Class Notes
Name: Thomas Peeples
Class Year(s): 1994, 2003
Note: Thomas Peeples ’94 (KGCOE), MS ’03 (CAST) is starting a new position as the T901 Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Program Manager at GE Aerospace!
Submitted on: February 6, 2026
Name: Dean Ganskop
Class Year(s): 2006, 2010
Note: Dean Ganskop ’06 (GCCIS), MS ’10 (GCCIS) started a new position as vice president of Product Technology at Iter Opus Corporation, a SaaS firm based in Rochester, NY. The flagship product, Levii.io, is an intelligent career concierge service. Levii.io is known for helping people understand viable career paths, identify the skills they have and the ones they need, and receive a guided, personalized roadmap rather than the fragmented experience of job boards, training platforms, or generic advice. For employers, it provides real-time visibility into skills, internal mobility, talent pipelines, and future staffing projections.
Submitted on: February 6, 2026
Name: Kayla Stephan
Class Year(s): 2019
Note: Allison Carey ’22 (KGCOE) and Kayla Stephan ’19 (KGCOE), MS ’19 (CLA), married on March 29, 2025, six years after meeting at RIT.
Submitted on: February 4, 2026
Name: Michael Bienenstock
Class Year(s): 1976
Note: Michael Bienenstock ’76 (COS) has recently published a fiction novel named Love and Hope Have No Borders: An interfaith Story. The novel is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Submitted on: January 27, 2026
Name: Tom Klinkowstein
Class Year(s): 1967, 1971
Note: Tom Klinkowstein ’91 (GAP) is pleased to share that he recently completed a 9.4 x 1.5 meter (30.8 ft x 4.9 ft) installation titled NOT ALL WHENS ARE TIME. The work will be exhibited at Design School Kolding in Denmark this March and at DHBW Ravensburg University in Ravensburg, Germany, in September. NOT ALL WHENS ARE TIME explores an imagined observer living in an indeterminate period beyond the first half of the 21st century. The installation examines the relationship between the nature and experience of time and an evolved form of didactic cognition, a speculative approach to experience, teaching, and learning that considers time dilation.
Submitted on: January 25, 2026
Name: Scott Rummler
Class Year(s): 1990
Note: Scott Rummler MFA ’90 (FAA) has started a fintech startup called ScalarSight. It uses quantum principles to predict long range equity and crypto prices. ScalarSight’s predictions have beaten the top Wall Street pros for 3 years running!
Submitted on: January 24, 2026
Name: Thomas Santelli
Class Year(s): 1991
Note: Thomas Santelli MFA’91 (GAP) is publishing his first book of photographic portraits, Coney Island Ink: Portraits of the Coney Island Tattoo Festival, with Goff Books (an imprint of ORO Editions), scheduled for a June 2026 release. The book features more than 230 portraits taken in the mid 1980s and early 1990s, in the midst of New York City’s infamous ban on tattooing. For more information about the book and Tom’s work, visit tomsantelliphotography.com.
Submitted on: January 20, 2026
Name: Erin Zach
Class Year(s): 2014
Note: Erin Zach ’14 (SOIS) has been selected to be a linesperson for the Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament at the 2026 Olympics in Italy! To read more about Erin’s journey please visit: https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-esso-cup-zach-earning-her-stripes
Submitted on: January 12, 2026
Name: Josh Zatulove
Class Year(s): 2003
Note: Josh Zatulove ’03 (GCCIS) and wife Jessica recently celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary with daughters Raya and Dahlia; an excessive amount of chocolate and cheese was consumed.
Submitted on: January 5, 2026
Name: Kate Shaffer
Class Year(s): 2006
Note: Kate Shaffer ’06 (COS), MS ’06 (COS) will be taking over leadership of the animal care team at the world’s largest fully enclosed sea turtle hospital, which opened this March at Sea Turtle, Inc., in South Padre Island, Texas. She is honored to serve as director of Animal Care and Hospital Operations, supporting rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation efforts for sea turtles.
Submitted on: January 3, 2026