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Mary Aunce-Oberndorf '93 switched her major to philosophy and history and is now a high school history teacher.  She is filling in at New Milford High School and is also working with Princeton Review preparing students for college.
Karen Bonanno '93 works at Aritfact Design Group in Weston, CT.  She works on the finishing and production of customized furniture.  She continues to paint and has an in-house studio. Karen can be reached at karenbonanno@yahoo.com.

She has exhibited at several local galleries, including the Washington Art Association in Washington, CT. Her work is predominantly in oils, but she also works in charcoal and different printmaking techniques.

Karen won the first prize Mary and Harvey Sadow Award at 2000 Western Connecticut Regional Hospice Arts Festival. 

Sean Conciatore '93 is Vice President Creative Director of Ryan Partnership-Chicago.

Sean can be reached via email at sconciatore@ryanchicago.com

Christopher Couch '93 is a Designer / Art Director at Identity Visual Communications in Pennsylvania.

Chris won a Silver ADDY Award in 2000 and a Harvey Communications Award in 2001.  He has won numerous packaging awards.

Chris can be reached at identity@comcast.net.

 

Heidi Fair '93 is working part-time as an art teacher at John Pettibone School in New Milford, CT while she is raising her daughter. She can be reached at hfair@snet.net 
Barbara (Grimm) Ferreira '93 is office manager with Choice Tickets in Danbury. She designs flyers and brochures while keeping the office under control. Barbara can be reached at BabaJean19@aol.com
Jennifer Freeman '93 is an executive assistant at Photronics in Brookfield. Jen can be reached at JenFreeman@hotmail.com 
Pamela (Czajka) Holick '93 is nationally certified and licensed in Connecticut for massage therapy after graduation from The Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Newington, deciding to create a career change for herself.  She plans on a mobile practice working with her clients needs.  She has a portable table and is bringing a holistic world to the medical field, helping in the physical therapy of a client by massaging the soft tissues.  She is using her graphic design skills for her marketing effort, placing an emphasis on creativity.

Pamela did a week of intensive training  in Virginia at a Farm called Equissage. Yes, that's right, Horse Massage. She is also a certified ESMT (Equine Sports Massage Therapist) as well as canine massage and intends to work with all types of horses and dogs to better their wellbeing.   Whether they are pets that need a lift in their attitude toward a happier life, recovering from injury or performance horses at the track, they all need it.  Pamela is working with area veterinarians and a horse farm and says, "It's a wonderfully successful industry that is growing like wildfire. If we can help ourselves we can certainly help our pets who love us so unconditionally."

Pamela can be reached at pholick@charter.net.  Email her if you would like to set up an appointment.  She is offering $10 off a first message and gift certificates are available. 

David Kullgren '93 works full time as a Police Officer for Newtown Police Department, Newtown, CT. Part-time he works as Chief of Marine Enforcement for the Candlewood Lake Authority Marine Patrol www.candlewoodlake.org/patrol

David can be reached at clamarinepatrol@earthlink.net

Jennifer (Scholl) Gilbertie '93 is an administrative assistant with Hewitt Associates, a human resources company. She helps out with many of their creative projects and will also freelance and work on artistic projects when asked. Jennifer can be reached at jlgilbertie@go.com 
Ronald Lawlor '93 is the owner of R.E. Lawlor Graphics and Printing located at 273 Greenwood Avenue in Bethel, CT. He offers complete printing and graphics services and can be reached at 203-748-4144 or by email at R.E.Lawlor@aol.com
Fatima Lopes-King '93 is working as an administrative assistant at Cendant Mobility and also works at Home Depot. 
Chris Losito '93 is a self-employed house painter and carpenter. He can be reached at CLosito@snet.net
Tim Lukaszewski '93 is the art director at Sitour, USA in Kingston, NY. Sitour is the world leader in large-format hand-painted Panorama Trail Maps and is now the world's largest global on-site ski advertising and winter promotion company. Tim can be contacted by email at TLukaszewski

Michael Meken '93 owns Meken Photo in New Fairfield, CT.                               

He provides photography on location or in-studio for figure, fashion, commercial packaging  or advertising and scenic stock images. Michael can be reached at mike@mekenphoto.com

Gail Pezzimenti '93 is very involved with her students as an art teacher in New Fairfield High School in New Fairfield, CT. She can be reached at MrsPezz@javanet.com 
Richard Portelance '93 is Vice President, Director Client Services for York & Chapel in Stratford, CT. (www.yorkandchapel.com) He can be reached at rportelance@mac.com
Mary Rosasco '93 is teaching at the Middle School in Ridgefield and using her art in many of her classes. She can be reached at MRosasco@hotmail.com
Chris Cormier '94 is now working in Wingdale, New York while she raises her daughter. She is planning to get back to her photography in the near future.

