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’05 Catherine Cano was recently promoted to Director of Operations, liveBooks. She has played many roles during her nine-plus years at WeddingWire. Under her leadership at liveBooks, the business was stabilized and transitioned to a new technology platform. Catherine says, “I’m very excited to see what we are able to accomplish next.” Ming Ong launched a sunglasses brand called Rocket in September. ’06 Basie Gitlin ran into classmate Frank Hamilton and his brother, Grant ’14 while exploring Edinburgh Castle in March. Basie writes, “Choaties are everywhere!”
’11 Chris Aguiar finished his Master’s in Education from Boston College in 2016 and is now a high school biology and environmental science teacher in Milford, Conn. ’13 Andrea Cordova-McCadney and Ginger Holmes, two members of Brown’s Class of 2017, have earned Fulbright Scholarships to conduct research or teach abroad. Andrea and Ginger are going to Portugal and Germany, respectively. Sally Lindsay, Jack Katzenstein, and Matt Bee were in Providence, R.I., this summer attending Venture for America Training Camp. VFA is a fellow-
Betsy Lippitt ’05 and Libby Applebaum Harrison ’87 are colleagues at Miramax in LA and recently discovered that they both went to Choate. ’08 Emily MacLeod writes, “I just finished two years teaching drama at The Bement School in Deerfield (I know, enemy territory!) and was ecstatic when three students of mine got accepted to Choate this year! Now moving to D.C., to pursue a PhD at George Washington University in Shakespeare and early modern drama.” ’09 Britta Roosendahl is entering her final year of law school has joined the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office Preliminary Hearing Unit as a Certified Law Clerk for the fall semester. She spent this summer at the New York County District Attorney’s Office. Taylor Visoski married Brendan Cusack on her family’s ranch in Stanley, N.M., on June 3, 2017. Choate classmates Jenny Jang (bridesmaid) and Will Hedley were also in attendance. Taylor recently finished her MBA and works in Corporate Finance in the Washington D.C., area. Brendan is a Materials Science Engineer and also owns a tutoring business. The couple resides in Bethesda, Maryland.
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ship that encourages entrepreneurship by working for startups in 16 different cities throughout the U.S. Sally and Jack will be working in New Orleans for New Orleans Business Alliance and Lucid respectively. Matt will be in Baltimore working for Snag-A-Slip. Fun fact: Matt, Sally, and Jack all served on Choate’s Freshman Student Council together. Andrew Rondinone writes, “This past spring I began a new position as a Special Events Coordinator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C., a museum I’m honored to be a part of.”
LET’S CELEBRATE! 1 Edward Stowe ’03 married Kelly Peterson
on April 8, 2017 in Athens, GA. In attendance: Diego Long ’01, Nick Cobbett ’03, Eric Wolff ’01, Andrew Stowe ’01 (best man) and David Morris ’02. 2 Lauren Provini ’08 married Nate Robinson on April 29 at OceanCliff in Newport, R.I. Choate classmates in attendance were Jack Fallon, Marla Spivack, and Michael Wysolmerski, as well as faculty members Marq Tisdale and Robin Sellati. 3 Allison Mead ’06 married Teddy Talbot on July 22, 2017 at the Wentworth by the Sea Country Club in N.H. From left, Ryan and Jeffrey Mead ’08, Cody Hyman, Bradford Mead ’70, Allison, Robert Wright ’70, Teddy Talbot, Conor Bozzi ’03, and Hadley Dalton Walsh ’02. 4 Rachel Attias ’03 married Chris Senio in New York City on October 29, 2016. Choate bridesmaids included Christine Leach Anderson, Catherine Tarasoff Burroughs, Dr. Shannon DeVore, and Julia Fraser Washington. 5 Megan Blunden ’06 married Casey Stoecklin of Windsor, Conn., on June 25, 2016. The wedding party included maids of honor, Ashley Bairos and Sydney Lapeyrolerie, and groomsman, Karl Blunden ’04. 6 Lane Carpenter and Dr. Shannon DeVore both ’03, married on July 29 at Amagansett, N.Y. From left, Colin Pagnam ’02, Christine Leach Anderson, Grant Carpenter ’04, Catherine Tarasoff Burroughs, Lane Carpenter, Shannon DeVore, Wes Carpenter ’02, Julia Fraser Washington, Case Carpenter ’06, Rachel Attias Senio. 7 Lawrence Coassin Jr. ’06 married Jennifer Rappaport on August 27, 2016 at the Four Seasons in Boston. Choaties in attendance: classmates Frank Hamilton, Case Carpenter, Alec Murphy, Brianna Kastukevich, Eliot Jia, Geoff Anderson, Emily Ackerman, Mike Migliaro ’05, Ryan Corcoran ’07, Joe Montini ’07, and Scott Jenks ’07. 8 Dr. Regina Heyl DePietro ‘07 married Benjamin Casterline at Basilica in Hudson, N.Y., on May 28, 2017. Choate family and friends in attendance, from left, Julia Mellon ‘07, bridesmaid Madeline Ruskin ‘06, Regina, Mary Hinojosa ‘07, and Regina’s mother, Dorothy Heyl ‘71. 9 K.C. Maloney and Will Nowak both ’06 were married June 17 in Nantucket, Mass. Front row, from left, Sophie Benson ’14, Isabel Aguirre-Kelly ’08, Sterling Kouri, Rana Searfoss, Rachel Levenson, Kate Deming, Maggie Boissard. Middle row, from left, Meg Blitzer, Emily Dodwell, Nick Molnar, Phil Kalikman, K.C. Maloney, Will Nowak, John Goods, Gwen Nero, Andrea Solomon. Back row, from left, Cullen Roberts, Drew Maniglia ’05.
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