Class Notes

Name: Alexander Gartley

Class Year(s): 2007

Note: Alexander Gartley ’07 (CIAS) and his wife, Cristin, welcomed their second son, Coda Levi Gartley, in December 2018.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Emi Sano

Class Year(s): 2014

Note: Emi Sano ’14 (CIAS) self published two books in 2019. "Voices: a Short Story Collection" is a collection of 15 short stories written over a course of a year and "We Don’t Talk About That" is a Young Adult novella focusing on teens struggling with mental health and suicide. Both are available online and can be bought in a local bookstore if asked.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Kimberlie Barrett

Class Year(s): 1981

Note: Kimberlie Barrett ’81 (SCB) is proud to announce that the company she founded, owns and operates in Rochester, NY, Magellan, Inc. Real Estate and Relocation, celebrates 25 years serving the real estate industry next month. She also recently retrofitted a new office space in the Neighborhood of the Arts on Elton Street.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Emilio Frattaruolo

Class Year(s): 2008

Note: In November 2019, Emilio Frattaruolo ’08 (CAST) started in a new role as Vice President of Innovation, Passive Systems with CSafe Global in Dayton, Ohio. CSafe Global is the only full-line provider of both active and passive cold chain packaging solutions addressing the temperature management needs of pharmaceutical and life science companies around the globe.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: John Voymas

Class Year(s): 1979

Note: John Voymas ’79 (SCB) was re-elected to a second two-year term on American Men’s national board of directors. Besides supporting the members of the sixteen local groups in the Great Lakes & Ohio Valley Region (which includes Rochester), he is one of fifteen voting members at the national level. John is also a council member of the RIT Alumni Chapter of Detroit.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Timothy LaLonde

Class Year(s): 1987

Note: Tim LaLonde ’87 (SCB) started a new job April 2019 in Los Angeles as Chief Financial Officer at Overhill Farms, one of the leading frozen food manufacturers in the USA, and part of CP Foods.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Charles Bjanes

Class Year(s): 1994

Note: In June 2019, Charles (Chazz) ’94 (CIAS) and Chris (Mino) ’94, MST ’95 Bjanes visited the RIT campus again after many years, to celebrate a 25 year graduation anniversary. Upon entering the residence hall tunnels, they were excited to see that Wolverine still existed! They fondly remember painting this mural as freshmen with fellow classmates, Jen Pogorzola ’94 (CIAS), Josh Maruska ’95 (CIAS), Erik Nielsen, and Phil Hoff ’94 (CIAS), with a shout-out to Derick Burns ’94 (CIAS). Thank you, RIT, for keeping this tradition alive.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Stacy Johnson

Class Year(s): 1996

Note: For creating and nurturing a multitude of mentoring relationships; for a legacy of networks among women at all career stages; and for dedicated and tireless volunteering, Stacy Kalisz Johnson BS/MS ’96 (KGCOE) received a Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Spark Award at the SWE National Conference. The Spark Award Honors an individual who has contributed to the advancement of women by mentoring those around them.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Edward Shanshala

Class Year(s): 1987, 2000

Note: Ed Shanshala ’87 (COS), MS ’00 (CAST) has been appointed by the New Hampshire Commissioner of Health and Human Services to serve on two state commissions. The first is the State Health Assessment (SHA) and the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) Advisory Council last convened in 2013. The second is the Working Group on the Plan Preparation of a Medicaid Adult Dental Benefit. Ed writes "It is a privilege and a pleasure to bring his education and experience to the table in creating future health and wellness opportunities for the residents of New Hampshire."

Submitted on: September 20, 2020

Name: Andrea Carpenter

Class Year(s): 2017

Note: Andrea Shaver 17 (CAD) and Andrew Carpenter 17 (GCCIS) were married on September 28, 2019 in Telluride, CO. They met in Student Government (SG) their second year at RIT. Twenty RIT and SG alum were in attendance to celebrate, including the Best Man, Jumoke Ridley ’17, two bridesmaids, Claire Fleming ’17 and Rebekah Geller ’17 and ’18, and Kathy Hall ’69, who was the SG office manager when Andrea and Andrew met.

Submitted on: September 20, 2020