“Other” Class Notes

Wesley Martin (Col ’97 CM) and his wife, Carlene Rosado-Martin, welcomed their first child, Liliana Grace, on March 16, 2013.

Walter Calvert (Com ’83 CM) has been named the “Baltimore Tax Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2013 by the Best Lawyers in America. He has been selected for inclusion in the tax law category of this publication annually since 2007. Mr. Calvert is a partner in the tax and wealth planning group of the Venable firm in its Baltimore and Washington, D.C., offices. He regularly advises clients about tax planning and controversies, state and local taxation and public finance.

Rory Francisco (Col ’07 CM) is the president and founder of Virginia AirLink, a licensed transportation provider that serves Richmond International Airport and offers discounted door-to-door airport transportation in the Richmond area. Mr. Francisco lives in Richmond.

Jacquelyn Humphreys (Com ’04 CM) and Adam Humphreys (Col ’04) welcomed a daughter, Emily Adele, on March 7, 2013. Emily joins big brother Caleb, 2. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.

Charlie Cameron (Engr ’11 CM) and Greta Slotness (Engr ’12 L/M) were married on July 28, 2012, in Orange, Va. The couple resides in New Mexico, where both Mr. and Ms. Cameron are active duty officers in the U.S. Air Force.

Preston Green (Col ’89 CM) will join the University of Connecticut faculty in the fall of 2013 as the Carla Klein Endowed Professor of Urban Education in the Neag School of Education. He will also have a joint appointment with the University of Connecticut School of Law. Previously, Mr. Green was the Batschelet Chaired Professor of Educational Administration and professor of education and law at Pennsylvania State University.

Lu Ann Maciulla McNabb (Col ’79 L/M) is president of the board of directors of Angel Fund, an initiative that works to create a safe environment where young people can feel respected, self-confident and tolerant of others. Angel Fund believes that young people have the power to touch the lives of others and make a difference, and it envisions a community that takes action against bullying, addiction, depression and suicide through education, activity and advocacy. The fund honors the memory of Reema Samaha, one of the 32 people killed at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.

Simeon Taft (Col ’99 CM) and his wife, Heidi, welcomed a son, George, on March 22, 2013. The family resides in Fredericksburg, Va., where Dr. Taft is a veterinarian and Ms. Taft is a nurse practitioner.

Cristina Wallace (Col ’01 CM) and William J. Wallace IV (Col ’97) welcomed their first child, William J. “Quinton” Wallace V, on July 7, 2012. The family resides in Arlington, Va.

Janice Allen (Nurs ’75 CM) is the executive chair and CEO of International Cooperating Ministries. She frequently travels the globe for work, to rural villages in Vietnam, Tanzania, China and Colombia. Ms. Allen lives in Richmond, Va., and has three grown sons.

Kenneth Davis (Grad ’75 CM) has been elected vice president for administration of the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In 2002, he retired as office director of management and systems support for the Defense National Stockpile Center, a branch of the Defense Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. That same year, Mr. Davis retired from the U.S. Army with the rank of colonel. He has lived in Alexandria, Va., since 1974.

Kristen Campbell (Col ’98 CM) and Jim Campbell (Col ’98 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Abigail Brooks, on Dec. 15, 2012. Abigail joins big brothers Nathan, 7, and Benjamin, 4.

Michael Misantone (Col ’96) and Margaux Massie (Col ’00 L/M) were married on March 9, 2013, at St. James Catholic Church in Falls Church, Va. Nancy McElwain Snyder (Col ’00 L/M) served as the matron of honor. The couple resides in Falls Church, where Ms. Misantone is a compliance vice president at Guggenheim Investments and Mr. Misantone is an investment banker with KippsDeSanto.
 

Patrick Stanton (Law ’72) has been included in the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in America. He is the only lawyer in New Jersey to be recognized as a “Lawyer of the Year” in the management employment law category. Mr. Stanton, who has also been a fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers for 15 years, has been listed in Best Lawyers for more than 20 consecutive years. On Jan. 1, 2013, Mr. Stanton retired from the New Jersey office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart. He and his wife, Kathy, now live in Dataw Island near Beaufort, S.C.

John Ragosta (Col ’08 CM) appeared at the Virginia Festival of the Book March 21, 2013, to discuss his new book, Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America’s Creed. He also appeared at Colonial Williamsburg April 27, 2013, as part of their religion month, to discuss his first book, Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia’s Religious Dissenters Helped Win the American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty. Mr. Ragosta is currently a visiting assistant professor of history at Hamilton College in upstate New York.

Alec Solotorovsky (Col ’04, Law ’08 CM) and Alec Solotorovsky (Col ’04, Law ’08 L/M) welcomed their second child, Samuel, on Dec. 19, 2012. The family lives in Evanston, Ill.

