Sigma Phi Epsilon - University of Connecticut

PAGE 5 SIGMA PHI EPSILON found on his website www.mike-o-matic. com, but they include Broadway (Cabaret), films (Ghostbusters, Nine), TV (pre-tapes for SNL and Seth Meyers), Netflix (David Letterman, Ray Romano, Pete Davidson), and concerts (Phish at MSG New Year's Eve, Neil Young, and Alice in Chains). Mike, and his wife, Arlene, and their daughter, Sophie, live in Hoboken, N.J. and East Hampton, N.Y. E-mail: mb@mike-o-matic.com Michael Sinatra '87 teaches language arts at Wilton High School. Completing his Ed.D. at Western Connecticut State University, Mike has served on the Regional School District 12 Board of Education representing Bridgewater for over a decade. He and his wife, Roberta, have two daughters. E-mail: msinatra5905@ charter.net Christopher Chadbourne '88 is account vice president at United Healthcare Retiree Solutions. Chris lives in West Newton, Mass., with his wife, Jean, and cautions us not to "apply mulch directly in contact with plants. Leave an inch or so of space next to plants to help prevent diseases flourishing from excessive humidity." E-mail: cjchadbourne@ comcast.net Christopher Kirk '88 earned his MBA at Penn State and spent over 10 years in consumer-packaged goods marketing, lost his job, took a year off, then started a 1-800-GOTJUNK franchise. Chris has now been in business for 15 years, employing 14 men out of Stratford and providing service throughout Fairfield and lower Westchester Counties. E-mail: cmk1966@hotmail.com Craig W. Zettergren '88 owns three FYZICAL erapy and Balance Centers in central Connecticut. Craig resides in Wallingford. E-mail: craig.zettergren@gmail.com Erik Amend '89 is excited to share that he was married in 2018! Erik works for the Federal Aviation Administration in the office that handles unmanned aircra systems (drones). He and Colleen, reside in Arlington, Va. E-mail: erik.amend@yahoo.com Greg Mattesen '89 recently purchased his own business, Connecticut Metal and Tool, providing raw materials to manufacturers and machine shops, many of which supply the military and defense industries. Greg and Kelly live in Portland, and have one daughter, Amelia. E-mail: vwdriver1@sbcglobal.com Matthew Gerritsen '90 is "raking leaves and cleaning gutters on Boston's South Shore." He is a practicing attorney and president and general counsel for Live Microsystems, administering day-to-day activities of the corporation and its subsidiaries. In 2013 he managed the legal process of the $18 million sale of the company's mobile services business to OnMobile. "My oldest is a junior at BC High School, which makes me feel positively ancient." E-mail: magerrit68@gmail.com Leaving his role at UConn as Neag Professor of Educational Leadership and Educational Psychology, Jonathan Plucker '91, became the Julian C. Stanley Professor of Talent Development at Johns Hopkins. A PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia, Jonathan studies creativity and talent development and just finished his ninth book on those subjects. He also serves as president of the National Association for Gied Children. E-mail: japlucker@gmail.com Eric Muschlitz '92 resides in Gurnee, Ill., with his wife, Sarah, and three children. Currently AVP at AT&T Consulting, he leads a professional services organization of 750 people performing network infrastructure projects for AT&T's clients. Eric has served SigEp for the last 17 years as AVC President for Illinois Xi at DePaul University, and was recognized as his region's SigEp Volunteer of the Year in 2019 at last year's Chicago CLA! Eric also plays guitar in the Blind Squirrel Blues Band. emuschlitz@gmail.com Bill Devlin '93 is chief technology officer at ZOOM International with responsibilities for global product strategy, marketing and development. Bill and wife Claire split their time between Raleigh and Surf City, N.C. His heartfelt and powerful recollection written aer the passing of Nick Pape '91 has been shared widely throughout SigEp, both locally and nationally, and can be read here: https:// blog.zoomint.com/blog/tribute2_nick Jeff Peduto '95 is SVP, operations at Recruitics, LLC, a data-centric recruitment marketing agency. Jeff has three children and lives in Monroe, Conn. Brian Weir '96 lives in Wallingford with wife Julie and their three children, He is an eastern U.S./Canada service engineer for Meritech. E-mail: brianweir16@comcast.net Robert Phillips '98 is director of planning and community development for the Town of Southington, where he leads the Planning and Building Departments in land use development, preservation and revitalization. Rob earned his MS in Natural Resources in 2001 and MPA in 2012, both from UConn. Rob also coaches and runs the Mudhogs youth flag football programs with over 200 kids and 50 coaches. He and his wife, Kim, have two children and live in Farmington, but ski in Vermont and New Hampshire virtually every weekend in the winter. Kevin Lenhart '05 married Betsy on October 10, 2015. He is an account manager with e Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Kevin, his brother, Brian Lenhart, Lehigh '04, and their father were all married on the same roads they live on. E-mail: kevin.w.lenhart@ gmail.com Aer earning his juris doctor with honors from UConn Law in 2009, Dallas Dodge '06 clerked with the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, and worked as an attorney in the Office of the Connecticut Speaker of the House and with the Insurance Association of Connecticut. Currently a partner at government relations consulting firm Roy and Leroy, Dallas recently retired from the West Hartford Town Council due to his appointment as that town's corporate counsel. He and his wife, Jessica, live with their two children in West Hartford. Michael Alvarez '09 graduated with a degree in political science and government, earned his M.Ed. at Sacred Heart in 2013, and taught elementary school in New Haven until 2017, when he converted his service in the Army National Guard from reservist to active infantry officer. Caption Alvarez and his wife, Sarah, have one daughter and live in Guilford. E-mail: mcalvarezzz@gmail.com Kenneth Petrella '10 recently returned from two years in Australia as senior field marketing manager with Boston Scientific (and lived with Bryan Currie '10, who was on a two-year assignment for Deloitte at the same time) and is now a product manager at their Marlborough Global Headquarters.

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