The Alumni Magazine for Worcester Polytechnic Institute. (WPI)
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Winter 2015 69 class notes Jim Konz writes "The Konz clan recently moved to Bristol, R.I., after living in Massachusetts for as long as we can remember. The draw of the water and the sweet taste of coffee milk was just too much to pass up." Jim is still at Nasdaq, and he notes that "Dina has the more diffcult task of staying home with the four kiddos. Life is good." 2002 Meghan Cryan made a run for selectman in the town of Maynard, Mass. She has served as president of the Maynard Family Association and volunteered with the local PTO, as well as Litter League, Revitalize Maynard Collaborative, and Community Gardeners. She has four children. Kurt Onofrey and his wife, Shauna, welcomed their second child, Penelope Joy, to the world in July 2014. Everyone, including big brother Stephen, is enjoying having a little one in the house, he writes. 2003 Ari Copeland, operations specialist with Black & Veatch, earned his PO (Professional Water Operator's license) at WEFTEC, a water quality event hosted by Water Environ- ment Federation. Ari was one of the frst in the country to receive this new professional designation. He also recently relocated from Colorado to Rhode Island to be closer to family and friends. Ari currently travels around the country assisting in the operation of various water and wastewater treatment plants. Nina Simon was prominently featured in a Wall Street Journal article called "Everybody's an Art Curator." As museum director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, she described bringing the museum out of the red and back to fnancial health "by opening the doors for people to be involved." The article described Nina's career and innovative ways she's involved new audiences through interactive exhibits. 2004 Scott Bertulli ('05 MS EE) is an associate in the litigation department of Proskauer Rose LLP. He practices in the Patent Law and Intellectual Property groups, and is resident in the Boston offce. John Duffy writes, "On Oct. 4, 2014, I married Lauren Fenuccio, a graduate of Assumption College. Of our wedding party there are many WPI graduates, including best man Jacob Roczniak '03 and groomsmen John-Paul Bordage, Ian Love, Chris Jasinski, and TJ Lynch '05. Capt. Laura Matejik-Eberts was posthumously inducted into the Bay State Battalion Hall of Honor at WPI, in a ceremony during homecoming weekend. A varsity athlete in feld hockey and rugby at WPI, and an avid long distance runner, she graduated from WPI with a 4.0 in biiomedical engineering. After receiving her juris doctorate from George Washington University, she served as JAG Corps offcer at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, and deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2010. In July, Brooke (Buchholz) Tropf started a new job at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. She's currently in the Flight Software group for Solar Probe Plus, a NASA mission to study the sun's corona, scheduled to launch in 2018. After a year and a half in mission operations, Brooke says she's enjoying getting back to more technical work, learning about the guidance and control system for SPP, and writing code to emulate that hardware for the Flight Software testbed. "As a bonus, a shorter commute gives me more time for running and working on home improvement projects around the townhouse I share with my husband, Zach." 2005 Barrett Franklin has been detailed as the acting deputy network director for the VA New England Healthcare System–Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1. The deputy network director reports directly to the network director and is responsible for the management of the administrative service lines of the healthcare system. Greg Krane and his wife, Farleigh, have relocated to Gainsinesville, Fla., where Greg is doing a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine. They recently attended their frst Florida Gators game. "Note that I was sporting some WPI gear as well," he writes. "We both look forward to meeting any WPI alums in the area." '04 Krystal Tam and her husband of one year, Jeffrey Yong, took a combined honeymoon/frst anniversary trip to Paris and Rome in October 2014.