Brigette DiNicola (Col ’97 CM) and her husband, Jack, welcomed their third child, daughter Aela Berkeley, on Nov. 30, 2012. Aela joins big brother Ryan Parke, 7, and big sister Marin Fiona Grace, 5. The family lives in Needham, Mass. Ms. DiNicola is a partner at an insurance brokerage in Boston.

Sara Selepouchin (Arch ’03) has opened a gift boutique, Occasionette, in Philadelphia. She is an artist and entrepreneur who crafts thousands of unique annotated images for her Girls Can Tell line of housewares and gifts. Her work can be found in more than 150 retail locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia, including Anthropologie and Paper Source stores. Prior to focusing full-time on Girls Can Tell and Occasionette, Ms. Selepouchin was a community manager for online handmade goods selling venue Etsy.com. She still creates all of her drawings on a drafting board, with pen and paper.

Girls Can Tell Entrepreneur Sara Selepouchin (Architecture, 2003) Opens Occasionette

Philadelphia, March 19, 2013 – Robots with grabby claws, pigs with curly tails and anatomically accurate broken hearts – these are just a few of the hundreds of original diagram illustrations produced by artist Sara Selepouchin. Since 2005, she has crafted thousands of unique annotated images for her Girls Can Tell line of house wares and useful gifts.

Now Selepouchin, whose work has been sold in Anthropologie and Paper Source stores, has opened a new gift boutique of her own called Occasionette. Located at 1825 East Passyunk Avenue, it offers a place in South Philadelphia to shop for house wares and gifts, including tea towels, coasters, jewelry, cards, art prints, note cards, party decorations, barware, handmade toys, candles and more.

“This is a great move for the business,” said Selepouchin. “I have three times the space of my old workshop, in one of the city’s fastest growing districts. Occasionette will be open for shopping in the front while Girls Can Tell will operate and ship from the back.”

Occasionette will celebrate with an open house and grand opening party during VisitEastPassyunk’s Second Saturday on April 13 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Selepouchin’s works are heavily influenced by her training in architecture and mechanical drawing. While employed at an architectural firm, she began to create original diagram designs as gifts for friends and family, who encouraged her to start selling her work. After a stint as a community manager for online handmade selling venue Etsy.com, she made the leap from employee to entrepreneur, working full time on the Girls Can Tell line.

Today, her work can be found in over 150 retail locations across the United States, as well as in Canada, Mexico and Australia. They are also available on modcloth.com, amazon.com, anthropologie.com, select Hallmark stores, select Paper Source stores and uncommongoods.com.

Even with all of this success, Selepouchin still produces her illustrations lovingly by hand, making her drawings the old fashioned way – on a drafting board, with pen and paper.

“I am very excited to have a dedicated shop to sell my work, and to introduce the neighborhood to other great gift lines that I have discovered in her years of attending trade shows and working in the retail industry.”

Occasionette will carry the entire line of Girls Can Tell decorative and practical house wares, prints, towels and gifts for shoppers, along with great products for homes, dining, entertaining, birthdays, weddings and other special events, as well as interiors, housewarming parties and more. All items featuring the original diagram illustrations of architect turned entrepreneur Sara Selepouchin are eco-friendly and responsibly sourced. For more information, please visit www.occasionette.com. To find a complete list of retailers and that carry the Girls Can Tell line, please visit www.girlscantell.com.

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Jennifer Krempasky (Col ’06 CM) and her husband, Richard, welcomed their first child, Sophia Marie, on Dec. 29, 2012. The family resides in Centreville, Va.

Sean Dell’Orto (Com ’96 L/M) and Jennifer Burns Dell’Orto (Engr ’96 L/M) welcomed a son, Jack Burns Dell’Orto, on September 8, 2012. Jack joins big sisters, Sydney Katherine, 3, and Peyton Michelle, 1 1/2. The family resides in Reston, Va.

Jamee Martocci (Arch ’01) and her husband, Paul, welcomed their first child, Joseph Allan, on Jan. 7, 2013. The family resides in Virginia Beach.

Justin Bagby (Engr ’01 CM) and his wife, Molly, welcomed a son, Cullen Craig, on Feb. 26, 2013. Cullen joins big sister Keely Kathleen, 2. The family resides in Durham, N.C.

Andrew Sugermeyer (Engr ’98 CM) and his wife, Evelyn, welcomed their second child, Michael James, in July 2012. The family currently resides in Alexandria, Va.

Fillmer Hevener (Educ ’73) has founded a Christian church that is educating children, youth and adults in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Congo, India and the Philippines. Mr. Hevener taught at Longwood University for 25 years before retiring.

Jason Steinbaum (Col ’88 CM) is Democratic staff director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives. He and his wife, Miriam Kleiman, have two children and live in McLean, Va.

