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1 1 Seventeen Choaties were in
attendance at the wedding of Chris Nelson ’95 on May 27, 2012, in Healdsburg, Calif. Back row, standing from left, Jeff Hamrick ’94, Timmy Booth ’94, Mr. John Eldert, Matty Nelson, PJ Orthwein ’94, Mrs. Sue Eldert, Nely, Alissa (bride), Mr. Charlie Holmes, Andy Watts, Chris Wynne, Jason Matlon, Ben Badger. Front row, kneeling from left: Dave Crisp ’94, Chris Casey ’94, Chris Govil ’95, Rob Hatch ’94. 2 John T. Chiavaroli ’98 married Kathryn Mary (Gee) Grandonico ’98 on top of Mt. Sugarloaf in South Deerfield, Mass., on June 22, 2013. John has returned to Choate as a history and language teacher, and head coach of the Boys Varsity soccer team. 3 Kristen Fiedler Kittscher
4 Chris Staudt ’95 and Robin Ried ’00 were married on July 14, 2012, on Nantucket. Chris is a Director at Emigrant Capital, and Robin is the Head of Urban Development and a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. From left: Ted Newman ’00, Martha Blackman ’00, Jeein Ha ’00, Caroline Staudt ’00, Nabil El-Hage, Melanie Ried ’94, Robin and Chris, Laurel Ried Langworthy ’97, Alexandra Fenwick ’00, and Stephanie Ogden ’00. 5 Lee Ann Richter ’99 and her
husband, John, welcomed a daughter, Jane Elsie Farden, on October 6, 2013. She joins big brother Jacoby, 2. The family is living in Washington, D.C., where Lee Ann is doing a fellowship in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery.
’92 is enjoying book tours for her debut novel, The Wig in the Window, the first in a new mystery series for kids age 9 and up. Here are eager readers at Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla, Calif.
4 Alison Roxby is an attending physician in infectious diseases and HIV medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. In addition to seeing patients, Alison does clinical epidemiology research with HIV-positive women in Africa, studying reproductive health and contraception. Alison’s family, husband Brian Rulifson, and Thomas (3) and Anna (6), will be spending a month in Kenya this winter while Alison gets her latest project underway.
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’96 Our company, Zoobean, is a discovery platform and service that curates book and app selections for each one-of-a-kind child. –Jordan Lloyd Bookey ’96
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Kristen Fiedler Kittscher has been on a book tour with her debut novel, The Wig in the Window, the first in a new mystery series for kids aged 9 and up. She writes, “It’s been so much fun seeing Choaties across the country: Celia Chang, HeeJin Yim, Caitlin Thompson, Lacey Tucker, and Char Caprio all came out to celebrate at launch events. I’m still happily living in Pasadena, Calif., where I’ve taught writing for the past 10 years.”
’94 Simone Balch writes, “After calling Atlanta home for the past seven years, our family moved to Baltimore last February, and so far love the vibrancy of the city and quirkiness of Baltimoreans.” Simone works for Diamond Dragon Advisors, an Asian-based placement agent that raises capital for private equity funds. She visited Hong Kong in November and had fun catching up with Elaine Tung, Duncan Miao, Laura Kiang, Tania Wong ’95, Michelle So ’95, and Derek Yu. ’95
Melissa Rethy Bauman writes, “After getting married in 2005, Joel Bauman ’96 and I lived in Philadelphia for seven years, where I worked as a child trauma therapist, Joel completed a residency in neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and we welcomed our two sons, Eben, now 5, and Jude, 3.
Then we were off to Boston, where Joel completed a fellowship in complex spinal surgery at New England Baptist Hospital. This year, we moved back to the New Haven area, where Joel became the newest member of CT Neuroscience, PC. We’re very happy to be back ’home,’ and living so close to Choate again.”
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Jordan Lloyd Bookey writes, “I recently left my role as Head of K-12 Education at Google to startup a new venture with my husband, Felix. Our company, Zoobean, is a discovery platform and service that curates book and app selections for each one-of-a-kind child. Every book or app from Zoobean is handpicked by a team of experts…who also happen to be parents and librarians! These curators also provide reading guides with literacy tips and fun activities for the books selected for each child. As it happens, two of our curators are connected to Choate: Josia Lamberto-Egan ’95 and Chrissy Khachane, wife of Anil Khachane ’96, are both a part of the broader curation team!” Daniel Murphy writes, “The Murphy family has created a co-working space in downtown Providence, R.I. for entrepreneurs, The Hatch Entrepreneurial Center. It launched on September 18, 2013. The family renovated 6,000 square feet above the branch to support the growing economic initiatives in Rhode Island, where unemployment has been among the highest in the nation. In order to combat the ‘brain drain’ every May, where students from the 11 local colleges and universities graduate and take their human capital to other cities and states due to the lack of opportunities in R.I., the Hatch provides a cost-effective space where entrepreneurs can network, collaborate and create.”