Class Notes

Name: John Mischler

Class Year(s): 1981

Note: John Mischler ’81 (SCB) recently joined Habersham Vineyards and Winery as their Director of Sales and Marketing. Habersham Vineyards is Georgia’s oldest, active winery.

Submitted on: September 9, 2020

Name: Laura English-Estey

Class Year(s): 2000

Note: Laura Estey (English) ’00 (CAST) will be the General Manager of a new French Bistro, Kristines, opening in Princeton, N.J. in the fall of 2019. She has two children, Elliot (5) and Lucy (1) with her husband Eric.

Submitted on: September 9, 2020

Name: Norman Wironen

Class Year(s): 1971

Note: Norman J. Wironen, ’71 (GAP) recently retired from a 20 year career as a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. He was also recently honored by the Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce with their Lifetime Achievement award in recognition of his decades of volunteer activities and professional achievements.

Submitted on: September 9, 2020

Name: Kara Austin

Class Year(s): 2005

Note: Kara (Doughman) Austin ’05 (CIAS) has accepted the position of Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications in the division of Development and Alumni Relations at RIT.

Submitted on: September 9, 2020

Name: Kyle Krzywicki

Class Year(s): 2007

Note: Wesley Krzywicki was born to Alan Krzywicki BS/MS ’07 (KGCOE) and Kyle Krzywicki MBA ’07 (SCB) on December 25, 2018.

Submitted on: September 9, 2020

Name: Deborah Marcuccilli

Class Year(s): 1978

Note: Deborah (Deb) Marcuccilli ’78 (KGCOE) successfully defended her title from 2018 as Women’s sprint champion at the US Canoe/Kayak National Championships in Warren,PA on 8/8/2019.

Submitted on: September 8, 2020

Name: Mark` Mooney

Class Year(s): 1998

Note: Mark Mooney ’98 (KGCOE) will be skipping a mixed team representing Team USA Curling at the upcoming World Winter Masters Games in Innsbruck, Austria coming up in January 2020.

Submitted on: September 8, 2020

Name: Michael Troise

Class Year(s): 2019

Note: Mike Troise BS/ME ’19 (KGCOE) has begun working as a mechanical design engineer with TAIT in Lititz, PA. TAIT specializes in the design and fabrication of concert stages and live entertainment automation solutions. He has already had the opportunity to work on shows for artists such as Queen + Adam Lambert, Ariana Grande, and Celine Dion. He looks forward to continuing to bring joy to others through the concerts he is a part of bringing to life.

Submitted on: September 8, 2020

Name: Layla Petruzzelli

Class Year(s): 2016

Note: Timothy Wilhelm ’16 (KGCOE) married Layla (Petruzzelli) Wilhelm ’16 (KGCOE) on June 22, 2019 in Downtown Rochester. The wedding party included Nathaniel Huff ’14 (GCCIS), Paul Snell ’13 (GCCIS), Joanna Pecko ’16 (KGCOE) and Fabian Perez ’16 (KGCOE). Other RIT attendees included Jay Humphreys ’19 (KGCOE), Ben Litts ’16 (KGCOE), Chris Meyer ’16 (KGCOE), Elizabeth Pattie ’18 (COS), Nicole Mackey ’19 (CHST), Andrew Bogdan ’16 (KGCOE), Joe Marsico ’16 (COS), Ben Casto (CET), Aidan Steiger ’17 (KGCOE), Kelly Weiskittel ’19 (KGCOE), Joshua Radziunas (GCCIS), Kyle Rohde ’19 (GCCIS) and Patrick Pipino ’90 (SCB).

Submitted on: September 8, 2020

Name: Brett Hall

Class Year(s): 2005

Note: For the 6th consecutive year, Brett Hall ’05 (CIAS) was nominated for a Daytime Emmy on the PBS Kids series "Peg + Cat", this time in the category of Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program. He was also promoted to Animation Director on Season 2 of Stephen Colbert’s Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President", which premiered in May 2019.

Submitted on: September 8, 2020