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Class of Fall 2024
- 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
- Shelley Peabody
- Adriana Quiroga-Garcia
- Lisa Rucker
- Je’Lia Saddler
- Bonnke Sekarore
- Alexandria Snyder
- Sara Sorrentino
- Jeremy Stoller
- Frantzline Tingue
- Jisela Turner
- Donald Wilber
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Amy Freeman
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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