SANDY ROSS JACOBS, EDU ’61, published a third novel in 2022, After the Storm, available on Amazon in book and e-book format. Her former novels, Francie’s Story and Tropical Disturbances, are available on Amazon.

SANDY EISENBERG SASSO, CLA ’69, recently published Miriam’s Dancing Shoes, adding to her body of work that includes 27 children’s books and two adult titles.

LEONARD BILOUS, FOX ’72, founder of Vision Training Soccer LLC, was inducted into the Ukraine Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

JOHN DEANGELO, EDU ’73, was inducted into the Paulsboro High School Hall of Fame on April 5, 2025. DeAngelo graduated from Paulsboro in 1960. He served in multiple educational and administrative roles at Temple for 37 years before moving to California, where he became associate vice chancellor for educational media at UC San Francisco. DeAngelo is retired and lives with his wife, Judy, in Alamo, California.

ANNE DESALVO, TYL ’71, a veteran of Broadway, film and television, continues to create and teach. She has three films premiering in 2025—Stay with Me, Judge No Book and Double Exposure—and currently teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

BARRY LACHMAN, MED ’70, president and CEO of Lachman Community Development and Consulting, was recognized with the Shalom Award for his service and leadership.

JOHN TRONE, CLA ’79, established a scholarship for College of Liberal Arts students who have graduated from a public school in York, Pennsylvania.

CHRISTOPHER ALEXY, LAW ’87, joined the Appellate Bureau at the Office of the Chief State Attorney in Hartford, Connecticut, after 35 years as a trial prosecutor, including leading the Violent Crime Bureau.

JOSEPH W. BONGARD, FOX ’81, was recently appointed as pastor of Saint Helena Parish, Blue Bell, and parochial administrator of St. Titus Parish, East Norriton. These appointments conclude 31 years in the educational apostolate, having served as Theology Department chair at Kennedy-Kenrick High School, assistant principal of academic affairs at Cardinal Dougherty High School, principal at Saint Pius X High School, vice rector of Saint Charles Seminary and rector at Roman Catholic High School.

MICHAEL BURCH, EDU ’88, was selected as a 2025 honoree for Smith Playground’s distinguished Leaders and Legends of Philadelphia award.

DALE CAKE, FOX ’82, ’11, was awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of marketing at Savannah State University. Cake was previously an instructor at Penn State and president of marketing strategists for Hershey. He now lives in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

JEREMIAH DALEY, CLA ’88, was honored by Camden County Commissioners in November 2024 for two decades of service addressing substance use in the region. He retired in October 2024 from his role as executive director of the Liberty Mid-Atlantic HIDTA.

DEBORAH DERRICKSON, EDU ’89, is a clinical psychologist in private practice and the author of the award-winning memoir Lost Found Kept, which explores family, trauma and hoarding.

KENT KAUFFMAN, CLA ’89, published Navigating Choppy Waters, a guide to legal issues in academia. He is an associate professor of business law at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

GREG KELLY, ENG ’79, AND MICHELE KELLY, FOX ’82, celebrate 47 years of partnership, success and giving back after a chance meeting at a Temple football game.

INA MALLOY, TYL ’82, retired after 40 years of teaching photography and digital art and began volunteering as a professor with the AFSO Afghan Female Student Outreach program. Since 2024, she has taught virtual digital art classes to Afghan women who can no longer attend university due to political restrictions.

TIMOTHY PALOMBO, PHR ’84, celebrated 40 years as a licensed pharmacist, currently practicing at Publix in Florida.

VINCE PISCOPO, KLN ’85, was named communications manager for Rudolph Libbe Group, a Walbridge, Ohio-based construction and facilities services firm, in 2022. Piscopo manages all internal and external communications for the company. He joined Rudolph Libbe after a 20-year public relations career with the Detroit-based United Auto Workers, including nine years as editor-in-chief of its 970,000-circulation member magazine, Solidarity. Prior to that he was a copy editor and reporter for The Blade daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, for 12 years, as well as a reporter with United Press International in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Piscopo earned a master’s degree in communications/public relations at Kent State University in 2014.

FLOYD RUMOHR, TFM ’88, recently published Stage It: Making Shakespeare Come Alive in Schools with Routledge Taylor and Francis. For more information, please visit: stageitplays.com.

STEPHEN SHUMAN, DEN ’82, was inducted into the International College of Dentists, recognizing his contributions to the dental profession. Shuman is a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.

MARY TALALAY, KLN ’87, is the tuberculosis research training director at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. After starting in entertainment PR, she transitioned to science writing and public health, leading training programs for early-stage investigators in Africa and Southeast Asia. Her journey began in Temple’s journalism program, and she continues to impact global health education.

PAUL VIGGIANO, KLN ’84, was honored with the Presidential Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes his creativity and passion for teaching, which has made a lasting impact on students and the academic community. Viggiano is a faculty member at La Salle University.

