Class Notes

Name: Ali Madad

Class Year(s): 2001

Note: Ali Madad ’01 (CIAS) has joined Hologram Sciences as their first VP, Creative Director to identify unmet health and wellness needs, design, incubate and launch DTC brands into the world.

Submitted on: July 28, 2021

A span of 26 years of degrees from the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Name: Dave Gallagher

Class Year(s): 1991

Note: Dave Gallagher ’19 (CAD) recently saw three RIT Alumni at the Phase One America’s National Headquarters. All three graduated from the College of Art and Design with 26 years between graduation days.

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Timothy Cosgriff

Class Year(s): 1996

Note: Timothy Cosgriff ’96 (CAST) has work accepted in the current exhibit International Art Of the Book at the Rochester Public Library. The work, "Edgar Allen Poe Steampunk Purses" are crafted from altered books and found objects. Each purse explores the afterlife, allowing the viewer to read various stories from Poe, and contains a portable "Witch Bottle," which is still in use by some people today. This is third time Timothy has been accepted in the exhibit. https://roccitylibrary.org/artofthebook/

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Richard tenBraak

Class Year(s): 1985

Note: Richard Tenbraak ’85 (CAST) retired April 1, 2021.

Submitted on: July 26, 2021

Name: Heather Meers

Class Year(s): 2008

Note: Heather Meers ’08 (CIAS) wishes to announce the birth of her identical twin girls, Willow and Genevieve, born December 11, 2020.

Submitted on: July 25, 2021

Name: Larissa Matesevac

Class Year(s): 2009

Note: Larissa (Clark) Matesevac (CIAS) and her husband, Jeffry Matesevac, welcomed a baby boy on April 11, 2021. Damian Ryan Matesevac was born weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. and measuring 21 inches long.

Submitted on: July 25, 2021

Name: Deborah Kinahan

Class Year(s): 1976, 1988

Note: Deborah Kinahan ’76 (SCB) MBA ’88 (SCB) retired from the Defense Department in 2010 and recently published "My Zestful Years", the third book in a series following the life and loves of a female CPA.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021

Name: Michael J Miconi

Class Year(s): 80,84

Note: Michael Miconi ’84 (FAA) has been working at MWI Inc. for 13 years as a manufacturing process engineer.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021

Name: Eugene Rusiecki

Class Year(s): 1975, 1978

Note: Eugene Rusiecki ’78 (CAST) is an electrical engineer and project manager for Veteran Affairs Medical Centers in Gainesville and Lake City, F.L.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021

Name: Laura Moran Cavanaugh

Class Year(s): 1983

Note: Laura (Moran) Cavanaugh ’83 (CAST) is currently employed as a Business Development Analyst for TTM Technologies in East Syracuse, N.Y. She is also the Cemetery Director for St. Mary of the Assumption Cemetery in Minoa, N.Y.

Submitted on: July 24, 2021