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1935Olan Snavely writes from Toledo,

Ohio, “In 1935, our 66 students con-sisted of 24 college graduates and 42‘juniors’ with limited college time.Babson today, with its MBA programsand its undergraduate program, is a com-pletely different educational experience.One can only marvel at Babson’s progressover the intervening years. This is writtenwith congratulations for the great aca-demic progress and with regret that mytime at Babson did not have the addi-tional benefits now available. Congratu-lations, and I hope that this progress willcontinue into the future.”

1947George Yates writes that he was

inducted into the Hall of Valor of theSoldiers & Sailors Military Museum and Memorial in Pittsburgh. The memo-rial honors the men and women ofPennsylvania who served the UnitedStates during its military endeavors. Hewas awarded the Silver Star for combatseen in March 1945 on Cebu Island,Philippines. Before George retired, he was a vice president at PNC Bank. Helives in Canonsburg.

1949Join classmates at Back to Babson.

Bob Jessen writes from Meridian,Idaho, “Sold out Boise Air Service in ’05.Now wondering if we can survive fouryears of our new president and Congressand whether the FDIC will remain sol-vent until we don’t need it anymore, orshould we do the backyard coffee-candrill?” He and his wife Gene Nora plan to attend reunion in October.



Don Bolger e-mails, “Still live inPittsford, N.Y. Retired after 34 years withMobil Chemical. Our daughters’ familieshave blessed us with six grandchildren,who live in Hershey, Pa., and Vienna,Va.—close enough for family visits. Peggyand I will be married 49 years in September.The light of my life. [The late] JohnBogardus introduced us in September1958. Hope to make the 50th reunion

and hope we have a large turnout.” Larry Fitzmaurice is president and

CEO of the New England Center forHomeless Veterans (www.nechv.org) inBoston, a member of the Babson AlumniAssociation board of directors, and chair ofits audit committee. He e-mails, “StartingNov. 11, 2008, the New England Shelterfor Homeless Veterans has been known asthe New England Center for HomelessVeterans. The new name reflects the evolu-tion of the shelter into a center for thetransition of formerly homeless veteransback to the greater community as self-sufficient individuals. The center holds one fundraising event each year; the 2008Leave No One Behind Dinner raised morethan $325,000 for the center’s residents

Bruce Anderson ’74, P ’06 (second from left); Michael Goldstein (second from right),professor of finance and holder of the President’s Senior Term Chair in Finance; andJohn Johnson ’08 (far right) with his guest Timothy Hughes (far left) attended theBabson Alumni Club of Chicago gathering at the University Club of Chicago on Nov. 20, 2008. The event, hosted by overseer Jay Owen ’65, drew more than 35 Babson alumni, parents, and friends. Addressing the group, Professor Goldsteinoffered insight on the current state of the economy and markets. This was a repeatperformance for Goldstein, who visited the group in January 2007.

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and programs. To put it in perspective,that’s about 5 percent of the total budget.NECHV’s clinical caseworker intervention,Veterans Training School, and collabora-tion with area institutions of higher educa-tion provide the tools for successful jobplacement, personal feelings of self-worth,and independent housing opportunities. I look forward to seeing and catching upwith all of my ’59 classmates at our 50threunion on Oct. 2–3.”

1960Peter Sarles writes from Las Vegas,

“Still retired. I build houses with Habitatfor Humanity. My wife Elizabeth and I volunteer at the Las Vegas SpringsPreserve project. Also do a little travelingand snow skiing.”


1966Kalman Carmel writes from Beverly

Hills, Calif., “I remain close friends withFred Weber. I have been in the shippingindustry for more than 30 years.”

Bruce Donham writes, “Retired after36 years with Carpenter Co. as a seniorvice president. Live six months of the yearin Richmond, Va., and six months in EastSandwich, Mass., on Cape Cod.”


1970Mel Stiller was profiled in an article,

“Sing Us a Song: Piano Man Is KeyPlayer at Wirth’s,” in the Nov. 30, 2008,issue of Boston Sunday Herald. Mel hasbeen playing the piano and leading sing-alongs on Friday nights at Jacob WirthRestaurant in Boston for 20 years. Onweekdays, he is the president ofConsumer Credit Counseling Service ofSouthern New England.

1971David Marsden is co-owner of Boston

Tennis Court Construction Co. Inc. in

“In August 2004, I moved to Washington,D.C., as a representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation onAgriculture (www.iica.int). In October2008, I became an adviser for the assistantsecretary general of the Organization ofAmerican States (www.oas.org), the U.N.for the Western Hemisphere. At 56 yearsold, no more management for me! I enjoymy work and the honor of serving a distin-guished person. My two younger kids arewith my wife Sarah and me; my son is get-ting his BS at the University of Maryland,and my daughter is working on a master’sprogram at American University. Greatachievers. Sarah is doing well, teachingSpanish on an individual basis. Would bedelighted to hear from Babson friends at

Hanover, Mass. The company (www.bostontenniscourt.com) was named the2008 Builder/Contractor of the Year byRacquet Sports Industry magazine. Davidwas a member of the board of directors ofthe American Sports Builders Associationfrom 1996 to 2007 and was its tennis cer-tification chairman. He was president ofthe association’s tennis division and is theassociation’s immediate past chairman. Hehas been a certified tennis court buildersince 1987.


Carlos Echeverria (MBA ’76) e-mails,

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Peter Ricchiuti ’79 (left) is a finance professor, assistant dean, and director ofresearch at A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans.In 1993, he founded Burkenroad Reports, the Freeman equities research programthat targets “stocks under rocks.” He e-mails, “On Oct. 17, 2008, I traveled toOmaha with 27 Freeman School students to meet with Warren Buffett (right). Thestudents had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to interact with the Oracle of Omaha,and he had an opportunity to quiz them on Burkenroad Reports. Mr. Buffett builthis reputation by investing in companies that aren’t that well known, soBurkenroad Reports is right up his alley. I think he was impressed with the factthat we follow the same basic investment strategy he does. We’re valueinvestors, and we look for stocks that have been neglected by the market. Thestudents follow more than 40 companies in six states and produce in-depthinvestment research reports. Mr. Buffett is holding a personalized baseball bat wecustomized for him. The motto of the Burkenroad Reports program is ‘WallStreet’s Farm Team,’ and we have always used baseball themes. Oddly enough,we get the bats from my old Babson roommate, John Scheib ’80. John doessome work with a company that makes bats near his home in upstate New York.The bats are real maple major league bats, customized for corporate gifts. Mr.Buffett owns a minor league baseball team and loved the bat.” Ricchiuti plans toattend Reunion ’09 on Oct. 2–3 and will be one of its keynote speakers onSaturday. His talk is called, “Market Signals: What the Financial Markets AreTelling Us Now.”

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[email protected].” Phyllis Speen e-mailed in January,

“After a long career journey, I landed at a great company. I joined NationalReprographics Inc. in fall 2008 as anaccount executive. NRI’s specialty is digi-tal print for small and large format, espe-cially for presentation graphics. We servethe architect, engineering, and construc-tion arena. However, my job is businessdevelopment in other markets. My son isa sophomore at Queens University in golfmanagement. My daughter is a seniorand hopes to go to college for interior

design. Now awaiting acceptances!”

1975Dave Ratner is the owner of Dave’s

Soda & Pet City (www.davessodaandpetcity.com), a four-store business in the greater Springfield, Mass., area. OnFeb. 4, he testified on behalf of theNational Retail Federation at a hearing,“Health-care Reform in a StrugglingEconomy: What’s on the Horizon forSmall Business,” in the House Small

Business Committee in Washington, D.C.Dave e-mails, “I testified on health-carereform and what employer mandatescould do to small business’ ability to addor maintain jobs. For many businesses,employer mandates lead to fewer workersor lesser coverage or both. These deci-sions are painfully real for employers whoare already running into crushing conun-drums because of the current recession.My testimony is on YouTube. I thought if my classmates saw where I was andwhat I did, they would: A. think the mag-azine took a large bribe to print my news;B. think I was on parole; or C. have ahuge laugh and know we are all in deeptrouble now. For more information, con-tact me at [email protected].”

1977Steve Barber was featured in an arti-

cle, “CEO Retiring at Portland’s BarberFoods,” in the Feb. 9 issue of Portland[Maine] Press Herald. Barber Foods(www.barberfoods.com) sells frozen pre-pared poultry to retailers and club stores.Steve retired after 31 years with his fam-ily’s company. He became president in1985 and CEO in 1990. He will remainan owner and trustee with his siblings.His brother David ’81 is vice president.

Gary Burke e-mailed in February, “Iwas elected president of Union Labor LifeInsurance Co. in Washington, D.C., onJan. 1. I’m responsible for operations andstrategy for the group life, stop loss,direct marketing, and individual life linesof business. We have a staff of 85 employ-ees, and we work exclusively with unions,both internationals and local affiliates, aswell as union health and welfare plans.Kim and I will relocate to theWashington, D.C., area in late May. Myson Jonathan graduated from IthacaCollege in May 2008. Also, my firstgrandchild and the first child for my son

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Contact Michelle Kovach, director of gift planning, at 781-239-5326 or [email protected].

“Through the scholarship, I hope to help Babson students achieve an outstandingentrepreneurial education, while preparing to make their marks in the businessworld. The annuity assists Babson by providing future revenues for the Collegeand, at the same time, guarantees annual fixed income to me.

“Please consider making a gift to Babson through anannuity or another planned gift. It will give you a warm feeling of doing the right thing for yourself, for Babson, and for its students.”–William (Bill) H. Cruickshank Jr. ’49, H’99

William (Bill) H. Cruickshank Jr. ’49, H’99, of Wellesley, Massachusetts,helped establish the Class of ’49 Scholarship, and funds a personal Charitable Gift Annuity (CGA).

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Peter McNally ’80 (right), principal and owner of McNallyMarketing Consulting, welcomed a group of Babson alumniand friends to an event in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome on Nov. 9,2008. Joe Weintraub (left), professor of management andholder of the Charles Barton ’49, H ’89, Term Chair, introducedArthur Blank ’63, H ’98 (center), owner of the AtlantaFalcons and host of the event. He spoke about the team andsome of the tough decisions that the organization has made.More than 40 alumni, family, and friends attended the luncheon and football game, at which the Falcons defeatedthe New Orleans Saints.

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Christopher, Skyler Christian MariaBurke, was born on April 22, 2008.Skyler and her parents are doing well.They have moved from Charlotte, N.C.,to Greenbelt, Md.”