Birth announcement:
LCDR David J. Wilson, Jr., United States Navy and Susan Irene Wilson announce the birth of Eden Grace Wilson on March 1, 2013 along with proud big brother Benjamin David Wilson, 2.

Solomon Eskinazi (Com ’05 CM) and Olga Sherman (Col ’08) were married on Sept. 2, 2012, at the Hermitage Country Club in Richmond, Va. The wedding party included Rodrigo Lopez (Engr ’06), Anand Kanoria (Com ’06), Ryan McKenzie (Engr ’06), Sara O’Brien (Col ’08), Lindsay Koenig (Col ’09, Educ ’09), Rachel Sonenthal (Educ ’08), Tatyana Sherman (Col ’12) and Michelle Akerman (Com ’14 L/M). The couple resides in Philadelphia, where Mr. Eskinazi is completing a joint JD/MBA degree at the University of Pennsylvania and Ms. Eskinazi runs her own marketing consulting business. They plan to move to New York City in the fall.

Kelly Schultz (Educ ’01) and her husband, David, welcomed twin daughters, Maeve O’Leary and Emily O’Leary, on July 11, 2012. Maeve and Emily join a big brother, Liam. The Schultzes live in Newton, Mass.

James Riley Sagar (Col ’03) and Kristen Patton Sagar (Col ’02/Grad ’03) welcomed their second daughter, Charlotte Lee, on July 16, 2012. Charlotte joins big sister Elizabeth Anne (“Ella”), 3. The Sagars live in Savannah, Georgia, where Dr. Sagar is a radiology resident at Memorial Hospital and Mrs. Sagar works as an attorney/telecommuter while staying at home with their daughters.

Corbin Campbell (Col ’03) received a doctorate in educational policy from the higher education program at the University of Maryland in May 2012. She is now a tenure-track professor of higher education at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City.

David Christiansen (Col ’90 CM) is the chief credit officer of National Cooperative Bank and a member of the bank’s executive management team. He is responsible for setting loan policy, managing the credit and loan closing departments and providing credit oversight to all areas of NCB. Additionally, he handles the management of all credit concentrations and regulatory audit requirements. Prior to his role at NCB, Mr. Christiansen worked as a director at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in New York City and as a vice president at JP Morgan Chase, also in New York. Mr. Christiansen previously worked at NCB from 1998 to 2000 as an assistant vice president responsible for national business development and credit management for NCB’s commercial real estate portfolio.

Scott Barton (Grad ’12) is an assistant professor of music in the department of humanities and art at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass. He is a composer, musician, producer, programmer and instrument builder who conducts research in music technology and perception. His research interests include electroacoustic composition, music cognition and auditory perception, musical robotics and artificial musical intelligence.

Kevin Martin (Com ’10, Com ’11) married Sarah Tacoronte on Aug. 6, 2011, in Chesapeake, Va. The couple resides in Northern Virginia, where Mr. Martin works as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Paul Keller (Arch ’09) received a Master of Architecture degree from the Ohio State University in June 2012. He now works for the architecture firm of Tymoff & Moss in Norfolk, Va.

Susan Komoroske (Col ’04 CM) and Peter Sheeran (Com ’04 L/M) were married on Sept. 29, 2012, in Charlottesville. The couple resides in New York City, where Ms. Sheeran is a senior conference planner at RBC Capital Markets and Mr. Sheeran is a partner at Cannae Advisors, a subadvisor to Paloma Partners.

Amanda Singleton Damweber (Engr ’04) welcomed their first son, Emmett, on Oct. 24, 2012.

Stefanie Vuori (Col ’03 L/M) were married on Oct. 20, 2012, in Scottsville, Va. Ms. Vuori works for the Carlyle Group and Mr. Massony is an attorney with Crowell & Moring. The couple resides in Arlington, Va.

Michele Shea Mulloy (Col ’03) welcomed their first child, Robert Patrick, on Oct. 5, 2012. The family resides in Seattle.

Kate Leonard (Com ’03 CM) married Michael Lane Fordyce Jr. on Oct. 6, 2012, at Castle Hill Cider in Keswick, Va. Ms. Fordyce is an attorney for the Social Security Administration in Charlottesville and Mr. Fordyce is a deputy sheriff in Culpeper County, Va. The couple and Mr. Fordyce’s daughter, Haylynn, 11, reside in Madison County, Va.

Andrew Abela (Darden ’03) has been appointed dean of the newly created School of Business and Economics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Mr. Abela is an expert on the integrity of the marketing process, including marketing ethics, Catholic social doctrine and internal communications. He has written two books, published articles in several academic journals and is co-editor of A Catechism for Business: Tough Ethical Questions and Insights from Catholic Teaching, forthcoming from Catholic University of America Press.