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he teaches Spanish, Latin American literature and history and I am finishing up my dissertation (my hope is to finish in 2017).”
2004 Abby Seiler aseiler8@gmail.com Alexandra Nelson and her husband Michael Squires welcomed Zoe Lynn Squires on July 10, 2015 and are so in love with their baby girl. Congrats Alex! Nick Colvin has been working at BB&T Equipment Finance for the past seven years, the last four of which he’s served in their syndications group. In September, he and Kate Perito, his freshman-year girlfriend from Elon University, were married in Washington, D.C. Ben Barchey and his girlfriend Whitney were in attendance, and Ben notes that Nick “definitely married up!” Ben and Whitney were excited to see family, Friends’ friends and friends from that less-dominant school, Gilman. Tim Wright married Carol Clifford in October in Naples, Fla., and Peter Heller was one of his groomsmen. Numerous other ’04 classmates were there to celebrate. Carolyn Coombs and her husband are still living with their pup in San Francisco. The big news is that she recently expanded her studio, Keep It Classical Pilates, to a much bigger and brighter space. The studio offers private and duet classes with three different classically trained teachers. She says life as a small business owner is busy, often stressful, but ultimately so rewarding. If anyone is ever in SF, they should check it out! Kathleen Gorman is in her third year of pediatric residency at University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital and is “killin’ it.” Though I should clarify that she is also saving lots of lives! Katie Ray, still living in New York City, was excited to conquer her failure at running the mile in high school gym class by racing in a 10K in Westchester, N.Y. in late September. Go Katie!
COURTNEY BARRY DABROWSKI ’06 and her husband Drew Dabrowski
2006 Nicole Runde nicole.runde@gmail.com Save the Date! May 5-8, 2016 Alumni Weekend 2016 and 10th Reunion Celebration Lots of news coming in from the Class of ’06! Natalie West finished the first year of her master’s in international development at Sciences Po, Paris. She’s spending the fall doing an internship and will finish her degree after the spring semester. Natalie has been hired as a consultant at the World Food Programme’s Ghana office, where she will help develop their country’s new nutrition strategy. She had a month-long introduction to WFP programming last summer at their Rome headquarters, so she is very excited to experience the field aspect. Plus, this will be her first trip to Africa! ROBERT JANEY ’06 kidding around with his students at Worlin International Town School in Shijiazhuang, China
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Also somewhere over the ocean is Robert Janey, who’s been promoted to the head of the foreign language department at the Worlin International Town School in Shijiazhuang, where he’s been teaching ESL. Congratulations Robert! He’ll remain in Shijiazhuang for six months before he heads to Beijing for the remainder of his time in China. On Aug. 7, Ouranitsa Abbas became a Board of Immigration Appeals fully accredited representative. As such, she will represent immigrants on their paths to citizenship and defend them against deportation before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Immigration Court. In the government’s eyes and under immigration law, Ouranitsa will operate as an attorney. Great job Ouranitsa! Brian Penza, a design engineer at Honda, serves on the design team for
DAVID WEINMAN ’06, Becky Murphy and their new baby Jacob
the NSX Honda, due out in 2016. He also does performance racing with Miatas and BMWs and is on Honda’s Rally Team. Courtney Barry married Drew Dabrowski on June 6, 2015 in Baltimore. Drew is from Syracuse, N.Y., but they met in Baltimore through mutual friends. You may recognize a few of our classmates in her bridal party, including (spoiler alert!) Jackie Murk Hart, Erica Goldman, Natalie Allen, Sarah Palmer, Sophia Bentley and Ashley Strouse. Other Friends School attendees included Sara Corbin, Randall Cooper ’05 and Bunny Kline ’05 and former Middle School English teacher Randy Cooper. Congratulations to the Dabrowskis! Two weeks later, on June 20, Jackie Murk married Dean Hart! The couple met through mutual friends — Jackie lived across the street from Dean’s
COURTNEY BARRY DABROWSKI ’06’s wedding party, including 2006 classmates, (from left), Sophia Bentley, Sarah Palmer, Courtney Barry, Erica Goldman, Ashley Strouse, Natalie Allen and Jackie Murk Hart