ALUMNA PROFILE
Stefani Beser and Jamie Read ’08 ’11M
were married on Oct. 8, 2016 at The Mount
Washington Tavern in Baltimore. They took a
honeymoon cruise down the Rhine River from
Amsterdam to Switzerland and ended the trip
with a few days in Paris.
Making Connections and Building
Relationships
Condolences to Derek Weifenbach on the
passing of his mother, Linda, in January. Linda
was a member of the VJC/SU staff from 2003-
2009.
2010
Shantell Roberts ’08 (business administration) is no
Jessica “Jessie” Green Fitzell ’10 ’12M and
her husband, Russell, welcomed a daughter,
Isabella, on May 7, 2016. Jessie is a Special
Agent with the Department of Defense and a
Federally Certified Polygraph Examiner.
Katie Ballance has joined Junior Achievement
of Central Maryland as Marketing Director.
Stephanie Sufczynski and Steven Mark
Barsotti, Jr. were married on Oct. 1, 2016 at St.
Ursula Catholic Church. A reception followed
at Sparrows Point Country Club.
Matt Bramble has spent the past five years
in graduate school at UCLA working on his
doctorate in human genetics. His work focuses
on the genetic basis of sex differences in the
brain, and he has recently had several articles
published in Nature’s Scientific Reports and the
Journal of Neuroscience Research.
Sarah Bressler Bull is working at Stevenson
as Assistant to the Dean of the Brown School
of Business and Leadership.
Mark Golueke has joined the staff at SU as a
Data Entry Specialist in the Human Resources
Department.
2011
Katelyn Manocheh and Kerry Dugan ’09
were married on Oct. 22, 2016. The ceremony
and reception were held at the Hershey
Country Club in Hershey, Pa., and the couple
honeymooned on Anna Maria Island off the
gulf coast of Florida. The couple resides in
Timonium, Md.
Suzanne Packard and Paul Kraus were
married by “Elvis” on Aug. 2, 2016 in Las
Vegas, Nev. The couple resides in Catonsville,
Md.
Julie Wajtkowicz married Matthew Main on
Oct. 8, 2016 in Pasadena, Md. She is in her
sixth year teaching elementary school in Anne
Arundel County.
Elysian Richardson and Jeanna Thomas ’11
were married on April 29, 2016 in Antigua.
Sarah Sawyer has joined the law firm of
Offit Kurman where her practice is focused
on commercial, business, and labor and
employment litigation. She represents business
owners in all types of litigation disputes and
transactions. Sarah received a J.D. degree from
the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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stranger to tragedy, having lost her one-year-old daughter
six years ago to MRSA pneumonia. Despite her grief, shortly
Ava Schein ’15 married Andrew Ellett on Sept. 25, 2016. The wedding and reception were
held at the Liberty Mountain Resort and Conference Center in Fairfield, Pa. The wedding
party included many SU alumni including Johnny Mills ’14, Annie McCoach ’16, Tara
Shishmanian ’15, Jenifer Antonelli ’15, Susana Cintron ’15, Maria Zambuto Karolenko
’14 and Chris Karolenko ’14, and J Andrew Cerda. The wedding photographer was Corinne
Thompson ’14, whose business is called Love to the Core.
thereafter, she founded a 501c3 nonprofit organization,
Touching Young Lives Inc., which focuses on the health and
well-being of infants and children.
Yet her efforts did not stop there. Roberts, who considers
herself a mate rnal and child health advocate, is the Safe
Sleep Coordinator for HealthCare Access Maryland, a posi-
tion funded under the B’More for Healthy Babies Safe Sleep
2012
Tamar Rafaeli ’12 ’16M received a
master’s degree in business and technology
management from Stevenson last May.
Kayla Wilson spent the summer working in
the Office of the Attorney General and the
Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland
helping to draft a possible flag protocol for
fallen soldiers and assisting with the draft
of a ballot question for the November 2016
general election. She also traveled to Croatia
for three weeks as part of the Intellectual
Property Study Abroad program offered at
Michigan State University College of Law,
where she is studying. When Kayla returned
to school and her classes last fall, she also
started an externship with the National
Labor Relations Board in Detroit.
