ALUMNI CLASS NEWS
of Maui and will be traveling to Slovakia in 2019 to be in Laura Jantosikova’s (’08) wedding.
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Charlie Chen’16, a junior majoring in Hospitality Management at Purdue University, opened the Mukutan Ninja Charcoal Grill and Bar restaurant in West Lafayette, Indiana in November, with four co-partners. Pictured: Charlie Chen, Mike Li, Haotian Cheng, Ziqian Ling, Han Zhang.
Holding and leads the Talent Development team. In 2017 she also hiked 180 km on the Tour du Mont Blanc in 10 days. Christopher Hamm ’08 became engaged to Sara Sardina ’07 during last year’s Culver Reunion. He and Sara recently moved to Puerto Rico, where he co-founded a company called CASPR, a tax incentive consultancy, with Adam Shippey ’08 and Gus McCloskey ’08. Jessica (Kutch) Owens ’08 wed Jackie Ray Owens Jr. on September. 22. The couple lives in Plymouth, Indiana. Palmer Swindal Packer ’08 and husband Shawn recently welcomed a daughter, Allie Virginia.
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Army Captain Charles Phelps ’08 currently commands a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha and recently moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He says he’s “loving everything the Rockies has to offer to include hiking…skiing, and jumping out of airplanes.” Army Captain Olivia Skerry ’08 is stationed at Fort Drum, NewYork after two years overseas, one in Korea and one in Romania. She is a pilot in an assault helicopter battalion, where she balances flying UH 60M Blackhawks, planning operations and training, and exploring the north country with her dog, Thor. Kara Teng ’08 passed the Hawaii Bar Exam in July and plans to practice immigration law. Kara is living on the island
Alexis Chrislieb ’11, married Matt Brigeman on July 28th, 2018 at the Shoreby Club in Cleveland, Ohio. Several Culver faculty were in attendance, and the wedding party included Alexis’ two sisters, Torrie ’14 and Rebecca ’19. Alexis is the daughter of Gary and Melissa Christlieb. Gary is a Senior Instructor in Humanities at the Academies. Lawrence W. Dann Fenwick ’11 climbed Mt Evans in Denver with Mark Richmond ’11 and Henry Brewer T’11 over the July 4th weekend. Joel Florek ’11 got married this past summer on the beach in Michigan City. He and his wife, Nicole, have a 17 month old daughter, Amelia. Joel just launched the beta program for General Ledger, a bookkeeping application designed to help non-employee businesses track cash flow in real time. Anna M. Haldewang ’11 moved back to Indiana after completing a degree in Industrial Design and Marine Design at Savannah College of Art and Design. A business opportunity from a class assignments led her to create a startup called Plan Bee, which is developing a product that provides extra security to growers, so they do
not rely as heavily on bees to pollinate crops. The company has a high tech product and Anna aims to show that technology can be an extraordinary complement to nature. She enjoys scuba diving, being near or on the water, running and playing with her dogs. Moira T. Kelley ’11 just completed her master’s degree from John Carroll University and moved to Princeton, New Jersey to begin a teaching fellowship at the Hun School, where she will be coaching girls basketball and lacrosse. She also completed her 8th summer at Woodcraft Camp as a senior counselor. Hannah E. Smith ’11 moved to Lafayette, Indiana to start work as a Field Research Coordinator at Purdue University. She will be working on a statewide deer management project for the next three years. She is also coming up on her 4th year in the National Guard, which has taken her to Hawaii three times in the last year. Katherine R. Taylor ’11 moved to the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island in April 2017. Six months ago, she began working as a Digital Marketing Manager at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, primarily managing website analytics and B2B digital promotions. She currently serves as the Communications Council Director for the Junior League of Rhode Island, a women’s organization that aims to improve the Rhode Island community through volunteer