FRITZ BARJON, CLA ’96, AND NIKKI BARJON, CLA ’97, recently celebrated their Temple Made relationship with their 20th wedding anniversary accompanied by their children Sasha and Christian.

HOWARD BRYANT, KLN ’91, established a new endowed scholarship for the Klein College of Media and Communication in 2024.

RICHELLE CLARK, KLN ’91, recently received her PhD in history, security and defense studies from ISCTE-IUL in Lisbon, Portugal. Her dissertation focused on U.S. military basing strategy in Europe. Clark is a writer, researcher and independent scholar.

SHEILA COLON, KLN ’95, is a stay-at-home mother turned children’s book author. Born in Puerto Rico but raised in Philadelphia, Colon draws on her bicultural and bilingual experience as inspiration for her books. She is motivated by a desire to provide multicultural children like her three daughters with more stories about families that look and live like they do. Her debut picture book La Noche Before Three Kings Day, published by HarperCollins in September of 2023, and illustrated by Alejandro Mesa, captures the magic and wonder of Three Kings Day through a child’s eager eyes.

KEVIN FLATLEY, KLN ’91, retired as chief photographer at NBC Sports Philadelphia after a 30-year television career. He now teaches as adjunct faculty at Temple’s Klein College of Media and Communication and runs his own production company.

KATAYUN JAFFARI, FOX ’91, ’92, was installed as chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the oldest bar association in the United States, during its annual meeting in December. Jaffari is the 98th chancellor of the bar and the 12th woman to hold the position. An active association member, she previously served as chancellor-elect and vice chancellor, as well as chair of the Board of Governors, chair and executive committee member of the Business Law Section, co-chair of the Women’s Rights Committee, and member of the executive committee of the Public Interest Section. She serves as chair of the corporate governance and ESG practices and co-chair of the capital markets and securities practice at Cozen O’Connor.

CATHY MCVEY PALMER, CLA ’96, received the Frank Long Award of Writing Excellence from the Philadelphia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for her contributions to strategic communication.

SHARON REFSIN, EDU ’92, was named 2024 Educator of the Year by her peers at JVB Wicoff Elementary School in Plainsboro, New Jersey. The honor was celebrated with a school breakfast, a districtwide event and a dedicated parking spot in her name.

THOMAS TOUHEY, KLN ’91, was a producer on the documentary George A. Romero’s Resident Evil. Released on Jan. 7, 2025, the film unveils the story behind Romero’s involvement in the creation of the first Resident Evil and why he was released from the project.

JANIENE ANDREONI-KWOCZAK, TYL ’07, AND NICK KWOCZAK, FOX ’05, married three years after Janiene graduated from Tyler School of Art and Architecture and recently celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary!

VLADIMIR CHOULOUTE, FOX ’09, AND JOCELYN MCARTHUR, KLN ’10, attended Temple at the same time but didn’t connect until after graduation. They grew up in Queens, New York, and shared connections at Temple Health and a local dance school. The couple’s engagement photos were even taken by fellow alum, Clifford Harris. They tied the knot in June 2024!

SCOTT DROB, FOX ’06, accepted a new position in February 2025 as a territory manager at Juul Labs.

JASON FANELLI, KLN ’09, is a freelance video game journalist whose work has been featured in IGN, GameSpot, Variety, Rolling Stone and more.

MATT FINN, KLN ’01, recently covered major events including the Israel-Hamas conflict, LA wildfires and the presidential inauguration, continuing his work as a national journalist.

GERALD GEBHART, LAW ’08, was named a partner at LaMonaca Law. Known for his litigation skills in family law, Gebhart has been recognized multiple times by the Delaware County Daily Times and serves as president of the Delaware County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is also active in his community as a firefighter and board member.

PAUL KAHAN, CLA ’09, published Philadelphia: A Narrative History, the first comprehensive single-volume history of the city in over 40 years. He is also executive director of the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center.

TONY KING, CLA ’03, founded the Atophi fraternity while still in high school and started the fraternity’s first college chapter at Temple. In April 2023, Atophi’s coat of arms was copyrighted in the Library of Congress and as of April 2, 2025, Atophi is officially incorporated as a domestic charitable nonprofit organization.

AURORA KRIPA, CLA ’05, was named the next president and CEO of KenCrest, succeeding fellow Temple alum Marian Baldini upon her retirement in December 2024.

HELEN MOSHER, CLA ’04, has been named vice president of communications and membership for the Council on Social Work Education, the nonprofit organization that advances excellence and innovation in social work education and research by providing leadership, ensuring quality in teaching and learning, and strengthening the capacity of its member institutions.

KRYSTA PELLEGRINO, KLN ’00, was promoted to chief growth officer at Supreme Group, a platform company delivering top-tier marketing and communications services to life science organizations. She previously served for eight years as chief client officer at Health + Commerce, which was acquired by Supreme in March 2024.

