CLASS NOTES
1958
Condolences to Martha Scanlan
Klima whose husband, Jim, passed
away on June 16, 2018.
1963
teaching position in the English
Department at the University
of Maryland College Park. He
currently serves as Managing
Editor of the academic journal
Textshop Experiments and serves
on the editorial board of the book
series Beyond Criticism published by
Bloomsbury and the literary press
Calypso Editions.
2004
In Sept. 2017 Carolee Martelle ’63
’89 ’97 and Jim Rallo traveled to
Kenya and Tanzania, Africa. While
in Kenya they visited the Ol Pejata
Conversancy and saw Sudan, the
world’s last male white rhino, before
he died this year. They also saw the
African Big 5 – lions, leopards, cape
buffalos, rhinos and elephants, as
well as the migration of wildebeest
and zebras in Masai Mara, and
many other African animals. In
2016 they traveled to Machu Picchu
and the Galapagos Islands.
1974
Shirley Will Matlock and her
husband, Gary, celebrated their 20 th
wedding anniversary in May 2018.
1978
Jamie McGuirk is working for
the State of Maryland as a fraud
investigator at the Department of
Health in Baltimore.
2000
Erin-Lee Hairston ’00 ’03
completed a Ph.D. in Human and
Organizational Development and
Change from Fielding Graduate
University. Her research centered
on philanthropic thinking, black
philanthropoids, and Afrofuturism.
2003
Kevin A. Wisniewski completed
a Ph.D. at University of Maryland
Baltimore County in May 2018. This
fall he was appointed to a full-time
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VENTURES/WINTER 2018-19
Angela Cerniglia Gottesfeld
BSN, RN, CCRN is the Stroke
Center Coordinator at University
of Maryland St. Joseph Medical
Center. She works closely with
various departments in the hospital
to ensure patient safety and to
educate on the signs of stroke.
Angela oversees clinical case review,
data collection, analysis, and
reporting relative to compliance
with standards for Stroke Disease
Management. She returned to
campus in April to give faculty and
staff a presentation on risk factors,
statistics, and symptoms of stroke
as well as general brain health.
2006
Christin Reuter ’06 ’08 has been
selected to serve on the American
Society for Clinical Pathology’s
Choosing Wisely Advisory Board.
Choosing Wisely is an influential
movement begun in 2012 to help
patients engage in conversation
with their physician to choose
care based on evidence, necessity,
minimal harm and best practices.
2007
Jason Miller Cohen is the
head men’s tennis coach at the
California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, Calif.
2008
Lauren Schelts Abbott and
husband, Eric, welcomed their
second child, Owen Lawrence
Abbott, on Feb. 27, 2018. Big sister
Claire Marie, who was three years
old on May 16th, adores her new
baby brother.
Karen McGarity Olszewski is
working as an associate chemist at
McCormick & Company in Hunt
Valley, Md. She received the Master
of Science degree in Biotechnology
from Johns Hopkins University
in 2015. Karen and her husband,
Brian, welcomed daughter Alice in
June 2017.
2009 2012
Megan Willig Kimmitt is the
Creative Director for America’s
Health Insurance Plans, a national
political advocacy and trade
association based in Washington,
D.C. Nick Farano began participating
in the Princeton AlumniCorps
Emerging Leaders program last
June. This nine month professional
development program brings
together 16 aspiring nonprofit
leaders in D.C. to develop
the leadership capabilities,
management skills, and confidence
to advance their professional
contributions and accelerate their
careers. He is the public relations
and fundraising manager at the
Prevention of Blindness Society of
Metropolitan Washington.
Amanda “Mimi” Bory Tinkler
was promoted to Executive
Director at the University of
Maryland St. Joseph Medical
Center Foundation. She is the
youngest executive director in the
University of Maryland system.
Prior to being named executive
director, Mimi served as the
Director of Communications and
Philanthropy Services for the UM
SJMC Foundation and Manager of
Donor Relations.
2010
Congratulations to Brittany
Bangert who successfully ran
in the soggy Boston Marathon
last April. She writes that while
crossing the finish line was so
gratifying, “the worst was by far the
three hours of shivering afterward.
Never been so grateful for a hot
shower, warm blanket and hot
chocolate.”
Laura Ford Gustowarow received
the Senior Professional in Human
Resources (SPHR) Certification
from the HR Certification Institute.
She works as a senior human
resources manager at Secure
Innovations, a cybersecurity firm
providing top-tier solutions for
the defense and the intelligence
community.
Barbara Hartford was promoted
to Chief Financial Officer of the
American Urological Association
effective May 1. In this capacity
she will oversee the organization’s
financial operations, including
financial planning and analysis,
accounting and reporting, as well
as managing all tax and internal
audit functions.
2011
Victoria Wolfe Delle Grotti and
husband, Vincent Delle Grotti
’11, are the proud parents of
daughter Audriana born on Nov.
20, 2017.
Allison Humphries and Donald
“DJ” Cuneo were married on May
26, 2018 on the beach in Fenwick
Island, Del.
Hugh Hayes ’12 ’13M
successfully defended his
doctoral dissertation in
chemistry at the University of
Central Florida. The title of
his work was “Advancements
in liquid chromatography for
the determination of polycyclic
aromatic compounds in
environmental samples.” He plans
to return to the Maryland area to
complete post-doctoral work at the
National Institute of Standards and
Technology.
Jake Quimby, Assistant Director
of Communications in Stevenson’s
Admissions Office, served as co-
chair of this year’s Baltimore Pride
parade held in June.
2013
Julie Mazer ’13 ’16M is a Unit
Marketing Coordinator with
Sodexo and is based on Stevenson’s
Owings Mills campus.
2014
In December 2017, Michelle
Larkin began working as the
Marketing Specialist for the
National Mango Board in Orlando,
Fla., where she focuses on digital
marketing campaigns promoting
mangos to U.S. consumers.
Myrna Malak passed the
board exam to become a nurse
practitioner, and transitioned
from an ICU nurse at Christiana
Hospital in Delaware to a
cardiology nurse practitioner.
Kathryn “Katy” Puccio is
pursuing a Master of Science in
Library and Information Science at
Drexel University and anticipates
graduating in 2021.