Sheila McCraith Cheney (SMG’00) of Charlotte, N.C., and her husband, David, announce the birth of their first child, Oliver James, on October 10, 2006. E-mail Sheila at smccraith@hotmail.com.

Tarrah Lee Curtis (COM’00) of Manhattan Beach, Calif., along with Kimberly Ehlmann (COM’07) and Stevie Lee Lundgren (COM’07), worked at this year’s Oscars. Tarrah coordinated press on the red carpet and at the Governors Ball. Kimberly managed press in the backstage interview rooms and coordinated “A Celebration of Oscar Fashions.” Stevie Lee oversaw the fan bleachers along the red carpet before tackling the press line at the Governors Ball.

Kim Edwards (SMG’00, CGS’98) of Seattle, Wash., is the senior planner of shoes at Amazon.com and Endless.com, managing the inventory and the financial plans for the shoe business. E-mail her at kimberlyedwards@hotmail.com.

Colleen Madden Fairchild (COM’00) and Timothy Fairchild (COM’00) of Brighton, Mass., were married on October 28, 2006. Colleen and Tim met as freshmen at BU, when they both lived on the third floor of Claflin Hall in West Campus. Bridesmaids included friends and former BU crewmates: Michele (Carletti) Ahouse (COM’00), Jennifer Josef (CAS’00), Johanna (Ford) Kewley (SAR’00), and Lauren (Siegle) Lyons (SAR’00). Matthew Grady (COM’00) was a groomsman. Attending were Lisa (Waterhouse) Rogers (ENG’00) and her husband, Rob Rogers (CAS’00), Carson Converse (CFA’00), Mary O’Neill (CAS’00), Kria Sakakeeny (COM’00), Tom Kiley (COM’00), and Michael Lyons (CAS’97). E-mail Colleen and Tim at collmadd@aol.com.

Raul Fernandez (COM’00) of Boston, Mass., is assistant director of the Howard Thurman Center at BU. E-mail him at raul@bu.edu.

Sarah Jenness (COM’00) of New York, N.Y., is senior producer for the Moth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to oral narrative. The Moth, which presents people telling stories from their lives, recently went on a 10-city tour. Catherine Burns (COM’91) is the artistic director. Learn more at www.themoth.org.

Ryan Manderbach (CAS’00, CGS’98) of Brookline, Mass., married Stacey (Kurtzman) Manderbach on August 5, 2006. The wedding party included Mary Ellen Bolton (CAS’00), Jillian Dudek (COM’00), Karen Van Dyne (CAS’00), and Ravi Kahan (SMG’01). Brian Harris (CAS’01), Nick Vera (CAS’01), Amit Malik (SMG’01), and Heshaam Mir (CAS’01) were also in attendance. E-mail Ryan at ashton78@rcn.com.

Loretta (Hawkes) McHugh (ENG’00) of Thompson, Conn., and her husband, Evan, announce the birth of their daughter, Margaret Catherine Elizabeth, on February 18, 2007. Loretta writes, “Maggie can’t wait to go to her first hockey game in the fall!” Contact her at loretta.hawkes.2000@alum.bu.edu.

Melissa Faye Weiner (CAS’00, COM’00) of Hamden, Conn., is an assistant professor of sociology at Quinnipiac University. She recently completed her doctorate, with a dissertation examining Jewish and black protests against New York City public schools, at the University of Minnesota. You can e-mail Melissa at mfweiner@quinnipiac.edu.

Chris Baldwin (SMG’01) of Seattle, Wash., is program manager on the SQL server business intelligence team at Microsoft Corporation. He has worked for the company since November 2005. You can e-mail Chris at cbaldwin@gmail.com.

Steve Emerson (MET’01) of Mechanicsville, Va., writes that his company, Emersontennis, and Wilson Sporting Goods have signed an exclusive licensing agreement to market, manufacture, and sell the EZ Tennis Wand, one of Emersontennis’s training tools.

Melissa (Laron) Fagundo (SAR’01,’03) of Malden, Mass., married Pedro Fagundo on May 6, 2006, in Key Largo, Fla. The wedding party included Julie Binstock (SAR’01,’03), Lisa Damon (CAS’02, GRS’02), and Amanda Nicolato (SAR’01). Rosie Bondurant (SAR’01), Heather Hicks (COM’01), Natalie Gallant (COM’01), and Andy Wamsley (CAS’01) attended. Melissa is a physical therapist, and Pedro is an architect. E-mail Melissa at melissafagundo@yahoo.com.

Lisa (Mraz) Goodman (ENG’01) of Metuchen, N.J., married Michael Goodman on October 28, 2006, in Princeton, N.J. Carissa Bellardine Black (ENG’01,’05) was the matron of honor, and Katharine McDonald (ENG’02) and Danielle Sockolosky (SAR’01) were in the bridal party. Lauren Black (ENG’03,’06), Michael Hobson (ENG’01), and Vanessa Wassam (ENG’02) attended. Lisa is a territory manager for State of the Art Medical Products, and Michael is a product manager for ALK Technologies. E-mail Lisa at lisargoodman@gmail.com.

