Brandeis Magazine

Joni Pico, GSAS MA’00, of Madison, Wisconsin, on Oct. 13. A fixture in her local Jewish communities, she worked with Juneau Alliance for Mental Health, Hospice and Home Care of Juneau, the University of Alaska Southeast and SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium. Survived by a daughter.

Oltiana (Mara) Pappas, IBS MBA’02, of Newton, Massachusetts, on Jan. 23. She worked for 20 years in Bank of America’s commercial real-estate group and, ever proud of her Albanian heritage, was a founding member of the Massachusetts Albanian American Society. Survived by her parents and child.