Felicitee Kertis writes, “I married Shannon Yee in July 2015 at my childhood home in Maine. Giselle Schuetz, her wife Lizz, and their adorable son were there to celebrate with us! Shannon and I bought our first house in Decatur, Georgia. I am currently teaching Physics, Engineering, and Biochemistry at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology.”
2003 Class Representative: Liz Liston Amy Amari Conley married Josh Conley on September 26, 2015 at The Columbus Athenaeum. At the wedding were fellow alumnae Stacey Fenimore Manifold and Laura Ward McDonley. Amy went to Kleinfeld in NYC to get her dress, met the designer, and almost made an appearance on Say Yes to the Dress! She and Josh met in 2012 and the happy couple currently reside in Gahanna. Amy works as an IT Consultant for Columbus Consulting, a job that has her traveling all over the country. Megan Merry Brenneman and her husband, Ben, recently welcomed a baby girl, Hadley
Reese Brenneman, born on September 1, 2015, weighing 6lbs, 6oz and measuring 18 3/4 inches. Megan, Ben, and Hadley are happily living in Denver, Colorado. Annie Jacobson’s review of Ohio State’s BioPresence exhibition was published in NY Arts Magazine in February and can be read online. This June, she will be travelling to Berlin, Germany, to visit the studio of artist Bjorn Melhus, the subject of her dissertation. It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Jay Yano. Mr. Yano was Marjorie Yano and Madeline Yano McCrann ’05’s father. Mr. Yano passed away on September 14, 2015. It is with great sadness that we report the death of Linda Ostrander Copp on January 24, 2016. Linda, or Mrs. O, as she was known in the CSG community, was Chelsea Ostrander Sturgeon and Lela Ostrander Rondeau ’97’s mother and was a longtime Lower School teacher at CSG.
2004 Class Representative: Emily Kasler Rachel Bellomy-Beard writes, “We welcomed our first child, Josephine Rose Beard, on Christmas Eve (7lbs 1oz, 19 in).”
2005 Class Representative: Maria Dixon
Neelam Patel ’02’s two sons!
Charlotte Davis is a Copywriter working at Rain.Agency in NYC where she just helped make her first Super Bowl spot. Check it out at Chunky.com/MomPride. She also wrote the Campbell’s website. But says that the commercial was definitely more exciting. Katy “Uli” Shanahan is finishing her second year at OSU’s Moritz College of Law and is grateful to be over the halfway mark for school. She will be working at the Campaign Legal Center, an election law firm, in Washington, D.C. this summer and is looking forward to spending another couple of months with Erica Brillson. She also looks forward to celebrating Beyoncé’s return to the concert circuit with Allison Ansari in June. Sending love and well wishes to the fellow Golden Class members.
Kaci Korn writes, “Happy to report I have accepted an Internal Medicine residency position at South Pointe Hospital, a branch of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and will be starting in July following my graduation from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in May.”
Theresa Bergner Smith and her husband, Adam, welcomed a baby girl, Isabelle Regina Smith, on November 24, 2015 at 12:23 AM. She was baptized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 23, 2016, and her godmother is Theresa’s sister and CSG alumna Kristin Bergner Rielly ‘07.
Alex Ording just moved from Washington, D.C. to Brooklyn and started a new job at the New York Times. She is a programmer on the Beta Team, which develops new products within the Times. Their goal is to take the inspiring, informative content that NYT journalists are already publishing and make it even more useful and engaging (like the NYT Cooking app!). Way to go, Alex!
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Jay Yano. Mr. Yano was Madeline Yano McCrann and Marjorie Yano ’03’s father. Mr. Yano passed away on September 14, 2015.
Samantha Parsons writes, “In 2015, I got married to Michal Benedykcinski in Rydzyna, Poland. It was a lovely 1920s themed wedding. I also started a new job at Flag, a leading sustainability reporting and communications agency in London, where I have been living for the last five years. I have now been with Flag for a year. We recently came back from our honeymoon in South Africa, where we bungeed the tallest bungee in the world. Michal and I are looking to run a triathlon this summer in Poland, and will be busy going to seven weddings, the first of which is in Karachi Pakistan.” Ann Kelley McCabe and her husband, Collin, welcomed Oona Rose McCabe on December 1, 2015. They are now living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Ann is teaching Biology at Chapel Hill High School.
2006 Class Representative: Marielle Perrault McGregor
10th Reunion! Samantha Moffett writes, “I am getting married in November 2016 and I have baby girl due January 26th 2016!”
