17. Y Writer Becky Munsterer has been working on her dream project, a literary website called Novel Nibble. It’s a onepage-per-day ongoing novel that she’s publishing serially at www.novelnibble. com. Y Rob Webb and wife Amy welcomed a baby boy, Will. Y Evan Reece and wife Annie are expecting a baby in April. Y Kirsten Isaksen Benjamin and husband Jay had their second girl, Isobel Chase, Feb. 8. Y Jodi Dakin Loughlin and husband Mark’s baby girl, Page Frances, was also born Feb. 8. Y Mat Solso and wife Kim had their second daughter, Emerson Louise (Emmy Lou according to their 3-year-old, Maddy) May 16. Y Heather and Kelly Falsani welcomed Lucille “Lucy” Francis to their family Feb. 1. Y Bill Getty and wife Molly welcomed twin boys, Gray and Hunter, Jan. 21. Y Eric Lantzman reported that winter was great and that daughter Anabel got on skis for the first time. Y Julia Drees, husband Erin, and daughter Claire, welcomed baby Jack on Jan. 31. They live in Berkeley. Y Karin Felmly Ney welcomed her second little boy, Easton, July 15. Big brother Crosby is 3. Y Melanie Morin and husband Robert Small are living in Ky. and expecting their first child, a boy, in early June. Y Lauren Schaad is keeping busy in Boston. She is executive recruiting with Korn/Ferry International, studying French at the Alliance Française, and just launched her adventure travel website laurenschaad. com, with a segment on traveling with food allergies. Y John “JC” and Sarah Rundquist Reeves are loving the sunsets from their new house in the hills of Oakland, Calif. JC is a financial analyst for Wind River, a software company, and Sarah works at a residential architecture firm in San Francisco. Y Wynter Stinchfield Courmont and husband Virgile had their first baby, Simon Baxter, Aug. 3. Wynter returned to work at Diversified Business Communications in Portland, Maine, and accepted a new position as sales manager for the Seafood Barcelona Tradeshow. Y Michelle Farrell finished her Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese at Georgetown and is teaching at U.Penn in Philadelphia. Y Jen Hallee got married Sept. 10 to Katherine Little. Jen has a new job as executive director for Calling All Crows, a small nonprofit in Boston that partners with musicians and fans to create change through hands-on service and activism. Recent projects include Dispatch, State Radio, and Chad Stokes and the Pintos (callingallcrows.org). Y Caroline Rosch received her M.P.A. from Rutgers and started The Good Life Coach to provide personal coaching for those who want or need a unique professional path.
The best part, she says, is hiring friends, including Erin Whelan Sampson ’99. She’s had encouragement and input from the musically-minded Sally Hall Bell ’02, who is also creating a new business from the ground up. Y Rob Painter finished a Ph.D. in linguistics at SUNY Buffalo and teaches Latin and German at D’Youville College in Buffalo. He and Anna Randall Painter will celebrate their 10th anniversary this year. Anna is teaching second grade in Buffalo. They have been in contact with Richard Hallquist, who is going back to school for an M.B.A., and Katie Stimac Mendelson, who just had her first baby. Y Hannah Smith Harrison illustrated a picture book, Just Like You. All profits go to charities that benefit children with special needs (www. justlikeyoufoundation.org). Actress Dot Marie Jones (from Glee) is a spokesperson for the book! Y Fred Floberg and his wife bought a house in South Portland, Maine. Fred is a firefighter/paramedic for the South Portland Fire Department, became a SWAT medic on the Southern Maine Regional SWAT Team, and is an instructor in the EMT and paramedic program at Southern Maine Community College.
Kong while on business. Y Matt Tolve and wife Mercy welcomed a baby girl, Chloe Li, in December. Matt is planning to attend reunion and is looking forward to seeing everyone. Y Patrick Swillinger is engaged to Meredith Marzouli (Colgate ’02). They live in San Francisco and are planning a September wedding. Y Jeff Brink and wife Anna welcomed their second son, William Joseph, Dec. 13. Their first son, Dylan, is now 3. Y Pat ’01 and Bliss Woolmington Bernal traveled around the world in five months with Jude, 2 years old (aroundtheworldwithatwoyearold.com). They recently relocated from Brooklyn to Manchester, Vt. Y Ali Culpen got engaged to Paul Schwabe in New Zealand, and they are planning a September wedding. They live in Denver, where she continues to
teaches middle school English in Ann Arbor. Most evenings she and husband Arthur chase after their adorable son, Jonah, 2. Y Emily Goss is director of planning and development at a company she cofounded in 2007 in Topsfield, Mass.—full-service event and catering at a beautiful 1901 fieldstone mansion. The historic venue is popular for weddings, especially with the tented pavilion and butterfly garden. They’ve already married a few Colby couples! Emily indulged her traveling roots by buying a 1983 RV and traveling around the country. Y Eric Eichler is finishing his M.S.W. at Smith, and he’s working on an inpatient PTSD unit at the VA hospital, where he conducts therapy sessions, leads mindfulness groups, and teaches. Y Dennis Kuhnel is the new director for the
Caroline Riss ’03 spent 2011 in Uganda, where she was field director for the nonprofit Kasiisi Project, which promotes environmental conservation. She now works in Montana as an attorney in a domestic violence unit.
