and the birth of a new nephew in late August! In the meantime, here’s some fun news from a few of our fellow classmates. It was a pleasure to hear from January Cohen, who had some exciting life changes to report: “2015/2016 has brought big changes. I left private practice after 11 years and joined the Department of Justice as a lawyer in my home country of Canada. But the biggest and best change was the birth of my beautiful, feisty, and brilliant daughter, Magnolia Cookie, in October. She’s happy and healthy and the best thing that I’ve ever done!” Congratulations, January! Robert Goldsmith also had some great news to report after receiving some welldeserved recognition for important work he has been involved with recently: “I have been going to Guayaquil, Ecuador, for three years with an organization called Global Smile Foundation, which is based out of Boston to help repair cleft lip and palate deformities. On June 20, the Boston Red Sox honored our organization in their pregame ceremony against the Chicago White Sox. We went onto the field to be recognized for our humanitarian services abroad.” Congratulations, Robert. You should be very proud! And last but not least for this installment of our class notes, Aaron Kuney had some big news to share on the work front: “After graduating from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School in 2009, I stayed in Atlanta to work in real estate following the Great Recession. I initially focused on commercial and multifamily, and in 2010 partnered in a single-family rental venture that grew to over 4,500 homes. I recently launched my own firm, Piedmont Asset Management, a real estate investment and asset management platform focused on identifying and executing a variety of opportunistic residential investment strategies. We have worked with both institutional and individual investors from throughout the country. I’d love to hear from anyone who might be interested in learning more, aaron@ piedmontam.com.” Best of luck with your new venture, Aaron! That’s all for now, folks. Looking forward to catching up again in the fall! Alyssa From the Alumni Office: Kathleen Farrell, associate professor of social sciences and education at Colby-Sawyer College, received the Nancy Beyer Opler ’56 Award for Excellence in Advising during the college’s 178th commencement ceremony in May. The award recognizes a faculty member who is accessible to advisees, makes a meaningful connection with advisees, supports advisees in academic and professional planning, and facilitates advisees’ adjustment to the community.
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Class Secretary: Virginia W. Lacefield, 3504 Tates Creek Rd., Lexington, KY 40517-2601; virginia.lacefield.2000@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Maryam A. M. Mujica, Anne Sawyer Shields Greetings! Hope everyone is well and had a
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Michelle Theodat ’01 and Scott Waring were married in November 2015 in the Dominican Republic. The following 2001 Trinity folks made the trip: Bobbie (Oldfield) Wegner, Kim (Grad) Field, Molly (Malgieri) Schiff, Trevor Martin, Sarah (Green) Shooman, Brian Andre, Teddy Schiff, David Achterhof, Steph (Ng) Grein, Jessie (Sandell) Achterhof, Mark Tassie, and Ana Holwell. Katie Wallack ’00 and Art Dickinson were married on April 24, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
fun summer! We have two quick updates this month from Trinity theater alums living on the East and West coasts. Nate Zeitz has reported in from the Big Apple, where he is living the Brooklyn life in Park Slope with Alyson, his wife of seven years, and their 3-year-old son, Elliot. He writes, “I was recently promoted to vice president of the Television Affiliate & Radio Imaging Voice Over Department at CESD Talent Agency in March, and this coming September, I will be celebrating my 14-year anniversary since joining the agency in New York.” Congratulations, Nate! On the other side of the country, Los Angelesbased Katie Wallack has also been busy with work, art, and relationships. She was most recently seen in a commercial and print campaign for Ford with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (check out the spots on YouTube). Between acting gigs, she spent a couple of months in NYC working with SAG-AFTRA negotiating its commercials contract on behalf of commercial performers and is writing a play that will premiere this fall. She also made time in April for a side trip to the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas with Art Dickinson. We jump for joy with you, Katie! That’s all for this quarter. Send your news and updates anytime to virgquest@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from you! Have a great fall, everyone, and I’ll see you next issue!
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Class Secretary: Susanna Kise, 1301 Richmond Ave., Apt. 370, Houston, TX 77006-5494; susanna.kise.2001@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Charles K. Botts III, Jay P. Civetti, Jr., J. Russell Fugett, Ann W. Grasing, Carrie B. Kasper, David K. Kieve, Michelle Theodat Waring Hello, Class of 2001! Shannon McGill, David Kieve, and I lost our class’s game of “not it” and are now pleased to serve as your class representatives for the next five years! We had 33 registered attendees at Reunion, but there were a good number of additional classmates who stopped by during the weekend. It was fun meeting the numerous spouses/significant
others and children who attended as well. Our very own Dan Berman received an alumni award and presented a forum with Associate Professor Adrienne Fulco on the 2016 presidential election. Chris Herb writes that he’s living in Pasadena and working for the East Coast ETF company WisdomTree alongside fellow Bantams Stu Bell ’06 and J. Brian “Sully” Sullivan ’04. Though he’s not in Hartford often, he had the chance to swing by campus this past Christmas. Wow, what development. Looks great for future classes. He, his wife, and two kids (4 and 8) just took up mountain biking in the Sierras over July Fourth. Though golf has mostly been replaced by Cub Scouts, PTA, and soccer practices, he wouldn’t trade raising a family in Southern California for anything. He hopes that everyone else from 2001 is healthy and loving life. Zoe Kretzschmar-Taylor is still living in London, and last year, she and her husband, James, had a little boy named Fyfe whom they love to bits. He has just turned 1 and is keeping his parents on their toes. Although the U.K. allows new mums to take off a year for maternity leave, she only took three months off because she runs her own business — Fearlessly Frank — which is an innovation consultancy. The business works with big household brand names and some of the world’s most exciting start-ups to create future earnings through propositions and methods not currently used. She loves having a stimulating job during the day and a lovable little boy to come home to. Michelle (Theodat) Waring had a whirlwind 2015. She is now Michelle Waring; she and Scott had a baby girl, Lucinda, in May; and celebrated their wedding in November in the Dominican Republic. It was a small wedding, but several ’01 Trinity folks made the trip. It was a blast, but she’s looking forward to a more manageable 2016! In January, Colin and Alice (Wisniewski) Vautour welcomed daughter Marion, who joins her sibling mini-Bantams, Arthur and Walter. During Reunion, Walter’s deep love for the Bantam was obvious as he relentlessly sought out “the chicken.” Alice just rejoined the law