‘87 LaClaire Williams Stewart and her husband have recently moved to Spartanburg from North Carolina for her husband to take a job at Converse College. She will start working at Greenville Children’s Hospital in the Travelers Rest Clinic helping supervise pediatric residents during their Advocacy and Adolescent rotations. ‘92 Meg Dacey Federico and her husband, Chris, live in Alpharetta, Georgia and have identical twin boys. After 14 years working at WXIA - TV in Atlanta, she is now a stay at home mom. Amy Bates Winfield is still living in Hickory, North Carolina and is proudly employed by the Winfield boys. Henry (10), Bennett (7), and Robert (3). If any alumnae are in the area, she would love to visit! ‘93 Elizabeth Majeski Stroud returned to Charleston last summer with her husband, Jason, and two daughters, Jessica (5) and Grace (3). She is currently an Allergist with Allergy Partners of Charleston. Beth Reines Wheeler will be celebrating her 15th year with Enterprise Holdings in Oregon. She is the current President (2nd year term as President) of the Oregon Business Travel Association, sits on the committee for Tourism and Electric Vehicles in Oregon and has implemented one of the first community car sharing programs for WeCar. Her invovlement in these programs has resulted in recent media interviews and lending her expertise on 2 industry panels. When not working, she is part of the Salsa Dance Company, Aquita de Coco, who will perform in Seattle at the Salsa
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Congress in November. She also participates in many community efforts and is committed with United Way.
alumnae HIGHLIGHT
‘97 Margaret Anne Siachos completed two films last fall and was also seen on an episode of the television show 30 Rock. Her film, The Mighty Macs was released on DVD in February, 2012. Kelsey K. Lipscomb recently joined the Lipscomb Law Firm PA as its newest associate attorney. She will be working alongside her husband, John, and her mother-in-law, Susan Lipscomb, who are also lawyers. In addition to her new job, Kelsey is also on the mend! Kelsey has overcome her battle with ulcerative colitis which had her in and out of the emergency room over the last year and a half. After having an emergency ileostomy in August 2011 and second surgery in October 2011, Kelsey had numerous complications but is finally recovering and even attended her Ashley Hall class reunion in April! Alison Durgee Watkins and Erica Smith (also class of 1997) visited her throughout her illness and kept her from going stir crazy! ‘99 Kelley Lahr Waldrop is a licensed architect in South Carolina. She currently works for Lord, Aeck, & Sargent Architecture in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ‘00 Jessica C. Rothenberg claims that her life has a lot to do with books! She is now a fulltime writer who has recently published her first young-adult novel called The Catastrophic History of You and Me, a tale about a 15-year-old girl suffering from a broken heart. Jes-
Alumnae Vitre Ravenel Stephens ‘95 and Harriet Settle Hansen ‘95 are pictured as they show their support for Elizabeth West Johnson ‘95 (right) who participated in the 2012 Dragon Boat race. sica began her literary career after graduating from Ashley Hall and Vassar College (in 2004) when she landed a job as editorial assistant to the editor- in-chief at Penguin Books. She remained at Penguin for six years, climbing through the editorial ranks and moving to the children’s division. She remembers her experience at Ashley Hall fondly and speaks highly of her English teachers, Mary Schweers, Dana Mobley and Libby Russler. ‘01 Mary K. Lang graduated from law school several years ago and is working at Motley Rice, LLC. ‘02 Ann E. Rice Ervin and her husband, R. Tucker Ervin, returned to the Charleston area earlier this year after 3 years in NYC. Ann E. completed her Master of Arts, Bioethics from NYU in January and is now practicing law at Motley Rice, LLC as well
as serving as a Community Representative on the Ethics Committee at MUSC. ‘02 Lynn Geronimo Cruz has a daughter, Lana, who is 2 years old. ‘03 Caroline T. Owen was sworn in as an attorney in 2010 in Boston and works for the Department of Justice. ‘04 Elizabeth F. Gouldon and her boyfriend, Sean Money, work as a creative photography team under the name Sean Money + Elizabeth Fay. Sean also happens to be the graphic designer responsible for the Ashley Hall Centennial Exhibition that was held at the Visitor Center! They photograph weddings as well as fashion, portraiture, architecture, etc. They have photographed the weddings of a few Ashley Hall alumnae - Blake Devereux