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new responsibilities and recent promotion in the engineering department. This summer and fall, Dorothy looks forward to traveling and catching up with SG folks at various weddings. ■ Gerrit Lansing got married in July 2015 in Georgetown, D.C., and he and Christyn are living happily in a new place on Capitol Hill, right near the Supreme Court. It was a strong showing at the wedding that carried late into the night. Ryan Vaillancourt, Trevor Farmen, Karl Mollohan, Todd Curtin, Henry Sheehan, Logan Unland, Dana Ross and Dorothy Billings from the class of 2002 were there, as well as Katherine Nielsen ’01, Will Georgi ’98 and Jeff Kimbell ’89. Gerrit and Christyn are looking forward to getting through a crazy election year and then travelling and adventuring as much as possible in 2017. ■ After years of living in Brooklyn, Whitney Garland Guhin and her husband bought their first home in a family-friendly town in Central New Jersey in 2014. Shortly after they moved, their daughter Fiona was born. With a dog, two cats, a train-loving 3-year-old and a feisty 16-month-old, she said “I’m in full mom/zookeeper-mode these days and despite all the diapers and snotty noses, I’m loving it!” ■ Nick Young is moving back to the New York City area with his wife, Tracy, and son, Graydon, after two years in Hong Kong. Graydon was born in Hong Kong on Nov. 10, 2015. ■ Stef Smith Ryder is another current New Yorker. She lives in the Bronx with her husband, Dylan, and teaches art and architecture at Ethical Culture Fieldston School. She recently became a parent to Harvey James Ryder on April 29, 2016. Congrats! ■ Bradford de Peyster says, “After leaving SG and heading back to California, I matriculated to Stanford and stayed in the Bay Area to work in tech after graduating. I ended up moving eastward four years ago and am currently the VP of product at a tech startup here in NYC. Just bought a place in Williamsburg as well — hipsters be damned.” ■ Todd Curtin is living on the East End of Long Island practicing architecture, and living with his other half and “too many dogs.” His projects are mostly local at the moment, but he will shortly start ones in California and Quebec. ■ Ryan Vaillancourt and his wife, Uli, welcomed their beautiful daughter Fiona Banu Vaillancourt on Oct.
Heath Patenaude, son of Jeffery Patenaude ‘02, is rocking his new SG T-shirt
25, 2015. They’re living in Los Angeles, and loving the gelato business. If anyone is in the Los Angeles area, be sure to stop by Gelateria Uli and say hi! ■ Jeff Patenaude has a 19-month-old, Heath, and he and said, “Amy and I are looking forward to introducing him to the Hilltop. I’m still practicing labor and employment law in Tampa. I had a lot of fun following the SG football championship run with Val, Archer, Sessa and Farmen.” ■ Kate Harvey Anklowitz is back in the States and working as a first-grade teacher at Carlthorp School in Santa Monica, Calif. She is taking night classes at Pepperdine University to receive her master’s in psychology. She and her husband, Jason, bought a place in Marina Del Rey, and try to watch as many beach sunsets as they can, although she says, “They still don’t compare to the sunsets out of my Hafner dorm room!” ■ Charlotte Botsford Getz and her husband, Alex, are moving with their two kids Margot, 1, and Ford, almost 3, to Southern California this summer where Alex has accepted a job with Clark Construction. Charlotte is currently a part-time mom, part-time writer and part-time editor-in-chief for Rooted Ministry. ■ Ashley Platt Woodford and her husband, Michael, moved to Southern California a few years back and live in Orange County. Ashley works in technology for a Boston company, Pega. She finished her MBA from Babson’s Olin School of Business and is working with some Babson guys on a tech startup in the
restaurant industry. She and Michael welcomed a baby boy in September: Fintan Patrick Woodford. ■ Elliott Perry is living in Dallas and has entered the construction world. He co-founded a construction group, which builds high-end homes in the Dallas market. He no longer lives with Alex, and has replaced him with a basset hound (Waffle) that “now follows” him everywhere. ■ Adam Roberts is living in Western Massachusetts and working as a national organizer with Resource Generation, which organizes young people with wealth and class privilege to become transformative leaders working toward the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. He’s in Newport often to visit his family, including his 16-month-old niece, Luna! If you’re interested in leveraging privileged networks (like other SG alumni!) toward movements for social justice, or just want to reminisce about your time on the Hilltop, hit him up! ■ We were pleasantly surprised to hear from Nicolas Bellieno all the way from Germany. He has been living in Hamburg, Germany, since he finished University, and is currently working for Ernst & Young in transaction advisory. Last year he got married, and he and his wife, Annika, are expecting a daughter in September. He says, “Always happy to think back to SG and all the great people and memories! Unfortunately, I am not in the States much. Last time was 2011, where I had a chance to stay at Ryan Vaillancourt’s place in L.A. and see Peyton Wallace as well, which was great!” ■ We love hearing from everyone — and encourage you to reach out to one or all of us. Next year is our — eeek — 15-year reunion and we hope to see you all up on the Hilltop! Cheers, Dana, Dorothy and Gerrit
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Bradley G. Hoover, 337 East 5th Street, Apartment 2FW, New York, NY 10003, 516-661-1285, bgh3175@gmail.com ■ And we’re off with two additions to the extended SG family! ■ Amanda Ix and her husband welcomed Elizabeth Joy Ix into the world on Oct. 19, 2015. ■ Margaux Quinn and her husband are excited to announce the arrival of Cameron Terence Quinn on Jan. 8, 2016. Congratulations to you both! ■ Hallie Brox got married in