Vaneskha is an immigration attorney at the Wilson Legal Group in Orlando. Keith Williams and Christopher Brown started a sports training company, 9D Sports, based in NYC and Parsippany, NJ. Keith, who was a shooting guard at Colgate, specializes in basketball training, and Christopher, who was the starting quarterback for 3 years at Colgate, trains football skills. For more information, see 9dsports.com. Ruthie: Colgate2005@gmail.com; rekott@gmail.com
2006 Megan (Sobel) Yellin Sarah and Mark Mushel welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Charlotte Rose, on St. Patrick’s Day. She joins big brother Landon who just turned 2 in Feb. The couple couldn’t be happier. Charles Miller shared: “I’m getting married on June 11, exactly 1 week after our 10 year, which I convinced my future wife, Christina, to attend with me. She’s also from NY and went to SUNY Albany.” Erin Piccola wrote in: “I, along with my husband, Joe, and our 2-year-old daughter, Eliana, welcomed our newest addition, Chloe Joy, on Feb 15. We then moved into our newly remodeled home in Irvine, CA, on March 15. Busy couple of months!” Emily Murphy ’08, Katherine Del Prato, and Chrissy Zaika were inducted into their hometown “Camillus Sports Hall of Fame” a few months ago. Their HS swim coach Bob Marks is also a Colgate alum (Class of 1980!). It was a fun little reunion for all! (Visit the gallery at the top of the class news online to see a photo of the group.) Megan: MeganRSobel@colgatealumni.org
2007 Shannon Sweeney 103 S 4th Avenue Highland Park, NJ 08904 Jane Phelan We can’t believe it, but it is T minus 1 year until our 10-year Colgate reunion. We know it’s quite advance planning, but we also know it’s a weekend we’re looking forward to already, so mark your calendars to return to Colgate Thursday, June 1–Sunday, June 4, for some fun under the tents, visiting old dorms, grabbing slices, drinking coffee at the Barge, and of course, dancing at the Jug. In the meantime, we would love to hear from you, so if you’ve recently gotten married, moved, changed jobs, had a kid, traveled somewhere fun, or anything of the like, please e-mail Shannon or Jane. We’ll get those stories in here and, of course, we will see you in less than a year! Shannon: smsweeney07@gmail.com Jane: Jane.phelan@gmail.com
2008 Ayanna Williams Daniel Glaser The Class of 2008 continues to celebrate some major accomplishments! Erin (Szydloski) Shaull was awarded a PhD in English from OH State U in Dec. Sarah Lee received a master’s in public policy from the U of Southern CA on May 13; a good day to graduate, if you ask me. Zwena McLeod completed her residency in pediatrics in June 2015 and started a new position as an attending physician at Johns Hopkins 68
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Bayview Medical Ctr. During a recent birthday celebration in Baltimore, Zwena reunited with Ayanna Williams, Nazia Moqueet, and Henoch Derbew ’07. Avery Blank is having a blast speaking, writing, and providing trainings focused on the intersection of women’s leadership, policy, strategy, and career development. Thanks to Professor Nina Moore, Teresa Olsen, and Chelsea Lehmann of career services, Avery returned to Colgate to speak as part of the Women in Law event. In July, Ande Reisman was to embark on a 10-month Fulbright Fellowship for research in the low-lying Chitwan Valley of Nepal. Ande is interviewing women whose male partners are working abroad as labor migrants. Her research will seek to better understand how everyday gender practices shift in the male absence and how this affects gender equality more broadly. Ande is currently studying at the U of WA in Seattle. Her research in Nepal will serve as a central piece of her doctoral dissertation in sociology. Jackie Harris is excited to be planning her summer wedding to David Schulte, a fellow teacher in the Scranton School District. Ayanna Williams will join her as a bridesmaid for the ceremony in Aug. We love hearing from everyone. Please keep the updates coming! Ayanna: ayanna.k.williams@gmail.com Daniel: dglaser85@gmail.com
