Sam Mezzich ’88 was named
president of Coverys Specialty
Insurance Company, a new excess
and surplus lines underwriting
company for the healthcare
industry. Mezzich has more than
25 years of medical professional
underwriting experience, most recently as regional
vice president of Arch Insurance. He also worked at
GE Capital/ERC, CNA, AIG, and MLMIC.
Caitlin Smith Gilson ’03 was recently appointed
academic dean and tutor in Philosophy and Theology
at Newman College in Ireland. Her most recent
book The Political Dialogue of Nature and Grace:
Toward a Phenomenology of Chaste Anarchism will
be published in September.
Christopher Johnson ’89 established the Sacramento-based
risk management consulting
firm riskthinktank in June 2014.
As principal, he provides enterprise
risk management consulting
services to public entities,
corporations, private equity, and non-profits.
riskthinktank.com
Makwinder Kaur-McNeil ’05 and her husband,
Chris McNeil, are proud to announce the birth of
their daughter, Kiran Ajooni Kaur-McNeil, born last
November. Kaur-McNeil is an Adjunct Instructor
at the College, while her husband is SFC’s Director
of Support Services.
Deana M. Agostino ’05 and her husband, Sandro,
are the proud parents of Gianna Reese who was born
last August.
Antonevia ’04 and Julian
’06 Oddman are now the
proud parents of Myles
Oddman, born last May.
Myles is the couple’s
second child, and joins
big brother, Noah.
1990s
Mark Nurse ’98 is managing director of portfolio
management and relationship management of
The Glenmede Trust Company in Princeton, NJ.
He was previously investment director for PNC
Wealth Management in New Jersey.
Tamás Bakacs ’99 is now a member of the Advisory
Board of Skyharbour Resources Ltd. He is also a
portfolio manager at ACCESS Fund Management
Ltd., where he manages a junior mining-focused
commodity equity fund in Budapest, Hungary.
Nancy Marano Lunsford ’03
and her husband, Michael,
recently welcomed their
second son, Bowen Louis
Lunsford, into the world.
Bowen joins big brother, Noah, and big sister,
Vanessa, ages five and 14, respectively.
John P. Montes ’09 recently won Shamrock Shuffle
10K race in Summerville, SC, with a time of 37
minutes, 25 seconds. Montes is a U.S. Air Force
logistics officer, and lives in North Charleston, SC.
Joseph ’09, Alan ’10, and Steven ’14 Stuto are all
following in their father’s footsteps and pursuing
podiatry. Joseph and Alan are completing their
podiatric residency training, while Steven is in his
first year of podiatric education. Their father, Dr.
Joseph C. Stuto, oversees two practices, one located
on Remsen Street, one block from the College.
2010s
Thalita Paladino
Isailovic ’11 wed
Aleksandar Isailovic ’14
at Boca Dunes Country
Club in Boca Raton, FL.
In attendance were fellow
Terriers, Zoltan Danko
’12, Marko Dedovic ’10,
Andrea Dolnay ’12,
Melissa Manning ’10,
Matthew Milk ’14, Lily
Rodriguez ’11, and
Paloma Szivos ’13.
Stephanie Tineo ’11 is now a clinical assistant at
Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.
2000s
Maria Caramico Blandino ’03 and her husband,
Gaetano, are the proud parents of Valentina Marie,
born this past July. Maria is associate director of
financial aid at the College.
Amanda Pileggi ’07 is now president of the Women
Lawyers Association, Mid-Michigan Chapter. Pileggi
practices law as a member of the litigation group at
Willingham & Coté in East Lansing. She earned her
JD from Michigan State University College of Law.
Paul A. Morisi ’06 recently wed Alison Laird.
The couple took part in a program called Sposi
Novelli, in which newlywed couples meet with and
are blessed by the Pope in St. Peter’s Square,
Vatican City, Rome. The couple spoke with Pope
Francis and told him of the love the Diocese of
Brooklyn has for his holiness.
Sarah M. Bratton Hughes ’07
and her husband, Andrew,
are now the proud parents
of Andrew James Hughes,
born this past July.
Madalyn Hanley ’80 graduated from St. Francis and a week later began
working for Brooklyn Union Gas. Thirty-four years later, she’s reversed that
path, returning to her alma mater as chief information officer (CIO).
A Business Management major, Hanley joined the management training
program at Brooklyn Union and requested a job in the computer programming
division. She says her strong background in math and logic were a perfect match
for a field that was still in its infancy.
She spent the next three decades with Brooklyn Union, then KeySpan, and
ultimately National Grid, in a variety of senior management positions: programmer, systems analyst, manager of major corporate application systems, data
warehouses, and project management offices. Hanley was also instrumental in leading the company’s
IT division through a number of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. She even spent nearly three
years in England where she served as National Grid’s vice president of the United Kingdom-based
IT organization.
As retirement from National Grid drew near, Hanley began teaching Leadership and Management
courses at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. But when the CIO position opened at St. Francis College,
she quickly decided to return to Brooklyn Heights to tackle the technology challenges of college life.
“We used to live in a world where technology was scary and people kept th