2001
Julia Varner Kientz Ambersley 912 N Glenwood Trl. Southern Pines, NC 28387 jambersley@sbc.edu
Julia Kientz Ambersley was so excited to see Ashley Moring Voss, Angela Browning Montgomery, Leigh Harpel, Emily Keating Haag and son Nicholas and Dawn Martin and daughter Katie when they all came to visit for Gus’s 6th birthday party in Sept. Julia is Nicholas Haag’s godmother, and she was able to go to Philadelphia to visit him in April and again for his christening in May. She’s busy teaching 5th grade at Vass-Lakeview Elementary and serving as the grade level chair. Ashley Moring Voss and her husband, Jason, are expecting their first baby at the end of Oct. Angela, Leigh and Julia all attended Ashley’s baby shower in Sept. Angela Browning Montgomery is busy working towards her real estate license. She and her husband, Joey, are closing on a new house in Fairhope, Ala. Emily Keating Haag and Nick have been very busy with Nicholas (6 mos.) Both Natasha Nickodem Stevens and her husband got promotions this summer! Natasha is an associate director for Individual Giving at the Art Institute of Chicago and her husband Matt is now a VP for Insurance at Mesirow Financial. Natasha and Matt are godparents of Stephanie Sherrard’s son Cullen Hawkins. Natasha traveled with Christine Rangel to Baltimore for Misa Sarmento’s (’02) wedding to Rob Francis on 9/8/12. Sarah Bellanger Levison also returned to the east coast in Sept. for Misa’s wedding and enjoyed a great reunion with Casey Perlow Davidson ’02, Whitney Bryant ’02, Allison Funkhauser ’02, Donyele Gibson Wilkerson ’02, Sarah Belanger Levinson and Victoria Zak Rosenthal ’00. Sarah enjoys living in St Louis. She has started to volunteer with the local chapter of Girls on the Run. Christine Rangel was happy to attend the wedding of Kim Martin ’02 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., in June. She also got to see Megan Beley-Withrow and her husband Brett and meet their new baby, Avery. Christine was lucky enough to catch some of the London Olympics excitement during a trip to Scotland this summer, with sisters Victoria ’04 and Jane ’06. She was also happy to see Natasha Nickodem-Stevens in Chicago. Sarah Houston Kenning announced that Lauren Elizabeth Kenning was born 7/24. Sarah stays home with Lauren. Her son Jackson is in preschool. Meghan Frier Stawasz and husband Nick welcomed Katherine Elizabeth on 5/15/12. Erin Wiley still works as a speech pathologist in Seattle. She and her husband have been traveling a lot this year due to his job with the Seattle Sounders soccer team; they were fortunate to go to London in Feb. and Sydney, Australia in June. Their daughter Holiday just started preschool and will turn 3 in Nov. Over Labor Day Erin met up with Elizabeth Puckett Haworth, Sarah Riggs Stapleton, Marian Spivey Estrada and Rachel Souder Arguedas in Sedona, Ariz. for their annual get-together. Olive Eiley lives in her hometown island of
Ambergis Caye in Belize. She got married in 2009 and has a girl (2) and a baby boy. Olive and her husband have a cleaning service and a restaurant. Olive says she “has been very lucky to meet up with SBC family here in Belize, such as Natasha Stevens ’01, Professors Leigh and Susan Piepho and family of Lori Kovatch Long.” Erin Packard Harrison and Phill just celebrated 11 years of marriage. They also welcomed their 2nd son Zayne in July. Catherine Peek and Ariana WolynecWerner are writing these class notes jointly over weekly Sunday night dinner. Catherine just moved to North Bethesda, Md., to continue her architectural creativity and legacy in the national capital region. Her husband and twins enjoy their new home. Thank you to everyone for your votes in favor of Catherine’s submission, “Field of Stars,” to