George Coclin e-mails, “Hello Class of ’79. It has been 30 years. I haven’taged, and I know you haven’t, so let’s gettogether and have some good old Babsonfun—with high fiber added this time. Thedates for reunion are Oct. 2–3. Put it onyour calendar; I have. My wife Maria andkids Constantine, 7, and Anastasia, 6, arelooking forward to the festivities. Send us your reunion ideas and update us onyour life.” George’s e-mail address [email protected].

Michael Connors has been namedCFO at Cape Cod Healthcare in Hyannis,Mass. A CPA, he is the second CFO inthe 10-year-old system that operates CapeCod Hospital, Falmouth Hospital, andthe Visiting Nurses Association of CapeCod. Previously, he was CFO at SignatureHealthcare, based in Brockton.

Wendy and Phil Lotz were featured in an article, “Something for Everyone:Top-Notch Racing and Fun in the Sun,”posted on Nautica.it on Feb. 18. TheLotzes had planned a family getaway tothe Caribbean to sail in the March 2009St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. They owna Club Swan 42, Arethusa.

Rob Lutts is president, CIO, andowner of Cabot Money Management Inc.(www.ecabot.com) in Salem, Mass. Hewrites, “I visited Bruce Freedman inSuffield, Conn. He runs a telephonewholesale business that is ‘one of a kind.’Bruce and I were fraternity brothers inDelta Sigma Pi. We had great fun atBabson and continue to talk about ourwonderful Babson years.”

Patrick Poleto has been named chiefof staff in New York State Senator RoyMcDonald’s office. The senator representsthe 43rd Senate District, which coverstwo counties—most of Saratoga and all ofRensselaer. Patrick is also a four-termmember of the Brunswick town board.

John Prescott is a vice president atCentury 21 Commonwealth in Wellesley.He e-mails, “For the past 15 years, I’vebeen enjoying my ‘second career’ in realestate (www.johnprescott.net), and it’salive and well in Metrowest Boston! It’s acomplex time, full of many challenges, sothere’s never a dull moment. I’ve been

delighted to work with so many membersof the Babson community. I’m proud tosay my daughter Jacie Prescott Coleman’02 followed in her dad’s footsteps and issenior strategic marketing analyst at PulteHomes in Phoenix. My wife Gail TullyPrescott ’80 and I enjoy dividing ourtime between our homes in Arizona andBoston. As a blogger—John Prescott’sThe MetWest Scene—I’ve been engagedin the Babson Loves Tina Fey campaign[video on YouTube] and am enjoyingevery minute. Pure marketing genius onthe part of Babson!”

Rick Renwick writes, “I enjoy servingas a trustee of the College. I’m lookingforward to catching up with members ofthe Class of ’79 at reunion. Spread theword!”

1980Robert Blumenfeld has joined

Buccino & Associates Inc. and is based in

the financial consulting firm’s New Yorkoffice. Previously, he was senior vice presi-dent for Bryant Park Capital and manag-ing director of Bryant Park CapitalValuation Services.

1981Robin Neal e-mails, “My husband

Greg Neal ’86 and I are partners in SafariVentures (www.safariventures.com), atravel company based in Tampa, Fla.Founded in 2002, Safari Ventures operatestours in Africa and India and has been recognized by National GeographicAdventure magazine as a Best AdventureTravel Company on Earth for 2009. Ourcompany made travel arrangements for agroup of Babson MBA students who vis-ited Tanzania in January. The course,Business and Poverty in Sub-SaharanAfrica, introduced students to what itmeans to do business in Tanzania fromthe perspective of social entrepreneurs,

Willy Lin ’81, P ’10 (front, second from left), is the chairman of the newly formedAlumni Club of Greater China and a member of the Babson Board of Overseers. He e-mails, “The first advisory board meeting of the Alumni Club of Greater China washeld in December 2008. There were 17 people at the event. We were grateful thatBob Eng (front, far right), associate professor of marketing, flew in to attend themeeting. Despite the current global environment, we are positive that the Babsonbrand is in great demand, and that we can make it more well known throughoutAsia. The club office is in Shanghai; please visit us if you’re in the area.” Babsonalumni and friends at the meeting were (back, left to right) Rong Zhou, MBA ’01;Scott Zheng, MBA ’00; Jie Zhang, MBA ’05; overseer Fred Kiang ’70, MBA ’75;Warren Shen, MBA ’01; Vincent Kobler ’99; Feng Bai ’93; Hugues Hung ’01;alumni club secretary Adam Zhong; overseer Sanjeev Khemlani ’94; Gordon Chang’81; (front) Polly Sun, past visiting scholar at Babson; Lin; Angela Hung ’99; JamesHung, MBA ’71 (Angela and Hugues’ father); Chen Chen, MBA ’07; and Eng.Andrew Lo ’83, MBA ’84, and Clarence Yeung, MBA ’85, were unable to attendthe meeting.

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domestic firms, and multinationals.Students met with political, business, aca-demic, and community leaders. Visitsincluded microfinance institutions; gov-ernment agencies; NGO-led initiatives,

such as a milk-processing facility and alocal radio station; social entrepreneurialventures; the University of Dar es SalaamEntrepreneurship Center; the Dar esSalaam Stock Exchange; and established

firms. Students met Daudi Mwakawago,former Tanzanian ambassador to theU.N., and Mark Green, the U.S. ambas-sador to Tanzania. However, not all wasacademic. The group went on a safari inTarangire National Park in the northernpart of the country.” Miguel Rivera, assis-tant professor of management, andMarilyn Snyder, MBA ’80, P ’93, deputydirector of the William F. Glavin Centerfor Global Management at BabsonCollege, traveled with the group.

James Craycroft has been appointedmanaging partner of the Sacramento,Calif., office of KPMG LLP. He is respon-sible for the strategic direction and growthof the 115-member office that servesclients across the San Joaquin Valley.

1982Kevin Meyer has been elected to

the board of directors of Grace CottageHospital in Townshend, Vt. He is thepresident of Mary Meyer Corp., also inTownshend. Mary Meyer, a family busi-ness that his grandmother started in1933, manufactures stuffed animals. He became president of the company in 1986.

1983Rick Peterson has been named head

men’s lacrosse coach at UMass Boston.Previously, he was the head lacrosse coachat Marshfield High School and led theteam to a combined 31-10 record in the


Rick Loewenstein ’82 has been elected to the Detroit Men’s Senior Baseball LeagueHall of Fame. A catcher with the 35+ Dodgers, Loewenstein is second in Detroit MSBLhistory with a career batting average of .544. In the 2008 season, he batted .533 withone home run and amassed 16 runs batted in, six stolen bases, eight doubles, onetriple, and four walks. He has been valuable on the mound, compiling a career 19-8record with eight saves, 106 strikeouts against 39 walks, and a 3.72 earned run aver-age. He says, “The competition in the league is excellent, but most importantly, itallows me the opportunity to continue playing the game I love with a group of out-standing guys.” At Babson, he batted .431 during the 1982 season, the fourth highestin school history, and hit five triples in 1981, the third highest all time in a season. Healso owns the school’s second highest career batting average at .374 and is tied forfourth all-time in triples with eight. He was a three-time team captain and was teamMVP in 1982. He is CEO at JARC in Farmington Hills, a nonprofit agency dedicated toenabling people with disabilities to live full, dignified lives in the community, and toproviding support and advocacy for their families.

Ken Romanzi ’82, chair of the Babson Boardof Overseers, e-mails, “Members of the 1980sBabson Rugby Club celebrated their 16th consecutive annual ski trip, dubbed ‘Charlie’sWeekend’ in honor of the late CharlieHarrington ’83, on Feb. 1–7 in Vail, Colo.Pictured are (standing, left to right) myself,Bob Brady ’83, Mike Vazza ’83, GregFontana ’84, John Lawler ’84, MBA ’89,Dave Levy ’83, Bob Wahlert ’84, RickBruno ’83 (lacrosse); (kneeling) PaulKageleiry ’85, Dave Mackay ’83, MarkSampson ’84, and Ken Jasper ’82. Frequentattendees unable to make this year’s tripincluded Steve Libbey, Steve Ashekian, JoeKerwin, Bill Farmakis, and Bill Anderson,all ’83; and Nick Hathaway ’84.”

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Fabi Arevalo ’00 e-mails, “Benjamin Levering and I were married on Nov. 29, 2008, inthe colonial city of Antigua in Guatemala. Family and friends from around the worldwere there, including Chris DiSotto ’00, Maria (Diaz) Genovese, MBA ’04, Lola Norman-Salako ’99, Winston Chou ’99, and Joyce Ma ’00. I work in the global operations financegroup of W.R. Grace in Cambridge, Mass., and Ben works for the Department ofHomeland Security in Boston. We live in North Quincy.”

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Mark Helman, MBA ’97, e-mails, “Margie Kahnand I became husband and wife on Sept. 19, 2008,in Newport, R.I. We took our vows on a beautifulday near the water. Friends and family from nearand far celebrated with us. Margie is an occupa-tional therapist at Massachusetts General Hospitalin Boston, and I run business operations atSiemasko + Verbridge, a design firm in Beverly,where we live.”

Lindsay King ’99 e-mails, “Blair Wallin and I weremarried on Cinco de Mayo, 2007, in Boston. Wehad a beautiful wedding followed by an eventfultwo years. After five years of training, I wasapproved as an owner/operator of McDonald’sfranchises in September 2008. I am in the processof purchasing my first location in Saugus. I gavebirth to our first daughter, Campbell Mae Wallin,on Oct. 3, 2008. We live in Melrose.”



Kerri Fleming ’01 and Adam Koncius ’00 were married on May 3, 2008, in Beverly, Mass.Kerri e-mails, “There were 25 Babson alumni at the wedding, including maid of honorChristine Hogan ’01, bridesmaid Deanna Ryder Shelley ’01, and groomsmen JeffreyDelPapa, Yan Katz, and Joshua Kepnes, all ’00. Adam and I honeymooned on the MayanRiviera, and we live in Boston.”

Kerry Breen ’00 was married to BrianCapodilupo on Oct. 25, 2008, in West Roxbury,Mass., where they live. Kerry e-mails, “Babsonfriends at the wedding included bridesmaidMelissa Benson ’00, Jennifer (Titus) Johnson ’01,Timothy Greene ’01, Stephen McCabe ’01, andBeth (Allen) McCabe ’00. I am an investment support analyst at MFS Investment Management.”

Jessica Barry ’03 e-mails, “Joshua Reed and I were married on June 14, 2008, in YorkHarbor, Maine. Twenty alumni were at the wedding, including bridesmaids (front, left to right) Tricia Robichaud, MBA candidate; Melissa Graul; Alyson Yablonskie; NicoleMendenhall; and Tricia Leahy, all ’03. Joshua and I honeymooned in Costa Rica beforereturning to Boston, where we live.”

