Bridging the Gap

Braden just moved to St. Louis,
and is working on her Masters
of Arts in Theological Studies
from Covenant Seminary. Julia
McMillen is graduating from
residency in family medicine
at the UW in June, and will be
doing primary care for people
of all ages, prenatal care, and
delivering babies at a clinic.
Anna Schwartz Shabtay and her
family are moving to Houston
in December. Sarah Machin
has coined my favorite phrase
ever this round of classnotes –
“adulting like champions.” She’s
currently working as a geologist
for an oil company in town
called Continental Resources.
Nicole Henderson Trenholme
moved to Columbia, Mo., for a
residency in Emergency and
Critical Care at the University
of Missouri’s Veterinary School.
Jessica Scott Fowler and Ben
spent three weeks in Europe this
summer; she is still working for
Boosterthon. Her job is actually
based out of Atlanta, so she travels
there once a month, oftentimes
getting to stay with Kelly
Sandefer Dennis. Chloe Lackie
Zingaro is working with patients
with borderline personality
disorders and self-harm issues
at her psychotherapy practice
in Dallas. Brianna Winsett
Chapman just bought a second
flower shop this fall where
“they still use Rolodexes and no
computer.” Finally, in other news,
the little ones have arrived!
Congratulations to Mary Austin
Mays Smith and Scott on the
birth of their little boy Davidson.
Mary Austin is enjoying her new
job working with two other pediatric
dentists at Brink and White
Pediatric Dental Associates.
Anna Taylor Halton and Andrew
welcomed their baby girl in July.
Anna says baby June makes her
“laugh every day.” Katie Hobson
Novikoff and Chris are enjoying
spending time with their Lizzy in
St. Louis and still working with
the urban non-profit Rebirth,
while Anne Taylor Tipton
Manning and Reid welcomed
baby Eleanor in September.
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Shea O’Rourke Quraishi
sheaquraishi@gmail.com
We have much to celebrate!
Shona Strachan Singer and husband
Scott welcomed their first
daughter Maggie Irene Singer in
October. Martha Ferguson Burke
and husband Chris welcomed
their first daughter Elizabeth
“Lizzie” Ann Burke in October.
They look forward to spending
Christmas in Memphis and hope
to see some SMSers! Angela
Wilcox married Tommy Palmer
in September, with airplane
tricks to the Top Gun soundtrack.
Jessica Walker married
Chris Wiley in October and
honeymooned in Jamaica. Lucy
Harris married Joshua Collins in
October, with Martha Ferguson
Burke, Lori Goldstein, Blair
Carter Tait, and Piper Gray as
bridesmaids. Natalie Hartmann
is enjoying living in Atlanta and
working as a physical therapist
in the inpatient rehab setting at
DeKalb Medical Center. Sarah
Carter just passed her exam as
a Certified Pediatric Nurse and
continues through her third and
final year toward a Master of
Science in Nursing at Vanderbilt.
Caitlin Carr is enjoying her
first year as an OBGYN resident
physician at the Cleveland
Clinic Foundation. Kristin Barry
Gibson continues to work as a
nurse in Charlotte, N.C., in the
Electrophysiology Lab and enjoys
being mom to Gracie and to a
baby boy due in December. She
looks forward to seeing lots of
SMSers at the upcoming weddings
of Laine Peeler. Lauren
Arnold is spending a year getting
a Masters of Public Health
at Columbia’s Mailman School
of Public Health before finishing
her last year of medical school
at Columbia. She’s also excited
that her sister Mimi Arnold ’06
recently moved to NYC with
her fiancé. Connor Trott is a
board-certified physical therapist
at Baptist North Mississippi
Outpatient Physical Therapy.
Kaitlin Ridder Jaqua is surviving
her second year of urology
residency at Indiana University
in Indianapolis. Rachel Bearman
is enjoying her many adventures
as the solo rabbi of Temple B’nai
Chaim in Connecticut. Sasha
Castroverde was promoted to
Assistant Director of Harvard
University’s capital campaign.
She enjoyed seeing so many
SMS friends for Angela Wilcox’s
wedding in Memphis and Lauren
Lazar’s thirtieth birthday in
Dallas. Victoria Luke Morich is
wrapping up her MBA at Georgia
Tech and will be graduating in
May 2016 with concentrations in
Strategy and Entrepreneurship.
To procrastinate studying, she
spends time spoiling her three
nephews in Atlanta and helping
her sister, Jennifer Luke ’02, plan
her wedding. Camille Wingo
recently moved to Dallas, where
she lives around the corner
from Lauren Lazar and Taylor
Fisher and works in marketing
at Frito-Lay. Piper Gray still
works in New York as a senior
copywriter at Warby Parker.
Clare Patterson and her husband
Nathan are moving to Tampa,
Laine Peeler ’04 shares her wedding
day with Blair Carter Tait ’04.
where he will be starting a job as
a staff pharmacist and she’ll be
applying to physician’s assistant
schools. Elizabeth Jemison is
Assistant Professor of Religion
at Clemson University teaching
American religious history. She
and husband Andrew both enjoy
spending time with Elizabeth
Stevenson, who just began her
seventh year teaching kindergarten.
She enjoyed summer
trips to Nantucket and Colorado,
where she saw Shelby Deeney,
who still loves living in Denver
and looks forward to skiing this
winter. Marion Phillips plans
to visit for a ski vacation in
February. Martha Guinn Carter
and husband Dudley went to
Yellowstone this fall and had
a blast; it was the first vacation
leaving daughter Jane with
her grandparents. Zoë Kahn is
studying for her LCSW licensing
exam and looking forward
to joining private practice in
Los Angeles. She plans to take
more time off to travel following
the exam and will be
visiting Lawrence Taylor Elliot,
Lauren Brooks Foti, and Natalie
Hartmann in December. George
and I are in Tampa settling into
our first house and preparing for
our first puppy, thus fulfilling all
of my animal-nut tendencies.
Love to all!
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Sarah Atkinson Ball
sarah.atkinson.ball@gmail.com
Lauren Wiygul Riley
lauren.w.riley@gmail.com
Heather Nadolny is still in the
D.C. area serving as Technology
Associate for two campuses of
the DC Prep Charter Schools.
Rainey Ray Segars and husband
Coleton moved to and from NYC,
and Rainey has started working
at SMS as Director of Alumnae.
She and Coleton joyfully welcomed
their son Teddy Taylor
in October; they are looking
forward to what they hope will
be a quiet, predictable 2016 as a
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