Class Notes

Name: John Voymas

Class Year(s): 1979

Note: John Voymas ’79 (SCB) was re-elected to a second two-year term on American Men’s national board of directors. Besides supporting the members of the sixteen local groups in the Great Lakes & Ohio Valley Region (which includes Rochester), he is one of fifteen voting members at the national level. John is also a council member of the RIT Alumni Chapter of Detroit.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Timothy LaLonde

Class Year(s): 1987

Note: Tim LaLonde ’87 (SCB) started a new job April 2019 in Los Angeles as Chief Financial Officer at Overhill Farms, one of the leading frozen food manufacturers in the USA, and part of CP Foods.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Charles Bjanes

Class Year(s): 1994

Note: In June 2019, Charles (Chazz) ’94 (CIAS) and Chris (Mino) ’94, MST ’95 Bjanes visited the RIT campus again after many years, to celebrate a 25 year graduation anniversary. Upon entering the residence hall tunnels, they were excited to see that Wolverine still existed! They fondly remember painting this mural as freshmen with fellow classmates, Jen Pogorzola ’94 (CIAS), Josh Maruska ’95 (CIAS), Erik Nielsen, and Phil Hoff ’94 (CIAS), with a shout-out to Derick Burns ’94 (CIAS). Thank you, RIT, for keeping this tradition alive.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Stacy Johnson

Class Year(s): 1996

Note: For creating and nurturing a multitude of mentoring relationships; for a legacy of networks among women at all career stages; and for dedicated and tireless volunteering, Stacy Kalisz Johnson BS/MS ’96 (KGCOE) received a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Spark Award at the SWE National Conference. The Spark Award Honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of women by mentoring those around them.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Edward Shanshala

Class Year(s): 1987, 2000

Note: Ed Shanshala ’87 (COS), MS ’00 (CAST) has been appointed by the New Hampshire Commissioner of Health and Human Services to serve on two state commissions. The first is the State Health Assessment (SHA) and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Advisory Council last convened in 2013. The second is the Working Group on the Plan Preparation of a Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit. Ed writes "It is a privilege and a pleasure to bring his education and experience to the table in creating future health and wellness opportunities for the residents of New Hampshire."

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Andrea Carpenter

Class Year(s): 2017

Note: Andrea Shaver 17 (CAD) and Andrew Carpenter 17 (GCCIS) were married on September 28, 2019 in Telluride, CO. They met in Student Government (SG) their second year at RIT. Twenty RIT and SG alum were in attendance to celebrate, including the Best Man, Jumoke Ridley ’17, two bridesmaids, Claire Fleming ’17 and Rebekah Geller ’17 and ’18, and Kathy Hall ’69, who was the SG office manager when Andrea and Andrew met.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Deborah Marcuccilli

Class Year(s): 1978

Note: Deb Marcuccilli BS/ME ’78 (KGCOE) and daughter Alyxandra Sherwood MS ’15 (CLA) both completed the Oct.2019 Detroit Marathon with Personal Best finish times!

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: David Stern

Class Year(s): 1996

Note: David Stern ’96 (KGCOE) received two notices of allowance for his first two patents from the United States Patent Office (both within the Cyber domain). https://patents.justia.com/inventor/david-j-stern

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Thomas Newberry

Class Year(s): 1982

Note: In addition to operations management and helping companies present to investors, Thomas Newberry ’82 (KGCOE) has the honor of coaching a great bunch of boys in the Westborough (MA) varsity soccer program. They created a Cinderella season in earning a berth in the district semi-finals game. He's proud of their accomplishments. It’s like having a second family.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Kyle Bates

Class Year(s): 1997

Note: An alumnus of RIT Ambulance and a graduate of the Biomedical Photographic Communications Program, Kyle Bates ’97 (CIAS) assumed the position of Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County this past August (2019). Here he has taken on the role of Paramedic Program Director, which is 1 of 13 accredited bachelor degree programs in the United States. Prior to this, Kyle was an educational designer and developer for the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, University of Maryland, College Park. Here he brought a different approach to the development and delivery of continuing education to paramedics as well as instructors. Kyle hopes to utilize this opportunity at UMBC to further his desire to create, develop, deliver, and research educational delivery models for EMS students.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020