Fostering Lifelong Learning - Episcopal Academy

Patrick O’Neill ’98, Mike Iannacone ’98, D’Arcy O’Neill ’98,
Drew Grifo ’98, Anne Huntington Grifo, Brett Grifo ’98, Rob
Melchionni ’98, and John Salvucci ’98.
Mark Griffith and Jenna Mariano ’98
EA Alumni gathered at Fran Sutter’s ’98
wedding to Jolene Sloat. Pictured left to
right: Drew Crockett ’01, Jamie Allen ’98,
Jack Meyers ’00, Chad Burkhardt ’98, Fran
Sutter ’98, Chris Sutter ’07 (best man),
James Decker ’98, John Salvucci ’98, and
Justin DiLucchio ’00.
Tom Pappas, Jr married Karen Leslie
Lindner on September 1, 2007 in Mount
Crested Butte, CO. Their mountainside
wedding was attended by fellow Episcopal
Alumni Matt Pierce, Matt Wolitarsky,
Rob Wright, Dean Boyd ’96, Ben Victor,
and best man Kevin Gondek. The
new couple lives and works in Denver,
Colorado. Karen works as the exclusive
sale representative for Henredon, Ralph
Lauren, and Barbara Barry furniture in
CO, UT, NM, and TX. Tom specializes
in strategic commercial real estate consulting
and office leasing at Studley, Inc.,
where he was recently honored with the
National Rookie of Year decoration.
96 Class Agents: Jamie Barrett,
Maria Solomon, and Jenny (Williams)
Weymouth
Anders Beck recently joined Michiganbased
bluegrass band, Greensky (www.
greenskybluegrass.com) as the resident
Dobro player.
Gail Grandbois is the Assistant Head of
Lower School and the Admissions Assistant
at The Brimmer and May School in
Chestnut Hill, MA.
Mike O’Connor married Joan Thayer
Peck on December 29, 2007.
Domenic Rowe recently started a personal
chef/intimate catering company,
called Sera Dolca Culinary Services,
Ltd. (www.seradolca.com). Domenic
reports, “We provide upscale gourmet
food, on par with what one may find
at Dilworthtown Inn or Le Bec Fin, fully
prepared, cooked, plated, and served
on location. Essentially, it’s like having
a 4-star personal chef for an evening.
We’re focusing on smaller groups than
the average caterer – between 2 and 20
people. Our food is grown/raised locally,
is all natural, never frozen or modified,
and raised sustainably.”
Maria Solomon is working for Gigunda
Group, an event/experiential marketing
company located in Manchester, NH.
97 Class Agents: Julie (Manser) Ganz,
Kellen Heckscher, and Dan O’Donnell
John and Kristen (Kraus) Anch welcomed
their second and third children,
twins Margot and Joseph, on December
13, 2007.
Patrick Barton’s wife Amanda recently
opened a new boutique, State of Grace,
in Bryn Mawr. The store is located at
1029 West Lancaster Avenue visit www.
stateofgraceboutique.com for more information.
The store was featured in the
Philadelphia version of DailyCandy, a
free daily e-mail newsletter and Web site
(www.dailycandy.com).
Madeleine Delson married Kevin
Towles on July 28 2007, in Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
Ryan Gelbach married John Longstreth
on August 11, 2007 in Newport, RI.
Helen and Michael Liguori welcomed
their first child, Tyler Lee Liguori, on
March 4, 2006. Michael recently competed
in the US Marine Corps Birthday
232-Mile Run. Twelve Marines representing
all ranks within Weapons
Training Battalion, Quantico, VA ran
232 miles from the Tun Tavern Historical
site, located in downtown Philadelphia,
to the Weapons Training Battalion Head
Quarters building in order to celebrate
232 years of the Marines Corps. The
run began on November 6, 2007 at
1:00 PM. All 12 Marines ran through
Philadelphia and then they switched to
a relay format as the run progressed.
The total mileage, 232 miles, represented
each year of Marine Corps existence.
The Marines took an eastern shore
route passing through Philadelphia;
Chestertown, MD; the US Naval Academy
(Annapolis, MD); Washington D.C.;
and Marine Corps Base Quantico (VA).
The rest of the Marines of Weapons
Training Battalion, 275 strong, met the
relay team at the gate of Marine Corps
Base Quantico and finish the last 3 miles
of the 232 miles in battalion formation
on November 8, 2007.
Brian Person and his wife Emily had a
baby boy, Henry, on December 8, 2006.
Susan Schaffer married Andrew Reiser
on November 16, 2007. The reception
was held at The Ritz Carleton in Naples,
Florida. Susan is employed by Endo
Pharmaceuticals of Chadds Ford, PA.
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