October 24, 2014
CLASS NOTES
1950s
’59
Jack I. Winkleman ’59 of Wallingford, Conn., is an ordained minister with Universal Life Church of Oregon and has officiated at the marriage of 12 couples in Connecticut during the past three years.
1960s
’61
Timothy C. Moynahan, Esq. ’61 of Wolcott, Conn., received two honors at Post University’s 2014 commencement ceremonies in Waterbury. He was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree and was informed that the university had named the law section of its library in his honor. A longstanding member of Post’s MBA Advisory Board, Moynahan donated more than 2,000 law books to the university’s library in 2011. Named a “Super Lawyer of New England and Connecticut” from 2009-2012, he owns The Moynahan Law Firm in Waterbury and Southbury.
’66
Robert J. Palmisano ’66 of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., joined the board of directors of Avedro Inc., an ophthalmic medical device and pharmaceutical company based in Boston. He is president and CEO of Wright Medical Group Inc. and a member of the PC Board of Trustees.
’69
Howard A. Lisnoff ’69 & ’93G of South Egremont, Mass., wrote his first novel, A Sixties’ Love Story, published this year on Amazon Kindle. It is a coming-of-age tale of the generation that reached maturity as the decade of the 1960s unfolded. He teaches in the Individual Studies Program at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y.
’71
Vasilios J. “Bill” Kalogredis, Esq. ’71 of West Chester, Pa., was selected as a 2014 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in the health-care law field. It is an honor he received for the 11th consecutive year. Only 5 percent of Pennsylvania Bar members were selected for the honor, which is based on an arduous process encompassing a strict nomination, research, and review process. Kalogredis also was a course planner and a speaker at the PBI Representing Physicians and Dentists Program in Philadelphia. His topic was group practice dynamics, including compensation, buy-in and buy-out practices, and governance. He is a lawyer with Kalogredis, Sansweet, Dearden and Burke, Ltd., a health-care law firm in Wayne.
’72
Guy D. Alba ’72 & ’97G of Johnston, R.I., was named principal of St. Margaret School in Rumford. He has been a principal at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. He spent 22 years in the Providence School System, most recently as a school and district-level administrator.
Brother Lawrence D. Goyette, F.S.C. ’72 & ’07Hon., of Bronx, N.Y., the founder of The San Miguel School in Providence, stepped down after 20 years as the executive director. The San Miguel community honored his service by dedicating the school on Branch Avenue in his name. San Miguel is a Lasallian school for boys of limited financial means in grades 5 to 8. Brother Lawrence, now a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers Community at Manhattan College, is on sabbatical for the 2014-15 academic year but will spend a total of four months advising Lasallians who are involved in the formation of the 13th San Miguel School in Concord, Calif.
’74
Robert M. Carcich ’74 of Emerson, N.J., retired after 27½ years as the head baseball coach at Emerson Senior High School. He never had a losing season and finished with 539 victories, coaching the team to three state championships, including consecutive Group I state titles in 2000 and 2001. Carcich, whose No. 7 was retired by the school, is a member of the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He has served the Emerson Public School District for 40 years, including work as a biology teacher and athletic director.
Anthony V. Riccio ’74 of Westbrook, Conn., wrote his fifth book, Farms, Factories and Families: Italian American Women of Connecticut (Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, 2014). He also gave a presentation on stories and images from the book at the Westerly, R.I., Public Library. Riccio spent a decade on the book, traveling the state to record oral histories and collect photographs, and writing. He is stacks manager at Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library.
’77
William A. Humphrey ’77 of Pacific Palisades, Calif., was appointed general manager of Sunset Gower + Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood. He oversees the media and entertainment portfolio, including sales, marketing, operations, and other strategic initiatives. He formerly was senior vice president, sales and marketing, at Point360, a digital media services company.
’78
Kenneth P. Bangs, Ph.D. ’78 of Collinsville, Conn., was ordained a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Hartford by Archbishop Leonard P. Blair in a Mass of Ordination at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford. He is serving at St. Matthew Parish in Bristol. A member of St. Patrick Parish in Collinsville, he is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Bloomfield.
