Barbara Finder (SMG’80) of Chicago, Ill., a financial advisor at Smith Barney, was named one of Barron’s Top 100 Women Financial Advisors. Contact Barbara at barbara.j.finder@smithbarney.com.

Carrie (Friedman) Wade (CFA’80) of Los Angeles, Calif., received the award for Adult Alternative Female Singer/Songwriter of the Year at the 2006 Los Angeles Music Awards. She will release her debut album, The Old Ways, this year. Visit www.myspace.com/carriewade to learn more.

Paul Zollo (CAS’80) of Los Angeles, Calif., editor of the online music magazine Bluerailroad, recently published a photo essay in Campus Circle, a free local newspaper. Download the magazine at www.myspace.com/campuscircle.

Suzanne (McGee) Doherty (SED’81,’88) of North Falmouth, Mass., recently published When Your Partner Dies, an account of her emotional journey following her husband’s death.

Michael Grecco (COM’81) of Santa Monica, Calif., recently published a three-page spread in the magazine American Photo. Michael’s Web site, which showcases his professional photography, won a place in the Photo District News Photography Annual 2007. Check it out at www.michaelgrecco.com.

Douglas Buckminster (SMG’82) of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., is president of international consumer business for American Express.

Wynn (Thomas Edwin) Harmon (CFA’82) of New York, N.Y., played Peter Patrone in The Heidi Chronicles at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and Don Armado in Love’s Labor’s Lost with the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington this summer.

Linda Koury (CFA’82) of Brookline, Mass., received nine national design awards in 2007 for art direction on the magazine CIO Decisions, published by TechTarget. Before joining TechTarget, Linda was the art director at MIT’s Technology Review, associate art director at Fast Company magazine, and art director at Inc. magazine. She has received more than 60 national design awards, including those from Communication Arts, the Society of Publication Designers, Folio, the American Society of Business Publication Editors, Trade Association Business Publications International, and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She can be reached at ljkoury@comcast.net.

Richard W. Rodgers (SED’82) of St. Paul, Minn., is a board-certified specialist in clinical psychology and a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. He recently left his position at HealthPartners, Inc., to start a private practice in St. Paul. Richard has been active in forming the Twin Cities BU alumni group this past year. E-mail him at rodgersmn@comcast.net.

L. Gordon Sumner, Jr. (SED’82) of Springfield, Va., was appointed executive director of the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve by President George W. Bush. Gordon, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, will oversee the Defense Department committee’s 4,200 volunteers, who serve as advocates for good relations between civilian employers and their employees in the National Guard or Reserves.

Keren Diamond (GSM’83) of Westborough, Mass., was appointed vice president of operations for the Visiting Nurse Association of Boston, managing a team of 250 home care nurses and physical rehabilitation and occupational therapists.

Robert I. Field (GRS’83,’87) of Merion Station, Pa., wrote Health Care Regulation in America: Complexity, Confrontation, and Compromise (Oxford University Press, 2007).

K. Gabriel Heiser (LAW’83) of Superior, Colo., published his first book, How to Protect Your Family’s Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets (Phylius Press, 2007). The book is targeted to the layman, he says, but is sufficiently detailed for an attorney to find helpful information as well. Visit www.MedicaidSecrets.com for information, and e-mail Gabriel at kgh@heiserlaw.com.

Chase Rogers (LAW’83) of New Canaan, Conn., is a judge on the Connecticut Appellate Court.

Robin Strober (COM’83) of Los Angeles, Calif., coauthored the novel The Immaculate Complexion (Dorchester Publishing, 2007) under the pen name Edie Bloom. Robin is a former public relations assistant at Estee Lauder Companies, which inspired this look into the beauty industry.

Mercedes Arias (COM’84) of Paitilla, Panama, published Enlazando Gallotes (BookSurge Publishing, 2005), a novel that was presented at Costa Rican and Miami book fairs. She runs a small production company, Betesda Films, and is producing pilots for a cooking show, children’s shows, historical documentaries, and the Travel Channel. Mercedes is married and has four children. E-mail her at a2arias@cableonda.net.

Ruth Landau Ross (CFA’84) of Portland, Maine, released her debut album, Mostly Psalms, inspired by traditional Jewish music themes and contemporary American folk music. Find out more at www.mostlypsalms.com.

Noreen Grice (CAS’85) of New Britain, Conn., received the 2007 Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Klumpke-Roberts Award for her contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. Noreen is the author of several astronomy books with Braille print and tactile pages for the visually impaired. Contact her at ngrice5456@aol.com.

Matthew Jonas (COM’85) of Los Angeles, Calif., was named president of Catapult Marketing, a full-service marketing solutions agency. E-mail him at mjonas@catapultmarketing.com.

