Rafael Apelian (SMG’90) of Leverkusen, Germany, is a residual value manager for Mazda Motor Europe. “Following my three-year assignment as Mazda’s marketing director in Switzerland, I have returned to the European headquarters to help build the company’s European fleet and remarketing capability,” he writes. “I live with my wife, Bianca, and our two kids, Lea, 10, and Lucas, 7.”

Shannon (Thompson) Connolly (CFA’90) of Holland, Pa., and her husband, John, announce the birth of a son, Liam Joseph, on April 29, 2008. “Big brother Shane, five, and big sister Carolyn, three, love to play with their new sibling and are already trying to teach him how to run!” Shannon writes.

Maura (Kehoe) Coyne (CGS’88, CAS’90) of Woodbridge, Conn., and her husband, Gregory, announce the birth of twin girls. Maeve and Sarah were born July 17, 2008. Maura and Gregory also have two sons, Michael, 4, and Liam, 18 months. E-mail Maura at coynemail@gmail.com.

Aaron Kampfe (CAS’90) and David Heinzen (CFA’89) of Red Lodge, Mont., announce the birth of their son, Amos Olivier Kampfe, on February 6, 2008. Aaron owns and operates two adventure travel companies, OutWest Global Adventures and Mytineraries, Inc. David is the principal cellist for the Billings Symphony Orchestra and teaches at a private cello studio. Contact Aaron at aaron@mytineraries.com.

Mike McCullough (ENG’90,’95) of Londonderry, N.H., is president and primary owner of his second engineering company, RTETC, which specializes in embedded systems software, services, and training. Contact him at mikemc@ttlc.net.

David Methner (CFA’90) of Hong Kong relocated to Asia with his wife, Sara, and their family in December 2007. “The family is now settled in, and the usual and glamorous search for the pieces of a freelance musician’s life has begun,” David writes. Contact him at drmethner@hotmail.com.

Philip Taub (SMG’90) of Bedford, N.H., a lawyer with the Manchester, N.H., office of Nixon Peabody, was recognized in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of corporate and commercial law.

Nicole Charbonnet (CFA’91) of New Orleans, La., was one of several local artists honored at the New Orleans Museum of Art’s summer fundraiser, Love in the Garden, held at the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden.

Christine Heenan (COM’91) of Rumford, R.I., is vice president for government, community, and public affairs at Harvard University, where she oversee Harvard’s relations with the media, surrounding neighborhoods, and all levels of government. Christine also is an adjunct assistant professor of public policy at Brown University.

Randy Nocks (ENG’91) of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a consultant with Sogeti, where he helps clients with project management and business analysis. “This is a year filled with prime numbers,” he writes. “My daughter, Katherine, turned 7 in February, my son, Alexander, turned 11 in June, and my wife, Lisa (Sprague) Nocks (CGS’89, CAS’91), and I will be celebrating our 17th anniversary. I also completed my fifth marathon in May. I haven’t done Boston yet, but I hope to someday.” E-mail him at randy@nocks.com.”

Jerry Sullivan (GRS’91) of Vienna, Va., is the new director of intragovernmental affairs for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Washington, D.C. Visit www.africacenter.org or e-mail Jerry at drjesullivan@msn.com.

Stefanie (Schulz) Brutsch (CGS’90, COM’92) of Mesa, Ariz., has started a new career with Dick’s Sporting Goods as a construction project manager for the West region. E-mail her at sabrutsch@aol.com.

Kristen Dieffenbach (CAS’92) of Morgantown, W.Va., coauthored her first book, Bike Racing for Juniors: A Guide for Riders, Parents, and Coaches (VeloPress, 2008). Contact her at kristen.dieffenbach@mail.wvu.edu.

Abigail Cantwell Hanscom (SED’92, SSW’94) of Dedham, Mass., is assistant director of student services for the Newton Public Schools. She and her husband, Mark, recently had a daughter, Maeve Dorothy, who has a four-year-old brother, Declan. E-mail Abby at abby_hanscom@newton.k12.ma.us.

Tammy Gooler Loeb (GSM’92) of Newton, Mass., president of Growth Through Change, was named one of the top 10 executive coaches in the Boston area by Women’s Business Boston, a monthly newspaper published by the Boston Herald. Contact her at goolerloeb@gmail.com.

