Class Notes
CLASS OF
2000 REUNION
2003 Elizabeth Howze graduated from medical school at East Carolina University and began her residency in anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in June.
Melanie Singer and her husband, Eric, welcomed a daughter, Vera, on March 18, 2015. The family resides in Boston.
2004
Meredith Ashcraft married Jonathan Schulz on October 25, 2014, at Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. The wedding party included bridesmaid Grace Tucker Bailey and groomsman Hayes Ashcraft ’06. Meredith and Jonathan live in Charlotte, where she is a cardiac nurse with Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital, and he is with Nexsen Pruet law firm.
Bill D’Alessandro moved back to Charlotte after living in Colorado for the past six years and bought a house in the Chantilly neighborhood. He also moved his company, Elements Brands, back to his hometown and plans to open a new office/ warehouse combination space in South End. Elements Brands is a portfolio of high-quality consumer products brands with a specific focus on the personal care, organics, and outdoor sports markets. elementsbrands.com This summer, Will Daniel is leading a study abroad trip of his own creation, teaching a field course in European politics to undergraduates from Francis Marion University. He has also been invited to serve as a visiting professor of political science for the summer at the University of Duisburg-Essen, in Germany. Will’s first book, Career Behaviour and the European Parliament, was published by Oxford University Press in April. Thomas Ingram is president of American Southeast Insurance Group, located in Charlotte. ASIG is an independent agency representing over 50 companies, offering home, auto, life, health, commercial and bonds. americansoutheastinsurancegroup.com After serving as attendants in the June 2013 wedding of Trainor and Sarah Dorsett Walsh ’03, Hope Karney and Thomas Crosson became engaged at the Inn at Little Washington this past December. A wedding is planned for October at Yeamans Hall Club in Charleston, South Carolina. Evan Kridler is engaged to Kira Ilson. The couple plans to marry in Lancaster, South Carolina, in August.
Megan Plyler married Banks Huntley on April 18, 2015, at Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte. Sister of the bride Adrienne Plyler Johnson ’98 served as her matron of honor; Sarah Bell Farber, Lee Norelli Pedersen, and Blair Rainey Thompson were bridesmaids; and Frank Ix served as the ceremony reader. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia and resides in Charlotte, where Megan works for Belk Corporate’s Ecommerce division and Banks has his own criminal defense firm. Alvin Reynolds graduated from Boston College Law School in May. He is studying for the Massachusetts bar exam and plans to join the Boston-based law firm Ropes & Gray in October.
2005 The Class of 2005 celebrated our 10th Class Reunion on April 25, 2015. View photos online. JD Mills received a BS in information technology and network administration from Western Governor’s University in March 2015. He currently works as a senior IT manager at Akesis, a pharmaceutical contract research organization in Lake Wylie, South Carolina, and as the principal engineer of South Strand LLC, an IT development firm that he founded in 2012. JD and his wife, Audrey, reside in Mooresville, North Carolina, and are expecting their first child in September.
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