 Alumni in Social Sciences
Kevin P. Duignan
Class of ‘75/07
B.S., History
M.B.A.
Kevin serves as Vice President of Institutional Advancement at the College. He returned to the College in 1997 as Director of Development and Alumni Affairs. He helped to establish an institutional advancement program that has seen record giving levels to the College's annual fund and to the annual benefit golf tournament. He also established the annual Alumni Hall of Fame. and Reunion Dinner that honors outstanding alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers and in service to society.
Jean Santora
Class of ‘77
B.S., Social Science
Jean currently serves as President of the St. Thomas Aquinas College Alumni Association and is also a member of the President’s Council. After graduating from STAC, Jean happily taught junior high students for six years and then decided a career change to the business world. Jean now holds a position at Verizon Communication as Senior Product Manager in Verizon’s Wholesale Markets’ Line of Business. She was inducted to the Alumni Hall of Fame in 2006.
Hon. Gordon M. Johnson
Class of ’82
B.S., Social Science/Criminal Justice
Hon. Johnson has been a member of the New Jersey State General Assembly-37th Legislative District since 2004, with assignments as Chair of the Law and Public Safety Committee and as a member of the Budget and Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committees. He is also a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.
Catherine (Costello) Skae, M.D.
Class of ’85
B.S., Psychology
Dr. Costello Skae is the Project Director at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Pain Service (CHAMPS). She began as an intern in 1997. As project director at (CHAMPS) she works with children with acute pain and chronic syndrome. She is also a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.
Stephanie DePalma
Class of ’97
B.S., Therapeutic Recreation
Stephanie serves as Associate Executive Director of LIAF- Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation. She has worked in highly acclaimed hospitals and long term care facilities exercising her therapeutic recreational abilities and is a member of the American Therapeutic Recreation Association and will soon earn her certification as a Dementia Practitioner.
Karen Gale (O’Reilly) Medic, Esq
Class of ’99
B.S., Social Sciences/Pre-Law
Karen has her own law practice in New York City. She is a member of both the New York State & United States Supreme Court Bar Associations. While at STAC, she was a member of the Honors Program and studied abroad at Oxford University’s Christ Church College.
Kevin Ottachian
Class of ’07
B.S., Social Sciences, 7-12 certification
Kevin is a teacher at his alma mater, Warwick Valley High School. He continues to serve the College community as a member of STAC’s alumni board of directors and advisor of the intramural bowling team.
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