Ann Pavlik Meyer (ENG’92,’98) and Peter Meyer (ENG’03) of Shrewsbury, Mass., announce the birth of their third child, Rebecca Ann, on August 17, 2007. Rebecca has twin brothers, Joe and Billy.

Michael Reiss (CGS’89, COM’92) of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been writing screenplays, short stories, “and other assaults on the entertainment industry” for 15 years. He has worked for film companies and related organizations, such as Miramax Films, the IFP, and Film/Video Arts, all in New York City. “It’d be nice to collaborate with a fellow alum, especially Jimbo Eshom (CGS’89, COM’91), an early influence, my first college roommate at BU, and someone who helped me find myself in the early, awkward years,” he writes. “Bless his sweet soul.”

Gretchen Soter-Moody (COM’92) of Millbury, Mass., and her husband, Patrick, announce the birth of their first child, Kyra Elizabeth, on August 7, 2008.

Ester Venouziou (CAS’92, COM’92) of Gulfport, Fla., created a Web site to promote locally owned, independent stores and restaurants in the Tampa Bay area. “If anyone lives in this part of Florida or is thinking of visiting, visit www.localshops1.com, so you can find cool places to shop and won’t end up at the usual chains,” she writes.

Jonathan Wallach (CGS’90, CAS’92) of Scottsdale, Ariz., is a CareConnect privacy officer at Catholic Healthcare West in Phoenix, Ariz. Previously, he was chief privacy officer at Wolters Kluwer Health.

J. Kevin Cook (COM’93) of Gloucester, Mass., formed Logical Marketing, LLC, which consults with high-tech industries on electronic marketing, lead flow improvement, and lead management processes. Visit www.logical-marketing.com, or e-mail Kevin@logical-marketing.com.

Jacob François (CAS’93) of Fort Pierce, Fla., founded Project 2000 International, an organization that secures donations for Haitian children and schools. Visit www.project2000international.org.

Grace (Yang) Sukeforth (CAS’93) of Berkeley, Calif., married Doug Sukeforth on August 26, 2007, at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Matthew Chang (GRS’93), Maileen Villamor (CAS’93), Benedict Ng (ENG’93), and Leonard Tang (CAS’93) attended. Contact Grace at gracie.yang@gmail.com.

Craig Bernero (ENG’94) of San Francisco, Calif., recently relocated from Upton, Mass., to take on an expanded role as a global senior director and general manager for one of six business units at EMC Corporation. “My wife and three children are loving the transition and enjoying everything that the state has to offer — not to mention unbelievable weather,” he writes. E-mail him at cbernero@resourceful.com.

Tristen Caouette D’Arcy (SED’94) and Kyle M. D’Arcy (CAS’93) of Milton, Mass., announce the birth of their third child, Aine Mae, on July 8, 2008. She joins siblings Jack and Neve.

Beth (Fuller) Jensen (COM’94) of Sioux Falls, S.D., was promoted to news director at KELO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Sioux Falls. She has worked at the station as a reporter, producer, and executive producer since 1996. Contact Beth at bjensen@keloland.com.

Dawn Nolan Lombardi (CFA’94) of Farmington, Conn., exhibited her impressionist oil paintings in Hydrangeas at the Barney Library’s Hoppin Gallery in Farmington this past fall.

Caroline Brobeil Nassan (COM’94) of Mount Laurel, N.J., married Eric Nassan on July 20, 2008, in Almonesson, N.J. “We had a wonderful ceremony,” she writes, “even though we were experiencing a heat wave at the time!” E-mail her at cbrobeil@schnader.com.

Arnold Robinson (GRS’94) of Bristol, R.I., is a principal at Newport Collaborative Architects, Inc., where he has worked as director of planning.

Bryan Urbsaitis (COM’94) of New York, N.Y., earned a doctorate in international education from New York University in 2007 and is at work publishing his dissertation, Reconciliation Contested: Understandings of Reconciliation in South Africa. He recently started a communication consulting business at www.bryanurbs.com. He would love to hear from “just about everyone” at urbs@bryanurbs.com.

Shakira Brown (CGS’93, COM’95) of Milburn, N.J., is director of corporate communications and marketing for a regional accounting firm in New York. She is also a partner with Branding4newbies, a marketing, communications, branding, and Web strategy consulting firm in New Jersey. Visit the firm’s blog, which won a Gold Hermes Creative Award for best blog, at www.branding4newbies.com.