’79
David J. Aldrich ’79 of Andover, Mass., was elected CEO and chairman of the board of Skyworks Solutions, Inc., an innovator of high-performance analog semiconductors headquartered in Woburn. He formerly was president and chief operating officer. Aldrich is a member of the PC Board of Trustees.
Robert A. DiMuccio ’79 of Cumberland, R.I., was the principal speaker and was awarded an honorary doctor of business administration degree at the Graduate School Commencement Ceremony at Bryant University in Smithfield. He is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Amica Mutual Insurance Co. and a member of PC’s Providence President’s Council.
Susan J. Martins-Phipps ’79 of Warwick, R.I., was appointed to the board of trustees of The Appraisal Foundation, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. The foundation oversees three independent boards that amend appraisal standards, offer guidance on valuation methods and techniques, and set minimum qualifications for real estate appraisers. She is a certified residential appraiser and licensed agent at Phipps Real Estate Services in East Greenwich.
’80 (2015/35th Reunion Year)
Robert L. DiColo ’80 of East Greenwich, R.I., managing director of wealth management for UBS Financial Services Inc. in Providence, was named to Barron’s “Top 1,200 Financial Advisors” for 2014. He was ranked one of the top five financial advisors in Rhode Island for the fifth consecutive year.
Karen J. Ferrante, M.D. ’80 of East Greenwich, R.I., was appointed head of research and development and chief medical officer at Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., a biopharmaceutical company that develops new treatments for prostate cancer and other hormonally driven diseases. She previously was the chief medical officer at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, The Takeda Oncology Company, and also worked for Pfizer Global Research & Development and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. She was on staff and did her hematology/oncology fellowship at the New England Deaconess Hospital.
Jill Milvae Krieger ’80 of Tolland, Conn., was named principal of Manchester High School. She previously served as principal of Enfield High School and as assistant principal of Wethersfield High School.
’81
Janet A. Maloney ’81 & ’85G of Barrington, R.I., was appointed principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Bristol, which serves students in pre-K through grade 8. She is the first lay principal of the school, which has been served by the Religious Teachers Filippini for 62 years. She formerly was a resource teacher at Highlander Charter School in South Providence.
Kenneth F. McGunagle, Jr. ’81 of Cranston, R.I., was reelected chair of the ALS Association’s National Board of Representatives. The association works to spread awareness about and find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease. McGunagle is a partner in the law firm McGunagle Hentz, PC, located in the Pawtuxet Village section of Cranston.
Ann T. (Larkin) Smith ’81 of Lawrence Township, N.J., is a second-grade teacher at Lady Liberty Academy Charter School in Newark.
’82
Elizabeth E. Flynn-Lott ’82 of New York, N.Y., was appointed to the board of directors of Webster Bank, N.A., and its parent company, Webster Financial Corporation. She is vice chairman of Marsh, LLC.
William R. Logan ’82 of Scituate, Mass., is senior financial advisor at Cape Cod Five, where he leads the Trust and Asset Management Group in developing business in southeastern Massachusetts and on the South Shore. He is a member of PC’s Boston President’s Council.
’83
Robert Ferreira ’83 of Warwick, R.I., assistant vice president for alumni relations at Providence College, was appointed to the board of directors of CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education), District 1. During the two-year term, he will oversee program implementation and development for the organization in the state of Rhode Island.
’84
Michael J. Joyce ’84 of Hingham, Mass., was appointed to the PC Board of Trustees. He is a partner at Transwestern RBJ, a privately held real estate firm. He was a founding partner in 2001 in Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, which was acquired by Transwestern in 2013. He is a member of PC’s National Board of Overseers and the Boston President’s Council. Joyce and his wife, Jane Aries Joyce ’89, have three daughters.
Col. Christopher J. Mullin, USMC (Ret.) ’84 of Bloomfield Village, Mich., was appointed director of Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, a reliever airport for Detroit Metropolitan Airport. He has extensive experience with aviation through his assignments with the United States Marine Corps. For much of his career, he flew as a weapons systems officer in the F/A-18D Hornet Strike/Fighter aircraft, which included combat deployments to Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and three deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom. He commanded Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, leading them to Al Anbar Province, Iraq, in 2006, and returned to Iraq for the last time in 2009 as the chief of staff for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward). He retired from the Marine Corps in 2013 after 29 years of service.
