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From left: Lindsay Chutter Coats ’96, Heather Latham ’94, Ross Latham ’91, Donna Latham ’88, and Len Latham ’86 ran the Pie Race in honor of the late Dick Chutter ’56.
Sittan Jirawongkraisorn ’98 (right), Brian Pressman ’98 (standing), baby Brady, and Santit Jirawongkraisorn ’98 (left) in Bangkok, Thailand
and faster, year by year,” wrote Tomoko. “I haven’t been back [to NMH] ever since I left in 1995, but it would be great to catch up with some who are in the region.” • Andrea Halbig earned her graduate degree in social work and loves working as a school social worker at an alternative school in Atlanta, Ga. Her oldest child graduated high school last year (with a 4.0 GPA) and is taking some time off to travel and work before she goes to college. Andrea’s younger two continue to keep her busy with football, basketball, cheerleading, schoolwork, and “all the other things kids get into these days!” She is very interested in starting an Atlanta or Georgia chapter of NMH alumni and wants to reach out to see if anyone is interested! (Write to me to get Andrea’s email address — she would love to connect with everyone in the Atlanta area.)
Santit has a young son named Devin. • Ro Espinosa is working for Paychex in Florida as
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Northfield Mount Hermon Patrick Davis patrickdavisknows@gmail.com
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Northfield Mount Hermon Julia Cohen jmacleodcohen@gmail.com David Allen-Hughes, who lives in Northern California, just had his first child (a baby girl). David sold his business in 2014 and has spent the last few years traveling with his wife and, more recently, bought a local ice cream shop. He’s also busy directing a preschool.
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Northfield Mount Hermon Brian Pressman brainjpressman@gmail.com • Rachel Carfora rachelcarfora@gmail.com From Brian: I was lucky enough to stop by Bangkok, Thailand, and met up with fellow ’98ers Sittan and Santit Jirawongkraisorn.
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well as developing a children’s fashion line. She and her 5-year-old will be relocating to the Atlanta area and would love to connect with fellow NMHers! • Please don’t be shy about sending any updates you have for inclusion in our column!
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Northfield Mount Hermon Audrey Korte aekorte@cox.net • Melia Knowles-Coursin meliakc@gmail.com • Molly Loveday chefmollyloveday@gmail.com
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Northfield Mount Hermon Rose Jackman Spurgin rosejackmanlynch@gmail.com Ti Chesley and his wife, Melissa Mackie, moved to Chicago for Melissa’s postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University. They would love to meet fellow NMH alums in the area!
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Northfield Mount Hermon Josh Grubman joshuagrubman@gmail.com • Christopher A Zissi christopher.zissi@gmail.com Jen Sung won first prize and 7 million South Korean won (approximately $6,500) in the Global Korean Literature Translation Award competition for an English translation of a Korean short story, “Forever a Narrator,” written by novelist Kim Ae-ran. • Avery Miller wrote, “I am still living in Brooklyn and love New York … began a new job at Mount Sinai Hospital and am a cancer genetic counselor as part of the Dubin Breast Center and the Mount Sinai department of genetics and genomics.” Avery and her partner, Chris, attended Christmas Vespers
in New York last December. “If you’re ever in New York City or already live here and are looking to connect, I’d love to hear from you,” added Avery. • Joshua Grubman is now general counsel for Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass., and lives with his wife and two children in Quincy. • Ellen Richardson Frentzen and husband Derek welcomed their baby daughter, Abigail Harlow, on 1/29/2017. • Lukas Snelling, Jack Holbrook, Jesse Mayhew, and Ernest Guadiana are training for the eSports league. Sadly, since NMH did not allow video games, the group lags far behind their millennial counterparts.
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Northfield Mount Hermon Danielle Henry Beale dhbeale@gmail.com Brendan Connor and Keiko Achiwa Connor welcomed their second child, Thomas Wes, on 10/26/17, and have moved to Chicago. • Ellen Kraft married Jason McCune in the summer of 2016 and reports that she was the runner-up in Vermont’s Early Childhood Educator of the Year for 2017. She opened the first Lifeways Center in Vermont, which utilizes a Steiner-based child-care philosophy, and has owned and operated Honeycomb Kids since 2008. She said, “I live close to Alex Bambery, who was my roommate for three years at NMH, and enjoyed a Thanksgiving feast with her!” • Lauren Hugel is currently stationed in Pensacola, Fla., and was promoted to lieutenant commander in the Navy JAG Corps. She married a fellow naval officer and moved to Washington, D.C. “I’m looking forward to reconnecting with NMH alums in D.C.!” said Lauren. • Matthew Bamberg-Johnson is now a performing arts coordinator for Celerity Educational Group, a group of K–8 charter schools catering to underserved populations in Los Angeles. He manages 25 artists who pass a love for the arts on to the next generation. He spoke at the first Immersive Design Summit in January 2018 on behalf of the Speakeasy Society, which he founded with his wife. Other speakers included British theater company Punchdrunk (Sleep No More), experiential performance company Third Rail Projects (Then She Fell), and virtual-reality storytelling company Oculus. • Katie Gallagher married Drew Smith in Northampton, Mass., in January 2017. They live in South Deerfield, and Katie teaches eighth-grade science in Hadley. • Michael Pieciak, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, has been named president-elect of the North American Securities Administrators Association. Congratulations, Michael!