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Nicole Bourque and Tobias Donath, both ’04, were marriedon May 27, 2007, in Westport, Conn. Among the 19 alumni who attended the wedding were bridesmaids Sarah Lange ’03and Erin Lockwood ’04, maid of honor Allison ArmstrongMcManamon ’04, and groomsmen Wesley Donohoe, RyanFuller, and Morgan Blake, all ’04. Nicole is a project manager at Sears in Toronto, and Tobias is a vice president for sales and marketing at Backerhaus Veit in Woodbridge, Ontario. The couple lives in Toronto.



Lauren Greenberg ’05 and Todd Neustat were married on Sept. 6, 2008, in Woodbridge,Conn. Lauren e-mails, “Among the guests were Jason ’04 and Erica Hart ’03; bridesmaidLilya Shuster ’05, MS ’05; groomsman and brother-of-the-bride Jeffrey Greenberg ’03;Benjamin and Maria Bowman, both ’05; Michael Mandel ’05; and Barry Berkowitz ’05. Toddand I live in Manhattan, where he works at Charterhouse Group, a middle market privateequity firm, and I am an accountant at Eisner LLP.”

Kinsley Burrill ’04, MBA candidate, was marriedto Trevor Perry on Aug. 30, 2008, in Boston.Kinsley writes, “We had a beautiful wedding andwere fortunate to have so many of our Babsonfriends and family in attendance, especially myparents Elsie and Greg, a member of the BabsonBoard of Trustees, and sisters Erica ’04, MBA can-didate, and Vanessa ’06, who were my maids ofhonor. Among the many friends at the weddingwere Todd MacDowell, James Flavin, Matt Joblon,P.J. Defina, and Darren MacQuade, all ’03, andSofia Teixeira, Natalie Gorman, and Christy Buso,all ’04.”

Tara Rock ’08 and Todd Humphreys ’07 were married on May 25, 2008, in Port St. Lucie,Fla. Tara e-mails, “Among our many Babson friends at the wedding were bridesmaids JillStutzman McCarthy ’07 and Liz Allen ’08 and groomsman Justin Gilson ’07, MS ’07. Toddand I met at Babson in 2004 when I was a freshman and he was a transfer from theUniversity of Tennessee. We are missionaries for Real Life Boston, a Christian ministry to college students in the Boston metro area. Todd works with students at Babson andBrandeis University, and I work with students at Babson and Wellesley College.” The couplelives in Waltham.

Derek Marin ’07 was married to Christina Long on July 18,2008, in Ipswich, Mass. Marco Calderon ’06, Ed Roberts ’08, and Jon Hakala ’08 attended the wedding. The couple lives in Roslindale with their dog Chica.


2007 and 2008 campaigns, including aDivision 1 semifinals appearance in 2007.He was named the Atlantic CoastLeague’s Coach of the Year in 2007.Before that, he was head coach of theEastern Mass. Junior Minutemen in theU-19 league and led the Mass. AAU unitto a silver medal in the AAU JuniorOlympics in 2006. While a student atBabson, he was a four-year standoutlacrosse player. He lives in Marshfieldwith his wife Susan Anderson Peterson’83 and daughter Lindsay ’10.


Frank Guinan (MBA ’90) is the ownerof Integrity Business Solutions (www.integritybusinesssolutions.net), anaccounting and systems consulting firm in Yarmouth Port, Mass. The firm helpsbusinesses choose, set up, and maintainthe proper software to improve overallefficiency; it works with a variety ofaccounting software and is a QuickBooksaffiliate. Frank has given classes on usingQuickBooks through the BusinessEducation Series of the FalmouthChamber of Commerce.

1986Karen (Madden) Hanson has been

appointed sales manager at By the SeaSotheby’s International Realty, a realestate firm in Beverly Farms, Mass.

Mark Hasbrouck has been named vicepresident for business development atGood Samaritan Medical Center inBrockton, Mass. Previously, he worked at Norwood Hospital. Both hospitals are Caritas Christi Health Care members,and he will continue to play a role in new business development at NorwoodHospital.

Greg Neal: see Robin Neal ’81.

1987Michael Bastian showed his menswear

collection (www.michaelbastiannyc.com)during New York City’s Fall 2009Fashion Week in February. He was nomi-nated for the 2007 Council of FashionDesigners of America NewcomerMenswear Designer of the Year award andthe 2008 CFDA Menswear Designer ofthe Year award. He is the creative director


Russ McKinnon ’84 (front row, third from right) e-mails, “I was honored to be withmany of my teammates, coaches, family, and friends when the athletics departmentcelebrated the silver anniversary of Babson’s 1984 Ice Hockey National ChampionshipTeam on Jan. 24. Each team member was presented with a replica of the 1984National Championship banner. The thrill of seeing everyone was a heartwarmingexperience that I will not forget.” Twenty-five years ago, the Beavers finished 27-5-1overall, won their first-ever ECAC Division II title, and went on to win Babson’s fourthnational championship overall and first in ice hockey. The team still holds many all-time program records, including most victories (27), highest winning percentage(.833), most consecutive wins (11), and most goals scored (76). Individually, All-American and Hobey Baker finalist Paul Donato ’84 (not pictured) set the single-season points record (76), while two-time All-American goalie Keith Houghton ’85(second row, far right) set program marks for most wins (24) and lowest goals againstaverage (2.09). The team also boasted all-time leading goal scorer Fran Murray ‘85(not pictured). Murray, Donato, and Houghton are members of the Babson AthleticsHall of Fame. Team members at the event included (front, left to right) CharlesValenza ’85, Daniel Mathews ’84, James Gavin ’86, McKinnon, Daniel Dwan ’84,Stephen Thomas ’86; (second row) Joseph Thibert ’85, Douglas Brooke ’84,MBA ’88, Charles Brooks ’88, Jonathan Morin ’84, Houghton; (back) head coachRob Riley, assistant coach Ken Frates, Edward Gavin ’84, and Stephen Villa ’86.

Scott Sagan ’87(right) is a CPA inSwampscott, Mass. He e-mails, “I was thecaptain of Babson’sgolf team in 1986 and1987. I have kept intouch with golf coachMike Vassalotti [P’87](left), who visitsSarasota, Fla., duringthe winter months. Forthe past three years,while vacationing inSarasota with my fam-ily, I played a round ofgolf with Mike.”

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of menswear at Bill Blass in New YorkCity, where he lives.

1988John Centola e-mailed in March, “I

am a program manager at Medtronic Inc.,working on a global implementation ofSAP. I have been on the project for aboutfive years. Last year, I had the opportu-nity to live in Neuchatel, Switzerland, foreight months. It was a great experience. If you have a chance to visit Switzerland,don’t miss the opportunity—the Alps are magnificent. I am now back home inTyngsboro, Mass., and can’t wait forspring!”

Michael McGuire has been named adirector of the board of Stillwater MiningCo. The Billings, Mont.-based companyoperates palladium and platinum mines.Michael is the founder and managingpartner of Triple Trunk Capital LLC, afinance company for the Russian markets.He also is managing partner of TripleTrunk Investment Management LLC,which manages Smart Hydrogen Inc., afuel-cell manufacturer.

Gonzalo Ruiz has been named vicepresident and personal banking officer atOcean Bank, an independent commercialbank headquartered in Miami. He willenhance client relations, cross-sell bankingproducts and services, and identify newbusiness opportunities for the bank,which has locations throughout Miami-Dade and Broward counties.


Randall Berzansky was married toWendill Parrish on July 19, 2008, inLexington, Ky. John Colocousis was agroomsman. Randall works forAmazon.com; the couple lives in Seattle.

Paola Brisson Ayer writes, “Still livein New York City with Jim, Ethan, andToby.”

Kevin McLaughlin e-mails, “I live inPlymouth, Mass., with my wife Tere andour kids, Patrick, 13, and Nicole, 12. Weare all looking forward to coming back toBabson this fall to see old friends andshare old stories.”

Alena (Antonucci) Poirier e-mails, “I live in Boston with my husband Scott,our two children, and our pudgy, lazyFrench bulldog. I am still active in theBabson community through volunteer

work, and I look forward to catching upwith everyone at our reunion in October.I can’t believe it’s been 20 years!”

Lynn (McGuire) Tietel e-mails, “I livein Minnesota with my husband Steve.After six years of political fundraisingwork in Washington, D.C., for presiden-tial, senatorial, and gubernatorial races forthe Republican party, I am completing adirectorship for Mary Kay Inc. and earn-ing my first career car through the com-pany. During these tough economictimes, it is impressive to work for a com-pany that is in the strongest financialshape it has ever been in 45 years. Webuilt a beautiful custom house in 2002and have two Shetland sheepdogs that werescued and just adore.”

1991Paul Giunta was featured in a front-

page article, “How a New House HelpedHim Heal,” in the Feb. 26 issue ofMetroWest Daily News. Paul was seriouslyinjured in a car accident in 2006, shortlyafter the birth of his third child. InFebruary 2008, ABC television’s ExtremeMakeover: Home Edition teamed up witha local builder and contractor to teardown the Giunta’s home in Maynard,Mass., and build a new one. The newhome is larger and completely accessibleto Paul, who has been improving steadily and can now walk with the helpof two canes.


David Piccirilli e-mails, “As ofFebruary 2008, I have been purchasingmanager at Murata Power Solutions. Mywife Alexandra Dileso Piccirilli and I


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Dan Foley ’89 is president and founder of D. Foley Landscape Inc. (www.dfoley.com),a full-service commercial landscape company in Walpole, Mass., and its wholly ownedsubsidiary, CampusCare. CampusCare (www.campuscare.com) helps private schoolsreduce costs and enhance enrollment through first impressions. He e-mails, “D. FoleyLandscape, which I founded in 1987, received a Pillar Award at a national summit inLouisville, Ky., in recognition of our implementation of lean management practices.Lean management is a technique developed predominantly in the manufacturingindustry to increase efficiency, eliminate waste, and deliver more value for customers.D. Foley Landscape was chosen from more than 300 companies in North America thatare involved with a lean management program called the Working Smarter TrainingChallenge. Our team embarked on an extensive 104-week training program on leanmanagement concepts in November 2006. We are excited to be delivering more valueand sharing the lessons learned with our clients.” Foley wrote the business plan forD. Foley Landscape during his junior year at Babson. The plan earned him the 1988Philip Charm Prize in the annual Student Business Plan Competition.

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look forward to seeing all of our Class of ’94 friends at reunion in October.”

Chris Schofield: see Kim (Moniz)Schofield ’95.

1995Kim (Moniz) Schofield e-mails, “My

husband Chris ’94 and I welcomed ourthird son Jack on Oct. 4, 2008. He joinsColin, 6, and Matthew, 4. They are awe-some big brothers! We are all doing well.”

