quickly Trey (9), Corey (5), and Victoria (3my goddaughter). She earned her master’s in Real Estate from Georgetown University in May 2011. In addition to working as a real estate broker in DC, MD and VA, she also works as a Realty Specialist for the federal government. In trying to live a healthier lifestyle (yes we are getting older), she lost 15 pounds since last July and hopes to complete at least a half marathon by the end of the year. Ben Hindell is living in Denver, Colorado while he finishes up a doctoral program in clinical psychology. He is also getting married in September to a wonderful woman named Caryn. Although he likes the Giants, he has become a Bronco’s fan. Go Tebow! Sami Liebman is working as a TV reporter at FiOS 1 NJ and still writing her blog (Bloggains. com). Vivian Rosenthal founded a mobile augmented reality platform called GoldRun that works with retailers, musicians and sports teams. They raised 1.2 million dollars in an angel round and are seeking investors in the tech space. The website is www.goldrungo.com and her email is vivian@ goldrungo.com. Steve Kosinksi has been living in Boston for the past 10 years. He owns a business selling and installing residential audio video equipment. January Massin received her PhD in clinical psychology a year ago, and is going for her licensure in March 2012. She works at Saint Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in NYC counseling college students with substance use and co-occuring psych issues. She loves her new career, though it was a big switch and long haul to get there. She still lives just a block away from Friends. Kate Krone has been a professional chef for years and is now trying to open a small but elegant vegan restaurant. She has a cooking blog: www.theherbivorekitchen.com. She also has an antique and vintage clothing and textile archive and restoration company in NYC. She is getting married this summer to her longtime boyfriend, Adrian Bartos, aka DJ Stretch Armstrong. They live in SoHo with their four dogs, two of which they rescued off the streets of Bangkok. Stephanie Davis Hazelkorn writes, “My husband and I welcomed a second daughter, Sue, in September (big sister Eve is almost three). Kelly Kent Marin writes, “I got my PhD in Neuroscience in May of 2011 from USC and I had a baby boy named Bruce (my second child) in July of 2011. I’m doing a post-doc in a neuroendocrinology lab now and trying to get into teaching. I love living in Culver City because my parents live next door!”
1995 Benjamin Ensminger-Law CS Seth A. Goldberger CA Sarah Greenbaum CS Bonnie Bucknell Morris CS
1996 Sarah Cox CS Natalie Nymark CS
forward to seeing you next June at our 15th reunion.
1999
1997
Adam Honig CS Andrew Laird CS
Jessie Chaffee RC Brian Davis CS Lynne DeSilva-Johnson CA RC Janelle Garrett CS Manya Rubinstein RC
Will Schutt was chosen by acclaimed poet Carl Phillips as the winner of the 2012 Yale
1998 Sam B. Hofstetter CS Robin L. McKinney CA Lee Rothchild CA CS
Jaqueline Ross Albano writes, “We have news to share! My husband and I welcomed our first child, Miles Theodore Albano, on November 13, 2011. The following was reported by Lee Rothchild: I am thrilled to announce that Robin McKinney has joined me as a class agent. That is not Robin’s biggest news though. On May 19th he will marry Nancy Stipp in Brooklyn. Reda Woodcock will be the best man and Jeremy Schwartz and Katy Tokieda will be in attendance. In July, Robin and Nancy will move to Detroit where he will start a fellowship in pediatric critical care at Detroit Children’s. May is a big month for the class of ’98. While Robin will be walking down the aisle, Allison Raybin Murphy and her husband Tim are expecting a baby girl. Allison, who will be a fantastic first time mom, has been practicing on other people’s kids. She recently received her master’s in early education and she will be starting a new job in the fall as a head teacher at Merricat’s Castle School on the Upper East Side. For those of you with kids, you might want to consider sending them to Allison (before Friends of course) while those of you with dogs should contact Annie Grossman who is dog training and writing about dogs full time. She offers private lessons and group training classes, and hosts seminars on a wide array of dog-related subjects. Annie would be thrilled to teach any dog owners who are Friends alumni. She has worked with my parents’ puppy, Barney, and he is just perfect so she must be good at what she does. You can find her website at www. SchoolForTheDogs.com. And as long as you’re online, check out Alan Ramos at www.greymusic.com where you can follow his work in the music industry writing, producing, performing and interviewing. And if you’re still online, please shoot me a note about what you are up to so I can include it in the next News From Friends. I hope to hear from you all and I look
Former faculty Yarrott Benz and pricipal Bo Lauder at the LA alumni gathering in February, 2012
Series of Younger Poets Competition. Yale University Press will publish Will’s book in April 2013. His poems and translations appear in Agni, FIELD, Harvard Review, The Southern Review and elsewhere. He lives with his wife in Wainscott, New York.
2000 Lisa Hofstetter Frank CS David W. Gilbert CS Fred T. Isquith CS Russell Labiner CS
2001 Ashley Herriman CS Joanna Shapiro CS
As reported by Joey Shapiro: Big news from the class of 2001! Matt Seltzer reports that he and his wife Lauren are expecting their first child, a girl, in August! Baby girl Seltzer will be the first of the second generation of 2001-ers, and the class couldn’t be more excited. Congratulations, Matt and Lauren! In other 2001 news, Peter Hagen is still living in Los Angeles, honing his cooking skills at a local restaurant and pursuing his screenwriting career, while Ashley Herriman was recently promoted to assistant director of communications and media relations at the New York Racing Association, Inc. and, after nearly four years at NYRA, still delights in watching horses run around an oval all day long. In January, Joey Shapiro re-joined the National Basketball Association where she’s a manager in the League’s Basketball Communications department, and very happy to be back.
2002 Alex Agnant CA RC Richard Barbieri CA CS RC Sydney Blumstein RC Joanna Hunter AC CS RC Melissa Kao RC Nicolaas van der Meer CS
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