Today at Breck
Spring 2015
Students in the May Program Entrepreneurship Project had the opportunity to meet with alumna and Breck parent Heather Saucier and alumnus Jeff Kemintz. Heather is partner and director of innovation at Mindsailing, and Jeff is director of outreach at Wilderness Inquiry.
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Megan Bailey O’Grady was recognized for her work on the Alumni Council at the Annual Meeting on Monday, May 4. Megan served from 2006-2007 and then again from 2009-2015. She served as Breck’s first regional council member. Find out more about what Erin Drummond has been up to in the Alumni in Performing Arts article in this issue of Today at Breck.
2002 Whitney Clark will be joining Breck as a Chinese language instructor for the 2015-2016 school year.
2005 The Class of 2005 will celebrate its 10-year reunion on Saturday, August 29. Marlene Goldenberg is leading the committee. Quinn Shadko played Richie’s girlfriend Pinky in Minneapolis Musical Theatre’s production of Happy Days in late April and early May. Find out more about Quinn in the Alumni in Performing Arts article in this issue of Today at Breck.
2007 Jamie Erdahl was part of the on-air team for several NCAA basketball tournament games. She was the subject of a very nice article in the Star Tribune’s sports section in the run-up to March Madness. Jamie is a broadcaster for CBS. Addie Gorlin has produced the play, “I And You,” which was performed at the Phoenix Theater in Uptown at the end of May and early June.
Ashley Kokal McCarthy was recognized for her service on the Alumni Council on Monday, May 4. She served from 2011-2015 and served as the co-chair of Homecoming for three years!
2004 Wynne Reece served as the alumni speaker for Commencement 2015. Wynne was the senior buddy of Caroline Headrick ’15 and currently serves as an assistant coach for Mustang mock trial.
Grace Rybak was the speaker at the Cum Laude Dinner on April 21. Her speech can be found in the section “In Their Own Words” in this issue of Today at Breck.
2010 2010 Alumni Class representatives Zach Soskin and Annalisa Tester are busy planning the first reunion for the Class of 2010. Save the date, Class of 2010, for Thanksgiving weekend. Find out more about what Katherine Paulsen has been up to in the Alumni in Performing Arts article in this issue of Today at Breck.
2011 Williams standout Lacrosse player Steven Kiesel was named to the Division III Mid-Season All-American Team. He ended his career by scoring several goals in his final game of his college career.
2012 The artwork of Kasey Robinson was featured at a show on June 20 at the Royal Kings Gallery located in the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis. The show was included as part of a benefit in support of Washburn Center for Children.
2003 Elise Bartlett is living in New York and is general manager of GrapeStory, a mobile-first marketing and production house that delivers micro content and great stories. You can learn more at grapestory.co.
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2013 Maggie MacLennan is interning with Breck Admissions. Kevin Schreck provided a special showing of his film, Persistence of Vision, on April 7. The evening brought together alums, parent of alums, faculty members and a former faculty member, Michael Moos. Ian Veitch participated in a white coat ceremony Sunday, April 19, 2015. He is a DVM candidate in the Class of 2016 at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
2014 Former yearbook editors Alyssa Quast and Makayla Samountry were back on campus to present the Hancock Yearbook Award at the Upper School Awards Ceremony on June 2.
2015 Peter Kiesel and Madi Lommen are serving as the Alumni Representatives for the Class of 2015.