20 09 Chris Nulty Apt 501 4076 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94114-1992 It has been another incredible quarter for the Class of 2009. On the job front, Nikolay Zhelev successfully defended his PhD thesis in physics at Cornell U in Jan, and in March started his job at Corning Inc as a research scientist. Congrats, Nikolay! In April, Jaclyn Berger, Julia Sobel, Jessica Bauer, Julia Baron, and Patricia Gabel all hopped on a plane to LAX to celebrate Emily Aronowitz’s last few weeks as a single lady. Bachelorette weekend events were yet to be announced as of publication, but no doubt these ladies had a great time. #90210ronowitz Also, filed under “to be married” are Catherine Mendola and Matt Muskin ’10! Matt proposed on Jan 16 along the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Boston on a freezing day reminiscent of Hamilton winters. Afterwards, they celebrated with family and friends, including Joe McGovern ’10, Audrey Hoiles ’11, and Sam Worth ’11. Meanwhile, Amy Pennenga got engaged to Chad Ingling in Jan. Amy writes that it all happened amidst a Colgate-worthy blizzard, which leaves us wondering if Chad and Matt coordinated. The couple will be married in Oct 2016 in NJ. And now for the already married. Jackie Adlam and Michael Crown ’10 got married on Nov 7, 2015, at a beautiful ceremony in Ojai, CA (if you haven’t been, go!). There was a bevvy of Colgate alums in tow, and a few in the wedding party, including Brooke Lessinger, Nancy Clayton, and Paige Woodruff. Alex Tanenbaum and Margot Genvert ’11 were married on June 11 at the Fairmont Southampton Resort in Bermuda. Many members of Class of 2009 attended, including Andrew Morley, Scott Tucker, Alex Plunkett, Jamie
Kilcullen, Kyle Cooper, Mike Goltzman, and various other DKEs and Betas, as well as a number of members of the Class of 2011. A wonderful time was had by all. Margot’s parents, Pierre ’73 and Peggy ’75, were thrilled to see such a large crowd of Raiders in the audience. Chris: 585-613-6609; Christopher.nulty@gmail.com
201 0 Kim Siembieda Apt 6 103 Charles Street Boston, MA 02114-3201 Rachel Greenburg got engaged to Matt Geller on Jan 7 while skiing the slopes in Steamboat Springs, CO. Three weeks later the couple celebrated back home in NYC where too many Colgaters to name were in attendance. Annie Ben-Ami got engaged to Max Marchitello on March 18 while hiking Old Rag in Shenandoah, VA. Later that evening, old roommates Teresa (Daniele) Zegarelli and Rachel Greenburg (and Michelle McLaughlin via FaceTime) surprised Annie at her apartment in DC to share in the celebrations! Matt Muskin and Catherine Mendola ’09 got engaged on Jan 16 in Boston! After a sushi lunch, they took a walk on the reservoir where Catherine was completely 100% surprised. Among those they celebrated with later that night were Joe McGovern, Audrey Hoiles ’11, and Sam Worth ’11. In March, Shelby Scott was engaged to Robbie Lazarow (non-Colgate, but Shelby’s friends describe him as “still a good guy!”). Lauren Paverman started her 1st semester of graduate school at the end of Jan. She is pursuing a master’s in teaching from Pace U’s School of Education and plans to become a HS Spanish teacher. Regan Corr got accepted into the U of Buffalo’s executive MBA program and will be starting in the fall. She’ll continue working full time at her family business while getting her MBA. David Eng finished his PhD in electrical engineering at the U of DE in Nov and walked in May. David started a new job with General Dynamics in NJ last Dec. Michelle Vatalaro is the new president of the Colgate Alumni Club of Atlanta! Jim Rosen moved to Chapel Hill in July to attend UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He says if you’re in the area to let him know! Emily Rawdon is still in Washington, DC, working with the Redskins in their digital dept. She’s excited to head to the league digital meetings in early April in Nashville after which she’ll be heading back to KY for a few days with family. While there she’ll be meeting up with Kali McMillan in Cincinnati. Between seeing