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Updated contact information for Vestal High School Class of 1988 alumni.
 

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Dan LaDue                               dladue at stny dot rr dot com                 Endicott, NY

Past 20 years?  Graduated SUNY Morrisville in 1994. Worked

in GM dealerships for 12 years. I am now working at Lockheed

in Owego.I Met my wife Stephanie in 1996. she is a 1993

graduate of Chenango Forks. We have 2 children Alanna 10

and Jarret 8.

                                                Attending reunion? Maybe 

                 

John Lakomec                         jlakomec at wildernesstrailnc dot com     Banner Elk, NC

                                                Attending reunion? Yes

 

Holly Seidel (Lear)                    rhsty at stny dot rr dot com                   Vestal, NY

Past 20 years?  Ugh, there's so much! Living here in Vestal,

running a business, raising my 11-year-old son.

                                                Attending reunion? Maybe? 

 

Jen Dzwonczyk (Lee)                jendz at verizon dot net                          Washington, DC

Past 20 years?  BS Applied Math (still don't know what that

means) 1992 U of Colorado. JD 1995 Syracuse Law. Patent

litigation attorney in DC since 1997. Married Mike 2003.

Kids: Katie 2.5, Michael 18 months, and stepdaughter Claire 7.

                                                Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Amy Ludwig VanDerwater        HeartRockFarm at wildblue dot net         Holland, NY

Past 20 years?  Exchange Student to Denmark 87-88.  SUNY

Geneseo.  Columbia University Teachers College.  Taught fifth

grade for 5 years.  Married Mark VanDerwater 3 kids: Hope(9),

Georgia(7), Henry(6).  Writing Teacher and Shepherd.

                                                Attending reunion?

 

Susan Stafford (Lynn)              jmssms514 at aol dot com                     Fairport, NY

Past 20 years?  Graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a degree

in accounting. Worked for Ernst & Young in Syracuse, NY where

I met my husband. Moved to Fairport, NY and worked in finance

until 1999 when our first son was born. I am now home with our

three children - Justin (8), Alyssa (6) and Ryan (3).

                                                Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Meghan Mahoney                     MeghanM70 at Mac dot com                  Plymouth, MI

Past 20 years?  Graduated from UB, became a CPA.

Currently a manager at a CPA firm in Michigan. Traveled a lot –

Italy, Scotland, Ireland, England, Netherlands, Australia, US.

Play soccer year round. Married since 04.

                                                Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Tracy Wood (Mang)                  mangwood at verizon dot net                 Vestal, NY

Past 20 years?  Interpreter for the Deaf (1994 - 2006) married

(1999), moved back to Vestal (2003), one son (2006), graduated

with Masters from BU (2007)

                                                Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Dave Manley                             dmanley at nc dot rr dot com                 Wake Forest, NC          

Past 20 years?  I graduated from Rochester Institute of

Technology in 1993 and have worked for bioMerieux Inc. since

1995. I got married to my wife, Denelle in 1997. We have lived in

the Raleigh, NC area for the last 12 years. We have a daughter,

Paige, who is 5, and a son, Alex, who is 2.

                                                Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Debbie Matties                         debmatties at yahoo dot com                Washington, DC           

Past 20 years?  I went to the University of Pennsylvania in

Philadelphia and graduated with a Biology degree. I worked in

pharm. sales for two years in Mystic, Connecticut. In

1994, I started law school in Washington, DC, and graduated in

1997 from George Washington University Law School. I worked

for judges in DC and in Newark, NJ, then came back to DC and

worked at a big corporate firm. I quit my job in 2002 to work on

a Congressional campaign in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. After

some time off after the grueling campaign, I started work as

an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in 2003, where

I've been ever since. I've traveled a lot over the years –

throughout Europe, and to parts of Asia, the Middle East,

Africa, and Central and South America. I'm not married, but

have been dating my boyfriend for a few years, who I met at

work.

Attending reunion? Hopefully! The schedule's a bit tight this summer.

 

Michael Mazzini                       michael dot mazzini at bmc dot org        Boston, MA     

Past 20 years?  Ski bum, college, med school, residency, fellowship...hopefully ski bum again soon! I stayed in Boston

after residency/fellowship and now divide my time between

practicing cardiology, basic science research, and health care

reform lobbying. I live and work in downtown Boston but get

back to Vestal a few times a year to see my parents, my "little"

brother, and his wonderful growing family. I still ski and climb a

little, and travel as much as possible. I manage to stay in touch

with Grey, Yacobelli, Ben, and Steve Morrissey (Mann). Hope

everyone is doing well, and I hope to make it to the reunion.

