Anthony V. Fasolo (SED'70) of Leesburg, Va., is a military aide-de-camp to Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine. He also is a member of the Cable TV Advisory Commission in his hometown. He lives with his wife, Anna.

Lawrie Seligman (COM'71) and Tony Luppino (COM'73) have unexpectedly found themselves colleagues in Edmonton, Alberta. Lawrie manages cultural affairs and runs the theater Horizon Stage for the city of Spruce Grove, an Edmonton suburb. He has directed professional productions at main regional theaters across Canada. Tony is executive director of the Art Gallery of Alberta and is in the process of building a new gallery. He was recently voted one of Alberta's 50 most influential people by Alberta Venture magazine. "No Albertan of late has engaged the public about art more than Luppino," according to the article. E-mail him at luppino@artgalleryalberta.com.

David Shimberg (SMG'71, CGS'69) of Charlotte, N.C., leads the business continuity, disaster recovery, and process improvement programs at Premier, Inc. David has published several articles on business continuity and disaster preparedness and has spoken on the topic at conferences and community and business meetings. He works with the business continuity–certifying organization DRI International. He is also working toward Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Charles Terrell (GRS'71) of Brookline, Mass., was recently named to the Colby College board of trustees. He is vice president of the division of diversity policy and programs of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. Previously, Charles was a faculty member at Wheelock College and Salem State College and was associate dean for student affairs at the Boston University Medical Campus.

Szifra Birke (CAS'72) of Lowell, Mass., a mental health and addictions counselor in Chelmsford, Mass., released a second edition of her self-help novel, Together We Heal: A Real-Life Portrait of Recovery in Group Therapy (Infinity Publishing, 2006). Her company, Birke Consulting, specializes in work with professionals who have not benefited from traditional therapy. "It would be great to hear from other BU grads who are therapists or who are consulting with people struggling with the meaning of money in their lives and anyone who graduated in psych in 1972," Szifra writes. Contact her at 978-446-9600 or through www.szifrabirke.com.

Leigh (Aileen D.) Podgorski (CGS'72) of Van Nuys, Calif., is working on an educational DVD on the culture, language, and history of the Cahuilla Indians of Southern California. The project stems from We Are Still Here, Leigh's play based on the oral history of tribal elder Katherine Siva Saubel, which was performed by a professional cast of Native-American actors. To learn more about the DVD project, e-mail Leigh at leighpod@aol.com.

Noel Preston (STH'72) of Auchenflower, Queensland, Australia, is the author of Beyond the Boundary: A Memoir Exploring Ethics, Politics and Spirituality (Zeus, 2006). Visit Noel's Web site at www.noelpreston.id.au.

Amy Weintraub (CAS'73) of Tucson, Ariz., an author and yoga teacher, will be a featured speaker at a 2007 colloquium hosted by the Boston University graduate program in clinical psychology. The invitation is significant, she writes, "in that it represents an awareness of mainstream academic clinical psychology of the benefits of yoga in the treatment of depression and mood disorders." Broadway Books published her book Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga in 2004. To learn more about Amy's work, visit www.yogafordepression.com.

Elizabeth (Smyth) Cunningham (CGS'74) of Staatsburg, N.Y., wrote The Passion of Mary Magdalen: A Novel (Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2006), the central novel in her three-part series The Maeve Chronicles. The book is based on the premise that Mary Magdalen was a Celt of royal descent and was, in fact, a prostitute. Elizabeth is an ordained interfaith minister and counselor. For more information on her newest work, visit www.passionofmarymagdalen.com.

Herbert G. Furhman (COM'74, CGS'72) of Gaylordsville, Conn., a 15-year veteran of the Connecticut Department of Correction, was promoted to state parole officer in July 2006. On August 18, 2006, Herbert received the state's Distinguished Public Service Award for his relief efforts immediately following Hurricane Katrina in September 2005.

Mark D. Gottsegen (CFA'74) of Climax, N.C., released the second revised edition of The Painter's Handbook (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2006). He has received a grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for a five-year research project and is the codirector of the Art Material Information and Education Network, a nonprofit foundation that is part of the Intermuseum Conservation Association. Check out Mark's Web site at www.thepaintershandbook.org or e-mail him at mdgottsegen@earthlink.net.

Michelle Graveline (CFA'74, STH'76) of Westborough, Mass., is a professor of music and chair of the department of art, music, and theater at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. She also conducts the 90-voice Salisbury Singers of Worcester and is the Massachusetts state chair for community choruses for the American Choral Directors Association.

