Class Notes 2004 Alissa Mroz has returned to Charlotte as the Senior Administrative Assistant at Varo Bank, the first consumer fintech to be granted a national bank charter. She spent the past five years in Arizona working for PwC.
2009 Curt Black and Elaine Martin got married in July 2021 in Stowe, Vermont! They were lucky to celebrate with a great group of friends and family, including many attendees from Cannon. Curt and Elaine met in Washington, DC, in 2015 while Curt was working for Google’s U.S. Elections team and Elaine was at Curt Black Georgetown Medical School. Curt and Elaine now live in Newport Beach, CA. Curt recently left Google to join Aktify, a Conversational AI company, as their Head of Growth. Elaine is a third-year Otolaryngology resident at UC Irvine. Please reach out if you’re ever in the Orange County area! Alexandra Ramdin Thompson married longtime love, Patrick Thompson, in Temecula, CA on September 11, 2021. Jacquelyn Ramdin ’12 was the maid of honor and Savannah Sipperly ’09 was in attendance and did a reading during the ceremony. Alexandra and Patrick have since moved to South Lake Tahoe, CA where they reside with their dog, Vince.
Alexandra Ramdin Thompson
2010 Brooke Matherly Corley recently graduated from Arizona State University with her Master’s of Sustainable Tourism. After graduating, she accepted a remote position as a Training and Development Coordinator with Cloudbeds, a leading hospitality software company.
Brooke Corley ’10 and sister, Blair Matherly ’13
Lauren Hunstad will marry Michael Conners at the Mint Museum Uptown on April 23, 2022. Lauren and Michael are both lawyers living in Charlotte, NC. The wedding party includes the maid of honor Megan Hunstad ’11 and bridesmaids Rosemary Sirois ’10 and Rianna Das Barnhouse ’10.
2011 Marissa Deddens and Conor Larkin celebrated their marriage with family and friends at The Venues at Langtree on October 23, 2021. Marissa and Conor began their relationship over twelve years ago when they met during their freshman year of high school at Cannon. They moved back to Charlotte in Marissa Deddens and Conor Larkin August of 2021 where Marissa is a speech-language pathologist with LKN Speech-Language Pathology and Conor is the Lead Commercial Engineer with Fluid USA. They are looking forward to their new chapter together in Charlotte! Cannon alumni in the bridal party included best man Austin Larkin ’13, matrons of honor Kelci Deddens Pozzi ’08 and Bri Wyatt Tysinger ’12, and bridesmaids Laura Oddo Goettel ’11 and Catherine Petok Coyle ’11. Cannon alumni in attendance included Thomas Goode ’13, Zack Tysinger ’12, Jarett Andretti ’11, MacKenzie Dickerman ’11, Winston Felker ’11, Andrew Mikita ’11, Jackson Sipperly ’11, Laura Oddo Goettel ’11, Catherine Petok Coyle ’11, Royden Goode ’10, and Virginia Goode Ourisman ’08. Olivia Osborne met her fiancé, Brett, when she was crossing the street in the rain in Miami, where she is earning her Ph.D. and he is doing his MD/Ph.D. A year later, he proposed while they were sailing in the Florida Keys. They are planning their wedding for December 2022 in Rome. After graduation, Olivia Olivia Osborne will attend law school for intellectual property law and Brett will complete his surgical residency. Joan Palumbo is the current Advancement Coordinator at Trinity Episcopal School. She has been serving in this role since September 2020. Winter/Spring 2022 | CANNON | 37
