THE KINKAID SCHOOL
couple honeymooned in Barcelona, and they are relocating to the Northeast for work – she as an art director and he as an architectural intern. Ashley Prince resides in Palo Alto, California, as a graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently in a joint degree program pursuing her MBA and MA in Education. Ashley also recently became a San Francisco 49ers cheerleader.
Michael Bluestone ‘06 (fs), Eddie Moore ‘06, Charles Labanowski ‘06 and Ben Messier ‘06 with Basketball Coach Scott Zimmerman at the wedding of Mitchell ‘06 and Katie Decker Currie ‘06
Africa, to work with African Impact, a volunteer organization where she taught English to children and adults in schools and orphanages. Brittany Bloom graduated Cum Laude in May 2014 from University of Houston Law Center and is studying for the Bar Exam. Chris Bramel also lives in Houston, where he started his own business, Chris Bramel Photography, which morphed into Artist At Large Industries in December 2012. Artist At Large is in the process of restoring Huston’s Drugs, a drug store built in 1953, located on Washington Avenue, soon to be Bramel’s home, art studio and show space, while maintaining some of the building’s rich history. Still enjoying Chicago, Courtney Cohen was recently promoted to Associate Banker after completing her three-year analyst program at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. This summer, she’ll be traveling to Kenya and Tanzania with her family. Brooke Grisebaum is living in Houston working at Dancie Perugini Ware Public Relations. Leila Ladjevardian recently accepted a new job opportunity in New York City as Marketing Manager at Dolce Vita after relocating from CHANEL as Social Media Coordinator. As part of the first in-house marketing and communications team at Dolce Vita, Leila is excited for the expansive opportunity and room for growth. As of summer 2013, Leila has been a member of the New York Steering Committee for UNICEF’s Next Generation and was able to travel to Bujumbura, Burudni, for her first UNICEF-led excursion to train and improve the UNICEF team based in Burundi on its marketing and communications strategy. She also supports an annual fundraiser in support of the organization and helps to secure national food, alcohol and entertainment sponsors including Cipriani, Bacardi, Wines of Chile and DJ Lucas Walters. Last year’s event raised more than $60,000.
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Currently pursuing a joint degree at Yale University, Meghan Lewis will graduate in 2016 with a Master of Architecture and a Master of Environmental Management. This summer, she will be traveling to Turkey, Greece, Italy and the American Midwest studying ruins. Sarah Lumsden will pursue her MD at Baylor College of Medicine beginning this fall after relocating from Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked at Triage Consulting Group, a healthcare finance consulting firm. Before beginning her studies, Sarah has plans to travel to Greece, Japan, Turkey and the Netherlands. Julie Mackay Petry and her husband Jeff are settling into their house in Michigan for the summer. Staying busy with remodeling the house and physical therapy after her recent hip surgery, the two are enjoying every bit of the summer weather before heading back to Canada, where Jeff plays professional hockey.Living in New York City, Lauren Marsh is currently working for Ares Management. She is also a member of UNICEF’s Next Generation and was on the host committee for the second annual fundraiser. Nelson Monteith is engaged to be married to Mary Davis on August 9 in Austin and is working at Caddo Minerals, an oil and gas investment company in Austin. Mallory Moore graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in August 2013 with an MSN and is working at KIPP in Houston as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She is also getting married in December! Recently graduated from culinary school, Victoria Pappas is now working in the operations department at chef-owner Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group in New York City. Her summer plans include cooking, traveling and being by the water as much as possible. Now heading to Boston from Atlanta with his wife Juliana Lynch, Allen Pierce recently graduated from Georgia Tech University with a Masters of Architecture. The
Kate Rouzer dances professionally in Saint Louis and will be a principal dancer next season with the Saint Louis Ballet Company. She owns a business teaching and training in AntiGravity Fitness in the Christopher Harrison hammock and hopes to extend that to other avenues of fitness. Kate is also a rock climber and route setter at Upper Limits Rock Gym.Last fall, Mackie Wood moved from New York City to Los Angeles and started working in business development and marketing at Bryan Cave LLP, a law firm in Santa Monica. She got engaged in January to a fellow Houstonian and Longhorn. She and fiancé David Tschoepe are getting married in November outside of Austin.I have been living in Atlanta, Georgia, for almost three years and am a senior account manager at The Reynolds Group, a boutique public relations, marketing and branding firm specializing in the lifestyle and hospitality industries. I work closely with James Beard award-winning chefs and restaurants and also volunteer for and help execute events in support of the James Beard Foundation, Southern Foodways Alliance, High Museum of Art and Share Our Strength, a national non-profit working to end childhood hunger in America.
2008 Kirby Allison
New York, New York kallison22@gmail.com Mason Bashaw Houston, Texas mason.bashaw@mac.com
2009 Alanna McAuley
Seattle, Washington armcauley75@gmail.com After five years and three schools, Corrin Barnes has now earned her two degrees! Just last week she graduated Tufts University magna cum laude with a BA in Art History, as well as receiving a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts with a concentration in Experimental Cinema. Corrin has chosen to stay in Boston (the greatest city ever) and looks forward to a summer of sun, sweat and travel! Malcolm Bremer graduated from Drexel University in March 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management and a minor in
Business Administration. Malcolm recently accepted a graduate internship position with the Philadelphia Eagles in their corporate sponsorships department and is gearing up for his first day in July. Malcolm has spent now a half decade in the City of Brotherly Love and while he enjoys the abundance of American history and cheesesteaks in Philly, he misses the quality BBQ and southern hospitality of Houston. Katherine Cunningham graduated from Bryn Mawr College in the spring of 2013 with an AB in Psychology and Theatre Minor. She is now working as a Development Associate at the Alley Theatre in Houston, in addition to acting in productions around the Houston area. She hopes to start her own theatre company in the next five years. Tommy Das graduated with a BA in Biology with a minor in English from Dartmouth College in June 2013, and has spent the last year back home in Houston working on various clinical research projects and moonlighting as a tutor. This fall Tommy will move to Dallas to start Medical School at UT Southwestern; he is excited to pursue an MD degree, and in light of the move he promises to never become a Dallas Cowboys fan. Maddie Dorflinger just received a Masters in Finance from Vanderbilt this past May. After five years in the Northeast and Nashville, she is really excited to move back to the great state of Texas to work as a Downstream Controller for Exxon Mobil in Houston. She’s also thankful to have the Texans, Mexican food and warm weather back in her life. Andy Huang moved to San Francisco and is now working as a growth hacker for a mobile dating app called DOWN. If anyone is ever in the area, he will buy you a drink or a sushiritto. Matt Johnson graduated from Rice with a BS in Electrical Engineering and is currently working for a small company in San Diego that makes very fancy walkie-talkies. He is enjoying learning new skills every day and loves exploring the city and relaxing at the beach. He is still experimenting with photography and has picked up acro-yoga to stay in shape. He appreciates the beautiful chaos of life in your early 20’s and can’t wait to see where life takes him next. Drew Masterson graduated from Davidson College in May of 2013 with a BA in Religion, and has since moved up north to the Washington, DC area to be a part of the Falls Church Fellows Program, a post-graduate program dedicated to helping young adults start well in every aspect of life. He has loved his time in DC (despite the government shut-downs and polar vortexes) and plans on remaining in the area to enter into film production. Alanna McAuley graduated with a BA in English from Georgetown University in May 2013, and after a short stint in Houston, she up and moved to Seattle where she is now a technical recruiter. So far, Alanna is loving life in the great PNW and spends her free time reading, writing, gardening, baking and knitting. Most of all, she is looking forward to