the Washington Monument Ideas Competition. She’s served on several expert panels and taught underserved students how to express their budding architectural prowess to redesign the 11th Street Recreation Bridge over the Ancostia River. Catherine and her work have been featured by National Public Radio and highlighted in Metropolis Magazine (a solicited authorship for their blog, “Point of View”), the Washington Post and other renowned periodicals. Follow Catherine on Twitter @cpeek. Ariana is training for her 7th long-distance endurance event and looks forward to the 5-mile Austin Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. At this writing, Ariana is actively pursuing unsuspecting victims on eHarmony and Catholic Match. Lori Kovatch Long and her husband are enjoying their new bundle of joy, Caelee Brooklyn Long who was born 4/3/12. They are still living in Massanutten, Va. She is enjoying the challenges of her job at Merck. Erin Alberda has had a busy couple of months juggling her acupuncture practice and campaigning for the London Paralympics. Erin did not make the team this time, but she is grateful for all the support of her Sweet Briar sisters, and Rio is just 4 years away! Erin still lives in Woodinville, Wash., with her longtime boyfriend Brian. Erin Bronson Phillips still lives in Charlotte, N.C., with husband Josh and daughter, Libby (3), who is in preschool. In April their family moved to a house right down the road. Meg Bronson Braddy lives down the road from Erin with her husband and their 2 children, Colston (3) and Laine (15 mos.). Meg and Erin plan to have lunch with Meg Eubanks soon. Alden Rivers Potts had a baby boy, Brooks Pinckney Potts, on 9/13/11. Jana Putnam Sayler and husband Erik welcomed their 2nd child, Kirk Putnam Eiriksson Sayler, on 9/4/12. In May, Tamara Trout completed an M.S. in biomedical sciences with an emphasis in medical sciences from Marshall U. She’s now working as a lab technician and medical scribe and applying to medical school. Her daughter Elyse (10) will be playing Flounder in a local production of the Little Mermaid, Jr. Her twins, Layth and Nadia, are 4 and in Pre-K. She divorced in 2010 and is now in a committed relationship with a third-year medical student. Elizabeth Finch Wright graduated with a B.S. in dental hygiene from Old Dominion U. in May and is working as a registered
dental hygienist for a progressive dental practice in Virginia Beach. Katherine Morse is taking college courses toward a degree in nursing. Her M. K. Wellington Art, LLC business has grown, and starting this fall a new location will be added. Plus she’s expanded into doing outdoor portraits. Katherine has completed her second show by doing the Shrimp & Grits Festival on Jekyll with the help of Sarah Peterson ’03 this Sept.! Katherine has now been with Jekyll Island Club Hotel for over 6 years and has met a few SBC graduates that have stayed. She’s been able to see Nathalie Benton not only in D.C., but also in Hilton Head this summer, and Rachel Roth ’02 and Sarah Peterson ’03 for lunch in D.C. Nia Fonow Ravenstahl had a busy year. She assumed department leadership for special education at Cherry Run Elementary school in the ’11-’12 school year. This past summer Nia and her daughter Cassidy spent 6 weeks in Beijing visiting family and consulting for an English summer camp. When they got home the family was in one place for a few weeks and then Maris, Nia’s oldest stepson, left for his freshman year at VCU. Seth (15) is the starting freshman quarter back and Cassidy (3) started preschool. Nia’s husband Matt continues to work on his doctorate at Durham U. in northern England, which means Nia gets to enjoy her annual catch up with Jessica McClosky over Thanksgiving this year.
