Class Notes

Jennifer Quest-Stern ’90 with husband Kevin and children Zeke and BrendanPeter Mudd ’91 and Lisa Hickey ’91 with son Leo; Kevin Shay ’91 and wife Gabriawith son Gibson; and Sarah Hirzel ’91 and husband Jake with son SamC O N C O R D A C A D E M Y M A G A Z I N E S P R I N G 2 0 1 0John Elliott Mulvany, son of TaraghMulvany ’90Frontier Foundation, skiing often inTahoe, and otherwise enjoying life in SanFrancisco. Finally, Mike Romanoremains busy in DC, chasing afterSimon, 6, and Mateo, 4, and headingnorth for snowboarding or east for surfingevery possible weekend. Mike is alsodelighted to report that he and wife Gabywill be chasing yet another child inanother direction upon the birth of theirthird child in June.1990 20th reunionClass Secretaries: Robin E. DeRosa,rderosa@plymouth.edu; Sarah AmoryWelch, sarahawelch@yahoo.comThomas Abt left NYC to join the Obamaadministration in DC. He is at the justicedepartment and having a great time. “Nowife or kids, but my girlfriend is great.”Mary Sarah Baker is still living in NYCand working as the general manager ofthe Kaye Theatre on the Upper EastSide. In her spare time, she volunteers at70the ASPCA (in NYC) as well as theMSPCA (in Boston), working primarily inpit bull adoptions. Jason Cook is enjoyingbeing “papi” to 15-month-old Isabellaand seeing Ryan Kelley ’91 every weekat music class. He also saw his CAroommate, Sunredi Admadjaja, duringhis annual visit to Boston from Indonesia.Andrea Cross was married inDecember ’08 to a German, ChristophDroesser. (“No, I am NOT hyphenatingmy last name!”) She loves life in themiddle of Europe. She gets to seeThandi Mbityana in Berlin occasionallyand is looking forward (hopefully) to seeingeveryone at the reunion this summer.Belinda Griswold is happily continuingher climate-change work, spendingsome time in her husband’s hometownof Austin, TX and enjoying the weather,food, and the fine folks. She returned toSeattle in the spring, but “not beforeChristina Wiellette and her man Dimasvisited them in central Texas. And yep, inthe spirit of school spirit, I’ll be at our20th reunion. Hope to see you all there.”Sabra Krock lives in the Chelsea neighborhoodof NYC with her husbandRandy, their 6-month-old son Max, andtheir dog Zulu. She left managementconsulting a few years ago to focus onentrepreneurial endeavors: “right now adog product business (Greedy Pup) and aphotography business (Food and Child).Two very different things, but they bothmake sense in my brain.” Brett Lally,having recovered from the shock of ourupcoming 20th reunion, is still happily livingin Brooklyn with her new husband.They were married on their property inupstate New York. “I closed my business(phew) and now have time topaint!” Taragh Mulvany is still workingfor UBS and moved home to Concord acouple years ago, where he lives withhis wife and one-year-old, John. BabyMulvany #2 will arrive in August. ImaniPerry joined the faculty at Princeton Universityin 2009 as a professor in the Centerfor African American Studies. Shelives in Philadelphia with her husband,Christopher Rabb, and their two sons,Freeman Diallo, 6, and Issa Garner, 3.Imani has a new book coming out thisyear, More Terrible, More Beautiful: TheEmbrace and Transcendence of RacialInequality in the United States. Imani“loves Facebook in part because I’vebeen able to reconnect with so many CAfolks. But I’m super excited to see peoplein the analog world at our reunion.”Jen Quest-Stern works and lives on thecampus of the Cambridge School ofWeston. “I have two highly energeticsons, 2 and 6, and my husband Kevinand I spend a lot of our lives chasingafter them. Last summer, we went toSeattle to celebrate Belinda Griswold’swedding and had a great time withBelinda and Christina Wiellette. I alsosaw Brett Lally at Wylie O’Sullivan’sbaby shower this past summer and havemet Wylie’s cute twins, Augie and Elsie,who were born in the fall. I can’t wait tosee you all in June. Twenty years . . .wow.” Dan Schatz lives in San Diegowith his wife Sarah, two young daughters,Emily and Talia, dog Maddie, andcat Alaska. He works for DivX, Inc. asassociate general counsel. Dan still playsa lot of tennis and softball and even managesthe occasional ski trip to JacksonHole or Alta. Dan is in good touch withAdam Marlin, who now has six, yes SIXkids! Maia Sloss writes that she is gettingmarried to Michael Carson on Nantucketthis summer. “I am still workingas a leveraged finance attorney in-houseat Citigroup—it’s been an interestingcouple years to be in financial services.”Jessica Stetz writes, “I have a wonderfulhusband, John, who is South African,and two kids, Julia, 5, and Nicholas, 3. Ihave reconnected with Julia Shin after avery small-world moment when an ERpatient of mine died and donated hisheart to her transplant patient—she figuredit out reviewing the chart! ElizaGeer and I went to Columbia together,then med school, and keep in touch atleast a few times a year. I am also intouch with Nina Alex Sovich, who livesin Paris.” Sarah Amory Welch is eagerlyanticipating the arrival of her secondchild, though disappointed that her duedate falls exactly on reunion weekend.“Looking forward to catching up at our25th!”1991Class Secretaries: Hope A. Egan,hope.egan@gmail.com; StephanieSolakian Goldstein,steph.goldstein@comcast.netAnn Givens is very excited to attend thewedding of Maia Sloss ’90 on Nantucketin June with two little boys intow, William, 2, and baby #2, who wasdue in May. Ann promises she’ll keepthem both quiet as little mice while Maiasays “I do.” Dan Henderson reportsthat his 15-month-old daughter, AdiRose, is growing fast and lots of fun.Dan is still at FastSoft, a tech startup he