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Jones Roberson, and are saving a bundle in fees. Brooke Hansen Spanos is living in Los Angeles and working at UCLA as a Child Psychiatrist. Brooke and her husband welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Ethan Kostas Spanos, on September 16, 2011. Congratulations! Anne Marie Vollero Thompson and her husband Beau welcomed Sofia Marie Thompson on December 4, 2011. Congratulations, Thompsons! Anne Marie reports that Sofia is keeping them busy and has brought so much joy. They are lucky to have both sets of grandparents to help with Sofia. Anne Marie continues to work at Texas Children’s Hospital as a Health Education Specialist. Mary Kristen Plumhoff Valentine is still working as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at DePelchin Children’s Center. MK and her husband David are expecting their first child this fall. Congratulations, Valentines! Andy Wayne and his wife Lauren welcomed their first child, Brendan Edward Wayne, on March 10th. Congratulations, Andy and Lauren! At Brendan’s recent two-month appointment, he was already top of his class: 95th percentile in height and 97th percentile in weight. Andy is still enjoying his job as Program Director of a large congregation, running projects such as their Business Connection, Temple Tailgate party, adult education, 20s&30s programming and much more. Of course, his son Brendan is the most exciting project right now. David Wise is still in Commercial Real Estate and now works with UCR moodyrambin PAGE, and his wife, Stephanie, has her own web site design company (www. littlegreybike.com). David and Stephanie have two sons: Henry, who is five and, Sam, who is two and a half. Philip Wise’s family grew by one when he and his wife, Allison, welcomed Burke Bernard Wise on March 2nd. Congrats, Wise family! Their four-year-old daughter Laine will start Kinkaid Pre-K in the fall. And as for me, Erin Jones Brown, life continues to be great here in Houston with my husband, Wil, and our children, Harper (five) and Hutton (two and a half). Wil and I celebrated our ten-year wedding anniversary in January…time flies! I am also practicing appellate law on a very part-time basis from home.
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As for me, Emily Mitchell Covey, my husband Chad and I were blessed with the arrival of a baby girl, Elena Kay Covey, on April 17. Her lucky number must be seven, as she weighed seven pounds and was born at 7:07AM! I am enjoying motherhood (learning everyday of course!) and have had fun introducing my little bachelorette to eligible bachelors Bradley Morgan, son of Lauren Roemer Morgan and Brad Morgan (who was born in the same hospital one day prior), and Newton Ross, son of Christie Barksdale Ross and husband Newton. I am also still doing residential real estate with John Daugherty, Realtors, working from home for now and getting out every once and a while for a showing.
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Christina Wilson Altenau Houston, Texas christina.altenau@gmail.com Sarah Brooks is starting a clinical psychology doctorate program at Nova Southeastern University this fall. She is excited to move back to the beach! Jennifer Jodeit Daly is learning the art of chaos management at home with William (five), Catherine (four) and Molly (one). She is also serving on the Board of Directors at the Junior League of Houston, Inc. this year. Elizabeth Arnold Dennis had twins in April - William Richard and Ellen Elizabeth Dennis. She is enjoying her double duty while on maternity leave and big sister Cate is a big help. She continues to live in NYC and work for Morgan Stanley. Kristen Jewell Dolsen and her husband Brady are loving life in Denver with their one-and-a-halfyear old son, Cooper and three dogs. Hallie Eads is engaged! She and her fiancé are getting married on August 18. Bethany Boyd Factor and her husband Canaan ‘96 welcomed their fourth child, Baron Factor, on February 10. Bethany continues to work at Goldfinch Capital, is an active Young Life volunteer at Kinkaid and stays busy running after her four kids under five years old. Noelle Eason Gray continues to enjoy teaching high school Spanish in Midland, Texas. She and her husband Rick plan to spend the majority of the summer relaxing in Santa Fe.
Lauren Singer Harris is enjoying life in Atlanta with her husband and two children. She continues to consult around talent management, and volunteers her time on the Board of Jewish Family & Career Services. Her newest endeavor is her blog about dining with children (www.mylittlefoodies.com). It is an excuse to write about all the places she loves to frequent, including Chuy’s, which finally opened in Atlanta!
baby sister. Pamela just returned from maternity leave to her job as an associate counsel at The Johns Hopkins Health System and is loving her new expanded family.
Caroline Forney Helander is currently living in Houston with her husband Bill. She is busy spending time with her little ones and loving it! They welcomed their second baby into the world! William Dunaway Helander, Jr. was born on January 21. Stella is enjoying being a big sister!
Lila Sharifian is still living in Houston and working as VP of Business Development for Laura Mercier cosmetics and ReVive skincare.
Kristi Peterson Johnson continues to work for NorthMarq Capital financing commercial real estate in Houston. Her two-yearold twins, Craig and Cameron, have also been keeping Kristi on her toes. Kristi enjoyed planning the 15th reunion with a great host committee and looks forward to the next big reunion! Catherine Lewis continues to be a design professor in the South Bronx, New York. Still living in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn, Catherine is excited for the fall when she will marry Alex Cannon in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Leslie Reader Mazvinsky and her husband Michael are still living in Washington DC where she is working as a producer for Comcast SportsNet. She is going to London in July to cover her sixth Olympic Games for NBC. Shannon Blair Nesbit is currently back in graduate school at UT Houston to obtain her MSN as a Family Nurse Practitioner along with a post-master’s in ER medicine/trauma. Otherwise she is just enjoying spending time with her son Owen, who is now four, and her husband. Amber Pickett is still enjoying practicing law in Dallas. She recently joined the firm Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, LLP. Still a Houstonian at heart, Amber is getting more involved with the Dallas community and is excited about beginning her first year as an active member of the Dallas Junior League this year. Pamela Schafer Rayne welcomed her second child, Samantha, on Valentine’s Day this year. Big brother Evan is loving having a
Carrie Geller Schein and her husband Jeremy are still living in New York City. Their daughter Chloe turned one this past April! She has been working part time merchandising the website at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Ashley Stanberry will be moving from Oklahoma back to Texas this summer. She has been directing her business partner’s tutoring company in Oklahoma, and she plans to expand Tutor and Test Prep to the Austin area. Katie Ford Stiles will be busy this summer, spending family time with her husband and two boys. They will be traveling to Florida and Crested Butte to beat the Texas heat! After five years in France, Ginger Strickland is very excited to be back in the USA and closer to friends and family. She is serving at Church of the Incarnation in Manhattan. In April, Lindsay McMackin Sturm celebrated her one-year anniversary with her husband Matt. She absolutely loves her sales position with Chateau Domingue and is trying her best to learn French. Sydney Welch Teegarden is still enjoying working as an Interior Designer at Wilson Associates and is currently working on a large casino renovation in Macau China. Baby girl Teegarden is on the way, due to make her debut in September! Big brother Benjamin is very excited about having a little sister! Jaynie Saunders Tiller is the managing director for New Georges, a downtown theater company that this year celebrates 20 years of developing and producing new work in New York. Last summer she and husband Chad moved to North Williamsburg and are enjoying the Brooklyn life with their new pup. Amy Williams is still living in Charlotte, North Carolina and has ventured into the Interior Design field, working in both residential and commercial interiors. She and