Elizabeth Dembrowsky (CAS’00) of Astoria, N.Y., is the coproducer, with Four Chairs Theatre Company, of What to Do When You Hate All Your Friends, a comedy about friendships and relationships. The play premiered at New York City’s Lion Theatre in July.

Colleen Madden Fairchild (COM’00) and Tim Fairchild (COM’00) of Walpole, Mass., announce the birth of their son, Dylan William, on June 10, 2008. “He is officially a product of Boston University!” Colleen writes. E-mail them at collmadd@aol.com.

Tina McDavitt (SED’00) of Boston, Mass., represented the United States as a member of the U.S. indoor field hockey team at the Pan American Games in November. Tina, a former captain of BU’s field hockey team, has been the women’s field hockey coach at Tufts University since 2004.

Valient Richey (CAS’00, GRS’00) and Sarah Haines Richey (COM’00) of Seattle, Wash., were married on August 9, 2008, in Fall City, Wash. Benjamin Gardiner (MET’99) was best man, and Colleen Scott (ENG’98) attended. Val is a deputy prosecutor for King County, and Sarah is a brand manager for Wizards of the Coast, a Hasbro subsidiary.

Claudio Rios (ENG’00) of Plainville, Conn., and his wife, Wen Sun, welcomed their first child, Eva Valentina, on April 13, 2008. Contact Claudio at claudio.rios.2000@alum.bu.edu.

Minita Shah (CAS’00, SSW’03) of Boston, Mass., is the first manager of diversity and inclusion at the law firm Brigham McCutchen. She will be in charge of the firm’s recruitment and retention efforts as part of its long-term diversity action plan.

Annie Gauger (GRS’01) of Randolph, Mass., published The Annotated Wind in the Willows (W. W. Norton, 2008). She recently started a blog at courseinpigtailmastery.blogspot.com to showcase her short fiction.

Carolyn (Young) Gillan (SMG’01) of Ridgefield, Conn., and her husband, Brett, announce the birth of their second child, Jacob Michael, on March 24, 2008. He has a sister, Anna Rose, age two. E-mail Carolyn at cyg826@hotmail.com.

Jessie (Lemovitz) Lee (CAS’01) of Shrewsbury, Mass., and her husband, Erik, had their first child, Justin Connor, on July 26, 2008. Contact Jessie at jessielee79@gmail.com.

Kevin Michael Nichols (CGS’98, CAS’01) and Leah Forma Nichols (CGS’00, COM’02) of New York, N.Y., welcomed their first child, Belle Sophia, on April 23, 2008. Contact Kevin at kevin.nichols@morganstanley.com.

Rebecca Nigro (COM’01) of Milford, Mass., published her first children’s book, Sparkles and Zarkles (AuthorHouse, 2008). E-mail Rebecca at beckynigro@aol.com.

Derek Reichenberger (SED’01) of Point Pleasant, N.J., and his wife, Sarah, announce the birth of their twin daughters, Margaret “Maggie” Kate and June Elizabeth, on June 30, 2008. Contact Derek at reblax@comcast.net.

Karla Leandri Rider (CAS’01) of Portland, Maine, is the new coordinator of collections and visitor programs at Museum L/A in Lewiston, which focuses on the story of work and community in the cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine. Contact Karla at butterflymusic@hotmail.com.

Lori Ruggiero (COM’01) of Brooklyn, N.Y., a producer for CNN American Morning, was accepted to the East-West Center’s 2008 Hong Kong Journalism Fellowship Program. She is among seven American journalists selected to travel to mainland China and Hong Kong to meet with business executives, scholars, politicians, and government officials. E-mail Lori at lori.ruggiero@turner.com.

Nick Trépanier (CAS’01) of Somerville, Mass., married Tim Delaune on August 9, 2008, in Deerfield, Mass. In attendance were Elaine Cabuang (CAS’01), Leslie Cloud (CAS’00), Nargis Ali (CAS’00), Tejash Shah (CAS’01, GRS’01), and Melicia Laroco (CAS’02). Nick is a technical lead for software development and architecture at a Boston-based firm. Tim is a college instructor and a Ph.D. candidate in political science. E-mail Nick at nick_trepanier@comcast.net.

Meredith Warren (COM’01) of Boston, Mass., founded Lyric Consulting, a public relations and political consulting firm. She and her business partner, Fred Van Magness, formerly worked on Beacon Hill for the Massachusetts House minority leader. Contact Meredith at meredith@lyricconsulting.com.

