey shore...