Douglas Barone (SED’80) of Sherborn, Mass., is a sales manager at the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company’s Boston agency. Douglas, who previously worked for New York Life Insurance, has been a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors for the past 15 years.

Russell L. Fischer (CAS’80) of Palm Beach, Fla., will be included in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World, and Who’s Who in Finance and Business for the second year in a row. Russ is a member of Club Colette and the Beach Club in Palm Beach and the Williams Island Club in Williams Island, Fla. He also is past president of the BU Alumni Club of Southeast Florida. E-mail him at rf3300@aol.com.

Paul Lanzikos (GSM’80) of Beverly Farms, Mass., executive director of North Shore Elder Services, was appointed to the Massachusetts Public Health Council by Governor Deval Patrick. The council has the authority to make and issue rules and regulations for the health-care industry in Massachusetts.

Steven Maviglio (COM’80) of Sacramento, Calif., is deputy chief of staff for California State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, the nation’s first African-American woman speaker. He is also the copublisher of the state’s top political blog, The California Majority Report (www.camajorityreport.com). Steven was a delegate at last summer’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo.

Salah Melek (ENG’80) of Annaba, Algeria, is the general director of Ferrovial, a state-owned rolling stock company. E-mail him at salmel2002@yahoo.fr.

Milton Reid (STH’80) of Chesapeake, Va., coordinated the conference Civil Rights, Civil Duties in the Pursuit of Family Happiness and Peace at Howard University in April. The event featured 12 legendary civil rights activists, who spoke on passing the torch to the next generation of African-American leaders.

Kathy Brousaides (ENG’81) of Middletown, Conn., is a software engineer on submarine control systems works at General Dynamics in Groton, Conn., as a software engineer on submarine control systems. She received herearned a master’s degree in computer science from the University of New Haven in 1994. Kathy and her husband, Greg, have a teenage son, Alexander. Contact Kathyher at kbrousaides@yahoo.com.

Miriam Diamond (SAR’81) of Brookline, Mass., edited Encountering Faith in the Classroom: Turning Difficult Discussions into Constructive Engagement (Stylus Publishing, 2008), a volume of essays written for professors who teach potentially controversial subjects. Miriam is coordinator of the Society for Values in Higher Education’s Religion and Public Life Project.

Michael Grecco (COM’81) of Santa Monica, Calif., received two mentions at the International Photo Awards in Paris: first place for his work on a pharmaceutical campaign, and third place in the book category for his recent book, Naked Ambition: An R-rated Look at an X-rated Industry (Rock Out Books, 2007). His work was then featured in the opening exhibition at the Farmani Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jeff Kost (COM’81) of Arlington, Va., is development director for the Association of Nutrition Services Agencies in Washington, D.C. He also is the immediate past president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ metro area chapter. E-mail Jeff at jeff.kost@gmail.com.

Carrington MacDuffie (CAS’81) of Seattle, Wash., released an audiobook of her spoken-word poetry, Many Things Invisible (Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008). A voiceover artist and narrator of over two dozen audiobooks, Carrington has won five Earphones Awards and has been nominated for several Audie Award.

Lin Polito (COM’81) of New York, N.Y., edited the short film Great Genius and Profound Stupidity, which was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The film will debut on the Sundance Channel next year. Lin also was second editor on the documentary Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008), which premiered at Sundance. In her day-to-day life, Lin edits television commercials at Jump, an editorial firm.

Rifat “Cem” Sivisoglu (ENG’81, GSM’86) of Elmhurst, Ill., has overmore than 25 years of experience in industry with firms such as Alcatel. He currently serves as is an adjunct professor of business at Elmhurst College and is active in local community, political, and charitable efforts. This fall, he is running for the County Board of DuPage, Ill. Information is available at Visit www.voterifat.com or on his LinkedIn profile under Sivisoglu. E-mail Cem at sivisoglu@yahoo.com.

Kent Jackson (CAS’82, COM’82) of Conyngham, Pa., won second place in the Keystone Press Awards for feature beat reporting. The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association recognized his articles about outdoor recreation and conservation in the Hazelton, Pa., Standard-Speaker, where he has worked for 25 years. Kent and his wife, Karen, have two adult children, Lauren and Colin. Contact him at kent.jackson@standardspeaker.com.

Cyndi (Miller) Middleton (CGS’80, COM’82) of Pepperell, Mass., is CEO of Four Paws Design, an online purebred dog boutique, which recently launched a wholesale division of all-natural pet spa products. “Michelle Saipe (COM’82) has been instrumental in developing the marketing and promotion campaign,” she writes. E-mail Cyndi at fourpawsdesign@yahoo.com.

