1960s 

Christopher Terry 鈥66 was inducted into the Harford County Public Schools鈥 Educator Hall of Fame in February. Terry鈥檚 career spanned 32 years as a teacher and assistant principal and 28 years as a principal. He retired in 1998. 

Joseph Boyle 鈥68 published&苍产蝉辫;鈥溾赌These are artful villains鈥 Maryland Runaways, 1789-1794.鈥 

1970s

Pamela Windsor 鈥78 was recently elected to board of directors at House of Ruth Maryland and serves on its H.R. committee, strategic planning task force and as a mentor to a staff member. Windsor also engaged in a communications advisory role for an elephants and bees research center project in Tanzania. She is a member of 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 CHP Advisory Council and actively participates in classes at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at 黑料吃瓜网, where she serves on its curriculum committee. Windsor provides an annual College of Health Professions nursing scholarship and named the Labor and Delivery Suite (Gabriel's Gift) at the Health Professions Building in memory of her grandson. 

1980s

Mark Friis 鈥83 celebrated 40 years with AT&T in New Jersey, Florida and North Carolina.鈥

Hope Tarr 鈥86 published the historical novel, 鈥淪tardust,鈥 the second in her American Songbook Series, in February. The novel, published by Joffe Books, follows Daisy Blakely, who arrives in Paris in 1938, to apprentice with legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel. 

Jim DeCarlo 鈥87 published 鈥淗onk: A Leadership Journey of Hope, Love, and Joy.鈥 

Steve Blake 鈥89 serves as assistant director of gift planning at Penn State University, where he recently completed his 15th year as a development officer and 41st year in education external relations. 

Tim Dzubak 鈥89 retired Feb. 1, 2025, after a 35-year career as court psychologist of the 31st District Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court in Manassas, Virginia. 

Michael Ertel 鈥89 represents the 6th District (which includes the Towson, Parkville and Rosedale areas) on the Baltimore County Council. In January, he was elected by his colleagues to be the council chair. 

1990s

Russell Farmarco 鈥91 directed and edited the feature length film 鈥淧ermanent Damage鈥 in 1992. Thirty-three years later, the film found distribution on a special edition Blu-Ray. The crew included writer Jeffrey Howard 鈥91, director of photography Andre Owens 鈥90, 鈥25, line producer/A.D. Paul Zinder 鈥91, art director Todd Seltzer 鈥90, production mixer Robin Meier 鈥89, gaffer Glen Stratakes 鈥90, production assistant Joy Lusco-Kecken 鈥92 and composer Paul Mathews 鈥90. The cast included Dana Whipkey 鈥90, James 鈥淛imi鈥 Kinstle 鈥90, Patrick Johnson 鈥90, Andrew Rothkin 鈥90, Elizabeth Lexa 鈥91, Jacqueline Underwood 鈥90, Rebecca Cohen 鈥90, John Benoit 鈥92, David Calkins 鈥92, Ivan C. Hall 鈥92, Andi Shrem 鈥92, Cortland Smith 鈥92, Christy Salerno 鈥91 and Hillary Isquith 鈥90. Also featured in small roles were the late former 黑料吃瓜网 President Maravene Loeschke 鈥69, 鈥71 and her late husband, former professor and theatre department chair Richard Gillespie. 

Jerry Mitchell '91, '93 is professor and chair of the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina. He recently published his sixth book, "The Handbook of Geography Education." 

Jason Cohen 鈥93 was appointed managing director of the Maryland State Ad Agency (MSAA). A division of Maryland Public Television, MSAA delivers comprehensive advertising services to state agencies, and Cohen will oversee operations, business development and client relations. He brings extensive experience in digital marketing, having most recently served as digital marketing manager at Audacy and as vice president at Spokes Marketing. His leadership will strengthen MSAA鈥檚 mission to support Maryland state agencies with innovative advertising solutions. 

Richard Holley 鈥96 is the 2025 Towson University Alumni Volunteer of the Year. 

Matthew Witenstein 鈥96 recently accepted a position as associate professor with tenure in the Department of Teacher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of New Mexico. Witenstein also serves as a鈥痵enior research fellow in the School of Educational Studies, Claremont Graduate University. His upcoming co-authored textbook is 鈥淐omparative and International Education: An Introduction.鈥 

David Campaigne 鈥97 is now a senior partner at Blue Trust, a wealth management and trust services company headquartered in Atlanta, with 17 branch offices across the country.鈥疌ampaigne serves clients from the mid-Atlantic branch office in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and is in his 24th year with the company. 

