and his wife, Melissa, moved from NYC to Ithaca, N.Y. as he took a position at the Cornell Endowment in June. Roger writes, “The change has been significant but enjoyable, and we hope to hear from anyone who might be travelling through the Finger Lakes district.“
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Sam Coleman writes, “I recently got a new job and I am loving it. I took second place in the women’s division championship in motorcycle road racing in the Motorcycle Roadracing Association of Colorado (MRA). I see a few Choaties, like Kristen (Zeitzer) Bourke and Onna Houck, and I talk to quite a few on Facebook. Life is great in Colorado, and my three kids and I are running around all the time!” Emily Coven reports, “I’m writing from Truckee (Lake Tahoe), Calif., but by the time this is published, I’ll be in Queenstown, New Zealand. I have the great fortune of dividing my time between these two beautiful places, and sometimes living back-to-back summers. My husband, Adrian, and I both run our own small businesses – I have an interactive design and development company that’s been going for eight years now, and he runs the self-explanatory New Zealand Adventure Travel Guides. And just to add to the chaos, we have two other major projects – our sons CJ (2 years) and Zane (2 months). I’ve been sorry to miss the past two Reunions, but they keep colliding with major life events – I got married the weekend of our 15th, and was too pregnant to travel the weekend of our 20th. Maybe things will calm down by the 25th?” K atie Marsh writes, “On October 9, my new young adult novel Jepp, Who Defied the Stars, was published by Hyperion. Jepp is historical fiction inspired by the story of the real life court dwarf who served the 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Early accolades include a starred Publishers Weekly review and inclusion on the ABC Best Books for Children and Indie Next lists. Anyone who enjoys Renaissance history and coming-of-age epics should check it out!” Garrett Soden was recently appointed CEO of RusForest AB, a publicly-traded Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia. Garrett joins RusForest from the Lundin family office in Geneva. The Lundin family is indirectly the largest shareholder of RusForest. The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm First North under ticker symbol RUSF.
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Aman da T uck er Doug h erty welcomed a second daughter, Elizabeth “Libby” Ryan Dougherty, on July 4, 2011. She joins her older sister Madeline who is 3. Melan ie Samarasin g h e married Craig Balderston on October 15, 2011, with a great gathering of classmates. More recently, they had their first child, August Samarasinghe Balderston, born July 21, 2012. Melanie is currently working at Spotify, and living in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
top Gary Bisbee ’93 married Carey Starno on May 21, 2011 in Westport, Conn. Choaties in attendance, from left, Katie Bisbee ’94, Mike Opdenaker ’93, Sara Upton ’94, Kane O'Neill ’93, Doug Yates ’93, and Laura Theobald-Opdenaker ’93. Front row: Gary and Carey Bisbee.
middle Rob Russo ’93 and wife, Carolyn, welcomed twin boys
Christopher R. Russo (“Bobby”), and John D. Russo (“Jack”) Russo on May 10, 2012.
bottom Marly Merenda Franke ’93 and her husband, Chris,
welcomed a daughter, Milana Grace Franke, on August 9, 2012.