ALUMNI NEWS
just before Christmas. Most of the attendees were either PDS alums or the significant others of PDS alums; I am happy to report that everyone is doing great! We had an incredible time together making bonfires, collecting coconuts, cooking, tanning, reminiscing, stargazing, shell hunting, turning 35, playing beer pong etc... Maybe it will become a tradition? I am now teaching first grade at Brooklyn Friends School, while still playing drums with a few Brooklyn-based bands. Amazingly, our school mascot is also the panther. Go Panthers!!!”
1999 Nikhil S. Agharkar 20 East 9th Street Apt. 10R New York, NY 10003 nik.agharkar@gmail.com Robyn L. Wells 479 Jefferson Road Princeton, NJ 08540-3418 609-924-9680 robynwells@gmail.com Joanna B. Woodruff Rominger 6309 Joshua Road Fort Washington, PA 19034 jbw1980@gmail.com
2000 Jessica L. Batt 32 Fox Grape Road Flemington, NJ 08822-4011 908-782-8097 jbatt82@yahoo.com Matthew S. McGowan 941 Lyndale Avenue Trenton, NJ 08629-2409 609-396-2979 matt.mcgowan@yahoo.com Natasha Jacques Nolan 44 Fox Chase Run Hillsborough, NJ 08844 nnolan@pds.org Sapna E. G. Thottathil 28630 North Skycrest Ivanhoe, IL 60060 sapna.thottathil@gmail.com
2001 Nick Sardar 9 Braemar Drive Princeton, NJ 08540 732-274-0922 nicksardar@gmail.com Ashton Todd 20 Boudinot Street Princeton, NJ 08540 ashtontodd@gmail.com
TRUSTEE HIGHLIGHT
Trustee Emerita Marilyn Grounds (right) was presented with the Princeton YWCA 2012 Tribute to Women Award in March. She is seen at the award ceremony with fellow Trustee Emerita Betty Wold Johnson. A. Joy Woffindin 211 Goat Hill Road Lambertville, NJ 08530 609-397-0033 feelthejoy@gmail.com
On May 20, 2011, Sara Peach received her MBA from Boston University. On May 12, 2011, her brother, John Peach ’04, received his MBA from the University of Miami, which Sara was able to attend. Sara has recently joined the development office at the Tower School in Marblehead, MA. She is in charge of all parent and alumni events that take place at the school. At Tower, Sara is also a part of the marketing team that shapes the school’s message in all print messaging sent to current and prospective families, as well as online and social media.
2002 Margaret L. Sayen 107 East 89th Street Apt. 5A New York, NY 10128 margaretsayen@gmail.com
September, which has given me the pleasure of catching up with PDS alums in both Princeton and New York, and look forward to catching up with everyone else this spring. I continue to love living in New York and recently started a new job in education management, which I adore. Looking forward to seeing everyone in May! Here are some exciting updates from other 2002 classmates that we have rounded up... Timon Lorenzo or Tim (as most people now call him (!)) has been running into PDS peeps left and right. In last 30 days, he was lucky enough to share the company of Ms. Marlee Sayen and Mr. Grant Schmucker, Mr. Peter Green (on the midtown bus), Ms. Morgan Weed ’03 (on a downtown 1 train), and Mr. John Patteson, Ms. Dorian Batt, and Ms. Katie Weber ’03 on the Upper West Side.
Andrea J. Swaney 1955 Menalto Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 andrea.swaney@gmail.com
Marlee Sayen wrote, “Greetings! By the time you receive this PDS Journal, we will all be getting ready to return to Princeton for reunions! The class of 2002 will be celebrating our 10th and we couldn’t be more excited to catch up and find out what everyone has been up to since graduation! I joined the PDS Alumni Board in
Sarah Elmaleh ’02 is happy and loving life in Brooklyn.
Sarah Elmaleh sent in the following, “I’m living in Brooklyn, which I love, and busy with voiceover and some theater, when I get the chance! I’m currently in a production of A Midsummer
CLASS NOTES
Night’s Dream with some really fun and talented folks. The best place to hear me is all over Pandora (yes, I know, sorry to be that chick interrupting your listening experience!). I’ve also just started recording my third videogame with Wadjet Eye Games, and I think Skulls of the Shogun will release later this year. I feel really lucky to be working with an awesome agency (Innovative Artists) and to be able to fully focus on what I love to do, at least for now! I’m also pleased and proud to work for a videogames culture company and magazine called Kill Screen; we curated MoMA’s first games party last year. Looking forward to seeing everyone!” Nathaniel Smith had this to share: “I just launched my website which you can see at www. nathanwindsor.com. I just released my first album “Beginnings” which you can download paywhat-you-want at: nathanwindsor. bandcamp.com. During my days, I work as a music/art therapist at nursing homes in New York City bringing joy, laughter and expression to the residents in the sterile and often lifeless atmosphere of the nursing home. We sing songs in three languages, we do drum circles, we paint murals, we write stories, and sometimes, we do them at the same time. It is this media-merging therapy at the end of life that has inspired my first kick starter project called “The Sweet Kiss Goodnight,” which is a representation of the nexus of love and death—the kiss of a lover and the kiss of the tomb. It is a mergemedia project: music, literature and expression pieces [art]. I am self-publishing a book of literature and poetry, recording a full length music album, and producing unique artwork to accompany each song. I’d love to hear from you all! Drop me a line at IamNathanWindsor@gmail.com.” Stacy Kalafer also wrote in to share her exciting engagement news as well as to catch us up on how she has been. She said: “I am currently living in sunny Fort Lauderdale, and I am working on my master’s in speech-language pathology. I recently got engaged to Randy Spicer Jr., who is from Dallas, Texas. In September I was a bridesmaid in Micaela’s wedding. Micaela looked stunning and I was so happy that I was able to share in such a wonderful occasion. In December, my sister,
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