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CLASS NOTES
HENS OF A FEATHER
UD alumni recognized for career milestones and accomplishments
In 1995, a Governor’s task force created the Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware to oversee the futures of the Brandywine and Christina Rivers. For the past 18 years, numerous Blue Hens have been instrumental in its development and design, including: Nancy Bergeron, EG89, vice president of RK&K Engineers, where she has been responsible for infrastructure design; Jenna Connelly Harwanko, EOE98, BE06M, chief environmental scientist for WIK Associates; Jason Hastings, EG00, 01M, bridge engineer for the Delaware Department of Transportation (DELDOT); Robert Healy, EG77, lead structural engineer for Rummel, Klepper & Kahl; Raymond A. Petrucci, EG71, project manager for DELDOT; Mike Purzycki, AS67, executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation; Michael Walsh, BE89, president of Pettinaro Construction; and Carey Webb, EG93, lead design engineer for roadways
for RK&K Engineers.
Several UD alumni and staff have been highlighted by Delaware Today magazine’s “Women in Business” issue: Vincenza Carrieri- Russo, AS13, of Newark, co-owner of Vincenza & Margherita Italian-American Bistro in North Wilmington; Erin Cooper Barrett, BE01, 07M,
of Dover, owner and events coordinator for Outlook Events, LLC, in Dover; Karen Fletcher, EG81, 82M, of Wilmington, former chief engineer and vice president of Engineering, Facilities Services and Real Estate at DuPont; Nola Doubét Hendry, AS66, of Wilmington, chief operating officer at Carl Doubét Jr. Jewelers in Greenville; Jacqueline D. Jenkins, EHD06, of Wilmington, chief strategy adviser for the city of Wilmington; Sheryl F. Kline, professor and chair at UD’s Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management; Rashmi Rangan, AS93M, executive director of the Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council; and Amy Wikane Stengel, AS86, of Wilmington, group vice president and managing director for Institutional Administrative Services at Wilmington Trust.
The University of Delaware proudly congratulates the following alumni elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering: Morton Collins, EG58, Teh Ho, EG77M and David Welch, EG81. These Blue Hens join several UD alumni and faculty previously elected to this prestigious academy. Election to the National Academy of Engineering
is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. z
Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research in Harrisburg.
Erica Varites, EHD98, of Wilmington, Del., was a 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award from the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE). She also was named Delaware’s Geography Teacher of the Year in 2014 and represented Delaware at the NCGE conference in Memphis, Tenn.
Karl Lieberman, AS99, of Portland, Ore., has been promoted to executive creative director in
the Wieden + Kennedy advertising agency. Lieberman has worked
on campaigns including Procter and Gamble’s “Thank You, Mom”
for the 2012 Olympics, which won an Emmy, and the ongoing KFC campaign starring a “reinvigorated” Col. Sanders.
Kelli Racca, AS99M, of Wilmington, Del., has joined Bancroft as a project executive for business development.
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