Emily LaGrassa (COM’01) of Brighton, Mass., is communications director in the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (LAW’79). Emily was director of communications on Coakley’s campaign staff. E-mail Emily at emily_lagrassa@yahoo.com.

Rachel Lieber (COM’01, SED’06) of Boston, Mass., and David Stevenson are to be married in July 2007 in Bethesda, Md. Jessica Daher (COM’01) and Kristin Abruzzese Palen (SAR’03) will be bridesmaids.

Sheldon Smith (MET’01) of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, was promoted from senior data analyst to senior applications developer at Woodard & Curran, a consulting, engineering, and operations firm.

Jacquelyn Trussell (CAS’01) of Hoboken, N.J., an attorney, joined Hodgson Russ’s business litigation practice group in New York.

Gemma Waite (COM’01) of Exeter, N.H., is marketing and public relations director for the Daniel Webster Council, Boy Scouts of America. Previously, Gemma was a television reporter and anchor for the NBC affiliate in Bangor, Maine.

Pascha Griffiths (COM’02) of Somerville, Mass., is the founder of the Beloved Quilts Project, which makes and distributes quilts to those in the Boston area who are displaced due to poverty or violence. She has been working on the project since 2005 and has received a large donation of materials from Malden Mills and a grant from the Somerville Arts Council. Visit www.belovedquilts.org.

Tara Pierson Hoey (COM’02) of New York, N.Y., married Keith Hoey on September 23, 2006, in Columbus, N.J. Kate Mahoney (SAR’03), Jill Posa (SAR’03), and Alicia Esposito (SAR’02) were in the wedding party. Also in attendance were Stephanie Boccuzza (COM’02), Erin Muhlhan (COM’02), Ali (Rosenzweig) Mansfield (CAS’02), Saurabh Desai (SMG’02), Mike Samtur (SMG’02), Audrey (Mahler) Reese (CAS’02), Josh Friedman (LAW’02), Danielle Tanguay (SAR’03), Michelle Friedson (SAR’03), Emily (MacKinnon) Hebron (SAR’03), Tara Carey (SAR’02), and Victoria Far (SAR’03). E-mail Tara at tarapiersonhoey@yahoo.com.

Kwame Porter-Robinson (CFA’02) of Las Cruces, N.M., is working on a B.S. in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University. He writes, “Big career change!” He works for RioSoft, a robotics and soft computing laboratory, and plans to enter a Ph.D. program after graduating. E-mail him at kwame@nmsu.edu.

Punit R. Shah (SHA’02) of St. Petersburg, Fla., is president of Liberty Group of Companies, a real estate development company in St. Petersburg. He is also involved in politics and enjoys sports, traveling, and reading.

Michael Strilesky (SMG’02) and Jennifer Reef-Strilesky (CAS’01, MET’03) of Stow, Ohio, announce the birth of their first child, Taylor Alexis, on September 2, 2006. You can e-mail them at mikestrilesky@hotmail.com.

Mi Yoo (GSM’02) of Suwon, Kyunggi-do, Korea, was transferred to the brand strategy group of global marketing operations at the Samsung Electronics headquarters in Seoul. E-mail Mi at mi73.yoo@samsung.com.

Alexis Granwell (CFA’03) of Bethesda, Md., showed her art in a juried exhibition at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts and in a two-woman show at the Tower Gallery in Philadelphia.

Evan Hirsch (CAS’03) of Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from law school at Ohio State University in May 2006. He is an associate attorney with the real estate group at the law firm of Roetzel & Andress. E-mail Evan at ehirsch@ralaw.com.

Jennifer Holt (COM’03) of Nashville, Tenn., is the editor/producer of Titans All Access, the official team show of the Tennessee Titans. She recently won a regional Emmy Award for best sports segment. E-mail Jennifer at jenholt@alum.bu.edu.

Heather LeClair (LAW’03) and John Tuten of Hoboken, N.J., became engaged on July 26, 2006, and were to be married on May 18. Heather is a senior tax consultant for Ernst & Young in New York, and John is a corporate pilot for Honeywell International in Morristown, N.J. E-mail Heather at heather.leclair@ey.com.

Jason Lucas (MED’03, SPH’03) graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and started a preliminary surgery position at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston in June.

Didi (Karayiannakis) Lutz (COM’03) of Brookline, Mass., and her husband, Robert, welcomed their first child in October 2006. Didi owns and operates a public relations business, focusing on luxury hotels, hospitality, tourism, and destination marketing. Robert works for an audiovisual company. E-mail Didi at didi.lutz@gmail.com.

Jordan Sallaska (CAS’03) of Weatherford, Okla., earned an M.B.A. from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in December 2006. E-mail her at jordan@jordansallaska.com.

