bridesmaids. Lauren was a bridesmaid in Jillian’s wedding to Paul Blakeslee in June. Lydia is engaged to Sathish Umapathy and currently lives in London. Y Cheka Gage married Michael Bobys Oct. 15 in Florence, Italy. Close friend Courtney Morris married Bowdoin graduate Mark Drauschke June 4. Y Alan Ashbaugh works at a Web design company based in Portland, Ore., and is partnering with Doug Calhoun ’04, who is leading business strategy for the company. Y Kevin Yardi is engaged to Bates grad Libby Getzendanner and plans a summer 2012 wedding. Y Cory Cramer teaches high school English and history in Santa Barbara, Calif. He lives with his fiancée, Kate Fox, and they plan an August wedding in Maine. Y Megan Burd-Harris is studying at Wesley Seminary in DC, where she’s working on her master of divinity and toward ordination as an elder in the United Methodist Church. Y Alana McGee started a small business hunting truffles with her dog, Duff, in the Pacific Northwest. Y Liam McDonnell works as an engineer on the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Midgett and is in the process of applying to officer candidate school. Y Kat Perez and Justin Fahey still live in Portland, Ore., where they see Nicole Conrad, Meggie Finn, Dae Ho Kim, Trevor McWilliams, and Rachel Ritchie. Justin works for nonprofit Teach for All and Kat recently curated her first exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. Y Enjoy the winter!
2006 Jennifer Coliflores classnews2006@alum.colby.edu Despite the unexpected arrival of Hurricane Irene, Lindsay Barada married Jake Bayley Aug. 27 in Nantucket, Mass. Nick Bayley ’05 was best man and Amy Cronin was a bridesmaid. After five and a half years living in separate countries, Lindsay moved to Cambridge, Ontario, at the end of last year to FINALLY be with Jake! Y Jess Minty was gearing up for the U.S Olympic marathon trials that took place in Houston in midJanuary. She looks forward to the wedding of Hillary Easter in June and hopes to visit Elizabeth Turner in Albuquerque! Y Katie Ryckman proudly announces the birth of her daughter, Lily Shea, born Aug. 8 and weighing eight pounds! Katie moved to Irvine, Calif., for a job as marketing manager at Neudesic, a Microsoft consulting company. Y Eric Richmond became engaged to Beth Scherer ’05 last May. An August 2012 wedding is planned. Against their better judgment, Brian Parise will give a toast. Eric is pursuing his M.B.A at the Wharton School. Y Nate Stone and Stephen Planas are still roommates in DC, and recently
hosted an epic Oregon Trail trivia game night. Melissa McNulty and Cait Miller were part of the wagon train, and fortunately neither one contracted typhoid or perished on the journey. Y Francis Chapuredima continues to teach math and economics at the Holderness School in NH. Francis was on Mayflower Hill and was very impressed with what the African students are doing with the Colby African Society. Jen Coliflores invited Francis to be a keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation’s “Make a Difference Day” con-
teaches middle school general music in Haverhill, Mass., while concurrently doing her student teaching to earn her master’s of music education. She plans to graduate from the Boston Conservatory in May. She continues teaching private flute lessons and directing her church choir in Haverhill. Y In October Garry Bertholf presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, and it will be published in the spring issue of Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal. Y On Aug. 7 Kim Devine married John McDevitt (Bates
Francis Chapuredima ’06 continues to teach math and economics at the Holderness School in NH. Francis was on Mayflower Hill and was very impressed with what the African students are doing with the Colby African Society. ference. MYLF is nonprofit that focuses on student citizenship and leadership for high school students. Y Bobby Redwood is an emergency medicine resident in Madison, Wis. He loves working on the field at the UW football games and on his med flight helicopter rotations. Y Nani Phillips finished her master’s of public health at UConn in May and started medical school at Albany Medical College along with Peter Allfather ’11 and Lisa Park ’11. Nani had a celebratory beverage with fellow Albany-dwelling Matt Mitchell, who is pursuing his Ph.D. at SUNY Albany in ecology and evolutionary biology, after he won the Best Talk Award For Excellence in Scientific Presentation at the University of Albany’s Life Sciences Research Symposium. Y Emily Greene and Josh Kahn ’05 were married Oct. 15 in Boston. The wedding party included Annie Lewallen, Kirsten Lawson, Will van der Veen ’05, and John Pollakowski ’05. Y Jenna Morrison and Dave Civitello were married Aug. 20 in Plymouth, Mass. Their wedding party included Katie Chin (married to Curtis Chin ’05), Mike Civitello ’05, Kate Zeigler Lera, Holly Eydenberg, Katy Sage Barus, Daniel Oliphant, and Conor Sullivan. Jenna and Dave enjoyed barrier reef and Mayan rainforest adventures on their honeymoon in Belize. Y Sarah Lim married Ethan Gray last summer in California. Sarah is now in an accelerated nursing program at UMass Amherst after a two-year stint in Indianapolis, where she worked in public health. She spent time with Lindsey Brewer, Steven Djordjevich, Aya Costantino, Sara Booth Petrosillo, Grey Brooks, Heather Ryder, Clifford White ’07, and Sarah Wright ’04 over the summer. Y Barbara Hough
’04) in Newport, R.I. Celebrating with them were Buffy LaMantia, Kait Taylor, Bethany Peck, and Shari Katz as well as Sam Kennedy ’09, Kaitlin Gangl ’07, Matt Gangl ’05, and Rachel Noiseux ’04. The proud parents of the bride are John ’78 and Pamela Cleaves Devine ’78.
