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Joe Gallo ’99 (front left) married Megan Freedline on August 8th in Pittsburgh, PA. Celebrating with them were: (from left) Paris McLean ’00, Pierre Downing ’00 and John Paul LaBosco ’98
1998
Ellyn Rajfer Herkins ’97 with her husband and baby
1997
Ellyn Rajfer Herkins ellynrajfer@gmail.com Mandy Rabinowitz Plonsky 59 W. 12th Street, Apt. 9A New York, NY 10011 609-937-6348 mandyrab@aol.com
Ellyn Rajfer Herkins wrote: “Hello! I hope everyone had a great summer! My husband and I welcomed our first child, Ari Lucas Herkins, on March 23rd. He is an amazing bundle of joy and energy and we couldn’t be happier! I have enjoyed my maternity leave, but returned to work in mid-August. I would love to get updates from everyone out there, so please e-mail me or contact me through Facebook.”
Giovanna Torchio Lockhart 2446 Belmont Road NW Washington, DC 20008 gray.giovanna@gmail.com
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Joanna Woodruff Rominger 836 South Broad Street Lansdale, PA 19446 jbw1980@gmail.com
Life for the class of 1999 is still on the upswing. Many have expanded their families, moved to new homes, and started new careers. Although I didn’t receive a lot of updates from our classmates, what I did hear about is definitely worth celebrating! Margo Smith Mumma was married this past June on the beach in Beach Haven, LBI. The “Fab Four” (Keri Bernstein, Tina Flores, and Laruen Kostinas Birkhld) were all together again to celebrate Margo’s new life with husband Andrew. Congratulations to Margo!
Class Notes
“I am also finishing up the most recent update of the 3rd edition of the Bradt Guide to Colombia, out in late 2015 and also putting the finishing touches to my own novel entitled: The Mompos Project, detailing life opening and running my hotel, La Casa Amarilla (www. lacasaamarillamompos.com) in rural, colonial Colombia”.
Sarah Danielson Rominski has been living in Michigan with her husband and son, George. Sarah has had the opportunity to travel to Africa for both her job and to work on her dissertation for her PhD. Sarah’s dissertation is about the barriers to family planning and safe abortion services in Ghana. Sarah’s research has finally been approved and she will be receiving her PhD from the University of Michigan through the school of Public Health. Congratulations to Sarah on her hard work! The spring Journal deadline will be later this winter [mid-February], so if you have any exciting news you would like to share please don’t hesitate to reach out
2000
Natasha Jacques Nolan 200 North Falcon Bluff Alpharetta, GA 30022 nkjphoto@hotmail.com Sapna Thottathil 4127 Bayo Street Oakland, CA 94619 sapna.thottathil@gmail.com
From Mandy:
Hoping everyone had a wonderful summer. As always it is great to hear from you all. Julia Zagoria Little wrote: “I enjoy living in downtown Princeton with my husband Trevor and almost five (!)-year-old son, Collin. I am looking forward to returning to social work; joining a friend’s therapy practice in the fall part-time.”
In March my husband Dave and I welcomed an amazing little boy, Samuel David Plonsky. He is definitely bringing us much happiness and keeping us busy! We were able to introduce Sam to Janie Egan Bertelson’s three sons this summer. Had a wonderful time visiting them in New Canaan in between their many trips. Wishing you all a great fall and hope to hear from you soon.
Margo Smith Mumma ’99, with Keri Bernstein ’99 and Tina Flores ’99 on her wedding day. Keri and Tina served as two of her bridesmaids.
’99 Classmates: Margo Smith Mumma, Keri Bernstein, Tina Flores and Lauren Kostinas Birkhold at Margo’s wedding FALL 2015