Keith Stone (COM’82) of Lexington, Ky., writes, “I have ditched my journalism career of 25 years, which included reporting and editing at newspapers across the country, most recently the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. Now I have completed my first of three years toward a master’s degree in architecture at the University of Kentucky. This means I will be eligible to become a registered architect when I am about 52! You can e-mail me at manofmettle@insightbb.com to tell me I am crazy or to congratulate me for switching to a more interesting and healthy horse in midstream.”

Wynn Harmon (CFA’82) of New York, N.Y., played Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Dr. Caius in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and the Duke of Florence in All’s Well That Ends Well in rotating repertory at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre from June through September. Contact Wynn at wynn600@earthlink.net.

Kelly Blasko (ENG’83) of State College, Pa., received herearned a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Pennsylvania State University in August. Her dissertation focused on psychologists’ assessment of same-sex and opposite-sex intimate partner violence. She is now working in a clinical postdoctoral position in the counseling center at the University of Michigan.

Ann Ciccarelli (COM’83) of Saugus, Mass., the funeral director at Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Homes of Revere and Saugus, was elected to a two-year term as president of the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association. Ann was the director of sports marketing at BU Athletics before she became a licensed funeral director in 1997.

Andrew Halpern (ENG’83) of Savannah, Ga., is a quality engineer at Gulfstream. Previously, he worked at ANS Consultants.

K. Gabriel Heiser (LAW’83) of Superior, Colo., published a second edition of How to Protect Your Family’s Assets from Devastating Nursing Home Costs: Medicaid Secrets (Phylius Press, 2008).

Michael Ritz (COM’83) of New York, N.Y., handles marketing and sponsorships for the New Jersey Ironmen, an expansion team in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The team plays at the new Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Contact Michael at mdritz@aol.com.

Christine Baratta (COM’84) of Malden, Mass., is senior vice president of marketing and communications joined at the Massachusetts Hospital Association Association as senior vice president of marketing and communications in June. Christine has more than 10 years of experience in hospital-based communications, having served in similar positions at Caritas Christi Health Care and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Jane Berryman (COM’84) of Philadelphia, Pa., is a vice president of Raymond James & Associates. In 2006, she was admitted to the Travelers’ Century Club, an international group for people who have been to 100 or more countries. “I’m in hot pursuit of a silver membership (150-plus countries) and I’ve just been appointed club director for the Southeast Pennsylvania/South Jersey region,” Jane writes. “Meanwhile, I also teach financial planning at Temple University while working on a professional designation called the CIMA at Wharton. Doing all that on top of my consulting work, when I’m stateside, I’m busy!” E-mail Jane at jane.berryman@raymondjames.com.

George Guerra (ENG’84) of San Diego, Calif., was recently promoted to vice president of Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk unmanned aerial system program, where he has worked for 14 years. “Work is going well, and living in San Diego is the best,” he writes. “I hHope to come back soon and root the Terriers on to another Beanpot title!” Contact George at gguerra1@san.rr.com.

Robert McKinstry (ENG’84) of Chesterfield, Mo., writes, “I’m happily living in a St. Louis suburb with my spouse, Hilarie, and our daughters, Meagan, 14, and Katie, 13.” Robert is radiologist-in-chief at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and an associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine. His research interest is imaging the developing brain and its response to injury.” E-mail Robert at bobmckinstry@yahoo.com.

Reginald Halaby (CAS’85) of Clifton, N.J., was awarded a National Institutes of Health Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) grant of $1.8 million dollars for June 2007 through May 2012. Reginald, an associate professor of biology at Montclair State University, is the grant’s principal investigator and the university’s MARC program director.

Jim Berthold (ENG’87) of Westford, Mass., and his wife, Christine, announce the birth of their second child, Sabrina Jean, on June 10, 2008. Contact Jim at jimb@alum.bu.edu.

Patricia (Washburn) Bradford (COM’87) of Wells, Maine, is community manager for LexisNexis after leaving her job as editor of OrganizedWisdom.com. “I’m building a professional, private online community for corporate counsel, building on the work I’ve been doing on this ‘Web thing’ that was just a rumor back when I was at BU!” she writes.

Lloyd Comiter (CAS’87) of Boca Raton, Fla., president of the Law Offices of Comiter, P.A., completed his term as chairman of the Florida Bar Association’s small claims rules committee at the end of June. Contact him at lcomiter@comiterlaw.com.

Thomas Evans (ENG’87) of Chandler, Ariz., is the lead electrical power subsystem engineer for the GeoEye-1 (formerly known as the OrbView-5) imaging satellite, which is scheduled to launch by the end of this year. He also designed the electrical power subsystem used on the Near Field Infrared Experiment satellite that launched in April 2007. “I’ve also launched four kids into this world ,” Thomas writes, “and I celebrated my ten10-year anniversary in July.,” he writes. E-mail him at tkesquebh@netscape.net.

