Classes ending in 9 and 4, celebrate reunions next year at Homecoming & Family Celebration and Reunion Weekend, October 4–6, 2019! For the Class of ’74 and older classes, please also join us at our next Summer Reunion, July 25–26, 2019.

 

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1960s

 

Elizabeth S. Hunter ’67 was ordained to the diaconate in 2001 after studying locally for 3 1/2 years. She is now retired and serves as a deacon at the Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Salt Lake City, UT. She writes, “I ended up not teaching after my first year, went to graduate school, but was a state employee for 30 years. I learned skills at Plymouth that I was able to use in my career.”

Richard A. Hutchins ’69 is teaching Sport in America Since 1865, a class offered though Dartmouth College’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The course is held weekly inside the Dartmouth Outing Club House on the north end of Occom Pond.

1970s

Dr. Bernard J. McCarthy ’71, ’74G was awarded the 2018 Honor’s College Award for outstanding faculty research at Missouri State University. This award recognizes a faculty member’s research excellence and acknowledges those Honors College professors who have made significant contributions to their field of research and helped to expand the growth and development of honors education at MSU. He writes, “Plymouth State gave me a great foundation to pursue my career in higher education. In graduate school, I competed with students from some of the best universities in the country and at no point did I feel that my preparation as an undergraduate would hold me back.”

Leslie G. (Woodman) Parish ’76 is a chaplain with Canines for Christ Therapy Dog Ministry, Inc., an AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator, and an ambassador for Stronghold Ministries, Inc., a cancer support group. She is the event coordinator between Chick Fil-A restaurants and Canines for Christ around the U.S. When she retires in the next year or two, she plans to train dogs and humans to become therapy dog teams. She writes, “My education at Plymouth State taught me that you never stop learning. My favorite professors (Dr. Manuel Marquez-Sterling and Dr. Richard Chisholm) were great influences on my desire to be flexible and try new ideas/avenues of my career path. I love that I have helped people to develop and follow their passions, to seek and obtain justice, and that I can offer hope and comfort to those who are hurting, depressed, or lonely.”

Margaret “Meg” A. Mulbern ’77, Dave Homma ’76, and Bruce Goslovich ’78 were together at Lake Como in Darby, MT. Homma spent most of his career in sales with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in eastern OR. He has retired to Darby with his wife, Kris. Mulbern spent the later years of her career working in a K–6 special education classroom in Boise, ID. At the end of his career, Goslovich was a self-employed contract CFO. All three are now enjoying working a lot less.

Michael J. Mugits ’78 is retiring as principal of Molly Stark Elementary School in Vermont.

Jeffrey V. Myles ’79 has retired.

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1980s

 

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Front row, (l–r): Jenny Blakeman Barlow ‘84, Sue Guptill Moccia ‘84, Beth Chase Sargent ‘84, Karen Anderson Hall ‘84, Michelle Fournier Leever ‘85, Gary Kelley ‘81, and Al Chabot ‘84.

Back row, (l–r): Ted Moccia ‘84, Laurie Lund Chandler ‘84, Pat McKinnell Eskeland ‘84, Alan Hall ‘84, Laurie Brodeur Perreault ‘84, and Gerald Perreault ‘84.

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Joseph E. Goulart ’82 has been named vice president for institutional advancement at the Gulliver Schools in Miami, FL.

Darryll White ’82 was hired as the new chief administrator at Lake George Regional Park.

Kent W. Hemingway ’83G, ’03CAGS has agreed to step in as part-time superintendent of SAU 13, including schools in Tamworth, Freedom, and Madison, NH. Since retiring as Gilford superintendent, Hemingway has served as a consultant in two superintendent searches for the New Hampshire School Boards Association. He will help SAU 13 with its search, beginning this fall, with the goal of having a long-term superintendent in place by July 1, 2019.

Daniel French ’85, ’97G was appointed as Vermont’s new secretary of education. The appointment of French, who for nine years was superintendent of the Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, was announced by Gov. Phil Scott at the Statehouse in Montpelier.

Carl D. Nelson ’86 has been selected as the 2017–2018 Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association Middle School Principal of the Year. He is principal of John F. Kennedy Middle School in Woburn, MA.