Jordan Seavey (CFA’03) of Brooklyn, N.Y., is a member of the New York City theater company CollaborationTown, made up almost entirely of BU alumni. Other members include Jessica Avellone (CFA’03), Carly Cioffi (CFA’05), Terri Gabriel (CFA’02), Julia Henderson (CFA’01), Matthew Hopkins (CFA’03), Barbara “Boo” Killebrew (CFA’03), Ryan Purcell (CFA’04), Max Rosenak (CFA’05), Dan Stowell (CFA’01), and T. J. Witham (CFA’01). Learn more at www.collaborationtown.org.

Ronald Tien (CAS’03) of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a purchasing manager with Procter & Gamble, working out of the company’s global headquarters in Cincinnati. His responsibilities include leading the strategic global sourcing of P&G’s computing hardware. E-mail Ronald at ronaldtien@hotmail.com.

Carolyn Wolff (CAS’03, GRS’05) of Brooklyn, N.Y., married Jonathan Cohen on November 11, 2006, on Key Biscayne, Fla. Melissa Filan (SHA’04, COM’04) was the maid of honor. Carolyn is an economist at a consulting firm in Manhattan, and Jonathan is a fourth-year medical student. They are planning to move to North Carolina this summer.

Gail Cayetano (COM’04, CGS’02) of Venice, Calif., and Stacy Leventhal (CFA’05) of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., were honorees at 944 Magazine’s Young and In Charge gala, celebrating Los Angeles entrepreneurs under the age of 30. Gail and Stacy cofounded Starfish Creative Events, an event-planning company.

Thomas P. Doyle (MET’04) of New York, N.Y., is a special agent with the FBI. He completed 18 weeks of training at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., and is stationed in the New York City field office. Previously, Thomas was employed by the Cary, N.C., police department. E-mail him at thomaspdoyle@hotmail.com.

James Heffernan (CAS’04) and Leigh (Messer) Heffernan (CAS’04) of Arlington, Va., were married on September 3, 2006. In attendance at the wedding were Brian Rejack (CAS’04), Nick Moulton (COM’04), Sam Ro (CAS’04), Arianne Coombs Kidder (SMG’04), Bill Kidder (CAS’04), Ray Henry (COM’03), Brianne Henry (CAS’03), Paul Stankus (CAS’04), Will Spitz (CAS’04), Mike Quigley (CAS’04), Chip Weiscotten (CAS’03), Rachel Bogin (CAS’05), Karen Friedlander (CAS’05), Terri Coleman (CAS’04), Liv Salvador (CAS’05), Brad Finkelstein (CAS’05), Margaux Weinstock (CAS’05, CGS’03), and Andy Lyons (ENG’05). Jim is studying law at Georgetown University, and Leigh is working in Washington, D.C., and taking online classes at BU’s Metropolitan College. They plan to move back to Boston this summer. E-mail Jim at yojimbo1230@yahoo.com.

Melissa Li (COM’04, CGS’03)of Somerville, Mass., a folk/acoustic-pop singer-songwriter, wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Surviving the Nian, which premiered at the Boston Center for the Arts Stanford Calderwood Pavilion in April. Melissa shared the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award for her work on the musical.

Jonathan P. Vuotto (LAW’04) of Morristown, N.J., is an associate at the law firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti. He specializes in commercial litigation.

James Dickson (MET’05) of Kansas City, Mo., is a senior market analyst with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Nazmi Karyagdi (MET’05) of Ankara, Turkey, published his master’s thesis in Turkish through the Ministry of Finance of Turkey. The book compares the tax structures in the European Union, the United States, and Turkey. Nazmi is the former chief tax inspector at the Turkish Tax Inspectors Board.

Juliana Prosperi (GRS’05) of Barrington, Ill., is a planner for Design Workshop, Inc., a landscape architecture, land planning, urban design, and tourism planning firm.

Meghan Codd (CAS’06, COM’06) of Fort Collins, Colo., accepted a yearlong post with WorldTeach in Chile, where she met the U.S. ambassador to Chile.

Randi Fowler (CFA’06) of Brooklyn, N.Y., writes that after earning a master’s in costume design at BU, she moved to New York to pursue a career as a professional costume design assistant. Since then, she has worked Off-Broadway, in regional theater, and in film and television. This summer, she is the costume shop coordinator at the Santa Fe Opera.

Harbir Singh (CAS’06) of Hummelstown, Pa., is a medical student at Penn State College of Medicine.

Mary Cotton (GRS’07) of Newtonville, Mass., bought the independent bookstore Newtonville Books. Mary, a former employee of the bookstore, met her husband, Jaime Clarke, while working there. “It seems like every day you hear about another great independent bookstore closing,” she writes. “I wanted people to hear about one staying open.”

David Silva (MED’07) and Margaretta (Gillis) Silva (CAS’96) of Temecula, Calif., announce the birth of their son, Anthony Matteo. Anthony has two sisters, Isabella and Anna. David is a business development manager, and Margaretta is a stay-at-home mother.