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’97 Courtney Carter Charney ’97 enjoying the sunshine with her husband Michael and daughter Avery
’97 Mego Spieker Thomas ’97 with her beautiful family at the beach
’00 Kelly Groves ’96 with her sister, Cortney Groves Hsu ’02, and Austin Hsu
Kate Stober kes2122@columbia.edu Kate Stober recently relocated from New York City to Missoula, MT, where her husband is starting a new job. She hopes to continue her career in museum and library communications out in Montana.
’97
’99
Debbie Leight ’97
Kristen Leep ’99 and Jenna Hudson ’02 enjoy the San Francisco Spinsters Ball
psychologist at South Texas Veterans Health Care System in September. The Leyva family is living happily in San Antonio, TX.
(1 1⁄2). Mego works for a small real estate development firm and is loving being back in the Bay Area near friends and family.
1996
Debbie Leight has quit Google and
Anna Beattie Wilson annawilson@gmail.com Josie Maran’s eco-makeup brand, Josie Maran Cosmetics, was featured in the “Trendsetter” section of the Sierra Club Magazine. Josie’s website is www. josiemarancosmetics.com. Meehan Rasch recently finished a year teaching at University of California, Davis School of Law as a Wydick Fellow and is currently serving as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She and her life partner, documentary filmmaker Sally Rubin, celebrated their commitment with a ceremony and assorted festivities in Carmel, CA, on September 29, 2012.
1997
Courtney Carter Charney ccharney@apr.com Yuriko Tse tse.yuriko@gmail.com After living in Los Angeles since college, Mego Spieker Thomas finally moved back up north with her husband and two daughters, Catherine (2 1⁄2) and Amelia
is starting a new business up in Marin. “Computers Made Easy offers one-onone, personalized training on all things tech. You bought it; let me show you how to use it! :)”
Courtney Carter Charney lives in Atherton with her husband, Michael, and 18-month-old daughter, Avery. Courtney practices residential real estate in the Menlo Park area and enjoys working with many of her Casti friends.
1998
Lindsay Austin Louie lindsaylouie@stanfordalumni.org Kimmy Morris Rosen kimberley.morris@gmail.com Katie Barnes is enjoying her first year as Nurse Manager for Curry Senior Center, a medical clinic serving low-income seniors in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.
1999
Katherine Sleeth katherine_sleeth@ml.com
After almost a decade in New York City,
Emily Glenn Tucker is planning to return to the Bay Area this fall. She is moving back with her husband, Peter, and their one-year-old daughter, Amelia, and looks forward to reconnecting with other Casti alums in the area.
2000
Anjelika Deogirikar anjelika@gmail.com Claire Cummins clcummins@gmail.com Claire Cummins is still living and working in Australia—only a couple months away from her permanent residency! “I still work in high schoolaged student exchange, and spend most of my free time walking my German shorthaired pointer dog and meditating at the Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga. If you’re ever in Australia, let me know. My partner Jess, Jasper, and I would be very happy to show you around!”
2001
Kelly Wulff kellywulff@gmail.com Victoria Wobber finished her PhD in human evolutionary biology at Harvard this year. “I’m currently still in Cambridge, working as a post-doctoral fellow in Harvard’s Psychology Department. I’ve been in Cambridge for more than 10 years now, though I am looking to move somewhere in the next few years that doesn’t require shoveling so much snow! I’d be happy to meet up with any Casti alums who are in the Boston area.”
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