Foreign Language, Annalise Blech Rivas spends time improving her own Spanish and exploring Mexican life and culture. Y Caroline Nutt Linz had her second son, Theodore “Teddy” Wetherill Linz, June 11. Tom and Mika Steffensen Reynolds are Teddy’s godparents, and older brother Charlie Andrew is 2.
01 Hello! I’m enjoying being back
in New York for a year now. I launched my own stationery design business, Salt & Paper, www.saltandpaperdesign.com, which has been very exciting (and very busy!). Y Whitney Dayton Brunet, Katie Stewart, and Lauren Stevens ran the half marathon in Portland. Y Shanna Brownstein graduated from Columbia and spent the summer in Thailand leading a high school community service program. She now lives in Portland, Ore. Y David Forsyth got married Sept. 27 to Kerrin Falk in Madison, Conn. Y Evan Reece spent the summer weddingplanning and traveling extensively, meeting with resorts and working on their new site for www.liftopia.com. Y Stephanie McMurrich completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, left Boston, moved back to Miami, and is currently completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Miami VA Hospital. Y Jemison Foster recently started a new job at the Bangkok Patana School in Thailand. He’s doing his best to learn Thai and doing a lot of ocean racing (sailing). Y JC Reeves and Sarah Rundquist got married June 28 in York, Maine. JC’s working in financial consulting in Boston and Sarah is still at MIT finishing her master’s thesis in architecture. They plan a move to San Francisco this summer. Y Liz Frankel got engaged while on vacation in Ireland. Y Stefanie Greenleaf Fyfe received a promotion at K12 and can now work remotely, which means she and her husband can finally move from Phoenix back home to Maine this spring. She and her husband are also expecting their second child. Y Jennifer Carlson got engaged to Scott Morneau and bought a house that they are renovating themselves. She often sees Jen Jost, who lives in Saco and works at the University of New England. Y Colin McKee has finished being a student. He completed a joint degree from Johns Hopkins SAIS in international relations and an M.B.A. from INSEAD in France. London is next, where he’ll join PricewaterhouseCoopers’ sustainability and climate change team. He recently caught
up with Kathy Manu in Barcelona (before her move to South America) and Nathan Gehlert on the Oregon coast. Y Elise and Chris Morgan had their first baby, Emily Estes Morgan, Oct. 13. Mother and daughter are doing great—they’re all just a bit tired. Y Sara Lovitz moved to Auckland, New Zealand, for a couple years. Y Brendon Gavin finished his Ph.D. at Dartmouth in molecular and cellular biology last June and now works as a patent agent at Ropes & Gray, a law firm in NYC. He and his wife, Katie, had a second baby, a girl named Maeve Hilary Gavin, and they all moved to Brooklyn. Y Junko Goda works in Hollywood. There’s a Cox Communications commercial that’s running in the southern U.S. and up some of the East Coast that you may catch her on. This fall she was on a career panel with Tramaine Weekes. Y Jon Weinberg received his Ph.D. in computer science from U.C. San Diego. Y Lauren Schaad is pursuing her M.B.A. in global management at Thunderbird in Arizona, with a specialization in international development. She’s interested in joining the Foreign Service as a public service officer and is keen to network with Colby alumni who have followed a similar path. Y Sean Rinzler is deployed in Afghanistan, running medevac missions. Y Venola Mason got a new job working for The New Teacher Project as a site manager in Atlanta managing a professional development program for teachers in the Atlanta public schools. She also took her first cruise to Belize and didn’t get seasick. —Dana Fowler Charette
02 After a tour in Iraq Ward Savage
