Dominick Bruccoleri ’82
is the owner of
Papazzio Restaurant in Bayside, Queens, NY,
and chairman of the Bayside Village business
Improvement District. He was featured in the
June 2015 edition of the Times Ledger for his
efforts to strengthen local businesses and
community engagement, as well as his various
volunteer leadership roles in the community.
Stacy Roth ’82,
author and historic interpreter,
presented an interactive program entitled
“Soldiers Without Guns: Women Defense Workers
in World War II” for the Westfield Historical
Society. Roth is the author of Past Into Present:
Effective Techniques for First-Person Historical
Interpretation and has spoken widely throughout
northern New Jersey about the state’s history.
Pete Trabucco ’82
appeared in the NJ Algonquin
Theatre Production of “The 25th Avenue Putnam
County Spelling Bee.”
Melinda “Mindy” Lighthipe ’83 ’84 MA
was
featured in the July 2015 edition of TheScientist.
com for her work as a botanical artist and
environmental activist through art. She also
leads a botanical drawing workshop, called
Plant Camp, designed to train K-12 teachers in
classroom instruction.
Dianne Lowther ’84
has been named the
human resources director for the city of Falls
Church, CT.
Margaret O’Reilly ’85 ’89 MA
has been named
executive director of New Jersey State Museum.
Joseph F. North ’87
was promoted to senior vice
president at STV.
Lucinda Granatelli ’88,
Rosenauer Elementary
School’s ESL teacher, was chosen as Educational
Service Professional of the Year, an award
presented to her by both the Board of Education
and the mayor and council for the city of Jackson.
Cynthia L. Jackson ’88 ’92 MA
was named the
director of Education & Referral Services at Child
Care Connection, a Trenton-based nonprofit
dedicated to advancing the quality, availability,
and affordability of childcare in Mercer County.
Aderonke Bademosi Wilson ’89
is now the
director of Bermuda’s government Department
of Communication and Information (DCI).
Erica Winebrenner ’89 MA,
a speech/language
specialist for Readington Township school
district, was one of five outstanding educators
recognized through the 2015 – 2016 Governor’s
Educators of the Year program.
Joseph Dasti ’89
has been named the
Parsippany High School wrestling coach. He
previously held the position of assistant coach.
Michael Egenton ’89 MPA,
senior vice president
for government relations with the New Jersey
State Chamber of Commerce, was profiled on
NJSpotlight.com for the work he has done to
lobby lawmakers and agencies on behalf of the
NJ business community.
James V. McLaughlin ’89 MA, Ed.D,
who
joined the North Plainfield School District
as superintendent in December 2014, was
featured in the July 2015 edition of tapinto.net
for his accomplishments in the district, which
include improving communications, technology
resources, programming initiatives, and facilities
updates since commencing his role.
1990s
Mary Jane Canose ’90,
the Chester School
District administrator and board secretary,
was honored by the New Jersey Association
of School Business Officials with a 2015
Distinguished Service Award for her “long-term,
continuous exemplary service.” Among just
six Distinguished Service Awardees statewide,
Canose has served as administrator and board
secretary since 2005.
Lisa Calicchio, SPHR ’90
was appointed the
new executive vice president for Global Human
Resources at Wyndham Exchange & Rentals,
part of the Wyndham Worldwide family of
companies.
Howard “Skip” Sensbach’s ’90
sculpture was
accepted into the Foundry Art Centre’s “Given
Form” exhibit, a national juried exhibition open
to artists working in any sculptural media,
including paper, wire, clay, wood, metal, glass,
plastic, and fiber. The eight-foot high, four-foot
wide sculpture, titled ‘Leverage,’ was featured at
the exhibit.
Lorraine Lang ’90,
a resident of Morganville,
N.J., has been named partner at the certified
public accounting firm of Bernicker, Eiger &
Company, CPA, LLC.
James Ryan ’91,
a 20-year veteran of the South
Brunswick police department, was promoted
to captain. He has received 56 letters of
commendation, awards, and medals for his years
of service. Ryan is also an adjunct professor at
Middlesex County College.
Winifred Smith Eure ’91
MA self-published an
anthology of poems entitled Altogether Now
(Trafford Publishing) and a book, Messages:
A Little Something From Me (Rose Dog
Publishers).
Gretchen W. Smith ’91
joined Cushman &
Wakefield as the lead listing coordinator-
research assistant for C&W|CPSWFL’s Commercial
Real Estate Division.
Robert Ferguson ’92
had artwork featured in
an exhibit entitled “A World of Beauty” at the
Montclair Public Library in December 2015.
Jeralyn L. Lawrence
’92,
a member of
Somerset County’s
largest law firm,
Norris McLaughlin
& Marcus, P.A., was
named among the
top “100 New Jersey
Super Lawyers” and
“Top 50 Women
New Jersey Super
Lawyers” for 2016. Lawrence was also named
a 2015 Attorney of the Year finalist by the
New Jersey Law Journal and was installed
as president of the Somerset County Bar
Association in September 2015.
Scott Schober ’92,
a nationally recognized
cyber security expert, has published
Hacked
Again
and held a book signing at the Kean
University Barnes & Noble bookstore in February
of 2016.
Keith Schoch ’92
has been named 2016-17
Somerset County Teacher of the Year by the
New Jersey Education Association.
Joseph Filippone ‘93,
Brother of Nu Delta Pi
Fraternity, accepted a position as a Farmers
Insurance Agent working for the Victor Pallante
Agency located in Caldwell, NJ.
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