ASHLEY BOOTH, EDU ’17, currently serves as chief operating officer of Girl Scouts of Chesapeake Bay.

JENNA BOYD, CLA ’14, AND RAY BOYD, KLN ’13, married in a private ceremony in May of 2019, and were finally able to celebrate with friends and family at their wedding in October 2021. Three years after they met and became friends at Temple, Ray and Jenna started dating in October 2015. When it came to the proposal in 2018, Ray created the perfect cover story by convincing Jenna they were going to be interviewed for a Philadelphia Inquirer article about young “pet parents” that featured their dog, Dexter. Jenna asked if they could take the photos at Temple because they had never taken Dexter there, and she always loved seeing dogs on campus, not knowing Ray had envisioned doing the proposal on campus as well.

GARRY COLE, CST ’10, received the David Rittenhouse Award for Excellence, the highest honor from the U.S. military, in November 2024. He was recognized for his groundbreaking research in anticounterfeit detection with the U.S. Secret Service.

RAY DOYLE, KLN ’13, is the director of feature and creative production for the Philadelphia Eagles. Since starting as a video intern in 2013, Doyle has worked his way up through the production team. Now entering his 12th season, he leads the department responsible for storytelling and media content for the Eagles.

BRIA EAST-GUESS, EDU ’18, founded Cognitive Connection to offer counseling and coaching to underserved inner-city youth and adults. In 2024, she launched a partnership with Renewing Mindsets, the second-largest ADHD testing provider in Philadelphia, to expand access to diagnostic and mental health services.

SAHARA GIPSON, KLN ’18, a former Temple DI gymnastics team captain, contributed to a children’s book inspired by her journey recovering from spinal surgery and returning to elite athletics.

NATASHA JAFFE, BYR ’12, released her first album of original cello ensemble compositions, Cello in Bloom, in 2020 and her second album Cello in Reflection in 2022. The pieces vary in style from classical to contemporary, world and folk, and reflect her own heritage as well as our collective human heritage. The new album takes us on a journey across the Atlantic Ocean and back again, exploring her European and American ancestry. She has released sheet music for all her music, so that other cellists and cello ensembles can perform the music as well. Find her at natashajaffe.com.

DYLAN KELLER, TYL ’16, was recently promoted to director of people and strategy at Warfel Construction Company. He is responsible for HR and IT leadership across the organization. Keller joined Warfel in 2016 as a field engineer and most recently served as director of operations.

CHRISTINA MARINELLO, FOX ’13, is a manager and pricing actuary at Tokio Marine North America Services. She recently earned credentials as an associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

RYAN MCDONALD, KLN ’13, AND LAISA TURANO, KLN ’13, were married in 2018 and welcomed their own little Owl to their nest in 2023.

JEREMY MORALES, STH ’14, AND MARGOT SALTER, EDU ’15, met during their time at Temple and were married in September 2021, with Hooter in tow! They announced in 2024 that they were expecting their first child together.

CORY SALMON, ENG ’14, has been promoted to assistant vice president at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc., where he oversees operations in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Since joining HRG as an intern in 2014, he has contributed to major infrastructure projects and currently manages the King of Prussia office while also serving his community through local boards and commissions.

CHRISTOPHER SOOY, FOX ’12, is a self-employed real estate entrepreneur and founder of True North General Contractors LLC, specializing in high-end custom carpentry at the Jersey Shore.

RENEE GORDON TWYMAN, KLN ’11, AND ZACH TWYMAN, FOX ’10, are a proud Temple Made family who cherish their Temple memories. They often drive through campus to show their kids where they lived and to check out the changes over the years. In 2021, they celebrated the birth of their youngest son and their 10th wedding anniversary, choosing Temple as the perfect place for anniversary photos—where their love story began.

RAUL VEGAS, FOX ’19, is both a video content producer and a certified NFLPA agent. He has worked with MLB Network, Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass and previously interned with NFL Films. Recently, Vegas passed the highly competitive NFL agent exam while producing bilingual content for high-profile sporting events such as the World Baseball Classic and Messi’s Leagues Cup debut.

JOSEPH CURRY, EDU ’22, is a business teacher at Franklin Towne Charter High School, where he teaches entrepreneurial design. His students recently completed final business plan presentations, applying what they learned in a hands-on, semesterlong project aimed at solving real-world problems. Curry takes pride in preparing his seniors for life beyond graduation.

NYLA FORD, KLN ’23, completed her first feature-length film, which premiered at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, one of Philadelphia’s largest congregations. She recently wrapped filming on a television series set to release on Tubi in summer 2025.

MEGHAN GRINDLE-WEAVER, SSW ’23, was promoted to administrator at Northumberland County Children and Youth Services.

MORGAN RUPP, FOX ’21, was promoted to senior manager of operations at Amazon in 2024, recognizing his leadership and operational expertise.