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At the October 2012 wedding of Aaron Stroble ’04 and Pam Risseeuw ’03 in Boston, Andover alumni celebrated in numbers. In the front row, from left, are Drew Ward ’03, Malika Felix ’04, Katie Regner ’03, the groom and bride, Diana Grace ’05, and Jed Kelly ’04. Back row, from left: Matt Ward ’06, Scott Ward ’01, Dean F. Boylan ’03, Dean M. Boylan, Nick Ksiazek ’03, Mark Kelly ’70, Shaun Blugh ’03, Phil Risseeuw ’98, Dan Koh ’03, Alan Ginsberg ’00, Bill Smith ’04, Tom McDonell ’04, Pat Seidensticker ’04, Hobie Boeschenstein ’04, John Freker ’04, and Jamie Neuwirth ’06.
did a whirlwind trip to NYC for the wedding of Ryan Coughlan ’02, where she saw a handful of ’02ers and got to have brunch with Claire Constantine Larson and her whole family. Allison is in the middle of getting an Erasmus Mundus master’s degree in public health, living in Sheffield, England, for the 2013–2014 school year and Paris, France, for the 2014–2015 school year. She’d love any tips or visits from local alumni. Ben Hogan is now working for the hedge fund Orange Capital and celebrated his wedding to Casey Bauer (now Hogan) at the end of the summer. Big year for Ben! Ashley Paige White-Stern is in her second year in Columbia’s postbac premed program, where she is serving as the president of the postbac premed association. Although extremely challenging, it’s also very fulfilling, and Ashley is enjoying the program. She’s continuing to write, mostly about health, community, and food (and general reflections about the process of professionalizing in medicine) at her blog The Spoon and the Sword. James Kenly is still rocking life in Denver. He started an MBA degree program at Denver University this fall and is excited to join the ranks of Andover grads with advanced degrees! As for me, I’m still living in NYC and seeing Rachel Weiner and Sarah Kline on a weekly-tobiweekly basis, which has kept me sane in this crazy city. Amita Singh moved back home to Chicago this summer to complete her fellowship year, so our foursome is now a threesome, but we manage to send Amita pictures of the food we’re eating whenever we get together, to give her some NYC FOMO! We also e-mail with a whole handful of Andover gals upwards of 100 times a day, which allows the Big Blue love to continue every hour. We met up with Meredith Hudson Johnston a few
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weeks back; copious amounts of red wine and lots of laughs were had. Life at Google is going well, and my new job as head of industry for the consumer packaged goods sales team keeps me on my toes, working late hours and managing 13 people. I was elected vice president of Andover’s Alumni Council last year so, at this writing, I’m busy preparing for the Leaders’ Weekend in November and will be excited to see so many ’01 faces who are coming back. Keep in touch, tell me what’s up, and come visit us in the Big Bad Apple. Go, Big Blue!
2002 Paul Crowley 919-724-5868 Skip.crowley@gmail.com Lauren Nickerson P.O. Box 2118 Volcano HI 96785 Lauren9@gmail.com
Thank you to all of the Class of 2002 alums who submitted updates this quarter. Your response was incredible, and it was exciting to read about all of the joyful moments in your lives. Thank you also to everyone who donated to the Andover Fund! Erin Kerrison is looking forward to completing a PhD degree in criminology at the University of Delaware in the spring. Emily Kumpel received a PhD degree in civil and environmental engineering from UC Berkeley. In August, she moved with her fiancé, Jay Taneja, to Nairobi, Kenya, where she took a job with Aquaya, conducting research to help improve access to safe drinking water. Emily welcomes anyone visiting Kenya to stop by for a visit.
Stephanie Hackett was elated to share that the art exhibition that she has been working on for the past three years (Theresa Bernstein: A Century in Art) opened at the James Gallery at the Graduate Center, CUNY, on Nov. 12 in New York. It will then travel to various locations for about a year. A book by the same title came out on Nov. 1 to accompany the exhibition, and Stephanie’s essay is included in the book, which can be ordered on Amazon. Azeem Ahamed moved to Boston from Vancouver, B.C., in March and is currently working in the investments division at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Since moving, he has connected with a bunch of classmates, including Doug Tower, Eric Liu, BiNa Oh, Vikram Bellapravalu, Pawan Deshpande, and Freddie Martignetti. Freddie is still coaching for the Andover football team. Go, Big Blue! Sam Takvorian is also based in Boston, where he is an internal medicine intern at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Jessica Duffett received an MBA degree from NYU Stern School of Business and is now working at First Republic Bank in NYC. She was looking forward to celebrating Cassie Kaufmann’s wedding to Tom Quick in Brooklyn this fall with Tisse Takagi and Sam Spears, among others. Ryan Coughlin married his longtime partner, LaMont Barlow, in August. Many Andover folk were in attendance at the festive New York ceremony and reception including ’02ers Niki Roberts, Tisse Takagi, Louisa Butler, Cassie Kaufmann, and Kate Planitzer. Victoria Yu had a destination wedding in Ko Samui, Thailand, on Aug. 10. Jeehae Lee, who is currently a student at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, planned to marry James Kuk in January 2014. Lots of baby news! Nicole McLaren Campbell and her husband welcomed their second baby in January 2013. Luke Basta and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their son, Jonah Sebastian Basta, in March. Gauri Kirloskar and her husband, Chris, welcomed their new baby girl in May. Meghan Whitehead Perry and her husband, Christopher, welcomed their son, Logan, in July. Dan Leavitt and his wife recently purchased their first home in Marblehead, Mass., and were expecting their first child in October. Kaitlin McCann spent a few months exploring the United States after quitting her job at J.P. Morgan in May. Matt Roman is currently working as a writer’s assistant on See Dad Run (a Nickelodeon television show) and living with Harry Boileau. Patrick O’Brien is loving his vegan lifestyle and is busy working on the release of the fourth album by his band, Aunt Ange. If you’re in the NYC area, be sure to meet up with Patrick for a soy kale smoothie. The always lyrical and eccentric Dean Felch wrote to report on his shenanigans in the French Quarter of New Orleans with Jeff Sandman and Kate Bach. Dean and Stevie Brock experienced an epic road trip on their motorcycles to California, where they met up with RoseMarie Maliekel.