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C 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 0Chris Roth ’97 and Nicole Rawling Roth ’97, with AlexanderCharlotte, daughter of Olivia HowardSabine ’9770.3. She has had an amazing timeexploring Southeast Asia, but looks forwardto returning to the U.S. Meanwhile,they would be happy to host anyonewho wants to explore Borneo, and theyhave lots of contacts for interiortreks/river explorations. Lauren AbrahamMahoney gave birth to MayaIsabelle Mahoney on January 27, 2010.She weighed 5 lbs., 11 oz. and was 18inches long. Lauren and her husbandMike have been enjoying their daughterand adjusting to parenthood. JohannaRosen is still codirecting the Mill CreekFarm in Philadelphia. She visited Bostonover the holidays and got to see JessRoll, Alice Jayne, Hannah Hobbs, andLizzy Mayer and her son Dean. MattRubin reports, “Everything is good. I’mliving back and forth between BocaRaton and Massachusetts. Loving life . . .not fishing for a living, but fishing for74fun.” Janelle Gilchrist is still dancingand teaching. She and her husband flewto Germany this past Christmas for theholidays and traveled to the PanamaCanal in February. Emily Bravo marriedher college sweetheart, Billy Clareman.They live in Brooklyn Heights. Em is finishedwith grad school and works as achild psychologist at the Center forAttention and Learning Disorders atLenox Hill Hospital. “I have seen JulieSmith and Kamali Willett (both also livein Brooklyn).” Sarah Sears’ psychotherapyand coaching practice in Burlington,VT is going well. This year she became alicensed clinical mental health counselor(LCMHC). She spends most of her freetime volunteering with Vermont AdaptiveSki and Sports, teaching people with disabilitiesto ski; she was improving herblind guiding this winter. Alex Mendez-Diaz is living in Granada, Spain, conductingresearch for a Fulbright in creativewriting. Cort Stratton writes, “I’mworking on ridiculously exciting projectsthat I’m not allowed to talk about.” SaraWalker spends a great deal of time withpeople in their 80s and 90s who arewitty, playful, and relaxed. She teachesyoga and assists people who are clearingout their homes or simply want to bebetter organized. Sara is pleased to livein a sweet, smart town (Cambridge), surroundedby nut jobs and brainiacs, withmany dear friends nearby. On cold Februarynights, she misses the sunshine ofCalifornia and proximity to Shannon L.Miller, but remains satisfied with annualvisits to the Bay area to see her familyand notable mechanical engineers. In theopinion of your class secretary, AliceJayne made excellent pickles this win-ter. Everyone hopes she will make picklesagain soon and share. Olivia HowardSabine lives in NYC with her hubby andblond toddler, Charlotte. She still worksat Bain Capital and enjoys chillin’ with LizStewart ’98, Sara Walker, Philippe vonBorries, and Justin Stefano ’98. Herside project of choice, when not dancingto Beyoncé with Charlotte, is helping herhusband with his men’s accessoriesbrand, Ernest Alexander. Philippe VonBorries writes, “Things in the world ofstyle are pretty chill. Justin and I are stillsteering the Refinery29.com ship.”Philippe will travel to Australia in Marchand to Coachella with Ed Droste in April.Edward Droste writes, “Just still in GrizzlyBear touring a lot.” His band releasedits third album, Veckatimest, last year.Jeff Green has been living and workingin NYC for the last six years. He lovesthe city, but also loves escaping towarmer climates when the winter setsin. He traveled with his partner Adam toBuenos Aires and Iguazu Falls in Brazil.Imke Basting lives in Zurich, where sheis an ob/gyn at the university hospital.Imke had a great vacation in Thailand . . .great diving on Koh Lanta. Otherwise sheis running, skiing, and still playing theflute in a local orchestra. “Hope everyoneis well. I have heard from AllegraKetchum ’98 and Jenna Kieley ’98(through Facebook).”1998Class Secretary: Eddie Concepcion,eddie_concepcion@hotmail.comLaura Taylor reports she is in her secondyear of a PhD program in psychologyand peace studies at Notre Dame. BeatricePutnam Prusiewicz still lives inPortland, OR. Together with her husbandBartek, Bea is renovating a classic 1912bungalow and hoped to move into itbefore their first child was born in May.In December, Emily Coit finally finishedher PhD and is now teaching English atCA! Congratulations