Daniel Pinney ‘89 completed his Ph.D in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi in December 2013. He married his longtime partner, Emily Renee Lyons, in October of last year, with Grant Mudge ‘88 officiating. He lives in Tucson, where he is “writing science fiction, looking around in somewhat desultory fashion for adjunct teaching work, and keeping house for his wife while she finishes up her dissertation in English Literature at the University of Arizona.”
Jason Cohen ‘89 lives in Atlanta with his wife Leslie and their two beautiful little girls, Jorie (3) and Braelyn (5). He is co-owner of Atlanta EWC Group LLC, which holds European Wax Center franchises. He also serves as an Application Sales Manager for Oracle, and despite living in Atlanta, still roots for the Cardinals and the Arizona Wildcats.
As she sent her update, Kirsten Gormley Ghaster ‘89 was headed to Maui to celebrate her 11th wedding anniversary with her husband, Brad. She is happily a non-mom but a proud ‘Gigi’ to seven grandkids in the Ghaster family, with another on the way.
Amy Levine Hammer ‘89 moved to Westlake Village, CA with her husband Adam, son Yale (10) and daughter Chloe (7). Yale is an orange belt at his martial arts studio, plays golf and also piano. Chloe is an awesome soccer player with AYSO, plays piano, and takes hip hop dance lessons. Needless to say, Amy’s afternoons are quite busy. She volunteers during the day at her childrens’ elementary school and is also busy planning a fall festival for the City of Westlake Village.
Sargent Pillsbury ‘89 sends “Greetings from Los Angeles. My 2015 is going great so far. I’m keeping busy with my interior design practice here in LA and finding some ‘me’ time as well. I’m writing this post from the Turkish countryside as I travel with my father and youngest brother on a Yale alumni educational trip. We started in Istanbul and then moved down the Bosphorous to the powerful Gallipoli war memorial. We are now seeing the ancient cities of Sardis, Pergamon, and most exciting, Ephesus. The art and architecture is proving incredibly inspirational and I can’t wait to return to work and get my first Greek temple to design. I see fellow LA area alumni Amy Levine Hammer ‘89, David Landau ‘89 and Jenna Cooper ‘87 on occasion and recently got a chance to see Kirsten Gormley Ghaster ‘89 and her amazing husband Brad as they vacationed in Palos Verdes. I also see Bennett Dorrance ‘89 and his busy brood as they come mainland to see family and friends. Any classmates making their way through the LA area please say hello (sargent@spdesigns.net).” Gregg Anderson ‘89 writes, “I have a delicious wife and doubly delicious kids (Jaiden, almost 3, and Solange 10 months), have lived in Miami for 20 years now and I work for Carnival in Compensation & Performance Management consulting.” Gregg keeps up with classmate Travis Wright ‘89. After over 25 years, Michelle Rotman Jassem ‘89 still loves living in New York City with her husband Corey and daughters Piper and Crosby, ages 12 and 9. She is a passionate volunteer for Every Mother Counts and Cookies for Kids Cancer, and loves getting to spend summers in the Hamptons and cheering at her girls’ gymnastic meets. To commemorate her 25th year of living in NYC, Michelle ran the New York City Marathon!
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