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Class Notes
1997–2000
online.) To learn more about the
school and institute, visit their web
sites at www.islandschool.org
and www.ceibahamas.org.
I know there are more of you out
there with news to share! It would be
great to hear from you. Go ’Pards!
1998
Maureen Rafferty Hopper
3424 Wabash St.
Denver, CO 80238
maureen_rafferty@yahoo.com
President: David A. Cheney
Fund Manager: Open
Reunion Chair:
Nicole Magnant Morrissey
Web Page Administrator:
Maureen Rafferty Hopper
1999
Pamela Perez
11660 Church St., Apt. 65
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
pamelaperez99@alumi.lafayette.edu
President: Amanda Alpert Knight
Fund Manager: Amanda Alpert Knight
Reunion Chairs: Taryn Boland,
Megan Sweeney Waite
Web Page Administrators:
Adriana Franceschini Casey,
Jennifer Padgett Ferrie
Greetings from the West Coast!
I hope you all are enjoying your
summers! Let’s get started with news
about future Lafayette Leopards.
Brian Cort and his wife, Maryann,
are proud to announce the March 1
birth of their third child, Dylan
Christopher. Dylan is doing great,
and sisters Allison and Julia are
thrilled about having a little brother.
Greg Milton and his wife, Jeanne,
welcomed a daughter, Avery
Elizabeth, Jan. 14. Greg and his
family live in New City, N.Y., where
he serves as a senior marketing
manager for PepsiCo.
Our class president, Amanda
Alpert Knight, and her husband,
Rob, are pleased to share with us the
birth of their second son, Thomas
Jack. Thomas arrived Feb. 14, which
is just a week after Lindsay Suthard
Nero and her husband, Lou Jon,
welcomed their daughter, Chilton
Emory. I’m sure that little Thomas
and Chilton will be best of friends.
Congratulations to all! Pictures of
the little ones can be found on the
Lafayette Magazine web site.
Christopher “CJ” Johnston is
happy to share his engagement to
Melissa de la Fuente. They plan an
autumn wedding in Maryland. We
wish both of them years of happiness.
Allison Hoffman Murray was
excited to update us on her life. She
lives in West Chester, Pa., with her
husband, Louis, and their 3-year-old
daughter, Sadie. Allison is a client
relationship analyst for Vanguard.
Hilary Snyder sent some news
from Down Under. She lives in
Cronulla, New South Wales,
Australia, which is 45 minutes south
of Sydney and right on the beach.
(See photo online.) Hilary is
attempting to unravel the mysteries of
foreign working visas, while working
on her photography, in hopes of
starting her own business.
From Australia to the beautiful
islands of Puerto Rico, my home
country, comes news from Jose
Punchin. He works as an
independent contractor and is in
training for a triathlon. Jose and his
wife live just steps away from the
beach and are excited to be back on
the island.
Well, that is all for this summer
edition! Don’t forget to email me all
of your news. I know a lot of you plan
to get together over the summer, and
I look forward to including all of
those reunions in my next column.
2000
Outgoing Correspondent:
Colleen Gleeson Greshock
Incoming Correspondent:
Diane Pisseri Lindemann
dmpisseri@yahoo.com
President: Joshua W. Ruthizer
Fund Manager: Daniel Turrentine
Reunion Chair: Open
Loren Berkheimer Raab and her
husband, Steve ’01, started a
competition BBQ team in 2007. After
three years, they are one of the top
teams in the country. They have since
opened their own BBQ catering
company. In July 2009, the Raabs’
team, Fat Angel BBQ, won the New
Jersey state BBQ championship in
North Wildwood against 65 teams
from 10 different states. This victory
earned them an invitation to the
World Series of BBQ in Kansas City,
where they won first place in the
pork rib category against almost
500 teams!
Amy Airasian married John
Fathers Nov. 21 at the National Hotel
in Miami. Lafayette classmates in
attendance included Jenna Reichen,
Karen Shiers, Debbie Mongeau
Braney, and Heather Kelly Raff.
Amy and John have been living in
Bangalore, India, for the last two
years and will be there until early
2011. Amy works from India for CJP
Communications, a New York-based
public relations firm, and John is with
Goldman Sachs.
Adrien Smith graduated from
EDHEC Business School in France
with an international MBA and a
concentration in marketing and
finance.
Steven Myers is engaged to
Sara Lynn Heinzinger. They plan
to wed in August. Steven is a school
psychologist for Wall (N.J.) High
School and is an adjunct professor a
t Georgian Court University. Sara is
the research oncology coordinator
affiliated with Jersey Shore Medical
Center.
Jerry Terry is engaged to April
Vaughan, with a wedding planned
for Nov. 13. He is the owner of
Decathlon Construction.
Lisa Martin earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Michigan in
December. Her doctorate is in public
health, and her dissertation title was
“Men and Depression: Challenging
Depression Criteria.” After
graduation, Lisa became a research
consultant for the University of
Michigan and some private
companies. In May, she traveled to
Ghana to collect data for a research
project with the women’s studies
department and the OB/GYN
department of the medical school.
John Mohline is in his fourth year
of residency at Christiana Care Health
System in Newark, Del. He specializes
in internal and emergency medicine.
Shoshana Cohen Stopek and her
husband, Jonathan, welcomed
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