alumnae Connection and Psychological Counseling at Appalachian State University, training graduate students in expressive arts therapy and clinical mental health counseling. She is also the new program coordinator for Expressive Arts Therapy at ASU.
’97
Jeanne Hubbard joined her husband in London
in August 2012 after an arduous visa application process was completed. She will reside permanently in London.
’98
Jennifer Richardson Readling received her master’s degree in Christian education from Pfeiffer University-Charlotte in August 2012. She is now teaching three-year-olds at First Baptist Church Child Development Center in Huntersville.
’01
Missy Neff Gould began a new chapter in her career by working with the government affairs division for CRT/tanaka.
’04
Patty Edwards Shaver’s book, “My Career Voyage: Charting the Course,” is being used in a local college’s career development course.
’05
Jenna Chambers is now clerking for Coats and Bennett of Cary, an intellectual law firm specializing in patents, copyrights and trademarks. Cynthia Dils is a teacher for visual impairment at Escambia County School District. Hannah Pollet Edens is the regional breastfeeding coordinator for Perinatal Care Region VI. Diane Gray Fields is a senior monitoring associate at PAREXEL International. Amanda Hatfield is the minister of Hillsville Christian Church in Hillsville, Va. Rachel Salsman Harrison is a senior client advisor with SchoolDude.com. Margaret Hudson Cameron is a child nutrition area supervisor for Wake County Schools. Jessica Tolbert MacIntosh is the owner of Simply Yoga of Belmont in Belmont, N.C. Casey Wilson Savelli is an accountant at Bronto Software in Durham, N.C.
’07
Amanda Gentry is working on her grandfather’s
farm, Blue Moon Meadows, in Hillsborough, N.C. They rescued a herd of alpacas in September 2011. She is also designing and selling fiber art. Allison Griffin graduated from Pharmacy School at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., and is a staff phar-
macist with CVS Pharmacy in Winston-Salem, NC. Genevieve Parker Hill is writing her first book: “Minimalism for Grandparents: Decluttering for Increased Health, Happiness, and Connection During the Golden Years.” Valerie Mckoy Pierce is the new branch manager of the Park Place branch library with Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, Va.
’08
Heather Allen graduated from NC State University
and IAE Puyicard, France with a dual Master’s of Global Innovation Management in 2010. She started an artist management company, Capitol H. Creative, Inc., in February 2012. Jenna Burnham began working at Wake Forest University in May 2012 as the administrative assistant to the associate dean for academic planning. ToniAnn Gambella works as a speech language pathologist at the Rebecca School, a day school for children with neuro-developmental delays in relating and communicating, in New York City. Robin Gray completed her master’s in sociology at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. She is also teaching Principles of Sociology at Meredith College. Stephanie Massey works as a Sales Representative for Cintas Document Management. Britney Brown Matthews resides in Lewisville, N.C. She works in WinstonSalem for BB&T and is a lending project manager at BB&T’s Commercial Credit Administration. Nichole Ecklund Miller graduated from East Carolina University with a master’s in special education in December 2011. She is a Pre-Kindergarten teacher at the Jordan Center in Raleigh and a developmental therapist with Cornerstone Family Services. Brittany Rice earned her doctorate in physical therapy from East Carolina University in May 2011. Heather Sellers lives outside of Washington, D.C., and works in financial analysis consulting for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Melissa Staley started her own private practice, Foundations Family Therapy, in Fuquay-Varina, N.C., this fall.
’09
Emily Newnam was one of 15 designers chosen to have their designs sold at Belk. Newnam’s line, Southern fRock, was part of the department store’s Belk Southern Designer competition. The winners were chosen from more than 200 entries in a competition commemorating Belk’s 125th anniversary.
’11
Nataleigh Timberlake Carscaddon began a job at Camp Oak Hill in Raleigh. Rachel Karaman opened a dog boutique in Cary called Woof Gang
Bakery, which features toys, food and grooming. Kiran Subramaniam writes that in June Abbey Collins, ’10, touched down in Los Angeles, CA to visit a few of her favorite MCGs (Ashley Phillips, ’09, Maureen Price, ’08, and Subramaniam). It was so wonderful for them to reunite and get some great pictures with the Onyx. Subramaniam writes that “Meredith College is taking the world by storm!”
Marriages 1979 Claudia Furr to David Cantrell, 5/19/12.
1991 Sarah Kelly Burns to John Capps, 7/28/12. Tracy Harris to Stephen Lewis, 8/11/12.
1993 Kelly Brown Ogburn to Mark Ogburn, 5/22/11.
1994 Katherine Kincaid to Thomas Coley, 4/28/12.
1997 Jeanne Hubbard to Andrew Webb, 6/23/12.
2001 Deanna Whaley to Nicholas Ford, 6/30/12. Tracy Caldwell McElroy to Jeffery Simerson, 6/16/12.
2003 Rebecca Atkinson to Frank Connerat, 6/16/12. Erin Taylor to Erik Rice, 9/3/11.
2004 Meredith Rose to Brian Bray, 4/21/12.
2005 Ava Jackson to Timothy “Tim” Naylor, 8/5/12. Elizabeth Robinson to Dustin Throckmorton, 4/28/12. Casey Wilson to Jeff Savelli, 7/14/12. Sarah Wilson to Matthew Collins, 6/2/12.
2006 Anna Marie Horne to David Parris, 5/5/12.
2008 Dana Chandler to Kevin Williams, 8/11/12. Elizabeth Hayes to Dan Vaugh, 6/2/12. Whitney Collins
to Gray Hunter, 6/11/12. Rebecca Lewis to Darren Gardner, 5/8/10. Jill Guyton to Shawn Nee, 6/30/12. Heather Sellers to Jeff Woodard, 6/28/12.
2009 Meredith Baker to James Ainsworth, 8/18/12. Elyse Collins to Wesley Johnson, 4/14/12. Vittoria Longiotti to Michael Ciampa, 8/18/12.
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