President
Donald P. Christian
Chief of Staff/Vice President for Communication and Executive Editor
Shelly A. Wright
Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations and Executive Director SUNY New Paltz Foundation
Erica Marks
Director of Alumni Relations
Shana Circe ’02 ’08g
Associate Director for Development Communication
Tom Hopkins
Editor
Chrissie Williams
Designer
Jeff Lesperance
Contributing Writers
Andrew Bruso ’08 ’12g
Contributing Photographers
Leanne Keator
John Oles
TM Photography
Robin Weinstein ’14
Web Design & Development
Ashley Osburn '12
Justin Shumway
New Paltz Magazine, the alumni magazine of the State University of New York at New Paltz, is published semi-annually by the Office of Communication & Marketing and the Office of Development & Alumni Relations for alumni, faculty, parents, staff and friends of the College. Its purpose is to keep this extended New Paltz community informed of and engaged with news and activities relating to the College. Diverse views appear in these pages and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editor or the official policies of the College.