’87
Christopher R. Moroney ’87 of Stoneham, Mass., earned a master’s degree in school counseling from Salem State University.
’88
Giulio G. Diamante, M.D. ’88 of Cranston, R.I., received the Verrazzano Man of the Year Award at the 53rd annual Verrazzano Day Banquet. Each year since 1962, the Verrazzano Day Observance Committee, comprising members of the Italian American War Veterans, Rhode Island Division, and The Order of the Sons of Italy in America, Grand Lodge, Rhode Island, presents the award to an exemplary individual who serves his fellow citizens and promotes the Italo-American heritage in his professional life and private life. Diamante is medical director of OPTX Rhode Island, based in Johnston.
’89
John F. Shine ’89 of Allendale, N.J., joined Compass Datacenters of Dallas, Texas, as director of sales for the eastern region. He formerly was sales director at Digital Realty Trust and vice president of sales at Vettro, an enterprise mobile software company.
’91
Patrick J. Dwyer ’91 of Key Biscayne, Fla., was recognized by three media entities for his expertise in private wealth advising. He is an international private wealth advisor and managing director-wealth management with Dwyer & Associates, a private wealth management group based in Miami. He was named to Barron’s 2014 Top 100 Financial Advisors list for the eighth consecutive year, Barron’s 2014 Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State by State list for the sixth straight year, the Financial Times’ 2014 Top 400 Financial Advisors list, and Registered Rep’s America’s Top 100 Wirehouse Advisors list for 2013 for the seventh straight year.
David C. Gorman ’91 of Natick, Mass., the regional director for Eurasia of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, Switzerland, was profiled in the April 2014 edition of the German monthly Der Spiegel for his work in conflict resolution. He also was one of three mediators featured in the documentary Miles and War, which won awards at film festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, and Berlin.
Richard W. Medeiros ’91G of Rehoboth, Mass., was appointed superintendent of schools for the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School District. He formerly was a superintendent and principal in Somerset for 20 years.
Rebecca Mathurin Vicente ’91 of Tolland, Conn., was elevated to partner at Weatherby & Associates, P.C., an estate planning, elder law, and probate law firm based in Bloomfield. Her practice is devoted to elder law and life care planning, estate and trust administration, and business and estate planning.
’92
David Higgins ’92 of Atlanta, Ga., a private wealth advisor in the Private Banking and Investments Group at Merrill Lynch in Atlanta, was named to Barron’s America’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors: State by State list and the Financial Times’ Top 400 Advisors list for 2014. He specializes in risk management, income generation, concentrated equity solutions, cash-flow strategies, and assisting clients who are experiencing liquidity events.
’93
Gerard M. Jellig ’93 of Haddonfield, N.J., was appointed superintendent of the South Brunswick School District, a kindergarten-through-12th grade district with about 9,500 students. He formerly was superintendent of the Rancocas Valley Regional School District.
Nicholas Maffeo ’93 of Canton, Mass., was named president of Canton Co-Operative Bank, a local, independent community bank. He had been vice president and treasurer since 2003.
Catherine L. Morelli ’93 of West Hartford, Conn., is the theme and instructional coach of the Law and Government Academy at Hartford Public High School. Two of her students, ViDale Lovett ’18 and Imani Carter ’18, entered PC this fall after graduating from the academy with honors.
’95 (2015/20th Reunion Year)
James W. Dugan ’95 of New York, N.Y., was co-executive producer for Clash of the Ozarks, a six-part Discovery Channel TV series that aired earlier this year. His previous work in television has included Mythbusters, Ghost Hunters, and Deadliest Catch.
’96
Natalie L. O’Brien ’96 of North Smithfield, R.I., a teacher at North Smithfield High School, received the 2014 American Civic Education Teacher Award sponsored by the Center on Congress at Indiana University, the Center for Civic Education, and the National Education Association. Three teachers in the United States were selected for the annual honor for their exemplary work in preparing young people to become informed and engaged citizens. O’Brien uses mini-debates, simulations, and circle discussions to enhance students’ knowledge of historical, political, and constitutional debates.