on her upcomingspring wedding. Caitlin Bernard andPaul Sancimino were married in Septemberin Manchester, VT. Upon returningfrom their honeymoon in Italy, they wereexcited to learn that their newly formedfamily would be growing by one. Caitlin’sbusiness, Pup Concierge-Loving Pet Care(pupconcierge.com), continues to thrive;last year it was featured on The MorningShow with Mike and Juliet on Fox andThe Happy Hour Show on Fox BusinessNetwork. “What a whirlwind it’s been,but I love every minute.” Rosie Branson-Gillis working in the food world inSan Francisco, so if you are ever in herneck of the woods, let her know. Rosiecurates at 18 Reasons, a gallery andcommunity center dedicated to food andagriculture. She is marrying Josh Lakin inAugust. Felicia Lorens reports that shehad her second child, a boy, in February;her first child was a girl. She still lives inJakarta, and works for her parents’ company.Elizabeth Gutowski Munder ismarketing director at Saks Fifth Avenue.Darona Williams gave birth to her secondchild on July 24, 2009, JamiyahDanielle Williams. Her oldest will be 10in August. Darona is an entertainmenteditor for the Washington Post’sExpress. Corey Masters is leaving hersunny home of Bermuda and heading tothe UK for a couple years. Whew, what achange. She sends her congrats toCaitlin Bernard, who was a beautifulbride. I, Eddie Concepcion, would like topersonally wish my best to the recentlymarried couple of Jisun Yoon andStephen Siu. You’re the man, Siu!1999Class Secretary: Elizabeth K. Prives,lprives@yahoo.comEsra Baldwin completed her courseworkfor a master’s in arts administrationand is currently working on her thesis.“I’ll be graduating in May and am workingin educational outreach at the AtlantaSymphony. Not sure what I’ll be doingafter I graduate or where I’ll be, which isa bit exciting, to say the least.” RachelBarrett had her first solo exhibit, “Of theLand,” in February in San Francisco atBaxter & Cook. In attendance was CAclassmate Alissa Fitzgerald. WhileRachel is in NYC, she is freelancing, andfor the past year and a half has been aprofessor of photography at KingsboroughCommunity College in Brooklyn. “Iwas so sorry to miss our reunion. Sendinglove to all.” Ami Boghani has beenliving in Brooklyn for seven years and stillloves it. She had a glorious trip to Lahore,Pakistan, researching a new film withMira Nair. Ginny Bonavia Webb stillresides on the Cheyenne River Indianreservation in South Dakota with her husbandAaron, daughter Megan, 2, horses,chickens, cows, and they have addedfive miniature ponies and one chihuahuato their ever-growing family. Ginny worksas a special education paraprofessionalat Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School,and her husband is the plant manager fora nursing home on the reservation.Megan is practicing hard on her rockinghorse so she is ready to ride her pony,Pistol, this summer. After 11 years,Namtarn Chaipah almost has his PhD.He hopes to return home to Thailandafter graduation and become a professorat his hometown university. Liz Prives iscelebrating her 11th anniversary as Classof 1999 secretary. When she is not collectingClass Notes, she can be foundteaching at Bing Nursery School at StanfordUniversity, working with grad and
Never Too Busy for CAThe wedding party of Suz Tolwinski ’00: Dan Eberle ’99, groom Coley Ward, Suz,Liana LoConte ’00, Sarah Green ’00, and Greg Tolwinski ’97young adults at the Hillel at Stanford, andon the bunny slopes in Tahoe.2000 10th reunionClass Secretaries: Sarah K. Green,sgreen@gmail.com; Erin Hult,ehult@stanford.eduAriana Green is spending the winter inBuenos Aires, working for a legal NGOon First Amendment issues and doingsome freelance writing. She enjoyswatching old couples tango at 2:00 a.m.on Tuesday nights, sipping kiwi juices,and taking nightly walks in the city’shuge rose garden. In the fall she’ll go tolaw school stateside. Sarah Green did alot of traveling in the past year, headingto Taiwan, San Diego, San Francisco (tovisit Liana LoConte), Tuscon (twice, oncefor Suz Tolwinski’s wedding), London (tovisit Noah McCormack and wife), Italy inAugust, and Germany for Christmas. Inhindsight, she wishes she had signed upfor a frequent flier program. HeekyungKim recently moved to Seoul to help herparents roll out an e-commerce business;she is also enjoying her family’snew Labrador retriever puppy. “Greetingsfrom la ville lumière!” writes