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Class Notes
2000s
George Petrakides, Jr. ’00 is now Country Manager
for Microsoft Cyprus, where he previously served as
Enterprise Partner Group (EPG) Lead. He is a Board
Member of the Cyprus Information Technology
Enterprises Association and a member of various
IT professional and business organizations in
Cyprus, representing Microsoft.
CAPP Board Chair Rebekah Calabrese, Dinner
Co-Chair Marcel Borg, 2013 Miss America Mallory
Hagan, Founders’ Award Honoree Michael Randazzo
and Marion White ’78.

1980s
Bruce T. Casino ’81 recently attended the 90th
anniversary reunion of Phi Rho Pi fraternity, and
greatly enjoyed seeing everyone at the event.
Barry S. Rohrssen ’83 has been hired by the
Portland Trail Blazers to be on the coaching staff
of their NBADL affiliate Idaho Stampede.
Kathleen M. Purdy ’84 is a Physical Education
teacher-Aquatics at Newburgh Enlarged City School
district. She is also the Physical Education and
Health Education K-12 curriculum chairperson,
and is a National Board for Professional Teaching
Standard Advanced Candidate.
Diane L. Patton ’88 is happily retired at her
East End beach house, and has fond memories
of ‘the terrific SFC faculty’.
Steven G. O’Brien, Ph.D. ’86 has been appointed
as a Senior Fellow for the American Humane
Association’s Humane Research and Policy division.
Lecelle D. Providence ’88 is a minister for
Antwerp United Methodist Church, in Antwerp, NY.
She also has a nonprofit sports training business
called I.M.P.A.C. (Intense, Motivational, Positive,
Aggressive, Competitive) Performance Inc.

1990s
Annamaria Banaszek ’90 has been elected senior
vice president of New York Life. As head of the
Group’s Wealth Management Department,
Ms. Banaszek is responsible for wealth management
and investment advisory services, including Eagle
Strategies. Ms. Banaszek earned a bachelor of
science degree in accounting. She resides in
Bethlehem, PA with her husband.

Sparkle L. Sooknanan ’02 will
soon start her clerkship with
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States Sonia
Sotomayor. She holds an MBA in
marketing (with distinction) from
Hofstra University, and a Juris Doctor, summa cum
laude from Brooklyn Law School.
Cristine M. DePalo ’03
was recently awarded
the Administrator of the
Year Award at the St.
Francis College Athletic
Awards Banquet.
Christine currently
serves as Senior Advisement Coordinator and
Athletic Academic Advisor for the College.
Caitlin Smith-Gilson, PhD, ’03, Chair of the
Department of Philosophy at the Pontifical College
Josephinum (Columbus, OH), will have her second
book, The Philosophical Question of Christ published
by Continuum Bloomsbury in the fall of 2013.
Raquel Almestica ’04 is an Admissions Counselor
at St. Vincent’s College in Bridgeport, CT, and
remains grateful for the support and inspiration she
received from the Student Services Department at
St. Francis College.
Ruben N. Gonzalez ’04 and Jamaal G. Womack
’09 were recently honored at the St. Francis College
Student Government Awards Ceremony. They both
received the Moderator of the Year Award for their
work with My Brother’s Keeper, a club dedicated to
both modeling and strengthening male student
development at the College. In recognition of their
outstanding work, the club was awarded Special
Interest Club of the Year. Ruben currently serves
as Associate Director of Student Activities at the
College, while Jamaal serves as Resident Director.

Jean S. Desravines ’94 is
CEO of New Leaders, a national
nonprofit that develops
transformational school leaders
and designs effective leadership
policies and practices for school
systems across the country.
David B. Gardella ’97 was honored at this year’s
Athletic Awards Banquet for his 20 years of service
to SFC Athletics.

Ruben N. Gonzalez ’04 and Jamaal G. Womack ’09
with SGA President Kepler Auguste ’13 and
members of My Brother’s Keeper club.

Robert A. Oliva ’04 was recently awarded the
Franciscan Spirit Award and the Administrator of
the Year Award at the St. Francis College Student
Government Awards Ceremony. Robert currently
serves as Director of Community Partnerships and
Special Events for the College.

Robert A. Oliva ’04 with SGA Treasurer Mohammed
Ali ’14 and SGA President Kepler Auguste ’13.
Daniel Barvels ’05 was promoted to FDNY
Lieutenant for Engine 219, Fort Greene, Brooklyn,
on Jan. 2.
Carl P. Esposito ’05 and his wife, Letizia
Bevilacqua ’05 welcomed their first child this
past February.
Kelly A. Mac Lellan ’07 is an Associate Marketing
Manager at Scholastic Media, in their Marketing and
Brand Management Department.
Justina Lopez ’07
recently wed Samuel
Rivera ’07 in Westbury,
NY. Justina and Sam are
both attorneys practicing
in New York and New
Jersey, respectively.
Ken Bruno ’09 is entering his third year as a
publicist in the tech division of New York boutique
public relations firm The Morris + King Company
and was recently named Director of the firm’s
Content Creation arm. As part of his new role,
Ken will be assisting C-level executives in the
development of guest op-eds for major national
and trade publications.
Joseph J. Buccheri ’09 is currently pursuing
his Master’s Degree in Accounting and CPA at
St. Francis College. He also works full-time in the
accounting department at Cullen and Dykman, PC.
Anthony Guiliano ’06,
’13 married Julie
Akselrud in April.
Anthony earned his
undergraduate degree
in Business Management
at St. Francis and is one
of the first students to
graduate from the newly
initiated two-year
Master’s Degree program
in Accounting.

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