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so it was an easy transition. Gemma got to meet her auntie, Adrienne Partridge, in October and can’t wait to meet the rest of her Catalina family soon!” Amy McCormick Vokey writes, “Nick and I are still in New England enjoying the north shore and are loving life as new parents. I’ve taken time off to stay at home with our now seven-month-old son, James, who was born in June 2014.” As for me (Laura Stenovec), I “retired” from the nonprofit sector in July and am working full-time for Beautycounter, a direct retail brand out of Santa Monica. I love the company and its mission of giving everyone access to safe products. I am traveling for work a lot and manage to squeeze in visits to see my Catalina girls while on the road. I love having Sarah Maguire Duffy, Ani Silversprings Okun and Adrienne Partridge here in Denver with me.
2000
Susie Bokermann susiebokermann@gmail.com Brigitte Kouba brigittekouba@yahoo.com We publish notes for each class once a year—oddnumbered class years in the spring and even-numbered in the fall. Look for your class notes in the fall issue!
2001 Amy Franson franson.amy@gmail.com
Sheila Callahan sheilacallahan@gmail.com Last year was a busy and exciting year for the Class of 2001. Annie Hilby graduated from UC Berkeley’s law school in May and is clerking for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in her hometown of Phoenix. Over the past year, she was lucky enough to catch up with a ton of classmates, from Caroline Collins Goldberg, Brogiin Keeton, and Kai Romero in California, to Astri
The Class of 2000 with Dr. Gerry Kapolka at Reunion 2015
Rahardja Tabalujan and Amanda Walujo in Jakarta, and soon hopefully Natalie Hall and others in London. In November, Emily Lawrence Long and family lovingly welcomed Eloise. “Olivia is settling into her role as big sister. I continue to teach first grade in San Luis Obispo and enjoy welcoming future educators from Cal Poly into my classroom.” Living and working in Carmel, Julia Christopher is the proud director of the Photography West Gallery, which has specialized in artistprinted wet-darkroom photography for 35 years. She also cowrote and edited Roman Loranc’s monograph, Absolution: Fifty Photographs From Europe , which won the United States Literary Award for Fine Art Photography in 2013 and a gold medal from SAPPI North America for publishing in 2014. Kelly Burke and Brian Johnson were married August 30th in Steamboat Springs, CO. She actually met Johnson through a friend of Julia Verdi. “Brian and I have adopted three dogs who are our fur babies, and I have really enjoyed training them. I’ve been recovering from ACL surgery, and itching to begin my yoga practice again. I am living in Denver in the Wash Park area and hope to reconnect with some of the Catalina alum that I know are in the area.” “The second half of 2014 was a fantastic adventure,” writes
Liza Wood Nebel. “On September 13 in Park City, UT, I married my best friend Matt Nebel. There has been a strong Catalina connection throughout our entire relationship, with Matt’s childhood friend and our Catalina sister, Catherine Tunney McDowell, giving him the thumbs up for our first date! I was so thankful to have many wonderful friends with me on this special day, including Amy Franson, Jamie Larson, Sheila Callahan White, Kendel Qvale
Alumnae at the wedding of Amy Walgenbach Udelson ’01: Claire Reilly ’01, Amy Franson ’01, Sheila Callahan White ’01, Amy Walgenbach Udelson ’01, Lisa Walgenbach Cornehl ’97, Gina Moro Nebesar ’01, and Kristen Kitaji Corliss ’03