Class Notes himself as his marriage falls apart. “A Better You” can be viewed on all the major video on demand platforms. abetteryoumovie.com
Catherine Brown Paterson’s colorful interior design project was featured in the September issue of House Beautiful magazine. catherinebrownpaterson.com This past summer, Steve Purdy joined his family’s health care private equity investment firm, Cadrillion Capital. Prior to his new role, he helped start and build a pharmacy delivery company, DeliverCareRx.
1988 After three years with Gap Inc. at their headquarters in San Francisco, Chris Corwin joined the Gymboree Corporation and manages production for all three of their brands: Gymboree, Crazy 8, and Janie and Jack. He still commutes from Outer Richmond to downtown and loves it. Clint Echols is completing his seventh year as a pastor at First Baptist Church in Zeeland, Michigan. His oldest son, Avery, is a placekicker at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. His younger son, Wesley, will graduate from high school this summer and plans to play college football as well. Daughter, Caroline, is in eighth grade and already longs to become an elementary school teacher one day. Heather, his wife of 22 years, works for a travel agency that creates Bible study trips to Israel, Turkey, and Greece. Anne Tracy Emerson is the showrunner (aka supervising producer) for “Chicken Soup For the Soul’s Hidden Heroes,” that premiered on CBS in October. It’s a hidden-camera show aimed at teens and hosted by Brooke Burke-Charvet. Each episode of the series reveals acts of amazing goodwill, secretly capturing everyday heroes in action as they demonstrate kindness, compassion, and commitment to others. Her husband, Patrick, started a new wine distribution company for South Carolina restaurants and retailers called Curated Selections. Shelly Nuttall Gardner enjoys living on Daniel Island, South Carolina, with her son Jack (17) and daughter Anna Kate (15). Between college visits and high school sports, Shelly runs her event management firm, Wheelhouse Inc., which keeps
her busy and traveling throughout the year. She would love to catch up with classmates who visit Charleston anytime!
Jason Levergood and Miako Charlotte Smith became engaged in November while hiking the icy cliffs of the Icelandic Western Peninsula between the towns of Hellnar and Arnastapi. Miako is from London, England. The couple met at a wedding in Peru in March 2012. In his role at Grant Thornton International, Jason works with global industry leaders from around the world on the 2020 global industries strategy. He led a public sector industry session and will have an opportunity to share outputs at the GTI Annual Conference in Athens, Greece, in October.
Carroll Rogers Walton and her husband, Gus, celebrated their first anniversary. They were married on November 14, 2014, at the Dairy Barn at Anne Springs Close Greenway in Fort Mill, South Carolina. A number of classmates attended the wedding, including Lissa Diaz Ecker, Laura Williams Hunter, Ashley O’Neill Kleiderer, Stacey Moore, Bernie Nabors, Pebbles Glenn Nix, and Jackie Olmert Sidoti.
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The Class of 1988 offers our sincere condolences to Edwin Peacock for the passing of his mother, Gail Peacock, in July. Craighill Redwine and his wife, Katherine, moved to Charleston, South Carolina, and love it. He is running equity capital markets for the Seaport Group, and Kat still works in philanthropic giving for Bank of America.
Mama Kerry Reichs and big brother Declan welcome to the world the elegant (and unexpectedly early) Hazel Inara Reichs, born on July 20, 2015. Declan excels at being an enthusiastic and loving big brother, and Hazel shows a tolerance that will serve her well throughout her life. The family resides in Washington, DC. Kerry continues to write full-time and is currently working on another episode of the television drama “Bones” in addition to her fourth novel. Eric Strumpf is retiring from the Air Force in summer 2016 and plans to move back to Charlotte.
Paige Gunter Robertson presented in five art shows in Charlotte this year, including two at Christ Episcopal Church and a benefit at the Duke Mansion. pgroilpaintings.com Dave Tompkins recently accompanied Project Baseline, a conservation nonprofit documenting underwater sewage pipes and their harm to the coral ecosystem, on a submarine dive in South Florida. The story will run in Slate magazine. He recently wrote about director John Carpenter for Paris Review and 2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell for the ESPN sub-site Grantland.
1990 Ed Cash received three Grammy nominations in the Contemporary Christian Music category. He was part of the songwriting team for “Lift Your Head Weary Sinner (Chains),” performed by Crowder, and “Because He Lives (Amen),” performed by Matt Maher. He also produced Chris Tomlin’s album, “Love Ran Red.” In October, Alicia Morris-Rudd was promoted to director of community engagement for the College of Health and Human Services at UNC-Charlotte. Alicia oversees a team responsible for alumni and donor relations, development, community partnerships, and events for the College of Health and Human Services.”
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