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COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY CLASS NOTES
Rachele, Maggie Gram, Nick
Summers, Telis Demos ’04, Kelly
Rader ’10 GSAS, Adam Kushner
’03 and Ajay Vashee. Rebecca and
Ben met at Stanford Law and are
attorneys at firms in New York.
They live in Boerum Hill.
On August 1, Jessica Hollinger
and her husband became the proud
parents of their first child, Nolan
Joseph.
Shelley Diaz recently started
at the School Library Journal as an
assistant editor of book reviews
and managing editor of the Extra
Helping newsletter.
Elizabeth E. Hall earned a J.D.
from Emory University School
of Law in Atlanta on May 9. She
was awarded a Pro Bono Publico
Award for volunteering more than
100 hours of legal public service
and was selected by a committee
of deans and faculty to receive the
Robert Beynart Award for Professionalism
and Ethics. After taking
the bar exam, she will return to
New York City as a first-year associate
at Arent Fox.
Evita Mendiola moved back to
her hometown, San Antonio. With
her master’s in social work from
Columbia, she recently was promoted
to director of intake at Haven for
Hope, a nonprofit, transformational
campus and shelter for homeless
men, women and children. Evita
is a newly appointed committee
member of the San Antonio Art
Museum’s Contemporary Art
Department. She also is learning
how to weld.
Graham Donald is in his third
year of surgical residency at UCLA
and is doing research in pancreatic
cancer. He lives in Venice Beach and
recently reconnected with Holly
Gaglio (née Holly Miller, married to
Ryan Gaglio) in Long Beach.
And lastly, I was very lucky to
be married to Melanie Lee this
past summer in Doylestown, Pa.
Several Columbia alums were in attendance:
Sally Huber, Selena Ali
Taliento, Sarita Konka, Joyce Kim,
Matt Fisher ’05E, Shantanu Jani
’05E, DJ Park ’06E, Michael Novielli
’03, Jay Mung ’04E, Stephanie Lung
’04, Eric Wang ’05E, Sei-Wook Kim
’07E, Sol Park ’06, Diana Finkel ’05
Barnard, Louise Che ’05 Barnard,
Newman Sund ’95 and Vivian Sund
’95. It was a very nice time.
Hope all is well!
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Michelle Oh Sing
9 N 9th St., Unit 401
Philadelphia, PA 19107
mo2057@columbia.edu
This past year, many of our classmates
tied the knot! Please read
their joyful announcements.
Johanna Berger married Chad
Cinquegrana on July 3 in Elmhurst,
Ill. They are both teachers and
work on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan in a K–12 public school.
Some of Johanna’s dearest Columbia
friends traveled to Chicago for
the wedding.
Lianna Heidt and Andrei Marks
were married in Bloomington,
Ind. on June 4. The wedding party
included Bernardino Allegretti,
Musetta Durkee, Josh Flinn, Katie
McGerr and Roopa Vasudevan.
Also in attendance were Christina
Massey and Natasha Marks ’13E.
The couple met while working in a
neurobiology lab at the Columbia
University Medical Center. Lianna
recently graduated from the Indiana
University School of Medicine and
is starting her pediatric residency at
the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Andrei earned a law degree
from the Indiana University Maurer
School of Law and is pursuing a
career in game development. [See
photo.]
Nattha Chutinthranond and
Philip Fileri were married on
June 4 in Nattha’s hometown of
Syracuse. The celebration included
a wonderful reception at her
parents’ restaurant, Lemon Grass.
Many friends from Columbia were
in attendance: Paul Fileri, Kinara
Flagg, Ashvi Sivapalan, Laura
Regensdorf, Meredith Humphrey,
Katy Steinmetz, Micah Springut,
Bill Verigan, John Jadzcak, Solomon
Kahn ’06E, Mira Siegelberg
and Asher Mullokandov. Nattha
and Phil live in Boston, where she
is assistant director of finance at
the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge
and he is writing his dissertation in
history at Harvard.
Sarah Tarasevich writes, “My
husband, Nick, and I welcomed our
adorable, dimple-cheeked son, Gabriel,
on April 4. Virginia is thrilled
to be a big sister, and I’m loving life
as a stay-at-home mom!”
David Ferris recently was accepted
into the French Foreign Legion.
He will serve his tour of duty
with the 13th Demi-Brigade in the
African nation of Djibouti and is
excited for this new adventure!
