annual event features lots of food and drink grown and produced locally.
Left to right: Matt McCawley, Chrissy Liscombe, Greg Perchik, Caitlin Hathaway and Ally Goddard of the Class of 2002 at Greg Perchik's wedding
Jennie Holbrook got engaged on her birthday this year and will marry Glenn Mirlocca in March. Congratulations! Erika Hoddinott and Brian Sullivan were married in the spring of 2010 in Ireland. Classmates attending the wedding were Meg Holtham and Caitlin Hathaway. They later celebrated their wedding in Maine with more Gould friends. Erika and Brian also welcomed a baby girl in the spring of 2011, Ella Sullivan.
many, many weddings! Chris Leonards and his wife are living in Germany. They are expecting a baby girl in February. Chris is doing an MD program at the Charite University of Medicine in Berlin. He is working on the side in stroke research and in a small family practice clinic. After West Point, Matt Martel went to the UK for a couple of years to get his master’s. He is currently in southern Afghanistan flying Apache helicopters and reports it is a pretty cool area to fly around in. Cassandra Mason is busy working as a real estate agent in Bozeman, MT. She also runs a business as an executive consultant and national recruiter for Rodan and Fields. US Kayak Team member Kaitlyn McElroy, raced in the World Cup 2 in the Czech Republic, her first world cup. She and her K2 partner, Jen, had a podium finish (3rd) in their first race - the K2 1000! They qualified for the B finals in all the other events. They also knocked out the USA A boat from the Olympic event - very cool! Congratulations.
Left to right: Class of 2002 alumni Larkin Bulger, Kate Warner, Brian Broderick, Ally Goddard, Megan Holtham, Jennie Holbrook, Caitlin Hathaway, Chrissy Liscombe, Erika Hoddinott and Erika's husband Brian Sullivan.
2003
Class Agent: Cassandra Mason Robin Chace has lived in Colorado for the past four years and is coaching alpine ski racing full time at the Ski and Snowboard Club of Vail. It was great to see her Alumni Weekend. Ann Colpitts is working as an executive assistant at a venture capital firm in Boston, MA and fulfilling her theatrical side through plays and other endeavors in her off hours. Her most recent show was “Lucky Stiff” at the Somerville Theatre.
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Caitlin Kennett is working as a groundskeeper at a 17 home facility for developmentally disabled children and adults in upstate New York. She also bartends part-time and most of her traveling is to Maine to visit family or attend
Kian ’03 and Rachel Merchant-Borna
Kian Merchant-Borna married Rachel Buscemi on August 6, 2011. The ceremony and reception were held in Rochester, NY followed by another reception at Kian's mother's home in Mount Vernon, ME. After graduating from Gould Academy in 2003, Kian attended Alfred University where he and Rachel met. Kian graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology and environmental studies. He also earned a master’s degree in public health from Boston University in 2009, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in toxicology at the University of Rochester School
of Medicine. Rachel is a third generation employee at Thru-Way Spring, the family business her grandfather started 55 years ago in Rochester. Lee Reeve is working on her master’s in marine ecology at San Diego State University. Brady Wheatley is currently living on Eleuthera, The Bahamas, working at The Island School. She is the dean of students as well as histories department head.
2004
Class Agent Needed Christopher Thompson serves as one of the founding board members for a new 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Project Unum (www.ProjectUnum.org), started by good friend, Conor O'Phelan. The company is founded on the idea that any one could donate as little as $1 and make a difference by using a little teamwork. Under the slogan The $1 Movement, Project Unum is a growing community of donors who crowd source their numerous small donations into two large donations.
2005
Class Agent Needed Congratulations to Loie Merritt on the publication of her book, Sole Trouble and Other Stories. Sole Trouble is a collection of thirteen short fiction pieces, with themes of love, the struggles of artistic temperament, and life in New York City. Joshua S. Shifrin is in his final semester at Suffolk University where he has studied psychology. He is heading back to Austin, TX after graduation, mentioning he has had enough of cold weather after Gould and Suffolk and plans to attend graduate school.
Left to right: Heather Kelleher ’06, Kim Tremblay Randall ’05, and Andrea DeCaro ’05 at Kim’s wedding in September 2011.