2013
Nichole Zang Do is working as a Program
Management Specialist in the Department
of Biological Sciences at the University of
Maryland Baltimore County.
Kristin Giauque ’13 ’15M is employed by
the Department of Defense at Ft. Meade,
Md., as a Program Manager.
Taylor Zimmerman and Alex Hosier ’12
became engaged on Dec. 10, 2016. They
have been a couple for seven years and are
planning a spring 2018 wedding.
and was featured in the Greenbelt News Review
for her use of real-life situations in teaching
first graders at Magnolia Elementary School. She
considers her teaching style to be very hands-on
and tries to challenge the students while also
providing a fun environment where they can
interact with each other. Initiative. Working with families who meet certain criteria,
Callum Robinson was selected second overall
in the Major League Lacrosse supplemental
draft by the Atlanta Blaze. Callum appeared in
nine games with the Chesapeake Bayhawks last
season. and provides them with in-home services. The initiative has
Jennifer “Jen” Rosenbloom recently relocated
to West Palm Beach, Fla., and is fulfilling a
dream of living in south Florida. She is working
as a National Account Manager at Wells
Pharmacy Network, a nationwide compounding
pharmacy. down in our city,” says Roberts.
safe sleep resources and education through the Safe Sleep
SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Prevention Ini-
tiative. Through a referral program, Roberts identifies in-
dividuals in need of safe sleep environments for children
been proven effective and Roberts has played a significant
part in that success over the past year. “Through the im-
plementation of the SIDS program, the numbers are going
“Unfortunately, the numbers don’t look great outside of
Shantell Roberts ’08
Baltimore,” she adds. This concern inspired her to find a
way to address it. Roberts submitted a business venture pro- sociation Board, Roberts finds herself networking constantly.
posal through the Johns Hopkins University Social Innova- Tre Seals received the Typography 2017
Award for Excellence from Communication
Arts Magazine: Typography Annual 7 for a film
poster he designed for Theodore Booker’s ’16
senior project, entitled “Sixteen.” Tre received a
two-page spread in the magazine. He was also
featured in the Print Magazine Regional Design
Annual and received awards for his SU School of
Design poster, “Find Your Passion.” She attributes her ability to make meaningful connections
tion Lab, and was selected as one of only 10 ventures chosen and understand the value of strengthening relationships to
from 53 proposals. Her proposal was the implementation of the experiences she had as a student at Villa Julie College.
Tara Shishmanian has returned to the region
and is working as a meetings project manager at
Paralyzed Veterans of America in Washington,
D.C. Andrew McGregor ’15 ’16M will have
part one of his thesis research published this
year in the Journal of Forensic Sciences. Samantha Simpson attended the Maryland
Council for Teachers of Mathematics
Conference in October and along with a
colleague presented, “Fostering Proof of
GeoGebra.” Samantha teaches at Wilde Lake
Middle School in Columbia.
Melissa Pinkney is a second-year teacher
in Prince George’s County Public Schools Avery Yancey ’15 ’16M is working as an IT
specialist at the Social Security Administration.
2015
including financial and socioeconomic need, she provides
universal safe sleep prevention by way of the Safe Sleep Baby “Building tight relationships with my classmates allowed
Box. Baby boxes keep infants contained and well-positioned us to hold one another accountable. A lot of those relation-
for safe sleep, and Roberts thinks every mother deserves to ships have carried well beyond college for me,” says Roberts.
have one for her child. Through this program, Roberts has Events that she attended as a student brought together a
been provided with mentorship, funding, and resources she mixed group of people from different areas across campus,
would have never received otherwise. and the opportunities to interact with them helped her gain
Her academic background paired with her current work
in the nonprofit sector has allowed Roberts to see the big
confidence as she continued connecting with new people
throughout her personal and professional life.
picture. “My degree and professional experiences in busi- Her ability to make connections has paid off in big
ness remind me to always consider what a program or ini- ways. “Think about it. You could meet a venture capitalist
tiative takes to implement behind the scenes,” she says. at a picnic and they might end up funding your project,” she
Volunteering her time and support to several local orga-
nizations, including the Stevenson University Alumni As-
suggests. Or, like Roberts, you can seek out the opportunity
to make a real difference.
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