CLA SS NOTE S
Abby Wilpers’ wedding in Brooklyn, August 2014. L-R: Maureen Harrison, Jennifer Ulicnik, Annasimone Krementz ’05, Ashley Hongisto ’05, Allison Lopez ’05, Abby Wilpers ’05, Melissa Wilpers ‘10, Chrystel Valdez ’05, Claire Breedlove ’05, Dr. Robert Naeher, Mary Naeher
boyfriend have recently relocated to the Chicago suburbs and are focusing on saving some money to (“hopefully!”) buy a property in the city. Cherise’s family has taken over the deli, and she’s currently taking it easy and figuring out what to do next. “I’m excited to be back up north and have seasons again (it’s snowing as I type), and I really don’t miss the 85-degree Christmases in Florida! Oh, and of course, I visited Meredith and her beautiful little girl at the end of the summer, and had a great time back home!” Uyai Umoren Effiong has gotten married and has two little boys now under the age of three, “so they’ve been keeping me really busy.” Uyai has also recently started her own business-consulting firm in Nigeria. “It’s been hectic, but really worth it because I can schedule my own time.” Sarah Naeem got married on November 8. Samar Warsi was one of her bridesmaids and Nida Ajaz also attended the wedding. Sarah’s wedding lasted three days; the first two (mhendi and nikkah) were in Houston and the reception was the following Saturday in New Jersey. She says, “It was so beautiful and so much fun! Between the nikkah and the reception we went on our honeymoon to Playa del Carmen—oh I wish I could’ve stayed there for months! I would recommend it to anyone who’s going to Mexico.”
05
Ashley Hongisto, 1848 Pine Street, San Francisco,
CA 94109, 415.710.1792, ahongisto@ gmail.com 10th Reunion • Greer Schott currently
lives in Portland, Oregon, where she
76
E M M A W I LL AR D SC HO O L
works as a senior strategist at the creative agency called Swift. She writes she is “LOVING the west coast.” Living in Portland has an added bonus too—she regularly gets to see Abby Sussman Anderson. Speaking of Abby, congratulations are in order for her marriage to Devon Anderson. Abby and Devon married in July in Vermont, with Sophia Michelen and Caitlin Jones ’04 in attendance. Meredith Hunter moved to Boston two and a half years ago, where she has been working in marketing for a law firm. She recently started her own photography company, Meredith Jane Photography, which is keeping her busy with headshots and family portraits. Meredith also has a real estate license, and has been doing rentals in Boston as well. This summer Meredith went sailing, running, and also went hiking with Lauren Moses ’03 on Columbus Day. Meredith also did the Boston Athletic Association half marathon. Meredith went to Martha’s Vineyard for the first time and spent the day jet skiing and riding a moped around the entire island. In November, Meredith ran the Falmouth Road Race on the Cape even though it was canceled due to 50 mph winds, snow, and downed power lines. She writes, “A few friends and I decided that since we were already at the starting line we were going to do it anyway.” Meredith represented Emma at the Pike Middle School in northern Massachusetts and says, “It was fun catching up with Laura Burgess ’02 via FaceTime so she could prepare me for the event!” Abby Wilpers married Michael Hayes in August in Brooklyn, New York. Congratulations! The wedding served
as a mini-reunion of sorts, as I was in attendance along with Anna Krementz, Claire Breedlove, Allie Lopez, Chrystel Valdez, Sarah Rosenblatt, and of course, Melissa Wilpers ’10. Along with all of the former Emma girls, Jenn Ulicnik, Maureen Harrison, and Robert Naeher were in attendance. Sarah Hyde is currently in the homestretch of her master’s program at Northwestern, where she will graduate in June 2015. She also began an internship in the Office of Undergraduate Admission at Northwestern in September, where she says she is “loving interacting with prospective families and singing Northwestern’s praises!” Laura Stover Fitzgerald is still living in Nashville and says, “If anyone is headed this way, let me know. I’d love to show you around!” She also started a new job last March at Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) as a business solutions analyst. Samantha Smith-Bowman Scruggs recently moved to Henderson, North Carolina, which is thirty minutes north of Durham. They bought a cute little fixerupper house that they are remodeling. Sam accepted a new job in renal nutrition, an area in which she has never worked. Sam says, “I’m not sure I want to do it for the rest of my life, but I certainly want to stay here for a while.” Sam loves working with the patients. “Dialysis is so hard on the patients so they need as much support as they can get.” Sam has become very passionate about her job, and wants to encourage people to donate to the American Kidney Foundation, because “they do so much for our patients like paying for their COBRA payments, insurance deductibles, supporting them during the transplant process, etc.” Sam has two kids, Madeline, three, and Clara, two. Devon Thurmond was recently promoted and transferred to Washington, DC with Hyatt as an event manager. She has been working with them for three years and absolutely loves it. This summer Devon was sent to Boston to help out at the Hyatt Cambridge with training and she got together with Sophia Michelen before she left to go to school in London. In DC, Devon lives with Claire Breedlove, which has been a lot of fun. Monica Taylor Boghos and her husband, Joe, recently bought