Nancy D. Libby ’88 is a volunteer at the Somersworth Public Library doing detailed tech services projects.

Daniel Root has been named regional senior vice president of a new office in Estero, FL, for full-service construction firm Kaufman Lynn Construction. Root began working with Kaufman Lynn five years ago as a project executive and took on roles of increasing responsibility since then. In his new role, Root will be responsible for the overall management and strategic planning of the company’s construction projects throughout the region.

 

1990s

Michele M. Kaiser ’90 has been a member of Chi Alpha Zeta Sorority since 1987. She was on the PSC swim team. She writes, “My years at Plymouth State have given me more than an education and fond memories; they have given me a sisterhood and lifelong friendships.”

Debbie L. (Manus) Love ’90 and her family business, Dive Task LLC, filmed with NH Chronicle, July 16, at Granite Lake in Nelson, NH, demonstrating how to dive in vintage dive gear. She writes, “I dove in the gear to show the host, Sean McDonald, how it’s done. Then the Dive Task Team suited up Sean, and he got to try it out. Move over, Cuba Gooding. You have some competition! Great day, so much fun!”

Mark Pribbernow ’93, ’01G was chosen to be the assistant principal at Lancaster Elementary School.

Jason Boucher ’94 was appointed vice president and chief financial officer of American Renal Associates Holdings.

Michael Downs ’96 was selected as the new principal at Andrews Middle School in Medford, MA.

Jared Fulgoni ’96 was named interim superintendent of Amesbury, MA.

Laurel L. (Kupillas) Ostiguy ’97 was featured in Lasting Impressions: A Juried Alumni Arts Exhibition, for her The Onondoga State series of novels. The exhibit took place at the Museum of the White Mountains during Homecoming 2017. She writes, “… it was such an incredible feeling to have my books, which are based loosely on Plymouth State and some of the experiences my friends and I had in college, in the museum. I brought my family to New Hampshire to see my novels on display and to check out all the other wonderful art and live shows the event had to offer.”

Jack K. Finley ’98, ’15G has been appointed principal at Hanover Street School in Lebanon, NH. Finley has worked in Franklin schools for 19 years, starting as a high school English teacher in 1999, and became an associate principal at the city’s middle school in 2013. He also serves as the district’s emergency operations manager and volunteers with the Franklin Fire Department.

Jennifer Baus-Fleming ’98 has joined the Circle Program as its new associate program manager. She is a former Circle mentor.

Karen Pelletier ’98 has been named vice president of operations for The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, and will retain her responsibilities as director of education and workforce development. Ms. Pelletier began her career with the chamber in 2014 in a newly created position, established to support chamber members by creating more conduits to colleges and universities that helped fill positions in member companies.

Jason D. Veno ’98 has opened Veno’s Specialty Foods and Meats Butcher Shop and Gourmet Food to Go on Rte. 16 in Conway, NH. Veno is also a regional representative for Amoskeag Beverages Inc.

Sara Morandi ’99 was hired as assistant manager of ReStore, South Shore Habitat for Humanity’s community donation store.

 

2000s

 

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Christopher McNevich ’00 was hired by the Mt. Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce to focus on creating, maintaining, and expanding local and regional revenue streams for the chamber.

Jocelyn Roby ’01 has joined the Hadley office of Bacon Wilson, P.C. as an associate attorney. Roby is a member of Bacon Wilson’s real estate department, where her practice is focused largely on residential real estate, including closings and title work.

Kevin M. Bell ’02 has been promoted to vice president of marketing for Loon Mountain Resort.

Darcy E. (Bagley) Sylvestre ’02 received her grief counselor certification from the American Institute of Health Care Professionals (AIHCP) in July 2018. She completed a required 100 hours of continuous education on grief counseling through The American Academy of Grief Counseling. Sylvestre has been the bereavement coordinator at BAYADA Hospice in Norwich, VT, since 2017, providing grief support to patients, families, and the community.

Jennifer L. Cyr ’03 spent spent two weeks in the spring of 2018 doing environmental volunteer work on a biological reserve in the Galapagos Islands.