2007 Karli Gasteazoro classnews2007@alum.colby.edu Kendall Kirby received her master’s in marketing from Emerson College and works at Mullen Advertising as an account executive. She and Jeff Miller ’06 are engaged and will marry this summer with bridesmaids Jennifer Murphy, Lee Kozakiewicz, Cassie Sancartier ’08, and Jessie Prentice ’08. Y After completing a Carnegie fellowship at ABC News Investigative Unit, Robin Respaut works as a research reporter at ProPublica, an investigative journalism organization in NYC. She lives in Brooklyn, where she regularly grabs a beer with Matt Wahl. Y Elisa Chiniara had a misguided adventure with Karli Gasteazoro visiting Erin Schlossman in Maine before a weekend on the Cape with Alisa Perry. Y Carolyn Adler married Jon Jessup, a Middlebury grad and her high school boyfriend, April 30 at the Old North Church; their reception was at the Boston Public Library. Courtney Goodie was a bridesmaid. They honeymooned in Peru, visiting Machu Picchu and hiking in the Andes. Last fall they moved to Philadelphia and started at Wharton for their M.B.A.s. Y In October Meg Distinti and Elizabeth (Z) Finn visited Genni Dubuque for her bridesmaid weekend in preparation for
her August 2012 wedding. They also had a Halloween party with Eva Farina-Henry and Zak Starr ’08. Y James Cryan is excited to have founded a new PK-8 charter school in Denver. He’s looking for great teachers and leaders to join him in this fun work! Visit www.rockymountainprep.org. When not working he skis and hangs out with Liz Coogan, Ian London, and Tony Gill. Y After their honeymoon month in India, Josh Taylor ’05 and Kate Braemer moved to Philadelphia to spend quality time with Kate’s family while settling into their new home. Y Andrew Yeskoo is pursuing his master’s in geotechnical engineering at UC Berkeley. He proposed to Jessica Harold ’08, who works at Cal in a genetics lab. They share an apartment with Liz Byrne ’09 and her dog, Buddy. They’re planning skiing adventures this winter. Y Ross Kaplan, Adam Roslyn, and Jon Bandi observed penguins in their natural habitat at the Central Park Zoo. Y Josh Handelman lives in Hawaii and works for Congresswoman Mazie Hirono in her race for the U.S. Senate. Y On July 9 Brianna Tufts married Michael Walsh ’05 at Lorimer Chapel. The reception was in Page Commons with 19 alums from as far back as the 1970s. Brianna obtained her M.B.A. from Cornell and works for Enernoc in Boston while Mike is finishing his Ph.D. Y Bayley Lawrence and her husband, Nick, and son, Owen, live in Hangzhou, China, and travel like mad around the country and greater Asia. They have room for visitors so stop by if you’re in the Shanghai/Hangzhou area! Y Adriana Nordin Manan is entering her fourth year as a researcher at Khazanah Nasional, the Malaysian government investment agency. She might be back in the States for a year beginning fall 2012 to pursue a master’s in political economy. Y Finn Teach visited the Supreme Court and the Capitol building and met up with Jen Anderson while he was in DC at a public policy conference. Y Anders Wood lives in Boulder, Colo., and skies frequently with Jessica Seymour ’06, Dylan Harrison-Atlas, Emily Pugach, Caitlin Gallagher, and Lindsay Tedeschi. Anders is in the habit of playing die Sunday nights with Leigh Audin and others on Katie Price’s old die table. Y Liz Stovall started her master’s in public policy at the University of Chicago’s Harris School. Liz spent time with Cindy Meadow before the wedding of Ashley Hunt and Chris Juraska ’06. She swung by Colby for a visit, but wasn’t granted a free meal pass at Bob’s despite her alumni status. Y Nick Bazarian married Arpi Paylan in Montreal July 3 with a number of Colby friends in attendance. They had a blast honeymooning in the former Yugoslavia and have settled into life in Alexandria, Va. Y Amanda Vickerson
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