CLASS NOTES
Steffi Kirchmayr ’09 finished
fourth in January’s Ladies European Golf Qualifying School, earning her a tour card for the Ladies European Tour. Already in her short professional career, Steffi has competed in New Zealand, Morocco and Turkey. Michael Reid (M.A.) is a cost accountant for the construction company Sherland & Farrington in Brooklyn, N.Y. David Stasiukaitis was named one of Charleston Regional Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” for his work as vice president of Low Country Case and Millwork, one of the state’s largest commercial cabinetry companies. David is active in Bethany Builders and the men’s club at Bethany United Methodist Church and is the lead marching instructor for the Summerville High School Marching Band. Chris Taste is the assistant innkeeper at Sweetwater Farm Bed and Breakfast in the Philadelphia, Pa., area.
2008 Lizzie Bailey is an AmeriCorps
member serving as the community outreach coordinator for Lutheran Family Services. She lives in Omaha, Neb., and summitted Mt. Kilimanjaro in February. Tracy Brokes announces the birth of her son, Ethan Guy, born in June 2011. Amy Dummerth and Justin Smith were married in June 2011 and live in St. Louis. Rebecca Lockhart is a quality specialist with Blackbaud in Charleston. Lauren Rodgers (M.P.A.) is a project director for the Lucy Burns Institute. Lauren also writes about state politics on Ballotpedia.org. She lives in Durham, N.C. Dana Ryan earned her M.B.A. from St. Joseph’s and manages the Jenkintown, Pa., branch of Scottrade. Amanda Thompson is a front office manager for Historic Dunhill Hotel and lives in Charlotte. Joe Waring is the manager of the Sleep Inn of North Charleston. Valarie Bell Wright (M.A. ’10) is an adjunct faculty member in the College’s Department of Communication. Next fall, Valarie will enter the doctoral program at Ohio University to pursue a Ph.D. in communication studies.
2009 Bridget Borman works in
international marketing for Sam Edelman Shoes in New York City. Lizzy Cezayirli is a graduate student in Texas A&M’s M.B.A. program, where she is focusing on food and agriculture international trade. Caitlin deGrouchy is an AmeriCorps Vista volunteer with the Outer Banks (N.C.) Community Development Corporation. Natalie Martin is a founding staff member of the Teach for America – South Carolina Region. She is the manager of teacher leadership development and lives in Florence. Geoff Pallay (M.P.A.) is a project director for the Lucy Burns Institute and writes about state politics on Ballotpedia.org. Meredith Patterson is a channel integration coordinator with the InterContinental Hotels Group in Atlanta. Mark Schwartz is the owner of QuickFoxes.com,
a personal services company headquartered in Charleston. Ellie Somerville is the associate market editor for Architectural Digest. Rachel Sommer is the events manager with Aramark at The Citadel. Quin Stinchfield (M.P.A.) is the business development coordinator for the Town of Mt. Pleasant. She created Mt. Pleasant’s first business incubator program, BIZ Inc. Lauren Thompson is the assistant registrar at Museum of the City of New York. Lauren received her master’s in museum professions from Seton Hall University. Lauren Van Arsdall earned her master’s in French and Francophone studies from UCLA in 2011. Liz Vaughan received the College’s School of the Arts Award for Service in May. Liz is a co-founder of Receiver Time Based Media Festival and is active in the Charleston arts community. She is also the co-founder of the art gallery Outer Space and serves on the programming committee for Redux Contemporary Center.