Jacqueline “Linny” A. Kenney ’03 is an internationally renowned leather maker and designer. Kenney started doing leather work in her stepfather’s garage in San Francisco before taking an almost nine-month cross-country journey on horseback from Los Angeles to her childhood home in Bath, NH. She recently toured Europe with celebrity chef Gianfranco Chiarini and became partners with Rochini Finest Tabletop in Austria. Kenney has a studio overlooking the Ammonoosuc River in Littleton, NH.  linnykenney.com

David J. Feeley ’04 has been inducted into the Brick Township High School Wall of Fame for his athletic and coaching accomplishments. Feeley has been a graduate assistant at UNLV, working with the football, softball, baseball, and track and field teams; and the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Florida International University. He was the director of football strength and conditioning for Ball State (where he was featured on ESPN’s College Gameday to open the 2015 football season), and head strength and conditioning football coach for the University of South Carolina, before taking his current job as head strength and conditioning coach at Temple University.

Douglas W. Martin ’04 has been named the New Hampshire Commercial Board of Realtor’s 2018 Realtor of the Year. Martin is vice president of the New Hampshire office of Colliers International, a global leader in real estate services. He covers the sale, leasing, and valuation of office, industrial, and retail properties, as well as commercial land tracts in the Greater Manchester and Concord areas. Martin is a proud fundraiser and supporter of many great charities and causes, including multiple youth athletic organizations, The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, The Make-A-Wish Foundation, Manchester PAC, and the Alzheimer’s Association. He also serves as a member of the New Boston Zoning Board and the NBT Bank of New England Advisory Board.

Daniel W. O’Halloran ’04 will be installed as 2019 president of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors (NHAR), the state’s largest trade association, in a ceremony at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord on Nov. 15. O’Halloran has been a realtor since 2005, and in March he opened O’Halloran Group of Keller Williams Lakes & Mountains Realty in New London, where he is the lead broker. He has been an NHAR director since 2015 and served as the chair of the organization’s Communications Committee from 2013 to 2017. Locally, he was president of the Sunapee Region Board of Realtors in 2016 and was its Realtor of the Year in 2014. Dan and his wife Christina (Paradis) O’Halloran ’04 met when they were Plymouth State seniors and members of the Marketing Association, where Dan was president and Christina vice president.

Karen E. Sullivan ’08G retired after 22 years of teaching at the Holy Trinity School in Laconia, NH. Sullivan grew up in Revere, MA, and earned her undergraduate degree in education from Boston College. Her roommate was from Laconia, which is how she met her husband, Kevin Sullivan, a Laconia native who was studying at PSC.

 

2010s

Elaine L. Doell ’10G has joined the University of North Carolina Wilmington as assistant vice chancellor for human resources. Doell came to UNCW from East Carolina University, where she was an advanced classification and compensation consultant. Prior to that, she served as chief human resources officer for Cape Fear Community College and served as assistant director and then director of HR at PSU.

Melissa A. Silverberg ’10 recently graduated from Salem State University with a master’s degree in social work. Silverberg has been employed by Massachusetts General Hospital for the past five years, working with youth and families in need.

Katherine T. Lozano ’12 is the quality assurance coordinator at Gift of Life Donor Program, the region’s nonprofit organ donation program serving Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Alexander J. Boudreau ’16 was named PSU’s admissions counselor of the semester in spring 2018. He writes, “My education taught me to think critically, see things from different perspectives, and appreciate all that higher education has to offer. What I love most about my job is helping other students see their potential and helping them find the college that works best for them.”

Linda Peck ’15G is a transformation education instructor at Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro, VT. She teaches tai chi, puppetry, and mime. She has been practicing for 25 years, ever since her career as a ballerina ended from injury.

Taylore J. Aussiker ’17G is beginning a full-time teaching position at White Mountains Regional High School in Whitefield, NH, after three years as a teaching lecturer in English at PSU. She writes, “I’m teaching 9th-grade humanities, 11th-grade U.S. history, and 12th-grade AP language and composition! Although I’ll miss Plymouth State, I’m so looking forward to this new chapter!”

Dr. Sean I. Bogle ’18 received his doctorate of education in learning, leadership, and community on May 17, 2018. He is believed to be the first African American to receive a doctorate degree from PSU.

 

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