Kate Caruselle graduated from
Brooklyn Law (Class of 2011) and
moved back uptown after three
years in Brooklyn. She began
working in October as an assistant
district attorney for the Bronx
County District Attorney’s Office.
Stephen Kunen took the New
York and New Jersey bar exams
this past July and took his bar trip
with his girlfriend in China, where
they visited about 10 cities during
a month including Chongqing,
Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
He started work at Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati’s New York IP
litigation group in September and
is excited to be back in N.Y.
Jacob Rubin writes to share
some news about our classmates:
“Hi to the class from San Francisco!
Wanted to give a shoutout to Matt
Del Guzzo, who recently became
a certified private investigator in
addition to completing medical
school. Chris Belz returned to
NYC after two years in Texas and
he looks forward to maintaining
his vegan eating habits at amazing
New York restaurants. Lastly,
Jimmy Mark has started a candy
company in his spare time. Great
friends doing great things! Hope
the class is doing well!”
Emily Jerome is excited to share
her new fashion line: emilyjerome.
com. It was recently called “the
label to watch” in Harper’s Bazaar.
Victoria Baranetsky writes,
“Dear ’06ers, Reunion was great!
I am going to Oxford for one year
to do research on a fellowship. If
you happen to be jumping over
the pond as well please drop a line:
victoriabaranetsky@gmail.com.”
Her note was accompanied by a
haiku:
“Just finished J.D.
“I absconded 9 to 5
“For some tea and tweed!”
As always, thanks to all for
sharing!
REUNION MAY 31–JUNE 3
ALUMNI OFFICE CONTACTS
ALUMNI AFFAIRS Sarah Trimmer
sst2132@columbia.edu
212-851-7977
DEVELOPMENT Amanda Kessler
ak2934@columbia.edu
212-851-7883
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WINTER 2011–12
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David D. Chait
1255 New Hampshire Ave.
N.W., Apt. 815
Washington, DC 20036
ddc2106@columbia.edu
Columbia College Class of 2007,
I hope that everyone had a great
fall and is looking forward to our
fifth-year Alumni Reunion. Save the
date — Thursday, May 31–Sunday,
June 3. More information is available
at reunion.college.columbia.
edu. Until then, here are some exciting
updates from our class:
Love is in the air for CC ’07 …
Elizabeth B. Epstein and Jonathan
S. Miller were married on July
4 and were featured in The New York
Times on July 10. The Times notes,
“Elizabeth Barbara Epstein and
Jonathan Seth Miller were married
Monday evening at the Greentree
Country Club in New Rochelle,
N.Y. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the
principal of the Ramaz School in
Manhattan, where the couple met
in a ninth-grade English class, led
the ceremony.”
Thomas Weldon ’08 and Marissa
Doyle, who reside in Columbus,
Ohio, were engaged in NYC on July
3. The two spent the night at their
Lianna Heidt ’06 and Andrei Marks
’06 were married in Bloomington,
Ind., on June 4. The wedding party
included CC ’06 classmates Bernardino
Allegretti, Musetta Durkee,
Josh Flinn, Katie McGerr and Roopa
Vasudevan. Also in attendance
were Christina Massey ’06 and
Natasha Marks ’13E. The couple
met while working in a neurobiology
lab at the Columbia University
Medical Center.
PHOTO: LISA WALKER
favorite NYC spots by limo with
their closest Columbia friends.
Mike Martinez writes, “I am
thrilled to announce that I married
my high school sweetheart, Laura,
on May 20 in Montclair, N.J. It was
an amazing day and a most memorable
reception thanks in large part
to my 20-plus best friends/Columbia
classmates, who kept the dance
floor popping all night long.”
Additionally, Christine Kwak
and Edward Kim ’08 were married
this past May. Columbia alumni in
attendance included bridesmaids
Michelle Kwak ’12 and Jane Park
as well as groomsmen William
Kim ’08E, Michael Lee ’08E, Brian
Kim ’08 and Benjamin Koo ’08E.
[See photo.]
Congratulations and wishing
you all the best!
In July, Andrew Russeth began
writing for The New York Observer,
where he covers art. Also, Andrew’s
award-winning blog, 16 miles of
string, can be found at 16miles.com.
After 3½ years of working in
Broadway general management
and producing — most recently on
the Tony Award-winning The Book
of Mormon — Geo Karapetyan is
pursuing an M.B.A. at NYU Stern
School of Business. While he’s
enjoying the Village, he is looking
forward to returning to Morningside
in May for our reunion.
Margaret Bryer shares, “I spent