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Kofi Antwi
Owen Avery
Tasha Benjamin
Andrea Bernard
Jack Brower
Megan Corcoran
Christopher Davis
JaQuan Denson
David Dubé
Tami Eiklor-Dowdell
Marisol Estrada Cruz
Nicole Fragnito
Karen Gillette
James Green
Mackenzie Gregg
Michael Gridley
Aqila Hamilton-Collins
Lindsay Johnson
Sarah Kapalanga
Pramod Mali
Rachel McDonald
Sonali McIntyre
Raymond Partolan
Amanda Riley Schrader
Ellen Rosa
Nicole Samolis
Kaleya Scott
Bill Slusarz
Manila Southammavong
Michelle Stewart
Dylan Werts

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Kate Abel
Nadja Allmann
Elizabeth Balfour
Rebecca Conklin
Julianne Davis
Kaija Dockter
Sylvia Espinosa de los Monteros
Dana Fiel
Amy Freeman
Kim Fudge
Sean Graham
Tolga Hayali
Stefanie Holmes
Andrew Hunter
Stefania Ianno
Zeeshan James
TJ Kamanda
Ryan Kelly
Casey Koenig
Jimmy Luckman
Erin Murphy
Jade Nguyen

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Sharon Alleyne
Kevin Bailey
Connor Conde
Tania Dean
Camille Ferrell-Knighton
Thomas Giacobbi
Mary Hagemann
Zachary Harris
Charles Hudson
Carolyn King
Karlene Kristich
Alex Lawson
Nicholas Lightburn
Lucas Martin
Adol Mayen
Agnes McCray
Kanischa Miller
Emily Minnoe
Andrea Morgia
Mark Morris
Madeline Nyblade
Ebony Pengel
Jessica Regitano
Saboor Sakhizada
Heather Shaffer
Chayna Short
Tessa Sontheimer
Angela Stebbins
Maxwell Wilder
Yona Williams

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Radhya Adityavarman
Rashawnda Aiken
Abdulbasit Alsalih
Sandy Bargainnier
Margaret Bombard
Nadaya Brantley
Syeisha Byrd
Joseph Calabrese
Gerianne Corradino
Patricia Costello
Kiersten Curtis
Steven Czaja
Alba Diaz
Daniel Dingel
Alicia Ernest
Nelson Falkenburg
Leif Frymire
Jacquelyn Gonza
John Medina
Kelly Ocampo
Megan Siriano
Charlene Tarver
Matthew Webster
Shane Weis
Lisa Willey

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Cyrus Grant
Diane Osborne
Donna Moore
George Lynch
Jacquelyn Downing
Jakubek Wicks
Janelle Kraus
Jasmine Lightburn
Jennifer Long
Jessica Charboneau
Jim Reilley
Joanne Maloff
Julia Wilson
Karimullah Kamwar
Katie Sebo
Kelsey Wilber
Lynnessa Joyner-Robinson
Matthew Maloney
Melanie Emery
Miranda Eddy
Nancy Skye
Richard Levy
Tracy Balduzzi
Tylah Worrell
Zack Neville-Young

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Michael Flood
Bela Harris
Hojin Choi
Cynthia Hernandez
Abe Hernandez
Mark Begley
Bill Kirchoff
Adam Allan
Jam Hernandez Quinceno
Mark Larrabee
Arthur Jutton
Robert Zaccaria
Joseph DiStefano
Jery Augustin
Akua Goodrich
Yvonne Chu
Lynn Yoder Thibault
Lisa Hart
Linda Malik
Esther Chung
Supreena Smalls
Barbara Conklin
Lucinda Grathwol
Katherine Hobbs
Juliet Maloff
Cindy Meili
Melissa Zell
Sarah Trapani
Nicole Osborne
Rose Keady
Kathleen Scanlon
Lauren Darcy
Tony Williams
Vincent Scipione
Eileen Collins
Ruby Lopez
Mitch Latimer
Sister Cheryl Wint

