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TONY CORDI is writing a book on his heritage focusing on events in Ireland and Italy that prompted his ancestors to leave their homes for the U.S. JEFF KAHN is an actor and writer. His book You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up begins with a remembrance of an AA 1980 class trip to see Zeffirelli’s version of “Romeo and Juliet” – http://www.amazon.com/You- Say-Tomato-Shut-Up/ dp/030746377X and http://www.imdb.com /name/nm0434854/. JIM FORNI does great things with video – http://www.octanerichmedia.com/. CORD REYNOLDS writes commentary. Ask to be on his mailing list. The latest incarnation of the movie in which he acts is at http://www.killpecker.com/ origins.html. I write this. Who did I miss? Jenean Taranto-Watson 74 Bittersweet Lane Slingerlands, NY 12159 jtara@albanylaw.edu 1981 Kimmey Janco 19 Ash Grove Lane Selkirk, NY 12158 kimmeyjanco@yahoo.com Anne Olcott 187 West Rock Avenue New Haven, CT 06515 Aeo2007@comcast.net 1982 George D. Mahoney 3058 New Williamsburg Dr. Schenectady, NY 12303 GeorgeM@janitronicsinc.com AA’82: VINCENT ZANDRI'S new noir thriller, Moonlight Falls (RJBuckley) is out in trade paperback and Kindle. It’s been getting some movie attention from the likes of Heyday Films (Yes Man, The Harry Potter series). Vince has embarked on both a traditional and virtual tour. Pre-publication news of the novel has recently been featured in the ITW's The Big Thrill, American Chronicle, News Blaze, Book Marketing Buzz, the Times Union and more. For more information about Moonlight Falls and other Zandri novels, visit www.vincentzandri.com. 1983 Jerald P. Casey 96 Connolly Road Ballston Lake, NY 12019-1904 jcasey@adktapes.com Christine Standish 42 Turner Lane Loudonville, NY 12211 Christine.Standish@albint.com 1984 Michael C. Obel-Omia 37190 Fairmount Boulevard Hunting Valley, OH 44022 mobelomia@us.edu Laura Staunton Mueser 6211 4th Avenue NW Seattle, WA 98107 lauramueser@msn.com 1985 Kirk W. Harbinger 16 Patriot Circle Clifton Park, NY 12065 kirkharbinger@hotmail.com Sarah Carswell Heffernan 156 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, MA 02125 sarahheffernan@comcast.net Michele Samal Kinnon Mexico michelekinnon@gmail.com 1986 Todd Hoffman 700 Route 22 Pawling, NY 12564 Thoffman@trinitypawling.org AA’86: ASHWIN KOCHIYIL PHILIPS writes, “After graduating from the Academy, my family moved to the Poughkeepsie area while I attended RPI. After that, I did consulting work for various companies until 1996 as a software developer. In this capacity, I moved to the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1990s and in 1997 received funding to start a company called Imagilab Holdings – basically an idea/start-up factory. One of the spin-offs from ImagiLab was Lydstrom, a venture capital-backed start-up that developed the first mp3 home stereo component in 1997. After opening a branch in Boston, I lived both there and in Washington, D.C. from 1999 to 2001. Sadly, my family lost my sister, Sneha (some of you may remember her), in the 9/11 attack in New York City. This prompted a move home to be with my family for a year and then to Miami in 2003. I am involved with three companies right now: I’m the CTO and co-founder of Event Technologies, an RFID access control and universal rewards program for concerts, sporting events, restaurants, and bars based in New York City (http://concertpass.net); I am a partner and CTO in Paradise Is Mine LLC, a real estate marketing & technology company currently pre-developing an island in the Bahamas called Rum Cay (http://paradiseismine.com); and I founded a company in Miami called South Beach Geeks (http://southbeachgeeks.com). 