Here is what we currently know about the post-graduation career paths of our alumni.
| Breena Apgar-Kurtz |
Visitor Information Service Officer, Glacier Bay National Park |
Charles Bangley (Jan) |
|
Danielle Duquette |
EPA, Narragansett (research on predator |
Ericka Giblin |
Naturalist, RI Dept. Environ. Management |
Matt Griffin |
|
Stephanie Guertin |
Ph.D. student, URI (w/ Dr. Kass-Simon) |
Yvette Haughney |
|
Jillian Hesse |
Naturalist/Interpreter, Disney World, Florida |
Cara Hotchkin |
Ph.D. student, Penn State University (Marine Mammal Bioacoustics) |
Robbie Hudson |
Working for Save the Bay |
Amanda Karch |
|
Billy Linehan |
Fisheries observer, NMFS, Alaska |
Patrick Lyons |
Ph.D. student, SUNY Stony Brook (Marine Ecology) |
Melissa Parr |
Teaching Assistant, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences; will then work in San Salvadore as a Divemaster |
Amie Parris |
|
Alexia Pool |
Peace Corps Volunteer, South Pacific |
James Provencher |
|
Gregory Renzulli |
|
Linnae Rondeau |
Working with RI DEM doing macroalgae helicopter surveys in Narragansett Bay |
Christa Salvatore (Jan) |
|
Kathryn Vogel |
Ph.D. student, University of Maine |
Heather Wolfer |
Fisheries Observre, Northeast Fisheries Observer Program, based in Cape May, NJ |
| Erin Baxter |
|
Leanne Birden |
Ph.D. student at URI (w/ Dr. Seibel) |
Kristin Colavito |
|
Erin Connors |
|
Susan Henry |
|
Matthew Holt |
|
Samantha Kelly |
Intern,Training Seals for US Navy in San Diego |
Colleen O’Neill |
|
Adrianna Ortiz |
Marine Research |
Lindsey Pollard |
|
Megan Priede |
Mystic Aquarium; URI tick lab |
Heather Shannon |
Graduate student, URI/GSO |
Heather Smith |
|
Nora Sturgeon |
Graduate student, College of Charleston |
Tara Syc |
|
Daniel Syriala |
Graduate student, GSO |
Jennifer Tidswell |
|
Alexandra Wilcox |
|
Marianna Zahra |
Working with sharks, Sea World, Florida |
|
|
Class of 2005 |
|
Ashley Abcunas |
Naturalist, Seacoast Science Center, NH |
Amy Botti |
|
Melissa Chalek |
|
Amanda Chesler |
? Hatchery technician, VIMS |
Andrew DiMatteo |
MS Environmental Management, Duke University |
Kevin Earp |
|
Anne Farahi |
|
Rebecca Ferrazza |
|
Jennifer Hamilton |
|
Trevor Higgins |
|
David Hudson |
Ph.D. student, U. Connecticut |
Tracy Jamula |
|
Kane LaRoche |
|
Heather Leba |
MS student, University of Hawaii (fish/ Dr. Cassie Cole) |
Mandy Monroe |
|
Michael Partica |
|
Jennifer Picard |
|
Frances Ann Raymond |
|
Benjamin Rutt |
|
Tina Sharp |
|
Emily Shumchenia |
Ph.D. student, GSO |
Allison Stueben |
Medical Technician (certification program) |
|
|
Class of 2004 |
|
Rachel Anderson |
Environmental testing/education |
Darcie Blanding |
Mystic Aquarium?, graduate student, URI |
Andrea Bonosoro |
? Substitute teacher, Long Island |
David Carlson |
|
Michael Concodello |
|
Desiree Corideo |
|
Devon Drewes |
|
Amanda Henry |
|
Gabriel Hiller |
|
George Kamajian |
Medical Student, Penn. Coll. Osteopathic Med. |
Michelle Kraczkowski |
Graduate student, Wesleyan University |
Jenna Krug |
MS student, Cal. State Univ., Northridge (Marine ecology) |
Karlee Markovich |
Marine biologist educator/aquarist |
Kevin Neves |
Graduate student, Delaware State University |
Abbey Novia |
MS student in Biology Education, UC Berkeley |
Christen Pick |
Microbiologist |
Vincent Politano |
? Graduate student, University of Florida |
Ralph Riccio |
|
Kate Ryan |
|
Jason Theuman |
Educator, Buttonwood Park Zoo |
Jennifer Thibodeau |
|
Steve Versace |
|
Jessica Wellington |
Tufts University, Cummings School of Vet. Med. |
Jeremy Wright |
Ph.D. student, U. Michigan (catfish) |
|
|
Class of 2003 |
|
Christopher Bannon |
working in NRS/URI |
Rebecca Owens Bannon |
working in NRS/URI |
Christie Blackwelder |
|
Michelle Bromley |
Volunteer, Mystic Aq; Educator, New England Aquarium |
Nathan Cartier |
|
Scott Cunningham |
|
Jill Dematas |
? Dolphin Trainer, Marineland, FLA
|
Jocelyne Dolce |
Ph.D. student, URI (w/ Dr. Cheryl Wilga) |
Stacy Doner |
? ENSR Marine and Coastal Center |
Allison Fong |
Graduate student, U. Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology |
Amy (Kowalski) Greene |
MPA student, Suffolk University |
Lucia Herald |
|
Maureen Kelly |
|
Andrew Levine |
|
Colin Lickwar |
|
Alyssa (Cole) Mages |
Surgical Vet Assistant |
Leonard Maiuri III |
Water quality, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Stefanie Masse |
