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alumni activities coordinator for the
Boston Alumni Chapter.
Sarah Maxwell and Brian
Mason ’08 were married in West
Chester, Pa., Oct. 6. Sarah is a
compliance associate at Bridgewater
Associates in Westport, Conn., and
Brian is a senior product developer at
Factset Research Systems. Kevin
Farrell ’08 was best man and is a
paralegal at the Office of Chief
Counsel in Washington, D.C. Jason
Mills was a groomsman and is an
engineer at Pepco Holdings Inc. in
Delaware. Suzanne Manning and
Cristina Callagy were bridesmaids
(see photo online). Suzanne is in her
second year of Ph.D. studies in
clinical social work at Fordham
University’s Graduate School of
Social Service in NYC. Cristina is
a third-grade literacy teacher at
Rocketship Mosaic Elementary
School in San Jose.
Bobby Waldele works with Merrill
Lynch, a great experience and source
of personal growth. He enjoys living
in NYC.
Brittany Hitz wed Greg
Hoeschele, June 16 in central
Pennsylvania. The couple lives in
Greenbelt, Md., outside Washington,
D.C. Brittany is finishing a master’s
in international politics at American
University, and Greg works on fuel
cell systems as a mechanical engineer
for the research and development
branch of Ballard Power Systems.
Sarah Schwartz was a member of
the bridal party. Other alumni
attending: John Plumeri, Ben ’07
and Kaydence Cowley ’07
Doremus, Chip Clark, Dietrich
Hoefner ’10, Sonja Lehner ’10,
Chris Wehrly ’08, Matt Ide ’08,
Catherine Crowther ’11, Christa
Kelleher ’08, Ben Flath ’07,
Lindsey Getches ’11, Danny
Moran ’11, William Karr ’11,
Katie Thompson ’09, Christine
Reynolds ’11, Greg Black ’07, Eric
Cusano, Sarah Schwartz, Kyle
Basting ’10, Micah Heineck, Brad
Julian ’10, Alex Mednick ’11, Sean
Murphy ’11, Andrew Schanck ’06,
Rhody Baker ’10, Andrew
Baldridge ’10, and Andrew Lai ’11.
Rebecca Teitelbaum is a
marketing consultant at Arnold
Worldwide in Boston. She finished
her master’s in film and worked in
the industry at Droga Films in NYC
and TV Worldwide in Chantilly, Va.
AJ Ernst completed his third
year at the Young Scholars Charter
School in Philadelphia after
completing his two-year residency
in Teach for America.
Mark Mummert worked for
the Obama ’12 re-election campaign
in Ohio.
Adam Pie and Hannah Fink
wed in Allentown, Pa. Steven
Melnic, AJ Ernst, Paul Sommers,
Jenny Polak, Lauren Hinkel,
Evan Lebovitz, and Peter Gildner
were involved in the wedding (see
photos online).
President: Arthur P. Ernst Jr.
Fund Manager: Sarah E. Maxwell
Reunion Chair: TarynAnn H. Barry
Web Administrator: Robert A. Follett
rafollett@gmail.com
Correspondent: Paul Sommers
2 St. Johns Lane
Mullica Hill, NJ 08062-9654
psommers@alumni.lafayette.edu
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Sarah Kolba married
Chuck Hoover June 16
in Urbana, Ill. Lafayette alumni
who attended included Christy Fic,
Meredith Castor, Mark Kolba ’03,
John Kolba ’06, Mike Miller,
Brian Witkowski, Jim Vasta,
Paul DeCamp, and Shin Hwang,
who played piano for the ceremony
(see photos online). Sarah and
Chuck live in Champaign, Ill.,
where Sarah started a master’s in
library and information science at
University of Illinois. She received
a master’s in art history with a
concentration in medieval studies
from UI in December.
Caitlin Lowery works as an
English teacher in Dimi, Republic of
Georgia. She also runs an afterschool
fitness club for girls, and with her
counterparts implemented a project
to bring running water to her school
(see photo online).
As a member of Peace Corps’
Georgia’s Gender Equality
Committee, Caitlin worked with
another volunteer to organize a
women’s health fair, which 50
women and representatives of 13
nongovernmental organizations
attended, to increase awareness of
breast cancer, HIV/AIDS, family
planning, and other health issues.
The committee also organized a oneday
“Take Your Sister to Work”-style
mentoring event for high school girls
from eastern Georgia. For more, see
the story on Lafayette’s website.
Caitlin planned the Imereti
regional level of Georgia’s first
National English Spelling
Competition. More than 2,000
students from across the republic
participated in the local first round
of the competition; over 180 students
participated in the Imereti regional
in December for a chance to move
onto the national round.
Caitlin planned to visit home
for Christmas and see her parents,
brother Rob Lowery ’16, friends,
and extended family. Her Peace
Corps service concludes in July, after
which she plans to attend graduate
school and continue working in the
field of international development.
Meghan Hayward started a new
job at InnoPharma in Piscataway, N.J.,
as an associate research and
development chemist. InnoPharma
is a small pharmaceutical company
that focuses on niche generics and
specialty pharmaceuticals. Upon
accepting this job, she stopped
working with sea lions at the New
York Aquarium (see photo online).
Meghan regrets not being able to help
at the aquarium after the damage of
Hurricane Sandy, but fortunately, all
of her animals are fine.
Diana Hasegan is engaged to
Ovidiu Dan (master’s graduate,
Lehigh). Their wedding is planned
for June 29 in their hometown of
Târgu Mure, Romania. They live in
Seattle, where Ovidiu works as a
software development engineer for
the Bing division of Microsoft, and
Diana works as an environmental
engineer for Langan Engineering
and Environmental Services.
Anthony Romanoski completed
his master’s in geoscience at Texas
Tech University in August and lives
in Houston, working for Hess Corp.
as a foundation geologist.
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