1996Christopher Menard has been named

CFO at Phase Forward Inc., effectiveJune 1. Until that time, he will continueto serve as vice president for finance atthe Waltham, Mass.-based company,which he joined in 2001.


Kathleen Jeanty was profiled in anarticle, “It Was Really Tough: ConsultantBuilt Business Through Guts, Sacrifice,”in the Feb. 3 issue of The PhiladelphiaTribune. Kathleen is the principal ofInnerLeaf Communications (www.innerleaf.com), a boutique marketing firm that

she founded in 2003. After she was laidoff from work for a second time, she metwith the Philadelphia DevelopmentPartnership’s Community Capital Worksprogram to see how the program couldhelp her; after a two-hour meeting with

its program manager, the organizationbecame one of her clients. InnerLeaf isheadquartered in Philadelphia and hasoffices in Massachusetts and Florida.

2001Beth Armando and Thomas Jupin

were married on Sept. 15, 2007, in SouthDartmouth, Mass. She is a teacher, and heis a police officer.

Adam Berger e-mailed in January,“Christina (Wilson) Berger ’00 and Iare the proud parents of twin girls, bornin November 2008. Emma and Ainsleyare enjoying the winter and bonding withmom and dad. I can be reached [email protected].”

Peter Marmer e-mailed in January, “Iwill finish my MBA at Cornell in May2009 and shortly thereafter will join Wal-Mart’s Corporate Strategy group inBentonville, Ark. If you find yourself trav-eling down to Northwest Arkansas, be intouch ([email protected]).”

2002Colin Ryan was married to Amanda

Crockett on Aug. 23, 2008, in SouthBoston, Mass., where they live. She is acompliance officer at Boston PrivateWealth Management Co., and he is adirector at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Jonathan Tate has been a full-timeofficer in the Hollis, N.H., police depart-ment since December 2008. Previously, hewas an officer for the Brookline policedepartment. He lives in Chelmsford, Mass.

2003Craig Garofalo and Stephanie Czado

were married on Oct. 4, 2008, inFreeport, Maine. Dave Castle, JonCournoyer, and T.J. Washburn ’02 weregroomsmen. Stephanie is a financialadviser at Golden Pond WealthManagement in Waterville, and Craig isan assistant vice president and loan officerat Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta.They live in Manchester.

Michael Connelly has been namedbusiness manager of the Wakefield, Mass.,school system. Previously, he was assistantbusiness administrator of the Wellesleypublic schools. He is a member of theMassachusetts Association of SchoolBusiness Officials, and he has been

Melissa (St. John) Usher ’90 (right) e-mails, “Julie (Johnson) Badot ’90(left) and I got together in August 2008.Because we are so far apart—I live inSavannah, Ga.; Julie, on Cape Cod—itwas wonderful to reconnect and be inBoston again! We spent the day at theNew England Aquarium, where Julie’sson Jackson, 9, my son Jack, 8, anddaughter Avery, 5, enjoyed the sea lifewhile Julie and I caught up on eachother’s lives. Julie’s daughter Caroline, 7, was at camp for the day and sadlymissed our adventures, which werecapped off with lunch at Legal SeaFoods and dessert at Quincy Market.”

Olivia Mora ’03 is the founder of MediaSoul.com, a marketing firm, and ofOliviaMora.com, a motivational speaking firm. She e-mailed in February, “As a PETAvolunteer, I was one of the protestors for the unethical treatment of circus animals indowntown Greenville, S.C., the first of nine protests in which I participated through-out the area (South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia) during themonth of January. The protests were held in an attempt to deter people from buyingtickets to the circus. I wore shackles and was covered in ‘scars’ (created by makeup)from beatings—an everyday reality for circus animals. At least 25 elephants have diedsince 1992, some from problems such as captivity-induced foot and joint ailments,tuberculosis, and drowning. I was there to expose what the circus hides from thepublic. For more information, contact me at [email protected].”

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the varsity girls and boys cross countrycoach at Reading Memorial High Schoolsince 2004.


Jessica Corkery and David Roy weremarried on June 28, 2008, in BrettonWoods, N.H. She is a trader at BaupostGroup, and he is a manager at Ernst &Young. The couple lives in Boston.

Laura Davis e-mails, “Shortly aftergraduation, I started working in retailmanagement at Jones Apparel Group. Ibegan as an assistant manager and wassoon promoted to store manager. After ayear and half in the retail industry, Ilearned that it wasn’t quite what I wantedto do in life. Through a close friend, Ifound a job in the digital marketing worldat a small agency. I was an account man-ager, managing projects such as Webdevelopment, e-mail marketing, andonline banner campaigns. I have sinceventured into the big-agency world andam an account executive at Carat, a digitalmedia company in Boston.”

Tobias Donath e-mailed in February,“Shortly after graduation, Nicole(Bourque) and I moved to Torontowhere Nicole is a project manager at SearsCanada, and I work in sales and market-ing at Backerhaus Veit. A quick highlightof the last five years: Nicole and I weremarried in Westport, Conn., on May 27,2007, and we are extremely proud toannounce that Nicole gave birth to a veryhealthy and happy baby boy named AidenPatrick Donath on Oct. 14, 2008. Nextwe will live in the New York City areawhile I attend a two-month course at theFrench Culinary Institute before settling

back into Toronto for the summer. Nicoleand I are really happy and looking for-ward to seeing our Babson friends at thereunion in October.”

Ryan Fuller e-mails, “After graduation,I started working for Maersk Line, a con-tainer shipping company based inDenmark. After two years in Maersk’sU.S. offices, I took a job with APMTerminals and moved to its corporateheadquarters in the Netherlands. I spenttwo years working in the global strategyoffice and thoroughly enjoyed theEuropean and global travel experiences.By summer 2008, I had an urge to returnto Boston and leverage my experiences ina new industry. I now live in Boston withmy girlfriend Diane MacLaughlin, andI’m an internal senior consultant for the

Center for Clinical Excellence at Brighamand Women’s Hospital.”

Sanaa Hyder has expanded her ZHCollection (www.zhcollection.com) toinclude carry-on bags, coin purses,clutches, and handbags of all sizes. Sanaalaunched the collection, her second line,in May 2007. She launched her high-enddesigner dress collection, the ZehraHyder Line (www.zehrahyder.com),shortly after she graduated from Babson.

2005Phil Riffe was featured in an article,

“Nonantum [Mass.] Boxing Club isBringing ‘The Lake’ Back,” posted onDailyNewsTribune.com on Feb. 20. He is

Heather Whitenack ’06 e-mails, “Iopened my business, Body by Design(www.bodybydesigntraining.com), a per-sonal training studio for the MetrowestBoston area, in January 2009. Our experi-enced, certified personal trainers are avail-able seven days a week in our WestonCenter studio. We offer private, couples,and small group training sessions. Body by Design’s studio, equipped with state-of-the-art machines, feels more like anupscale home than a fitness facility.Starting the business has been one of themost challenging yet exciting endeavorsI’ve undertaken. I love personal trainingfor the relationships I’ve built and theamazing results I’ve witnessed. It feelsgreat to know that my work has con-tributed positively to someone’s life, andcombining this with my desire to have myown business has been truly rewarding.”

Nessim Mezrahi ‘04 (right) attended aspeaker presentation and networkingreception at The University Club in NewYork City on Jan. 14. More than 120alumni, parents, and students attendedthe event, which was hosted by BryanMatthews ‘96, MBA ‘06. The eventfeatured a presentation by StevenFeinstein (left), associate professor offinance, holder of the Donald P. BabsonChair in Applied Investments, facultydirector of the Babson College Fund,and chartered financial analyst. He discussed the “2008 Financial Crises andthe Outlook for 2009.”

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a member of the training staff at theNonantum Boxing Club, which is holdingbenefits for the Newton Boys & GirlsClub. Phil played on the basketball teamat Babson for three years, including theECAC New England Championship teamin 2003 and the team that qualified forthe NCAA tournament in 2004. He was ashooting guard who was basically a three-point specialist, and he holds the Babsonrecord for three-pointers in a game (eight)set on Jan. 10, 2004, against Bowdoin.He lives in Newton.

2006Tyler Saldutti has been named broker

and owner of Prime Realty Inc. in PonteVedra Beach, Fla. Prime Realty (www.primerealtyinc.com) is a full-service com-mercial real estate firm that serves devel-opers, owners, tenants, and investors inthe Northeast Florida markets.

2007Jay Alberino is the founder and

CEO of myCityApartment, a greaterBoston real estate business. He e-mails,“MyCityApartment.com is a startup realestate brokerage that represents renters. Ithas a business model that allows visitors tofind their own apartment via a shopping-cart model similar to many retail sites.Visitors run a customized search for apart-ments, add them to their tour, and checkthem out by setting times and dates forshowings. Clients may be rewarded fortheir search efforts with up to $500because the Internet—specifically thisshopping-cart model—gives us targetedleads, which cuts down on our work asapartment locators. As licensed real estateagents and brokers in Massachusetts,myCityApartment agents aid in the nego-tiation and paperwork for our clients—atno cost to the client. Our agents are paidby the apartments’ listing brokers andmanagement companies. If you are look-ing for a way to save on housing in thiseconomy, myCityApartment.com is a great place to start.”

Timothy Consilvio and Taryn Joseph-Ferrara were married on Aug. 2, 2008, inScituate, Mass. Doug Tough was bestman. Taryn works at Bright Horizons inNorwell, and Timothy works at The ArtExperience in Avon.

2008Riley Gibson has been appointed mar-

ket analyst for the brand innovation groupat Sterling-Rice Group, a brand strategyand marketing communications firm inBoulder, Colo. Before joining Sterling-Rice, he had internships at Intel’s newbusiness innovation group and at NAU, a startup based in Boulder.

Victor Melfa has joined Dolan,Maloney & Melfa, an insurance andwealth management firm in Westboro,Mass. Prior to this, he worked in thewealth management division at BrownBrothers Harriman and at PettersInternational Investment Bank.

Reagan Pollack ’07 cofounded WorldMusicLink in November 2008. “I hadbeen a member of a band for many years,” says Pollack. “I was aware of theproblems that musicians encounter in gaining exposure with the right profes-

sionals. I knew there was a disconnect in the industry, and I viewed the problem asan opportunity.”

Pollack estimates that there are 5 million indie bands in the U.S. and 150,000music industry companies. WorldMusicLink uses the Internet’s reach to connectmusic talent with record labels, managers, and promoters. The company offers twotypes of accounts, one that is free and supported by ads and one that is supportedby subscriptions.

