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CLASS NOTES
HENS OF A FEATHER
News involving several alumni
The University of Delaware congratulates the following alumnae who were recognized as “Top Women in Business” in the December 2014 issue of Delaware Today magazine.
Nancy Bercaw, AS75
Co-owner, The Station Gallery in Greenville, Del.
Bridget D. Buckaloo, HS86, 01M
Director of Women’s Health Services, Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del.
Margaret (Peggy) DelFabbro, BE83
CEO of five-generation family-owned industrial contracting company, M. Davis & Sons Inc.
Kristin L. DeMesse, AS74
Director of Licensed Products at Winterthur Museum
Rysheema J. Dixon, AS09
CEO of RD Innovative Planning
Karen A. Fletcher, EG81, 82M
Chief engineer and vice president of DuPont engineering, facilities services and real estate
Molly K. Keresztury Giordano, AS07
Director of development and marketing for the Delaware Art Museum
Melissa M. Joseph, AS84
President and owner of Delmarva Temporary Staffing Inc.
Maureen McGarry Sierocinski, EHD87
Product delivery executive, Bank of America
Michele L. Whetzel, BE84
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Delaware Fund for Women z
school principal at Beth Am Temple, a Reform synagogue in Pearl River, N.Y.
Joshua Shaver, BE07, of Wilmington, Del., was named Securian’s 2014 Gold Field Director. The award recognizes the top
field director in the Securian Financial Network based on
the accomplishment of specific performance standards and production. Shaver is a financial advisor and field director at Diamond State Financial Group and graduated magna cum laude.
Daniel Tibbetts, AS07, of Ardmore, Pa., joined Society Hill Dental in Philadelphia, providing comprehensive, cosmetic and implant dentistry.
Matthew J. Fadale, AS08, has joined the Providence Police Department after working as a deputy sheriff for three years with the state of Rhode Island.
David Grieco, AS09, of Joppa, Md., received a master of science from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
2010s
Jordan L. Fischer, BE10, of Downington, Pa., attorney with Archer & Greiner P.C., was recently selected for the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Board Observer Program, where she will learn about public interest legal services through a pairing with the Board of Directors of the Friends of Chester Arthur School in Philadelphia.
David A. Plouffe, AS10, of San Francisco, Calif., was hired as senior vice president for policy and strategy for Uber. Plouffe is the former campaign manager for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and was later appointed senior advisor to the president.
Gary Stevens, ANR02, of Wilmington, N.C., has been named to the national sales team for Alsum Farms & Produce, where he will be responsible for procuring and servicing national retail, food service and wholesale grocer accounts.
Robert Stever, BE02, of Sorrento, Fla., has joined the investor relations team for Prologue Capital Management LP, where he will be responsible for investor relations in the United States.
Dan Hechtkopf, AS06, of
Miami Beach, Fla., a luxury real estate specialist for South Beach International Realty, has been named director of luxury sales at Douglas Elliman’s Miami Beach office.
Barry Shainker, AS06, of New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR),
a seminary, in New York on May
8, 2014 with a master of arts in religious education. On July 1, 2014, he began serving as religious
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