Ingrid Capozzoli Flinn (CFA’87) of New York, N.Y., exhibited paintings in a two-person show at Figureworks in Brooklyn, N.Y. Ingrid’s work explores the female form in stark studio settings.

Lawrence Karp (SMG’87) of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., is cohead of HSBC’s insurance corporate banking team. He is COO for the Financial Institutions Group, a subsidiary of HSBC, which topped the 2008 Forbes Global 2000 list of the world’s largest companies.

Ruth Mary Lamb (SPH’87) of Queensbury, N.Y., published At the End of the Road: Reflections on Life in an Adirondack Valley (Pyramid Publishing, 2008), a memoir chronicling her move with her husband, Sandy, from Boston to an abandoned valley in the southern Adirondacks, where they learned to appreciate the beauty and mysteries of nature.

Ed De Andrade (CAS’88) of Las Vegas, Nev., writes to wish the Class of 1988 a happy 20th anniversary. Ed has a private dental practice, specializing in periodontics and dental implants, in Las Vegas, where he lives with his wife, Ellyn, and his daughter, Isabella. E-mail him at tinbuktoo@yahoo.com.

Ilene Fischer (COM’88) of Belmont, Mass., is a field producer at WGBH in Boston, where she interned 21 years ago. She spent the summer leading a production team on the PBS children’s show Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman. The reality game show, hosted by Ruff, an animated dog, sends kids on challenges that teach them about science.

Kevin Frye (ENG’88) of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the e-commerce director for a large automotive group across three states. “Wow — 20 years since we graduated from BU!,” he writes. “I’m having fun and still keeping in touch with Chris Benoit (ENG’88), who is serving with the Army in Iraq, and Mike Allen (ENG’88), who lives and works in New York City.” I would love to hear from former friends!” E-mail Kevin at k2finance@aol.com.

Dana S. Hale (GRS’88) of Vienna, Va., published Races on Display: French Representations of Colonized Peoples, 1886-1940 (Indiana University Press, 2008), a book that examines the way the Third Republic redefined ethnic stereotypes through propaganda and commercial images. Dana earned a Ph.D. in comparative history from Brandeis University and taught at Howard University from 1998 to 2005.

John Jeffire (SED’88) of Clinton Township, Mich., published a collection of poems, titled Stone + Fist + Brick + Bone (Aquarius Press, 2008), about growing up, living, and working in Detroit.

David Lee (CAS’88) of Portland, Ore., is an energy program manager for the Energy Trust of Oregon. “I live with my beagle, Bodhi, in my old house in Portland and am currently searching for a second wife,” David writes. “I’ve been in Oregon for over 10 years and have really enjoyed all aspects of the experience. I would love to hear from classmates, engineers, or TKEs at dleeport@msn.com.”

Keith Lyle (COM’88) of Mahwah, N.J., and his wife, Roshanak, recently celebrated the first birthday of their son, Gavin Nouri.

Marcia (Hayes) Schels (ENG’88) of Trumbull, Conn., is the IT director for the Ooffice of Ddevelopment and the Ooffice of the Ssecretary at Yale University, where she has worked since 1993. She and her husband, Don, have two children, Tyler, 13, and Kaitlyn, 8eight. E-mail Marcia at marcia.schels@yale.edu or link to her on LinkedIn.

Michelle Rosenkranz Suskauer (COM’88) of West Palm Beach, Fla., was recently installed as president-elect of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. Michelle is a partner in the Suskauer Law Firm, where she practices criminal trial law with her husband, Scott. E-mail her at suskauerlaw@aol.com.

Amy Brenner-Fricke (COM’89) of Oakdale, Conn., left the Worcester Telegram & Gazette in November 2007 for a job in the university relations department at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. She oversees the editorial management of the university’s major publications, including the quarterly magazine. Amy lives with her husband, Stephen Fricke (ENG’91), and their sons, Kyler, 14, and Caleb, 11. E-mail her at amylbf67@yahoo.com.

John Lesko (ENG’89) of Manassas, Va., was elected to a one-year term as lieutenant governor of education and training for his local Toastmasters, the public speaking and leadership development organization. He has been a member of the District 27 Toastmasters, which covers the Washington, D.C., metro area, since 1998.

Arthur Pantelides (ENG’89,’91) of Virginia Beach, Va., is the engineering manager at Sumitomo Drive Technologies. He is also completing a doctorate in engineering management at George Washington University. Contact Arthur at arthurapx@yahoo.com.

Ian Randal Strock (CAS’89) of Brooklyn, N.Y., published The Presidential Book of Lists: From Most to Least, Elected to Rejected, Worst to Cursed — Fascinating Facts About Our Chief Executives (Villard, 2008), which compares all 42 presidents through a series of top-five lists and short chapters. Ian runs a politically oriented blog, ianrandalstrock.blogspot.com, where he can “get his geek on about the goings-on in Washington,” he writes.