A musician or band fills out a profile on WorldMusicLink.com and uploads mediacontent such as music, videos, and calendars. On the flip side, a promoter, who alsofills out a profile, searches for new talent to sign and promote. “Without leaving theoffice, a record label can field appropriate bands without sifting through thousandsof CDs,” says Pollack. “Similarly, band members can locate a label that’s seeking theirsound and type.”

According to Pollack, the global music industry is a $45-billion-a-year business,including ancillary products such as concerts, recordings, and merchandise. “Wewould like to raise venture capital and expand our international user base. A recordlabel from Africa should be able to findagents from the Netherlands and pro-ducers in Japan. Our goal is to put the‘world’ into WorldMusicLink.”

Pollack credits the company’s initialsuccess to its board of advisers, manyof whom are connected to Babson:Bob Jamieson ’68, former chair andCEO, RCA Music Group; Ted Grossman,P ’02, senior lecturer, information sys-tems; Bob Caspe, adjunct lecturer, marketing; Glenn Kaplus, MBA ’92,adjunct lecturer, entrepreneurship; andKuljit Dharni, MBA candidate and for-mer director, IT architecture.

Global Notes

Silvia Larrieu ’07 e-mails from Miami,“A few alumni took some time off for amini reunion in February. We met in Vail,Colo., to go skiing. Juan Carlos Saab’06 (counterclockwise from left) camefrom Guayaquil, Ecuador; myself; IreneAsturias ’07, Guatemala City; ArturoPadilla ’07, Miami; and RodrigoZamora ’07, Panama City, Panama.”

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1961Harold Jensen is a retired Army

colonel. He e-mails, “I retired fromMerrill Lynch after 34 years as vice presi-dent, wealth management adviser.”

1970George Massaro has been appointed

to the board of trustees of MountAuburn Hospital, Cambridge, Mass. Since2005, he has been the vice chairman atHuron Consulting Group, a managementconsulting firm. Previously, he was COOat the firm, which he joined in 2002. Heis the father of Michael Massaro ’00.

1973Everett Olsen e-mails, “I thoroughly

enjoyed the MBA program at Babson. Iactually had no intention of working inthe educational profession but startedsubstitute teaching when I was an under-graduate student and found that I reallyenjoyed it. I started my career teachingmath in the Lowell [Mass.] PublicSchools and attended Babson in theevening. I was certain that I would ulti-mately leave for the private sector, but Iwas offered an administrative position andeventually was appointed assistant super-intendent in Lowell in the mid 1980s. Iknew that I had a passion for schooladministration. It has been a wonderful,fulfilling career, and my Babson MBA hasbeen of great value in the public sector. Iforgot to mention that I asked a greattypist to type (no word processing in1973) my master’s thesis for Babson andwound up marrying her! (Sue and I havebeen married 35 years.) I am completingmy third year as superintendent of schoolsin Westford, Mass., and my 36th year inschool administration. I am very inter-ested in hearing from Babson alumni whowould consider providing interesting andeducational internships for our highschool students. Please e-mail me [email protected].”

1974Robert Dorsey has been elected to the

board of directors of Nichols College inDudley, Mass. He graduated fromNichols in 1973 with a BS in businessadministration. He is the owner ofWilson-Epes Printing Co. Inc. (www.wilsonepes.com) in Washington, D.C., aprinter of legal briefs. He is a member ofthe board of GFTH Inc., a charitablefoundation in Washington, and a memberof Financial Executives International. Helives in Washington and New Bern, N.C.

1975Michael Dunn writes, “Proud grand-

father of Theodore ‘Teddy’ Casey Dunn,born on Aug. 21, 2008, to Jaclyn andGregory Dunn.” Michael is senior vicepresident at UGL Unicco in Auburndale,Mass.

1976Carlos Echeverria (’74) e-mails, “In

August 2004, I moved to Washington,D.C., as a representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation onAgriculture (www.iica.int). In October2008, I started to work as an adviser forthe assistant secretary general of theOrganization of American States(www.oas.org), the U.N. for the WesternHemisphere. At 56 years old, no moremanagement for me! I enjoy my work andthe honor of serving a distinguished per-son. My two younger kids are with mywife Sarah and me; my son is getting hisbachelor’s at the University of Maryland,and my daughter is working on a master’sprogram at American University. Greatachievers. Sarah is doing well, teachingSpanish on an individual basis. Would bedelighted to hear from Babson friends [email protected].”

Thomas Wellen has been appointedexecutive director of Marlborough 2010,a quasi-public organization that focuseson the economic development of the cityof Marlborough, Mass. He was featuredin an article, “Shoptalk: MindingMarlborough’s Economic Store,” in theJan. 5 issue of Worcester Business Journal.Before this, he was city treasurer, and hewas president and CEO at St. Mary’sCredit Union from 1994 to 2007.

1978Burt Savitsky has been named senior

vice president, managing director atBrown Harris Stevens Residential SalesLLC in New York City. Burt e-mailed inMarch, “I joined the firm in 1998 as asalesperson and rapidly became one of the

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Jane Cleland, MBA ’78, e-mailedin February, “The fourth JosiePrescott Antiques Mystery, KillerKeepsakes, which will be pub-lished in April by St. Martin’sMinotaur, has antiques appraiserJosie Prescott trying to find hermissing assistant, Gretchen, andsolve the mystery of the murderedman found in Gretchen’s apart-ment. I’m touring again and wouldlove to meet up with alums!”



firm’s top producers. The marketing skillsthat I honed at Babson are serving mewell, particularly in today’s challengingbusiness environment. My oldest daughterJessica, a recent graduate of SyracuseUniversity, has been bitten by the realestate bug. She earned her real estatelicense one year ago, participated in andcompleted the fall/winter Brown HarrisStevens training program, and will joinme officially on April 1.”

1981Mario Leone has been appointed sen-

ior vice president and CIO at IngramMicro, a technology distributor in SantaAna, Calif. Previously, he was senior vicepresident and CEO at Federal-MogulCorp. in Southfield, Mich.

Timothy Yeaton has been namedCEO at Black Duck Software, headquar-tered in Waltham, Mass. Black Duck is aglobal provider of products and servicesfor accelerating software developmentthrough the managed use of open sourcesoftware. Previously, he was CMO atEqualLogic, a storage systems vendor thatwas acquired by Dell in 2007.

1982Mike Crehan e-mailed in February,

“I have been writing a blog for The WallStreet Journal online edition, covering theups and downs of my current job search. I have touched on job-hunting matterssuch as dealing with the age issue, theimportance of family support, a willing-ness to relocate, and trying to stay upbeatdespite a rough economic backdrop. I was‘downsized’ by Lehman Brothers in 2008and have been looking at credit-relatedopportunities in a variety of markets.Interest in the blog has led me to appearon segments of ABC’s Good MorningAmerica and CNN’s Campbell Brown inrecent weeks.” Mike and his family live inFairfield, Conn. He can be contacted [email protected].

Akio Toyoda has been appointed presi-dent of Toyota Motor Corp., the com-pany founded by his grandfather in 1937and run by his father in the 1980s. After16 years at Toyota, Akio joined the boardof directors in 2000, rose to senior man-aging director in 2003, and became oneof eight executive vice presidents in 2005.

Alicia Castillo Holley, MBA ’96 (front, second from right), e-mails from Perth,Australia, “After five years of work, I published Falling in Love With Your Life(www.fallinginlovewithyourlife.com) in October 2008. What started as a guide tosupport my daughter in her fight against depression grew from a family workbookinto a book, and later an e-course for my clients—and there is more to come! Littledid I know that I would use one of its tips when, right before its launch, I becameconcerned about the world’s financial crisis. Searching for ways to turn my worriesaround, I discovered a nonprofit organization in Bali, Indonesia, called I’m an Angel,and I made the short trip from Perth. Spending a day with hundreds of kids who werethrilled to have one hard-boiled egg and one glass of milk to supplement their dietchanged my world. This simple protein supplement once a week is all it takes toimprove their health significantly. Yes, once a week. I got in touch again with thoselittle things that make a big difference, and I donated the profits from my book’ssales last year to I’m an Angel. The total was about U.S. $1,000. It was a great way toturn a worry into something positive.”

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1983Donna Cupelo was featured in an arti-

cle, “Donna Cupelo: From Ma Bell toFiOS; Local Verizon Head HelpsCompany Transition to TV andWireless,” in the Dec. 18, 2008, issue ofBoston Business Journal. In 1978, Donnabegan her career at what was then NewEngland Telephone; today, she is theMassachusetts and Rhode Island regionpresident at Verizon CommunicationsInc., a company that competes in themobile, video, and high-speed Internetmarkets, as well as the traditional land-line market.

1985Richard Puricelli was featured in an

article, “East Bridgewater [Mass.]Business is Changing Hands,” posted onFeb. 20 on the Web site of The NewEngland Business Bulletin. He is the newowner of Jet Products LLC, a companythat makes high-tolerance machined partsprimarily for the aerospace and medicaldevice markets. The company’s 10,000-square-foot building is included in thepurchase. A CPA, Richard is the formerCFO of Westland Creamery.

1986Charles Kane returned to his under-

graduate alma mater, University of NotreDame, on Feb. 10 to discuss his transitionfrom working as a for-profit executive topro-bono president and CEO of OneLaptop Per Child in Cambridge, Mass.The talk, titled “Technology and theGlobalization of Education: The Story ofOne Laptop Per Child,” was sponsoredby The Center for Social Concerns atNotre Dame. The OLPC project involvesthe manufacturing and distribution of lap-tops to children in poor regions aroundthe globe. He said, “Our mission is toprovide the lowest cost computer to chil-dren because the computer is the greatestlearning tool.” He is also a senior lecturerof international finance at the MIT SloanSchool of Management.

Bruce Lampert has been named vicepresident for sales at Azuki Systems Inc., amobile-media software company inActon, Mass. Previously, he was vice presi-dent for business development and mar-keting at Myvu Corp.

Michael O’Neill was sworn in as amember of the Boston School Committeefor a new one-year term that began inJanuary. He had been appointed to thecommittee in July 2008 to fill a vacancy.The seven-member board governs andsets policy for Boston’s 144 publicschools. He is senior vice president atU.S. Trust, Bank of America. As chairmanof the Boston Private Industry Council’sYouth Council, Michael works with theBoston public school system and localcommunity-based organizations to curbdrop-out rates and redirect youths. He isthe founding board member of theMassachusetts Bankers InsuranceAssociation and is a member of the boardof the Savings Bank Life Insurance Co.

1988Bill Duckett has been appointed busi-

ness director at VFA Inc. in Boston. Thecompany provides facility assessment serv-ices, Web-based software, and business

consulting services to its customers in thecorporate, education, government, andhealth-care markets. Previously, he wasdirector of sales and sales training atBasho Technologies.

