CLASS NOTES

1970s

Preparations are underway for the Class of 1973’s 50th Reunion! Reach out to David Vineberg (’73) if you are interested in helping to organize.

Great to see Lizzie Peters (’75) at the celebration of the Army & Anna Fund in July.

Barbara Stanton (’76) graciously hosted a dinner celebrating the Army & Anna Fund. Among those in attendance were Bill & Anna Armstrong, Trevor Culley, Jeff Silverman (’76), Spafford Robbins (’77), Kim Robertson (’77), Christian Fulghum (’77), and Tom McNutt (’77)

Cebert Noonan (’79) is a long-time resident of New York City. We caught up over a meal at Arturo’s Italian in the West Village, and shared stories about Overlake, art, and literature.

1980s

Susan Roberts McMaster (’81) joined Alex Smith (’81) in organizing a joint reunion for the classes of 1981 and 1982 on Seafair Saturday in August. Among those in attendance were Andy Baker (’81), Doyle Douglas (’81), and Gavin Morrison (’82). Thanks to Alex and Ange Smith for hosting!

Leigh Ann Hines (’85) hosted the Class of 1985’s pandemic-delayed 35th Reunion at her beautiful home near Overlake in July. Among those attending were Gretchen Carlson Kimbell (’85), Mark Hedges (’85), Cyrina Thurman Keller (’85), Sam Keller (’84), Julie King Hately (’85), Chris Peterson (’85), and Jim Suor (’85), along with former faculty Janet Rothfels and Roger Murray.

1990s

Greg Bamford (’92) hosted his classmates Laura Graham (’92), Jennifer Mathews (’92), Shannon Ginn Robinson (’92),

Nel Sesnon (’92), plus Jason Jennings (’91) at Pomegranate in Redmond for their 30th reunion.

Congratulations to Allison Elliott Barto (’94), selected as the Distinguished Alumni Award honoree for 2022! Allison is an engineer at Ball Aerospace, where she spent 17 years working on the James Webb Space Telescope. She addressed the entire student body, faculty, and staff on November 4th.

Jessica Klein DiStefano (’95) collaborated with Barb Stanton (’76) to celebrate the success of the Army & Anna Fund with a garden party at Barbara’s home in late July. Jessica operates Hobart Family Farms Nursery in Maple Valley with her husband Ricco.

Jessica Gigot (’97) recently wrote an editorial for The Seattle Times urging policy changes designed to support more firstgeneration farmers. She also recently published her new book of prose entitled A Little Bit of Land, from Oregon State University Press.

2000s

Adam Nordin (’02) reports that his family recently moved to Los Angeles after five years in London.

Divvy founder Blake Murray (’02) announced that he is stepping down from day-to-day operations at Divvy and Bill.com to spend more time with family. He plans to get in some trout fishing and then return to an advisory role helping build great companies on the Silicon Slope in Salt Lake City.

Hilary Pentz (’02) hosted the 20th reunion of her class in her home in north Seattle in July.

Congratulations to Beckley Mason (’04) on his recent marriage. He and his wife are dividing their time between New York City and Sag Harbor. He will be co-hosting the NYC area Owl Reunion on February 1, 2023. Beckley has recently moved from sports television production to a nutritional supplements company from New Zealand called Athletic Greens.

Calla di Pietro (’08) will co-host the NYC Owl Reunion on February 1, 2023. Thank you Calla!

Alumni Board members Kate Berry (’08) and Chris Faulkner (’10) both joined in a spirited game of GOLA as part of the celebrations at our All-Alumni Reunion in July.

Special thanks to Isabel Runge (’12) for hosting the 10th Reunion of the Class of 2012 at Citizen Café in Uptown. Dean Poplawski (’12) was among those in attendance.

Congratulations to