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interesting to see where our class
ranks. Adding to our class total
are Joanna dee ’11 GSAS and
Dr. Koushik das ’09 P&S. They
were married on December 18 in
Somerset, N.J. Classmates in attendance
included Jennifer legum
weber, irene Malatesta, steven
Esses, Jamie Yoon, ashley walker
and Marc dyrszka ’10 P&S, along
with many other Columbians. (See
photo.)
Another interesting infographic
could show marriages between
members of different classes and
among the different schools (Engineering,
Barnard, etc.). John a. Zaro
and Natalie Leggio ’04 Barnard were
married October 2 at Saint James
Roman Catholic Church in Setauket,
N.Y. Celebrating with the couple
were travis rettke, sean connor,
Mike grady, James catrambone,
brendan Quinn, Jenny Madden
(née Korecky) and greg Madden,
and dave buffa. After the wedding,
John and Natalie traveled to France
and visited Paris, Mont Saint-Michel
and the Loire Valley before heading
south to Antibes, St. Paul de Vence,
Nice and Monaco. They reside in
downtown Manhattan.
rebecca silberberg married Eric
Levine last March. Rebecca met Eric
at Harvard Law, and both are lawyers
in New York. In attendance at
the wedding were Rebecca’s great
friends, whom she met on Carman
5: alexandra seggerman, stephen
poellet, lindsey May ’05E and
bridget (geibel) stefanski.
Congrats to all the newlyweds!
When Columbians marry, many
have kids. Jonathan Reich ’04, ’07L
and suzanne schneider welcomed
the arrival of twins Sophia Hannah
and Charlotte Grace in January.
Susanne is taking the semester off
from working on her Ph.D. in
Middle Eastern studies at GSAS
in order to “master new skills like
feeding, diapering and maneuvering
the double stroller.” She will
resume research in London and
Jerusalem this summer.
Nugi Jakobishvili ’00 and isabelle
levy welcomed Flora Sophia
Jakobishvili in December. She loves
strolling through Riverside Park
and College Walk and meeting
Columbia friends, and is an excellent
companion as Isabelle works
on dissertation chapter No. 2.
Congrats to our new parents!
carmen Yuen writes: “I (La Carmina,
as I’m known professionally)
have joined the NOH8 team. The
NOH8 Campaign (NOH8Cam
paign.org) fights inequality and
discrimination via a silent photo
protest. Celeb supporters include
Paris Hilton, Lady Gaga and Adam
Lambert. For the first time, we are
taking the campaign worldwide ... to
Tokyo! There’s more info at NOH8
Campaign.org and at lacarmina.
Joanna dee ’05, ’11 GSAS and Dr. Koushik das ’05, ’09 P&S tied the knot in December in Somerset, N.J. Celebrating
with them were (left to right) Katie Broad; Jed Bradley ’06; Andrew Brotzman ’03, ’11 Arts; Carey
Garris Brotzman; Kelly Desantis, Brian hansbury ’03; Monica Valente Harriss; Brett harriss ’03, ’08 Business;
Brian Overland ’04; the bride; the groom; daniel Byrnes ’03; Kristin Szatkiewicz; Jennifer Legum weber ’05;
daryl weber ’02; Lauren Fishman Perotti ’02 Barnard; daniel Perotti ’02; Irene Malatesta ’05 Barnard; Josh
Silverman ’02E; Steven Esses ’05; and Daniella Lichtman Esses ’05 Barnard, ’09L.
PhOTO: AJIT SINgh PhOTOgRAPhY
com.”
nancy Yerkes earned a Ph.D. in
biochemistry from MIT and started
her first year of medical school at
Stanford.
anna lee graduated from business
school at UC Berkeley and
moved back to New York last sum-
mer. She works at American Express
in the Membership Rewards New
Product Development Group.
In March, brendon-Jeremi Jacobs
became a proud homeowner as he
moved in with his partner, Bob Mc-
Kee, in historic West Germantown,
Philadelphia. He’ll graduate in May
with an M.S. in teaching, learning
and curriculum from Penn Graduate
School of Education and then leave
for Georgetown for a graduate constitutional
seminar with the James
Madison Fellowship. Brendon-
Jeremi’s thesis is on how single-sex
education impacts the social and academic
development of girls. In June,
the class that he’s sponsored for the
past three years also will graduate.
Former Columbia women’s
soccer assistant coach Kate lyn
was named head women’s soccer
coach at Marist College in January.
Kate had been an assistant and
goalkeeping coach under Kevin
McCarthy ’85, ’91 GS for the last
four seasons, and was the top assistant
coach on his staff for the past
three years.
bennett cohen is pursuing an
M.S. in industrial ecology from the
Universities of Leiden and Delft in
the Netherlands. anya cherneff
lives in Leiden, and they are both
working on the launch of an NGO
that helps women in Southeast Asia
who live in marginalized communities
become successful renewable
Kate lyn ’05, former columbia women’s soccer
assistant coach, has been named head women’s
soccer coach at Marist college.
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energy microentrepreneurs. The
NGO is called Empower Generation
and is set to launch by 2012.
Please continue to send me your
updates. Thanks!
REUNION JUNE 2–JUNE 5
ALUMNI OFFICE CONTACTS
ALuMNI AFFAIRS Mia gonsalves wright
gm2156@columbia.edu
212­851­7977
dEVELOPMENT Amanda Kessler
ak2934@columbia.edu
212­851­7883
Michelle oh sing
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9 N 9th St., Unit 401
Philadelphia, PA 19107
mo2057@columbia.edu
Writing this issue’s column was
especially exciting with our fiveyear
reunion just a month away
by the time you read it! It’s been a
pleasure to be able to stay in touch
with you by way of this column,
but I’m looking forward to catching
up with everyone in person!
If you haven’t already, please
make plans to attend Alumni Re-
union Weekend, Thursday, June 2–
Sunday, June 5. Join your classmates
for great cultural happenings
throughout New York City as
well as plenty of dinners, cocktail
hours and parties that will provide
an opportunity to catch up on the
last five years. Dean’s Day will be
held Saturday, with a great lineup
of lectures, including one by Dean
Michele Moody-Adams, and the
evening concludes with champagne
and dancing on Low Plaza. I am
looking forward to what is sure to
be a marvelous celebration!
It’s not too late to register via the
web (alumni.college.columbia.edu/
reunion) or even on a smartphone.
The Alumni Office has launched the
free Alumni Reunion Weekend app,
which features a full and detailed
listing of events, an up-to-date list
of registered classmates, answers to
reunion FAQs and several ways to
stay connected to Columbia: Twitter
(twitter.com/Columbia_CCAA)
and the app’s news module, which
includes CCT (college.columbia.edu/
cct) and Columbia news (news.
columbia.edu).
IPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
users can search Apple’s App Store
for “Columbia Reunion” to find our
class app. BlackBerry, Droid and
other smartphone users can access
the app from mobile browsers by
visiting http://reunion.college.
columbia.edu/2001mobile.
Until then, here are the latest
updates from our class:
Jeremy Kotin will screen the first
of multiple video pieces highlighting
the amazing work of the Alzheimer’s
Association, NYC chapter, at
its annual gala in June. Comprising
interviews with patients and caregiv-