John Thompson writes, “I lead myown executive consulting practice focusedon improving the cost and speed of sup-ply chain management. In 2008, I mar-ried Janet Peterson, and we moved toBarrington, R.I.”

1990Frank Guinan (’84) is the owner of

Integrity Business Solutions (www.integritybusinesssolutions.net), anaccounting and systems consulting firm in Yarmouth Port, Mass. The companyhelps businesses to choose, set up, andmaintain the proper software to improveoverall efficiency. The company workswith a variety of accounting software andis a QuickBooks affiliate. Frank has givenclasses on using QuickBooks through the

Michael Skoler, MBA ’96, is CEO of the Law Offices of James Sokolove LLC inNewton, Mass. He e-mails, “I joined the firm first and foremost because I lovedits mission, to provide everyone with equal access to our civil justice system. I thought I could make a terrific contribution by marrying the business of lawwith the practice of law in fulfillment of that mission. During the eight years I’vebeen at Sokolove, I’ve led its growth from an established regional marketer oflegal services to the industry’s largest. We’ve grown the firm’s staff from eightto almost 100 employees, built a network of approximately 400 affiliated lawfirms, and established an LLC with offices in 49 states. During this time, ourannual marketing spend and revenue have grown more than 10 times. On a per-sonal note, I play an active role in corporate and social responsibility initiativesat the company, including its participation in Habitat for Humanity, Give Us YourPoor, and the Linus Foundation. I attribute a large part of my success to Babson.The entrepreneurial culture of the MBA program helped to prepare me to evaluate professional opportunities and lead an organization.” He is the son ofMaurice Skoler ‘61, a member of the Babson Board of Overseers.

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1991Chris Bogers e-mails, “I have been

promoted to group senior vice president,head of group accounting, reporting,consolidation, and policy at ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. in Zurich,Switzerland. Before this, I worked forABB in Switzerland, Singapore, Taiwan,Luxemburg, Belgium, and Netherlands,and held regional roles and country CFOpositions. ABB is a global leader in powerand automation technologies that enableutility and industry customers to improveperformance while lowering environmen-tal impact. ABB has more than 112,000employees in more than 100 countries.”

Adam Shayevitz e-mails, “I marriedDana Levin, a contemporary realismartist/painter, on Oct. 14, 2007. Our son Maxfield Gideon Shayevitz was bornon Feb. 9. Maxfield was named after twogreat-grandfathers and the famous artistMaxfield Parrish. We live in Reading,Mass., about 12 miles north of Boston. I work for the Chomerics division ofParker Hannifin Corp. as the divisionmanager for outsourced products. My job is to fill gaps in our in-house manu-factured product lines through developingpartnerships with suppliers all over theworld. I welcome news from former class-mates who would like to reconnect([email protected]).”

1992Davida (Sherman) Dinerman

e-mails, “I am moving into my lucky 13th year at Schwartz Communications as a director. The PR agency specializes inhigh-tech and health care and does busi-ness on both coasts, as well as in the U.K.and Sweden. I volunteer in our town(Ashland, Mass.), at the kids’ schools, andat our synagogue. My husband Brad waslaid off in October, which gave him theimpetus to start his own IT services andsupport company, Fieldbrook Solutions.We have two children, Abigail, 11, andAri, 8. Both are great students and enjoyactivities such as dance and chorus(Abigail) and gymnastics and art (Ari).Tennis continues to be a passion for me.The year 2008 was particularly special asmy USTA 4.5 team won our regular sea-son, the district tourney, and sectionals.

We earned the coveted berth to thenational playoffs in Tucson, Ariz., inOctober, where I won three out of myfour flight matches. I have also beenenjoying Facebook and welcome newfriends.” Davida can be contacted [email protected].

Eric Hudson was featured in an article,“Entrepreneur Attributes Success to Leanand Green Model,” posted onReuters.com on Dec. 23, 2008. Thefounder and president of Recycline Inc.(www.recycline.com) says that the cus-tomer does not have to pay a premiumfor quality recyclable products made from recycled materials. The company’sPreserve brand is carried in well-knownretailers such as Whole Foods Market,Trader Joe’s, and Target, and has madeheadway into Canada and the U.K. He istalking with European Union retailersabout additional distribution.

Karen Webb was profiled in an article,“Lights, Camera, Action … ResidentTakes Screenplay to an International FilmFestival,” in the Jan. 16 issue of theHopkinton [Mass.] Crier. Karen’s full-length feature screenplay, Christmas Cake,was a finalist at the 2009 Beaufort [S.C.]Film Festival. The screenplay won firstplace at the Rhode Island InternationalFilm Festival and was a finalist in the2008 New Hampshire Film Festival andsemifinalist in the 2008 Moondance FilmFestival in Colorado.

1994John Walker e-mails, “I am the found-

ing director of the defense industries prac-tice at Navigant Consulting Inc. Naviganthas roughly 2,500 staff and $800 millionin revenue. Our work is interesting andcovers the gambit of defense policy, pro-grammatics, investment, and technologyarenas. Our clients tend to come fromone of three different stakeholder groups:senior leadership at the Pentagon, C-levelofficers at the major defense primes, andprivate equity/venture investors. Over theyears, we have been involved heavily withthe Army and its transformation initiativeand all aspects of the Future CombatSystems program. With more than $3B intechnology investments, the Army is amajor innovator, not only within DOD,but on a national scale. On a personalnote, I plan to attend our 15th reunionthis fall. Please make a special effort toreturn to campus on Oct. 2–3. At lastcount, my wife Katie and I had three

Vik Kapoor, MBA ’97, e-mailedin February, “I have always beena startup guy. In late 2008, Iopened my second restaurant—my fourth startup in 10 years—Tamarind Bay: Coastal IndianKitchen (www.tamarind-bay.com) in Brookline, Mass. Weoffer foods from India’s morethan 4,600-mile-long coastline.The restaurant has been well-received and will be featured onWCVB-TV’s Chronicle in Marchand has been featured in TheBoston Globe, The BostonPhoenix, Stuff, and other publica-tions. Our biggest challenge hasbeen to create a buzz in thistough economy, and my chef andhis team are doing a great job. In

2004, I opened Tamarind Bay:Indian Bistro & Bar in HarvardSquare. In the first year, itreceived the highest rating in theU.S. for an Indian restaurant fromZagat in the food category. Ourformula was taken from theentrepreneurship class of lecturerLes Charm ’64—cheaper, better,faster. Although we cannot makeour product less expensively thanother Indian restaurants inHarvard Square due to high rent,we offer a far superior product atsimilar prices and show thatIndian food is much more thanchicken tikka masala. I am backto my full-time job of running myhealth-care company, HCG Associ-ates (www.healthcareglobal.net),which provides back-office solu-tions to New England hospitals.The company has 85-plusemployees in India and the U.S.Recently, I sold the majority staketo a partner in India. I am keep-ing my eyes open and hope that Iwill be ready for my next ventureby summer 2009.”

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children (Kyle, 15; Jack, 12; and Devin, 9),and we live in Sudbury, Mass. I wouldlove to get in touch with anyone in ourclass who is in the area.”

1995Michael Melville has been named

president at ISG Group LLC, doing busi-ness as IntelliSoft Group. The Nashua,N.H.-based software company suppliesautomated credentialing and providermanagement solutions. Previously, heworked at Bionostics Inc., a manufacturerof tools for the in vitro diagnostics market.

1996Jack Dawley is president and COO at

Northland Residential Corp., a privatelyowned New England real estate develop-ment company, headquartered inBurlington, Mass. He and the companywere featured in the Nov. 17, 2008, issueof Banker & Tradesman in an article,“Built Better. Built Northland ResidentialGreen.” The company has embarked on acorporate-wide mission to go green andbuild homes that are energy and resourceefficient.

1999Daryl Belock writes, “I am the tech-

nology leader at GE Sensing & Inspec-tion Technologies, an instrument divisionof GE. I am responsible for productdevelopment of flow, moisture, and othergas meters at GE S&IT’s headquarters inBillerica, Mass.”

Vikas Chawla e-mails, “After living inthe U.S. for about 10 years (since gradu-ating from Babson), I moved back toIndia last year. I had a wonderful time inthe U.S. and have to thank all my friendsfor giving me nice memories. The bestpart was, of course, the two years I spentat Babson, where I made so manyfriends—many of whom will last a life-time. Now, I work for an investmentmanagement firm that has an office inBoston, which I visit often. You could sayI have the best of both worlds. My class-mates can e-mail me at [email protected]. I look forward to seeingmany of you at reunion on Oct. 2–3.”

Mona Chopra writes from Wellesley,“I am helping with the One Laptop PerChild India project and with Akshaya

Patra, a foundation that feeds children, inaddition to working at Bank of America. Iwelcome support from everyone for thesetwo nonprofit organizations. It’s hard tobelieve it has been 10 years since we grad-uated. I look forward to meeting oldfriends and classmates at our reunion inOctober.”

Jenny Feng e-mailed in February, “Ican’t believe it’s been 10 years since thedays of endless case studies and bottom-less beers. During the past 10 years, I’vepursued my career in marketing; traveledto places near and far; married my highschool sweetheart, Daniel Dao, MBA ’00;and become a mother for the first time!All my past experiences and influenceshave led me to my ultimate passion ofstarting my own business. MarketeersClub.com debuts in April with the officiallaunch in August. Hope to see you all atthe reunion in October!”

Yasmine Benhamida Malak e-mails,“It has been 10 years! I have become aprofessional in the pharmaceutical indus-try, and I’ve traveled, volunteered, andcounseled. My husband Sary Malak and Ihave two sons, Rayan and Jad. But mostimportantly, I have grown my social net-work and invested particularly in myBabson friendships, some of which feellike family. The last 10 years have broughtme happiness and completeness. I still

don’t know what my ultimate professionalgoal is, but I know what I want the roadleading to it to look like. I look forwardto celebrating our reunion in October.”

2000Carole-Terese Naser has been named

development director at SpectrumGenerations in Augusta, Maine. An inde-pendent not-for-profit organization,Spectrum Generations is the centralMaine area agency on aging. She also isthe founder of Six Horses Saved (www.freewebs.com/sixhorsessaved), a Maine-based rescue organization for horses atrisk of slaughter.

Betsy Townsend ended her tenure in December 2008 as cochair of theConservation Council of The Trustees ofReservations, a nonprofit organizationthat preserves Massachusetts properties ofscenic, historic, and ecological value forpublic use and enjoyment. Betsy has beena member of The Trustees for more than10 years. She will continue as a memberof the group’s advancement, educationand outreach, and historic resources com-mittees, as well as an elected advisorycouncil member and corporate trustee.She is an investment analytics consultantat BNY Mellon.