? Branford High School teacher |
Scott McGinley |
First mate, schooners/tugboats |
Michael Phillips |
|
Monique Perron |
Harvard graduate student; working at EPA Narragansett |
Sarah Pierce |
|
Tiffany Risch |
Science Teacher, Coventry High School |
Amy Schneider |
Grad student in Public Health, Suffolk University |
Jacqueline Shapo |
NOAA, Coastal Management Fellow |
Laura Smith |
|
Tiffany Wallahora |
|
Hillary Welch Vargas |
Engineer, Raytheon |
|
|
Class of 2002 |
|
Joseph Aiello |
|
Amber Bifolck |
Masters student in Washington, DC |
Erin Bodnar |
|
Brendan Bray |
NOAA, Silver Spring MD |
Melissa Cassidy |
|
Stephanie Forschner |
|
Abigail (Knee) Fusaro |
PhD student, MIT/WHOI - Biological Oceanography |
Larissa Gillon |
MS in Bio Sci at URI (w/ Dr. Cobb) |
Rebecca Graves |
Connecticut Dep't. Environmental Protection |
Jennifer Haag |
|
Katherine Kerr |
|
Elizabeth Kordowski |
Executive Director, RI Lobstermen's Association |
Kelly Kreis |
|
Jennifer Lally |
|
Elizabeth Little |
|
Kara Mahoney |
Senior Program Educator, New England Aquarium and Right Whale EWS Aerial Observer |
Jennifer Messineo |
Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Thomas Virgin Islands |
Randall Meyer |
Self-employed, research |
Mary-Elizabeth Miller |
Graduate student |
Melissa Novak |
|
Jarrod Olbres |
|
Melissa Patrician |
Research Assistant, WHOI |
Christopher Renzi |
|
Lesley (Fillow?) Rossi |
Division of Fish and Wildlife, St. Thomas Virgin Islands |
Emily Sibley |
|
Jillian Smith |
|
Michael Smith |
|
Jennifer Tilton |
|
Kathleen Wall |
|
Daniel Wieczorek |
? Physical Science Technician, James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, NOAA |
Susan Wilson |
|
Sharlene Woodman |
|
|
|
Class of 2001 |
|
Christina Altimari |
Environmental Scientist, ESS Group, Inc. |
Karah Armstrong |
|
Marina Ayrapetov |
Research Associate, Rhode Island Hospital |
Shanna Brazee |
? Regional Manager, Phil’s Restaurants |
Jason Bresnick |
|
Melissa Bugg |
Staff, Chesapeake Research Consortium ? |
Melissa Casper |
|
Laura DeStefaniz |
|
Michelle (Henly) Fye |
Production Scientist II, Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc., Banking? |
Brian Gervelis |
Contractor, NOAA NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Sampling Branch |
|
|
Andrea Kecskes |
Program Coordinator, GSO Office of Marine Programs; ? GSO grad student |
Stephanie Kenyon |
|
Matthew Koehler |
Ingenious Labs (biotech) |
Hannah Liuzzo |
|
Christina Miner |
|
Rebecca Mitchell |
|
Christopher Mueller |
GSO graduate student, Applied Science Associates |
Jill Olson |
|
Michelle Orecchio |
|
Jessica Powell |
MS at URI |
Kelly Rock |
|
Jenifer Schadlick |
Master of Arts Program in the Humanities, U. Chicago |
Leslie Smith |
|
Paul Sokoloff |
? MS student, UNH |
Michelle Thomson |
Adjunct faculty, Roger Williams University |
|
|
Class of 2000 |
|
Elizabeth Bacon |
High school teacher (Marine biology), York, ME |
Brandi Bornt |
Ducks Unlimited; Anitoch NE graduate |
Michelle Burnett |
RI DEM Marine Fisheries |
Joseph Cohen |
|
Catherine Colgan |
Marine science educator |
Pieter deHart |
Asst. Professor, Mt. Ida College (Mass.) |
Shawn Henderson |
|
Kerry Mahoney |
Wastewater management specialist, South Kingstown RI |
David Medici |
Graduate student in Louisiana; Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. |
Christopher Ollerhead |
|
Suzanne Randazzo |
Research Laboratory Specialist, U. Michigan |
Jessica Rumpf |
|
Jennifer Skelly |
MA education; teaching |
Charlene Snyder |
Medicine; dermatology |
Geoffrey Sowan |
zebra mussel research |
Ryan Tainsh |
MS student, URI (w/ Dr. Killingbeck) |
|
|
Class of 1999 |
|
Kathryn Doyle |
High school teacher |
Jennifer DeAlteris |
Graduate student, Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences |
Allison Greaves |
|
Raina Huebner |
|
Shannon Kane |
Senior Aquarist, Busch Gardens, Orlando |
Kathryn McRedmond |
|
Sally Morehead |
Research Scientist, Mission-Aransas NERR, U. Texas Marine Science Institute |
Laura Stanish |
|
|
|
Class of 1998 |
|
Laura Williams |
Wildlife Section Supervisor, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Division of Fish and Wildlife |
|
|
Prior to 1998
|
|
James Barbosa |
Pharmacological research |
Wayne Souza |
Professor, UC Berkeley (Ecology) |
|
|
|
|
|
|