                                                Attending reunion? Hopefully

 

Scott Meara                              smeara14 at msn dot com                     Charleston, SC 

Past 20 years?  I married Debbie Ross class of 89. We have

two daughters Carlie (8) and Emma (4) We got tired of the

cold and moved to Charleston.I own my own company and Deb

sells medical devices. I still have our graduation video and the

party at my house. I will try to bring a copy to the reunion.

                                                Attending reunion? Yes

 

Melissa Monk Tillman              melissamtillman at comcast dot net        Townson, MD

Past 20 years?  I met my husband, Bryan, the first day of college

and we've been together ever since. We have a wonderful son,

Timothy, who will be graduating from high school this year. I've

been enjoying a career in real estate here in the Baltimore area

for the past ten years and helping out at my husband's law firm

when I can. Recently, we've been traveling back to Binghamton

more often, as my parents just moved back to the area in '07,

following my father's retirement from IBM.

                                                Attending reunion? Doubtful 

 

Rodney Moore                          rmoore at orioncommunities dot com     Spring Hill, FL

Past 20 years?  It's hard to believe 20 years has passed by.

I got married to Tracey Cunningham in 1988 which means we

have been married almost 20 years. We have 3 children Austin

(13), Alyssa (11), and Jacob (8). Both of us went to BCC, I went

for Civil Engineering and Tracey for Dental Hygiene. We have

been busy raising our kids, moved to Florida 6 years ago, got

involved with horses which eats up all our spare time and money.

I started a development and construction company and Tracey

works part time at a dental practic and works full time with the

kids and horses. It was great reading everyones bio's and we

hope to make the reunion to see everyone.

                                                Attending reunion? Hopefully 

 

Lori Geier (Moyer)                    lbg3579 at frontiernet dot net                 Sherburne, NY

Past 20 years?  I earned a Bachelor degree in Music Therapy

and a Masters degree in Music Education both from Fredonia.

I also am certified in Elementary Education. The first night of

the reunion will be my 16th wedding anniversary to Ed Geier. I

have worked in many different jobs including nursing home

activities, teaching music, teaching preschool and at daycares,

but this is my sixth year working as a substitute teacher. I really

enjoy it. I can choose when I want to work and what classes I will

work in. I get to know all my kids' friends very well. I have the

same days off as my kids and no late hours. My husband is a

dairy farmer. He has been working for his uncle, but will take

over the farm as of January 1. Our kids are Kayla, 14, Marissa

10, Eddie, 6, and Courtney, 4. I also volunteer as a Girl Scout

leader, Cub Scout helper, and Sunday School teacher.

I am of course involved in music as much as I can be - church

choir, and summer community bands.

Attending reunion? Maybe 

                                                

Rob Moyer                               rob_meg_moyer at yahoo dot com        Vestal, NY

Past 20 years?  Physical Education Teacher at Vestal Hills

Elementary School Married Meg Harding Children; James (8),

Hannah (6), and a baby girl due in April 

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Anne Wiksell (Mourning)          thewiksells at sbcglobal dot net             Columbus, OH

Past 20 years?  Graduated SUNY Geneseo with degrees in

Music and Education, on to UCONN for my Masters in Gifted

Ed. I taught at West Point then met my future husband online

(a real trick back in the days before even Internet Explorer)

and decided to move to Columbus OH. We've been more than

happily married for over 10 years now and have two boys

(ages 6 and 2).

Attending reunion? Probably not, family trip that weekend

 

Lisa Murphy Goodman             rgoodman at stny dot rr dot com                       Apalachin, NY

Past 20 years?  I certainly haven't been as SUCCESSFUL as

Peg Collins!! I don't have any complaints, however! I have

been married to Rob for 12 years. We have 3 boys, R.J. 9

years, Alex 7 years, and Ryan 5 years. We live in Tioga Terrace

in the house behind where I grew up. I am a government

employee working for Social Security Disability for over 11

years. I still see a lot of people that we went to school with who

still live in the area. I can't wait to have a drink with everyone

at the reunion!!