2002
Lori Smith Nilan 14600 Windjammer Dr. Midlothian, VA 23112 Lori.nilan@gmail.com
Margaret Brooks Buck 4436 Yoruk Forest Ln Charlotte, NC 28211 brookiebuck@gmail.com
We had a great turnout at Reunion this past May! For those of you unable to attend, please plan to come to our 15th! Aja Grosvenor Stephens still lives in the Detroit metro area. She’s expecting her first, a boy, in Oct. She recently saw Amy Mullen, Tia Trout Perez, Ashley Trantham, Alicia Watson, Jee Park Pae and Katie McNamara in Washington, D.C. Liz Waring McCracken and her family have been settled in Boone, N.C. Chris is busy with his family medical practice, and she’s busy raising Isadora (3). They’re expecting their 2nd daughter, Athena Lee, in early Sept. Liz writes it was great seeing old friends at Reunion. Corinne Weiland Zeruto and husband welcomed a little girl, Cynthia Grace, on 3/5/12. Alicia McCartney’s boyfriend was transferred back from Paris in 10/11. They spent their last weekend in Europe visiting Nice, Cannes, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Saint-Paul-de-Vence. They are settled in D.C. Alicia returned to Freddie Mac in June and works as a project management analyst in the Multifamily Division. They visited Istanbul during Thanksgiving 2011 and London, Scotland and Geneva for a week after Labor Day 2012. Brook Buck and her husband Trey are selling their townhome and are excited about moving into a house with a backyard for their lab, Beaufort. Brook recently saw
Maria Thacker Goethe, Sonya Truman, Kelly Monical Goossens and myself during a girls’ trip to Oak Island, N.C. Ashley Johnson McGee ’03 hosted us all at her family’s beach house. I am still working in my family’s lighting showroom and am currently training for my third marathon in Nov.
2003
Courtney Arnott Silverthorn 152 Clubhouse Dr. SW, Apt 203 Leesburg, VA 20175 courtney.silverthorn@gmail.com
Courtney Yerdon Gleason and husband David welcomed Rosemary Ruth Gleason on 7/5. Lindsay Kinyon Ashton threw her a shower in Richmond Va., which Danielle Ross Oberg, Jane Mckenzie Davis and Lara Hansen attended. Sara Shank Sims and husband Tim had a baby girl, Adelaide Temperance Sims, on 7/26. Shirley Pinson Hendricks and her husband welcomed their first child, John Rallson Hendricks, on 12/23/11. Shirley is looking forward to seeing everyone at Reunion next year! Megan Gaillerdet Steiner is expecting her first child around 12/25—she says “it’s a girl!” She’s still working for a national insurance company in downtown Charlotte, N.C. while her husband owns an executive recruiting firm also in Charlotte. Tiffany Williamson Norwood received a promotion to senior analyst at BrownGreer PLC. She made time to visit Angela Grisby Roberts and Megan Gaillardet Steiner. Angela and husband Gregory joined Tiffany and her husband for a vacation in Jamaica in 4/12. They missed Megan on the trip, but recently visited her outside of Charlotte. Their next mini-reunion was in 10/12 for Megan’s baby shower. Tica Stoevhase Fetiveau is now leading a team of women responsible for customer success. She adopted a cat, “Chaussette.” Laurel Speilman Rodgers recently moved to Winchester, Va., and is starting a position as assistant professor of biology at Shenandoah U.
2004
Virginia Wood Susi 7975 Dunstable Cir. Orlando, FL 32817 ginnysusi@gmail.com sbc2004@gmail.com
Our facebook page: Sweet Briar c/o 2004 Ginny Wood Susi and her husband Phil welcomed Evelyn Sheffield on 2/28/12. On 8/4/12, Ginny hosted Sarah Ruff, Diana Marshall, Denva Jackson ’05, Michelle Badger ’06, Alex Grobman ’12, Lindsay Profenno ’15, Kait Goodwin ’15 and incoming first-year Madi Cromwell at her summer house for the Maine Back-toSchool Barbecue. Sarah Ruff purchased 19 acres in Waterville, Maine, and is currently having it cleared for building. She got to see Michelle Badger ’06 when Michelle stopped in on her way back from Canada with her parents. Denva Jackson ’05 also came to spend a couple days with Sarah before heading to the SBC Maine Backto-School event that was hosted by Ginny Wood Susi. Stephanie O’Sullivan Fitzpatrick loves living in Falls Church, Va., and working in
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