Amber Wilkin (CAS’01) of Amsterdam, Netherlands, recently earned an M.B.A. and a master’s in political science from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Amber is a solutions operations manager for the Benelux area with EMC Corporation. She travels to Brussels every two weeks to oversee company operations.

Judith (Cowart) Clark (SHA’02) of Dedham, Mass., married Stephen Clark on July 19, 2008, in Lincoln, Mass. Namita Raina (COM’02, GSM’10), Lisa (Sullivan) Easterbrooks (CGS’00, CAS’02, SED’07), and Michael Clark (CAS’07) were in the wedding party. Paul T. Hanlon (COM’01), Dan Leonard (COM’01), Jeff Farrar (SMG’01), Erica Manczuk (COM’01), Jennifer Close (CAS’03, GRS’03), Steve Haag (COM’02), Carl Tortola (COM’02), and Pat Ellard (COM’02) also attended. Contact Judith at cowartjr@yahoo.com.

Kristan (Donahue) Howard (CAS’02) of Philadelphia, Pa., married Patrick Howard on June 6, 2008, in Philadelphia. Lisa Salzone (CAS’02, SED’03) was a bridesmaid, and Annie Pappas Hagerty (CAS’02) attended. Kristan and Patrick are both attorneys. Contact Kristan at kdonahue17@hotmail.com.

Adam Huffer (CFA’02) of Louisville, Ky., is half of the genre-crossing alternative rock duo Rondo Sterling. He writes that their debut album, Sprezzatura (RS Music, 2008), has garnered praise and strong sales throughout the Louisville area and the Midwest; their first EP was on rotation at radio stations in Louisville and Los Angeles.

Tom Laszewski (MET’02) of Hampton, N.H., coauthored Oracle Modernization Solutions (Packt Publishing, 2008), a guide for legacy system architects and project managers using Oracle products. Tom is the technical director of the modernization solutions team at Oracle.

Elizabeth (Hellmuth) Marcinkus (SAR’02) and David Marcinkus (CAS’03) of New York, N.Y., were married on June 20, 2008, in South Salem, N.Y. Erin Riley (SAR’02,’04), Bridget Moran (SAR’02,’04), Jenn (Cawthorne) Kolinka (SAR’03), Phil Kolinka (CAS’98), Laura Basdekis Dipper (SAR’03), Laura Calderone (CAS’02), Alex Wilson (SAR’08), and Jon Pompa (COM’02) attended. Elizabeth is a professor of audiology, and David is an attorney.

Audrey (Mahler) Reese (CAS’02, SED’03) and Nicholas Reese (CAS’02) of Lusaka, Zambia, are working with FORGE, a nonprofit organization that helps African refugees cultivate empowered communities and create conditions for peace and prosperity in their countries. Audrey works with the group’s Post-secondary Scholarship Fund to provide the means for exceptional refugee students to attend universities, and Nick works at the Meheba Refugee Settlement in a variety of areas. He will soon become a camp operations coordinator. To learn more about the FORGE project, visit www.forgenow.org, or e-mail Audrey at areese@forgenow.org.

Sally Bessee (CAS’03) and Nathan Penney (CAS’03) of Quincy, Mass., were married on October 4, 2008, in New Britain, Conn. Brandi Simpson Schulze (CAS’03), Jeff Schulze (CAS’03, MED’07), and Dave Huang (CAS’03) attended. Contact Sally at sbessee@alum.bu.edu.

Laura Cali (CAS’03) of San Francisco, Calif., is a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a consulting actuary for the Tillinghast Insurance Consulting Division of Towers Perrin. E-mail her at lcali@alum.bu.edu.

Shara Eisenberger (CAS’03) of Bronx, N.Y., was named one of the “30 Under 30” top executives in the music industry by Billboard magazine. She is the associate director of music resources for EMI Music Publishing in New York.

Phil Li (ENG’03) of Brighton, Mass., is the new director of operations at Precision Motion Instruments, where he is responsible for all aspects of manufacturing and operations in the company’s Westborough, Mass., factory. He is also pursuing an M.B.A. in financial policy at Boston College.

Ian Loew (CFA’03) of Sunrise, Fla., earned a master’s in music from Yale in 2005. He is chief executive officer and artistic director of the Miami Beach Chamber Music Symposium. When he wrote, he was organizing a classical music festival to be held in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale in January. Contact him at iloew@hotmail.com.

Erin Long (SMG’03) of Arlington, Mass., is engaged to Terry Boland and is planning a May 2009 wedding in New Jersey. Erin is a bank examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Terry is a mechanical engineer with the Integrated Design Group in Boston. E-mail Erin at elong@alum.bu.edu.

