Class Notes for March 2021

We want to celebrate the accomplishments of all of our alumni, but we need to hear from you in order to share your updates! No matter what your class year, please email alumni@strose.edu with your job changes, retirement news, promotions, or wedding and baby announcements, and write “class notes” in the subject line.

2010s

Sagine Maitre ’19 has begun working as an ob/gyn ultrasound intern at Rosh Maternal & Fetal Medicine in New York, New York.

Katherine DeWolf Molesky ’19 recently joined the police force for the city of Troy, New York.

Marielena Mercado ’15 has begun a new position as PWW case manager at Urban league of Westchester in the New York, New York, metropolitan area.

Taneisha Kirchner ’14 has begun working as a staff product designer at BuzzFeed in New York, New York.

2000s

Diane Witkowski ’09 is a senior graphics communications specialist at New York Power Authority (New York, New York, metropolitan area).

Briony Carr-Clemente G’06 was recently appointed principal of Edgemont School by the Montclair Board of Education in Montclair, New Jersey. Carr-Clemente, a Montclair resident whose children attend school in the district, will take the helm on April 20.

Dominick Papandrea ’06 is a laboratory manager at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (New York, New York).

Erin Cassady-Dorion ’05, G’07 is an account executive at Learning A-Z in Schenectady, New York.

Meisha Ross Porter G’05, who recently became chancellor today of New York City schools (New York, New York), is a 2015 graduate of the Saint Rose school district leader program. She now leads the nation’s largest school district, the first Black woman to do so.

“I pledge to our students, to young people, I’m indebted to you as a leader, as a teacher, as a principal,” Porter told Gothamist. “And I promise we’ll do everything to reopen schools, starting with high schools – we’re ready to go. We’ll expand the learning opportunities and do more to address trauma and academic needs, because we know that that is very real. … And to all the little girls out there, I’m saving a seat for you.”

A Bronx native, Porter is a longtime educator in the city system. She earned her certificate of advanced study in school district leadership through the Saint Rose CITE program. Read a profile of her here.

Trevor Bogan ’02 has started a new position as practice manager at Staffmark Professional Services (Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area).

In memoriam

Christopher Bartley DePoy G’20
Maryellen Guba ’84
Carol (Ingram) Wege ’80, G’82, co-president, Schenectady chapter of Alumni Association
Marcella A. Kocienski Fushs G’79
William F. Robinson ’78
Jean W. Walker G’75
Sister Maria DeMonte ’72
John Arthur Mravlja ’72
Mary Ellen (Lachut) Schellinger ’70
Sr. Marilyn Donnelly, CSJ ’68
Sr. Jane Frances Cutting ’66
Lynn Brady McCrudden ’64, G’83
Sister Jean Thomas McHenry G’64
Dr. Arlene Barbara (Reed) Delaney ’62
Maureen M. DeWitt ’62
Mary Jane (Howe) Connor ’61
Marguerite W. “Margo” Quinlan ’56
Marie (Weisz) Treutler ’49
Christine N. Schafer ’47

Friend of Saint Rose
Dr. Gariba B. Al-Abdul Korah