Chris can be reached at ChristineCormier@aol.com

Barbara Dunn '94 uses her artistic background in many of her projects at her Florida home.  A recent
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roject was a compilation of recipes for her family cookbooks.

Barbara writes, "These cookbooks were a labor of love.  The covers were the hardest part, trying to decide what represented each family best."

A format was set up to type each recipe and the recipes came to her copied, emailed, and hand written.  One recipe did not have a title and another was missing an ingredient.  Many were just confusing due to the way they were written.  Barbara let the family send in whatever they wanted and created categories accordingly.  There were some unique entries such as dog biscuits or home-made glass cleaner to make a more interesting, personalized book. 

The books were copies with one color front page with acetate on the front and black board on the back to add firmness. 
She can be reached at rdunn06784@worldnet.att.net

Fay Fink '94 is retired and living in Florida. She continues to paint and belongs to the ASPEC, the Academy of Senior Professionals at Eckerd College. Fay can be reached at mlfink@eckerd.edu.
Cathy (Vidal) Fitzgerald '94 is a graphic designer at Parise Marketing Group. She works on direct mail pieces for clients such as Time, Reader's Digest and Consumer Reports. She can be reached at vidalce@hotmail.com.
Francesca Giannotti '94 is an academic advisor at Oklahoma State University. She assists freshmen and sophomores with their career choices and making the right decisions for the needed classes. Fran can be reached at Giannot@okstate.edu
Kerilynn (Fecarotta) Hallas '94 is currently working as a freelance graphic designer from home. Her clients include Family Circle Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, NAFE Magazine, Maxim Broadcasting and Lid'l Dollys Dresses. She has three children, Baylee Rose, Brayden, and Brooke. Paint and brushes are currently in the crawl space but she hopes to take them out soon. She can be reached at khallas9054@sbcglobal.net
Justus Johnson '94 is working as a graphic designer at Visual Intelligence Agency in Danbury, Connecticut.

He can be reached at justusjohnson@viaworldwide.com.

Chantal (Plante) Kocot '94 is working as a manager at GE Capital . She controls the imaging and documentation of commercial equipment financing as part of the verification process. Chantal hopes to get back into her art someday soon. She is married to Wayne Kocot, a 1992 graduate of the Western art program and can be reached at Chantal.Kocot@GECapital.com
Jennifer Kullgren '94 is the director of catering at the Candlewood Valley Country Club in New Milford. She can be reached at jkully@yahoo.com
Mary McKenney '94 works for the State of Connecticut in the Danbury Department of Children and Families.  She has taken art classes at the New School in New York City and is now taking drawing classes at Wooster School. She can be reached at marymckenney@aol.com.
Linda Nappi '94 works works at USI in Madison, CT while she does some freelance work. USI sells lamination and binding supplies and Linda works in their purchase order department.

She can be reached at lnln27@yahoo.com.

Jeff Pappas '94 has a grass roots operation designing the package for an ice cream product with his brother.  They have a business plan and the financing with a web site www.fortifiedproducts.com with the ice cream being made in a facility now looking into expanding.  The ice cream is now available in the WestConn Student Center and is also sold thoughout the tri-state area.

Jeff is also the Art Director at Home Theater Builders Magazine in Massachusetts and still does some freelance design work. 

You can contact him by email: jeffpappas@hotmail.com

Sylvia Reppin '94 is the Spanish interpreter for the Danbury Board of Education. She continues to show her artwork and received first place in acrylic, and a few second places for sculpture, collage and white and black photography at Richter Association for the Arts.

Besides acting as interpreter during the past 5 years for all public schools in Danbury, she also does Spanish translations of their activities, and regulations. She was an assistant teacher this past semester in Algebra I and Pre-Algebra.

Her hobbies include gardening and her latest discovery is the digital camera. It allows her to warp, modify, magnify and do whatever her imagination chooses with the photos she takes, some of which will be translated into paintings.

Sylvia is hoping to return to WestConn for the MFA program.

Sylvia can be reached at Reppin@mags.net.

Americo Scipioni '94 is the owner of Main Street Cigars, a tobacco shop in Tarrytown, NY. The shop can be found at

Main Street Cigars
8A Main Street
Tarrytown, New York
Phone: 914-366-4381

Americo can be reached at MyCigar@bestweb.net

Lauren Svendsen '94 is a junior designer at Design Works in New York City. She does design for large companies such as American Express. She can be reached at LaurSven@yahoo.com

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