Kristin Bergner married Richardson Rielly September 12, 2015 on a beautiful fall day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bridesmaids included CSG alumnae Alexandra Guezennec and Theresa Bergner Smith ’05 (Matron of Honor). Kristin and Richardson live in South Windsor, Connecticut, where Kristin works as a Manufacturing and Industrial Management Engineer. Victoria Walker-Sperling writes, “I’m graduating in May from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a doctorate in Immunology and will continue my research on HIV pathogenesis during my post-doctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute (Frederick, Maryland).” Liz Nickel writes, “My daughter, Eleanor, turns two this month (February 2016). I’m the lead preschool teacher at the Goddard School, and I am back in school to continue my education in the medical field.”
It is with great sadness that we report the death of Dan Weisenbach on November 27, 2015. Mr. Weisenbach was Maura Weisenbach Gardner and Jillian Weisenbach’s father.
Susanna Kuppich has recently accepted a new position as a Registered Nurse at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in their 62 bed unit Level 1 Trauma Emergency Department. She continues to teach at Judy Dollenmayer Studio of Dance in Gahanna while also coaching at Melt Hot Fitness in Westerville.
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Class Representative: Kassie Ansley Czubik
Class Representative: Caitlin Allen & Mikayla Upchurch
Christine Skobrak is working at AAA as a travel consultant.
Audrey Wobst writes, “I married Tyler Stanley on New Year’s Eve!”
Casey Chory writes, “I have been living in Boston for three years now, and working for PricewaterhouseCoopers. I really enjoy reconnecting with my old CSG friend, Caitlin Allen, as she moved to Boston last year. Additionally, I had a blast as a bridesmaid at Luisa Canneto’s wedding this past New Year’s, and I am looking forward to a few of my other close CSG Unies’ weddings coming up this year!” Alyssa Denisky is engaged to be married to Kent Zoellner in September 2016. Melissa Erickson lives in Lincoln Park in Chicago and works as an engineer for BP.
Samantha Parsons ’05 and husband, Michal, at their wedding in Poland.
Audrey Wobst and her husband, Tyler Stanley.
2009 Class Representative: Patty Arehart & Laura Raines Caroline Hohl is a second grade teacher at Rose Hill Elementary School in Reynoldsburg. She is also working on her masters’ degree through Ashland University, which she hopes to complete next year. Sara Leighty is a kindergarten teacher in Hillsborough County, Florida. She is engaged to be married on July 23, 2016. She and Sarah Auld Myers had a great time when Sarah came to visit in 2015. Elyse Cooke was recently voted Teacher of the Year for her school in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations, Elyse!
2010 Class Representative: Molly Schissel Elle Irwin and Eliza Irwin ’11’s grandfather passed away on Feb. 7, 2016. Elle and her fiancé, Adam Young, are set to wed in May 2016 in Seaside, Florida. Molly Schissel’s grandfather passed away on Jan. 18, 2016. Molly moved back to Columbus after accepting a full time outpatient occupational therapist position at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Maya Zinkow is finishing up her second year of study at the Pardes Institute of Studies in Jerusalem and is planning on starting a rabbinical training program next year. Kathryn Skobrak is working at Walt Disney World as an Engineering Intern. M.J. Yatsko is the Team Leader for The Ohio State University’s EcoCar 3 Team. You might have seen her featured in some of the OSU EcoCar commercials during football games in the fall. She is a second-year graduate student at OSU, studying mechanical engineering.
2011 Class Representative: Taylor Lint
5th Reunion!
2012
Amy Amari Conley ’03’s wedding with fellow unicorns Stacey Fenimore Manifold (on Amy’s left) and Laura Ward McDonley (on Amy’s right)
Class Representative: Angela Mentel & Bridget Lorenz
2013 Class Representative: Natalie Feldman & Rebecca Sugar
Hadley Reese Brenneman, daughter of Megan Merry Brenneman ’03.
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Ann Kelley McCabe ’05’s daughter, Oona Rose
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Theresa Bergner Smith ’05’s daughter, Isabella.
Kristin Bergner Rielly ’07’s wedding to Richardson Rielly in September of 2015.
Liz Nickel and her daughter enjoy a snowy day in Columbus.
Sarah Rogers writes, “This year I have become the Music Director of my a cappella group, Distilled Harmony, at Northeastern University. We recently recorded and released an album, FORTE ET GRATUM • SPRING/SUMMER 2016
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