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her children around. She makes it back to Houston as much as possible to visit family and cause trouble with fellow SAA alumnae. She still credits Mr. Burris for getting her interested in science and teaching her enough physics to impress her freshman year lab partner, and now husband, Pete.
July 9, 2014 weighing 9 lb, 3 oz and 20.5in. Trevor joins big brother Jared Alden (4). Carrie Putman Lunceford ’95 and husband, Bill, welcomed Emma Leigh Lunceford on February 8, 2015.
Amanda Stinson McLean, Ph.D. ’00 is a staff psychologist at Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health in Nebraska. She created a video that offers tips and strategies for effectively giving your child a time-out as a way of disciplining your child for misbehavior without raising your hand or your voice: youtube.com/ watch?v=-NRRpIgDdZA&feature=youtu. be
Sam Zetina Schmella ’95 and husband, Stew, welcomed twins, Laney and Neil, on October 9, 2014. The family lives in Houston. (6) Julie Bole Vaello ’95, after 14 years working as an auditor at KPMG, a public accounting firm, moved over to be CFO of a Crockett National Bank in San Antonio. Julie moved from Houston to San Antonio a little over a decade ago and lives with husband, Ben, and two sons, Thomas and Luke. Megan Blandford Holstien ’98 and husband, Will, welcomed William Allen Holstien on September 20, 2014. Chrissy Fisseler Kelley ‘98 and husband, Tim, welcomed Luke David Kelley on January 19, 2015. Megan Williams Kent ‘98 and husband, Shane, welcomed Emma Elizabeth on March 12, 2015. Susan Barra Lemmon ‘98 and husband, Brian, welcomed Levi John on February 19, 2015. Christina DeFilippo Mack, PhD, MSPH ’98 has circled through NY and Boston to land in Chapel Hill, NC with her husband, Pete, and two children, Lilliana (2) and Ethan (4). After getting her PhD in Epidemiology, Christina spends her time studying global health and policy, running injury surveillance for the NFL, teaching at UNC-Chapel Hill, and chasing 26 | ALUMNAE UPDATES
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Becky Carlson Linstroth ’00 has lived in New York City since graduating from Lehigh University. After a successful career at two national search firms over the last ten years, she launched her own recruiting firm, BCL Search, Inc., with offices on Madison Avenue in NYC in 2014. Becky and her husband, Jesse, live in downtown Manhattan and welcomed Millie Grace in July 2014. It has been an incredibly blessed and exciting past year as both Millie and the business are growing very quickly!
7 Megan MacKay Azzi ’99 and husband, David, moved back to Houston with their family Emily (4) and Andrew (1) in December. They are happy to be back in Texas and are looking forward to catching up with everyone soon. (7)
Julie Westerhaus Kunz ’01 and husband, Tim, welcomed baby Adam in September 2014. Lori McMenemy ’01 graduated with her MBA from MIT. She is working at Amazon on the Luxury Beauty team, and she is engaged to marry Mike Newell in May 2015.
Sara Klinger ’99 married Alex Wilcox in Los Angeles in November. They now reside in Newport Beach, California, where Sara runs the marketing department for JetSuite. Jocelyn Chapman Vincent ’99 and husband, Blane, welcomed their third child, Colton Robert Vincent, in October. He joins sisters Dakotah and Savannah. 2000s Katie Laidlaw ’00 and husband, Jamie Perencevich, welcomed Benjamin James, on December 5, 2014. They all survived winter in Boston this year and look forward to enjoying time in Houston with Ben this summer.
8 Melissa Maher Stowers ’01 and husband, Jesse, welcomed Campbell Andrew on June 21. Campbell joins big brother Bennett (3). The family resides in Houston. (8)