Class Notes

Congratulations to CCA Girls soccer coaches, Aaron Crowell ’86 and Abigail Doyle ’08, who were recently honored by the Cape and Islands Soccer League with “Coach of the Year” Award.

James Fogg x89 moved to the Vineyard a few years ago after being the Executive Chef of a 2000 seat restaurant and banquet facility called Venus de Milo outside Providence, R.I. According to James, he has found a nice little niche for himself on Martha’s Vineyard. A bit of catering (some exciting clients), running food production for a busy general store and now baking(for the first time in his career) for a small coffee shop. He recently found a like-minded partner and they have their sights set on a little food shop to make their own soon. He recently returned to CCA to visit and claimed, “he was blown away and happy to see the progress the school has made.”

Nick Accrocco ’00 earned his doctorate in March 2013 from the University of Houston and is currently partnering with Rice University this year to offer an online certificate program in college counseling. He is a college counselor at St. John’s School in Houston.

Keith Stocker ’02 is engaged to Tessa Locke-Paddon and they are planning an August 2, 2014 wedding in Santa Cruz County, California.

Lindsay Hirt ’03 is working in the field of marine animal research and conservation by collecting data on the water and through collaboration with wildlife scientists, conducting public awareness and outreach education events about coastal conservation, and analyzing and helping to implement conservation techniques for marine wildlife.

Most of her work is either as an independent contract biologist or with Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), which is the world's leading international organization dedicated solely to the conservation and preservation of the ocean's marine mammals. She is also a volunteer for IFAW in YarmouthPort and New England Aquarium in Boston, as a highly trained first responder to marine life that has stranded on shore - alive or dead.

Lindsay’s specialty is in risk issues to whales and dolphins - like habitat encroachment, marine debris entanglements, whaling, captivity, and vessel strikes. Her thesis, which she is about to submit for publication, is on how to reduce mortality in the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale, of which there are less than 500 remaining.

She is just a few months from finishing her master's degree is an M.S. in Emergency Management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The emergency management aspect relates to wildlife management and animal disaster issues - like oil spill response, tornado/hurricane/earthquake devastation and how that affects wild and companion animals, and marine mammal beach strandings. Lindsay is the only biologist in the program, so it's a bit of a different application than some of the others in the cohort (they work in public health, fire/police/public safety, etc.)

CCA is looking forward to Steve Griffin ’04 returning this spring as the Cum Laude Induction Ceremony guest speaker.

On Saturday, October 12, 2013, Samantha Furbush ’05 married Jason Taraskiewicz on the grounds of Cape Cod Academy. Congratulations to the happy couple! They currently reside in Somerville, Mass. Samantha is the Development Assistant & Alumnae/i Coordinator at Nashoba Brooks School in Concord, Mass. She is also the President of Simmons Club of Boston and the Treasurer for Simmons College Class of 2009.

Lloyd Gould ‘06 works at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in NYC as a Business Specialist. His team is in charge of assisting small and large businesses use Apple technology in their day to day work. He is also happy to announce that he got engaged in September and is planning a summer 2015 wedding in New York.

Genevieve Puleo ’06 graduated from Drew University with a BA in Art History in 2010, then received a Master's in Arts Administration from Drexel University in December 2011. For about a year and a half, she worked in an art gallery in Northampton, MA, before moving to New Hampshire this past summer. She recently accepted an assistant position in the Leadership Giving office of Dartmouth College. She currently lives in the Hanover area with her fiancé, Brady Eskilson, who is a Latin teacher at Hanover High School, and their polydactyl cat, Phoebe.

Rachel Shaw '07 is student teaching at Centerville Elementary School and is currently a student at Bridgewater State University.

Shortly after graduating from Stonehill College, Lacie Michaelson ’08 left for Chulucanas, Peru where she spent a year (Jan.- Dec. 2013) serving the people of Peru in partnership with the Augustinian Order. The service of Lacie and the other volunteers is with established educational, social, and health programs. Lacie has a fabulous blog http://lasaventurasdeuncordero.blogspot.com/ about her year of service to the people of Chulucanas.

Anthony Salamone ’09 is currently studying for a Master's at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has a part-time job working at the European Politics and Policy Blog which has proved useful for both his academic interests and career contacts. He has been applying to PhD programs and has several offers, including one from Edinburgh where he received his Bachelor’s degree.

Katie Burleson ’11 spent the summer 2013 traveling in France and Senegal and will be abroad this semester in the Kingdom of Bhutan. She is attending Wheaton College.

Emily Drago ’11 spent last semester in Barcelona, studying Spanish. She is a junior at Elon University.

Tyler Kugler '11, a junior at Harvard, is also Teaching Fellow there for Introduction to Electrical Engineering.

Olivia Rauss ’11 spent the fall semester in Harbin, China and wrote a blog about her experiences. Visit http://oliviastudyabroadchina.wordpress.com/ to read all about it and view her intriguing photos. She is a junior at Haverford College.

Michael Sun’13 and Seven Liu’13, both freshmen at BU recently visited Mrs. Bellamy and shared information about their engineering program.

Tom Neil ’13 stopped by over the holidays to visit faculty. He is enjoying his first year at Norwich Military School in Vermont.

Over the holiday break, several alumni attended CCA basketball games. It was great to see Quinn Caswell ’12, Gabby Fosdick ’13, Cam White ’13, Jordan Mendelsohn ’13, and Chance Malkasian ’11.

Zach Heussler ’13 recently finished boot camp for the US Army and is now stationed in Hawaii.

Lizzie Worrilow ’13 and Zach Parrella ’13 stopped in the Development Office to say hello while on winter break. Lizzie is enjoying her first year at Elon University and Zach is happy with his experiences so far at Northeastern University.