Izabela Lopes 鈥97 joined Snap Inc. as senior director of screens and services for North America. Lopes will be leading one of the ad sales teams across multiple industries. 

Jaime Crosthwait 鈥98 successfully completed the Active and Adventure Travel Specialist Program with Travel Leaders Network and is now a certified active and adventure travel specialist. 

2000s

Kaija Langley 鈥00 published her third children's book in May. 鈥淎 Century for Caroline鈥 is an intergenerational story about a great-granddaughter meeting her great-grandmother for the first time on the latter鈥檚 100th birthday. The book was inspired by Langley's grand-aunt, who lived in Baltimore and lived to 100. 

Samantha Peller 鈥01 received the Be Brad Voiceover Community Award from the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA). As a voice actor and cofounder of the Vocal Victims Advocacy Group (VVAG), Peller was recognized at the NAVA gala for her leadership and advocacy in addressing unethical practices in the voiceover industry. She was also recently featured on the Voice Acting Stories podcast, where she shared the origin and mission of VVAG. 

Stacie Bakalar 鈥04 recently was featured by the Producers Guild of America in a 鈥淒ay in the Life鈥 spotlight that highlighted Bakalar鈥檚 work as a post-production producer in the TV and film industry. 

Amy (Ricedorf) Lyon 鈥04 was promoted to president/CEO of United Way of Southeast Mississippi, after serving as its director of community impact since July 2022. 

Deon Avery 鈥06 co-founded Charm City Garden Montessori: A Wildflower School (CCGM). Set to open in fall 2026, CCGM will become Baltimore City鈥檚 first public Montessori high school, offering a nature-based, interdisciplinary and student-centered learning experience for high schoolers across the city. Avery brings nearly 20 years of experience in education to this initiative, having served as a Spanish teacher, assistant principal and principal across Baltimore City, its surrounding counties and Washington, D.C.  

Steven Lessner 鈥07 was elected to serve as a committee member for a four-year term on the College Section Steering Committee (CSSC) of the National Council of Teachers of English. 

2010s

Robert Plant 鈥10 published the book 鈥淒ark Matter.鈥 It's a collection of seven short stories in which technology, morality and human nature collide.  

Hisham Valiuddin 鈥11 was recently recognized by The Maryland Daily Record as a Physician of the Year as part of their 2025 Health Care Heroes Awards. 

Keris Kingsland Short 鈥12 became a partner at E & S Construction Engineers, Inc. Kingsland Short is the youngest partner the firm has ever had as well as the first female partner.

Miles Engel-Hawkbecker 鈥14 wrote and directed the film 鈥淭ransformers: Terminal.鈥 Theresa Tomi Faison 鈥17 is the movie鈥檚 producer and editor.  

Bethany Michalski 鈥16 had two projects premiere at the Oscar-qualifying SXSW Film Festival in which she served as the director of photography. One is a feature film, 鈥淪he鈥檚 The He,鈥 and the other a television series, 鈥淒enim.鈥 

Ilka Kn眉ppel 鈥17 published the book 鈥淔inding Ruth: A Personal Story of Hitler's Secret Euthanasia Program Aktion T4.鈥 

Morgan Brennan 鈥18 was promoted鈥痶o assistant manager of the chemistry section of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab. 

2020s

Philip Ravita 鈥21 has a new CD, 鈥淎lice Blue,鈥 which placed No. 1 in mainstream jazz releases. The tune 鈥淏roken Light鈥 placed No. 1 for newly released mainstream jazz singles on Roots Music Report.   

Megan Lovely 鈥22 partnered with 11 organizations and five artists based in Baltimore to create a 鈥淪tory Market,鈥 where vendors and community members exchanged stories about tastes of home, Baltimore鈥檚 food environment and community created around the dinner table. Her thesis evolved into a four-year storytelling project at the 32nd鈥疭treet Farmers Market in Baltimore, which is now documented in her book "鈥疭tory Seeds: Growing Home at the Farmers Market.鈥"