stay connected... also recently moved to Berlin. She reports, “After living in Montreal for a decade we were both at a transition point in our careers, so we decided to shake things up and live in Europe for a few years. It’s definitely been a challenge, especially because I didn’t speak any German when I arrived, but well worth it. So far I’ve learned a fourth language, met lots of amazing people, continued teaching English, became an entrepreneur developing bilingual German/English workshops for startup founders and job seekers with a German colleague, and fell in love with this vibrant, young, creative city.” And with that, 10 years come to a close. I’ll certainly miss writing the notes but am looking forward to catching up with everyone at our reunion in June! Hope to see you there!
2000 Jia H. Jung 550 11th St. #4R Brooklyn NY 11215 917-589-5423 (cell) jiajung@alum.berkeley.edu
Marriages and babies dominated the news for this spring season. Christina Chaplin wed Mikel Vitoria Carrero on Sept. 7. The wedding took place near San Sebastian, Spain. Andover guests included bridesmaid Cari Shiffman and Philip T. Chaplin ’73, proud father of the bride! Andover townie Scott Woodbury was also there; although he didn’t attend PA, he was a close friend to many at Clement House. Last October, Dan Ankeles and his wife, Catherine, had their firstborn son, Samuel Nicholas Ankeles. He weighed in at 8 pounds and 10 ounces, and has continued to grow. The Ankeles family is happy and healthy up in Brunswick, Maine. Dan has been serving as a legislative aide in the Maine House Majority Office and recently discovered that his boss, Rep. Seth Berry ’87, also attended PA; now, that’s a small world. Berry represents the towns of Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Swan Island and serves as house majority leader. Thayer Meicler and her husband, Philip, welcomed their baby girl, Zoe Sophia Meicler, last December. She was born three weeks early and a welcome surprise to the new parents, who are still residing in San Francisco and loving it. Mark Turetsky rang in 2014 with his engagement to Elizabeth Oldfather, a doctoral student in English literature at Rutgers University. Mark and Lizzie live in Park Slope, Brooklyn, having taken full possession of their lovely brownstone apartment after a long chain of wayward subletters. As the icing on the cake, Mark was also named one of AudioFile magazine’s “Best Voices for Children and Family Listening” for 2013. And the newest news of all provided by our class for this issue comes from Praveen Kankanala, who was intent on putting these words in print: “Praveen Kankanala has moved to NYC to hang out.”
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Actually, the gravity of this statement is completely unironic, since he spent the past year or so leading a virtually untraceable life in more than 30 international cities. The Big Apple is honored to have you here for a bit, Praveen. All the best to our class, whether we be engaged, married, traveling, moving, or shaking. I know there will be plenty of wonderful news next time as well!
2001 Misty Muscatel 203-569-9713 mistina.muscatel@gmail.com
Lots of news this issue—’01ers are staying busy! James Shin married Janet Lee on Jan. 19 at the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. In attendance were Mark Kawakami, Carter Bacon, Jim Cunningham, and Nakul Patel from the ’01 side. Also attending were Eric Sherman ’98, Danforth Sullivan ’02, Anthony Bitz ’02, Jeremy Hersch ’99, and Morgan Swett Hersch ’00. After the wedding, Jim and Mark met up for drinks and dinner in LA with Kareem Tabsh, who is doing well and working hard as an OB/GYN in Bakersfield, Calif. Julie Papanek recently joined Canaan Partners, a global health-care and tech venture capital company, after graduating from Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has seen Andrew Smith and Will Chan a few times at concerts in the Bay Area and hopes to catch other classmates as they pass through town. Erin Winkler is joining the ranks of ’01ers in San Francisco. She accepted a job with Google in a newly formed group, Leadership Research. Erin is excited to reconnect with other Class of ’01 and Andover friends in the Bay Area. Michael Paa and his wife, Jessica, are still living in San Francisco; they recently bought a condo in the city. Michael visited Ian Cropp briefly in November and continues to stay in touch with him weekly. Liesl Beecher-Flad completed a PsyD degree this past fall and has moved from the West Coast to Maine for a one-year fellowship with the VA. She caught a few ’01ers before leaving San Francisco, including Shanna Bowie and Tara Rachakonda. Along Liesl’s cross-country road trip to Maine, she was very thankful to Larisa Vaysman and husband Jeff (who recently welcomed their first child) for giving her a place to crash in Cincinnati. Since being back East, she’s met up with Andrea Daley Merin and Allison Colbert and traveled to NYC for Christine Lee’s birthday party. James Kenly, who started an MBA program at the University of Denver in September, told me that Alex Bradley joined the engagement crew of ’01, which is exciting! Down in the nation’s capital, DC continues to be a small world for ’01ers. Just before the holidays, Carly Rockstroh and Colleen Kennedy found themselves at the same game night. Turns
out Carly planned to run in a Ragnar Relay in Key West in February with one of Colleen and Rachel Robinson’s good friends from their studies in Spain. John Pearson recently spent time in Miami with Hans Hertell and family and in DC with Kat Conlon ’04, Jon Adler ’02, Adam Arguelles ’02, and Becca Wexler ’02. Hans and his wife had their second daughter, Anna Pilar, last July. Down in the Philly area, Raquel Moreno, Ella Hoffman, and Marion Read reunited at a holiday brunch. Raquel’s book, La Nena’s Kitchen, is available at Amazon.com and the Kindle store. Marion lives in Wilmington, Del., and is clerking for Judge Kent Jordan on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Last fall she traveled to NYC to celebrate my birthday as well as Sarah Kline’s. Frank Brodie is graduating from an MD/MBA program at Penn this spring. Brian Cloonan and Alex Finerman are both in his class. Frank is going into ophthalmology and matched for residency at UCSF. Meredith Hudson Johnston and sister Marissa Hudson ’04 are training for the 2014 Boston Marathon as part of the Mass General Hospital Marathon team, which raises money for the pediatric cancer center. Please follow all of their training and fundraising progress at hudsonstrong.wordpress.com. Katy Nassberg got a new job as an analyst for a tech market-research firm in the Boston area called VDC Research. Also in Boston, Smita Singh and her husband, Gaurav Upadhyay, welcomed Ishaan Singh Upadhyay to their family in December. Ishaan has met several ’01 aunties, including Paige Austin, who is enjoying her job as a public defender in Boston; Paige loves getting to see Caitlin Henningsen, Tina Valverde, and Smita frequently. Ira Renfrew is finishing up at HBS and recently welcomed his wife, Rihab, to the U.S. after a long wait for her green card. After getting his degree, he’s planning to find, acquire, and run a small company. Luke LeSaffre and Isaac Taylor attended Game Six of the 2013 World Series together. Isaac is another handsome ’01 man who is officially off the market as he, too, recently got engaged. Luke filled me in on other ’01 news: Austin Arensberg is moving to South Korea to start working for Samsung after finishing an MBA degree at INSEAD in Singapore. Rob Coleman’s biomedical research company, which he cofounded with two colleagues, is working on a synthetic flu vaccine that promises to allow for rapid production. Deb Linder is in her first year as faculty at Tufts University’s veterinary school. She’s started an obesity clinic for animals. Her current research involves the impact of therapy dogs on children with cancer. Deb gets to see Mara Meyer Epstein, as Mara works at UMass Medical School, and the two schools collaborate on projects frequently. Abroad, Franny Ritchie is still living in England with her husband, Ian; she is working at a consulting firm in London, and Ian is at Microsoft Research. They saw Adrea Lee at a wedding in November.