Jason Kensey, MBA ’98, is founder and creator of Vroom Foods Inc. (www.vroomfoods.com), a specialty food company that makes bite-size confections with caffeine, B vitamins, ginseng, and taurine. The candies can be found across the U.S. and in fourcountries. Kensey e-mails, “The idea of Vroom Foods came to me at Babson whilepulling all-nighters. I was tired of making the trek to the soda machines and thoughtthere must be a better way to get the caffeine I needed. In 2008, Vroom Foods was pro-filed on BusinessWeek.com in June, and I appeared on CNBC’s The Big Idea with DonnyDeutsch on May 6. Also in 2008, I sponsored a MCFE, which was incredibly helpful andprovided tremendous insight to my customer base. None of this would have happenedif it weren’t for Bob Kim’s [MBA ‘98] help with this project in our market research class!”

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James Van Alen was married toEleanor Steward on Jan. 10 inManchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. She is a freelance photographer, and, untilOctober 2008, he was president ofCourseAdvisor, an online subsidiary ofThe Washington Post Co.

2001Alexander Goldfarb has been named

an associate director of the research groupat Sandler O’Neill + Partners LP in NewYork. He will work with real estate invest-ment trusts. Previously, he was directorand senior REIT analyst at UBS.

Karen Krause e-mails, “I joinedRaytheon as a lead for homeland securitystrategic initiatives. In this role, I will support the development of strategicplans/business plans for a wide range oftechnology programs in the homelandsecurity/homeland defense market.Previously, I was managing director atPublic Safety Strategies Group LLC, amanagement consulting firm specializingin homeland security and public safetyprograms.”

Carol Malysz has been named vicepresident for business development atNew Directions Inc. in Boston. The com-pany provides career transition services tosenior-level executives and professionalsand their families. Carol was founder anddirector of the Rhode Island office of theCenter for Women & Enterprise, a non-profit organization that helps women tostart and grow their own businesses. Shewas also founder and president of theExecutive Women’s Golf Association ofRhode Island.

2002Kimberly Conroy Borans e-mails,

“Our son, Lucas Russell Borans, was bornon Jan. 31. My husband Peter and I livein North Reading, Mass., and I am takingsome time off to be a mom to Lucas.”

2003Michael Daigneault and Jaclyn Haley

were married on July 25, 2008, inWarwick, R.I. The couple honeymoonedin Hawaii; they live in Framingham, Mass.

Shawn Harris is CEO and cofounderof ECC Life and Style LLC (www.genuinebespoke.com), a Boston-based menswear

design firm established in 2004. Shawn e-mails, “ECC Life and Style uses qualityfabrics from the world’s leading textilemills to make classic menswear for busi-ness executives, professional athletes, andentertainers. Our Genuine Bespokebrand-name process guarantees proper fitand exclusive style. Each piece is hand-cut and stitched to the customer’s mea-surements, style, and attitude. In spring2009, we plan to launch a women’s line,Sylvia by ECC, in partnership with SylviaCrawley, head women’s basketball coachat Boston College and former All-StarWNBA player. Also, I have a beautifulbaby girl, Aivah Sekina Harris, who wasborn on Nov. 3, 2008.”

Tammi Kent is the director of busi-ness development at Prism Builders, ageneral contractor and construction man-agement firm in Wakefield, Mass. She hasjoined the Wakefield chapter of BusinessNetwork International. BNI is an organi-zation of business professionals who meetto deliver qualified referrals, rather thanleads, to other chapter members.

Chris Robbins is a cofounder of StoneHearth Pizza Co. (www.stonehearthpizza

.com), a Neapolitan pizzeria-style chainwith restaurants in Belmont, Cambridge,and Needham, Mass. In the first quarterof 2009, the company started to sellprepackaged pizzas in the prepared foods section of Whole Foods Marketsthroughout New England. Chris e-mailedin February, “Stone Hearth Pizza is com-mitted to intelligent strategic growth onall fronts. We are looking into brand-appropriate expansion of our wholesalebusiness, which could include other grocery-store chains and commercialfood-service providers. We added anexpansive gluten-free offering to ourmenu, which has been well-received, andwe will open one to two additional retailunits in 2009. We are fortunate to havean incredible team, which helps us deliveron our commitment to quality on all ofthese fronts as that is the only way to sur-vive and thrive during these challengingeconomic times.”

2004Matt Cohen e-mails, “I mourn the

passing of my beloved fiancee Lisa BethDeutsch. Among those who knew her,she was admired equally for her generousspirit, infectious good nature, sharp wit,and keen mind. She touched many livesand left the world a better place than shefound it, both through the blessing ofher friendship and through the pro-bonocases she worked on with a tireless dedi-cation. She is survived by her parentsRonald and Eleanor, her brotherLawrence, and her sister-in-law Marci.”

Steve Gottlieb e-mails, “I still workat BuyerZone (B2B lead generation ser-vice) in Waltham, Mass., where I’ve beensince leaving Babson; I recently joinedthe BuyerZone management team as vicepresident of product management for ourrequest for quotes service. Otherwise, liv-ing in Somerville near Davis Square andtrying to find time to play music!”

Kevin Krueger writes, “SupahFans isentering its fifth season selling creative,prideful T-shirts designed by me. Thisyear, SupahFans.com is sponsoringNESN’s new Dirty Water TV show. Look for me on TV, or better yet, cometo the tapings at some of Boston’s bestnight-life spots. For more info, visitwww.supahfans.com.”

Dwight Schultheis e-mailed inFebruary, “Lauren and I moved to theCoolidge Corner area of Brookline, Mass.I work 1.5 miles away from home at

Bernard Lee, MBA ’99, has pub-lished The Final Table, Volume II.The book is a compilation of Lee’sSunday Boston Herald pokercolumns. He e-mails, “I decided to publish the book after receiv-ing multiple requests for pastcolumns, which were neverbefore available. The columnsprovide readers with quick andeasy lessons using real-life pokerscenarios. I have added personalinsights that correspond witheach column.” For more informa-tion and copies of the book, visitwww.bernardleepoker.com. (Seearticle on page 16.)

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Mimoco.com with classmate EvanBlaustein. Lauren is staying home thisyear, caring for our daughter Ellie, whowas born in July 2008.”

Jonathan Trager was featured in anarticle, “Georgia-based Franchisor OpensIts First New York State Restaurant inClifton Park Location,” in the Dec. 1,2008, issue of Saratoga Business Journal.Jonathan owns a Shane’s Rib Shack fran-chise, which opened in June 2008. TheClifton Park restaurant does eat-in andtake-out business, as well as catering. Healso owns several Moe’s Southwest Grillfranchises throughout the Albany area. Inthe article, Jonathan says that he learned a great deal from Bob Rosenberg, H ’97,P ’94, a member of the Babson Board ofOverseers, who was an adjunct professor.Bob, the son of the founder of Dunkin’Donuts, led the company for years.

Derek Vanderwarker e-mails, “I still work at Disney and ESPN MediaNetworks, the affiliate sales division ofThe Walt Disney Co., and focus on grow-ing distribution of ABC, Disney, andESPN content across traditional cable,satellite, and telecommunication partners,as well as digital platforms such as Appleand Microsoft. I split my workweekbetween upstate Connecticut and NewYork City. I’m looking forward to catch-ing up with fellow Babson classmates atreunion in October.”

2005Adam Cahill was featured in an article,

“Ad Execs See Slump as Chance to GoSolo,” in the Feb. 13 issue of BostonBusiness Journal. In the article, Adam saysthat he will launch a new consultancy,Brooklyn Mass, in March. He was seniorvice president and general manager atCarat, a Boston-based interactive agency,and at the time of the article, he plannedto step down before moving over toBrooklyn Mass. The new company willfocus on digital marketing, brand behav-ior, and marketing analytics for small andmidsize companies.

Philip Gager was married to EllenSlater on July 6, 2008, in Richmond, Va.,where they live. He works in businessdevelopment for Capital Advisors Group,based in Boston.

Douglyss Giuliana e-mails, “My twonew businesses each won awards in theirfirst year of business. Advantage YachtSales (www.advantageyachtsales.com) inNewburyport, Mass., a dealer of Hunter

and LaserPerformance sailboats, won aGold Level customer service award fromHunter Marine Corp. Black Rock Sailing School in Boston Harbor, startedin May 2008, was named 2008 Out-standing School of the Year by theAmerican Sailing Association. Each ofthese awards is given to only the tophandful of companies based on direct customer feedback.”

Josh Halpern has been named directorof domestic customer development at Just Born Inc., a candy manufacturingcompany in Bethlehem, Pa. The companymakes products such as Peeps, Mike andIke, Hot Tamales, and Peanut Chews.Previously, he was a team leader for cate-gory development, household east at TheClorox Co.

Molly Hart was married to Jake Dulleon July 19, 2008, in Dryden, N.Y. Mollyworks for GE Energy, and Jake works for ExxonMobil Pipeline. The couple livesin Houston.

Amir Lewkowicz was interviewed inan article, “Online Communities MeetClinical Trials: Inspire’s Cofounder onSocial Networking, ‘Health 2.0,’ andTrust,” posted on Xconomy/Boston onDec. 11, 2008. Amir is the cofounder and

vice president for partnerships at Inspire(www.inspire.com), which hosts Web-basedcommunities for disease sufferers and theircaregivers, and helps pharmaceutical anddevice companies to recruit qualified par-ticipants for clinical trials. He runs theNewton, Mass., office of Inspire, which isheadquartered in Princeton, N.J.

Brian Salazar was profiled in an article,“Brian Orlando Salazar,” in the Nov. 17,2008, issue of Banker & Tradesman. Heand Mike Manzo cofounded EntegraDevelopment & Investment LLC(www.entegra-re.com) in 2007. TheAndover, Mass.-based firm specializes inenvironmentally sustainable real estatedevelopment and green investing. Brianwas a 2007–2008 fellow with Wild Gift, anonprofit organization that supports entre-preneurs who promote environmentalawareness and sustainability, and is a 2009fellow with the Environmental LeadershipProgram, New England.

2006Pamela Pantos has been named execu-

tive director at Opera North, a summeropera festival in Lebanon, N.H. Before she


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Professor Laurence Moss ofBrookline, Mass., who had been a mem-ber of Babson’s Economics Division since1977, died on Feb. 24. He earned a BAand MA at Queens College, an MA andPhD at Columbia University, and a JD atSuffolk University. He was the editor ofThe American Journal of Economics andSociology, and he served on the editorialboards of History of Political Economy,Journal of the History of EconomicThought, and Small Business Economics. In1986, he became a member of theMassachusetts Bar Association, and heserved on the state’s Supreme JudicialCourt standing committee on pro bonolegal services. He wrote several books andmany articles on diverse topics, includingthe history of economics, entrepreneur-ship, law, film, and bankruptcy. Before he

came to Babson, he taught at theUniversity of Virginia and the FletcherSchool of Law and Diplomacy at TuftsUniversity. An avid magician, he usedmagic in the classroom to illustrate theprinciples of economics. He leaves hiswife Widdy Ho, son, mother, and sister.