’97
Stephanie S. (Storozuk) Mozzer ’97 of North Clarendon, Vt., a maternal child health nurse at Rutland Area Visiting Nurses & Hospice, was honored twice by the association. She was named the Employee of the Month for March and later received the Teamwork Award at the Annual Employee Recognition Dinner. She is a certified lactation consultant, an advocate for children’s issues, and a youth running coach.
Leigh A. Reposa ’97 of Saunderstown, R.I., received the Robert S. Burgess Community Service Award from the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. The award is given to an administrative professional who has made a special and distinguished contribution to the field of human services. Reposa is program manager of the Youth Suicide Prevention Program administered by the Rhode Island Student Assistance Services under the leadership of the Rhode Island Department of Health.
Todd J. Slater ’97 (Marina del Rey, Calif.) and his entertainment company, Slater Brothers Entertainment (SBE), which he founded with brothers Grant and Wade, produced the Sixth Annual Hamilton International Film Festival in Hamilton, N.Y., where they grew up. Benefitting local charities, including Hamilton Central School, the festival featured screenings of 20 films, visits by dozens of filmmakers from Los Angeles to Moscow, panel presentations, and receptions. Also, SBE’s film, THE GENERAL: A True Story, which captures the life of the Slaters’ late father, who was a successful longtime hockey coach at Colgate University, was selected to the 2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival. One of the top independent film and media consultants in Hollywood, Slater is a member of the Providence College School of Business Advisory Council.
’99
Ellen Fantini Cullinan ’99 of Wellesley, Mass., was promoted from managing director to senior managing director in the Boston office of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, a commercial real estate advisory firm. She is a commercial real estate broker focusing on tenant representation in the Boston and Cambridge markets.
’00 (2015/15th Reunion Year)
William F. Malaier, Jr. ’00 of Seattle, Wash., joined Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, one of Seattle’s oldest law firms, as a partner in the business group. His practice focuses on bankruptcy, insolvency, and creditors’ rights. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, he previously maintained a general bankruptcy practice with the firm Nagler & Malaier, P.S.
’01
Rocco DiRico ’01 of Reading, Mass., was promoted from Senate aide to deputy state director for U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass. He works in the senator’s Boston office.
’02
Brian J. Burke ’02 of Marshfield, Mass., was named vice president of institutional business development and consultant relations for Pioneer Investments, a global asset manager. He is based in Boston. Burke formerly was director of institutional sales and consultant relations at Monarch Partners in Boston.
John Lee Dumas ’02 of San Diego, Calif., was awarded “Best of iTunes 2013” by Apple for his podcast EntrepreneurOnFire. As the podcast’s founder and host, he interviews today’s most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs, including Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Barbara Corcoran, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Guy Kawasaki. He has been featured in Forbes, TIME, and Inc. magazine and is the founder of Podcasters’ Paradise, a community dedicated to helping others to create, grow, and monetize their podcasts.
’04
Frank Caliva ’04 and his wife, Isabel Monteiro Caliva ’04, of Arlington, Va., purchased and are operating the government relations and strategic planning practices of the consulting firm that Frank worked for in Washington, D.C., for the past three years. The new firm, P.R. Quinlan, also located in Washington, provides government relations and strategic advisory services to small- and medium-sized businesses along the East Coast.
John Cooke ’04 of West Yarmouth, Mass., earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is an assistant vice president and online marketing manager with BankFive in Fall River. He oversees e-commerce activities for both the bank and the online-only division, Bank5 Connect.
Brian P. Dyer ’04 of Warwick, R.I., a police officer in Providence for seven years, received a master’s degree in criminal justice from Boston University.
Jessica M. Fitzgerald ’04 of Middletown, Conn., received a doctor of education in educational leadership degree from the University of Hartford. Her dissertation addressed urban secondary school teachers’ understandings of themselves as adult learners and their perceptions of their professional development experiences.
Scott W. Fuller ’04G of Barrington, R.I., was appointed principal of Our Lady of Mercy Regional School in East Greenwich. An educator for 30 years, he most recently worked in the Cumberland School District as assistant principal and mathematics teacher at Cumberland High School.
