Class Notes
LAURA GREEN ‘07 in Greece while study-
ing abroad in the summer of 2011.
RACHEL LIPMAN ‘01, Peggy Kremen Cohen ‘01, Lizzie Cusack ‘01, Jennifer Tufaro Nolley ‘01, Lauren Stone Prendeville ‘01 and
Rachel Tranter ‘01 at Jennifer’s wedding to Dawson Nolley.
Integrative Medicine. I am excited, as this was my first choice location and only one of two residency positions available for MDs to work in an integrative setting, with both allopathic and naturopathic physicians.
a biology teacher and I am a technical writer/editor. We live in Towson.” Emily Lamasa writes, “Cari Whitney, Pierce Murphy and I all just took the same bar review class.” Lots of luck, guys!
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Jessica Vanderhoff
Abby Seiler
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Hope everyone is doing well. Most people have joined the Facebook group, which is at http://www.facebook.com/groups/21907417832/?ap=1 for anyone who still wants to join. It’s been great to see what you’re all up to and also to know that I’m extremely well-covered if I ever need legal counsel. As of this writing, Rebecca Ohly is in Novosibirsk, Russia doing research on the geology and chemistry of rocks that may provide information on the beginnings of multicellular life. After this, she’ll be heading to Idaho State University to study volcanology, specifically rocks related to pre-Yellowstone volcanic activity. Ari Reddy writes, “I just finished medical school at UT Southwestern in Dallas and am now starting my internal medicine residency at Washington University in St. Louis — and St. Louis actually reminds me a lot of Baltimore.” Dylan Waugh writes, “In March, I married my girlfriend of almost four years Emily Vitrano at the College of Notre Dame in Baltimore. Elmar Trust and Matt Mellott were two of the groomsmen, and several other Friends alums attended. Emily is
Andrea Smillie and Ben Brown were married Sept. 24 in Baltimore and are moving to Alexandria, Va., where Andrea will be teaching Pre-K. She just finished her M.A. at Teachers College at Columbia University. Ben just finished his two years in the Peace Corps in Namibia and is looking to work in international development in D.C. Also headed down the aisle, Lizzie Polek recently became engaged to college sweetheart Justin Gopal. She plays viola for the Richmond Orchestra. She and Justin also make up two-thirds of the classical string trio, Chesapeake Strings. Murray Fenstermaker has been working on the oil spill recovery in the Gulf Coast. He is a natural resource advisor, sampling populations, cordoning off islands with nesting or endangered species, and overseeing cleanup work to make sure it is done right the first time. He finds working seven days a week, 14 hours a day out on barrier islands with no shade pretty rough in the summer heat but still incredibly rewarding. Landon White is in his last year at Howard Law and is the publisher of Astute Magazine™,
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whose mission is “to inform, inspire, and enlighten the black leaders of tomorrow.” The magazine’s summer issue featured Adam Jones from the O’s and Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown. It’s available on Apple Store. Gary Williams is beginning a new job as senior program manager for Public Allies Maryland. He’s living in downtown Baltimore and this fall will be starting graduate school for an M.B.A. and M.A. in financial management. Yana Demireva graduated from Johns Hopkins this past May with a degree in anthropology and museum studies. She starts her first “big girl” job this August, working as a recruiter for ITT-Tech. Colin Molloy and Daniel Robertson are continuing to pursue acting in Los Angeles. Colin is starring in a play in Hollywood, while Dan is working on a demo and performing in Hollywood with his musical group “Dark Matter.” He’ll soon be starting massage therapy school. On the other side of the country, Jordan Siegel is living and acting in New York City, most recently in the show “Men” at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. She says Julien Pell is also in New York, working at United Talent Agency. Alexandra Nelson is applying to P.A. grad school and working toward nursing school as well. She works in cardiology at University of Maryland Medical Center and loves it. She also welcomed a new puppy in her life! Also in the medical field, Kendra Toner graduated with a D.P.T. (doctor of physical therapy) degree from Ithaca College in December 2009. Since then she has been doing
pediatric home care for children up to age 5 in eastern Baltimore County and Harford County. She lives in Cockeysville with her boyfriend, who is looking for work in media post-production. She sees Caitlin Garman, Jill Fritze and Rachel Fitz whenever she can and would love to reunite with anyone else who is back in B’more! Rachel recently purchased a home just around the corner from me in Northwest Washington, D.C. and was kind enough to invite a few of us over to celebrate.
2005. NEEDS A SECRETARY! Mike Hopkins-Gross reports, “I teach music and chorus at Somerset Elementary School in Chevy Chase, which is in the Montgomery County Public School System. I also am music director at Riverdale Presbyterian Church in University Park, Md., and I still do freelance music arranging and keyboard player gigs.”
2006. Nicole Runde nicole.runde@gmail.com Class of ‘06 had a great Five-Year Reunion this May! Everyone looked happy, healthy and so excited to see each other after five years. If you weren’t able to make it to Reunion, shoot me an email or stop by the Friends School ‘06 Facebook page. Maxx Davis writes that he just moved to Mission Viejo, Calif. for a position as the assistant lacrosse coach at J. Serra Catholic High School. Ouranitsa Abbas still works as the legal administrative assistant for immigration legal services of Esperanza Center in Fells Point. She performed an Egyptian folkloric dance at their spring fundraiser this past May. The event, called “An