Fall 2007 - St. Joseph's Academy

where we are...graduations...accolades...what we’re doing’51 Junie Baudin Bordelonand her husband,Laur y, celebrated their50th wedding anniversarythis year.’71 Paula Moore Zimlickii s p u b l i c a t i o n smanager/senior editor atCalifornia Institute ofIntegral Studies in SanFrancisco. She is on theboard of directors ofThe Institute for PoeticMedicine and is editor ofits magazine, Poetic Medicine:A Journal of Healing.BordelonShe is co-editing an anthology of poetryand prose on doctor-patient dialogue withDagan Coppock, MD, of Harvard MedicalSchool.’81 Tina Vicari Grant is executivecounsel to the Louisiana State Employees’Retirement System.’84 Maria Spustek is an attorney withSchnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP’s SanFrancisco office. She is a partner specializingin IP transactions.’87 Melanie Woodward Roberts wasfeatured in the Food Section of the BatonRouge Advocate along with several of herfavorite family recipes.’91 Tiffany Carl Burns graduated in Junefrom The Methodist Hospital Family MedicineResidency Programin Houston, Texas. Sheserved as chief residentduring her third year andwill open a private practicein the Houston areafollowing residency.’93 Faith ElizabethZimlickiBlasiBlasi spent three years in service to TeachAmerica. She is now teaching English in 1stKipp Secondary School in Newark, NewJersey.’93 Jamie Jackson Paddie is executiveassistant to the president for Products &Learning Solutions, which sells educationalsoftware nationwide to community andtechnical colleges, high schools, lower educationand military/correctional facilities.’95 Rebecca L. Anderson is a third-yearlaw student at the William S. RichardsonSchool of Law at the University of Hawaiiat Manoa. She received the Lawrence C.Foster Scholarship for her work as executiveeditor of the Asian-Pacific Law andPolicy Journal, the country’s first online lawjournal to focus on the Asia-Pacific region.She will extern for the Hawaii State Houseof Representatives during the 2008 legislativesession. She plans to pursue her legalcareer in Honolulu in the areas of criminaldefense and legislative advocacy.’99 Joann Kumiega opened a massagetherapy center in Baton Rouge called TheFour Elements Massage Centre.’00 Jennifer Rhorer graduated in December2006 from Clemson Universityand the University of Kaiserslautern witha master’s of applied mathematics. Sheis currently working inWashington, D.C., for theUnited States Departmentof Agriculture asa statistician. During herstudies at Clemson, shespent a year in GermanyAlleynestudying at the Universityof Kaiserslautern.’02 Jessica Alleyne is the developmentcoordinator at COSI Science Center inColumbus, Ohio. COSI is one of the mostrespected science museums in the nation.She was the first graduate of LSU’s theatreadministration program and receivedher bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in2006.’04 Sarah Jeansonne Wampler is openinga new bridal boutique on Highland Roadin Baton Rouge. The boutiquewill be called Bustle.She is currently majoringin English at LSU.’07 Meredith Johnsonwas crowned Miss IbervilleParish this summer.JohnsonShe is a freshman at theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette.Julie Love was named to the GeorgetownUniversity Chamber Singers, a selectgroup of mixed voices who perform onthe Georgetown University campus and atnumerous private events throughout theDistrict of Columbia and beyond. She wasone of 15 vocalists chosen for membershipin the elite group.Judge Laura Prosser Davis, Teen SvendsonSiener ’68 and Robin Johnson Clawsonenjoyed a recent trip to Vancouver, Canada.Davis and Clawson attended SJA for gradesK through 8.Connections is published three times per year by the St. Joseph’s Academy Communications and Development offices. It is distributed free of charge to alumnae,parents and friends of the Academy. Alumnae news, story ideas, photographs and address changes should be sent to Connections, 3015 Broussard Street,Baton Rouge, LA 70808-1198 or connections@sjabr.org. Call (225) 388-2258. Because of space limitations, we reserve the right to edit submitted news.Mindy Brodhead Averitt, Communications Director; Molly Sanchez, Development Director; Sister Joan Laplace, CSJ, Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving;Wendy Ragan, Assistant Development Director; Lauren Griffin, Alumnae Coordinator; Donna Blanc, Development Assistant; Kacie Fuselier, CommunicationsAssistant. Design: Sara Tomeny Rounds.2 • Fall 2007