Catie Marsh Chase moved from Boston to San Francisco in 1998 after she and her husband, Denton, were married. They have two children, Quinn and Ruby. She writes, “I would love to hear from the ‘blue moon girls,’ Jim, Derek, Carolina, Pete Wood, Chi-O’s, etc. Please get in touch with me.” Karen P. Peirce has been selected for inclusion in the 2004 edition of Marquis Who’s Who in America, a biographical directory of the highest achievers and contributors from across the country. The directory will be available in November 2003. Tymi Howard writes, “I moved back to Central Florida a little more than a year ago, and I’m having a blast selling real estate. I work out of the Coldwell Banker office on Park Avenue in Winter Park. I am still doing the ‘acting thing’ through two agencies in Florida, mostly commercial stuff.”
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Elizabeth Jayne Anderson graduated from Stetson College of Law in December 2002. She passed the bar exam and is working for a law firm in Tampa, FL. Rebecca Wilson-Shore and her husband, Tim, have been married for almost nine years and have a 2-year-old daughter, Bregan. They recently moved back to Orlando after spending the last eight years in Jacksonville, FL, San Diego, CA, and Corning, NY. Tim is an engineer, and when not busy being a mom, Rebecca works as a writer. She had several pieces published while living in New York. Tracy Perkins has been promoted to principal at Ft. Myers High School. The school has 2,200 students in grades 9 through 12 and has an International Baccalaureate advanced academic program. Arjun Atwal was the subject of an in-depth profile by Reuters news service in April. Arjun, who began his professional career in 1995, is the only Indian to win a tournament on the European PGA Tour. Ranked ninth in Europe in the spring, Arjun is making progress toward his dream of playing on the U.S. Tour. Nury Lavandier (see Weddings) started a marketing research company called Consumer Connection Inc. in Miami, FL in July 2003. Suzanne Graham Berg writes, “In addition to teaching English as a second language, I teach yoga and am a NOLS sea-kayaking instructor. My husband and I will be building a strawbale house in the spring of 2004.” Rick Briggs recently accepted a new position with SunTrust Bank as a private banking relationship manager in Orlando. Before
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taking the position, he spent time surfing in Costa Rica. He writes, “I love Costa. I go down every chance I get. One of these days, I might pack it all up and head to Costa permanently. I can be reached at xstar97@netscape.net.” Torstein Hagen recently moved to Basel, Switzerland, where he is risk and purchasing director for Viking River Cruises. He writes, “It has been fun to build up a fleet of 25 ships in five years, and we are the largest river cruise
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Jonathan Brian Nesbit (see Weddings) is an operations manager for Staples Corporation in Acton, MA. He earned his master’s degree in business from Babson College in Wellesley, MA in 2000. Jeannie Marie McWhorter graduated from her OB/GYN residency program and was chief resident and Resident of the Year for 2003. She married Randy Froehlich in 1999, and they have two daughters, Emily, 2, and Katie, 5 months. Steven Sipprell and his wife, Kelli, have been married since 1996 and recently welcomed their first child
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program director of Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta. Cameo Publications, founded by Dawn Josephson, is a leading editorial and publishing services firm for professional speakers and business leaders. By assisting authors through every phase of the publishing process, from idea creation to finished product, Cameo Publications produces high-quality books that educate and entertain readers worldwide. Since 1998, the company has helped hundreds of corporate and motivational speakers expand their market research by enabling their audiences to take the message home. Dawn’s new book, Putting It On Paper: Power Writing Strategies to Create Promotional Pieces That Sell Books, was released in August. Mathew May has been performing the WaterWorld Stunt Show at Universal Studios in Osaka, Japan for almost two years. He writes, “It has been a great experience, and I really enjoy working with the Japanese performers.” Christine Thwaite Aluisy (see Weddings) is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She and her husband, Roman, live in Clearwater Beach. FL. Katri Hakola has moved from systems engineering technical group lead on the JHMCS program (successfully used by pilots during the Iraqi and Afghanistan conflicts) to systems engineering lead and cost account manager on the RAH-66 Comanche HIDSS program. She is currently enrolled in the Stanford University Advanced Project Management program to achieve certification in project management. Katri also is co-partner in a new autoracing company called Nemesis Engineering and Motorsports, which is currently preparing an Acura Integra Type R and a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 for competition at Laguna Sega next year. She would like to hear from other Rollins alumni in the Bay Area. Christopher Kline is married and has a baby daughter (see Family additions). He sends greetings to all his comrades from “back in the day.” Brad Ash is serving as interim crosscounty coach at Rollins in addition to his duties as assistant basketball coach.
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THE PLACE TO BE: Winter Park Farmer’s Market 8:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. MUSIC, FOOD, AND FUN company in the world. Unfortunately, since September 11th, the business has taken a hit, but we are now back to where we were and are ready to expand into the Chinese river cruise market. Feel free to contact us at www.vikingrivercruises.com.” Heather Lynne Kaye Nussbaum and her husband have moved to Greenwich, CT. Carter Gray Rakovski is in the doctorate program in cultural sociology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Charles Gallagher is an associate with Casagrande & Associates, P.A. in St. Petersburg, FL, where his practice continues to focus on insurance litigation, commercial litigation, and property insurance coverage. Jesse Fortner traveled to Orlando in August for his final conference of the year: “Evolution, Innovation, Integration.” He hosts a weekend radio show called the “Jazzy Jesse Show,” which can be heard on the Internet on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CST at WRVU.org. Amanda Rutherford has moved from Denver, CO to Charleston, SC. Melissa Arnold Kontaridis (see Family additions) has returned to the University of North Florida as director of major gifts after completing her maternity leave.
(see Family additions). Elizabeth Lee has left her career with SouthTrust Bank and is now the business manager for EquiBuilders Development Partners in Chapel Hill, NC. Antje Marcantonio (see Weddings) is a marketing manager for More & More, a fashion company in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Derek Arden was recently hired to head the commercial real estate division of Dale Sorensen Real Estate, according to the Indian River County Press Journal. Derek has several years experience in commercial real estate and property/project management. He previously worked for Mohr Partners Inc., a Dallas-based firm that handles corporate real estate portfolios for national and international companies. Julie Sauers writes, “I am an employee of Bay Area Medical, which is an answering service primarily for doctors. I’m still single and happy.” Dario Moore runs The Center for Conscious Living, a dynamic new business in life enhancement services. For more information, visit the organization’s Web site at www.C4CL.org. Jennifer Crawford Mohead (see Weddings) is the
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Robert Stephen Anderson graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in June 2003. Jeffrey Malone has been in the Peace Corps since 2001, living in Mozambique, Africa and teaching biology. Christina Leh ’01MBA
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