stay connected... frequently with Chris Pulling, Joaquin, Becca, and a few ’98ers. Amy Griffin Atchley recently built a chicken coop with the aid of Bob Berens, who is writing TV in LA. And Lindsay Williams Bellasi works in marketing and innovation consulting and lives in Atlanta with her husband, Santiago, and their two boys. Thank you, as always, for sharing bits of your worlds with us. We hope to see all of you soon (one word: reunion!), and until then, stay in touch. —Kelly & Jack
1998 Zoe Niarchos Anetakis 658 Massachusetts Ave., No. 2 Boston MA 02118 781-475-9772 zbniarchos@yahoo.com
The terrible, horrible, no-good winter of 2015 has come and gone, thankfully. If you thought perhaps I had gone missing under a 10-foot snow bank, you wouldn’t be totally wrong, as I did in fact miss our notes last go-round! D’oh! But I’m back at it and ready to bring you the news. Our graduating class had 352 members, so it should come as no surprise that there are always a lot of births to report, but it does seem there is a new-life-a-minute in these parts. We are a productive crew—don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Michael Nardy and wife Heather welcomed their second child, Caitlin Rose, last fall. Annie Lux Radecki welcomed Alexander Paul last summer and thereafter made the move—quite happily—from Texas to Portland, Ore. Also last fall, Samar Jamali and husband Deven welcomed baby girl Noor. I get to see Noor on my Instagram feed, and she is truly a delight. Another delicious babe I get to spy via Instagram is the lovely Lydia James, born to Caitlin Murphy Dyer and her husband, Richard, this past winter. Lydia was born at home and weighed 10 pounds at birth! Her cheeks do not disappoint, and like her parents, I am smitten with her. Mark Tompkins and wife Mary welcomed Callan Ross in January. Vanessa Ho welcomed Adrienne Leigh Towe last spring, and then the family of three moved from New York to Cleveland so that mom and dad could pursue new jobs. Vanessa continues to work in trauma, surgical critical care, and emergency general surgery. If you feel like I am late to the game on some of these recent baby reports, blame Omar Jaffer. His gorgeous son, Noah, is 2 and I’ve only just learned about him! Omar is married to the lovely Alison Beer. The family of three lives in Bellingham, Wash., on the coast of the Salish Sea between Seattle and Vancouver. They root for the Seahawks, as opposed to the “cheaters,” which is how Omar says locals refer to the New England
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Patriots; I’ll let you all do with that what you will. What’s next, after all that baby news? Well, Sunyin Tjio married Joe Tang in Boston last fall, for starters. The New Year crew of Moses Kagan, Greg Chase, Max Ventilla, Danny Addison, and Dan Sloan did not disappoint this year. They rang in 2015 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., at Max’s homestead (of sorts). There was a lot of skiing, snowmobiling, and Settlers of Catan (what did you expect?), as this crew spent the holiday as they did in 1998, sans wives and children. Don’t act so surprised, my formula is 12 years old: Let’s get to career news. Piers Platt independently published a humorous memoir about his time as a platoon leader in Iraq. It made it to the New York Times bestseller list for e-book nonfiction! Piers is keeping on at his day job in New York but continues to enjoy writing in his spare time. I can’t wait to see what he comes out with next! Ali Ghaffari continues to serve honorably in the U.S. Navy. He and his family are preparing for deployment on the USS John C. Stennis. Ali’s commitment to service is tremendous, as is the sacrifice of his wife and daughters. I hope we all keep them in our thoughts and send thankful vibes their way. Another serviceman in our midst is Pete Weddle. Pete graduated from U.S. Army flight school and now flies Apache helicopters for the North Carolina National Guard. He and Monica Cavanaugh were married in April in Raleigh, N.C. As is fitting, the troops were all around them: Pete Shin, Joe Ponti, Paul Okner, Chris and Kate Orbon, Josh Beiler, and Jim Mangan all attended the celebration. Jessica Bulen is making impressive moves on the West Coast. Jess oversees JP Morgan’s Endowments and Foundations Group, managing money for museums, school endowments, family foundations, and so on. She ran into Paul Okner on a recent business trip to Seattle. Our small world strikes again! Amelia Tseng recently completed a PhD degree in linguistics at Georgetown University and is director of the bilingual education program at American University, where she also teaches. She travels extensively, but when she’s home she gets up to no good with Tamika Guishard and stays in touch with Dave Robles, Mary Hawkins ’96, Sarah Josselyn, Hieu Nguyen, Orion Montoya ’97, and Amy O’Neal ’97. Fun! Speaking of the amazing Ms. Guishard, Tamika is in post-production on a short film called In Vivo, about a veteran with PTSD. In her day job, Tamika is a director of recruitment support for the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education. While I was suffering through New England’s most recent winter, Sung Nam was enjoying sun and warmth in Singapore. Sung reports that he has worked with Andover alums Bryan Miller ’66, Sam Kim ’81, and Theo Novak ’01 to launch the Singapore Andover-Abbot Club. They hope to connect with the Andover community
in the region, to help drive and develop a greater presence in Asia. That’s all the news that fits, friends! For our next edition, I want all the goods, so keep it coming.
1999 Kirsten Riemer 72 Connecticut Ave. Greenwich CT 06830 kirstenriemer@gmail.com
Ninety-niners, you did not disappoint with the updates this go-round! I heard from so many of you that some news will have to appear in the next edition. Nicholas Johnson represented Ireland in a theatre festival in Fez, Morocco, this past spring. At the time, he was fresh off his first sabbatical term from Trinity College, during which he worked on an academic book about Samuel Beckett, which will be out in 2016. Campbell Bromberg lives in Paris and works as global events director for Louis Vuitton. In the spring, he was in Palm Springs, Calif., for Louis Vuitton’s Cruise Show, which took place at the spectacular Bob and Dolores Hope Estate. Sherri Stevens Williams and her husband live in Berlin. She works as a business-English trainer for companies, as well as at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. In her spare time she runs language exchange meetups, enjoys visiting the city’s historical sites and museums, and takes “urbex” expeditions to explore abandoned places in and around Berlin. Also in Berlin, Isabelle Jeinsen enjoyed seeing Natalie Otto back in February. Isabelle and her husband moved this past spring to Frankfurt, where they both work as lawyers. Charlene Chen lives in London, heading up her company’s UK/Europe operations. It’s quite a culture shock after living in East Africa for six years, but she loves it. She recently caught up with Michael Yates, who works for a biotech company and lives outside London. In April, Charlene saw Samantha Shih in Boston, where Sam is growing her custom-tailoring business, 9Tailors. After living in Barcelona for seven years, Katie Corwith, her husband, and her two daughters, Chloe and Naia, moved to Orange County, Calif. Katie works in REIT equity research in Newport Beach, Calif., and says, while she misses Barcelona, she and her family are enjoying California. John Dempsey lives with his wife and son in San Francisco, where John has worked for a mix of startups and consulting ventures for the past four years. He is currently an engineer at Instacart and is looking forward to growing the company. Between work and family, there’s never a dull moment! Shalu Umapathy and her family are also in the Bay Area, in Sunnyvale, Calif. In January, she had her second son, Jeeva, who joins his older brother, Mokshay. Shalu works in San Francisco