Terrier Volume 75, Number 1 - Spring 2011 | Page 30

Class Notes

John E. Kiely ’77 played the lead of John in the twoact play The Cocktail Hour presented by the Bergen
County Players at the Little Firehouse Theatre.

L-R: John Kiely ’77, James Lesko, Shari Buchwald
and Rollin Gardner. (Photo by Michael Smith.)

Vincent A. Ferraioli ’78 has been named
Parishioner of the Year at Our Lady Angels Parish
in Brooklyn. He was recently appointed to the
Diocesan Pastoral Council for the Diocese of
Brooklyn.
Pablo Sierra ’79 was
honored in January at the
U.S. Tennis Association’s
annual awards dinner,
at the Renaissance Hotel
in White Plains. Pablo
received the Volunteer
of the Year Award for the
Metro Region.

Al Hot ’84, the owner of Fast Track Construction,
was featured in the Winter 2011 issue of B & C
Northeast Magazine. Hot tells the magazine his
New York City projects are successful, in part,
because he handles much of the specialty work like
carpentry, drywall and architectural woodworking
with his own people and not subcontractors.
Kenneth Daly ’88 has been named regional
president of National Grid, New York. Daly will
oversee National Grid’s regulated businesses that
provide electricity and natural gas to customers in
upstate New York, and natural gas to customers
in Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Queens and on
Long Island. He was most recently global finance
controller for National Grid, and previously held
senior positions in finance, human resources,
operations and customer service in New York.

1990s
Karen E. Nethersole ’95
was recently honored
with a community service
award from the National
Association of African
Americans in Human
Resources-Greater New
York. Karen is CEO and
founder of Full Circle NY
(FCNY).

Minerva Garcia ’84 recently celebrated her 25th
wedding anniversary with husband Jose ’81,
and their son, James who is now a sophomore
at St. Francis College.

2010s
Robert P de Gannes ’11 is chief digital officer of
.
Tribal DDB Caribbean, a full suite digital advertising
agency providing concept development, maintenance and improvement strategies and implementation across websites, mobile sites, social media
communities and applications.

Weddings
Bruce P Ceparano ’03 recently wed Laura Lynn
.
Gray at the South Gate Manor in Freehold, NJ.
Bruce is a sergeant with the city Police Department
on Staten Island.

Births

1980s
Hector Batista ’84 has been
appointed executive director
of Big Brothers Big Sisters
of New York City, making
him the first Hispanic in
the organization’s 106-year
history to hold that position.
Prior to this appointment,
Hector was chief executive
officer of The Way to Work (formerly Vocational
Foundation, Inc.). Hector is also a member of the
St. Francis College Board of Trustees.

Carl E. Coulanges ’08
recently worked as head
logger and production
assistant for the PBS
series Circus, syncing
scripts with video clips,
selecting clips and
creating sequences for
editors. He also edited
short story arcs and
worked closely with
cameramen and field producers. Carl also just
completed his first semester as a professor at
St. Francis, teaching Fundamentals of Speech.

2000s
Vanessa O. De Almeida ’00 was inducted into the
St. Francis College Duns Scotus Honor Society on
the College’s Charter Day celebration in April. She
is assistant director of alumni relations.

Amanda Fanelli ’07
and Joseph Manna
’07 welcomed Tessa
Rose Manna in
December at New York
Downtown Hospital.

Christopher
Gibbons’97 and
Bevin Meade
Gibbons’98 announce
the birth of their son,
Brendan Michael, in
December. Chris is
director of events for Brooklyn Law School and
Bevin is senior tax manager for BDO.
Professor Francis Greene, Vanessa De Almeida,
Dean of Students Cheryl Howell

Caitlin L. Smith Gilson ’03 has been appointed
chair, faculty of Philosophy, at the Pontifical College
Josephinum.
Steven B. Mudd ’05 recently graduated from the
University of