2013 Fall – Alumni News and Notes: 2000s, 2010s

2000s Nykesha Sales ’00 (BUS) is an assistant to the coaching staff of the Connecticut Sun and serves as a community liaison for the team. Seth Kurpiel ’01 (CLAS) and Morgan Kurpiel announce the birth of a son, Benson Graham, on Jan. 18, 2013, in Manhattan. Sally Neal ’01 MA, ’09 Ph.D. is director of […]

2000s

Nykesha Sales ’00 (BUS) is an assistant to the coaching staff of the Connecticut Sun and serves as a community liaison for the team.

Seth Kurpiel ’01 (CLAS) and Morgan Kurpiel announce the birth of a son, Benson Graham, on Jan. 18, 2013, in Manhattan.

Sally Neal ’01 MA, ’09 Ph.D. is director of the Academic Advising Center at Ithaca College in Ithaca, N.Y.

Antonietta (Iannuzzi) Boucher ’02 MBA, state senator from the 26th District in Connecticut, is chief deputy minority leader for the Republican Caucus. She also serves as a ranking member of the Senate’s Transportation, Higher Education, and Education committees.

Gerald Cox ’02 MBA is vice president and chief financial officer of The Hartford’s middle market and bond P&C business group in Hartford, Conn.

Bryan Hurlburt ’02 (BUS) was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Farm Service Agency state executive director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Connecticut. He previously served as the representative for the 53rd General Assembly legislative district in Connecticut.

Luis G. Iga Garza ’02 (SFA) is director and producer of “Deliverance,” a dramatic thriller based on a true story about a domestic violence survivor. The film features Latino pop-star Cristian Castro.

Jennifer Lambert ’02 MBA is vice president of marketing at Crosman Corp., a Rochester, N.Y.-based company that designs, manufactures, and markets shooting-sports products.

Ann Lovejoy ’02 MBA is quality improvement specialist at Mountain-Pacific Quality Health, based in Helena, Mont.

Richard Meade ’02 (BUS) is vice president and general manager of NetTutor, an online tutoring service based in Tampa, Fla. He and Charmaine Meade announce the birth of a baby boy, Richard Thilo Meade Jr., on Jan. 7, 2013.

George Noewatne ’02 MBA is director of public works and engineering in Cheshire, Conn. He has been the deputy director for about 10 years and has 13 years of construction and engineering experience.

Daniel D. Pinho ’02 MBA is one of the “20 Under 40 Latinos Going Places,” by Poder 360 magazine. He is senior vice president of the trade finance group at PNC Bank and has had more than 17 years of experience doing business in Latin-American companies.

Ashley M. Battle ’04 (BUS), ’05 (CLAS) is girls’ basketball coach at Chartiers Valley High School in Pittsburgh.

Gianna (Fergione) Daley ’05 (CLAS), ’10 MS and Brian Daley ’03 (CANR) announce the birth of a daughter, Tenley Catherine, born April 25, 2013, at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Michael Nichols ’05 (CLAS), ’08 JD was appointed to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s Advisory Council on ONEin3, a project aimed at providing recommendations to improve the quality of life for one-third of Boston residents aged 20 to 34.

Stefanie (Diaz) Thibeault ’05 (CLAS), ’06 MS and Michael Thibeault ’05 (CLAS), ’05 MS announce the birth of a baby girl, Catherine Anne, on March 16, 2013, in Hartford, Conn.

Niamh Cunningham ’06 (CLAS) is the program coordinator for principal gifts in the office of development at Yale University in New Haven, Conn.

Christopher Callahan ’07 (BUS) is global marketing director at Moran Yacht & Ship in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He manages the marketing operations of five offices around the world.

Alena Dillon ’07 (CLAS) is the author of I Thought We Agreed to Pee in the Ocean: And Other Amusings From a Girl Wearing Sweatpants, a collection of humor essays published in September by Martlet & Mare Books.

Meghann E. LaFountain ’07 (CLAS), ’11 JD is an attorney at Baram, Tapper & Gans LLC in Bloomfield, Conn. She focuses on immigration law and has helped clients in the U.S. and abroad.

Victor Markiw ’07 Ph.D. is a Fulbright Scholar and will spend an academic semester in Ukraine, studying Ukrainian composers, teaching music theory, and lecturing on American music. He is a full-time lecturer in music at the University of New Haven.

Christina Brown ’08 (BUS) is assistant vice president and sales and service manager at Encore Bank N.A. in Bonita Springs, Fla.

Jeffrey Scott Futterleib ’08 (CLAS) graduated cum laude from the Yale School of Medicine in May. He will begin an internship in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, followed by a residency in dermatology at Case Western/University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Melanie Thomas ’08 (BUS), director of basketball operations at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla., was inducted into Mount Notre Dame’s (Cincinnati) Hall of Fame for being the all-time leading scorer in the history of the high school’s basketball program.

2010s

Jena P. Greaser ’10 (CLAS) is the 2013 USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Champion for age category 19-29. She was also named the 2013 Wood River Cup Short-Track Mountain Bike Champion. Jena resides in Ketchum, Idaho.

Bryan Rosenblatt ’11 (BUS) is account executive of sales at Twitter in New York. He is one of the first sellers in the New York City office focused on growing advertising among retail clients.

Mary Grace Haggert ’12 (CANR), landscape team leader at Sprigs & Twigs Inc., a landscape design, lawn care, and tree service provider in Gales Ferry, Conn., has earned professional accreditation as an Accredited Organic Land Care Professional.

Emily Trodson ’12 (CANR) is manager, administration/strategy at the Providence, R.I., office of (add)ventures, a multidisciplinary digital marketing and brand communication company.

Jillian Kanter ’13 (BUS) is a public relations executive assistant at Broadreach Public Relations, a communications firm headquartered in Portland, Maine.