ALUMNI AT LARGE her puppy, Henry, moved in with them for two days for boxed wine and lots of cooking (Kate lives just a few blocks from the Hobarts). Y Katrina Noyes is embarking on her third year in Jordan as manager of international relations at the King Hussein Foundation. It has been an interesting time in the Middle East during the past couple of years, and she was looking forward to Jordan’s parliamentary elections this past January. She recently visited Boston, where she was hoping to see Justin Stempeck, Justin Ossolinski, Michael Cox, Doug Laliberte, and Liz Frederick Gersch for a good dose of Colby! Y Pete Chapin quit his job last summer to go back to school full time at Boston University to get his M.B.A., concentrating in marketing. He’s enjoying being a student again, but he admits it’s not nearly as fun as being at Colby! He still sees Lucy Baker Brandes and Danielle O’Steen with some regularity. Y Scott and Rachel Merrick Maggs expected a son in January. At their baby shower they welcomed several ’03 Colby friends, including Pamela Sawyer Powers (who came all the way from California!) and Adam Bickelman. The Maggses had recent visits with Peter Loverso and Tramaine Weekes ’01, whom they ran into at the Janice Kassman retirement event in Boston, and with Karli Jaffe, whom Rachel tapped for some very important baby advice! Y Gretchen Groggel and her husband, Brian Ralston, welcomed a new addition to their family in September, Lydia Jeanette Ralston. Y Billy Thompson and wife Michelle welcomed their first child, Reagan Emily, Oct. 17. Y Scott and Lauren Aleinikoff Sivo live in Weymouth, Mass., and both work in public education. Lauren is a fifth grade teacher in Medford, and Scott is the assistant principal of Hull High School. They welcomed their second little girl Oct. 14, Tessa, who joins big sister Lily. Even with two little ones, they can still be found hanging out in Boston with fellow members of ’03 Robby Moore, Amanda Kellar Karras, and Matthew Courtney. Y New to parenthood are Brad and Meredith Pfaff Wolcott, who welcomed Charlotte Elizabeth Nov. 5. They live in Charlestown, Mass., and have loved introducing “Charlie” to their Colby friends in the area. Y Bundle up and stay warm! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!
starting to gear up for our 10-year reunion and put together the reunion committee. I can’t believe we are starting to plan this already! It doesn’t seem like that much time has passed since we were all together on Mayflower Hill. Y Thanks to everyone who continues to write in with updates. Tim Smith started a new social enterprise to connect immigrants with new jobs in the Bay Area, and he continues to try to convince Ted Sullivan to move to San Francisco. Y Matthew Ritter was reelected to the CT House of Representatives. He and his wife, Marilyn Katz, are expecting their first child in the spring. Y Josh German lives in Denver and recently got engaged.
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Andras Rozmer ’05 is currently posted in Brussels as a specialized attaché on energy affairs at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union. Y Mahdi Bseiso lives in New York City, where he bought an oceanfront condo. He still works in the banking technology industry and now runs his own company. He married Oksana Bandrivska, who is from Ukraine and is a U.S. immigration attorney working at a Wall Street law firm. They just celebrated their one-year anniversary in the Maldives and in Dubai. Y Marley Orr got engaged to Gabe Reilly while on vacation in Hawaii. She also just started a new job at Oracle. Y Kaz Zarnetske still lives in Anchorage, Alaska, as a doctor of physical therapy at the only long-term acute care hospital in the state. She visited the East Coast in October to see her brother and sister-in-law, Jay ’00 and Phoebe Lehmann Zarnetske ’01, who are completing their postdoc’s at Yale. In her visit she met up with Laura Snow. Kaz spends spare time in Alaska mountaineering, skiing, ice climbing, hiking, camping, and fishing. She attempts to live as sustainably as possible by filling her freezer with fish, clams, moose, and caribou harvested and hunted by herself or one of her friends. In December Caroline Morrissey ’02 visited on her return trip home from a multiyear contract working with the government in northeastern Africa.