Carl J. Kravetz (COM'74,'75, DGE'72) of Los Angeles, Calif., is chairman and chief strategic officer of Cruz/Kravetz:Ideas, an advertising agency and marketing consultancy specializing in the U.S. Hispanic market. He is also chairman of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies, a trustee of the Professionals in Advertising Political Action Committee, and a member of the government relations committee for the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Carl is married to Aliza Lifshitz, an internist in private practice at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and health commentator for the Univision television and radio networks. Contact Carl at jefe@ckideas.com.

Nina Mikhalevsky (CAS'74) of Arlington, Va., is vice president for strategy and policy at the University of Mary Washington. She is the strategic planning and policy officer for the university and the principal aide to the president. Previously, she was assistant dean for academic programs and planning at the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University. She has taught at Georgetown, Washington and Lee, and George Washington.

Donna Rossetti-Bailey (CFA'74) of Marshfield, Mass., is teaching ongoing, drop-in pastel classes on Mondays in Duxbury and at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset. She won an honorable mention for her pastel landscape Main Street Bog in the Pastel Painters of Maine International Juried Exhibit. Two other soft pastel paintings, October Afternoon and The Glades, were juried into the Northeast National Pastel Exhibit in Old Forge, N.Y.

Katherine Austin (CFA'75,'78) of Sebastopol, Calif., an architect, was recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Show You're Green program for an apartment project she designed. Katherine will be the 2007 chair of the AIA Housing Committee. She credits her "wonderful education" in painting for her success. Visit www.austinaia.com or e-mail her at kaaustin@pacbell.net.

Linda Ellman (COM'75) of Los Angeles, Calif., directed and coproduced On Native Soil: The Documentary of the 9/11 Commission Report, the first documentary to deal with the findings of the 9/11 Commission. The film aired on Court TV in August and is available on DVD.

Hope Kirsch (SED'75) of Scottsdale, Ariz., announces the opening of the law office of Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch on July 27, 2006, in Scottsdale. Hope was a New York City special education teacher and administrator for 17 years before earning a law degree in 1991. E-mail her at hnk@kgklaw.com.

Dan Trigoboff (COM'75, CGS'73) of Elon, N.C., is a teacher at the School of Communications at Elon University. Dan is also an attorney and has been a writer and editor at Broadcasting & Cable magazine, the Bureau of National Affairs, the Fayetteville Observer, Legal Times, and American Lawyer Media. He has been married to Debra Kohlman for 22 years, and they have two children. Contact Dan at dtrig@comcast.net.

James T. Cain (LAW'77,'80) of Manchester, N.H., Robert E. Dastin (SMG'61, LAW'64,'68) of Manchester, N.H., Michael C. Harvell (LAW'75) of Kittery, Maine, Susan A. Manchester (LAW'80) of Amherst, N.H, Alan L. Reische (LAW'70) of Manchester, N.H., and Kimon S. Zachos (LAW'69) of Manchester, N.H., are shareholders with the law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass and Green and were recently named to the list of the Best Lawyers in America by the national research firm Woodward/White.

Bruce Herman (CFA'77,'79) of Gloucester, Mass., was awarded the endowed Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts at Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., in August 2006. E-mail him at bruce.herman@gordon.edu.

Louis B. Mendelsohn (GSM'77) of Zephyrhills, Fla., is president and CEO of Market Technologies, LLC, a trading software company he founded in 1979. His book Forex Trading Using Intermarket Analysis (Marketplace Books) was published in 2006. Louis and Illyce, his wife of 30 years, raise Paso Fino horses and a variety of cattle and other livestock. They have three sons, Lane, Ean, and Lee.

Tom P. McCullough (COM'78) of Worcester, Mass., is director of corporate and foundation relations for UMass Memorial Foundation, which supports the academic and research enterprises of UMass Medical School and the clinical initiatives of UMass Memorial Health Care. Tom has worked for the foundation since 2001. Previously he was deputy director at the Massachusetts Department of Economic Development and director of development operations and director of annual giving at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

Barbara (Haran) Pepsia (COM'78) of Corinth, Vt., writes that she has been happily married for more than 25 years and is "busy making traditional quilts in the beautiful hills of Vermont." Contact Barbara at ptquilts@hotmail.com.

Patricia Randell (CFA'79) of Long Beach, N.Y., performed in Michele Aldin's new play, Dear America, at the 10th annual International Fringe Festival in New York City in August. Islander, Patricia's feature film with Philip Baker Hall and Larry Pine, was shown at the 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival. Her other recent feature, Approaching Union Square, won the jury prize for best feature at the 2006 Long Island International Film Expo and was included in the Montreal Film Festival. She just shot a sitcom pilot called The Match in Richmond, Va., and played the female lead in Tom Dudzick's Over the Tavern with the Portland Stage Company.