Richard Roussel of Plymouth, Mass.,formerly of Millis, retired head chef atBabson College, died on April 15, 2008.When he retired in June 1991, he hadworked in Babson’s kitchen for more than25 years, first as an employee of theCollege, later of food services companySaga, and most recently, Marriott. He wasan adviser for Alpha Kappa Psi fraternityand also worked part time at WellesleyCountry Club. He served in the Armyduring the Korean War. He leaves his

daughter Victoria Roussel ’84 and twograndsons.

Culver Griffin ’36 of Roxbury, Conn.,died on Nov. 9, 2008. He worked atSinger Sewing Machine Co. in New YorkCity and retired in 1964. He was businessmanager for the Norwalk [Conn.]Symphony from 1961 to 1986. He leaveshis wife Alice, four daughters, son, fivegrandchildren, two great-grandchildren,and three sisters.

William Perkins ’41 of Acton, Mass.,died on Dec. 29, 2008. He leaves his wifeNancy, two daughters, two sons, and eightgrandchildren.

John Van Riper ’41 of Boonton, N.J.,died on Nov. 25, 2008. He served in theArmy during World War II. The owner

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2007Ryan Abood runs GourmetGiftBaskets

.com, an online company that providesgourmet gift baskets, wine gift baskets,fruit baskets, holiday gift baskets, and cor-porate gift baskets for virtually every occa-sion. According to InternetRetailer.com,GourmetGiftBaskets.com grew its Websales by 172.7 percent in 2008 to $12 mil-lion from $4.4 million in 2007, placing itin the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide.

2008Charles Burckmyer and Scott Noll

(’98) are the founders of Knob HillPartners (www.knobhillpartners.com), aninvestment team that uncovers small- tomiddle-market acquisition opportunitieswith strong growth potential. Knob HillPartners was featured in an article,“Business Opportunities Abound, Even inBad Times,” in the Small Business sectionof the Feb. 11 issue of The New York

Times. The business partners closed theirfund in December when they had suffi-cient funds to commence their search foracquisitions.

Jennifer Green e-mails, “After gradua-tion, I piloted my social entrepreneurialventure, Generate Change, which enabledconsumers at retail stores to round uptheir total at the register to the nearestdollar and ‘generate change’ for a non-profit organization of the retailer’s choice.Unfortunately, after we piloted, the econ-omy forced me to put the organization onhold. Now I am proud to be the manag-ing director of Building Impact, a Boston-based organization working to increasecivic engagement and philanthropy inBoston, building by building. BuildingImpact delivers community engagementopportunities, such as volunteer eventsand donation drives, right to office build-ings and residential apartment buildings.The organization harnesses the collectiveenergy of individuals and companies livingand working within these buildings, andgenerates resources such as volunteers,mentors, and donated items to benefitmore than 20 nonprofit partners inGreater Boston. The organization cur-rently serves 45 buildings across GreaterBoston. This ‘building-centric’ approachto increasing civic engagement earned

Building Impact the Social Innovator’sAward in 2007, given each year by theSocial Innovation Forum. Every day Iapply what I learned at Babson toBuilding Impact as we help unlock thecivic potential of individuals and compa-nies right where they live and work.”

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and president of Van Riper Realtors Inc.,he worked in real estate development andinsurance. He owned the Montville Innfor 32 years. He leaves his wife Irene,four daughters, son, three stepchildren,seven grandchildren, five stepgrandchil-dren, 11 great-grandchildren, sister, and brother.

Sidney Mason ’47 of Duluth, Minn.,died on Jan. 29. He served in the Navyduring the Korean War. When he retiredin 1988, he was a partner in Liscomb-Hood-Mason Co., an insurance firm inDuluth. He leaves his wife Marguerite, sixchildren, five stepchildren, 29 grandchil-dren, and brother.

Charles Chamberlain ’49 of WestDennis, Mass., died on Jan. 8. He servedin the Army during the Korean War. Hefounded a real estate business on CapeCod and developed Patriot Square shop-ping center in Dennis in 1985. He leaveshis wife Jean, son, and three grandchil-dren, including Elizabeth Chamberlain ’04.

Burritt Hubbard ’49 of Painesville,Ohio, formerly of Ashtabula, died onNov. 19, 2008. He served in the Armyduring World War II. In 1957, he formedHubbard and Associates, a financial con-sulting business. He was a board memberof Northeastern Ohio National Bank. Heleaves his wife Joanne, daughter, twosons, four grandchildren, and two sisters.

Frederic Howe ’51 of Wolfeboro,N.H., died on Dec. 29, 2008. An Armyveteran, he was a pilot for United Airlinesfor 32 years. He leaves his daughter, son,two grandchildren, sister, and nephewTimothy Mullin ’92.

Robert Green ’55 of Towaco andGreen Pond, N.J., died on Dec. 29,2008. He was a veteran of the KoreanWar. In 1974, he founded Health Facili-ties Design Inc., an interior design andequipment planning company for hospi-tals, and was president until his death. Heleaves his wife Shirley, three daughters,son, nine grandchildren, and sister.

Paul McPherson, MBA ’55, ofStamford, Conn., died on Dec. 7, 2008.He was a veteran of the Korean War. For 35 years, he was an executive withThe McGraw-Hill Cos. in New York City. He leaves his wife Mary, four sons,seven grandchildren, sister, two brothers,niece Susan McPherson Gormley, MBA ’90, and her husband LawrenceGormley, MBA ’95, and nephew NeilMcPherson ’87.

John Sanderson ’56 of Jaffrey Center,N.H., died on Dec. 20, 2008. From theearly 1960s until 2007, he operated Mass

Mailing Service, a company that manufac-tured plastic credit and identificationcards, in Holliston, Mass. He leaves twodaughters and two sons.

Joseph DeFerrari ’57 of BonitaSprings, Fla., died on Oct. 21, 2008. He was a Navy veteran. He worked in the marketing division of Mobil Oil for35 years. He leaves his wife Joan, daugh-ter, son, three grandchildren, sister, andbrother.

Herbert Wolk, MBA ’58, of Andover,Mass., died on Nov. 19, 2008. Hefounded Herb Wolk Associates, a publicrelations firm. He leaves his wife Bernice.

John Phalen ’60, MBA ’64, of OceanCity, N.J., died on Jan. 18. He served inthe Air Force during the Korean War. Hewas a computer and business consultant.He leaves his two daughters, son, sixgrandchildren, sister, and two brothers.

Joseph Park ’64 of Boston died onNov. 23, 2008. He served in the Armybefore attending Babson. He worked forFirst National Bank of Boston and laterBayBank. After retirement, he ran a bedand breakfast at his home in the SouthEnd of Boston. He leaves his wife Susanand two sisters.

Donald Johnson, MBA ’65, of EastGreenwich, R.I., died on Dec. 20, 2008.When he retired in 1993, he was chair-man, president, and CEO of IndependentEnergy Inc. of Rhode Island; he contin-ued to work as a management consultantand director of Independent Energy. Heleaves his wife Nancy, daughter, two sons,foster son, and four grandchildren.

Thomas Morris ’65 of SouthwestHarbor, Maine, died on Dec. 7, 2008.He served in the National Guard. In1972, he founded Morris Yachts, expand-ing it over the years. He leaves his wifeJustine, two daughters, son, seven grand-children, sister, and brother.

Philip Carlman ’68 of Ocala, Fla., for-merly of Beverly, Mass., died on Dec. 15,2008. He served in the Air Force duringthe Vietnam War. He was the founder andbroker/owner of Maverick Realty Inc. inOcala. He leaves his wife Heidi, three sisters, and cousin Harold Carlman ’71.

Walter McCarthy, MBA ’69, ofMedfield, Mass., died on July 10, 2008.He leaves his wife Dorothy, five daugh-ters, two sons, 10 grandchildren, andbrother.

Raibeart Copland, MBA ’70, ofWellesley died on Nov. 26, 2008. Heserved in the British army before finishinghis education. For more than 30 years, he worked at Ludlow Corp., including

12 years at the company plant in Calcutta,India. He leaves his wife Sheila; three chil-dren, including Thomas Copland ’78 andIan Copland ’78, who is married to Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86; and sixgrandchildren.

Edward Ready, MBA ’72, of WestYarmouth, Mass., died on Nov. 20, 2008.He was president of E.A. Ready and Sons,a real estate and construction company onCape Cod. He leaves his wife Kathleen,two sons, stepson, two stepgrandchildren,and five sisters.

Eugene Long, MBA ’73, of Wellesley,formerly of Newton, died on Nov. 20,2008. He served in the Navy during WorldWar II. He owned Long Mail Advertising,which provided development and market-ing services to organizations for 40 years.He leaves three daughters, two grandchil-dren, and four great-grandchildren.

James Hutchinson, MBA ’83, ofSharon, Mass., died on Oct. 26, 2008. Heleaves his wife Joan, daughter, son,mother, and sister.

Stephen McDonnell ’83 of Billerica,Mass., formerly of Brookline, died on Jan. 31. He was a property manager atUnited Properties Group, Spaulding andSlye, Finard & Co., and Everest/KSPartners. He leaves his wife Donna, son,mother, sister, and brother.

Karen (Driscoll) Fitzsimmons, MBA ’84,of Westford, Mass., died on Nov. 7, 2008.She was director of marketing, Yellow Page division at Nynex. She leaves her husband Thomas, three daughters, parents,and brother.

Glendaly Vigoreaux ’84 of Glendale,Ariz., died on July 15, 2008. She leavesher husband Paul Hacker.

Deborah (Ombrello) Anderson ’88of Fountain Valley, Calif., died on Jan. 25.She was a vice president, national accountsat Helen Kaminski. She leaves her husbandMatthew, parents, and brother.

Sven Callahan, MBA ’91, of Bedford,Mass., died on Nov. 10, 2008. A certifiedfinancial planner, he opened an office ofAmeriprise Financial Services in Wellesley.He leaves his two sons, parents, and twosisters.

Anne-Marie Carnazza ’91 of Natick,Mass., died on Dec. 21, 2008. She was adata sales executive for AT&T Foundationand then worked in computer softwarecorporate sales for Servicesoft Corp. Sheleaves her companion Anthony Krason,parents, sister, and five brothers.

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