HCalumnae
Kelly Bellino Muldner ’00, husband, Gregory, and their two children, Asher and Nora; Classmates Tara MacDaniels, Melissa Giamo, Liz Vaghi, Megan Thomas , Mary Buckley, and Timi Abimbola gather at their 2006 reunion; Alli Tarka Abbondante ’04 with her bridesmaids on her rainy but happy wedding day; Nina Sheehan Holman ’80 with her granddaughter, Alliyah, doing taekwondo.
Class of 2005
Class of 2007
Class of 2011
Irene Firippis – Irene.firippis@gmail.com Krista Montes de Oca – krista.montes@gmail.com Jenny Olszewski – jolszew2@umd.edu Ericka Rojas – ericka.lynn.rojas@gmail.com
Claire Easby – Smith – ceasby01@saintmarys.edu Meghan Kane – reignofkane@aol.com Courtney Smith – Jsmith@americanmap.com Allie Williams – allie.williams.13@gmail.com
Maddie Brown – brown1210@highpoint.edu Jessie Ely – jessely14@aim.com Jo Jo Hess – hessjo02@gettysburg.edu Patty Yoritomo – yoritomo111@gmail.com
Congratulations to Ashley Bevis, who married Brett Rector on Saturday, June 30, 2012. Caroline Cannon participated in Career Day and shared her experience as a Clinical Nurse III at Georgetown University Hospital. Lindsay Kane sat on the Unique Occupations panel at Career Day this year and spoke about her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer. Mary Murphy graduated from Syracuse University College of Law, class of 2012, and will be working in Washington, DC, this fall. Natalie Pascale is the Operations Analyst-Security Officer at NetCentrics Corporation and sat on the Government panel at Career Day 2012. Sarah Stonesifer is the new librarian at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, MD. Sarah participated in the Education panel at Career Day 2012.
Erin Brennan participated in the Media and Communications panel at Career Day 2012 and shared her experience as a Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton.
Sonia Ahmed looks forward to her sophomore year at Brown and plans to declare her double majors of psychology and economics in the spring. Sonia loves the people, and even though her classes are hard, she feels that Holy Child prepared her really well for them. Maddie Brown was asked to join High Point University’s SGA (Student Government Association) as one of only two females representing the Sophomore Class. She also auditioned and was accepted to High Point’s Chapel Choir. In the spring, she participated in a High Point sponsored “Cuts for Cancer” event and donated nine inches of her hair. In the beginning of this summer, she returned to Holy Child as a Music/Theatre intern. Jessie Ely has traded a soccer ball for a rugby one, playing (and loving) the club sport for Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY (though she still finds time for basketball intramurals). She is currently an athletic training major, spending entirely too much studying science and on the sidelines observing other trainers. Hannah Gessler started a blog and did an internship for Tibi during Fashion Week. Check it out at kissofstyle.com. Alex Guntle is going to be a sophomore in the fall at La Salle University majoring in Accounting. Alex is running for both the cross country and indoor and outdoor track teams. Congratulations to Alex’s cross country team, who won the Atlantic 10 (A-10’s). During Monica Rizkalla’s spring vacation from Catholic University this year, she volunteered in a service trip to Nicaragua. A group of ambitious college students actively participated in deserving humanitarian projects in the rural community of Chacraseca for more than a week in order to further the development of one of the world’s poorest countries. She liked it so much, she went with her church group to Mexico on another service trip in August.
Class of 2006 Timi Abimbola – rotimi.abimbola@gmail.com Liz Vaghi – ecvaghi@gmail.com The Class of 2006 came together for their 5th-year reunion on the evening of October 1, 2011, at Tommy Joe’s Restaurant in Bethesda, MD. The Tommy Joe’s patio bar was filled with more than 40 members of the Class of 2006, purple balloons, purple clothing, cake, laughter, chanting, speeches, and organic conversations. Timi Abimbola says, “Although many of us had not seen each other in a few years, it felt like we hadn’t skipped a beat. Special thanks to all the members of the reunion planning committee for their commitment to begin planning as early as July 2011 and the time and effort given to ensure the night was a success.” Planning committee members include: Rotimi Abimbola, Eleni Alafoginis, Ali Allen, Mara Bellino, Christina Ganassa, Melissa Giaimo, Meghan Hibey, Jen Minich, Morgan Stuart, and Elaine Stefanou. Mara Bellino participated in the Education panel at Career Day 2012 and shared her experience as the Learning Disability Coordinator at Catholic University. Michelle Coppoolse sat on the Science and Medicine panel at Career Day 2012 and shared her experience as a Registered Nurse-Critical Care for Sibley Hospital. Meagan Dunne attended Career Day and shared her experience of being in graduate school at the University Of Maryland School of Medicine.
Class of 2008 Shelby Benkert – benkert@mailbox.sc.edu Michele Guzman – mg9843a@american.edu Romina Nally – rnally1@umd.edu Mary Dwyer, recent graduate of Salisbury University, was inducted into the Pi Gamma Mu international honor society of the social sciences at Salisbury University. Pi Gamma Mu promotes excellence in, and recognizes outstanding contributions to the social sciences.
Class of 2009 Kelsey Albanese – albanesk@dickinson.edu Carolyn Hodgson – chodgson@udel.edu Katherine “Kat” Eisenberg won “Best Artwork for Junior Year” in the annual student art show at Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, held in spring 2012. Kat, a Fine Arts major, plans to seek an MFA after receiving her bachelor’s degree next June. This summer, Kat is a senior counselor and art teacher at the Indian Spring Family Y Summer Camp.
Class of 2010 Kerry Bellino – kbellino@gmail.com Johanna Hernandez – jojonh17@hotmail.com Kelly Whelan will study Russian, Ukrainian and international relations at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia this year, as well as play on the women’s ice hockey team of Saint Petersburg-ХК Пантеры (HK Panteri). While studying at Rhodes College, she traveled to Prague as a member of the U.S. national field hockey squad. She interned in the Athletics and Communications departments at Holy Child this summer.
Class of 2012 Juliannae Pearson – jpearsonhc2@gmail.com Kaelynn Serena - kaelynn.serena@yahoo.com
Fall/Winter 2012 - Connelly Contact
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