2010 Lawson Ballard played rugby in
Sydney, Australia, for the University of New South Wales, and is now a financial adviser for Morgan Keegan in Greenville, S.C. Dan Callahan oversees investment operations for Morris Financial Concepts Inc. in Mt. Pleasant. Andrea Carlisle (M.P.A.) is the membership manager for the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tenn. Gabriel Compton is a graduate student in MUSC’s vascular perfusion training program. Jenna DiForio is a corporate communications specialist with a.i. Solutions, an aerospace company in Washington, D.C. Emily Fralinger is the catering director for Cru Catering in Charleston. Alison Gabrielle is a sales manager at the Hilton Garden Inn in North Charleston. Laura Hoffman is the event meetings manager for the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Charlotte. Somers Maky is the sales manager at Aloft Charleston Airport and Convention Center in Charleston. George Patrick McLeer is a member of the Board of the S.C. Arts Alliance and the co-founder of the S.C. Young Professionals Arts Network. Chris Mellon is a prospective graduate applicant at the American University of Beirut, where he studies Middle East politics and Arabic. Gibbon Miler is a development associate at MUSC’s Hollings Cancer Center. Michael Milewski is co-owner of Charles Towne Bound, a limousine service in Charleston. Maureen Mullaney (M.P.A.) is the office manager and executive assistant for the Roper St. Francis Foundation in Charleston. Maureen and Jason Tokarczyk were married in November. Mark Murphy is a client concierge at BevForce in New York City. Caitlin Patton (M.P.A.) is the founder and executive director of the National Music Festival. Caitlin and Richard Rosenberg were married in June and live in Chestertown, Md. Brock Renkas (M.S.) and Julie Ohlandt ’11 (M.P.A.) were married in November and live on James Island. Brock is a marine biologist with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, and Julie is a grants administrator at the College. Brittany Schneider and Brandon Lake were married in February 2011 and live in Mt. Pleasant. Dan Taber is a student support services coordinator with the College’s IT department.
Joey Vitale is an export documentation representative for OOCL in Charleston. Kelsi Ward is a Peace Corps volunteer promoting health, advancing education and developing community in rural Peru. Gabriel Wright is a resident actor with the Charleston Stage Company.
2011 Gray Anderson is the
communications assistant at Coastal Community Foundation in Charleston. Melanie Baker-Matthews is the catering sales manager at Tides on Folly Beach. Sara Bengston is a luxury service coordinator with Orient-Express Hotels in Charleston. Kristen Beres received the College’s Good Neighbor Award at the ExCEL Awards ceremony this spring. Katharine Catania is a first-grade teacher in Summerville, S.C. Steve and Shanon Rusk Dooley live in Mt. Pleasant and are the owners of StorageCentral of Byron (Ga.). Patrick Gallant is the co-owner of Charles Towne Bound, a limousine service in Charleston. Andrea Elizabeth Granath and Joseph Landry were married in March. Jonathan Hoard is a financial services representative for SunTrust Bank in Greenville, S.C. Gabriella Korba participated in Marriott International’s Management Development Program in Washington, D.C. Rebecca Lazear is a sales manager with PSAV Presentational Services in Charleston.
Jeff Lucas ’11 is the founder and
CEO of the social media company Fipeo, which uses video messaging and live video chat to revive face-toface communication.
Schuyler McCabe is the housekeeping manager at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge in Orlando. Jeri Mintzer is a government affairs associate with Smart Growth America. Ashley Montano is the sales manager at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites Charleston Airport in North Charleston. Julie Ohlandt (M.P.A.) (see Brock Renkas ’10 [M.S.]) Dil Patel, a medical student at MUSC, is president of the College of Medicine’s Class of 2015. Taylor Rains (M.A.) is an account coordinator with Rawle Murdy, an ad agency in Charleston. Joanne Richardson is the lead reception agent at The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Raleigh, N.C. Thomas Savage received the College’s Eddie Ganaway Distinguished Alumni Award at the ExCEL Awards ceremony this spring. Thomas is a teacher at Rollings Middle School of the Arts in Summerville. Allison Schanke (M.P.A.) is the director of sales at Charleston Stage.
2012 Javier Gomez-Lavin is a Ph.D.
student in CUNY’s philosophy program. Laura Jackson is a Ph.D. student in the University of Alabama’s genetics and genome science program. Candice Ulmer is a graduate student in the University of Florida’s Ph.D. program in analytical chemistry.
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