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Michele Andrews (Nacarato)     chelskot2 at tampabay dot rr dot com    Winter Haven, FL

Past 20 years?  I married my high school sweetheart (Dan

Andrews) on my birthday in 1992. We recently celebrated our

15 year anniversary. We have two awesome children. Chelsey-

almost 19, graduated on her 18th birthday last May. Skot - 13

years old, has been riding motocross since he was 4. I worked

for GM until they starteddownsizing last year, I am now the Sup.

over Cash/Credit at Southern Wine & Spirits. I love it!!!

Attending reunion? I will try 

 

Elaine Naus                              leenween at verizon dot net                    Endicott, NY

Past 20 years?  Still living in the area. Nothing new since the

last reunion. I'm an Office Manager for a Records Mgmt.

Company I've been working for these past 16 years.

Attending reunion? Yes

 

Mike Niggemann                      mcnig628 at yahoo dot com                  New Berlin, WI

Past 20 years?  Living in WI with my wife Carrie, sons David (6)

Luke (4) and daughter Michaela (2). I am a union Steamfitter for

Local 601.

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Greg Novitsky                          novitskg at newpaltz dot edu                  Altamont, NY               

Past 20 years?  Married, 2 beautful children Samantha 3 1/2

and Maxwell 1. Met my wife palying coed soccer (go figure).

We are both still playing, trying to hang on to our youth. The

rest of the family is doing great. After undergrad, spent most

of the years with Waterhouse Securities as a broker and Sales

Manager (now TD Ameritrade), the past 3 with HSBC Bank,

currently an Area Manager in the Albany Region. Earned

Masters Degree in Finance, am also an Adjunct Professor at

SUNY New Paltz (yeh, a long drive but what the heck, it will be

a good retirement job and its fun being on the other side of the

desk), and much, much more.

Attending reunion? Possibly 

 

Annie Shreffler (Palmer)           annieshreff at yahoo dot com                Bronx, NY

Past 20 years?  Took off for Seattle, served coffee at Pike's

Place, married Wayne, had a baby (Addy). Next to NYC for

Wayne to attend med school; now he's a doc at Mt. Sinai. We

had another daughter (Katie). We still live in the boogie down

and have become rabid Yankee fans. Kids into volleyball and

prepping for SATs. I'm in grad school studying journalism. After

14 years, New York just kinda grew on us.

Attending reunion? Yeah, sounds fun.

 

Kimberly Gourley (Palmer)       gourleythomaskim at bellsouth dot net   Loganville, GA

Past 20 years?  Married my husband Tom in 1991 and his job

as a railroad engineer keeps him busy. Relocated to Atlanta, GA

in 1993 where I worked as an administrative assistant to the

Chief of Vascular Surgery at Emory University. Because of my

husband’s job we decided that I should be a stay at home mom,

however, I am thinking about rejoining the workplace. My three

beautiful daughters are the reason I get up in the morning. My

oldest is Darien she is 14, Caitlin is 10 and my youngest we call

"Baby" Madison although she will be 5 in March.

Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Lisa Donalds (Partridge)           lisa dot donalds at dfa dot state.ny.us   Weedsville, NY

Past 20 years?  I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing

at Plattsburgh. I worked for almost 5 years at SUNY Health

Science Center (Universty Hosp.),in Syracuse, as a Neuro-

Surgery ICU Nurse. I met my husband, Gary (who is a prison

guard at Auburn Corrections), and moved to Auburn, NY. I

started working at the Cayuga County Health Deparment in

1997. I'm still there and enjoy my work as a Public Health Nurse.

I have two beautiful girls, Gracie (9) and Sophia (6). We just

recently moved to the country, in Weedsport NY, with 8 acres

of land and a pond. Our family enjoys the outdoors fishing,

hunting, swimming, and hiking through our property. I found

out about the reunion from Chris Paris, who lives in the same

area and plays softball with my husband. I can't wait to see

everyone else.

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Sanjiv Patel                              spatel at lourdes dot com                      Vestal, NY

Past 20 years?  Graduated from Medical school in 96',

Residency training @ SUNY Buffalo in Family Practice 99'

Married to Palak my wife in 99'She is a practicing general

dentistry, and orthodontics. have a beautiful daughter Anjali (2).

