son Dylan. Erin writes that she is really grateful for her years at Walnut Hill.
1997
JACK MCCOLLOUGH and business partner Lazaro Hernandez won the CFDA Award for 2013 Womenswear Designer of the Year (beating
reports that she’s hoping to make it up to Natick for a visit at some point in the next year or so.
1999
Jillian Kohl and Julie Faulstich enjoyed a wonderful outdoor lunch with JANE GUYER FUJITA in Harvard Square this
BELOW Jack McCollough ’97, Stephanie Perrin, Jillian Kohl, and Janet Pattillo at the ICA in Boston.
Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs). This is the fourth CFDA Award for their brand, Proenza Schouler! Later in the year, Jack spoke at the ICA in Boston. Jillian Kohl, Stephanie Perrin, and Trustee Janet Pattillo were excited to be able to observe the event. PAULA WILSON is the artistic director of The International Partner Dance Intensive (TIPDI), which took place in NYC in August 2013 and featured 72 tracked/leveled classes in salsa, Argentine tango, West Coast swing, ballet, modern, and AfroHaitian dance taught by a world-class faculty from the United States and abroad.
1998
AMY STUBBLEFIELD is currently living and working in Greenwich, CT, as a CPA and
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summer. Jane was working for the American Repertory Theater’s summer season as a voice and speech teacher. She is still splitting her time between different cities, as she has active jobs in NYC, New Haven, CT (Yale), and sometimes Cambridge, MA. Jane misses Walnut Hill and enjoyed reminiscing about the campus, her friends, and her classes. She will be back on campus for her 15-year Reunion this spring! SARAH MCLELLAN joined Jillian Kohl for tea in Manhattan this fall. Sarah works as the assistant administrative director for the Drama Division at Juilliard. She has enjoyed the newly created position and the opportunities it presents. We hope to welcome Sarah back to campus for her 15-year Reunion this May.
ADAM SCHNELL is thrilled to announce that he is both the founder and serving as the artistic director of the newly created Ballet Vero Beach, that area’s newest cultural jewel and the only fully professional ballet company on the Treasure Coast. The mission of Ballet Vero Beach is to promote the art of dance as a universal language in the community of Vero Beach and beyond. The company will seek to accomplish this mission through the establishment of its resident professional ballet company, presentation of reputable national and international dance artists, and engagement in educational and community outreach. All of the organization’s programs will be made available to the broadest possible range of audiences regardless of their ability to pay.
2000
TONY FLYNT was seen this summer at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. DAVID FULMER played Mozart’s violin at the Austrian Cultural Forum in June. L.A. Contemporary Dance Company perfomed KATE HUTTER’s newest piece, Prite Oef Stringh, as part of the L.A. So-Cal Dance Invitational at the Ford. Kate tells us the piece featured 17
dancers and a new take on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring by, in her words, “the awesome and über-talented” composer Austin Wintory. After traveling around for years, MAXINE KUO recently moved back to Texas, where she started Classical Revolution Houston, a public chamber music jam session. She plays violin. MATT RISCH had a starring role in the new film project Test over the summer. Matt is keeping busy in Los Angeles in a recurring role on ABC Family’s Switched at Birth and will be seen on an HBO show this winter. BETHANY ANDRES ZAHEER met Jillian Kohl for lunch in NYC this summer. Bethany and her husband live in Tribeca and are expecting their first child this fall. Bethany’s career focuses on architecture and interior design. After working for several other companies over the years, she has started her own business that specializes in hospitality and residential work.
2001
DANIELLE CAMPBELL is the artistic assistant to the director of Ballet San Antonio. She also performed in the company’s production of Cinderella, which included fellow Walnut KATE MAXTED ’10 as the Spring
BELOW Josh Holden ’01 BELOW Matt Risch ’00 in the film Test
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