2000s

Peter J. Karp ’00 (BUS) and his wife, Jocelyn, announce the birth of a daughter, Caitlyn Elizabeth Karp, on Feb. 18, 2011, in Hartford, Conn. The couple was married in 2009 and resides in Cromwell, Conn.

Diane A. (Nesprido) Phelan ’00 (BUS) is director of product management and key account sales for Permatex, where she assumes full sales responsibility for the company’s Home Depot and Lowe’s accounts. She has been with the company since 2003, in charge of product management and marketing departments, as well as overall marketing communications and new product introductions.

Thomas R. Sullivan ’00 M.B.A. is a principal with PriceWaterhouse-Coopers, LLP, for national financial services regulatory practice. He previously served as commissioner of the Department of Insurance in Connecticut. He also spent more than 20 years with The Hartford.

Raymie Wayne ’00 J.D. is associate professor of social work/Latino community practice with tenure at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn. She resides in Avon.

Robin (Lovell) Knowles ’01 M.S., ’10 Ph.D. successfully defended her dissertation, titled “Defined Benefit Pension Sponsors & Market Prices: Early Evidence from Pension Accounting Reform” and is assistant professor of accounting at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

Christopher Buck ’02 (BUS) and Rachel (Barker) Buck ’01 (ED), ’01 M.A. announce the birth of a daughter, Lucy Eliza, on May 14, 2010.

Jenna (Castle) Hoyt ’02 (CLAS) and Thomas Hoyt Jr. announce their marriage on Aug. 28, 2010, at the Holiday Recreation Center in Mansfield, Conn. The couple honeymooned in Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. They reside in Coventry.

Hillary (Royer) Sirois ’02 (CLAS) and Eric Sirois ’09 (ENG) announce the birth of their first child, a daughter, Claire Kathleen, on July 13, 2010.

Sarah (Wechter) Church ’03 (CANR) is a practicing certified nurse-midwife at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Conn. She and her husband, John, announce the birth of their first son, Daniel Gerald, on Sept. 27, 2010.

Mathew Jasinski ’03 (CLAS), ’06 J.D. and Valerie Jasinski announce the birth of their first child, Samuel Jones, on Nov. 10, 2010, in Hartford, Conn.

Laura Molnar ’04 (ED), ’05 M.A. married Robert Catino ’03 (CLAS) on Aug. 1, 2010, in Middletown, Conn. The couple resides in Connecticut.

Michael E. Seifert ’04 M.D. is an assistant professor of pediatrics, specializing in pediatric nephrology, at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill. He is board certified in pediatrics and board eligible in pediatric nephrology, and his research interests include the role of angiogenesis in chronic graft rejection and proteinuria kidney diseases. He also holds an adjunct faculty appointment in pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Melissa Malone ’05 J.D. is assistant director of member services at Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island. She previously was senior associate at Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman, LLP. She serves on the Providence Public School Board.

Katia Noll ’05 (CLAS) received a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular genetics from Rutgers University in September 2010. She is a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral associate in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University.

Rupendra Paliwal ’05 Ph.D. is interim dean of the John F. Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. He recently spearheaded the business school’s efforts that led to its recent accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Joshua Proulx ’05 (CLAS) is coordinator of international experiential education at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I. He previously was complex coordinator in the Office of Residential Life at the university. He recently started a photography business, Josh Proulx Photography.

Cynthia A. Chapo ’06 (CLAS) graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J.

Jakub Kucharzyk ’06 M.B.A., ’06 J.D. is an associate attorney in the private client practice group at Kaye Scholer LLP in New York City. He focuses on counseling high net-worth individuals, their families, family offices and closely held businesses on U.S.-based and cross-border wealth planning and preservation matters.

Lacey L. Bigos ’07 M.B.A. is commercial portfolio loan officer in commercial lending with TD Bank in Glastonbury, Conn., where she

handles the daily activities and supervision of a portfolio of middle market commercial loans. She previously was senior credit analyst with the company and has six years of experience in banking and lending. She volunteers with the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps.

Julie Peck ’07 M.B.A. is vice president of strategy and market development at TyMetrix, part of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services in Hartford, Conn. She previously was principal at Peck Place Consulting.

Eric Chen ’08 J.D. is associate professor of business administration with tenure at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn. He resides in South Windsor.

Patrick Earl Hammie ’08 M.F.A. received the 2010 Tanne Foundation Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement and is an expression

of gratitude to artists for their passion and commitment to their work. He is one of eight 2011 Arts and Industry residents at the John Michael Kohler Art Center who had work exhibited at The Painting Center in New York City in March. He also had a solo exhibition of his work at Uniuversity of North Carolina-Wilmington in April.

Benjamin Sanady ’08 (BUS) completed the Prince of Wales’ Building Craft Apprenticeship, a program teaching craftspeople to advance their knowledge and experience in traditional and sustainable building crafts.

Joshua Sheid ’08 (BUS) and Kathryn Slenk announce their marriage on Dec. 18, 2010, in Holland, Mich., where the couple resides.

2010s

Cindy Dubuque ’10 M.S.W. is director of constituent services for the Connecticut attorney general’s office.

Anthony Krize ’10 (CLAS) is executive assistant for the Connecticut attorney general’s office.

Daniel J. Oleksiak ’10 (CLAS) graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N.J.

Miguel A. Ramirez ’10 (CLAS) enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps under the Delayed Entry Program at Military Entrance Processing Station in Boston.