66 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES out of it that he had a student (for like five of his classes) who knew that he was going to be a funeral director. He used to razz me all the time.” A Lehigh alumnus from the Class of 1993 is the president of a national professional association? Now that’s something to be proud of! ’94 Michael B. York, 575 West End Avenue #9A, New York, NY 10024; michael.york@nyplaw.com I am still trying to play catch-up with of the responses I got to my last class email in the middle of the pandemic! So, if your 6-year-old that I refer to in this column is now a Lehigh grad, well, you should have written me earlier! Leslie (Hoffman) Peters and husband Jimmy Peters met in NYC in 1997 and married in 2000. (Leslie ignored him while an undergrad). They have a daughter, Bella ’26 (threetime high school tennis district champion), and Domenic (an avid baseball player, golfer and powerlifter who is 5 feet 2 inches/110 pounds). The Peterses live in Clarks Summit, Pa. Jimmy is the COO of Rite Aid, spearheading the “store of the future” design. Leslie left Accenture a number of years ago to be home with the kids and has spent the past couple of years subbing in the school district and serving on the boards of the PTA and Waverly Community House. During the pandemic, Bruce Hulshizer wrote, recorded and published a Christian song, available on YouTube, called “I Have Everything I Need (Colossians)” under the Encourage Depending channel. Col. Andy Morgado lives in Korea with his wife, Laurie, and children, Izzy, Maddy and Ian. Andy is the chief of staff for 8th Army (all U.S. Army forces in Korea, commanded by an Army three-star general). Carlos Romeu lives in London with his wife, Mili; daughter, Mili; and son, Charlie. Ian Woods is with Deutsche Bank, covering building products/construction in investment banking. He still lives in NYC with his wife and kids, Weston (8) and Waverly (6). He caught up with classmates Emre Ozgu and JP McGuire at the Phish show at Fenway Park last summer. Donna Esposito is an independent writer and World War II historian (despite a degree in molecular biology from Lehigh and Ph.D. in genetics from Cornell). Since 2017, she has been involved with recovery efforts for missing-in-action service members from WWII and participated in the repatriation of a missing American soldier from Guadalcanal. She’s traveled to Sicily, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Peleliu and the Mariana Islands for her research. Brad Peterson moved to Florida about 15 years ago and lives in Orlando with his wife, Sheri; son, Bradley (15); daughter, Frances (12); and stepson, Jackson (13). He heads the Capital Markets Group for Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) in Orlando. Nick Losavio has two children with his wife, Joanne—a daughter, Ilana (7), and a son, Nicky (4). Nick worked in hospitality with the Butter Group and is now head of finance and accounting for a NYC construction company called Nicon Build. Seaven Sternheim has three children, Nadav (16), Yardenne (13) and Noam (7). He works at Lazard, as part of the U.S. systematic equity group. He works and lives in Palo Alto, Calif. Chris Magdelain has two kids with his wife, Karen—Avery (13) and Zachery (11). He is with IBM as a global design lead for blockchain services. Karyn Schmeidler wrote me to inform me that she is now officially B&T (bridge and tunnel for those who don’t know the term, which will undoubtedly make Karyn cringe.) She lives in the Cos Cob/Greenwich, Conn., area with her son Micah, where she is a genetic counselor. Kyle Wolff lives in Swampscott, Mass., with his wife and two boys, Graeme (6) and Teddy (5), one dog and three cats. John Wildermann was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army on Feb. 1, 2021. The ceremony was performed on Zoom while his wife, Kristin Coville ’96, and daughter Tabitha pinned on the new rank. Marc Goldstein and John Leidner were part of the Zoom audience. Mike Belkin recently earned a master’s in health care administration. Chris DeNoia recently moved to Pompano Beach, Fla., with his partner, Christine Shepherd. They are expecting their first child. The baby shower was attended by fellow Sigma Chis Chris Magdelain, Paul Lazorisak and Peter Lambrakis. Lastly, Andy Frishman was recently attacked and killed by a demogorgon while visiting the town of Hawkins, Indiana. Bummer. ’95 Bridget O’Connell, 1840 Sycamore St., Bethlehem, PA 18017. (610) 868-6605 (H); bmo3@lehigh. edu It was great to hear from Maia and John for this column. Maia (Gomory) Germain shared that she started as the chief people officer at Trinity Life Sciences in September of 2022. In this role, she will be able to bring together her passion for creating a positive employee experience with her commitment to doing her part to advance progress with cancer research and treatment. John Mutchek and Joanne (McQuade) Mutchek ’94 were on campus this spring to see their daughter, Sarah Mutchek ’22, graduate from Lehigh. Sarah is currently at UConn, pursuing her Ph.D. in chemistry. John and Joanne’s younger daughter, Erin, is a sophomore at Vassar College, studying computer science. ’96 Jen (Crimmins) Keen, 17 Windsor Drive, Foxborough, MA 02035. (508) 543-5036; jen@ keensense.com Rene Obregon reports: “A group of Lehigh families went to Maui, Hawaii, for a week this past summer. It was a great trip post-COVID with our better halves and kids. It was 17 of us in total: me, Brad Unger, Dave Rubinstein ’97 and Kerri (Leo) Rubinstein ’97 and Eddie Cinca ’95, plus spouses and nine kids. We did lots of family activities, and unsurprisingly during our snorkel boat trip, the Lehigh crew dominated the bar. Looking forward to another Lehigh get-together! “Also, I went to the Lehigh reunion, and it was fun to see the campus and catch up with Jim Hernjak, Susan (Fredericks) Clements, Colleen (Conway) MacClay, Melissa (Fitzgibbon) Newman, Brandi (Brezina) Unchester and Scott Estrin. I am hoping we can get more people to go for the next big one!” Mike Leonard reports: “I am out in Boulder with my wife, Tracy, and three kids (18, 16 and 12). Coaching lots of lacrosse, enjoying Colorado and working in health care technology. Rich Margolies, Jon Lewis, Mitch Zaninelli, Matt Pinto, Chuck Sorrentino, Scott Troxell ’98, Clint Briggs, Doug Mylowe ’98 and I have been pretty good keeping our annual ski trip on the calendar the past 20-plus years—only missed due to COVID. This winter, we hit Taos in New Mexico.” Keep the news coming to jen@keensense.com. Cheers! ’97 Lopa (Patel) Zielinski, Madison, NJ, Lpzielinski@gmail.com Thank you to all who responded to my email request for updates. In the meantime, please feel free to email me with any other news, as it is always great to see some familiar names. In news… Dean Schulhof and Kyra
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