August 2018 Class Notes

1982: DAVID RUDGE

Maestro David Rudge (HARTT) of Dunkirk, N.Y., has been appointed music director and conductor of the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra in Rock Hill, S.C. He is currently director of orchestras and the Hillman Opera at the State University of New York at Fredonia.   

1985: ANTHONY SUSI

Anthony Susi (HARTT) of Andover, Conn., had his symphonic band composition, Aurora Borealis, published in this year’s C.L. Barnhouse catalogue of new works. He also has had three other band compositions, Portrait of a Patriot, Harvest Fair and The Last Rose of Summer published by Grand Mesa Music.

1985: ERIK WEXLER

Orange County Catholic published an article on Erik Wexler A’83 (Hillyer), (A&S), M’87 (Barney) of Manhattan Beach, Calif., regarding his efforts in leading Providence St. Joseph Health, an organization that includes 51 hospitals and more than 800 clinics in the West. Wexler is senior vice president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles region.

1987: RAMI HAXHI

Rami Haxhi (Hartt) of Middlebury, Conn., has joined the Connecticut Audubon Society as an EcoTravel Assistant. Previously, she had spent 30 years as a public school teacher.

1988: BRIAN CURHAN LICHTENSTEIN 

The Kaplan University School of Professional Education, in conjunction with Think2Perform® has awarded Brian Curhan Lichtenstein M (Barney) of West Hartford, Conn., the Behavioral Financial Advisor™ designation. He is an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction (OSJ) and financial securities advisor with Securities America, Inc.

2002: CHRISTOPHER CYKLEY 

The Hartford Business Journal named Christopher Cykley (CETA) of Middlebury, Conn., and Morgan Sones Ferrarotti M’07 (A&S) of Rocky Hill, Conn., to its “2018 40 Under Forty.” As vice president of Construction Solutions Group, Cykley has helped grow the company into one of the premier owner's representation providers in Connecticut.

2002: KAITLIN WALSH

Alumni Association Board Member Kaitlin Walsh (A&S), M’04 (A&S) of Windsor, Conn., contributed a chapter to the publication Metacritical Cervantes: Early and Modern Contexts. The chapter is titled “From ‘desocupado lector’ to ‘lector ilustre’: Reading Cervantes’s Prologues” and focuses on Cervantes’s critique of fiction in his works of prose.

2005: JOSH HERMAN

Josh Herman A’03 (Hillyer), (A&S) of Pearland, Texas, received his 2017 World Series Championship ring as a member of the Houston Astros staff. He is manager of special event operations with the Astros and has been with them since 2014. Herman has been active in helping the University engage alumni in the Houston area.  

2006: TABITHA HARKIN

The city of New Bedford, Mass., has hired Tabitha Harkin (HAS) of Halifax, Mass., as its city planner. She has experience as a municipal, regional and state planner, and has also worked in the private sector as a landscape designer. Most recently, Harkin served as director of planning and economic development for the town of Norton, Mass.

2007: MORGAN SONES FERRAROTTI

The Hartford Business Journal named Morgan Sones Ferrarotti M'07 (A&S) of Rocky Hill, Conn., to its “2018 40 Under Forty,” along with Christopher Cykley '02. Ferrarotti is currently the senior director of integrated marketing at MassMutual where she leads integrated marketing campaign planning to ensure brand and customer experience consistency.

2012: REBEKAH CHOZICK

Rebekah Chozick (HAS) of West Hartford, Conn., accepted a position as director of the Rachel Uffner Gallery in New York, N.Y. Previously, she worked with museums and curators from all over the world as part of the artist liaison team at Lehmann Maupin Contemporary Art Gallery.  

2013: MILES AARON

Miles Aaron (CETA) of Cambridge, Mass., successfully completed his PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Oxford. He was a 2013 John G. Martin Scholar recipient. Aaron intends to start a company that will allow him to pursue his passions for music, technology, and business. 

2013: BLISS PIVERGER 

Bliss Piverger M (A&S) of Boca Raton, Fla., has joined the woman-owned national litigation services consulting firm, Litigation Insights, as a jury research consultant. 

2014: CAMILO GARCIA 

Camilo Garcia (CETA) of New York, N.Y., is the owner of DS BIM, a building information modeling company for subcontractors on large scale commercial projects. Along with Rite Flow Mechanical, his company completed work on the new Louis Armstrong Tennis Stadium in Queens, N.Y. this past summer.

2014: PATRICK LARAMEE

Patrick Laramee (CETA) of Holyoke, Mass., has been promoted from Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant as member of the United States Air Force. He currently serves in active duty as a health facilities officer responsible for a large portfolio of military construction projects around the world.

2016: JERMAINE WOODWARD JR. 

Jermaine Woodard Jr. (Hartt) of Portsmouth, Va., is a contracted business analyst working with the CT DMV. He is doubly focused on an active performing arts career: singing with CONCORA, Composer's Choir, cantoring at Catholic parishes, baritone-section-leading with Asylum Hill Congregational Choir and Hartford Chorale Inc., and performing with regional opera and musical theater companies.