her in Cinci and her visits to DC we’ve had a lot of luck staying in touch! Outside of work, Emily is traveling the country playing and coaching roller derby. She was just selected to a 2nd season on the Team Maryland All-Stars; they travel to a national tournament in Daytona each Dec and one in Philly each Feb (this year they got 3rd place in Philly!). Emily was to be in Providence, RI, over the 4th of July weekend, coaching at a derby convention. Classmates Amber Codiroli and Angelica Chapman are also skating in a league in Earlville, NY. Emily was really excited to be back at Colgate for the Aretha Franklin concert in March. What an amazing show! Keep the updates coming! Kim: 610-952-0491; kimsiembieda@gmail.com
2 0 11 Emily Steiger 10 John Street Hamilton, NY 13346 Greetings, 2011! Spring is finally springing here in Hamilton … in theory, anyway; Colgate is covered in snow as I’m writing this, but I remain optimistic that everything will be sunny and summery by the time you read it. We’ll kick off this issue’s column with some more engagement and marriage news. Elise Aronson got engaged on March 8 to Stephen Morrissey in Paris. The couple met at a political internship in DC and will be married next year in Philadelphia. Jess Morlando and Nick Geiger got engaged in Feb while hiking the Kepler Track in New Zealand. They spent several months traveling: hiking mountains in New Zealand, surfing in Bali, sightseeing in Cambodia, and island hopping in Thailand. They settled in Boston in April and would love to hear from anyone in the area who is involved in actuarial or healthcare research. Friends celebrated the wedding of Shannon Luckey to Joseph Guglielmo at the Bowery Hotel over Valentine’s Weekend. Members of the Class of 2011 in attendance included Julia Clark, Ali Cassel, Jason Cohen, Peter Gill, Vildana Hajric, Mike Newberg, David Berger, and Kendall Dolbec. Cara Banta and Brendon Mitchell were getting married in June 2016 in Cape Cod. Bridal party members include Dana Bohan, Mike Danahy, Julian Michaels, Mike Barry, Neil Thompson, and Alex Kramer. Finally, Zunaira Javed celebrated her wedding to Mani Kashmiri in Lahore, Pakistan, this March. Brenda Boyle, Parker Caldwell, and Lindsay Shepard ’12 joined the weeklong celebrations! Following graduation from Colgate, Kim Zeluck continued her education at Parsons School of Design and received an MFA in interior design. After a period working in the design industry, she returned to the world of fine arts. In late 2013, she was accepted to participate in GEISAI #20, an intl exhibition and competition sponsored and hosted by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. She was awarded the Bronze Prize for overall talent and came in 5th place as an audience favorite; the only intl medalist. Following the competition, Kim has exhibited her work twice at the Hidari Zingaro and Kiki Zingaro galleries in Tokyo and had her 1st solo show in July 2014. She is also 1 of 7 founding artists, as well as coordinator of StudioYu.org, an online nonprofit gallery based out of Princeton, NJ. Currently, Kim divides her time between NYC, Taipei, and Hong Kong preparing for her next exhibition while overseeing the renovation of her new studio in NY. Ron Adomako spent an exorbitant amount of time this year working on software development, networking, and working out at the gym in the greater NYC region. He started learning Norwegian this spring and is considering opportunities in CA so hopes to be in touch with those involved in the Colgate clubs on the west coast. Maddi Love is currently the dir of sales for Webkite, Inc and Fitt.co. They recently launched Fitt in 5 new cities and will be expanding to a total of 10 cities by summer. Fitt is a media and technology startup out of CMU in Pittsburgh. They focus on helping people discover health and fitness resources in their community, and their partner network combines shareable content with community events to make the healthy choice fun and accessible for everyone. The company recently launched nationwide. Brenda Boyle and Coco Vonnegut ’12 were