to Southern California in August 2009 to work for a nationally recognized nonprofit in Orange County. She was quickly promoted as an advisor to the president of the company. Katie Ruggeri Nelson graduated from SMU in December with her master’s in early childhood education. She is currently subbing in the Plano Independent School District. She married Nathan Nelson on February 13 at Christ the King in Dallas. Margarett Coleman was her maid of honor and Elizabeth Norris, Katie Ackerman Rhamey and Liz Gibson were all bridesmaids. Kathleen Pedersen is working on her MBA at HEC Paris and will graduate in June 2011. Leslie Moses is working at a non-profit agency while working on her master’s in counseling at UNT. Hilary Simon just started fashion school at FIT in NYC and is having a wonderful time.
2003 Class Agent – Communications: Casey Potter, caseyjaypotter@gmail.com Tiffany Lee will be entering law school this fall.
In the interim between graduate school and law school, Tiffany is continuing her work for two Asian music companies, one in Los Angeles and the other in Paris, France. She also works as executive editor for Korean Music Entertainment Networks and translator/ writer for partner company Japanese Music Entertainment Networks. Amy Broussard is currently living in Addison and is working for a foster care and adoption agency in Dallas. Julia Tucker-Huth has spent the past year in London studying finance and economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has traveled to France, Morocco, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belgium and Malta. Elizabeth Dreyfuss works as an analyst at E2M Partners, a private equity fund in Dallas. Tina Lalangas is finishing her second year in dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry and is a student dentist in the Baylor clinic. She is active in the Xi Psi Phi Dental Fraternity and is the class representative and Social Chair for the Texas Association of Women Dentists and Baylor. Jenny Branson is in her final year of a joint JD/MBA program at SMU. She spent her summer clerking for a local construction and real estate law firm. Christen Levering Redlich, Lynne Norris and Jenny Branson recently visited Sarah Stuart in San Francisco. Blake Lown works at Saatchi & Saatchi’s Team One Advertising, where she works on digital and social media initiatives for their Lexus account. She lives in Los Angeles with Katy Rozelle ’00. Joanne Hong lives in Dallas and works as a physician assistant at a hospital in Irving. Kristen Hillgren has been accepted into American University’s School of International Service. This fall she began the master’s program in natural resource and sustainable development. Amber Webb’s life is full of big changes. She has lost 150 pounds since December 2008 and loves her new healthier, active lifestyle. She graduated from Texas Tech law school in May and was selected as class speaker. She will return to Dallas
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Hockaday alumnae gathered in Sun Valley, Idaho for Megan Lacerte’s ’02 marriage to Joe Barrie-Schwarz. Pictured are Back Row from L to R: Courtney Petruska ’02, Laura Ginsberg ’02, Meredith Leyendecker ’06, Jennifer Branson ’03, Cora Black ’09, Jan Braechlein Norris ’72, Olivia Jennings ’02, Meredith Vesledahl ’02, Anne Miller ’02, Margaret Elizabeth Perry ’02, Heather White Linburg ’02; Front Row from L to R: Quincy Lacerte ’08, Elizabeth Norris ’03, Megan Gompf ’02, Jennifer Wallace ’02, Madison Lacerte ’06, Meghan McDonald Michael ’02, Sissy Best Cullum ’75, Monroe Lacerte ’07, Betsy Reed Eiseman ’84; and kneeling: Kandy Hayes White ’75 and Megan Lacerte Barrie-Schwarz ’02.
Meredith Lewis Perry ’02 with her Hockadaisy bridesmaids including from L to R: Lesley Russell O’Leary ’02, Chandler Rice ’02, Meredith Lewis Perry ’02, Christina Crews ’02, Stephanie Snell ’02 and Robyn Sills ’02
Katie Ruggeri Nelson ’02 with her bridesmaids including Margarett Coleman ’02 (Maid of Honor), Katie Ackerman Rhamey ’02 and Liz Gibson ’02
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