Kate Weiler classnews2004@colby.edu
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I just met with Emiko Boezeman ’11, assistant director of the Colby Fund. We’re
Bianca Lech had some poems published at NARRATIVE, a well regarded online maga-
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zine (narrativemagazine.com/issues/ narrative-backstage/two-poems). Bianca recently graduated from the master’s of fine arts in writing program at Bennington College. Y Thanks to Mike Booras we can all enjoy this article published in the Phoenix magazine, featuring our very own Brendan Crighton and his fiancée, Andrea Maruzzi (“Beacon Hill’s Most Beautiful: 25 power players who keep the Golden Dome in style,” thephoenix. com/Boston/news/147093-beaconhills-most-beautiful-25-power-playerswho/?page=4). Brendan works as chief of staff to Massachusetts State Senator Thomas M. McGee and is also serving his
second term on the Lynn City Council. Y Jonathan Lees recently earned a Ph.D. in biology from Johns Hopkins. Y Matt Roland and his wife, Jackie, were thrilled to welcome their first child, a baby boy named Benjamin Felix Roland, Sept. 30. Over the summer, Matt and Jackie welcomed close friend Dave Acker into their home while Dave and Matt worked together on a business venture. Y Courtney Smith passed the New York bar exam and is now working in New York City at American Express. She attended James Albright’s wedding in Seattle in October, where she was able to catch up with Matt Brewer, Alex Ridder, Alana McGee, Catherine Sear, Graham Brown, Marc Kassin, and James Oh ’04. Y Hillary Wiley married Mike McAllister Sept. 30, 2011. Katie Toole was a bridesmaid and many Colby grads attended, including Melissa Yosua-Davis and Ben Davis, Sarah Chapple-Sokol ’04, and Brad Seymour ’04 and Lauren Henderson ’04. They welcomed their first child, a daughter named Brennan Louisa, in March 2012. Y Mary Frederick Lipham completed five years with the Army, including a year-long deployment to Afghanistan and a year and a half with the National Guard. In September she and her husband, Adam, welcomed their daughter, Sophia Alice Lipham, to the world. Y Jeannette Richelson opened Roost House of Juice in Portland, Maine, in the early fall with her business partner, Kathleen Flanagan. Roost is an artisan juice, smoothie, and wine bar
and vegan café. Prior to opening Roost House, Jeannette taught yoga at Yogave, a donation-based yoga studio in Falmouth, Maine. Check out www.roosthouseofjuice. com and stop in if you’re passing through Portland. Y Casey McCarthy still works in marketing, most recently at Bon Appétit magazine in NYC. Casey and his wife, Margaret Siciliano McCarthy ’04, just sold their place in Brooklyn Heights and are looking to upgrade, since they are expecting their first child, a baby boy, in April. Their son will be the latest addition to their growing family, including their poodles, Louie and Spoon. Y Andras Rozmer is currently posted in Brussels as a specialized attaché on energy affairs at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the European Union. He would be happy to hear from Colby friends in the city or in the field anytime. Y Elisabeth Maguire and Tom Morgan were married in Canterbury, England in June. She and Tom met while she was at the University of St Andrews completing her master’s degree. Juliana Green Schump, Andrea Linney, Lisa Andracke, and Justin Burner and Lisa Reinhalter were all in attendance for the celebration. Lis and Tom honeymooned in Thailand and then returned to St Andrews, where Tom is finishing his Ph.D. Lis started a new job as development administrator, legacies and trusts, for the University of St Andrews.
2006 Jen Colifores classnews2006@colby.edu Katie Lucas married Andrew Geant (Princeton ’05) last August in Milwaukee, Wisc. Colby alums and current students traveled from the East Coast and California to experience all that Milwaukee has to offer. In attendance were Liz Shepherd Christensen, Casey Civiello, Cheka Gage ’05, Courtney Morris Drauschke ’05, Jared ’05 and Nicole Wessen Cushman ’05, Jon Ryder ’02 and Carreau Mueller ’05, Steph Pierce ’05, Heather Hansman ’05, Teague Dugan ’07, Susan Farris ’08, Amanda Towner ’10, Molly Lucas ’15, and Caroline McGourthy ’15. Check out a photo from the wedding at www.alumni.colby.edu. Y Erica Dorpalen is engaged to Tyler Hanson. Tyler graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lives in New Haven, Conn., where Erica will join him. The wedding is planned for August 2013. Y Chris and Liz Shepherd Christensen expected their first child Dec. 28, 2012. His name is Dane Tanner Christensen, and they couldn’t wait for him to get here! A baby shower was held in Dallas in November and many Colby alums were