2015 Riverview Distinguished

Alumni

Awards Ceremony

April 16, 2016

Program

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Appetizer Reception… 5:30-6:00 PM

Welcome Dr. Margaret DiNinno

Opening Remarks

Introduction of Distinguished Alumni Presentation of Awards

Ms. Tiffany Nix

Tribute to Mr. George M. Elsey By Mrs. Mary Anne Provenza

(historical information provided by Mr. Vince Provenza)

Slideshow Presentation

Closing Remarks Mr. Eric Hewitt

2015

Distinguished Alumni

Jim Ashbaugh– 1982

Domenic Dozzi– 1978

Nicholas Lamia– 1989

2014 Distinguished Alumni

Dimitri Facaros

Gregory Barckhoff

Dominic Lio

Michael Cannon

2013 Distinguished Alumni

Christa Assad

Ben Erdeljac

John Erdeljac

Jennifer Dixon

Gary Carlberg

Pamela Pappas

Christopher Favo

Robert Crnjarich

2012 Distinguished Alumni

Zacharia Facaros

Lynsie Campbell

Timothy Martin

Edward Saxon

William Stover

2011 Distinguished Alumni Joseph Paul Kumar

Paul Edward Federici

Todd Massack

Richard Allen DeTar

Stephan Alexander Martin

Jane King

John Philip Templin

Chad Beynon

2010 Distinguished Alumni

Scott Higgins

Gary Rogers

Gregg Holden

Kathy Roth Pizzella

Bob Shoop

Joseph Luciana, III

David Ricupero

Kristopher Howard

Sigrid Hammer Wolf

Steven Daniel Brownlee

Tim Kaiser

Jim Ashbaugh

Jim is a 1982 graduate of Riverview High

School. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politi-

cal Science from Duquesne University and a

Certificate in Human Resource Manage-

ment at the Master’s Level from La Roche College.

Jim is a dedicated employee at SiGenix, Inc. in Monroe-

ville as the Office Manager for the last ten years. He has

also been very involved in the community as a Council-

man in Verona from 1988-1992 and has served on the

Riverview Athletic Association (RAA) Board for over

eight years as the Fast-pitch Commissioner.

In addition, he has coached softball and fast-pitch teams

for the RAA for 11 years and stepped up to coach the

Riverview High School Softball Team last spring. He also

established the junior high softball team for Riverview

last year.

Jim has also volunteered for the Verona Fall Festival for

several years. Furthermore, he is also very involved with

the Oakmont United Methodist Church, as he serves on

the Staff and Parish Relations Committee, teaches an

Adult Bible Study Class each Sunday, and has been the

Head Usher for over 20 years.

Jim resides in Verona with his wife, Lisa, and daughters,

Angela and Candice.

Domenic Dozzi

Domenic is a 1978 graduate of Riverview. He also holds a

Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh

and is a graduate of the GSIA Executive Program from

Carnegie Mellon University.

Domenic has been an officer of Jendoco since 1987 and an

employee since starting as a field laborer in junior high

school. Founded in 1957, Jendoco is a full-service General

Contractor and Construction Manager with expertise in

new construction, sustainable practices, historic restora-

tion, renovation and adaptive re-use.

As CEO, Domenic is responsible for developing and imple-

menting corporate strategies, making major corporate de-

cisions, and managing the overall operations and resources

of the company.

Domenic currently serves on the Board of Directors of the

Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania, the

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties

(President 2006-2007), Oakmont Zoning Hearing Board,

the Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the

Young Presidents Organization.

Domenic has also served on the Pittsburgh Regional Alli-

ance (Allegheny Conference), Urban Land Institute (Chair

1997-2000), Pittsburgh Downtown Plan Business Climate

Task Force, the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors,

and the Crohn’s and Colitus Foundation of America.

Domenic resides in Oakmont with his three children,

Marta, Elsa, and Paul.

Nicholas Lamia Nicholas is a 1989 graduate of Riverview and entered

the Army after graduation. He served 22 years in the

Armed Forces, earning 42 different certifications across

a multitude of fields.

Over his career, he served in the John F. Kennedy Special

Warfare Center, 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion,

Special Operations command– Korea, 7th Special Forces

Group, F-Company 51st Infantry Long Range surveillance,

30th Engineer Battalion, Iraqi Assistance Group, 96th Civil

Affairs Battalion, and the 3rd Special Forces Group.

As a veteran of the Iraqi War, he was individually selected

by the Department of Defense to conduct a Counter

Insurgency mission in Iraq. After graduating from the

Phoenix Academy in Iraq, Nicholas worked for the Iraqi

Assistance Group at Combat Out Post Resolve. He assisted in

the capturing of 32 terrorists on direct action missions. Un-

der his team’s supervision, the Kurdish battalion captured

and processed 276 terrorists in one year. He has also served

in Kuwait, Kurdistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea, Tunisia,

Egypt, Okinawa, Japan, and Thailand.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal,

the Meritorious Service Medal, four Army Commendation

Medals, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, six Army

Achievement Medals, seven Good Conduct Medals, two Na-

tional Defense Service Medals, the Korean Defense Service

Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global

War on Terrorism Service Medal and many more.

Nicholas currently lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina,

with his wife and children. He works for the Program Exec-

utive Office for Command Control Communications Tactical

as a System Architecture Data Production Analyst.

“Be the change

you want to see

in the world.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

Thank you for all

you have done

and all you continue

to do!

Riverview School District

Riverview Jr.-Sr. High School

Dr. Margaret DiNinno, Superintendent

Ms. Tiffany Nix, Principal

Mr. Eric Hewitt, Assistant Principal

Riverview School Board President - Maureen McClure

Vice President - David DiPietro

Board Members

Lisa Ashbaugh

Alex DiClaudio

John Hackworth

Arlene Loeffler

Jon Nehlsen

Dori Tompa

Kelly Jane Walker

To Nominate a Candidate:

http://www.rsd.k12.pa.us

Alumni Link

Go confidently in the

direction of your

dreams.

Live the life you have

imagined!

~Henry David Thoreau

Congratulations Inductees!