Medicine. I got to live with an indigenous Quechua family high up in the Andes mountains for two weeks while my group and I did our global health work in the village. We ran health clinics and conducted survey-based community health research; my project focused on availability and usage of vision care. The scenery was incredible with the Andes backdropping every landscape and lush green hillsides checkered with fields being farmed and livestock grazing.”
’11. Many thanks to Ned Jackson for the absolutely beautiful photography!
2008
CLASS AGENTS:
Dillon Vassallo dillon.vassallo@gmail.com Liza Richardson elizabethrichardson1@gmail.com Caitlin Shelburne caitlin.shelburne@gmail.com Sam Taylor staylor@pingree.org
Amanda Whelan Farrer and Ben Farrer were married on August 16, 2014 at Myopia Hunt Club. The couple met and began dating during their freshman year at Providence College. Many Pingree Alumni were in attendance including Jack
Kate Rokos writes, “I am still happily living and working in the Boston area, but in true mid-20’s style, I have certainly jumped aboard the ‘wanderlust’ bandwagon. Last year I was fortunate enough to travel to Barbuda and Italy and have Bermuda, San Diego, and a road trip to Houston (with Anna Huzar ’08) all on the horizon. I have also become increasingly involved as an advocate for the Cystic Fibrosis community, speaking to nursing classes, at corporate fundraisers, and at medical conferences. Most recently I took part in a portrait project titled, ‘Just Breathe: Cystic Fibrosis’ with photographer Ian Pettigrew (picture above). As always, I am looking forward to seeing what the future brings and enjoying running into fellow Pingree alumni in real life.”
Whelan ’11, Liza Richardson ’08, Megan Shaughnessy ’04, Mike Shaughnessy ’08, Ben MacLaughlin ’08, Kari Shaughnessy ’10, Caitlin Doherty ’09, Tim Knowles ’11, Jess Knowles ’12, Cam Knowles ’14, Dan Rogers ’09, and Brian Rogers
Kelsey Klibansky is publishing her first book, Speak Your Truth, about creating a nonjudgmental relationship with the self and your happiness/ death/love/fear/time/human experience. It’s going to include excerpts of 40 journals
Brian Adam says, “On September 20th, I competed in the 2014 Reebok Spartan Race World Championship in Killington, VT. With over 7000+ feet of elevation change, I ended up finishing the 15+ mile, 35+ obstacle course in 4 hours 37 minutes for a 34th place finish. The World Championship capped off the 2014 race season, my first full season, where I finished as the 25th ranked male racer in the country.”
cum “life narratives” over the past 10 years and it will be approximately 250 pages of text and art selected from over 10,000 pages. She expects to publish by Christmas! Kellie Barile writes, “After graduating from Clark University, I began a job in the marketing and advertising industry. In May, my boyfriend Steve and I moved to Salem and adopted our first puppy, Dougie! I started law school in August of this year, and we are now adopting our second puppy, Pippa!” Lexy Pingree reports, “I graduated from Elon University in May 2014 with my Masters in Interactive Media. I created an interactive computer game/website for my masters thesis. Since then I took the summer to unwind from an intensive ten month master program and spent the summer heavily competing my horse. Looking forward my sister, Caroline Pingree ’04, and I have begun the process of starting our own web design and development business called 2 Sisters Media. We hope to have the business up and running by the end of the year.”
Advocates for Children of DC, a nonprofit that pairs children in the foster system with volunteers who mentor and advocate for their best interest in court. I really enjoy my work and it definitely makes those long hours of studying worth it!” Dale Bishop says, “I am
happily living in Washington DC and working in account management at POLITICO, a political news organization. Class of 08-come visit anytime!”
2009
CLASS AGENTS:
Colin Desko cmdesko@comcast.net Amanda Nasser amanda.nasser1024@gmail.com Michaela Colbert mcolbert@svb.com Audrey Wilson says, “I
received a Master’s Degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania’s graduate school of education in Spring 2014. Now I am a research analyst on the community college executive forum at the education advisory board in Washington, DC.”
Hannah Ornell writes, “I
Michaela Colbert visiting Rachel Levin in Peru. Michaela
just recently graduated with a Masters of Public Administration from George Washington University. While I was in school, I coordinated events and volunteers for the Colon Cancer Alliance. Upon graduating, I made a career switch and I’m now supervising volunteers at Court Appointed Special
writes, “After graduating from Middlebury College in ’13, I road tripped to Denver, CO to work at Silicon Valley Bank, a technology and healthcare commercial bank. I loved the outdoor energy, large variety of hot new breweries, and unbeatable snow adventures. Despite the amazing draw to CO,
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