Moira Gutman Killoran (CFA’85) of Belmont, Mass., moved back to the Boston area in 2006. Since leaving Boston in 1983, Moira has pursued theater and anthropology in many locations, including Cyprus and Africa.

Therese Mageau (GRS’85) of Brooklyn, N.Y., published a short story, “The Adam Collection,” in Next Stop Hollywood (St. Martin’s Press, 2007), an anthology of stories “bound for the screen.” Her story was one of 15 chosen from more than 600 entries by an editorial board of authors, screenwriters, directors, and producers. E-mail Therese at therese@educationworksconsulting.com.

Alxe Noden (LAW’85) of Boulder, Colo., a writer, filmmaker, and photographer, coauthored the book Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Contemplative Garden (Weatherhill, 2003). Learn more at www.plummountain.com.

Maria Scibelli Greenberg (SAR’85) of Brookline, Mass., hosted an Industry Inside Out event for the BU alumni community in March. Maria and her husband, Mark, held a wine tasting at their store, Murray’s Liquors, in Newton, Mass., and led a discussion on strategies for differentiating small businesses.

Johanna Rothman (ENG’85) of Arlington, Mass., published Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management (Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2007), a guide for software project managers.

David G. Curran (LAW’86) of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., is CEO of Integrity Interactive Corporation, which provides services and technologies for building ethical corporate cultures.

Marie Lamb (COM’86) of Boxford, Mass., writes that she is the “community liaison and puppet master” for World Without Oil, an online project that offers an interactive alternate-reality scenario of what would happen if the world faced an oil crisis. Find out more at worldwithoutoil.org.

Suzanne Teng (CFA’86) of Topanga, Calif., released an album, Enchanted Wind: Flute Meditations for the Heart & Soul. Visit suzanneteng.com.

Sandra Deden (CAS’87) of Revere, Mass., published the creative nonfiction book Jan’s Houseboat Hideaway: A Boy Grows Up in Occupied Holland (PublishAmerica, 2007). Find out more at www.sandradeden.com.

Lawrence Karp (SMG’87) of Briarcliff, N.Y., was appointed the head of the HSBC Securities Financial Institutions Group’s transaction, risk, and credit management team. Larry will continue in his role as global relationship manager and as COO for the FIG Americas organization. E-mail him at lawrence.karp@us.hsbc.com.

Chris Vento (MET’87) of Boston, Mass., was named executive vice president of technology and product strategy at Experience, Inc., a career services provider for college students and graduates.

Horace L. Griffin (STH’88) of Bronx, N.Y., published Their Own Receive Them Not (Pilgrim Press, 2006), a historical and critical analysis of the black church’s relationship with gay Christians. Horace teaches pastoral theology and is director of field education at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City.

Jan Lhormer (CFA’88,’90) of East Falmouth, Mass., presented her artwork in a show at Gallery 38 Cameron in Cambridge, Mass. Jan is represented by Lyman-Eyer Gallery in Provincetown and Gallery 333 in North Falmouth. She and her husband have a 10-year-old son. Contact her at jlhormer@comcast.net, or view her oil paintings at www.jlmfa.com.

Lisa (Lesch) Palmer (SMG’88) and her husband, Ian Palmer (CAS’88, CGS’86), of Middletown, R.I., have three children. Lisa recently won a first place award in feature writing from the Rhode Island Press Association for her article “Baby Love,” which appeared in Rhode Island Monthly’s August 2006 issue. She covers business, education, and lifestyles for publications such as Fortune Small Business, Scholastic, and Coastal Living. Contact Lisa at lisa@lisa-palmer.com.

Bonnie Shepard (SED’88) of Brookline, Mass., published Running the Obstacle Course to Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from Latin America (Praeger Publishers, 2006). To learn more, visit www.greenwood.com/catalog/C7066.aspx.

Rick Abedon (GSM’89) of Boca Raton, Fla., was appointed executive vice president of Navarro Lowrey, Inc., a real estate and development firm.

Rachel Carnell (GRS’89,’95) of Shaker Heights, Ohio, published Partisan Politics, Narrative Realism, and the Rise of the British Novel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006). Rachel, a professor at Cleveland State University, received a yearlong National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to support her research for a political biography of Delarivier Manley, whose works she coedited in a five-volume series (Pickering & Chatto, 2005).

Dave Hirschkop (CAS’89) of San Francisco, Calif., writes that his company, Dave’s Gourmet, has a new product: Presidential Candidate Hot Sauces. Each bottle has an illustration of a candidate, and you can “vote” for your favorite by buying a bottle. Votes will be calculated by the best sales, and proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. Find out more at davesgourmet.com.

Ian Randal Strock (CAS’89) of Brooklyn, N.Y., launched SFScope.com, an online trade journal of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He also published a short story, “All the Things That Aren’t,” in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine. E-mail Ian at editor@sfscope.com.