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Allison Crossman
Amy Kendrat
Amy Stewart
Andrew Robinson
Anthony Hines-Tecoy
Brad Racino
Constance Nyman
Dallas Bryson
Deborah Thorna
Earl Turner
Holly Grant
Jahnice Strange-Cobb
Janet Gramza
Jennifer Ryan
Karleigh Cimorelli
Kate Mercer
Kathie Deaver
Kayleigh Begley
Lara Mosby
Liza Rochelson
Love Mouity
Maria Pence
Maritza Alvarado
Mary Carney
Mbonimpa Banabas
Nancy Bronstein
Rachael Ristau
Dr. Reginald T. Braggs, PhD
Roman Lopez
Sachin Mitra
Tara Harris
Trina Luttinger
Class of 2020
- Tristan Almond
- Tawnie Dardano
- Kristin Dominic
- Micah Fialka-Feldman
- Edward Godwin
- Mary Gorman
- Constance Gregory
- Collin Hotchkiss
- Elizabeth Hradil
- Brian Kingsley
- Danielle Kloster
- Katherine Lemanczyk
- Jessica Lisi
- Susan Lyons
- Andrea Macie
- Kira Moodliar
- Isaac Patroulis Lessig
- Betty L. Pearson
- Claire Pendergrast
- Larkin Podsiedlik
- Marissa Saunders
- John Sexton
- Mary Traynor
- Genta Trebicka
- Alice Zicari

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Haji Adan
Nancy Aureli
Ryan Bauer
Mary-Kay Belant
Mallory DeJohn
Dut Deng
Kathleen Dermady
Brian Fay
Joseph Fox
Charles Garland
Tamice Gates
Melleny Hale
Tehran Hopkins
Gregorio Jimenez
Charlie Lester
Elliott Lewis
Tysha Martin
Regina McArthur
Brian Metras
Dianna Miller
Meredith Ouderkirk
Adrienne Renfroe
Kerin Rigney
Katie Schmid
Carrie Smith
Zach Snyder
Kathleen Speed
Mike Sun
Cristian Toellner
Megan Tully
Perrine Wasser

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Bobbi Alcock
Hiba Attia
Jeffrey Bergin
Tiffany Brookins-Little
Robert Bucklin
Trymeter “Tree” Carter
Adam Crowley
Teresa Doherty
Shannon Fabiani
Judith Fazio
Gary Gonza
Pat Hagemann
Palmer Harvey
Amara Kattrein
Stacey Keefe
Jourdyn-Evonne Lee
Deanna Legnetto
Sarah Liddell
Dashiell Martinez
Colleen Mayberry
Brian Murphy
Justen Nestico
Leon Oaks-Lee
Ryan Powers
Emad Rahim
Mary Beth Riley
Theresa Rocha Beardall
Kristin Sheehan
Annalyssa Sikorski
Erica Tauzer
Haichao Wang

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Amy Barry
Carol Baum
Daniel Benz
Allison Bodine
Darrell Buckingham
Jessica Bumpus
Greta Bush
Nicole Carfi
Carlos Cervantes
Tina D’Agata
Jessica Elliott
Andrew Frasier
Emily Garavuso
Julie Gozan
Paula Hayward
Daphne Johnson
Andrew Jordan
Patricia Katz
Adam King
Josh King
Eric Kingson
Tiesha McNeal
Stacey Mercandetti
Kimberly Morrell
Jacob O’Connell
Seth Ovadia
Juliana Quaresma
Erin Rankin
Austin Roney
Mark Schepis
Renee Seals
Lindsay Speer
Ken Stack
Laura Steinberg
Kiva VanDerGest

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Jill Allen
Emily Barrett
Rhonda Butler
Carrie Carapella
Nakeia Chambers
Holly Grant
Jill Hageman-Clark
Marva Hudson
Danielle Hurley
Charles Jackson
Amanda Mazzoni
Cassie Moore
Philip Prehn
Catherine Rosario
Linsay Royer
Jacob Scott
William Todd Sealy
Nancy Smith
Robert Synakowski
Jon Taylor
Amy Thorna
Chanel Turnquest
Daegan Von Swearingen
Ray Williams
Mary Eileen Wood
Richard Wood

