2013 Classnotes
2024
In January 2024 Alexandra Borden was elected the new Executive Director for the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), a non-profit organization focused on advocacy and visibility for women in the composing industry. She was also elected to the Board of Directors for the Female Composer Safety League (FCSL), a non-profit that provides a safe, trauma-informed, supportive community for female-identifying and nonbinary survivors of harassment and sexual assault in the composing industry.
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli & Tipton, of Easton, Pennsylvania, is proud to announce that Ruby Khallouf has been promoted to become our newest Partner. Khallouf joined the Firm in 2018 as an Associate.
2023
Amanda Werner Maenza ’13, G’17, Executive Director of Alumni & Family Engagement, and her husband, Chris, welcomed their first daughter, Doreen, in November 2022.
Carissa Serino published another anthology on Amazon! Shattered: Stories of Lives Broken by Substance Abuse and How We Put the Pieces Back Together is a compilation of personal stories revolving around substance abuse and how this disease has impacted our lives. Several of the writers lost loved ones to drugs and alcohol, some have dedicated their lives to helping those in need, some have battled their addictions, recovered, and come out stronger than ever, and all of them have witnessed the effects on family and friends.
Katelyn Slivka (Weiss) and her husband Paul Slivka welcomed their first child, Jameson Paul, on September 22, 2022.
CJ Billera was recently promoted to Commercial Sales Manager at Lutron.
Alexandra Borden composed the original music score for the award-winning feature film BALLOON ANIMAL is now available across all streaming platforms.
2021
Kaitlin Beltz recently purchased a small local children's and maternity clothing consignment business serving the Lehigh Valley area.
Kyle Stackhouse and his wife, Beth welcomed a daughter, Sophie Ann, on August 25th, 2021.
Phillip Torres and Kate Gill '15 got engaged on March 29, 2021.
Hilary Reis Weinert ’14 and Michael Weinert '13 welcomed a daughter, Ayla Catherine, on June 24, 2021.
Kyle Stackhouse accepted a newly-created position as a Customer Service Support Coordinator with Brenntag Specialties, based in South Plainfield, NJ.
Michael O'Gorman recently accepted the Dean's Fellowship at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He was also named a Consortium Fellow at Ross for his personal and professional dedication to diversity, equity, inclusion, and racial justice.
Sarah Farrell Johnson is the author of the book, Mama, Your Worth is Not Measured in Ounces.
Alexandra Borden lives and works as a film composer in Los Angeles. Her most recent feature film, Blush, and most recent award-winning short films, Limerence, The Blue Cave, and She Had It Coming, are currently in the festival circuit. She has assisted film composer Germaine Franco on such films as Little, Someone Great, and Life-Size 2. As of summer 2021, Alexa has composed and performed original music for almost 40 productions, including short films, feature films, and live staged musicals. Prior to the pandemic, she also frequently performed around LA as a member of the contemporary folk duo, LexaCon.
2020
Christopher See passed away on November 3, 2020.
Brittany Garzillo is headed for Fox 32 as a reporter. She has been a traffic anchor and reporter for WGAL, the NBC affiliate in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, since 2018. She previously worked for WLVT, the PBS station in Bethlehem.
2019
Kayla Smull married Matt Groth on September 14, 2019 at Kings Mills in Media, PA.
Genesis Ortega was named Hispanic Businessperson of the Year during the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Business Awards.