Class Notes
Name: T. Weintraub
Class Year(s): 1984
Note: Hello from Colorado Springs! Kathleen ’84 (FAA) and T. I. Weintraub ’84 (GAP) recently celebrated the birth of their first grandchild, Waylon Michaud. By the time this is printed, they will have completed a trip to Iceland, Scotland, and the Shetland Isles. And finally, after 35-years...he has decided to pick up a camera again!
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Catherine Hogan
Class Year(s): 1986
Note: Catherine Rinehart Hogan ’86 (CAST) directed her first short film, POTSHOT, which is streaming on Amazon Fire TV (Great Lakes channel) and on Roku (Great Lakes VOD channel). Catherine also acts in this 5-minute comedy. She also booked a role in the movie MANIFEST DESTINY, which shoots this fall.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Scott Kanzelmeyer
Class Year(s): 2008
Note: Scott Kanzelmeyer ’04 (GCCIS), MS ’08 (GCCIS) graduated in May 2019 from The Pennsylvania State University with a Master’s of Professional Studies in Homeland Security with the Geospatial Intelligence Option.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Mona Samaan
Class Year(s): 1994
Note: In March 2019, Mona Samaan-Ockenden ’94 (CAST) launched Mona Moon Naturals, a natural deodorant and skincare company. All products are hand made in Fairport, NY. The company was inspired and created as a result of her sister’s breast cancer diagnoses. The products may be ordered on-line and/or purchased at select boutiques. Ten percent of all purchases are donated to the Breast Cancer Coalition in Rochester. Their website is www.monamoonnaturals.com. #Pastewithpurpose.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Trish Salmon
Class Year(s): 2008
Note: Trish Salmon ’08 (CAST), MS ’11 (CAST) is a New York Cares Volunteer since 2007, Baptized Born Again Christian since 2013, Full-Time City of New York Worker since 2015, New York Cares Team Leader since 2017, New York City Homeowner since 2019, Licensed Motorcyclist & Driver since 2019, and a soon-to-be author of an autobiography.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Julianna Truesdale
Class Year(s): 2011
Note: Julianna Johnson-Truesdale ’11 (CIAS), opened a design and marketing agency, True Creative Design and Marketing, in Ithaca, NY, in 2016. A year later Brandon Kelloway ’11 CIAS, joined True Creative and just recently, in July 2019, they expanded True Creative to Rochester, NY. They design and build websites, research and implement strategic Search Engine Optimization (SEO), develop brands, create logos and design all marketing materials. They can be found at truecreativeny.com.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Jonathan Amerault
Class Year(s): 2018
Note: Jonathan Amerault ’18 (KGCOE) was promoted from Associate Manufacturing Engineer to Manufacturing Engineer at Teleflex Medical. In his free time he finished hiking "The 48 4,000 foot mountains" in New Hampshire and continues actively hiking and exploring the Appalachian Trail.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Frank Cicha
Class Year(s): 1961
Note: Frank A. Cicha ’61 (GAP), has retired from Advanced Safe & Lock, Rochester, NY, and, with his wife Judy, moved to the Legacy at Erie Station, a retirement community in Henrietta, NY.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Mikaela David
Class Year(s): 2017
Note: Brendan John BS/MS ’17 (COS/GCCIS) and Mikaela David ’17 (CLA) got married in Brendan’s hometown of Salamanca, New York on August 10, 2019, at the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino. The two met at RIT in the Native American Student Association Club back in 2014. They got to know each other while planning club events and attending conferences before they officially started dating at the end of 2015. They both graduated in Spring of 2017, Mikaela with a BS in Advertising and Public Relations and Brendan with a MS in Computer Science. Right now, Brendan and Mikaela live in Florida with their adorable dog, Kona, and both attend the University of Florida.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020
Name: Carly Smith
Class Year(s): 2000
Note: Carly Smith ’00 (CLA) received her Black Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma.
Submitted on: September 10, 2020