CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2026 | 51 his oldest son, Ken, is at Bryant University studying business management. He and his wife Becky have twins Sara and Tim in high school. Chris Bohan lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and two children. He is an instructor of acting at Case Western Reserve University and can be seen most recently in “Unsinkable: The Untold Story.” Andy Morgado has completed 30 years of Army service and is still stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He is the director of the Army University Press. His daughter Isabelle graduated from UConn this year, and daughter Maddy is at Northeastern. His son, Ian, is applying for schools, and Lehigh is thankfully on the list. Andy recently went to a Lehigh ROTC reunion hosted by Dave Noletti ’95. Bill Graf, Jeff Erdley and Andy represented our class. Also in attendance were Jerome Brenneman ’93, Skip Cox ’95, Wade Bovard ’95, John Checco ’95 and Joel Kostelac ’97. After 30 years of bouncing around in the Southwest (Arizona desert, California coast and Colorado mountains), Bill Miller is back in N.J. His sons are in school at the Coast Guard and the University of Arizona. Jennifer Malatesta was recently the keynote speaker at Lehigh’s annual Women in Business Conference. She has been with Deloitte over 20 years in their consulting practice, where she is the chief commercial officer. Her daughter Alex is attending Dickinson, where she plays softball. She is holding out hope that her son, in high school, will go to Lehigh. Adam Bridges is married to his college sweetheart, Christy (Tosca) Bridges ’95. They have two sons, Aidan who is at Clemson and Colby who is still in high school. Adam is a medical device recruiter, having worked previously at Pfizer, P&G and General Electric. The family lives in Goshen, N.Y. ’95 Bridget O'Connell, 1840 Sycamore St., Bethlehem, PA 18012. (610) 868-6605 (H); bmo3@lehigh.edu It was a great day for Lehigh when the football team beat Lafayette to go undefeated on the season and win the Patriot League Championship in Lafayette’s stadium! A strange sight was seeing fellow Lehigh alumni whose kids attend Lafayette wearing Lafayette gear. I’m a parent with a kid at Lafayette, too, but unlike Andy Twiggar ’94, Becky (Cavin) Tellefson ’94 and Tore Tellefson ’93, and Vinnie McCaffrey ’98, I refused to wear maroon! Lauren (Brandenberg) Barnett lives in Westport, Conn., with her husband, Jordan Barnett ’93. Their two daughters are grown, with one attending medical school and the other a senior in college. Lauren owns Family Consultants of Westport, a business dedicated to connecting individuals and families with the rightfit mental health professionals. Her new and exciting venture is the publication of her first book, “Don’t Tell My Mom That I Love Her,” which is described as a modern blend of Judy Blume’s Margaret meets Carrie Bradshaw, appealing to mothers and daughters of all ages. In September, Lauren was thrilled to return to Lehigh to celebrate and honor the life of Amy Gorman, who sadly passed away 10 years ago. Lauren visited for the weekend alongside dear friends Dara (Plasky) Wassersug, Lana Khavinson, Teresa (Araco) Rodgers (who graciously and thoughtfully planned every detail of the weekend), Patty (Hoffman) Brahe, Leslie (Satin) McCutcheon, Tanya (Iny) Weisleder and Jen (Levine) Drechsler. They had a wonderful time revisiting Alpha Phi and other treasured spots, admiring how beautiful Lehigh remains while also enjoying the modern updates. In other exciting news, Jason Anhorn appeared as contestant Player 326 on Netflix’s “Squid Game: The Challenge (Season 2).” His profile appears on Netflix’s official cast page here: netflix.com/tudum/ features/squid-game-the- challenge-season-2-cast- instagrams#sgtc326 ’96 Jen (Crimmins) Keen, 17 Windsor Drive, Foxborough, MA 02035. (508) 543-5036; jen@keensense.com Hello Class of ’96! Our 30th reunion is almost here, and I hope you’ll join us on June 11-14 to celebrate! It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years since we walked across that stage—sometimes it feels impossible that we were only 18-21 years old when we first called Lehigh home. Now, as many of us watch our own children head off to college, it’s especially heartwarming to see some of them becoming Lehigh legacies! This fall, I attended the Lehigh-Lafayette telecast in Boston, where more than 85 alumni gathered to cheer on the Mountain Hawks in their big win over the Leopards. I loved catching up with Dave Meadows and Tricia (Wandrie) Meadows ’97, and Amy (Mizoras) Konary. We are all parents of current Lehigh students, and it’s always fun to reminisce about our days on campus while watching our kids create memories of their own and carry on the traditions we love. Scott Estrin reports that his son, Joshua, has begun his freshman year at Lehigh, where he plans to study electrical engineering. Scott lives in Montville, N.J., with wife Naomi and sons Joshua (18) and Zachary (13). He works for HNTB as a manager in the intelligent transportation systems practice, helping public agencies use technology to manage and improve roadway safety and traffic operations. Erik Hume, a shareholder at Saxton & Stump, was named to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America list for real estate law. Congrats! ’97 Lopa (Patel) Zielinski, Madison, NJ, Lpzielinski@gmail.com The Donald M. Gruhn ’49 Distinguished Finance Speaker Series hosted Carter Lyons, the coCEO of Two Sigma Investments, for the event “Navigating the AI Era” in October 2025. There were approximately 330 attendees to hear this discussion on the growing influence of artificial intelligence on global finance and everyday life. Brian Gibbons wrote that after nearly three decades of shaping supply chain and product development strategies for beauty industry giants like L’Oréal and Coty, in early 2025, he launched Lavapod, an innovative direct-to-consumer brand revolutionizing the cleaning products industry. The brand represents a perfect synthesis of Brian’s expertise in supply chain management, new product development and ecommerce operations and reflects the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation mindset cultivated during his years at Lehigh. ’98 Gregory Kuklinski, gjk4@ alum.lehigh.edu It was great to see so many of you at the 161st Lehigh- Lafayette game, including: Eric Kolasa, Alan Fornwalt P’27, Brian Fronapfel, Trevor Colahan ’02 and Diana (Rodebaugh) Colahan ’04. If you were not at the game, it was a great win for Lehigh to capture the Patriot League Championship (second in two years), and with that win to be ranked fifth in the country with a first-round bye in the FCS Playoffs. For photos from the tailgate, please check out the Class of 1998 Facebook Page. Ben Swears writes that after 20 years in Detroit working for the various versions of Chrysler, seven years with RAM Truck and 13 years with the Viper, he got an offer to move to Pittsburgh and is now in his 10th year bringing self-driving vehicles to the world, with Uber’s Autonomous Technology Center, which was acquired by Aurora Innovation. He is an electro-mechanical systems engineer and works between the OEM vehicle manufacturers and the internal supercomputer builders and software divisions. You can see Ben’s trucks running in Texas every day on livestream YouTube … under the “Aurora Innovation” channel showing the semi-truck drive
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