Mount Magazine fall 2021

See what your fellow alumni are doing! Stories are listed by class year, in ascending order to most recent and alphabetically by last name.

William “Wilbur” Wills, C’69, and Sue Wills passed 9,000 on-stage performances. Approximately 4,000 performances spanning two decades have been with their theatre company, Parker Productions, in Ocean City, Maryland. More than 5,000 performances have been their unique creation, Presidents and Their First Ladies, dramatically speaking— now celebrating 25 years. Wills got his start in theatre at the Mount when he and several students revived the Sock’N Buskin drama society in 1966.

Dan Smith, C’91, MBA’94, was named one of “Washington’s Most Influential People” in Banking and Finance in the March 2021 issue of Washingtonian. Smith is executive vice president and head of regulatory affairs at Consumer Bankers Association and serves as a member of the Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business advisory board. He was a former basketball and track student-athlete and is married to Kathy (Flavin) Smith, C’92. They have a daughter named Madeline.

Heather Kitching, C’98, and Tim Kitching, C’00, met as teammates on the Mount’s track and field teams. They live in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Their 16-year-old daughter, Hayley, won Gold in the Under-18 women’s 800-metre event at the Australian Track and Field Championship in Sydney to become the national champion in April. She was featured in The Focus, a local magazine. Their 14-year-old son Jade finished second place in his National Championship race in the 800-metre event as well.

Julie (Martin) Hirsch, C’05, MAT’07, is #MountProud of her children Dylan and Zoe as they represent her alma mater in Lutherville, Maryland.

Mary Elizabeth Cohill Harvey, C’07, was promoted to associate vice president for advancement and campaign director at Mary Baldwin University where she is leading their $50 million Empowers campaign. She previously served as director of campaign planning at the University of Maryland for their recently completed $1.5 billion Fearless Ideas fundraising campaign and spent six years as a principal gifts analyst and associate director of development at George Washington University. She also completed Cornell University’s Women in Leadership certificate program.

Collins S. Lethbridge, C’15, was promoted from senior staff accountant to supervisor at advisory firm Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz on July 2, 2021. He has six years of public accounting experience and provides tax services to small businesses, specializing in accounting for farms and other agribusinesses.

Rev. Mr. Matthew Smith, C’16, S’22, preached his first homily at his home parish, St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in York, Pennsylvania, on May 16, 2021. He was ordained to the Transitional Diaconate by Bishop Ronald Gainer for the Diocese of Harrisburg. The ordination took place in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Geanna Donnelly, C’17, and Tyler Post, C’17, became engaged on May 15, 2021. The couple met in Italian class their first semester. He proposed at the Navy Merchant Marine Memorial.

Shannon Zavetz, C’18, and Dustin Cribbs became engaged on April 6, 2021.

Marley Heller, C’18, MBA’19, and Andrew Lapreziosa, C’18, MBA’19, became engaged on August 6, 2021. The couple met at the Mount in 2015.

Christina Goldman, C’12, and Sean Chrisman were married on July 1, 2021, in South Carolina.

Amanda M. Atwood, Esq., C’13, and John “Jack” G. McGowan, C’13, were married in a Catholic ceremony on December 19, 2020, at their home parish on Kent Island, Maryland.

Rachel Cattaneo and Austin McKamey, C’13, were married on June 26, 2021, at Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco.

Emily Myers, C'13, MBA'15, and Jeremy Veres were married in a small ceremony on August 22, 2020. They recently celebrated their anniversary with family and friends in August of 2021. Back Row: Zachary Light, MBA’15, Connor Carey,C’13, Kevin Downs, C’13, Bobby Rudd, MBA’15, Kevin Robinson,MAT’06, James Bartolozzi, C’14, Michael Rath, C’12, MBA’15, ChrisWalsh, C’83, Kim Johnson, MBA’18, and Billy McGarity Front Row:Rebecca Rudd, Trish Robinson, C’04, Corey Downs, C’13, AlexandriaProffitt, C’13, MBA’15, Ali Carey, C’13, Jamie Everett, Ed Caruso,C’86, Yulia Kravchuk, C’16, Sloane Warden, C’14, Dawn Walsh, C’83,Hannah Dann, C’13, Jon Marsalese, C’13, MBA’14

Catie (Brown) Cabrera, C’14, and Nicholas Cabrera, were married at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Woodbury, New Jersey, on September 8, 2021.Left to right (back row): Megan Lynch, C’14, Sherri Cohen, C’14, Jake Dant, C’14,Michelle Kretschmaier-Hussey, C’83, Joe Hussey, C’83, Alexis Hussey, C’14, JordanBode, C’14, Sarah (Swope) Bode, C’14. (front row) Patrick Brown, C’10, Catie (Brown)Cabrera, C’14, Karen (Arata) Brown, C’10, Samantha Deangler, C’14.

Angela Smith, C’15, MBA’17, and Mark Gatzke, C’16, were married at the Mount on April 24, 2021.

Anna Cantirino, C’13, and Daniel Horner, C’12, celebrated their five-year wedding anniversary on July 9, 2021. The couple reside in Brooklyn, New York, and recently purchased their first condominium. She is a high school counselor in Brooklyn. He is an attorney in Manhattan.

Christina Peterson and Justin Peterson, C’07, welcomed Lucas Francis Peterson to their family on September 17, 2021, at 3:11 a.m.

Kathleen (Rosetti) Plumb, C’09, and Bobby Plumb, C’09, welcomed Ryan Patrick Plumb, born February 17, 2021. He joins older brother and sister Jackson and Kate.

Melanie Schwer, C’09, and Matthew Betz welcomed their third child Wyatt Matthew on May 28, 2021. He joins older brother and sister Lucca and Brielle.

Kristen Acton, C’10, and Brian Acton, C’10, welcomed their daughter Brianna Acton in early June 2021.

Katie (Muir) Schultz, C’14, and Ian Schultz, C’12, welcomed Josephine Anne on February 22, 2021.

Helen (Peterson) Iaccarino, C’13, and Derek Iaccarino, welcomed Madison Rae on May 14, 2021. She joins older brother Jaxson.

Mollie Walsh Beigel, C’14, and husband Maris Beigel, C’14, welcomed Brooks Maris Beigel on March 10, 2021.

Megan Hofmeister, C’15, and Kirk Hofmeister welcomed Adelaide Rae Hofmeister on March 6, 2021.

Alexandra McCormick, C’19, and Aidan McCormick, C’18, welcomed Lile James McCormick on June 10, 2021.

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