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| CLASS NOTES |’81NewsJean (Scott) Gardyne and husbandSteve will be celebrating their 25thwedding anniversary this August. She isworking as special projects coordinatorat the Epilepsy Foundation of EasternPennsylvania.’83NewsNancy J. (Couillard) Seidel andhusband William announced theopening of Vermont Indoor Golf in SouthBurlington, VT. Nancy, a mortgage loanoriginator for Spruce Mortgage, willmanage the business full-time, andBill will continue his full-time job as adesigner at Linear Technologies and joinNancy at their business in the evenings.’85NEWSKimberly B. (Blais) DuBrul hasjoined the Coaching Center of Vermontas a transformation coach, workingwith people who want to make majorbreakthroughs and changes in theirlives. Kim was also a Hello Dolly chorusmember in the spring 2009 Lyric Theaterproduction.Amy (Gibbs) Blair is now working forKitchen and Bath World in Albany, NY,utilizing her creative abilities designingkitchens and bathrooms. She has threechildren, ages 11, 12, and 15.The Long family: Abigayle, Rich ’85, ’98, ’05,Colleen ’85, ’94, ’03, ’08, and Aimee,a Champlain sophomore.Colleen (Kelly) Long ’85 (and ’94,’03, and now ’08) has completed herMBA in Performance Management. Shehas worked at Champlain College for 19years and is currently the director forthe Division of Continuing ProfessionalStudies.Christina (Stolarczyk) Defibaugh’85 and ’90 resides in Camas, WA, justover the river from Portland, OR. She isan active residential realtor in Vancouver,WA, earning the Top 10% recognition in2008 from RE/MAX Equity Group, Inc.She is celebrating 22 years of marriagethis March to her husband, Dodd,whom she met and married while livingChrissy (Stolarczyk) Defibaugh ’85 and ’90with husband Dodd and children Alyssa andBrandonin Vermont. They have two teenagers:Alyssa, who is attending Clark Collegeand Portland State University, andBrandon, who also attends Clark Collegewhile a junior in high school.Stephen J. Wark will become thegovernor’s director of communications.He is an Eagle Scout and served for20 years with the Burlington PoliceDepartment, retiring in 2006 asdeputy chief.’86NewsDavid J. Keyser recently transferred toLas Vegas’ Mccarren International Airportand is employed by the Department ofHomeland Security. He’s also celebratingthe birth of his first grandchild, Chloe.’88birthMichelle (Baker) and Fred Costello’89, a girl, Karissa Grace,August 29, 2008. Bigbrothers Cameron and Nolanare thrilled as well.NewsDawn (Gilbert) Terrill waselected as vice presidentof the Vermont EmployeeOwnership Center’s boardof directors. She ownsand operates JaniTech ofSouth Burlington and hasbeen a member of theboard since 2007. Shewas secretary of the stateAgency of Transportation from 2004to 2006 and deputy secretary of theAgency of Commerce and CommunityDevelopment from 2002 to 2004.Lisa M. (Potter) Bromley waspromoted to worldwide directorof business development at DataInnovations. She has been with thecompany for more than 11 years.’89BirthsFred Costello and wife Michelle(Baker) Costello ’88, a girl, KarissaGrace, August 29, 2008. Big brothersCameron and Nolan are thrilled as well.MarriageShelley Francis and DavidMaynard, August 11, 2008.NewsCharles R. Conroy, afterseveral years of practicingsecurities law, left the corporateworld in September 2006and took up immigration lawat a nonprofit organization inOrlando, FL. He now representsrefugees seeking asylum frompersecution in their homecountries, undocumented childrenwho have been abused or abandoned,and undocumented victims of violentcrimes and human trafficking. He isalso an adjunct professor of law at BarryUniversity Law School.Dawn (Faverty) Lancaster ’89and husband/business partner MikeLancaster ’88, owners of CarvedSolutions, was selected to be showcasedin the December 2008 issue of OprahMagazine for the coveted “HolidayGift Guide.”’92BirthsSarah (Germaine) Hammitt andher husband, Chris, welcomed a sonJacoby Arnold on November 16, 2007.MarriagesTammi-Ann Bosley and Jim Nichols,September 27, 2008.SueAnne Christman and RoyBeaumont, October 4, 2008.NewsWilliam Reng is currently workingfor the City of Asbury Park PoliceDepartment in Monmouth County, NJ,as the fatal accident investigator. He ismarried with two children, and his wifeworks as a social worker in MonmouthCounty. William is also part of the NewJersey State Traffic Officers Associationand the Monmouth County TrafficOfficers Association.’94MarriageJacqueline King and Joel Zabaldo,September 27, 2008.NewsChristopher D. Echo has attainedownership status as vested partner inMesa Contract Inc. of Shelburne. He willcontinue to focus on new and existingclient relations for Exterus BusinessFurniture, a Mesa Contract, Inc.,subsidiary. He has more than 14 yearsof direct commercial experience in theoffice and furnishings industry.Jacqueline King is working as amanager of strategic planning integrationat General Dynamics.Anne LaBombard is working asaccounting manager at VermontPublic Radio.’95MarriageKevin C. Vaughan and Jamie Greco,August 9, 2008.’96birthRebecca (Ainsworth) Watarz andJeremy S. Watarz ’96, a son, ZacharyWatarz, Colchester, VT, July 8, 2008.newsJustin Lacche is working as a specialconsultant for the Vermont LakeMonsters.Tina Reynolds has just accepted a newposition as a tax specialist with YankeeFarm Credit.Jacqueline King ’96, new husbandJoel Zabaldo (on left), her daughtersBecca and Rachel, and father RogerPatno on September 27, 2008Lisa Richards ’96 and familyLisa Richards and David Huot areproud to have welcomed two fosterchildren, Micahla and Josh, intotheir home.Nate S. Strules was hired byCompetitive Computing as a seniorsoftware engineer. He brings 10 yearsof experience developing featurerich,high-availability websites on theMicrosoft platform.’97birthRussell Chapman and Laura CalozChapman, a son, James Alan Chapman,October 28, 2008.26 Champlain View | Spring 09