2011 Summer—Alumni News and Notes 1970s

  Christine Gelineau ’72 (CLAS) teaches poetry and American literature at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., and is the author of her second full-length collection of poetry, Appetite for the Divine, published by Ashland Poetry Press in April 2010. She is on the core faculty of the low-residency Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University in […]

 

Christine Gelineau ’72 (CLAS) teaches poetry and American literature at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y., and is the author of her second full-length collection of poetry, Appetite for the Divine, published by Ashland Poetry Press in April 2010. She is on the core faculty of the low-residency Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Penn. She and her husband, Stephen Herz, have bred Morgan horses under the Hartland prefix since 1972.

Jay Sher ’72 (CLAS) practices general dentistry in Livingston, N.J., and is president of the Essex County Dental Society for the current year.

John Zeaman ’72 (CLAS), art columnist for Design New Jersey magazine, is the author of Dog Walks Man: A Six-Legged Odyssey, published by Lyons Press in October 2010. He regularly reviews New York-area museum shows for The Record and Star-Ledger, New Jersey-based news outlets. He lives with his wife, Janet Chatfield, in Leonia, N.J., and has two children.

Jeff Davidson ’73 (BUS), ’74 M.B.A. received the trademark “Work-Life Balance Expert” from the United States Patent and Trademark Office after a 10-year campaign. He has written more than 50 books.

Rita Barredo ’75 (CLAS) received her master’s degree in public history from Central Connecticut State University in 2010.

Rosalyn Cama ’75 (CLAS), president of CAMA, Inc. in New Haven, Conn., was named among the top 25 most influential in health care design for 2009 and 2010 by Vendome Publishing’s Healthcare Design magazine.

Robert W. Crispin ’75 M.B.A. joined the PFM Group’s board of directors. He formerly served as chairman and chief executive officer of ING Investment Management Americas and is the first independent outside director to serve on PFM’s board.

Susan Goldstein ’75 (CLAS) is the author of Hollywood Forever, a murder mystery set in Hollywood, published by Five Star in February.

Thomas Piacentini ’75 (BUS) is managing director for Babson Capital in Springfield, Mass., where he is responsible for investments in media, cable and telecom sectors. He recently traveled to Japan to honor the 50th anniversary of the Uechi-Ryu Kenyukai Karate organization with participants from Europe, Latin America and Africa. He has practiced karate for 40 years and has recently opened a school in Southwick, Mass., where he resides with his wife, Elizabeth.

Steven H. Rosenberg ’75 (BUS) is chief financial officer at Western Connecticut Healthcare, where he oversees finances at Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital and the affiliates of the company. He is a member of the Connecticut Hospital Association Finance Committee and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He lives with his family in New Haven County.

Susan A. Kinsman ’76 (CLAS), ’94 J.D. is director of communications for the Connecticut attorney general’s office.

Nancy Rudner Lugo ’76 (CLAS) is president and nurse practitioner coach for HealthAction.biz, a Florida workplace health services company. She also serves on the executive council for AARP Florida.

Trudie Lamb Richmond ’76 M.A. serves on the board of the New England Foundation for the Arts. She is retired from her previous position as director of public programs at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center in Mashantucket, Conn.

Robert Britt ’77 (BUS), chief financial officer at SBE, Inc. in Barre, Vt., was elected chair of the Vermont EconomicDevelopment Authority board of directors. Prior to joining SBE, he was an independent management consultant to companies needing turnaround assistance and served as the chief executive officer and on the board of directors at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.

Scott Brown ’77 (BUS) is president and chief operating officer of U.S. operations at Southwest Windpower in Flagstaff, Ariz. He brings more than 25 years of experience in designing and implementing reconstructive strategies to large public and privately held companies.

Janine Gelineau ’77 (SFA) is a multimedia specialist and photographer at the UConn Health Center in Farmington, Conn. She is a finalist for the da Vinci Eye Award from the Eric Hoffer Project in recognition of superior cover artwork for her graphic design work for the book Appetite for the Divine, written by her sister, Christine Gelineau ’72 (CLAS).

John Healey ’77 (CLAS) is serving his fifth consecutive term as district attorney of Fort Bend County, Texas. He was appointed district attorney in 1992 after serving for 10 years as the assistant district attorney. He and his wife, Theodora, reside in Richmond, Texas.

John Malfettone ’77 (BUS) is senior managing director at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, where he oversees compliance, finance, operations, human resources, administration, information technology and work on cross portfolio initiatives.

Richard Slutsky ’77 M.B.A. is president and chief executive officer at Tower One/Tower East assisted living facility in New Haven, Conn. He has more than 20 years of senior-level experience managing elder-care organizations in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Nadine D. McBride ’78 M.B.A. is director of operations at the Norwich Bulletin, where she oversees the newspaper’s departments and daily operations of the company and its products.

John R. Morgan ’78 (CLAS) oversees license exams for the government of Bermuda and has written nine exam preparation books for real estate license exams. He has lived in Connecticut since 1998 after earning his master’s degree at Brown University. He lives with his wife, Barbara, and sons, John and Charley, in Waterford, Conn.

Dennis Wolff ’78 (BUS) is head coach of the women’s basketball program at Virginia Tech. He previously was director of basketball operations for Virginia Tech’s men’s basketball team.

Kevin Fauteux ’79 M.S.W. is the author of Defusing Angry People: Practical Tools for Handling Bullying, Threats, and Violence, published by New Horizon Press in February.

Brian A. Gragnolati ’79 (BUS) is senior vice president of the Johns Hopkins Health System, where he heads Johns Hopkins Medicine’s community division, which was recently created to ensure greater system-wide clinical integration.