AlissaKing, who is in her third year of a dualdegreeprogram between Columbia LawSchool and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.Alissa sees a lot ofJulie Kleinman, who is in Paris for doctoralanthropology research, and also hada visit from Bess Kargman, who was inEurope filming for her documentary.Liana LoConte is living in the Bay areaand loving her job in product managementat GreatSchools.org. Liana is happyto report she got engaged in Septemberto Ethan Ris, and they are starting thedaunting task of wedding planning.Justin Newberg and Erin Hult arenewly minted doctors (but not the kindwho help people). Justin is a postdoctoralfellow at the Baylor College of Medicine,applying bioimaging techniques tostudy mechanisms of nuclear receptoractivity. Justin writes, “Even though Idon’t drive a pickup (yet?), I’m starting tofeel Texan.” After a year and a half inEngland to research his PhD in history,Noah McCormack returned in March toCambridge, MA. While he’s glad to beback, he will miss the steady stream ofguests he had in London, which includedSarah Green and Jane Kucera. SathyaMohan is doing a joint JD-MBA at Northwesternand has been ice and rockclimbing a lot, training for a climbing tripto the French Alps. Eric Nguyen andBonnie Abbey-Warn were engaged lastAugust in Acadia National Park and willwed this fall in western Massachusetts.Eric completed a master’s degree in educationalleadership at Teachers College,Columbia University and will return toteach at Nobles this fall. With Bonniealso completing a master’s degree thisyear, Eric and Bonnie look forward to twopaychecks and the end of a long-distancerelationship. Anna Riego has beenliving in East Harlem for the past twoyears, working at Ajilon Legal for thepast five years as an executive assistant,and recently as a certified dog trainer aswell. Anna was surprised but delightedto dance with Michael Littenberg-Brown in the NY salsa scene! Suz Tolwinski-Wardand Coley Ward weremarried October 3, 2009, and their wed-ding party included Dan Eberle ’99,Liana LoConte, Sarah Green, and GregTolwinski ’97. Suz has been enjoyingbiking in the Tucson sun and continuesworking on her PhD in applied mathematicsat the University of Arizona,developing a new mathematical frameworkfor reconstructions of climate inthe last couple millennia. Seth Wylie isfinally going to save the world in his newposition at the Consortium for EnergyEfficiency.2001As a 2008 Marshall Scholar, Ben Carmichael ’01 moved toOxford University and its Environmental Change Instituteto work on two master’s degrees. He has written speechesfor the Natural Resources Defense Council and blogs for itsOn Earth magazine and has published articles in Print andPortfolio magazines. His writing, coupled with academicstudies, leaves little time for volunteering, yet Ben is amongCA’s one hundred dedicated class secretaries—a job he cando even from a distance (other class secretaries hail from allover the U.S., Singapore, and the Ukraine). These volunteersare the backbone of the alumnae/i volunteer structure: notonly do they keep their classmates informed of each other’snews and moves, they are the go-to people for informationabout their classes.Class Secretaries: Ben Carmichael,b.h.carmichael@gmail.com; Caitlin K.Grasso, ckgrasso@gmail.comNews from the class of 2001 finds a lotof people starting new chapters, eitherby finishing or beginning graduateschool. Alex Aronson began StanfordLaw School in the fall of ’09. Jess Blumhas just started a PhD in classics at Yaleand is “really enjoying it so far.”Rebecca Brigham plans to graduate inMay 2010 with an MSW from the Universityof Pennsylvania. “After twointense years of graduate school inPhilly, I am excited to move to Boston,where my boyfriend lives, and to rejointhe working world.” Ben Carmichael isfinishing his master’s in environmentalpolicy and behavioral economics atOxford, where he is enjoying playing forthe university squash team. He had awonderful reunion with Nell Opel andAlex Berlin in Edinburgh, Scotland,where they celebrated Alex’s engagementto his longtime girlfriend, MoSarna. Roger Chung is working on aPhD in public health, and just released agospel CD called The Chimes thattopped the jazz chart in Hong Kong. NickDeane reports that after months “in75C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y. O R G S P R I N G 2 0 1 0
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