Alan Daughtry (LAW’95) of Houston, Tex., an appellate attorney with the law firm Jackson Walker, was named a top lawyer by H Texas magazine. The list names the top 2 percent of lawyers voted the best in the Houston area by both peers and readers.

Dominque Hubart (MET’95) of Brussels, Belgium, is the new chief executive officer of Gevers, a leading intellectual property law firm with offices in Belgium and France.

James Lavino (CGS’93, CAS’95) of London, England, composed the score to Woodpecker, a film by director Alex Karpovsky (UNI’97). James recorded the movie’s soundtrack with Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood and Lee and Tyler Sargent of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Visit www.jameslavino.com to learn more, or contact Jamesat music@jameslavino.com.

James Lindholm (GRS’95,’99) of Oceanside, Calif., was named to the James Rote Distinguished Professorship at California State University, Monterey Bay. James has also worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and advised Congress and the White House on the science of marine reserves.

Aimee Perron (CGS’93, SAR’95,’97) of Somerset, Mass., is a physical therapist with Genesis Rehab Services. She recently earned a doctorate in physical therapy and is now an American Physical Therapy Association–certified clinical specialist in neurology. E-mail her at aimee.perron@genesishcc.com.

Salvador Vega (ENG’95) of Linda Vista, Mexico, owns a consulting business and several fast food restaurants and is father of “two beautiful girls,” he writes. Old friends can e-mail him at staticas@hotmail.com.

Danielle LeDuc Doyle (SSW’96) of East Bridgewater, Mass., and her husband, James, adopted their daughter, Isabella Rose, from Guatemala in August 2007. Isabella will be two years old in January 2009. E-mail Danielle at imalicsw@aol.com.

Patrick Hollen (GRS’96) of Washington, D.C., a commander in the U.S. Navy, received a fellowship from the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. He is enrolled in the first year of the two-year exchange program, established by Congress in 1994 to build a corps of U.S. government officials with substantial expertise in Japan. He will spend the second year in Japan.

Catherine Koppel (CAS’96, COM’96) of New Orleans, La., the former managing editor of Tribune Television, is associate director of public affairs at Loyola University in New Orleans. “I left local news management to broaden my professional horizons and explore the other side of the business,” she writes. “I am enjoying learning the business of PR and promoting rather than reacting to news.”

Jacqueline Mortz (CFA’96) formerly of San Francisco, Calif., who died on September 3, 2001, was a prolific artist. “I have many beautiful portraits of her classmates that she painted,” writes her mother, Sharon Mortz. “I want to offer to send the portraits to the respective classmates if they so desire, at no cost to them.” E-mail Sharon at smortz@sbcglobal.net, or call 415-922-9756.

Anthony Cristofani (CAS’97) of Los Angeles, Calif., is an instructor at the University of California, Riverside, where he is working toward a Ph.D. in comparative literature. He previously was employed at the Sacred Dice as a singer and writer. He writes that he and his wife, Lindsey, “a girl from my high school, a rock singer with whom I write music,” were married on August 25, 2007.

Laurel Hughes (CFA’97) of Manchester, Mass., was featured in the summer group exhibition Loners & Mavericks at the Nielsen Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston.

Ron Leshnover (LAW’97) of Syosset, N.Y., published Every Landlord’s Property Protection Guide: 10 Ways to Cut Your Risk Now (Nolo, 2008). Ron is a communications analyst at an international law firm in New York.

Jennifer (Konigsberg) Mento (SAR’97,’99, GSM’04) and A. Mark Mento (ENG’95) of Boston, Mass., announce the birth of their first child, Jacob Andrew, on April 14, 2008. Contact them at jmento@mayinstitute.org.

Shin Yu Pai (CAS’97) of Seattle, Wash., published Haiku Not Bombs (Booklyn Artists Collective, 2008), a collection of haikus chronicling everyday life by poets from around the country. For a year, each contributor posted one haiku a week on the group’s Web site; read the unedited originals at 52haiku.blogspot.com.

Kevin Rosengren (SMG’97) of Alexandria, Va., and his wife, Kristin, welcomed their first son, Benjamin Charles, on April 18, 2008. Contact Kevin at kevinrosengren@mac.com.