’05 (2015/10th Reunion Year)
Sharon L. Morgan ’05SCE of Mystic, Conn., was appointed vice president and regional manager for the Southern Region of The Washington Trust Company, headquartered in Westerly, R.I. She oversees seven branches in the towns of Charlestown, Richmond, Westerly, and New Shoreham (Block Island), R.I., and in Mystic.
John W. Switzer ’05 of North Kingstown, R.I., was appointed sales manager at eNow Inc. of Warwick, a provider of solar-powered energy systems for the trucking industry. He oversees all pipeline sales servicing. He previously worked as an account manager at American Power Conversion Federal Systems Inc.
’06
Gabrielle Occhiogrosso ’06 & ’09G of Westbury, N.Y., was awarded a doctor of education degree in executive leadership from Fordham University. Her dissertation focused on college student involvement in living and learning communities. She is the assistant director of student activities at Manhattan College.
Patricia M. (Higgins) Schmidt ’06 of North Andover, Mass., received her M.B.A. degree from Suffolk University.
Martha E. (McCahill) Sprague ’06 of Gorham, Maine, accepted a position as a social worker in the adult unit of Spring Harbor Hospital, a division of Maine Behavioral Healthcare. Located in Westbrook, Spring Harbor is Maine’s only nonprofit, private psychiatric hospital. She previously worked as a targeted case manager and as an intensive in-home and outpatient therapist for Maine Behavioral Healthcare.
’07
Kerri L. Coletta ’07 of Seattle, Wash., earned a master’s degree in international marketing from Hult International Business School in London and is working with JeffreyM Consulting in Seattle. She is a contract employee with Microsoft, working on the Windows and Windows Phone social media marketing and engagement strategy. She also is managing social media strategy for Sofar Sounds at the local and global levels.
Roy P. Gibbs ’07 of Charlestown, Mass., earned an M.B.A. degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and has joined The Parthenon Group as a principal in the Boston office.
’08
Aaron A. Rozovsky ’08 of Cincinnati, Ohio, a captain in the Rhode Island Army National Guard and a second-year rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was awarded an Army Meritorious Service Medal for his work on resiliency training with the Israeli Defense Forces’ Home Front Command. The training helped soldiers cope with the stresses of military life and deployments, and how to balance these within the context of having a personal life. Rozovsky worked with the Israeli Home Front Command while assigned to the National Guard Bureau Liaison Office during his first year of rabbinical studies in Jerusalem. He is a graduate of PC’s Army ROTC Program.
’10 (2015/5th Reunion Year)
Kristin A. Tougias ’10 of New York, N.Y., wrote a book with her father, Michael Tougias, The Cringe Chronicles: Mortifying Misadventures with My Dad (Black Rose Writing, 2014). The book is a raw and honest memoir chronicling her awkward teenage years and embarrassing family vacations with her unconventional father. She currently works at Goldman Sachs.
’11
Garret Hepburn ’11 of Miller Place, N.Y., was designated an associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society after completing seven examinations that tested his understanding of property and casualty insurance and techniques to solve insurance problems. He also completed the required course on Professionalism, which presents real-world situations in ethics and professionalism, and the Validation by Education Experience Requirements. He is an actuarial associate at The Hartford.
Manuel E. Ortiz ’11 of Johnston, R.I., was appointed graduate support director at The San Miguel School of Providence, a private, non-sectarian middle school for financially needy boys run by the De La Salle Christian Brothers. He is the first San Miguel graduate to return as an employee. In his new role, he provides support to graduates and their families as the boys transition into high school, college, and the work force, offering guidance and connecting them with resources.
’13
Jennifer M. Crosier ’13 of Shrewsbury, Mass., received the Special Educator Award from the Newton Parent Advisory Council, a volunteer organization of parents of children with special needs. She works as a secondary education special needs teaching assistant at Newton South High School while she pursues a master’s degree in moderate special needs at Boston College.
’14
Mary-Kate Curtis, C.P.A. ’14G of North Attleboro, Mass., was recognized during the Rhode Island Society of CPA’s 2014 Recognition Reception after earning her certified public accountant designation. She is a senior accountant with Sansiveri, Kimball & Co., L.L.P., an independent accounting firm based in Providence.
