CLASS NOTES
2010
Elizabeth Brooks is the Assistant Director of
Financial Aid at The Peabody Institute of The
Johns Hopkins University.
Laura Smith Schenk ’10 ’15M is working as
the Academic Progression Coordinator of Nursing
at Harford Community College and Cecil College.
Last November she attended the Organization for
Associate Degree Nursing Annual Convention in
Arizona and received the first place poster award
for her entry entitled “Cecil-Harford Academic
Progression in Nursing Initiative.”
2011
Kayla Eckert is working as an associate
veterinarian at the Pulaski Veterinary Clinic
in Baltimore, Md. She received the Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree from St. George’s
University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2016.
Katherine “Katie” Hoffman and Pat Mueller
welcomed the arrival of daughter Aubrey
Elizabeth Mueller on May 29, 2017.
Allison Humphries is engaged to Donald
Cuneo, and the couple is planning a wedding on
Dec. 1, 2018.
Brittany Kaier Meyers is a senior compliance
analyst at ACell, Inc., a leading regenerative
medicine company that develops and
manufactures products designed to facilitate the
body’s ability to repair and remodel tissue.
2012
Courtney Burkett is a desktop support specialist
in the IT Department at the University of
Maryland Baltimore County.
Brandi Powers Downing ’12 ’13M was
nominated for the UnitedHealth Group
company-wide Superhero Award, which
recognizes employees who provide exceptional
customer service and contribute to company
growth by delivering quality service and
demonstrating cultural values while serving
customers.
Nick Farano was among seven American citizens
invited by Hands Along the Nile Development
Services to take part in the Professional Fellow
Program Outbound Exchange which took place
in Egypt from Feb. 10-21. This is a professional
development exchange program funded by the
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs. The program seeks to foster
professional partnerships between American
experts and Egyptian colleagues and to contribute
to intercultural understanding. The theme of
the program was the empowerment of women
and persons with disabilities. Nick is the Public
Relations and Fundraising Manager for the
Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan
Washington. He recently completed a M.B.A. in
project management from Capella University.
Renae Hunter and Brian Diller were married on
Sept. 30, 2017. The ceremony and reception were
held at the Columbus Center in Baltimore.
Bobby Jackson ’12 ’14M ’16M returned
to SU last summer for training in Project
Lead the Way (PLTW) curriculum. This
training prepares high school educators to use
hands-on, inquiry-based learning techniques
to instruct PLTW students. Bobby teaches
science at Glen Burnie High School.
Stephannie Krulevitz ’12M is an Assistant
State Prosecutor in Maryland. She received
the J.D. degree in 2015 from the University
of Baltimore School of Law and clerked for
the Honorable Julie L. Glass of the Circuit
Court for Baltimore County following law
school. She is admitted to practice before state
and federal courts including Maryland, the
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, and the United States District Court
for the District of Maryland.
Grant Simard and Kellie Forsyth ’13 are
living in Virginia where Grant works as a
contracts administrator at Agile Defense
and Kellie works in IT at the Department of
State. They both travel to a lot of work-related
conferences and meetings and enjoy seeing
new places in the U.S. and around the world.
Trisha Tucci is working as a Financial Aid
Advisor at Towson University.
Congratulations to Kayla Wilson who
graduated from the Michigan State School
of Law in May. While in school she worked
at Legal Aid in Michigan and also spent a
semester in a Michigan State clinic teaching
high school journalism students about the
First Amendment.
2013
Janel Frazier ’13, Zac Stavish ’13,
Melissa Pinkney ’15, and Lauren Speiser
’15 presented at the AACTE (American
Association for the Council of Teacher
Accreditation) national conference held in
March in Baltimore. They were joined by
School of Education faculty member Beth
Kobett. The title of the presentation was “A
University-Led Induction: Using a Strengths-
Based Inquiry Approach to Support
Beginning Mathematics Teachers’ Success.”
Nick Hoban and Katie Evans ’14 are
engaged and the couple is planning a
September wedding.
Brian Lewis ’13 ’13M graduated from
Mitchell Hamline School of Law in January
2017. He took the Minnesota Bar Exam
in February, passed, and was admitted to
the Minnesota Bar in May 2017. He is
currently an associate at Francis White Law
in Woodbury, Minn., where he handles VA
claims appeals and military law matters
nationwide as well as Social Security issues.
Rachel Mullett and Justin Hedrick ’15
were married on Sept. 2, 2017, at the Alumni
Memorial Chapel at Loyola University
Maryland. The reception was held at Turf
Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Md. Members of
the wedding party included SU alumni Kristy
Watts Willingham ’12, Katie Stuck Winfield
’12, Brandon Bayer ’15, Frankie Reynolds
’15, and Corey Wassum ’16.
Ashley Nelson-Raut has joined the wealth
preservation group practice at Pessin Katz Law
P.A. Her practice focuses on advising clients in
the areas of estate planning, elder care, estate
and trust administration, and income taxation
of trusts and estates.
Kelsie Rites, along with Kyle Pottieger ’16,
Katie Madigan ’17, and Emily Ostrander
’17 from the School of Education’s Beginning
Teacher Community, hosted a Job Interview
Preparation Discussion for School of Education
seniors on March 8, 2018.
Brandon Smith ’13 ’14M and Ciara Faupel
’16 were married on July 21, 2017.
Megan Smith and Jason Scroggins ’13 were
married in May 2017, and the couple welcomed
their first child, Lena, born on Feb. 11, 2018.
2014
Jaiana Boskett is engaged to marry Shalise
Harris, and a wedding is being planned for 2019.
Nicolas “Nico” Garcia ’14 ’16M began
working with Solar Cit