Margaret Swanson (SSW’97) of Tyngsboro, Mass., purchased the Social Work p.r.n. Massachusetts office, which covers Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The company provides social work services nationwide.

Deborah van Renterghem (CFA’97,’99) of New York, N.Y., returned to the opera house in Valencia, Spain, in Wagner’s Parsifal, led by Lorin Maazel and directed by Werner Herzog.

Kim Chen-Bayle (CAS’98) of Antony, France, announces the birth of her son, Benjamin Elliott, on April 30, 2008.

Lauren Schack Clark (CFA’98) of Jonesboro, Ark., published Keyboard Theory and Piano Technique (Longbow Publishing, 2008). She also released an album, Piano Music by Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee (Centaur Records, 2008), composed by Rosey Mei-Kuei Lee (CFA’99) and with sound engineering by William Beck (CAS’94, CFA’96,’99). Lauren teaches at Arkansas State University, where she is the keyboard program coordinator. E-mail her at lsclark@astate.edu.

Marco daSilva (ENG’98) and Cynthia daSilva (SED’00) of Malden, Mass., announce the birth of Matthew Joseph, on May 15, 2008. He has a big brother, Christopher.

Terri Ann Motosue (LAW’98) of Honolulu, Hawaii, is a managing partner at the law firm Carlsmith Ball. Terri specializes in property and corporate law.

Chad Wissinger (LAW’98) of Sewickley, Pa., married Ashley Howsare-Wissinger on May 31, 2008, in Bedford, Pa.

Lora Olivieri Carr (COM’99) of Bloomfield, Conn., is an account supervisor with the marketing agency Cronin and Company. She handles strategic planning, marketing and advertising communications, and account activity for Amerifit Brands, Rita, BCRG, and Middlesex Hospital.

Raúl Castillo (CFA’99) of New York, N.Y., starred in the feature film Amexicano, which opened at New York’s Quad Cinema in September. Screenings are also planned in Los Angeles and Houston. Raúl is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company and the Public Theater’s new Emerging Writers Group. E-mail him at odioelinternet@yahoo.com.

Stephanie Foley (GRS’99) of Lomita, Calif., and Chad Loder announce the birth of their first child, Henry Avery Loder, on March 31, 2007. Stephanie is an associate professor of psychology, and Chad is a product architect at Rapid7 in Segundo, Calif.

Ian Hill (CAS’99) of Georgetown, Tex., and his wife, Julie, welcomed a daughter, Sierra Noelle, on June 10, 2008. E-mail Ian at ihill77@gmail.com.

Jaime (Pucci) Hrubala (SMG’99) of Salem, Mass., and her husband, Bernie, announce the birth of their first child, William Garrett, on March 26, 2008. E-mail Jaime at jphrubala@yahoo.com.

Georgia Lyman (CFA’99) of Boston, Mass., received two Elliot Norton Award nominations for best actress for her work in The Scene with the Lyric Stage Company and in White People at the New Repertory Theatre in Boston. Last summer, she starred in the Orfeo Group’s Look Back in Anger.

Sergio Pinheiro (COM’99) of North Hollywood, Calif., writes that his short film The Procedure premiered at the Beverly Hills Shorts Festival in March 2008, taking two awards, including Best Horror Film. It has since been accepted into 12 festivals nationwide and won an Audience Award at the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival in Atlanta, Ga. Sergio is now working on a follow-up short and a feature project. Visit www.thedonnybrook.com or e-mail him at serg@thedonnybrook.com.

David R. Scherer (ENG’99) of Somerville, Mass., recently completed a Ph.D. in optical sciences at the University of Arizona. After a five-month trip around the world, he is a principal scientist at Physical Sciences, Inc., in Andover, Mass. Contact him at david.r.scherer@gmail.com.

Naum Shaparin (CAS’99) of New York, N.Y., is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and an attending physician in pain management at the University Hospital of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. “I’m glad to be back in the New York area after finishing my fellowship in pain management at the Cleveland Clinic,” he writes. E-mail Naum at naum.shaparin.1999@alum.bu.edu.

Courtney Worcester (LAW’99) of Beverly, Mass., is a senior associate in the Boston office of Pepper Hamilton. She focuses on securities and complex commercial litigation.