Bridging the Gap

Class Notes
With Jenny West Fagan ’06 after her Alum Chapel talk are,
from left, Erin Sandefer ’07, Jenny, and Morgan Beckford ’06.
After possibly St. Mary’s first underwear Alum Chapel talk, Karen Stein ’09 (center),
an executive at SPANX, posed with classmates (from left) Wallis Tosi,
Bailey Bethell, Claire Riley, and Jordan Reeve.
family of three. Falconer Robbins
graduated from Columbia with
a Master’s degree in social work
and recently started work at
the Issroff Family Foundation
as the Foundation Coordinator
in NYC. Her focus is “grant
making for small grassroots
organizations in Africa that
provide service and support for
youth and children.” Elizabeth
Tipton Musick graduated from
law school at the University of
Montana in May and started a
job at Oracle at their campus
in Bozeman, Mont., in August,
where she is negotiating Public
Cloud contracts. Barbara
Phillips Hunsicker was promoted
to Vocational Advisor
and Coordinator of Presbyterian
Ministries at Fuller Seminary,
and joined the Cathedral Choir
at First Presbyterian Church of
Hollywood. Abby Schwimmer
Fox married Sean in May at
the Memphis Waterworks,
sharing the day with Emily
Templeton Gray, Erica Evans,
Katie Brookoff, Laura Jennings
Yacoubian, Megan Bailey,
Elizabeth Batchelor Calkins, and
Emily Schwimmer Cohen ’04.
Abby and Sean live in Atlanta
and discovered that Nelie
Zanca ’03 lives in their apartment
building! Emily Templeton
Gray will participate in the St.
Jude Ride fundraiser this fall,
with Megan Bailey as a teammate.
Grace Jensen Knight
and husband Ethan welcomed
baby Joshua; Grace is working
in the Admission Office at SMS
and dropped this knowledge
on us: our class has the most
alums working at SMS of all the
classes! Impressive information
gathering, Grace—did Alison
“The Source” West Pettus
have anything to do with that?
Lauren Kennedy Dake says
“recently, I won the battle of
Mom vs Margaret’s pacifier—
a welcomed victory.” Lauren
looks forward to hosting a baby
shower for Lauren Wiygul Riley
with Laura Montague Haltom,
Collin Wilson Buckner, Kate
Messenger Mendez, and Sarah
Atkinson Ball. Catie Jane Berger
is getting married in April and
is then “probably going to settle
down and get a cat. You know,
typical life stuff.” Lizzy Rhea
Cook and husband Stu have
moved back to Memphis. Sarah
Atkinson Ball spends a good
chunk of her free time trying to
hang out with the Memphians
of this group. She relishes the
opportunity to be in public with
SMS middle school teacher i.e.
local celebrity Lauren Wiygul
Riley and bask in the glow of
Lauren’s limelight. Sarah and
Erica Evans frequently lunch on
Main Street, where every fourth
passer-by knows Erica and joyously
exclaims at her presence.
Sarah has managed to keep her
self-esteem despite all her celebrity
friends.
2006
Becky Bicks
beckybicks1@gmail.com
The class of 2006 is up to exciting
things across the globe, and
we can’t wait to reunite soon
for our 10th reunion! Rachel
Johnston-White married Iain
Johnston-White on June 24 in
Cambridge, UK. The wedding
was attended by Katie Camille
Friedman, Mansi Narula,
Morgan Beckford, Aasiya
Mirza Glover, and Frances
Leslie. Rebecca Anderson married
Alaric Eby on October 10
at Calvary Episcopal Church
in Memphis. The wedding
was attended by Ellen
Bransford, Grace Wheeler
Davis, Courtney Foreman
Guilfoile, Elizabeth Harris, Holly
Hendrix, Elize Mercer, Minor
Moore, Elizabeth Anderson ’09,
and Zuzanna Stepniakowska
’09. Meredith Robinson loves
her job at Syndicatebleu creative
staffing and recruiting agency.
She still lives in Brooklyn
with her dog, Arsenic. Aasiya
Mirza Glover has moved to
NYC with her husband and
son and is working at the law
firm Debevoise & Plimpton. She
is also expecting a daughter,
who is due in November. Evie
Lyras is enjoying the bright and
sunny weather in LA, where
she works as a marketing
director for a startup and visits
with Morgan Robbins, Kristi
Ryan, and Chandler Ford. Lulu
Wilson is an interior designer for
the Richmond office of MOI Inc.,
a commercial furniture dealership.
She was also the Maid of
Honor in her sister Marynelle
Wilson’s ’99 wedding in
Washington, DC. Catherine
Smith Denman is working as
the librarian and technology
integrationist at the Memphis
campus of St. George’s. Minor
Moore is busy with a class
of 16 energetic 3rd graders.
Mamie Kostka is now officially
a licensed Landscape Architect
in Tennessee. Her new roommate
in Nashville is Katherine
Fockler, who works at the
Buntin Group as a brand manager.
Jenna McNair is teaching
therapeutic riding lessons at
Trinity Farm in Lakeland. Lauren
Bowden is currently a first-year
MBA at University of Virginia
Darden School of Business. Kim
Johnson Radant is still living
in Detroit with her husband
Matt and loving her new job as
a middle school counselor for
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