1987 G. Todd D’Alleva 27 Cayuga Court Averill Park, NY 12018 gtdcompaq@yahoo.com Tony Loupessis, John Hayes, Todd D’Alleva, Peter Kim & Marcus Pryor traveled to Catskill, NY for their classmate William H. Hobbs’ funeral 1988 J.R. Clearfield 165 Rupertus Dr San Clemente, CA 92672 clearfieldjk@yahoo.com AA’88: KIM ’87 and I are doing well in Southern California – I was blessed with the privilege of taking command of 1st Battalion 4th Marines in May 2009 and spent the next year preparing to deploy in May 2010 with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (as pictured above). It is much less stressful than being a 1st Lieutenant in Delta Company under the tyranny of then Captain JEFF HARNETT. Jokes aside, I am in receipt of lots of good updates from the Class of 1988. JOHN SCICCHITANO writes, “My wife, Florence, and I have had our first daughter, Faith, who turns a year old soon. We live in Washington, D.C., having returned a couple of years ago after spending the previous 12 years in Africa. I work for the U.S. Agency for International Development on global hunger.” John returned to speak at the Academies in January as part of the 2009-2010 Alumni/ae Speaker Series. RAY DEMARCO writes that he resides in Albany with his wife PAIGE ’84 and their 6-yearold son, Nicholas ’22, who finished his kindergarten year at the Academy. In addition to being the principal owner of Pro Tech ALS, a lawn sprinkler company serving the Northeast, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont, he coaches hockey at the Academy on Sundays for children ages 2-14. RICH COLUCCIELLO writes from Schenectady that his wife and he our proud parents of two boys: Seth is 7 1/2 and Brett is 6, and that “I’ve been at G.E. for 12 years and work as a Finance Manager in our Renewable Energy (Wind and Solar) business after serving 12 years in the U.S. Army.” JEFF DETESO writes that; “My family and I are doing well. We are still living in Connecticut where my wife is a 3rd grade teacher and I’m a school psychologist. My son just turned 11 (5th grade) and is at the end of the travel hockey season.” MARK CARIOTO writes from Connecticut that, “We have three children: a girl, Arianna, who is 5, and two boys, David who is 2, and Gabriel, who was just born in November. This is my 14th year at IBM where I am a sales executive. My wife is a financial manager at Pepsi. CHRIS CUOMO writes that, “My wife just gave birth to our third child. Carolina joins Isabella and Mario.” JIM PARKS writes, “I have no significant updates.” LUKE MCGRATH, Esquire writes that he continues to excel at the firm of Bickel & Brewer and that his girls, Leah (4) and Valentina Coco (almost 2) are his pride and joy. ROHN MCNULTY writes, “My wife, Sharon, and I live in East Boston with our daughter, Alden (born just a few weeks before our 20th reunion) and our retired racing greyhound (10 years old). My wife and I have both been working as architects in Boston for the past 10 years after getting our Master’s degree in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis.” 26 The Albany Academies Magazine
SEAN COUCH sent me an update from North Carolina where he is doing very well. Unfortunately, I misplaced it. No worries Stein/Jeff – I gave myself 10 demerits. 1989 William J. Belleville 155 West 70th Street, PH3B New York, NY 10023 bill.belleville@credit-suisse.com Jeffrey M. Berman 8 Crosby Avenue Beverly, MA 01915 jberman18@yahoo.com Sarah McLaughlin 80 King Street Swampscott, MA 01907 sarahmclaughlin@verizon.net AAG’89: After four days of competition from February 4-7 in Park City, UT, ELYSE WILSON TANNER was named to the 2010 USSA Masters Western Region Team for alpine ski racing. 1990 Jasan M. Ward 248 Lark Street Apartment 2 Albany, NY 12210 jasanjaywilly@aol.com 1991 Joseph Bonavita 302 Audubon Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70125 jbonavita@hotmail.com Andrew Safranko 40 Marquis Drive Slingerlands, NY 12159 asafrank@nycap.rr.com AA’91: MARC EINHORN, a freelance writer, lives in San Francisco, CA and is currently the Class of ’91’s only Emmy Award winner. Cristy and JEFF CAMPBELL welcomed twin daughters, Molly Catherine and Madeline Francis, on May 29, 2009. The two join older brother JJ (4 years old) in Cohasset, MA, just outside Boston, MA. Jeff noted that “they start cooing every time they cross the Hudson River. Very well could be future Academy girls.” ASHWIN PUROHIT is still a Principle Systems Engineer at Axcelis Technologies, living in Gloucester, MA with Amy Michaels and their three cats and one dog. JEREMY