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’99
Severa von Wentzel writes, “Happy 40th to most of us from London, where I continue to live with my French husband and our boy (7) and girl (4). They thrive in the UK school system. I work part-time for Doctors Without Borders, run the Friends of the School events and do lots of sports and traveling. It has been nice to see Amy Lehman and Susan Espinoza here.”
Alan Felsenthal has co-edited a book, A Dark Dreambox of Another Kind: The Poems of Alfred Starr Hamilton. With Ben Estes, he spent the last few years editing this collection, which is the first volume of Hamilton's work to appear in more than 40 years. See www.the-song-cave.com. Andrea Johnson, founder & president of Serra Trading Company, successfully completed the "Launch Pad" phase with the Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship-Caribbean, a hub for aspiring entrepreneurs founded in September 2011 by Sir Richard Branson, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Serra Trading Company is a purveyor of superior quality, single estate green & roasted Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee beans. Currently operating as a distributor based in New York, Serra imports coffee beans from whom they have identified as Jamaica's most reliable and highest quality farmers. Eventually she hopes to build a vertically integrated operation from seed to cup utilizing her family's Jamaica Blue Mountain coffee farm, Radnor Estate." www.virgin.com/entrepreneur/blog/ branson-centre-reports-grow-your-company-1
’93
Whitney Asher writes, “In 2012, I moved to Lenox, Mass., and opened Brava, a small wine bar in the middle of downtown Lenox. We celebrated our first year of operation, and are looking forward to a big season.”
'94
Simone Lee Balch and her family relocated to Baltimore in February after 6 years of southern living in Atlanta. They are enjoying the vibrancy and action-packed new city. Simone writes, “We would love to get together with Choate alumni in the area.” Ashley Mason and husband, Matthew, and big sister, Lillian, welcomed Alexandra Mead, on June 18, 2013. The family recently moved from Burlington, VT to Saratoga, NY. Ashley is still working as an attorney for New York State. Elizabeth Sheppard was recently named Associate Professor of American Civilization and International Relations at the University of Tours.
2000s ’01
Marisa Jaffe Gelfand and her husband, Justin, welcomed the arrival of their first child, Chase Jackson Gelfand. Chase is a big fan of animals and looks forward to rooting for the Wild Boars. Marisa continues to live in Washington, D.C., where she is a therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.
’96
Josh Cook writes, “My wife, Melinda, and I welcomed Zosia Chloe on June 7, 2012. Big sister Alenka Grace is thrilled.”
’97
Lovey Oliff was able to celebrate the release of classmate Pheroze Karai's new EP, Ennui. They were joined in New York by Jerome Parker who is still working magic in the theater world. Lovey recently joined the board of the YMCA of West Roxbury and the Choate Club of Boston and hopes to catch up with other Boston Choaties soon.
’98
Lauren Cozzolino and husband Ben Davies, and big brother, Grayson, proudly announce the birth of Evan Robert Davies on January 1, 2013. Ryan Igleheart is Evan's godfather. Kathryn Greenberg is doing well in New Haven. She was married in 2010 to Christopher Clark in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Caitlin Klevorick gave the toast at their wedding. Kathryn finished her chief resident year in Radiology at Yale New Haven Hospital and will be pursuing a fellowship in musculoskeletal imaging, also at Yale.
top Lisa Bradbury ’91 and Nicholas Webster were married on May 27, 2013 in Meads Bay, Anguilla. The couple has recently relocated from Austin, Texas to Philadelphia, and is enjoying life back on the East Coast. center Wedding of Sarah Shetter ’94 and Mark Lafferty from left: Trina Meiser, Tara Owens-Antonipillai, Lauren Wimmer, Serena Torrey Roosevelt, Sarah Shetter, Mark Lafferty, Kate Wilson ’93, and Odinn Johnson. bottom Bridget Deacon Marvinsmith ’01 and Camille Asher Berriochoa ’01 both earned their MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. They will both begin their residencies in summer 2013, Bridget in Family Medicine and Camille in Radiology.
’02
Morgan Ho has moved to Las Vegas and is working in market research at the mixed martial arts organization, The Ultimate Fighting Championship. Lissa Moses Johnson and Katie Timlin have launched a new website to change science education. Check out Mosa Mack: Science Detective (www.mosamack.org) a series of short animated science mysteries that redefines the image of a scientist. In each episode, Mosa uses critical thinking skills to solve each mystery and shows students that scientific thinking is a part of their everyday lives. Lissa’s company, Mosa Mack Animations, provides the animation.