stay connected... surely offer tips to Livy Coe, who, after six years of active service in the Navy, is transitioning to the Navy Reserve and will begin MBA studies at MIT Sloan in August. Livy looks forward to hanging with fellow Bostonian alums. Leah Russell and her husband live in New Haven, CT, where they started a video marketing business, Wheel to Sea. Jamie Bologna continues to report for Boston’s NPR station and welcomed twin nieces in February. He is grateful to have caught up with Taylor Yates and Taylor’s wife, Karen, right before they became parents. Taylor was kind enough to share photos of himself as a proud papa holding little Asher Harrison Yates, who sported an adorable Jedi onesie. Asher was born in March and shares a birthday with Jess Chermayeff! Preceding Asher in January was Harper Josephine Turro, daughter of Audrey Deguire Turro and Steve Turro. Congratulations to all the new parents! Alex Thorn is working on his debut rap album. When he’s not dropping beats, Alex and his fiancée, Hannon, enjoy life in Cambridge, MA, where they relocated from Raleigh, NC. They plan to wed in Raleigh in early December. Alex took Hannon back to campus recently. It was bittersweet—Alex’s mother has moved to Portsmouth, NH, so, for the first time since 1981, there isn’t a Thorn living at Andover. Alex and Hannon see lots of Seth Stulgis and his fiancée, Megan, who planned to wed this summer on Nantucket (that is, if everyone made it back safely from the bachelor party in Nicaragua). Alex also keeps in touch with Justin Cahill and his wife, Christine. Lolita Munos Taub enjoyed dinner in NYC with Emma Etheridge and Celia Alexander. Matthew Garza and his wife, Kaila, are enjoying spending time in DC with Sam duPont, who just moved back to the area. They attended the Funk Parade and hit up the best taqueria in the city. Paull Randt moved from Hong Kong to New York. While in Hong Kong, he hung out with Emma Sussex and her boyfriend, Geoff, who good-naturedly rolled his eyes as Emma and Paull went on and on about the “good old days.” Paull hopes to be in touch with fellow PA New Yorkers. Lily Kelly is WWOOFing in Ireland while changing careers from environmental sustainability work to women’s health advocacy. She looks forward to returning home to her husband, Dan Adamsky ’06, in Oakland, CA. Ian Hafkenschiel went down to Costa Rica to learn bamboo building at a festival and decided to stay! Now he is involved in permaculture farming, surfing, and working as a “digital nomad.” According to Ian, flights are cheap if anyone wants to visit! Adam Draper continues to love life in California with his wife and daughter. Adam helps upstart entrepreneurs, particularly in the blockchain and virtual reality fields, through his company, Boost VC. Despite Adam’s protests, Cory Schneider insisted on voting for his inclusion in the Andover Athletics Hall of Honor, for his pole vaulting skills. Let’s hope we’ll all be
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congratulating Adam on that achievement soon! New California residents Jenny Wong and her husband, Nathan Sharp, are settling in the Mission District of San Francisco. Jenny would love to see other SF alums and enjoyed attending a first birthday party earlier this year for June Gordon’s daughter, Charlotte. Perhaps she’ll bump into Martin Quinones, who lives in Oakland with his girlfriend, Olga, and their teacup Chihuahua, Bisouchka. Martin loves his new job at Tycko & Zavareei LLP. Jenny Byer Elgin and her husband, Andrew, welcomed their second son, Maddox Elgin. Older brother Milo is adorably proud of little Maddox. When not tending to her two young children, Jenny is often taking care of me, offering life advice, podcast recommendations, and Twitter affirmation to the neediest of her three kids. Jenny got a break from my incessant whining when I had dinner in Los Angeles with Olivia Oran Beaton, who was in town attending a very fancy-sounding conference. Admittedly, I set the bar pretty low for conferences, as I have never attended one. Olivia and her husband, Greg, recently enjoyed a trip to Japan. Highlights from my life here in LA include a drive down to Torrance to purchase a pasta maker off Craigslist (a score at 20 bucks), enjoying unemployment (paid out via a debit card—who knew?), and comically throwing pennies in the air when receiving residual checks for 76 cents (thanks, Hulu!). Like many of my classmates, I will attend approximately 90 weddings this year.
2005 Ian Schmertzler Ian.Schmertzler.Andover@gmail.com
2006 Jeni Lee 18228 Mallard St. Woodland CA 95695 925-846-8300 Jeni.lee519@gmail.com Owen Remeika Oremeika@gmail.com 617-794-7898 Justin Yi 250 Mott St., Apt. 10 New York NY 10012 978-886-3307 justinyi@gmail.com
I am fresh off our 10th Reunion on an international flight (missed the first one!), full of happiness, pride, and love for ’06. The weekend began Friday afternoon, where the quad lawns and dorms were dedicated to the Class
of 2006. GroupMe became the go-to place for communication and sharing: The draw of beautiful campus pictures and friends day-drinking in the quad created arrival urgency and serious FOMO. Upon arrival, we found ourselves assigned to Bancroft, Bishop, or Rockwell hall, with the Rockwell common room serving as our home base. Others found themselves in more obscure places like Eaton, Pemberton, or Andover cottage. First encounter: Jeff Zhou and I ran into Jeannette Francis, fellow MUN leader of debate. Upon check-in, a rush of memories greeted me: the XL twin bed that made buying sheets impossible but that I’m sure Dan Bacon and Sam Cartmell appreciated, the square blue recycling bin, even the smell of the dorms. Reunion classes came together for dinner in the Cage. It was the first sighting of old friends, where years felt like no time at all as we quickly ran down the list of “Where are you now? Doing what? How long?” This year, we were also joined by many fiancés/fiancées and spouses, who were quickly introduced and congratulated. Most of the alumni gathered for the “Tent Dance” on the GW lawn to reconnect. Liz Finnegan and Andrea Coravos planned to spend the summer in San Francisco before returning to their business school programs in the fall. Megan Evans works for the Zuckerberg foundation in SF. Sam Cartmell is also in the Bay Area, working toward an MD degree at Stanford. Meanwhile, Simon Keyes and Carly Williams Engelhardt were tearing it up on the dance floor to 2000’s hip-hop and R&B favorites (aka Friday night Riley Room staples). Paul Engelhardt commutes by ferry to his SF Bank of America office, while Carly manages a hotel in Napa. Also in Northern California, Jamie Neuwirth works for Google on the Google for Education team, based out of Mountain View. Chichi Erondu and Jennifer Meacham live in Los Angeles; Chichi is in residency and Jennifer works for Goldman Sachs. Olivia Mascheroni is a producer in LA. In NYC, Tess Scott Davidson produces fantastic segments at ABC, Whitney Dublin is a rising DJ talent, and Tanisha Colon-Bibb runs Rebelle Agency. Faisal Kassam is also based in NYC, working in finance. The most dedicated of us? Felicity Bloom, Anne Van Ee, and Constantin Calavrezos, traveling from Europe for the weekend. After the Tent Dance, Rockwell’s common room became the hub for ’06. College staples emerged (flip cup, please?). We reminisced and reconnected well into Saturday morning, winding down past 3 a.m. and departing for our dorm rooms—no lights-out, no sign-in. Saturday morning, alums participated in faculty-offered classes, with the most ambitious of us (looking at you, Emily Chappell, Jane Henningsen, Justin Yi, and Dina Burkitbayeva) rowing the Merrimack with Oscar Tang ’56. For others, getting to breakfast by 10 a.m. was the lofty goal. Speaking of, Paresky Commons is incredible: