all my SA friends last year at the tenth Reunion, and look forward to spending time with them at the wedding in the fall.
2003
CL ASS AGEN TS Lydia Pillsbury | lydiapillsbury@gmail.com Lindsay Rousseau | lindsaymrousseau@aol.com Eric Yale | eric.yale@gmail.com Lindsey Pell | lindsey.k.pell@gmail.com
Zack Faas ’03, Steph Sarcione, Steve Goodwin P’01, ’03, Kim Goodwin P’01, ’03, Kelsey Flanagan, and Nick Faas ’01
and adorable daughter, I am planning on launching a sister company to Expense Consulting called The Group Purchasing Organization (www.gporewards.com). Michael Durette ’00 is the godfather to my daughter, and we are getting together with a bunch of other Suffield alums for Jon Wood’s ’00 wedding on February 19. BROOKS TRUESDELL DOLAN My husband Kevin and I just bought a house in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, making my parents (Hobie Truesdell ’66) happy that we’re just a few miles down the road. I’m working at Save the Children in Westport, Connecticut, an international aid NGO focusing on the needs of the most vulnerable children around the world, including the U.S. I couldn’t be more thrilled working for such a great cause. I have also enjoyed running into and making plans with Suffield friends over the past year, such as Lydia Pillsbury ’03, Ashley Hecker, Katie Dineen, Helen Yao and Ashley Scibelli ’02, to name a few! GALE BERNINGHAUSEN THAKUR I got married on December 29, 2012, to Arjun Thakur at his family’s home in Chandigarh, India. We had a gorgeous wedding ceremony in the Arya Samaj tradition of Hinduism, and we celebrated our marriage with festive events lasting three days. My brother Eric ’00, gave me away according to Hindu tradition. Eric’s wife, Leslie Strongwater, and our parents were there, along with Arjun’s extended family and many of our friends from India, the U.S., Europe, and Asia. We all had a great time!
2002
CL ASS AGEN TS Alison Carey | carey.alison@gmail.com Sari Biddelman | sari.biddelman@gmail.com Hilary Golas Rouse | hilary.golas@gmail.com Erin Orr Ligay | e.orr@comcast.net Lynx LaCroix | lisheli@me.com JAKE DEANE Going on my sixth year of running my company True Lacrosse, out here in the Midwest. We now have grown to 20 full-time employees and are in nine different states. Also going on my eighth year of playing pro lacrosse in the MLL. Last year I won a MLL Championship with the Chesapeake Bayhawks. Looking forward to getting back to Suffield and working with the lacrosse team again. NINA LUTWICK I’m working as the general management assistant at Foresight Theatrical, a theatrical management firm that works on Broadway productions, as well as touring and off–Broadway shows. We manage Phantom of the Opera, Spider-Man:Turn Off the Dark, Million Dollar Quartet, and the upcoming productions of Hands on a Hardbody, Kinky Boots, and Tuck Everlasting. I can thank my years treading the boards at Suffield Academy for cementing my love of theater! On a more personal note, I am getting married to my boyfriend of four years, Vince, on September 29, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York. I loved seeing
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ASHLEY BEAUDOIN WILKINS While on vacation in Napa Valley, California, I ran into fellow SA alum Brad Barker ’61 at Kuleto Estate Winery. LAURA KESSEN I am currently living in the Burlington, Vermont, area. I work in sales at Commando, a fashion and apparel company. I am looking forward to Matt Weaver’s wedding this September. I hope all is well at SA!
2004
CL ASS AGEN TS Jake McComb | jcmccomb@gmail.com Alex Naboicheck | alexnaboicheck@me.com Will Taylor | william.r.taylor17@gmail.com Anthony Rousseau | roo0686@aol.com Andrew Scully | arscully@gmail.com Kate Braden | kate.braden@gmail.com MELISSA HERNANDEZ I am working as a corporate communications coordinator for Zoetis, an animal health pharmaceutical company that spun off of Pfizer Inc. I closed on my first house on March 1, so that’s something big for 2013! I’ve only been in touch with a handful of classmates, but they are some of my best friends. Memories of winter term at Suffield: I remember sliding down Bell Hill on lunch trays with my friends whenever it snowed. I remember occasionally skipping class by faking a fever at the Health Center, so that I could sleep in longer on cold mornings without getting Saturday night detention. Winters were super cold in Connecticut compared to New York City (where I’m from), and I was amazed at the fact that girls could wear mini skirts with Uggs and claim to be warm! I hope Suffield wasn’t hit too hard with this last storm. BRYCE HOMICK The video game that I have worked on for about four years as a concept artist was released late 2012. XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been a great success and has won multiple Game of the Year awards from major video game publications, including Kotaku, GameTrailers, and Gamespy. Beyond that, I’m still living in Maryland and still proudly working at Firaxis Games. DAVID MCCONAGHAY Hello everyone. After 18 months living in Denver, I recently moved back to Boulder, Colorado. I remain busy paying rent and trying to steal away for a powder day now and then. Currently, I am an ambassador and content-creator for GaiamTV (check out http://www.gaiamtv.com/dave); I am the sponsor coordinator for the third annual Hanuman Festival, Colorado’s most popular yoga and music gathering; I coordinate sales and marketing in the Rocky Mountains for a Brooklyn–based company called TumericALIVE (we make healing elixirs based on Hawaiian–grown turmeric and ginger); I remain a part–owner of NudeFood (“nutrient-dense food”); and I am a regular contributor to elephantjournal.com. The year ahead has me out on the road a lot, where I plan to work and play at Natural Products Expo West, multiple Wanderlust Festivals, Shakti and Bhakti Fests in Joshua Tree National Park, as well as the Yoga Journal and LOHAS conferences here in Colorado. Unfortunately, zero of these events bring me back East, so I’m really hoping to make it to the alumni soccer game for once in my life. My team here in Boulder (Avery FC, sponsored by Avery Brewing