BARLOW is owner and head chef of tayst (www.taystrestaurant.com), a restaurant and wine bar located in Nashville, TN that uses only locally produced meat, fish, dairy, fruits and vegetables. The restaurant, which opened in February 2004, is also the first and only “green certified” restaurant in Nashville, which means that the Green Restaurant Association has assessed the environmental impact of the restaurant based on seven categories and awarded it three out of four stars. Jeremy was also selected as the winner of the 2009 Iron Fork competition in Nashville, and in 2008 tayst was selected as Best Restaurant by Nashville Lifestyles magazine. Katherine Buchan Gates 101 Spring Street Arlington, MA 02476 Katbuch_2000@yahoo.com 1992 Duncan P. McCaskill 1200 Braddock Place, Apt. 102 Alexandria, VA 22314 dpmccaskill@aol.com 1993 William R. Samuels 600 Ortiz Avenue #403 Sand City, CA 93955 bill@thesamuels.net AA’93: MATTHEW SMALLS has been appointed Special Investigative Counsel of the New York State Senate. In this position, he investigates fraud, waste, abuse, harassment and corruption in the Senate. Until recently, Matthew lived in New York City, where he was an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He was also in private practice in New York City, and was recently featured on the show “Snapped” on the Oxygen Network for his defense of a young woman who strangled her wealthy husband. Matthew and his wife, Samantha, now reside in Latham. LUKE LAZZARI writes, “After completing a master’s Program at the Naval Postgraduate School and a yearlong Russian language course at the Defense Language Institute, I was recently assigned to Commander Naval Forces Europe in Naples, Italy. I serve as the Russia and Ukraine Desk Officer.” JAMES CARPINELLO earned accolades in a Sunday New York Times Theatre review in January for his role as Stacee Jaxx in “Rock of Ages,” an arena rock-musical. Here is an excerpt: “Carpinello is resplendently funny as the arrogant, bleachbrained lead singer of the metal band… This is Mr. Carpinello’s third Broadway show. The others: “Xanadu” and “Saturday Night Fever.” The actor clearly does not regard this as cause for shame. “All jukebox. All the time,” as he puts it. Rock on, Mr. Carpinello.” Jennifer Riitano Levy 608 West Ghents Road Schenectady, NY 12306 jriitano1@nycap.rr.com AAG’93: NICOLE CROWTHER MILLER writes, “Sam and I have lived in Needham, MA for 10 years. In September, our older son, Lance, will start kindergarten. Our younger son, Justin, will turn 3 in June. When not chasing after the boys or hosting gatherings for loved ones, I can be found under mountains of clean laundry, behind a vacuum cleaner or at the gym. My life is full and crazy, and I wouldn’t have it any other way! I would love to hear from fellow Academies alumni/ae!” JENNIFER RIITANO LEVY writes, “I am currently working for a sporting goods company, Brine, as the National Sales Manager for Women’s Sports. KEVIN LEVEILLE ’99 also works for the same company as a sales representative for both the Brine and Warrior brands and has recently taken over the Upstate New York territory. Other AAG grads that I get to work with on a consistent basis are ASHLEY GERSUK ’01 and her efforts with her company womenslax.com and JESSICA DEROSA DAVOS ’98 as an assistant lacrosse coach at Harvard.” 1994 Mark J. Bonavita 223 Executive Drive Guilderland, NY 12084 mjbonavita@yahoo.com Cypriana McCray 13667 Legacy Circle Apt M Herndon, VA 20171-4757 cypriana.mccray@gmail.com 1995 Kate Riitano McLaughlin 5240 Baltimore Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816 Kmclaughlin@meltzer.com 1996 Alexis Casano-Antonellis 285 Garfield Place # Garden Brooklyn, NY 11215-2351 1997 Robert M. Witt 473 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203 martywitt@gmail.com Lynne Hutter Kimball 225 Kenwood Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 lhutter@cpclaw.net AAG’97: LYNNE HUTTER KIMBALL married her husband, Micah, in February. Pictured at her wedding are: front row (L to R) Catherine Tomson Spring/Summer 2010 27
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