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taught second and third grade for a short time, he found that the work didn’t satisfy him. Encouraged and inspired by his wife, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, who is also an artist, he earned a B.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Arts in 2012 and graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with an M.F.A. earlier this year.
Winter 2016
Sonia Pandya Allison has moved on from teaching and is now a real estate agent in Houston, Texas.
2001 JULIET FRERKING
frerking@gmail.com
Jennifer Trachte Doskocil married Jay Doskocil in Aspen, Colo., on June 6, 2015. Georgia Cox and Maggie Yewens attended the wedding. Emily Meador and Natasha Barker welcomed their second daughter, Charlie Kathryn Barker-Meador, on Aug. 30, 2015. Charlie weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and measured 20.5 in. long. Their first daughter, Tati, is a very proud big sister. Charlie is surrounded by many generations of Spartan love! Larry and Kathryn Miller Anderson '71 and Jennifer and Dee Meador '70 are the happy grandparents. Nancy Meador Grandgeorges '04 is a proud aunt; Margaret Miller Pierce '72 and Tom Miller '77 are great aunt and great uncle. Ricky Meador Walker '68 is a great aunt, and Rachel Walker Schwartz '04 is a cousin.
Meredith Farmer reported, “I'm currently teaching American literature at Wake Forest University, but last spring I spent the semester in Philly and got to catch up with Sarah Chesney, who gave me an incredible tour of The Woodlands! Brooklyn Barbieri Henson cannot believe it has been almost 10 years since she started working for the Paramount and Stateside Theatres and was honored to be a part of the theatres Centennial celebration this year. She is currently their communications director. She also celebrated daughter Brielle's first birthday on Halloween. Laura Neuhaus recently married Jonathan Zittrain in a beautiful ceremony in Harvard, Mass.
2002 KEAN TONETTI
Michael Sands ’02 and his wife and daughter
stonetti@gmail.com
Mary Wommack Barton ’00, Valerie Herd Parker ’00, Emily Meador ’00 and Brooklie Benson Gonzales ’00 with Charlie After seven years as a complex commercial litigation associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Sunny Thompson made the move in-house. She joined Sunrise Senior Living, a nationwide provider of assisted living housing communities for the elderly, as vice president and associate general counsel at its headquarters in McLean, Va. Sunny has lived in Washington, D.C., for five years and is glad to have a new career challenge. She stays in close touch with Jordan Stewart, who is moving back to the D.C. area in September after a year managing international development projects in Juba, South Sudan.
It has been a big year all around with many members of the Class of 2002 getting married, having babies and otherwise pursuing world peace (or possibly domination). Among the new parents are John Bradley, Leigh Jorgeson, Dane Kopinski, Britt Lea Brown, Alex Ramirez, Michael Sands and Emily (Sullivan) Foon, as well as Lauren White and Logan Motloch. Newlyweds include Leslie (Davies) Stojanik, Genny (Hardeman) Hill, Catherine Herring, Kathleen (Joyce) Allen, Shrinidi Mani, Maria Murphy-Mayberry, Adrienne Miller, Andrea Parker, Jose Ramirez, Aizaz Tareen, Martha Todd and Clint Stiffler. Other engaged folks include Lance Coplin, Robert Heidrick, Jeff Wermer, and yours truly, Kean Tonetti. Michael Sands and his wife, Trudy Fraser, welcomed a daughter, Margaret Frances Fraser Sands, in April 2015. They live in Brooklyn. Jeff Simpson visited campus and met with Wallis Goodman in October 2015.
Sunny J Thompson ’00 and Jordan Stewart ’00
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Jeff Simpson ’02 and Wallis Goodman
2003 WYNN MYERS
wynnmyers@gmail.com
Megan Clark is a newly graduated cadet with the Austin Fire Department. She was one of 35 cadets in a class of 117. Congratulations, Megan!
2004 B R I A N K AU F M A N
brian.r.kaufman@gmail.com
Sam Sargent graduated from Boston University School of Law in 2013. Since finishing law school, he has worked at the Travis County Attorney's Office and now works in community and government relations for Capital Metro in Austin. He recently married Orsi Tihanyi. Eric Neuhaus said, “I just launched my startup, TrueFuneral.com. We are driving price transparency and simplicity within the funeral industry and hope to transform the way consumers interact with funeral homes. I have included a picture of myself and my girlfriend, Abigail Finch, at my 30th birthday party in July.”