M. Jeffrey Spahr ’80 M.B.A. is president of the board for the Connecticut Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, in East Norwalk, Conn. He is a major advocate for people with ADHD and learning disabilities and was the driving force behind former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s issuance of an official statement recognizing ADHD awareness week in Connecticut.
Paul E. Bouton ’81 M.B.A. is chair of Nixon Peabody’s regulatory and real estate department, based in Boston, and previously served on the management committee as chair. He focuses his practice in the area of multifamily housing finance and development, primarily representing owners and developers of affordable housing developments.
Cynthia Booth Lord ’81 (CLAS), ’82 (CANR) is clinical associate professor and director of the physician assistant program in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. She was appointed to the Primary Care Coalition of Connecticut, a group that promotes a more effective system of primary health care in Connecticut.
Kerri Mansberg ’81 (CANR), ’86 M.B.A. is a client executive for the Eastern Region at ITA Partners in Philadelphia.
Daniel Schwartz ’81 (CLAS), head of school at Baker Demonstration School in Wilmette, Ill., is planning a national education conference with the Progressive Education Network in Chicago for November 2011. The conference aims to create networking opportunities and discuss progressive education.
Ken Tager ’81 J.D., an attorney for the city of Rio Rancho, N.M., is president of the New Mexico Municipal Attorneys Association. He performed for the second year in a local production of The Nutcracker, in Albuquerque.
Jennifer Doble ’83 (CLAS), ’83 (ED), a physician in Ann Arbor, Mich., specializes in traumatic brain injury and neurological rehabilitation. She practiced as a physical therapist for five years before attending medical school at Brown University. She is married with two children.
Lou A. Oleksy ’83 (BUS) is vice president of sales at Hyde Tools in Southbridge, Mass., where he manages sales to large national accounts, including Home Depot and Menards. He has been with the company for 26 years and has provided leadership for shaping the company’s sales strategy for national accounts.
Joan Hofmann ’84 6th Year, ’90 Ph.D. is a professor of special education at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn. She lives in Columbia, Conn.
Steve Patten ’85 (CLAS) earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation from the CCIM Institute, a commercial real estate association, in recognition of completing graduate-level education and presenting a portfolio of experience. The designation was awarded at the Institute’s annual business meeting in Orlando in December.
Hal Smullen ’85 M.B.A. is president of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc.’s Hartford location. He has more than 30 years of industry experience in insurance brokerage and underwriting.
Peter LaPorta ’86 (CLAS), a motivational speaker, is the author of his third book, A Quote For Every Day, published by AuthorHouse in February, which follows his previous two books, Ignite the Passion and Who Hired These People?
Donald B. Mills ’86 M.B.A. is chief financial officer at St. Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd., a mining company focused on bringing the advance-stage King-King property, located in the Philippines, into production.
Allison M. Keeton ’87 (BUS) is the author of her first book, Ace That Interview: Advice from a Real Recruiter, available for the Amazon Kindle.
Walt Paskowski ’87 (BUS) is vice president of North American sales at Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company. He previously was vice president of North American vertical markets sales with Alcatel-Lucent for 11 years.
Lynn Dailey ’88 (BUS) is manager of the marketing services division for ESSA Bank & Trust in Stroudsburg, Penn. She has been with the company for nine years and most recently was marketing officer.
Lewis A. Wallace Jr. ’88 (BUS) is a general manager of global engine services sales and marketing for United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney. He has spent 22 years in the commercial aviation aftermarket services sector. He resides with his wife and two young children in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Ramona Carlow ’89 J.D., vice president of public policy and strategy for AT&T, is chairman of the board of directors of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, where she will serve a one-year term. She also serves on the board of the Connecticut Science Center and is actively involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She lives with her husband, Brian, and their two teenage daughters in Cheshire, Conn.
Dennis J. Stanek, Jr. ’89 (BUS) is senior vice president of RBC Wealth Management in Hartford, Conn. He was recently named one of the top financial advisors by Connecticut Magazine and is a longtime member of the board of directors for The Hospital of Central Connecticut and vice chair of the hospital’s investment committee.
Robert Zarnetke ’89 M.A. is the regional administrator of the General Services Administration’s New England region, where he oversees the administration’s operations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, including federal real estate and information technology.