Assistant professor in Medicine at Upstate Medical University,

and New York Medical College. Currently the Chairman of

Family Practice at Lourdes Hospital, Medical director of

Lourdes Walk In services, and Emergency room Physician.

We are looking forward to building our new home in Vestal

within the next year and love to see our daughter follow the

Vestal tradition.

Attending reunion? Yes

 

Chris Peris                               cmprocks1029 at hotmail dot com          Auburn, NY

Past 20 years?  Spent almost 15 years with the same design

firm in Auburn. Now I am working for Thomas in Ithaca doing

designs for schools. My daughter Taylor is 11 and my son

Patrick is 7 now since the last reunion. I was doing the band thing

quite often, but time seems to be not as abundant as before.

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Karin Peterson Zezza               karinzezza at yahoo dot com                  Richmond, VA

Past 20 years?  BA from Hamilton and MBA from Indiana

University. Worked for The Forum Corp. in NYC and Boston,

then Merck in NJ and Capital One in VA. Started my own

management consulting business with husband, Jim, 3 years

ago. It's great working together, and we love training and

coaching managers! Two very busy boys (Zach is 8 and Nathan

is 5) with a girl on the way. I'm due in mid-July, so I'm not sure

we'll make it to reunion in August. If not, hello all!

Attending reunion? Not sure if we'll be able to travel with a

new baby. Put us on the "maybe" list. 

 

Kristen Peake (Phelps)             jeffreydpeake at yahoo dot com                       Colchester, CT

Past 20 years?  Graduated from SUNY Oneonta in 92. Married my husband Jeff in 94. Stayed in the area until 97. Lived in Albany from 97-01. Moved to Connecticut in 2001 and have been in Connecticut the past 7 years. I have two daughters Alexandra(9)and Lauren(5). I have been working for Sanofi-Aventis as a pharmaceutical sales rep in the Hartford area for the past 7 years.

Attending reunion? Not sure yet 

 

Ron Pickett                              edj2466 at aol dot com                         Vestal, NY

Past 20 years?  Painting (I own Pickett's Painting), drinking

(still), raising my four kids, learning to snowboard, ....

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Rachel Forker (Pindell) rforker at stny dot rr dot com                Binghamton, NY           

Past 20 years?  graduated from Binghamton University in '92

with a BA in English Lit. moved to Baltimore in '93 and worked

in the phone business (MCI), met James Forker there. Moved

back to Vestal in '97 and got engaged to James. Married in 2000

and traveled a lot to places like Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain and

Mexico. We just had our first child, Caroline in October of '07.

I have been a Pharmaceutical Representative for the last 10

years, 7 with GlaxoSmithKline and just about 3 with J&J.

Attending reunion? Not sure yet 

 

Bill Plaumann                          billplaumann at cox dot net                   Litchfield Park, AZ        

Past 20 years?  US Army 1989-92, Graduated from Merced

College, CA 1994 with Business degree. Work for large

construction rental equipment company.

Attending reunion? Will try 

 

Tony Policare                           policare11 at hotmail dot com               Apalachin, NY  

Past 20 years?  Graduated from the Univ. at Buffalo and spent 8 years as a college football coach. Currently living in Apalachin and working as a pharmaceutical representative. Still can be seen hanging out with Ray Berube. Married with 1 son (Anthony) and another son on the way.

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Laura Griffis (Poloncic)            lgriffis1 at hotmail dot com                   Vestal, NY       

Past 20 years?  I graduated from BCC and went on to SUCO Oneonta. I worked at BOCES in the Early Childhood Department for 8 years and made a switch to work at the Broome County Public Defender's Office. I have been there for 10 years and love it. I married my highschool sweetheart, Dan Griffis. We have been married for 15 wonderful years this October. We have a son, Brandan, who will be 14 this October. He keeps us quite busy with all his sports and music events. We live in Vestal.

Attending reunion? No 

 

Suanne Adams (Potts)              suanne dot adams at gmail dot com      Austin, TX       

Past 20 years?  Graduated from BCC but now work as

software engineer at IBM for the past 16 years (11 full time, 5

or more as contractor). I've traveled a bit when I taught technical

classes for IBM (Italy, Germany, France, Japan and Canada)

and got remarried (second time) in April of 2006 to Chris who I

met through a mutual friend. We both enjoy working out,

running, and hanging out with our friends. I moved to Austin

after graduating and love it here!

Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Deanna Emmi (Rathbun)          djemmi910 at aol dot com                    Syracuse, NY   

Past 20 years?  Moved to syracuse,NY after graduation to

attend nursing school. Currently working part-time on a

cardiovascular unit at St. Josephs hosp. in Syracuse, NY.

Married in 1994 to Jay and we have 3 children, Kayla 11,

Alyssa 6, and Nicholas 3.

Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Ken Robbins                            ken.robbins at att dot net                      Chicago, IL      

Past 20 years?  Graduated from George Mason University w/Government degree. Don't use it, work as a financial advisor for a local Chicago bank. Live and work in the NW'burbs of Chicago, got married out here to Amy. We have 2 busy boys, Carter almost 4 and Colby who's 1 and eats everything!

Attending reunion? Most likely 

 

Kimberly Ross                         kimnel at juno dot com                         Vestal, NY       

Past 20 years?  Living in Vestal with my girls. My oldest

attends Vestal High School (10th grade) and I enjoy being

involved in High School activities (It is a lot different being

on the parent end). I work for a downtown law firm as a

matrimonial paralegal. I am also a mediator and arbitrator.

Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Debra George (Saccoccio)        schosh4 at yahoo dot com                   Endicott, NY    

Past 20 years?  I got married in 1996, soon to be divorced. I

have three wonderful girls; Twins- Veronica (9), Brittany (9)

and Courtney (7) that live with me. I am currently working

full-time as a nurse for Lourdes Hospital. I own my home on

Endicott's north side....I know, I know, Endicott of all places. I

haven't stayed in touch with anyone from school, so I am not

sure about attending the reunion.

Attending reunion? Maybe 

 

Sharon Sadlon                         ssadlon at ahtnagov dot com               Palmer, AK      

Past 20 years?  Since college, I've been living, playing, and working in Alaska. I've worked at engineering firms most of the time. I traveled to remote Alaskan villages, the wilderness, and the Bearing Sea ice pack for work. I've briefly run my own Environmental Consulting firm. I'm currently managing the Alaska and Hawaii Operations for Ahtna Government Services Corporation. (We do quite a bit of design/build work for the FAA and Dept of Energy.) When I first moved to Alaska, I spent all my free time skiing and hiking. I got into packing horses in to the wilderness and camping. Now I show dressage (formal English riding as in the Olympic freestyles). My mare and I have won multiple AK state championships. I'm starting a black Hanoverian stallion now. He should go all the way to Grand Prix. I've been engaged to Sam Stenberg for 2 years now. He is a 3rd generation Alaskan. His family donated the Alaska state fair equestrian facilities, so although he prefers steel horses, he supports my equestrian endeavors. Together we enjoy snowmobiling, skiing, dancing (Okay-I enjoy dancing – he endures it), and fishing. Our home has a park like setting on 5 acres. We have golf course across the street, so we occasionally golf. We can ride the horses or snow machines into the nearby mountains from our home. If only we didn’t need to spend SO many hours working we could really have some fun!

Attending reunion? Yes 

 

Beth Trautz (Sarkisian) hteb at nc dot rr dot com                      Holly Springs, NC         

Past 20 years?  I graduated from Bentley College, moved to

Connecticut, worked as an A/R Manager in NYC, met & fell in

love with Bob, moved to Holly Springs, NC in ‘99, changed

careers (Planning & Zoning), married Bob and am currently

living happily ever after...

Attending reunion? Not sure

 

Deana Scarpone                       deanahodges at comcast dot net           Acworth, GA

Attending reunion? Yes

 

Eric Schnure                            eschnure at starpower dot net                Chevy Chase, MD

Past 20 years?  After graduating from Hobart College

and then getting my Master's at the London School of

Economics, I moved to Washington, DC. I spent four

years working at the White House writing speeches for

Al Gore. After couple more stops in the federal

government -- first at NASA and then at the Department

of Housing -- I decided to go out on my own as a freelance

writer and communications consultant. Almost nine years

later, I'm still working for myself -- mostly speechwriting,

consulting, and teaching a course as an adjunct professor at

American University. My wife Nancy and I have been married

6 + years, and we have two boys. B