Liz (Freidinger) Mellers (COM’03) of Pittsburgh, Pa., married Eric Mellers on March 15, 2008, in Berkeley, Calif. Steven Shell (CAS’04) was a groomsman. Liz Holper (COM’04), Reagan Johnson (COM’03), Liz Levitan (COM’03), Lindsey Burton (COM’03), Jackie Sunderland (COM’02), Mariel Rosenwasser (COM’03), Jessica Simon (CGS’02, COM’04), and Chandra Willard (COM’04) attended. Liz is a marketing project manager for PNC Bank, and Eric is a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University.

Aliza Riley (SED’03) of Wauwatosa, Wis., plans to marry Nicholas Werner in July 2009. Nicholas proposed in the Boston Public Garden. In the fall of 2007, the couple bought their first house together in Wauwatosa, where they will continue to live once they are married. Aliza is a third-grade teacher and a freelance photographer, and Nicholas is a senior financial analyst with a national health-care company. Contact Aliza at alizariley@gmail.com.

Shanna Spinello (CAS’03) of New York, N.Y., is the production manager for the Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in the world, now playing at the Snapple Theater Center in Times Square.

Noah Starr (CFA’03) of Brooklyn, N.Y., cohosts the new Food Network show Ask Aida, which airs Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Visit www.foodnetwork.com/aida for more information, or e-mail Noah at nstarr6@gmail.com.

Robert Hardy (ENG’04) of Boston, Mass., is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He received a Leaders for Manufacturing fellowship to study both engineering and business with a focus on global operations. Robert most recently worked in manufacturing engineering at Raytheon Corporation.

Cassandra Krone (CAS’04) of Baltimore, Md., recently began a master’s program in molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health. She spent the previous four years as a research technician in immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Maureen Lipovsky (SED’04) and Thomas Chapman (CAS’04) of Quincy, Mass., were married on June 28, 2008, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Thomas and Maureen met on their first day at BU and have been together ever since. In attendance at the “very BU” wedding were Elizabeth Ritchie (CAS’04), Laura Rubin (CAS’04, GRS’04), Matthew Brookover (CAS’04), Daisy Cerritos (COM’05), Kristen Clifford (COM’04), Raja Bhattar (CAS’05), Adina Lieberman (CAS’04), Donald Cramer (CAS’04, GRS’04), Jackie Asher (CAS’04), Katina Cassidy (CAS’04, SED’04), Tyler Sammis (CAS’04, GRS’04), Jennifer Lyons (CAS’04), Charles Koch (CAS’04), Erin Becker (CAS’04), Jill Panuzio (CAS’04), Darcy Sachs (COM’04), Phyllis Lipovsky (CAS’08, SED’08), Allison Gordon (COM’08), and Elizabeth Charbonneau (CAS’08, SED’08).

Shawn Lynch (COM’04) of New York, N.Y., is a staff photographer with Bernstein Associates Photographers, where he will document the changing landscape of New York. He is taking photos of new buildings during all stages of construction as well as structures coming down, such as Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium. Shawn continues to do freelance photography on the side. Visit www.shawnpix.com.

Cindy (Keng) Porbunderwala (SMG’04) and Steve Porbunderwala (SAR’04) of Whippany, N.J., were married on June 8, 2008, in Bedford, N.H. The wedding party included Cindy’s sister, Wendy Keng (CGS’00, SMG’02, GSM’08), and Steve’s brother, Kevin Porbunderwala (SAR’08).

Jennifer Scharf (SED’04) of Watertown, Mass., is engaged to Michael Orlinski and is planning a June 27, 2009, wedding in Islip, N.Y. Jennifer teaches American history in Arlington, Mass., and Michael works in Internet marketing in Boston. E-mail Jennifer at jenniferscharf@gmail.com.

Amanda (Kruposki) Silvia (COM’04) of Everett, Mass., married Daniel Silvia on June 1, 2008, in North Chelmsford, Mass. Shannon Parvis (CAS’04) and Lisa Romeo DeVerna (CAS’04) were in the wedding party, and John DeVerna (SED’04) and Nathaniel Boyle (COM’04) attended. Contact Amanda at silvia.amandae@gmail.com.

Emily Stawasz Soleil (CFA’04) of Salt Lake City, Utah, married Kevin Hogan on May 30, 2008, in Nashua, N.H. (Both have taken the name Soleil.) Micah Bellieu (CAS’04) attended the wedding.
 
Thaddeus “Toby” Yurek (MET’04) of Henderson, Nev., graduated cum laude from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in May. When he wrote in August, Toby, a lieutenant of criminalistics for the Henderson Police Department, was awaiting the results of his Nevada bar exam. E-mail him at thaddeus.yurek@cityofhenderson.com.

