Five Holy Cross Alumni Honored with Alpha Sigma Nu Magis Medal

Five College of the Holy Cross alumni were selected to receive the Alpha Sigma Nu Magis Medal. The award was established this year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit honor society. Recipients were selected by a committee of the Alpha Sigma Nu board of directors and given the award based on their exemplary commitment to honor the principles of scholarship, loyalty and service. The awards were formally announced at the organization"s Centennial Triennial Conference that was held at Marquette University, Oct. 15-18.

The recipients of the award all share in Alpha Sigma Nu membership and their strong commitment to the service of faith and the promotion of justice. See below biographies of our Holy Cross alumni who have innovated, inspired and impacted our world.

Congratulations to:

Raymond Carey ’48 Former CEO, ADT Inc.; Founder, Carey Center for Democratic Capitalism

Carey is the former CEO of ADT Inc., where he worked to implement a more democratic workplace. He encouraged his employees to invest in ADT and by the late 1980s, workers owned approximately 11 percent of ADT. After working as a business executive for more than 30 years, Carey retired and founded a nonprofit, the Carey Center for Democratic Capitalism. The Carey Center has provided over four dozen university scholarships to students interested in democratic capitalism. These students are also mentored by Carey throughout their college career. Carey authored a book titled “Democratic Capitalism, The Way to a World of Peace and Plenty” (Authorhouse, 2004) and also co-authored two books on health care quality titled “Measuring Quality Improvement in health care: A Guide to Statistical Process Control Applications” (Amer Society for Quality, 2001) and “Improving Health Care with Control Charts: Basic and Advanced SPC Methods and Case Studies” (ASQ Quality Press,2001).

Jose Miguel Juarez ’09 Coordinator, Medical Translator, SALUD Clinic; Paramedic, Operation Safety Net

Juarez works extensively within the medical community of Pittsburgh, especially helping lower-income and homeless patients. He is the coordinator and medical translator at SALUD Clinic, a free health clinic that primarily serves the Spanish-speaking population in the City. In addition, Juarez volunteers as a paramedic for Operation Safety Net, which provides medical care to the homeless population of Pittsburgh. Juarez received the American Medical Association Minority Scholars Award in 2015. As a recipient of this award, Juarez has demonstrated a commitment toward eliminating health care disparities and is deeply involved within the community. While at Holy Cross, Juarez was a math and physics double major.

Jeff Reppucci ’14 Co-founder, President, Students Helping Children Across Borders Inc.; Co-founder, Executive Director, Working for Worcester

As the co-founder and current president of Students Helping Children Across Borders, Reppucci has implemented community development projects in seven countries, totaling more than $500,000. Students Helping Children Across Borders was started by Reppucci and other Holy Cross students to help increase recreational and athletic opportunities for children in the U.S., Haiti, Honduras, Tanzania, Uganda, Russia and Argentina. Reppucci also started Working For Worcester with students from Holy Cross. Over the last four years, the organization has reinvested more than $300,000 into the City of Worcester, and since its inception has had more than 2,000 college students from across the city and 3,000 volunteers participate at the group’s spring service day each year. The group has helped transform 50 projects in and around the City and includes playgrounds, community gardens and other community-based projects. Reppucci has worked for Save the Children and the United Way of Central Massachusetts. Reppucci was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, and is currently in Argentina teaching English to high school students

Kellie Terry-Sepulveda ’00 Executive Director, The Point CDC

After graduating from Holy Cross, Terry-Sepulveda taught eighth grade English for Teach For America for a year, and then moved to the Bronx and began working as a Youth Program Coordinator at The POINT CDC. The POINT CDC is a nonprofit based in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx, where half of the population lives below the poverty line. The organization strives to create economic revitalization and youth development for the neighborhood. Terry-Sepulveda is currently the executive director of the organization, and is working to increase community development projects, environmental justice campaigns, and is overseeing fundraising for the organization. Outside of The POINT CDC, she is very involved in the Bronx community and is on the board for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, The Bronx River Alliance, and the Norcross Foundation. In addition, she is a candidate for an M.A.in regional and urban planning at the Pratt Institute.

Robert C. Wright ’65 Former Chairman, CEO, NBC Universal; Co-founder, Autism Speaks

Wright worked as the president of GE Financial Services and Cox Cable Communications before becoming the CEO of NBC Universal in 1986. During his tenure at NBC, Wright helped shape the company as a media powerhouse. However, his most personal work began in 2004 after his grandson was diagnosed with autism. Wright and his wife, Suzanne, traveled around the country, learning about the research being done on autism. They met many families of children with autism who were struggling to pay the overwhelming medical and therapy bills because most health insurers do not cover autism-related needs. Frustrated by the lack of resources, the Wrights founded Autism Speaks. Now in its 10th year, Autism Speaks has succeeded in bringing health coverage for autism-related medical care to 41 states. Autism Speaks has transformed the face of autism, providing many families with essential resources, advice and support.