2002 Sally Hall Bell classnotes2002@alum.colby.edu Greetings, and here’s to our 10th reunion in June! Thanks to those who wrote in. I look forward to hearing your stories and meeting your families in person on the Hill at our reunion. Y Spencer and Whitney Alford Mallozzi are enjoying their daughter, Annie Pouch, born during Hurricane Irene last August. Y David Manning was married last summer in St. John’s, Newfoundland, to Nicole Ball. Alums in attendance were Robert Nagle, Michael Higgins, James Laliberty, Paul Nahigian, Brian Chisholm ’04, and Fred Perowne ’01. Y Abby Kussell is engaged to Charlie Hopper of Connecticut College. They will be married over Columbus Day weekend in Nantucket. Y Fraser Ross Maloney and husband Rob welcomed a little girl, Riley Cameron, in November. Y Mairead Carney tied the knot with David Andrade in Lake Tahoe, Calif., in December. In attendance, taking full advantage of the party and free booze, were Patrick Swillinge, Michael Pincus, Danielle O’Steen ’03, Michael Bergan, Alexis Detwiler, Erika Goss, Helena Tubis, Evan Woolley ’03, and Dan Morrison ’03. Mairead and David live in San Francisco where she works in biotech and he is a chef. She spent a weekend with Mahmoud ’99 and Colleen Creeden Siddig in Hong
do sustainability work at McKinstry and he works at National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Y Carl Tugberk married Jennifer Summers Aug. 27 in Washington, D.C. In attendance were Jay Freedman ’01 (groomsman), Russ Casper (groomsman), Chris Long, and Ben Cooper ’03. Unfortunately Simon Amich, Peter Morelli, Justin Gallagher, and David Friedman couldn’t make it due to Hurricane Irene. Y Katie Egan Wertheimer reports she is expecting baby number two any day and that son Mason is anxiously awaiting his new sibling. Y Mike Ames wrote with an animated story of an October gathering including Jack Phillips, Gabe Duncan-Roitman, Bill Spencer, and John Shea in Woods Hole, Mass., where they nearly set fire to a historic building and made several gallons of cioppino. Y As for me, I’ve become a jack-of-all-trades as an entrepreneur, educator, adventurer in the Pacific Northwest, and a Colby 10th reunion advocate. Join us in June—it won’t feel like home without you.
2003 Lauren Tiberio classnews2003@alum.colby.edu Hello Class of 2003! Just when I think I’ve heard from everyone, I get a few more first-time updates! Y Amy Greenberg Ward
National Forest Service’s Hudson-Meng Bison Kill Education and Research Center in Chadron, Neb. Y Jay Combs moved to Austin to attend the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas. With some McCombs classmates he cofounded a company called reQwip, a mobile application for buying, selling, renting, and donating sporting goods over your phone. The app is planned for release this summer. Contact Jay at j@waterloofactory.com for info. Y Nat Chamberlin went back to 2000 (minus the Busch Light and Napster) when he visited D.C. and saw Ben Cooper, Rich Cook, and Carl Tugberk ’02. Y Caroline Riss and her boyfriend spent 2011 in Uganda, where Caroline was field director for the nonprofit Kasiisi Project (www.kasiisiproject.org), which promotes environmental conservation through education. They returned to the U.S. in December, and Caroline now works at Montana Legal Services as an attorney in the domestic violence unit. Y Alyson Lindquist married Timothy Osgood in August in Groton, Mass. Y Gretchen Groggel married Brian Ralston in October. Y Keagan Russo married Jessica McKinon in St. Michael’s, Md., in December. In attendance were Nat and Jess Wysor Chamberlin, Ben Cooper, Brooke McNally, Kevin Thurston ’98, Alice Henderson Strachan ’05, and Karinna Russo ’05. Y Evan
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