class notes

Crustiest State Highways: Keeping Business Miles to a Minimum in the Age of Waze.” ’90

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’91

Annmarie Anderson Anderson.Annmarie@gmail.com

The past three years brought about a lot of change for Susan Cowan Morse! She and her husband, Matthew, moved a few times. They are now living with her in-laws in Wilmot, New Hampshire, where they lived for twenty years, and her husband grew up. They are supporting his parents as they navigate health challenges. In 2022, Susan and Matthew bought land in the White Mountains region of New Hampshire and are building a small cabin for their next residence. Hopefully, they will have the project complete by fall 2023. They aim to live as sustainably as possible, to live beneath their means, and to be able to travel and hike. During this change and flux, Susan re-branded and shifted her business. She has worked for herself for the past fifteen years as an educational coach and consultant. She turned her practice to life coaching and energy healing during the pandemic. Susan is a Reiki practitioner, a spiritual mentor, a medium, and a yoga teacher in training. She will complete YTT200, 200-hour yoga teacher training, in April and then begin teaching some yoga classes on Zoom. Her private practice is robust and booming, especially as individuals are eager to grow and expand as life moves beyond the pandemic. Susan and Matthew have two sons who are “grown and flown.” Brandon is 28, and Trevor is 26. Both are doing well and enjoying life in their chosen fields. Both decided to carve a path for career and success that did not include a 4-year college degree, and they are very happy with their choices.

Cara Cassell and Kerri Williams (MAT ’95) traveled to Costa Rica in December 2022. They hiked through rainforests and cloud forests and crossed hanging bridges. They zip-lined 1.5 km across a valley. Squirrel monkeys ran across telephone wires; howler monkeys howled before dawn; macaws dined above their heads, and sloths carried their young from one tree to another. Kerri took her first surfing lesson, and they kayaked among the mangroves.

Allyson Whitley Burroughs has loved being a part of Ricoh for the past year as their Vice President of Brand, Digital, and Communications. Before Ricoh, she spent two years helping launch the intelligent automation start-up company, JIFFY.ai. On the personal front, Allyson has loved the ongoing tradition of weekend gatherings and lunches with several classmates. Allyson and Mark are still living in Decatur and can’t wait to host the Class of ’91 again for our next reunion year in 2026!

’92

Aida Najarian aidanajarian@gmail.com

Lauren Fowler was hired as a professor of neuroscience at Wake Forest School of Medicine in August 2022. She is a founding faculty member for the new Charlotte campus of the Wake Forest medical school set to open in 2024. Lauren will continue to live in Greenville, South Carolina, and work virtually until her daughter graduates from high school in 2024 and then will move to Charlotte.

’93

Elena Adan Esquen elenaesquen@gmail.com

Kendra Outler was recently featured in a Medium article for her successful career in health and wellness: medium.com/authority-magazine/ power-women-dr-kendra-outler-of-uzima-healthand-wellness-on-how-to-successfully-navigatework-8f347cd0f5a

’94

Nikki Webb Alger nicolealger@me.com

Christine Wade has been named the Louis L. Goldstein Chair in Public Affairs at Washington College, where she also serves as the chair of political science and director of Latin American studies. The 10th edition of her co-authored, co-edited book, “Latin American Politics and Development,” was published in August 2022. She continues to work with asylum seekers from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. Classmate Theresa Hoenes joined her in Maryland for Thanksgiving.

Perrin Cothran Conrad and her husband and son moved into Perrin’s childhood home in downtown Summerville last year and are in the middle of a slowmoving renovation, decluttering and redecorating project. Perrin also took a solo cruise in November to celebrate her 50th birthday and enjoyed the white sand, blue water and warm sunshine. Her son has begun racing cars, and Perrin finds that she is spending lots of time at racetracks smelling exhaust but loves the noise, the thrill and watching her son pursue his passion. She also loves meeting up with Martha Lauer every time Martha visits the States from Singapore! They most recently met up in Anderson, South Carolina, in August.

’95

Emily Stone emilyrdstone@outlook.com

Lisa Sebotnick Durette has been working with the BE A SHERO Foundation to create an education platform for disseminating prevention and awareness content to mitigate human trafficking (sherofoundation.org). In addition to her volunteer work at BE A SHERO, she has been promoted to the role of interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She also continues to serve as the program director of the child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship program. To keep from going crazy doing all this while raising a teenage daughter, she indulges her addiction to yarn with knitting and crocheting.

Karen Jordan began working at Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in August as an embedded behavioral health therapist in the OB/GYN department. MAHEC’s mission is to increase access to health care in underserved communities, and Karen is extremely grateful to be able to support folks as they navigate those divine spaces of birth and death. Karen’s family is all well. Her son, Finley, is in third grade, and her daughter, Tilda, is in first. Karen’s older brother, Jeff, has been living with her for over two years now up in beautiful Pisgah National Forest.

Paulina “Paula” Pendarvis has taken on a new role as professional liaison with Big Bend Hospice in North Florida. This is a continuation of her career focused in rural health care marketing and program management. Her prior experience was with hospital administration and primary health care for underserved populations.

’96

Mary Carol Patterson Sheffield msheff@uga.edu

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’97

Deanna Turner georgiagirl121@gmail.com

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’98

Ann Marie Taylor Malkoc anntaylormalkoc@gmail.com

Dinah M. Conti accepted an administrative role at her company, UnityPoint Clinic, in May 2022. She remains a full-time pediatrician but also oversees 19 other pediatricians and pediatric nurse practitioners in her region.

’99

Amelia Tomlinson scottiegossip@gmail.com

In 2022, Jennifer Marcum Gelder officially became the mother of two teenage girls (15 and 13), and celebrated 18 years of marriage and 20 years as an attorney at Progressive Insurance Company in New Orleans (working for Flo really is as fun as it looks). Her family also made up for lost time and traveled near and far, including a trip back to the German town she grew up in and an afternoon stop at Agnes Scott while in Atlanta on business. Both her girls proudly wear their Agnes Scott gear whenever they have a chance!

Tiffany Prather McAneny recently accepted a new role as managing director, business controls officer at Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). The English major has inexplicably found herself working in financial services for the last 11 years and really enjoys her career in risk management. She is currently busy taking her oldest daughter, Mia, on college tours this spring and planning trips with her class of 1999 Scottie friends! She sees Meredith (Fields) Kidd weekly, as they’re both in Jacksonville, Florida, and will get to visit with Jessica (Ulack) Carothers when she’s in Florida next month for a conference.