1995 Justin Broderick was promoted to vice president of digital at Sq1 Advertising in November 2011.
1998 Jennifer Joe is completing a nephrology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Katie Krooss-Jones is director of ancillary services and project implementation at Doctors Network of America. Her daughter, Jasper, is a second grader at St. Andrew’s and her son, Chase, is a Pre-K3 student.
Crystal Utley has returned to Jackson and is serving as a special assistant attorney general in the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office. The division prosecutes fraud and unfair practices perpetrated against consumers. Utley also obtained her yoga teacher’s certification and teaches throughout Central Mississippi with a focus in therapeutic yoga.
1996 Lynette Ingram Cassel and her husband, Jim, welcomed a daughter, Helen Gabriella, on April 13, 2012. The family lives outside of Boston, where Cassel works as an art therapist focusing on children and families, and teaches art therapy at Lesley University.
1999 Chris Louis and Laura Young Louis ’99 live in Nashville with their dog, Tenaya. Laura teaches high school at Hume Fogg Magnet School and coaches cross-country and track. This year, she received Hume Fogg’s Keith Simmons Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. Chris is the director of communications for a startup company, Talkapolis.
Andrew Neely and his wife, Nikki, welcomed a daughter, Mary Cecilia, on April 18, 2012. In the spring of 2012, Neely opened his own law firm in downtown Jackson, Stracener & Neely, PLLC, with partner and St. Andrew’s parent Eric Stracener.
Reed Stacy and his wife, Lynlee, celebrated the birth of their son, Stafford Daulton Stacy, on September 21, 2011. The family lives in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
Scott Sumrall and his wife, Judy, welcomed their first child, Finley Reese Sumrall, on August 16, 2011. The family makes their home in Brandon, Mississippi. Sumrall is the director of the Division of Disaster Preparedness and Response for the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, and Judy is a certified nurse anesthetist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
2000 Clare Lyell and Michael Puckett traveled to Japan in July to visit Ben Nichols ’98. Lauren Jones is an active member of the Jackson Junior League and helps build homes for Habitat for Humanity. She participated as a local celebrity dancer in “Dancing with the Mississippi Stars,” a fundraiser supporting the relocation of Community Place. Jones is a managing member of Lauren Jones Footwear, a business she started in 2009 that offers footwear, handbags, contemporary clothing, and accessories. She recently submitted items from her new swim line “Lauren Jones Swimwear” to Sports Illustrated magazine for their 50th anniversary issue. Jones is also a brand ambassador for eMoney advisors, where she is the spokesperson for financial advisors, as well as for Stiletto Stampede and Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure, providing footwear for the race. Lauren is engaged to Dr. David John Sinclair, a resident neurologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and plans to marry in the spring of 2013.
1997 Shannon Danielle Bowers married Justin Joseph Smith of San Mateo, California, on April 14, 2012, in Biloxi, Mississippi, at the IP Casino Resort & Spa. The happy couple splits their time between Loxley, Alabama, and Carlsbad, California. Les Hegwood was named headmaster at Trinity Episcopal School in Natchez, Mississippi. Hegwood earned his bachelor’s degree in English and his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Mississippi. He and his wife, Corinne, have a two-yearold son, Hayes.
Mary Cecilia Neely
Finley Reese Sumrall
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Lauren Jones