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’04 CLASS AGENTS Andria Cornell andria.m.cornell@gmail.com Tyler M. Olson tolson@smcpros.com Ashley Malecha antonashley@gmail.com Sarah Anderson sarah.m.raisch@gmail.com
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’99 CLASS AGENT Lisa Stein lisaannestein@gmail.com
s This fall, Kristen Sellers reprised her favorite role for her favorite show of all time: She played Janet Weiss in the The
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of San Francisco-based financial technology startup Lendeavor, a free service for small businesses that organizes credit products and loan types into a transparent network that empowers business owners with information about their lending options. Three other SPA alumni are now working for Lendeavor—Andrew Bennett, Dillon Titcomb ’09, and Joe Merrill ’09—for a total of five SPA graduates out of an eleven-person team.
s Sam McVeety married Jordan Goldwarg in July 2015. The SPA contingent at the wedding included (pictured left to right), Sam’s dad Jim McVeety, who teaches math in the Upper School, Sam’s brother David McVeety ’10, Jordan and Sam, Andrew Bennett ’04, Karen Levi ’04, and Laura Martini ’04.
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Siblings Matt ’13 and Molly ’15 Fiedler, who both attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, were profiled in an October 31 Pioneer Press article entitled “Gophers athletics bond runs strong in Fiedler family.” The article focuses on Matt and Molly’s success as Gopher athletes: Matt on the baseball team and Molly on the soccer team. Earlier in the month, Molly was featured in the University of Minnesota newspaper The Minnesota Daily in October 2015 for her outstanding performance as a freshman on the U’s soccer team. As a freshman, Molly started in the midfield for the Gophers all year and was been vital to the team’s offensive and defensive play. 44
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s Dan Weiner and husband Carl Roller celebrated the birth of their son, David Alex Weiner, on November 17, 2015. Dan reports that David weighed 7 lbs, 12 oz. at birth, “and came equipped with a very well-functioning set of lungs, especially around 4 a.m. Exhaustion aside, everyone is doing well!”
Rocky Horror Show at Titusville Playhouse in Titusville, FL. Kristen states, “The theatre has become a second home for me and I was honored to receive the ‘Best Lead Actress in a Musical’ award for my role as Mrs. Banks in ‘Mary Poppins’ last season.”
Ben Jakes married Kendall Drew on April 25 in Chicago. The reception was held at the Art Institute of Chicago and served as a reunion for several SPA graduates, including Ben Redleaf ’05, Alex Lurie ’05, Ben Jakes ’05, Libby Jakes ’01, Charles Kerl ’05, and Simon Townsend ’05.