BULLETIN | SPRING 2018 47
2000s ’00
R. Gerard McGeary writes, “I have started a company called Repetere (https://repetere.ai/), which uses machine learning to provide pricing simulations and automated sales/product mix forecasts to multilocation restaurants. We use a restaurant’s own sales history combined with external data such as weather to generate forecasts for our clients.”
’01
Joanna Cantor released her debut novel, Alternative Remedies for Loss, a coming-of-age story, in May. The novel follows 22-year-old Olivia Harris, who finds herself in the scarily open-ended stage of early adulthood while grieving the still-fresh loss of her mother. Tim Ganser and Faith Wallace-Gadsden welcomed a son, Boreas Alfred Sebastian Ganser, on March 12, 2018. The family lives in Stuttgart, Germany where Tim runs Starline Computer, the family IT business, and from where Faith runs Archimedes Project, her US-based non-profit. Mina Kazanlieva married Hank Spring in September at the Nassau Inn in Princeton, N.J. She was happy that her Choate ‘01 and HBS ‘11 classmate Caitlin O’Neil was able to join them. Also in attendance was Nathan Cho. After a honeymoon in South Africa and Seychelles, the couple is now back in New York, where they both work in private equity, Mina at Carlyle and Hank at KarpReilly. Says Mina, “Choate changed my life, and the Choate community means a lot to me.” Emily Levada says her year is off to a great start. In January, she was named one of Remodista’s Women to Watch in Business Disruption for 2018 for her work as director of product management at Wayfair.com. In February, she welcomed twins Connor Mason and Carter Ellis Kirtz-Levada. Diana Rinehart is honored to be one of 54 contributors to Empowering Women Through Cooking: Stories and Recipes from Jordan. She says, “It is a beautifully written and photographed book. In truth, it is a special compilation of recipes and stories of the many women of different backgrounds who contributed to this effort. It will be available on Amazon.”
’02
Robert Grajewski writes that he has spent the past two years launching and growing the Wond’ry (www.theWondry.com), Vanderbilt University’s new Innovation Center, as the inaugural Evans Family Executive Director. The Wond’ry, in its first year, hosted more than 35,000 participants in programs, workshops, and Makerspace events. It was recognized by the National Science Foundation as an Innovation Corps site, one of 70 universities nationwide to receive this honor, and Robert was recently recognized in the Nashville Business Journal’s ”40 under 40.”
’03
Lydia Hawkins writes that she and her wife welcomed their first child, Oliver Patrick Hawkins, on January 4. “The three of us are now spending a year in Melbourne, Australia while Debbie completes a surgical fellowship and I am on maternity leave from my role as Director of Enrollment at StrathconaTweedsmuir School in Calgary, Alberta. Since arriving in Melbourne, we’ve connected with Reiko Okazaki. Hope to see everyone at our 15th Reunion in May!”
’04 Alessandra Echeverria writes, “I was promoted to director of AmeriCorps at the Relay Graduate School of Education last summer. I am enjoying my expanded role and managing my growing team.” Ashley Jacobson recently moved to Chicago as VP, Strategy at Publicis, a global powerhouse in the media/advertising industry. She has enjoyed being back in the city where she graduated from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University with her MBA. Ashley has already gotten involved with the Choate Chicago Alumni Club and looks forward to connecting with more alums. Reach out if you are in the area. Jessica Zofnass Barclay heads up Institutional Sales for the Black Creek Group, a real estate private equity firm in Denver. She and her family are loving life in Colorado and hope to see some Choaties if they’re in the area. ’06
John Sanders III writes, “After graduating, I went on to play quarterback and study pre-law at the University of Arizona. Immediately upon graduation from college, I was approached about acting in a television show in Los Angeles. What I thought to be a three week adventure, turned into a three-year career of full time acting and modeling. After relocating to Nashville, I was blessed enough to have been recognized by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine as one of their Top 25 Most Beautiful People, joining company such as Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, etc. My “day job” is in that of commercial real estate development and construction. I am currently a director at a national firm, CORE Construction. My experiences (both in the classroom and out) at Choate Rosemary Hall provided me a foundation to build upon, and for that I am grateful.” TOP Designers Maximilian P. Sinsteden ’05 and Catherine
Casteel Olasky were featured in a February 24-25 Wall Street Journal article for a home they designed on the Channel Island of Guernsey. BOTTOM Classmates Dr. Erin Taylor ’05 and Eleanor Mullen, CRNA, ’05 work together to care for patients in the operating rooms at Massachusetts General Hospital. Erin is a plastic surgery resident and Eleanor is a Nurse Anesthetist. Lots of Choate love exudes from the room when they are across the drapes from each other.