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Jonathan Adler
Debra Adler
Grace Baranowski
Daniel DeBrucker
Diane Dewey
Marguerite Dormer
John Eberle
Anna Giacobbe
Mary Koenig
Jesse Lecy
Megan Lee
Greg Lewis
Stephen Long
Camellia Loojune
John Meyer
Stephen Mooney
Don Neugebauer
Donna Oppedisano
Tatiana Parker
Vickie Patterson
John Repak
Zachary Romano
Abdul Saboor
Heidi Teska
Elizabeth Wierbinski
Suzanne Williams
Kim Zhang
Class of 2014
- Scott Aminov
- Kim Armani
- Diane Biro
- Nati Cabrera
- Jovan Collins
- Natalie Del Prete
- Abigail Dewey
- Timothy Ferlito
- Elyzabeth Gannon
- Barbara Genton
- Chris Gorman
- James Graham
- Cathy Green
- Karly Grifasi
- David Haas
- Jacob Hanford
- Bruce Hathaway
- Katelyn Kriesel
- Craig Laughlin
- Lanika Mabrey
- Susan Mitchell
- Leah Moser
- Maureen O’Neill
- Andrew Ramsgard
- Ranette Releford
- Benjamin Robbins
- Timothy Rudd
- Nancy Shepard
- Simangaliso Smith
- Allison Speicher
- Vijay Srinivas
- Michael Stella
- Kevin Troxell
- Janice Turner
- Laura Walker
- Diane Williamson
- Tracy Zappola

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Sheikhnoor Adan
Lydia Allen
Stephanie Bartling
Jeremy Bennett
Carol Biesemeyer
Meshae Brooks-Rolling
Pamela Brunet
Mark Budosh
Lisa Carey Moore
David Carnie
Melissa Curtis-Owens
AnneMarie Deegan
Angela Dygert
Walter Eiland
Stasya Erickson
Loane Etuale
Lisa Fasolo Frishman
Paul Harvey
Dee Klees
Donna Knapp
Jonathan Logan
Jon Morgan
Taino Palermo
Frederick Pollard
Madison Quinn
Gina Rivers
Charles Rivers
Christine Sauve
Kristy Shenandoah
Ahmeed Turner
Albert Turner
Fred Vaeth
Michelle Walker
Michael Walsh
Elizabeth Williams
Joscelyne Wilson

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Santino Atak
Amanda Bates
Paola Benevento
Thomas Cooper
Michele Czornij
Amy Daniels
Anna Harris
Daniel Hazekamp
Rhonda Hungerford
James Johnson
Ashley Kang
Peter King
Michael LaMontagne
Tiffany Lloyd
Betty Lyons
Michael Mancini
Monica McLean
Sue McMahon
Renee Meredith
LaTonya Muhammad
Debbie Osborne
Osman Ramadhani
David Reed
Lisa Robel
Allison Rutherford
Martha Ryan
Lisa Spadafore
Jai Subedi
Paige Thomas
Anita Wagner
Sally Whitney
Kaleb Wilson
Class of 2011
- Dave Allen
- James Aust
- Nancy Beil
- Zachary Benjamin
- Mallory Brown
- Kelly Colabello
- Sarah Cowles
- Michele Evanson
- Maria Lourdes Fallace
- Cathy Fedrizzi
- Stan Goettel
- Luis Gonzalez
- Howard Hollander
- Ernest Howard
- Kenneth Howe
- Abednego Johnson
- Dreamer Johnson
- Lonnie Johnson
- Jeanne Keller
- Deborah Kolod
- Brett Kuppermann
- Carissa Matthews
- Deborah Morales
- Frank Moses
- Katy Moses
- Roland Nzima
- Jonathan Peck
- Adria Ripka
- Jeffrey Scharoun
Class of 2010
- John Allen
- Brendan Armour
- Kristen Aust
- Ronnie Bell
- Shane Blauvelt
- Roxanne Bocyck
- Gene Cilento
- Victoria Coit
- Marjorie Eldridge
- Bernie Ellis
- Jason Evans
- Sarah Gilbert
- Michael Gilman
- Yasmin Guevara
- Natalie Hansen
- Addie Hightower
- Josephine James
- Clarissa Jenkins
- Beata Karpinska-Prehn
- Julius Lawrence
- Alexandre Leclercq
- Stan Linhorst
- Melissa Maskulka
- Maureen McCarthy-Tracy
- Doreen Milcarek
- Maude Morse
- Brenda Muhammad
- Mary Nelson
- Judith O’Rourke
- Joseph Palumbo
- Shirley Rowser
- Kara Shore
- Eliza Sparks
- Daniel Ward
- Katherine Ward
- Jamie White
- Eric Will
Class of 2009
- Aaron Arnold
- David G. Allen
- Kathleen Bertuch
- Elisabeth Burton
- Tom Dannan
- Patricia J. Derby
- Jeffrey J. Eades
- Tayna Eastman
- Kelly Ferguson
- Carl F. Ford
- Lori Fricano
- Julia Hafftka-Marshall
- Karen Lee Hanford
- Susan Hefferman
- Christopher Hoch
- James Hoch
- Linda Hogarbome
- Daniel N. Honyoust
- Stephanie L. Hyde
- Victoria F. Kohl
- Christine M. Lundt
- Patti Maxwell
- Georgette Nicolaides
- Buffy Quinn
- David L. Reed
- Tracey M. Robinson
- Thomas Scaglione
- Christopher T. Stewart
- Allison Stuart
- Karen M. Villi
- Mable Wilson
Class of 2008
- Carole Bildstein
- Janeen Bonner
- Lindsay Caruso
- John T. Clary
- Mary Ellen Datta
- Lois Delaney
- Kathleen Donegan
- Elaine Foley
- Ann Fordock
- Chris Fowler
- Eric S. Glover
- Donald P. Johnson
- Denise Kaszuba
- Melody Kight
- Sandra Kinne
- Bill Krause
- Judi Kurtz
- Neil LaCount
- Michael Mattson
- Angela McConville
- Stephen J. Miller
- Lidia Pierce
- Brian Pincelli
- Ellen Rand
- Jernois Ridley
- Eric Rogers
- Terry L. Schrock
- Jeffrey M. Seltzer
- Phylisa Sova
- Nicholas S. Togias

