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Class Notes<br />
Thirteen St. Mary’s girls attended <strong>the</strong> wedding of Susan Buckner Rose ’01: (from left) Daphne Trainer Bahl ’01, Hayley Bower Gerber ’01,<br />
Caroline Gardner ’01, Kate McCalla ’01, Kemper Kelso Brennan ’01, Susan Buckner Rose ’01, Kelly Buckner Dallas ’99, Jenny Maddux Stenberg ’01,<br />
Emily Harris Halpern ’01, Erin Bower ’99, Courtney Taylor Humphreys ’01, Collin Wilson Buckner ’05, Mia Wilson ’19.<br />
Registered Dietitian providing<br />
nutrition counseling to highrisk<br />
families. Hilary Dinkelspiel<br />
moved to New York last year and<br />
has recently purchased a new<br />
home. She also passed <strong>the</strong> New<br />
York bar exam and completed<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ironman Copenhagen. Way to<br />
go, Hillary! Laura Freeman Rouse<br />
is in Nashville and undergoing a<br />
house renovation, which should<br />
be complete by Thanksgiving.<br />
She was recently in town visiting<br />
Jenny Jones Savage and got<br />
to see Rebecca Fones Rhea and<br />
Anne-Morgan Brookfield Morgan<br />
and <strong>the</strong>ir precious girls. Lillian<br />
Askew Everdell also made a trip<br />
to Memphis with her daughter,<br />
Charlotte. Anne-Morgan,<br />
Jenny, Rebecca, and I along with<br />
Caroline Palazola Conrad and<br />
Palmer Adams Burt were all<br />
able to get to visit with Lillian.<br />
It was such fun! Anne-Morgan<br />
is still at Eli Lilly and busy with<br />
her two girls. Anne Elise is loving<br />
SMS and is excited to be a flower<br />
girl in her godfa<strong>the</strong>r’s wedding.<br />
Melissa Reedy Buchanan is still<br />
in Atlanta working as a Realtor<br />
while also chasing around her<br />
two boys, Brooks and Reed.<br />
Ashley Gaillard Clark writes that<br />
she’s enjoying her role at Silicon<br />
Valley Social Venture Fund and<br />
just celebrated Oliver’s 2nd birthday.<br />
She loves getting toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />
regularly with Sidney Hawkins<br />
Gargiulo and Brittany Blockman<br />
Pelletier. Meg Parker is counting<br />
down to her November wedding<br />
in New Orleans. Courtenay<br />
Adams, along with Rebecca, will<br />
be <strong>the</strong>re celebrating with Meg.<br />
Allison Davies Ford recently<br />
had a getaway to Captiva Island<br />
after moving into a new house<br />
in Jacksonville. She writes that<br />
Shepard is now in kindergarten<br />
and Hill is too cute for words.<br />
Erica Smith has exciting news of<br />
her engagement! She is planning<br />
a wedding next fall and will have<br />
Libby, Courtenay, and Allison<br />
in <strong>the</strong> wedding party. Annie<br />
McLaren Neufeld is expecting<br />
her first child in November!<br />
Annie will be returning to work<br />
as Pastor of College and Young<br />
Adults in her same church in<br />
Pasadena. Coincidentally, I am<br />
expecting our third child and<br />
have <strong>the</strong> same due date as Annie<br />
We’re having a boy this time and<br />
are thrilled.<br />
–2000<br />
Whitney Baer<br />
whitney.baer@gmail.com<br />
We begin with a “thank you” to<br />
Katie Garrett Harris for 15 (wow!)<br />
years of secretary duty. Katie<br />
lived in Oxford, England, this<br />
summer, enjoying <strong>the</strong> history<br />
and gorgeous parks. Louise (8)<br />
started 2nd grade at SMS and will<br />
sing in <strong>the</strong> Christmas Pageant<br />
this year! Also across <strong>the</strong> pond,<br />
Ellis Dixon is teaching English to<br />
adults in Lisbon while continuing<br />
freelance fashion design.<br />
Stateside, Jessica Swanson Fila<br />
quit her job as a pastry chef and<br />
started working as a substitute<br />
teacher in Milford, Conn., while<br />
she works towards her Masters<br />
and Certification in Elementary<br />
Education. Kate Wichlinski is<br />
working for a photographer<br />
in NYC and is training for <strong>the</strong><br />
marathon next year. She got to<br />
hear Patti Smith read Ginsberg’s<br />
Howl to commemorate <strong>the</strong> 60th<br />
anniversary of his first reading.<br />
Lauren Weinrich Bernstein<br />
and Justin just bought a place in<br />
Maryland. Lauren is working for<br />
EverFi, a technology company<br />
that teaches students critical<br />
thinking skills in topics like<br />
financial literacy. Tami Sawyer<br />
is a driving force for change<br />
in Memphis and beyond! She<br />
founded PowerBox, <strong>the</strong> black<br />
business directory/website and<br />
started a new job as <strong>the</strong> Director,<br />
Diversity & Leadership at Teach<br />
for America Memphis. She was<br />
<strong>the</strong> sole female speaker when<br />
Minister Louis Farrakhan addressed<br />
over 2100 Memphians at<br />
<strong>the</strong> Cannon Center. From a longoverdue<br />
vacation, Kat Gordon<br />
reported that Muddy’s is doing<br />
well and <strong>the</strong>y are getting <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
ducks in a row for <strong>the</strong> holiday<br />
season. Lexie Hicks Johnston<br />
saw Emily White in Chicago<br />
for a fun weekend toge<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Lots of exciting news about<br />
mini-2000ers! Courtney Routt<br />
Worthman wrote in to share that<br />
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