notable Alumni
arts & entertainment
Joe Dwinell ’82 ,English
- Boston Herald Executive Editor
Madelyn Gardner ’13, Communication & Media Studies
- Assistant Director of Public Relations and External Communications for Jazz at Lincoln Center
- Singer
- Winner of 2017 Berkshire County's Got Talent competition
Izzy Heltai ’18, Arts Management
Ryan Kiernan ’03, English
- Works at NBC, where he and his team won an Emmy Award
Martin Mahoney MBA ’16, Business Administration
- Executive Director of Bennington Museum
Allie Martineau ’17, English
Alexandra Nichipor ’12, Sociology
- Author (under the name Luna McNamara)
- Licensed social worker
Tarcisio “Taz” Ramos Dos Santos ’22, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Homesteader, musician, reality TV star
Desmond Reed ’07, English
Kerri Richardson ’93, English
- Author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller “What Your Clutter Is Trying to Tell You” and “From Clutter to Clarity”
Kathryn Russ ’84, English
- Former Director/Producer/Writer at Opry Entertainment Group
Brandon Sargeant ’13, English
- Natural history camera operator for several national television companies
Tiffany Seeley, non-degree
- Contestant on "Survivor 41"
Lauren Sottile ’12, Arts Management
- Director of Development and Philanthropic Partnerships at Revolutionary Spaces
Anton Strout, non-degree
Jennifer Cavalluzzi Wolfe '91, English/Communications
- Former CNN producer
- Former radio show producer and host
- Podcast producer for The Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation
Matt Wolfe ’92, English
business & industry
Kevin Barbary ’85, English
- Former Principal of Office Resources Inc., a 2001 Top 500 fastest-growing company
Derek Gibbons ’10, English
- Lumen Technologies' former Chief of Staff, current CFO
- State Street former Chief of Staff, current CFO & Vice Chairman
Michelle Kirby ’90, English
- Owner of The Black Sheep Inn, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning ecolodge in Ecuador
Ken Michaels ’85, Business Administration
- Former CEO of Macmillan Learning
- Former COO of Macmillan Science & Education Group
- Former President and COO of Hachette Book Group
Warren Robert Mudge ’82, Business Administration
- Former CEO of Brightspeed Communications, current board member
- Former Verizon President of Consumer and Mass Business Markets
- Former Windstream board member
- Unitek Global Services board member
Diane Sammer ’81, Psychology
- Co-founder and former President and CEO of Systems/Link (named by Inc. to the list of 500 fastest-growing companies in the U.S.) and Emergent Discover LLC
Don Wilkinson ’66, Education
- Owner of Ichabod Flat Oysters
education
Peter Abuisi ’66, History
- Headmaster of Vail Mountain School (1978-2013), where he established SummerQuest, an academic enrichment program for underserved middle-schoolers now in its 30th year
Betsey (Willis) Clifford ’06, Education/Environmental Science
- Massachusetts Environmental Education Society board member
- Former President of the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers
David Halbert ’03, English
- Director of External Affairs at Framingham State University
- Former staff member for Governor Deval Patrick
- Former member of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Fadia Rostom Makdisi ’14, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Former Principal of Saint Agnes Academy
- Current owner of Vision Scholar
Amanda Sunderman, non-degree
- Former first female head of school at Tarsus American College in Tarsus, Turkey
- Director at the American International School of Vilnius in Lithuania
multiple categories
Daniel Bosley ’76, History, Hon. ’01
- Former President of North Adams SteepleCats
- MountainOne Financial Partners' Chairman of the Board
- Former Massachusetts State Representative
Janine Driver ’92, English
- Nationally recognized body language expert, numerous television appearances
- Trained members of the ATF, FBI, CIA, Scotland Yard Police, and Hong Kong Police how to read body language and detect deception
- New York Times bestselling author
Melody Rolph ’14, Arts Management
- Former Innovation Community/Ecosystem Manager at World Food Programme
Wayne Soares ’89, English
- Former ESPN reporter
- Former CEO of JP Sports Enterprises
- Filmmaker and author
- Performed comedy tours at military bases around the world, made national public speaking appearances as part of anti-bullying campaign
Brad Wadlow ’89, English
- Reporter for Gannett/USA Today Network
public service, etc.
Thomas Calter ’80, Sociology
- Former Massachusetts State Representative
- Former Chairman and CEO of Fleet Environmental Services LLC; the fastest-growing and most profitable environmental service company in the Northeast
Robert Campbell ’90, Business Administration
- Distinguished military career including recipient of Legion of Merit and three Bronze Star medals
- Author of several books
Bill Caprari ’75, Education, M.Ed. ’80
- Youngest recipient of the highest medal during peacetime (Air Force Commendation medal)
Howard Carter ’14, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Distinguished military career including SERE School Chief of Education and Training
Emily Dessingue ’14, English
- Social Enterprise and Training Center and Capital Region Chamber committee member
- Rising Star Award recipient for Cresa Albany
- Featured in Women@work magazine
Michelle DuBois ’06, Philosophy
- Massachusetts State Representative
Michael Finn ’16, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Massachusetts State Representative
- Former West Springfield City Council member
Brian Gearin ’81, Sociology
- Spent 13 years in relief work and development in the Philippines
- Spent more than 22 years working with marginalized people worldwide
Amy (Fenn) Hall ’89, Psychology
- President and CEO of Child Care of the Berkshires
Bobby Howland ’06, Sociology
- Participated in more than 30 races to raise funds for charity
- Had a day named for him in Town of Branchburg, New Jersey
Robert Krekorian ’85, Sociology
- Former Massachusetts State Representative
R. Scott LaMountain ’89, English
- Prosecutor in Middlesex County, New Jersey, one of the most populated counties in the country
Kevin Noonan ’77, Psychology
- Directed human service agencies in the U.S., Central America, and Africa
Susan O’Riley ’91, Education/Psychology
- Helped construct libraries in several countries and remote villages
- Raises funds to purchase books for libraries in other countries
Kaitlin Wright ’18, History
- Youngest City Clerk of Haverhill, Massachusetts
science & health
Katherine (Foster) Warren ’82, Medical Technology
- Former head of pediatric neuro-oncology division of the National Institute of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland
- Pediatric neuro-oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital
- Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
sports
Kaleigh Anderson ’15, English
- Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships for the San Francisco 49ers
Ken Hill, non-degree
- Former Major League Baseball pitcher
Christopher Kingsley ’90, Biology
- Head Athletic Trainer with the L.A. Kings
Derek Lalonde, M.Ed. ’98
- Former Detroit Red Wings (NHL) Head Coach (2022-2024)
- Two-time Stanley Cup winner TBL (2020, 2021)
Girard “Gerry” McDonald ’79
- Former Hartford Whalers (NHL) (1981-1984)
- MCLA Athletics Hall of Fame 2023
Shaun Richard ’03, Business Administration
- Deputy Athletics Director for Ohio State University Department of Athletics