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www.baypath.edu 33 2007 15th Reunion Kaleena Hardy '07 is now an interior designer at Marcia Fletcher Interior Design LLC. Dr. Vana Nespor G'07 G'20 was commissioned to write and direct a new musical, These Months of Our Lives, based on interviews with 30 residents of a small town in West Virginia. Vana wrote the lyrics and worked with four local composers to create 17 original songs. Learn more about the musical at thesemonthsofourlives.com. Vana is also a partner at Bellastoria Press, where she interned. Two recent MFA interns have since become paid associates at the company, Janet Gerry G'21 and Christine Richardson G'22. * 2008 Amy Moreau Stack G'08 was honored to be recognized in Plastics News "2021 Women Breaking the Mold." "Words can't express the amount of gratitude I have for being afforded this opportunity… I am fortunate to work for North America's leading independent producer of highly engineered film solutions, Charter Next Generation!" 2009 Allison Paloski '09 G'11 is now working at Astro Chemicals in cybersecurity. Kristin Whalen '09 and her husband launched their own business this past year. Cape Home Kitchen & Bath provides all things cabinetry and home design with a showroom in Cataumet, MA. Visit capehomekitchen.com. 2010 Elizabeth Kos Beaudry '10 joined New Valley Bank & Trust in 2018 and is now vice president/senior credit officer at the bank. ** 2011 Melanie Decker Blanden '11 started a position as a professor at Syracuse University teaching biochemistry and biotechnology. ** Samantha Casey '11 now works at Crossroads in Portland, ME, overseeing their Back Cove Program for gender responsive eating disorder and substance use disorder treatment. Amanda Boileau Galloway '11 G'14 has started a new journey as a NICU PA at Saint Francis Hospital. This position has been her dream, which she has worked toward her whole career. Amanda would like to thank everyone who has stood by and supported her along the way. Congrats, Amanda! 2012 10th Reunion Samalid Madonado Hogan G'12 was appointed in June to the Springfield Technical Community College Board of Trustees. Samalid serves as regional director for the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center in Springfield; she founded CoWork Springfield to meet the need for professional and affordable office space for small business owners. Elena Hovagimian G'12 has been promoted to director of Agriculture at the Eastern States Exposition after a 25-year career spanning agriculture and education, IT, and retail sales management at the West Springfield fair and trade-show facility. Elena oversees all agriculturally based events year-round as well as the hundreds of animals entered in shows and contests, educational presentations, the Creative Arts department, the Fiber Festival of New England, the Gold Medal Wine and Cheese competitions, and retail sales for the Farmers Market, Storrowton Village Museum Gift Shop, and Christmas Shop. Amanda Thibedeau '12 G'19, a firefighter and EMT, became a certified fire marshal in the State of Connecticut in January 2021. Last spring, Amanda was sworn in as a fire inspector with her hometown fire department, where she recently celebrated 17 years of service as a firefighter. Amanda is also a Deputy Fire Marshal/Deputy Emergency Management Director for the Town of East Granby, where she has worked for 14 years. She has also served five years as the Local IAFF's Secretary. She feels incredibly blessed and busy. Congratulations, Amanda! 2013 Attorney Tabitha (Tabi) Vianna Ayer '13 recently joined the law firm of Pullman & Comley as an associate in their real estate practice. She is based in the firm's Hartford office. Tabitha represents lenders and borrowers of all types in commercial real estate and financing transactions. 2014 Colleen O'Mara DelVecchio G'14 launched Maxady, a training and coaching business. Check it out at maxaday.com. ** 2016 City Year recruits young adults to serve a year as tutors, mentors and role models for at-risk students in urban schools. The nonprofit's new executive director, Allishia Edmonds Bauman '16, leads the 100-person City Year Jacksonville team as they help at-risk third- through 10th-grade students stay on track to graduate. Allishia is a vice president of City Year Inc., the Boston-based national organization, and member of its executive leadership group. Congratulations to Kevin Brandriff G'16 on his appointment as the executive director for Windmore Foundation for the Arts in Culpeper, VA. His primary functions will be fundraising, grant writing and assisting with programs as needed. Brandriff has worked in the nonprofit sector for 20 years. Anne Pinkerton G'16 recently signed a book contract. Her memoir about navigating the loss of her older brother, Were You Close?, that she began as her Bay Path thesis, will be published by Vine Leaves Press in early 2023. While we're waiting for publication, we can read Anne's essay, "Hugger," in the anthology Pandemic Midlife Crisis: Gen X Women on the Brink. * 2017 5th Reunion Audra Camp '17 G'21, MSPAS, PA-C has a new role. After nearly seven years of schooling, several months of searching for the perfect job, and 100+ days of waiting on credentials, she started at the Hospital of Central Connecticut as a physician assistant in general and trauma surgery. Congrats, Audra! Like many of you, Jatnna (Meribeth) Medina Jordan '17 '19 attended the One Day A Week College at Bay Path with two small children at home. She received an associate degree and a bachelor's degree in legal studies. Meribeth is now studying for the LSAT with the dream of attending law school. Jason and Kristin Whalen '09 Tabi Vianna Ayer '13 Meribeth Medina Jordan '17 '19

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