Susan Johnston (COM’05) of Cambridge, Mass., writes that her essay about visiting college campuses will be published in a forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Soul book. Since making the leap to full-time freelance writing this past year, she has been keeping busy with copywriting projects and covering career and lifestyle topics for magazines and Web sites. Visit www.susan-johnston.com.

Will Titus (CAS’05) and Becca Sniderman (CAS’04) of Exeter, N.H., were married on May 31, 2008, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Tim Cook (CAS’05), Sarah Fogley Cook (CAS’05), Matt Brookover (CAS’04), Mary Aquino (COM’05), Robbie Bencio (COM’05), Rebecca Bourke (CAS’05, SED’07), and Rodrigo Pereyra (CAS’05) attended.

Ernie Clarke (SHA’06) of Phoenix, Ariz., completed his two-year commitment as a sixth-grade math and social studies teacher with Teach for America this past summer. He remains with the program, a nonprofit that works to end educational inequality, as the manager of individual giving for the Phoenix area. Contact him at eclarkebu@gmail.com.

Mike Cooke (MET’06) of Vancouver, Wash., was promoted to the rank of commander with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office in Vancouver. He commands the office’s central precinct. Mike also teaches in the criminal justice department at Portland Community College in Portland, Ore. E-mail him at mcooke@pacifier.com.

Rochelle Cotton (SMG’06) of Brookline, Mass., is planning a summer 2009 wedding to Randall Rosenthal. Rochelle is associate manager of global trade marketing at Rockport, a division of the Adidas Group. E-mail her at rochelle.cotton@gmail.com.

Maree Emberton (CFA’06) of Tompkinsville, Ky., was featured in the summer group exhibition Loners & Mavericks at the Nielsen Gallery on Newbury Street in Boston.

Ray Nugent (CGS’04, SMG’06) of Drexel Hill, Pa., is an accountant for the medical industry in Collegeville, Pa. He is enrolled in the M.B.A. program at St. Joseph’s University and takes courses at Ursinus College. Contact Ray at rn206091@sju.edu.

Sasenarine Persaud (GRS’06) of Tampa, Fla., published his seventh book of poetry, In a Boston Night (TSAR Publications, 2008). “My acquaintances in and around BU have been the touchstones for this collection,” he writes. E-mail him at sasenarinepersaud@yahoo.com.

Rebekah Conway Roulier (CAS’06) of Wakefield, Mass., married Gavin Roulier on May 24, 2008, in Wolfeboro, N.H. Meghann Cook (CGS’04, COM’06), Diana Kearney (CAS’06), Elizabeth Lima (SAR’07), and Rebecca Brady (CAS’09) attended. “Gavin and I met on eHarmony and can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together!” Rebekah writes. Contact her at rebekahconwayroulier@gmail.com.

Jody Eckert (SAR’07) of Bismarck, N.D., is an adjunct professor in the University of Mary’s doctorate in physical therapy program and a part-time physical therapist at Healthways Outpatient Clinic. E-mail Jody at jody@healthways.cc.

Josh Girard (ENG’07) of Lyman, Maine, departed for Zambia in July as part of the Peace Corps Master’s International Program. In addition to pursuing a master’s degree in engineering, Josh will help local communities create fish farming programs and provide engineering support for water and sanitation projects.

Brian Hubbard (MET’07) of Piedmont, S.C., was promoted to chair of the School of Information Technology and Business at the ITT Technical Institute in Greenville, S.C.

Hyan Kim (CAS’07) of San Francisco, Calif., is an account executive at the San Francisco headquarters of the interactive agency AKQA, where she has worked since February 2007. Her clients include Nike and Xbox. Contact Hyan at hyan.kim@akqa.com.

Jeremy Parker (COM’07) of Englewood, N.J., launched Tees and Tats, a line of high-end, limited-edition men’s T-shirts designed by renowned Portuguese tattoo artist Marco Serio. The shirts can be found in stores in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles or at www.teesandtats.com. In the past year Jeremy has been building www.joinmycrew.com, a networking and job-search site for filmmakers, musicians, artists, and others in the creative industry. Contact him at joinmycrew08@gmail.com.

James Vermillion (CAS’07) of San Diego, Calif., relocated to California in August after working for a year as an administrative assistant at the Health Effects Institute in Boston.
 
Arvind Jairam (MET’08) of Woburn, Mass., is a patent agent at the intellectual property law firm Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds.

Eleni Belisonzi (CAS’08) of Reading, Pa., is a victim witness advocate at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.