ALUMNA PROFILE
resides in Pikesville with her five-year-old
daughter, Kennedy.
Stephanie Sufczynski is engaged to Steven
Barsotti and the couple is planning to get
married on Oct. 1, 2016.
2012
Jean Goldberg and her husband, Howard,
are excited about the arrival of their
granddaughter, Samantha Jean, born on Dec.
7, 2015. Proud parents are their daughter,
Briana Goldberg Pipitone ’04, and her
husband, Greg.
Renae Hunter is the Art Director at Plank
Industries.
Robert Jackson ’12 ’14M is a high school
science department chair and biology teacher
in the Anne Arundel County School System.
He also teaches online and online hybrid
classes in anatomy and physiology and in
forensic science at Harford Community
College.
Krystal Sharp graduated from the University
of Scranton in May 2015 with a Master of
Science degree in Human Resources. She works
at Holiday Inn Club Vacations in Orlando,
Fla., and in January was promoted from HR
Coordinator to Talent Acquisition SpecialistMarketing Call Center.
2013
After graduation Yanita Boayue pursued her
passion and joined Kennedy Krieger Institute
working with children with autism. After
moving closer to D.C., she continued that
goal of helping and working with children
and is now a therapist at B.A.C.I.C.S. ABA
Therapy. She received her certification and
became a Registered Behavior Technician and
is interested in continuing her education with
plans to pursue a master’s degree in clinical
and behavioral psychology.
Creating
Community
It’s fitting that Shervonne Cherry ’05 has the job title Community Manager—the
word “community” seems to be a common thread in her life.
For one, it’s a top reason she chose to attend then-Villa Julie College. Cherry knew
that she wanted to pursue a degree in art or design and VJC was a prospective school.
“I had a friend who was a freshman there, so I shadowed her for a day,” she says.
“I’d had the image of college from the movies where it showed an auditorium with
200 students in a class. That scared me but then I came here and saw that it was like
a community. President Manning was there greeting people, which impressed me.
And when I decided to attend, it didn’t disappoint. It was a small community where
I could grow, and I could tell people cared about me.”
Fast-forward 11 years later to her position at Spark Baltimore, located at Power
Plant Live!. Spark is described as a collaborative co-working space, and its clients are
entrepreneurs, creators, and innovators.
“We’re the next step after a company has graduated from an incubator, we’re
about the growth,” Cherry says. “It’s expensive, you’re trying to build your brand,
Leah Cornett was married to Brad Nelson
on May 13 and the couple relocated to
North Carolina. Earlier this year Leah passed
the School Psychologist Praxis and, after
completing an internship in Falls Church City
Public Schools, was licensed as a Nationally
Certified School Psychologist. She graduated
with the Certificate of Advanced Graduate
Studies in School Psychology in May.
find a place—Spark focuses on the scalability of companies trying to grow. A lot of
Tracy Imm ’13M was named the