Spring 2013 - University Honors College - University at Buffalo

Alumni UpdatesWhat they’re doing now…Lindsay (Pratt) QuintiloneAfter five years in the Livingston CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office, Lindsay joinedthe small Geneseo, NY firm of Cannon &Van Allen as a general litigation attorney.2005Ruth KleinmanRuth is engaged to Steven Morris and theycurrently live in Manhattan, NY.Adam SokolowAdam is an ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow atthe Army Research Lab.Amy VankIRkAmy received her MFA in Dance from theUniversity of Arizona and currently lives inTucson, AZ.2006Mary SchmidMary was recently hired as the HighSchool Connections Coordinator atFayetteville Technical Community Collegein Fayetteville, NC. She oversees the localbranch of the North Carolina Career andCollege Promise initiative that allows highschool students to take college coursestuition-free.2008Alexander KesslerAlexander graduated from UB MedicalSchool and is currently at the University ofRochester Medical Center for his residency.Lauren O’sHEa-HaugeLauren is living in Washington and ismarried to Adam Hauge from Montana.2009Christopher HowardChristopher is currently playing the role of“Older Billy” on The US National Tour of“Billy Elliot.”Christina LoganChristina is an associate at Fenster &Lewis, LLC.Catherine nICasTROCatherine is currently working as a Latinteacher at East Aurora High School in EastAurora, NY.Nicole TriesteNicole is a graphic designer at Butler/Till,a media and communications agency inRochester, NY.2010Elliott KellerSince graduation, Elliott been working asa dance performer with Celebrity Cruises,Mike Moloney Entertainment Companyin Las Vegas, and Busch Gardens Europein Virginia. He is also a teacher andchoreographer.Kinsey (Davidson) O’BRIEnKinsey is in her third year at UB LawSchool, where she is a member of theBuffalo Law Review and the winner of the2012 Desmond Moot Court Competition.After graduation (and passing the barexam), she will be joining Hurwitz & Fine,P.C. as an associate attorney.Mark PawlowskiMark is currently at UCLA workingon his MA/Ph.D. in the Departmentof Art History in Medieval ByzantineArchaeology.Cindy SiderisCindy is currently the Production Managerat TheaterMania.com, a resource forBroadway and regional theater news,listings, and tickets.Charlotte (Bovenzi) SkiffCharlotte is a certified doula.2011Marisa HornbakerMarisa is in her second year in the MD/Ph.D. program at the University of TexasHealth Science Center-Houston/MDAnderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.Mary (Brummond) LesTERMary is currently a second year veterinarystudent at Cornell University College ofVeterinary Medicine.Mark PereiraMark is currentlyattending law schoolat Penn State.Victor SkiffVictor is a medical student at LECOM.Meredith ZintzMeredith graduated from the CounselorEducation: Community Mental HealthCounseling Program at St. BonaventureUniversity and is getting married thissummer!BirthsStephanie (PlaHITko) Annandale(1999)gave birth to her second son, HudsonAndrew, on his big brother Hunter’s 3rdbirthday, September 24, 2012Jess (Cavano)Gestwicki (2000)and her husbandwelcomed their thirdson, Peter Francis,born October 4, 2012.Kelly(McLaughlin)Becker (2002)and her husband Justin welcomed theirfirst child, Charles Leo on June 29, 2012.Sara (CenTER) gUTMann (2003) andTurner gUTMann (2003)had their first child, Henry, on May 9,2012.Kathleen (Hennessey) MCgRath(2005)and her husband Tom welcomed their firstchild, Lily Grace, on June 30, 2012.Charlotte(Bovenzi) Skiff(2010) and vICTORSkiff (2011)welcomed their firstchild, Titus Alexander,in July 2012.MarriagesAlexander Kessler (2008) maRRIEDJennifer Stabel (2008)in June 2012.Kinsey (Davidson) (2010) maRRIEDMICHael O’BRIEn, (UB 2010),on August 10, 2012 in Buffalo, NY.Mary (Brummond) (2011) maRRIEDGaRTH LesTER (UB 2011)in the summer of 2012.Attention Alumni!To update our records please logonto honors.buffalo.edu/alumni andcomplete the alumni update form.*We would also like to include aphoto of you (and/or your children)with your update! Photos can bee-mailed to Karyn St. George atkcs9@buffalo.edu.16u n i v e r s i t y a t B U F F A L o