2013 Spring – Alumni News and Notes: 1990s

1990s Brian T. Davin ’90 MBA was elected to the Board of Education in Morris, N.J. He is actively involved in the Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of the Magnificent Parish. Previously, he served on the Smoke Rise Board of Governors, as a recreation soccer and basketball coach, Cub Scout den leader, and Boy […]

1990s

Brian T. Davin ’90 MBA was elected to the Board of Education in Morris, N.J. He is actively involved in the Knights of Columbus at Our Lady of the Magnificent Parish. Previously, he served on the Smoke Rise Board of Governors, as a recreation soccer and basketball coach, Cub Scout den leader, and Boy Scout assistant scoutmaster.

Frank Mancini Jr. ’90 (BUS) is president and CEO of Connex Credit Union in New Haven, Conn. He has been a part of Connex Credit Union’s executive team since 2003, where he was recently the chief financial officer.

Heidi Kanter ’91 (CLAS) announces the birth of a daughter, Delaney Rose, on Aug. 11, 2011. Heidi is currently in her 17th year of teaching elementary school in the Clark County School District in Nevada.

Douglas Johnson ’92 MBA, associate professor of management at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Ga., is the first faculty member to receive all four of the college’s faculty excellence awards. The awards recognize outstanding faculty in the areas of leadership, service, scholarship, and creativity, all of which are the core values of the college.

Christina (Dejesus) Kishimoto ’94 MPA, superintendent of Hartford Public Schools, serves on the Nellie Mae Education Foundation Board of Directors, the largest charitable organization in New England focused exclusively on education.

Rohan Freeman ’95 (ENG) became the first African-American to climb the Seven Summits, the highest peaks of the seven continents, this past October. He is the founder and principal of civil engineering firm Freeman Cos. in Hartford, Conn.

Eric W.F. Niederer ’95 (CLAS) is partner at the law firm Wilson Elser. In 2011, he was named one of Fairfield County’s “40 Under 40” by the Fairfield County Business Journal, and in 2012 was named to the “New Leaders in Law” by the Connecticut Law Tribune. He also was named to the Super Lawyers list of “Rising Stars” 2010-2012.

John Hedberg ’97 MBA is senior vice president of the consumer and small business markets at Blue Shield of California.

Brian Schulz ’97 (CLAS) is a producer and cinematographer on the set of “Brooklyn Castle,” a film that made its nationwide theatrical debut in October. “Brooklyn Castle” (brooklyncastle.com) documents I.S. 318, a New York City inner-city public school that is home to the most winning junior high school chess team in the country, where budget cuts threaten to undermine the team’s hard-won success.

Alexander Morgan ’98 (BUS) is tax partner at the accounting firm Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP in Glastonbury, Conn.

Hugh Bailey ’99 (CLAS) and Carrie MacMillan ’99 (CLAS) announce the birth of a son, Zachary Daniel, on Oct. 1, 2012. He joins older brother Colin. The family lives in Oxford, Conn.

Angel Li ’99 (BUS) is tax partner at the accounting firm Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP in Glastonbury, Conn.

David A. Salomon ’99 Ph.D. is author of the book An Introduction to the Glossa Ordinaria as Medieval Hypertext, released by the University of Wales Press in 2012. He is an associate professor of English at The Sage Colleges in Troy, N.Y., where he is also the founding director of the Kathleen A. Donnelly Center for Undergraduate Research.