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Frank Gerratana is in his seventh year as an intellectual property attorney at Fish & Richardson P.C. in Boston. He was recently appointed Chair of the New Lawyers Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Otessa Ghadar was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post and mentioned her Choate teacher Elizabeth Lowery in her answer to the question ‘Who influenced you?’ She writes, “I specifically mention Ms. Lowery as being a major inspiration to me as a youth – someone who inspired me and encouraged me and challenged me. The interview even made it to the front page of the Huff Post, which was neat. It was important to me that I pass this on as I feel so many of the high school teachers who changed our lives and strengthened our resolves … don’t get thanked nearly enough.” (See a review of Otessa's book The Wild West of Film on p. 63). Andrew Stewart and his wife Lia and son Ryan welcomed their daughter, Isabel Brisset Stewart, known as “Ellie,” on January 2.
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Asha Agrawal and Lissa Moses ‘02 (former Choate hockey teammates) are now living together in San Francisco after bumping into each other at SXSW in Austin, Texas in 2014. Asha invests in sustainable companies at an environmental venture capital firm, Westly Group, and Lissa raises seed funding for Mosa Mack Science, an education startup that’s revolutionizing science education.
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1 Jason Rahal ’99 and Tracy
3 Paul Falcigno ’98 and his
4 Shell Roberts ’01 married
5 Gunther Hamm ’98 and wife,
7 Zoé Bolesta-Reynolds ’02
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Zupancis Rahal ’99 announce the birth of their son, Thomas Zupancis Rahal, on February 23, 2014. 2 Carlos Machado ’99 and his wife welcomed a son, Carlos Alfredo Machado IV, on October 13, 2014. His sister, Sofia, is 3 years old. The family resides in Coral Gables, Fla.
wife, Kelly, welcomed a son, Philip Michael, into their family on November 8, 2014. His big brother Grant LOVES playing with him!
Winthrop (Win) H. Smith III (Brunswick ’98) on his family farm in Litchfield, Conn., on September 27, 2014. The couple, who met at Amherst College, currently resides in Greenwich. Choaties in attendance included Aaron Roberts ’02 (groomsman/brother of the bride), Riley McCarthy ’02 (bridesmaid), Samir Gautam ’02, Darren Norton ’02, and Lili Ruane ’77 (stepmother of the groom).
Anna Fang, welcomed a son, Konrad. 6 Alexandra Jordan ’01 and husband, Josh Stinchcomb, welcomed Lily Alexandra Stinchcomb on December 21, 2014. The family resides in Brooklyn Heights. Allie is pursuing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Columbia University Teachers College.
and husband, Garth Reynolds, welcomed Élodie Grace Reynolds on January 13, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. 8 Emily Levada ’01 and husband, Jonathan Kirtz, welcomed son, Zander Marcus Kirtz-Levada, this past December. All are happy and healthy living in Boston, where Emily is associate director of onsite merchandising for the Wayfair family of brands.
General Anthea Jay Kamalnath ‘02 with her boss, California Attorney General (and U.S. Senator Candidate) Kamala D. Harris, at the Attorney General's inaugural ceremony at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif., on January 5, 2015.