left the Marine Corps and started an M.B.A. at UPenn Wharton. He got engaged in May and will be married in Philadelphia. Y And the wedding train continues: Nicki Shoemaker is engaged to J.R. McNair (Michigan ’03) and will be married in Chicago in spring 2010. Y Lindsey Williams married Eric Ackerson June 14 in Post Mills, Vt. Lindsey lives in Washington, D.C., and works as a program analyst for the National Ocean Service. Y Loryn Traversi is in her last year of graduate school at Boston College for social work and is marrying Matt Irwin in September. Mikhaila Noble-Pace will be one of her bridesmaids. Y Jonathan Lord got engaged over the summer to Maggie Panian—their wedding is scheduled for August 2009. They live and teach in Ridgefield, Conn. * In July Jen
Smyth married Matt Curti at the Pine Creek Cookhouse in Aspen, Colo. Y In September Benjamin Griffin and Jen-ai Stokesbury ’01 were married at The Nature Place in Colorado. Y Jaime Langione and Mike Endreny were also married this fall, at East Over Farm in Rochester, Mass. Y Whitney Alford married Spencer Mallozzi at cozy Camp Kieve in Nobleboro, Maine, in September. Y Michael Pincus married Danielle O’Steen ’03 in September in West Park, N.Y. Classmates in attendance included Patrick Swillinger, Mairead Carney, Alexis Detwiler, Michael Bergan, and Helena Tubis. Mike and Danielle reside in D.C. where Mike works as an attorney at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s office of the general counsel and Danielle is a freelance arts writer for several publications. Y Megan Cassella married Thomas Hand in September. Y Veronica (Craun ’04) and Justin Ucko had their third boy, Lawson Monagan Ucko (Class of ’30?). They live in New Jersey with their other boys, Rowan and Ian. Justin works for Barclays Capital and actively recruits Colby students interested in investment banking. Y Alexandra Suchman completed her master’s in public policy from GWU in August and got engaged last summer. Y In April Mark and Natalie Buccola Keilholz had a baby boy, Graham, who keeps them busy. Natalie continues to work as a nurse practitioner at a gastroenterology practice. Y Robert and Leah Sablosky-Drouin had a boy, Nicholas, in June. Y JJ ’01 and Piper Elliott Abodeely expect a baby in May. Y Paul Lilley teaches math at the Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs and coaches outdoor ed and lacrosse. Y Katie Harris is in Seattle hanging out with her dog, Gunney, when she’s not traveling the world working on global health. Y Alexander Aldous moved from Shearman & Sterling LLP to the International Corporate Group of Watson, Farley and Williams LLP. Y Mariah Hamel and her fiancé, Mat, set an October 2009 wedding date. Mariah teaches at University of Georgia, Athens, and really enjoys her job. Y Avery Roth writes from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she continues to work for a hedge fund. She reconnected with Sarah Piampiano, Jon Greene, and Ben Colice this summer in the Hamptons. Jon transferred to Montreal, Canada, with his company. Y Katie Magnuson moved to Madrid, Spain, and teaches physics at the American School of Madrid.
2000s Correspondents 2000 c/o Meg Bernier Boyd Colby College Office of Alumni Relations Waterville, ME 04901 207-859-4312 classnews2000@alum.colby.edu 2001 Dana Fowler Charette 401 E 80th Street, Apt. 6F New York, NY 10075 646-744-5043 classnews2001@alum.colby.edu 2002 Sally Hall Bell 6824 SE Knight Street Portland, OR 97206 503-929-3700 classnews2002@alum.colby.edu 2003 Lauren Tiberio 96 Waters View Drive Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-874-1118 classnews2003@alum.colby.edu 2004 Kate Weiler EMC Corporation 300 Conshohocken State Road Conshohocken, PA 19428 classnews2004@alum.colby.edu 2005 Katie Gagne 209 Washington Street, Apt. 3 Brookline, MA 02445 617-823-1463 classnews2005@alum.colby.edu 2006 Jennifer Coliflores 565 Madison Street Wrentham, MA 02093 classnews2006@alum.colby.edu 2007 Karli Gasteazoro 3542 Emerson Aveue S, Apt. 102 Minneapolis, MN 55408 classnews2007@alum.colby.edu 2008 Palmer McAuliff 4313 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901 classnews2008@alum.colby.edu She hopes to have many visitors. Y Lizzy Rice Giffen is a counselor at the Pennington School in New Jersey, where she also teaches English. Y Jess Bennett is surviving her third year at Tufts Medical School and recently COLBY / WINTER 2009 59