Laoteppitaks adds, “Lucy is 4 and Cooper is now 2. Lucy has started preschool, which in her words is ‘really, really, really awesome!’ Cooper is an active 2-year-old. I’m still at Einstein as an assistant residency director for Emergency Medicine but am also an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at my alma mater, Sidney Kimmel Medical College. My wife, Amy, is working at local law firm in Haddonfield, New Jersey.” Jacoba Urist was honored as a Hopkins Alumni/ae Fellow on October 9, where she spoke at the Hopkins assembly and met with current students. She writes, “Spending the day on campus—meeting with the most impressive senior Razor staff and participating in English and History courses—was a most surreal and exciting experience. The students and faculty blew me away with their insight, thoughtfulness and creativity.” Dora Chen had a mini Hopkins reunion last New Year’s Eve in Washington, D.C., with Adina Rosenbaum and Jenny Ellickson. Please continue to send updates to Dora and Jacoba!
1995
Michaelangelo Palmieri michaelangelo_44@yahoo.com Luretha McClendon Tolson lrmcclendon@sbcglobal.net
We got a great update from Stephanie Sharples Sulzbach: “I just wanted to let you know that we had baby number three in March. Ruby Clara Sulzbach joins big brothers Willy (5) and Mason (9). John Sulzbach and I are doing well and starting our next adventure: Proper Tree, LLC. John got his arborist license and we are a full service tree care company, located in Killingworth, Connecticut. Life as a family of five is totally nuts, but I wouldn’t want it any other way!” I, Luretha McClendon Tolson, am enjoying my new role as the Intake Attorney at my firm. I’ve also been afforded the opportunity to start a fitness program at the firm with a focus on health and wellness, which has been an exciting new project. When I’m not spending quality time with my baby girl, Trinity, who turns 2 this Easter Sunday, I’m usually training for my next road race. I’m currently training for my second half-marathon, which is an all-women’s race in Central
SPRING 2016
Park in April. I’m running with a group of amazing ladies who are also busy moms trying to juggle it all while still finding time to focus on health and fitness! We love getting your updates. Please remember to send them to Mike Palmieri and me so that we can share in our next submission.”
1996
20th Reunion
Hopkins—June 10 and 11, 2016 Ellen Weinstein Black ellyn@campfernwood.com
Hope all is well with everyone! We are gearing up for our 20th reunion—can you believe it’s been 20 years since we graduated from Hopkins! The reunion is on June 11, 2016. Please join our Facebook group www. facebook.com/events/448947791974623/ or register online at www.hopkins.edu. We hope many of you can make it for the weekend! Thank you to Ryan Bush for assisting as a class secretary for the past few years. We have greatly appreciated all of his hard work. If anyone would like to be the upcoming class secretary and help deliver news, please email me at ellyn@campfernwood.com. Some of our classmates wrote in: Rafi Prober has recently changed jobs and got a very cool appointment as an associate deputy attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also recently got a new puppy named Bella to keep Zach and Elie and his original dog, Morty, company. Sara Spodick ’95 and James Boryczewski write, “Jim continues to be busy in his role as Vice President of Operations and Edco Engineering and I am in my 11th year serving as the Director of the Tax Clinic at Quinnipiac University School of Law.” Ashley Dubin and Chris Marinaro (from Katonah, New York) got married on December 19, 2015. She writes, “We went to Dubai and the Maldives for our honeymoon. It was an amazing trip and amazing wedding! As for work, I have been working in Branford public schools since July 2013 as the Curriculum Coordinator for the middle school and high school in all content areas.” As for my family (Ellen Weinstein Black), we have been keeping busy with skiing almost every weekend at Mt. Snow—it has been amazing and the kids are loving it! Hope to see you all in June!
1998
Misha Body mishabody@gmail.com Tina Chen tina.chen02@gmail.com Eamon Griffin grifbear@yahoo.com
Happy 2016, everyone! Of course, as you read this, we’re at least a couple of months into this new year. Although I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions, the completion of another year around our sun does lend itself to a time of reflection, assessment and a clean slate. Whether I am just feeling that sense of change and newness, or it’s a happy coincidence of timing, a few of our classmates reported on some updates in their lives, which I’ll share here. Allyson Wendt launched a new business called Warp Weft Fiber Arts. In case you’re not a weaver yourself, warp yarns are the ones that run lengthwise in a loom, and weft yarns are the ones that get woven over/under/over/under. Allyson’s new endeavor is to sell handmade clothing and bags that she makes in between diaper changes and school pickups. Joe Cohen and his family have moved from New York back to the 203 area code, and are excited for the adventures that await them in Greenwich. Lauren Levin-Epstein Odell, her husband, and daughter Harper (age 3), welcomed their son, Brooks Jamieson Odell (see the cute cheeks in the photo!), to the family on April 19 last year, and all enjoyed his first holiday season. New England welcomed one of its own back when Vanessa Cardinale, her husband and daughter moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Amherst, Massachusetts. Vanessa is now the settled pastor for the Amherst South Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) and would love to connect with anyone living in the Pioneer Valley. Christoph Hutchinson is in Philadelphia doing pulmonary and critical care medicine. Also in Philly and also practicing medicine, Tina Chen survived her first year working as a registered nurse. She had a fun late summer vacation in Amsterdam, Naples and around Lake Como. If anyone is interested in putting together another Hopkins in Philly gathering, let her know! As for me, Misha Body, I’m continuing to juggle work and grad school, am looking forward to 45