2006 Classnotes
2023
Victoria Alercia in June, she and her family sadly said goodbye to their beloved dog, Skeeter. As a way to continue sharing the love that they had for him, her sons and she wrote a book to help guide other children and families through the loss of their pets. The book will also be available for purchase on Amazon.
Amy Frantz Gross After nearly a decade of working in Lafayette College's Office of Alumni Relations, she accepted the role of Lehigh's Director of Traditions and Class Affinity in their Development and Alumni Relations Division.
2022
Exhibition of alum and artist Jonathan Latiano's latest work was on display at Moravian. included in a photo with the work was Vincent Byrne ‘02, Michelle Lala Clark ‘05, Kara Mergl ‘05, Bob Stevens (class?), Jonathan Latiano ‘06, Julia Gasdaska Attanasio ‘07, Pat Bechtel ‘07
Jennie Hoose Andreas married Nicholas Andreas, in Allentown on July 30, 2022. Fellow Moravian Alum Jacquelyn (Olimpo) Morrow (2008) served as a bridesmaid. Artist-lecturer Alison Gillespie, along with her husband Tom and friends Mary-Joan Gaynor and Al Keller, provided music for the ceremony.
Amy Frantz Gross and her husband, Scott, welcomed a son, Spencer Scott, on July 13, 2022. Spencer's Moravian legacy runs deep. He is the grandson of the late William Gross '65 and the great-grandson of the late June Shafer Scholl '51.
Victoria Alercia is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years experience in the mental health field. After filing for divorce last year, she chose to focus on her healing journey. This lead her to combining her 2 passions of therapy and spirituality. She was recently trained with Resilient Lehigh Valley to facilitate the TREE program (trauma, restorative practices, emotional intelligence, equity). She is also working on becoming certified to facilitate faith based trauma healing groups.
Erin Gonda Key and her husband welcomed their daughter, Rowan, on January 15, 2022.
2021
Courtney Wright-Werner earned tenure in the spring of 2020, and was promoted to Associate Professor of English Rhetoric and Writing at Monmouth University on July 1, 2021. She is currently serving as the Interim Director of First-Year Writing.
Shannon Gardner Bakros and her husband, Steve, welcomed their son, Hudson Edward, on January 30, 2021. He joins big sisters Quinn and Teagan.
2020
Rachel Vannatta Gleiser and Chad Gleiser were married on October 3, 2020. They also moved to Missouri.
Post-doctoral fellow Karima Modjadidi, Ph.D. will start working at the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in Durham, NC. She has been a fellow at the Duke Law Center for Science and Justice for two years, and she will transition to similar work at RTI in the courts and corrections division of the applied justice wing.
Amanda Logan has been named executive liaison for College of Eastern Idaho. Previously, Amanda served as the chief of staff of a small watchdog group before she and her husband relocated to Idaho Falls. She began her career conducting economic policy research and analysis at a think tank in Washington, D.C., after which she moved to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2009.
Buckno Lisicky & Company named Chris Betley a shareholder. He has experience in audits of local and state government entities and also performs firm-wide quality control technical reviews, inspection, and in-house training. He was employed with a regional accounting firm in New Jersey and is a certified public accountant.
2019
Jamie Hillegass Bigley and Joseph Bigley welcomed a daughter, Lennon Julia Mae, on March 2, 2019.