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Several PA alumni attended the October 2013 wedding of Matt Garza ’04 and Kaila Ramsey. Front, from left, are Anthony Roldan ’04, Susannah Gund ’04, Saidi Chen ’04, Matt Garza, Emily Guerin ’04, and Maria Russell ’04. Back, from left, are Zach Cafritz ’03, Thatcher Clay ’04, Sam Levenback ’04, Sam duPont ’04, Dave Morse ’04, and Alex Limpaecher ’04.
one made with coffee and another with pumpkin, which they have been aging for two years. Additionally, Rohit started working for a startup, using cell phone data to predict the creditworthiness of microfinance borrowers. The business is expanding throughout Africa and hopes to reduce by half the rates charged to borrowers. Will Scharf is working as a commercial litigator at Bryan Cave LLP in St. Louis. Sophie McCoy graduated from the University of Chicago this winter with a PhD degree in ecology and evolution. In the spring, Sophie planned to move to the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in Plymouth, England, to take a Marie Curie Fellowship. She will continue to study the effects of climate change, especially ocean acidification, on coastal seaweed communities. Sophie is excited for her two-year stint across the pond but hopes that she will make it back for our reunion to do some much-needed catching up. Sophie recently met up for lunch with Natasha Pakravan, who is in her first year of veterinary school at Tufts University. Taylor Yates will graduate from MIT Sloan this spring with an MBA degree and is starting a job as a technology consultant in Boston. He and his wife are looking forward to remaining in Boston. Uzoma Iheagwara just received a PhD degree in immunology from the University of Pittsburgh and is returning to school to finish up his remaining one and a half years. Clem Wood is in the second year of a PhD program in classics at Princeton, which he is enjoying. Clem recently had lunch with Sam duPont, who is pursuing a master’s degree at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School. Last December, Clem was honored to officiate at Tom Barron’s wedding in NYC. Tom has been helping
In May 2013, Rashid Galadanci ’03 married Christina Douglas in Southampton, N.Y. Many PA friends and alums were in attendance.
Livy Coe settle into his new home in Southern Pines, N.C., at the edge of Fort Bragg. Livy is glad to be spending time on land and in the States. He will be stationed in Southern Pines through the summer as a Navy liaison. Alexandra LaMela is graduating from medical school and getting married this May. She and her husband plan to spend a month in Greece before they return to the States and Alexandra begins her neurology residency. Rachelle Brignol earned an MBA degree from NYU Stern. She has parted ways with Estée Lauder and is now working for the Edrington Group, a spirits manufacturer. She is planning to head to Scotland in 2014 to visit the company’s distilleries and learn a bit more about Scotch. In addition, Rachelle got engaged and has asked Johanna Marmolejos to be her maid of honor. The wedding is set for June. Gordon Hoople got married to Amanda Ries in Phoenix last October. Amanda is finishing medical school, and Gordon is in the middle of a PhD program at UC Berkeley. The two are hoping that Amanda’s residency will bring her back to California. Mariah Russell reunited with a group of PA alums for Matt Garza’s wedding in Franklin, N.C. Ali Schouten was in New York this past November, just in time to celebrate Olivia Oran’s engagement to Greg Beaton. The two got together with Jenny Wong for dinner over Thanksgiving weekend. Sadly, I was out of town during Ali’s visit, but I look forward to celebrating with Olivia and the rest of the girls this year. I am still living in Brooklyn and working in the commercial real estate group of a firm in midtown. The big highlight of my winter was a girls’ trip with my mom to Hawaii in February to celebrate her birthday. Thanks to all of you for keeping in touch. I look forward to seeing you at our June reunion!
2005 Matt Brennan matthew.s.brennan13@gmail.com Alex Lebow alexlebow@gmail.com
Hey, ’05ers! As always, thank you for sending in your updates. It’s always great to hear what you’re up to! First things first. Jill Ozzie and Pat Kinsel ’03 welcomed baby boy Edward into the world in December. Erin Coleman married Georgetown sweetheart Dave Shevlin last Aug. 23 in Boston. Kaia Lubanko married Justin Kessler in January; Nikki Crocker was a bridesmaid, and Maya Lucaci-Vashee was in attendance. Peter Accomando got engaged to girlfriend Cara Cadigan. Congratulations to all! Nikki is currently living in Houston and working toward a master’s degree in geology at the University of Houston, while Maya is living in Austin and working toward a master’s degree in school psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. Also in Texas, Danny Lee is finishing medical school at Baylor College of Medicine and interviewing for residency positions in emergency medicine. Angela Tenney moved from San Francisco to Houston, where she works in petrochemicals consulting, has met up with Hee-Jin Chang a few times, and bumped into Hee-Jin, Nikki, and Marcella Viktorin at an Andover event a few months back. In New York City, Billy Doyle, Grant Yoshitsu, Steve Sherrill, and Mac King meet for touch football and beers semiregularly—and invite any Andover | Spring 2014
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