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Melissa Haury Herrin earned her M.D. from the Yale School of Medicine in May, and is pursuing her residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her career interests include surgical management for advanced heart failure, improving surgical access in underserved areas, and mentoring women interested in cardiac surgery. She moved to Seattle with her husband, Brad Herrin, M.D., who completed his residency at Yale in pediatrics and worked as a general pediatrician at Yale Health, and son David, 11, who is interested in economics, computer science, and marine biology and aspires to play baseball for Choate.
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Sheila Adams received the Champion of Justice Award from the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project in May for her pro bono work. Sheila works for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a private law firm, where she dedicates some of her time to pro bono matters (See page 17). Jaques Clariond and wife Kimberly celebrated Jaques’ completion of his graduate work at Yale School of Management with Stephen ’01 and Rebecca Baldassarri in Rowayton, Conn. Jaques is an investment banker at UBS in NYC. Stephen and Rebecca are doctors at Yale. Elizabeth DeSantis writes, “I am working as the lead Speech Pathologist at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital’s Pediatric Assessment and Development Center. I recently moved back to Connecticut with my family, where I am once again enjoying the cold New England winters. If anyone else is in the field, please reach out! I would love to hear from you.”
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’02 Yaminette Diaz-Linhart is starting a PhD at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University this fall.
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with her husband, Brad, and son David, 11, at the Yale School of Medicine commencement ceremony. She will pursue residency training in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. 2 Ryan Tveter ’12, in his second GP3 series event, recorded a fifth- and a fourth-place finish in an international field of future F1 hopefuls at Austria’s Red Bull Ring in July. 3 Sally Lindsay, Jack Katzenstein, and Matt Bee (all Class of 2013) in Providence, R.I., for Venture for America Training Camp. VFA is a fellowship that encourages entrepreneurship by working for startups in 16 different cities throughout the U.S.
Slusser, welcomed their third child, Evan David Slusser, on May 17. 5 Lauren Olson Montgomery ’02 received her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2017. She will be moving to Boston to work for Microsoft. 6 Matt DeSantis ’03, left, and Richard Hubbell ’02 in Bhutan. Matt has been living in Bhutan since 2013 and operating MyBhutan (www.mybhutan.com) – a travel, technology, and consulting service. 7 Yext veterans Liz Walton ’06 and Lexi Bohonnon ’06 celebrated Yext’s IPO in April at the New York Stock Exchange.
husband Matthew Bruckner welcomed their first child, Jack Matthew Bruckner, in London on July 4, 2017. The family is doing well and excited to start this new chapter together. 9 Catherine Cano ’05 was recently promoted to Director of Operations, liveBooks.
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’03 Matt DeSantis has been living in Bhutan since 2013 and operating MyBhutan (www.mybhutan. com) – a travel, technology and consulting service – with classmate Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck to sustain the philanthropic activities of its nonprofit partner, Tarayana Foundation. This past year, MyBhutan hosted 12 former Choaties in Bhutan. Matt has also been assigned as the U.S. Warden to Bhutan by the U.S. State Department. ’04 Allie Echeverria recently received a promotion and is now the Director of AmeriCorps Residency Programs at the Relay Graduate School of Education. She writes, “I love my job and I am thrilled to have this opportunity. I am still in Atlanta, in the Inman Park. My apartment complex has a dog park and my two dachshunds are so happy they now have their very own yard that they share with their neighbors.”
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