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Michael Amati
Jill Priest Amati
Jessica Rice
Martin Sage
Terry Hoey
Tyrone Goddard
Brad O’Connor
George Athans
Jim Williams
Rick Dstito
Gloria Lana
Darlene Snyder
Jason Petrone
Sarah Eckel-Dalrymple
Pat Body
Diane Brandli
Jennifer Creighton
Hugo Acosta
Tanika Jones-Cole
Rev. Kathleen Waters
Susan Straub
Nolasco Mercado
Rocci DeCaro
Mary Williams
Evelyn Kinsey
Gloria Sage
Hillary Sletten
Natalie Scavone
Denise Brubaker
Lisa Laribee
Class of 2006
- Amanda Pascall
- Bethany Slater
- Bill Kelly
- Bridget Owens
- Carol Perry
- Carrie Gordon
- Charon McDonald
- Chauncey D. Brown
- Christie Bravos
- Christine McMahon
- Coleen P. Masucci
- Corey A. Hudson
- Dawn C. Nier
- Deborah A. Willis
- Diane Carlton
- E. W. Ted Furze
- Elisabetta Bortoloni
- Erin A. Maloney
- Gia Palermo
- Gil Schnorr
- Gregory Michel
- Jacinda Foreste
- Janette M. Richardson
- Jennifer J. Spoor
- JoAnne Spoto Decker
- Keith Herring
- Kurt Roulston
- Linda G. Levy
- Lucille Browning
- Marilyn Schlegel
- Meghan Vitale
- Monique R. Fletcher
- Patrick M. Goessling
- Peggy Sauve
- Steve Alleyne
- Susan Acker
Class of 2005
- Philip Amsterdam
- Taylor Atseff
- Geraldine King Beauford
- Kim Rodafox Ceaser
- Dawn Daggett
- Ilana Deutsch
- Stacey S. Dubiel
- Rev. Beth Dubois
- Bernard L. French
- Stacy L. Finney
- Michele Jones Galvin
- Lee Gechas
- Peter Georgianna
- Annette Guisbond
- Amber Hansel
- Stephen Harris
- Linda Henley
- Melody Holmes
- Douglas Jack
- Jerry Keohane
- Margaret Kufel
- Rachel May
- Lora S. Mccooey
- Trina Mcneal
- Marthe Jane Bwalya Ngwashi
- Rita Paniagua
- Gladys Smith
- James Sonneborn
- Joanne Stevens
- Nancy Turner
- Linda Woodrow
- Jackie Yancey
- Richard Zalewski