CLASS NOTES I’m writing you from a scorching autumn in Connecticut. The leaves are down, the days are short, but damn if it isn’t 75 degrees out. And that burst of summer in November is certainly why I have so few updates from our classmates. Or perhaps they’re all still sleeping off our 20th Reunion. Evan Zall wrote to say he and Amy (Kunen) Zall are having a great time with their boys, Noah, 9, and Simon, 6. Evan runs an integrated marketing agency (Ebben Zall Group), and Amy recently is the executive producer on her first independent feature film, Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket. Evan writes: “The movie is written as Nancy Drew meets The Goonies with a little National Treasure thrown in and stars Bailee Madison (Parental Guidance, Just Go With It) and Robert Capron (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Way Way Back). It’s scheduled to be finished over the winter, so look for the Zall family in the background of the beach scene sometime in 2016!” I was in San Francisco in October and spent time with Katherine (Mitchell) and Alex Ladd. Katherine is with Deloitte, and Alex is running his own consulting firm, called MindStream Analytics. The most remarkable thing about being around them is that they have produced two children who look like exact clones of them, Mitchell as mini-Katherine and Mason as mini-Alex. They also named their dog Bacon, which is either the best or worst dog name ever. (Is it cruel to shout “Bacon” in a dog run and expect only one pup to toddle to you?) We also met up with Heather Dunbar for dinner. Dunbar is doing great. Having finished her graduate work at the Harvard School of Design in 2013, she headed west — with a brief detour in Toronto — and landed in Sausalito. She now works for GLS Architecture & Landscape in San Francisco. In the course of the evening, I was told the most salacious stories about people like Tucker MacLean, Doug Connelly, Marc Izzo, and Kate (Kehoe) Dallas. I mean these were good ones. Alas, Dunbar kept pouring the wine, and the stories evaporated. Perhaps those four will write in next time!
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/ REUNION • JUNE 10-12, 2016 / Trinity Fund Goal: $50,000 Co-Class Secretary: Christopher M. Parzych, 301 Commons Park S., Unit 705, Stamford, CT 06902-7088; christopher.parzych.1996@trincoll.edu Co-Class Secretary: Nicole Tateosian, 53 Ash Ave., Unit 1, Somerville, MA 02145-1427; nicole. tateosian.1996@trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Philip S. Reardon, Jessie T. Schroeder Hey, Class of 1996! This will be the second-tolast Class Notes submission from me as our 20th Reunion is approaching this spring! Melissa Elting wrote in that she just started working with The Corcoran Group, and she works with a great team. She is happy to help if you (or a friend) are interested in NYC real estate! Kate Viar sent in the following report. She is
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was featured in the Washingtonian Magazine. Also, her radio show recently hosted fellow Trinity alum Rachel Platten ’03 for a concert at the radio station. As for me, it has been very quiet this summer and fall. I saw Alexa Zevitas, Beth Piro, and Laurie Key recently. I usually run into (or run with) Mariah Titlow Tinger ’00. They all are doing well! Also, I saw Kara Ryczek’s name in the race results for the Falmouth Road Race. She came in second in her division! I think that is about it for now. Looking forward to catching up at Reunion!
Kelly Collis ’96, right, meets with pop star Rachel Platten ’03 as Collis’s radio station, 94.7 Fresh FM, recently hosted the musician and artist.
doing some amazing work rescuing animals in South Carolina and finding permanent homes for these animals in the D.C. area: “In May, I banded together with a small group of fellow veteran animal rescuers to establish DC PAWS Rescue. The group of us had worked together for years for D.C.’s largest dog rescue and decided to split off and focus our efforts on a rural area where animals have zero hope. At this time, we focus almost exclusively on rescuing animals from Pickens County, South Carolina, animal control, which is a ‘closed’ facility, meaning it is not set up to facilitate adoptions to the public. Any animals not claimed (about 99 percent) are euthanized, and owner surrenders are immediately euthanized. We’re a foster-based rescue, so we pull the dogs and cats from the animal control facility, provide basic vetting, vaccines, and spay/neuter, and then transport them to the Greater Washington, D.C., area and place them in foster homes until they are adopted. Given the demand for dogs in the D.C. area, this works quite well. We’re off to a great start and have already adopted out close to 100 animals, and we hope to increase our rescue and adoption rates as we grow and become more of a known quantity in the D.C. area. It’s hard, often gut-wrenching work, but knowing that we are the only hope for these animals is what keeps me going. Slowly but surely, we’re making a difference. Aside from that, I am still lobbying for Amazon, and my husband is still an active duty colonel in the Army, currently stationed in Virginia. It’s a lot, but it’s very fulfilling. Our website is www. dcpawsrescue.org in case you’d like to check it out. Any alums in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area looking to adopt, please send them my way!” Alexander Zaitchik is still working as a freelance journalist and is currently based in Havana. Mark Thacker will be moving to Palo Alto, California, after spending the last eight years in Atlanta. Kelly Collis is a newlywed! She married Patrick Bauer ’98 recently. Trinity alums in attendance included Hilary Spivack, Sara Jaffe, Mick Nardelli ’97, and Pat McGrann ’98 (well, he made the trip from London the weekend before the wedding). Kelly is still hosting a morning show for CBS Radio in D.C. The show
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Trinity Fund Goal: $20,000 Class Secretary: Courtney H. Zwirn, 65 Oak Hill Dr., Arlington, MA 02474-3547; courtney.zwirn.1997@trincoll. edu • Class Agents: Benjamin J. Russo, Susan C. Zibell Greetings! Thank you to those of you who wrote with updates; it’s great to hear from you and helps make my job a lot easier! There are great things happening for the Class of ’97. Here in Arlington, Massachusetts, my hubby, Ben Zwirn ’98, and I are busy with our three boys, who are now 5, 7, and 10. Where does the time go? Heartfelt congratulations go out to Mick Nardelli, who was married to Jackie Ludden on November 8 in Washington, D.C., in front of friends and family totaling more than 300, with classmates Crossan Barnes and Martin Schnabel being part of the bridal party. The wedding featured food from eight of the best restaurants in the city, including Blue 44, the restaurant owned by Mick and his brother, as well as beer by Sam Adams, one of Mick’s longstanding clients! Mick remains a lobbyist with Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, and Jackie owns a public relations and events company focusing on chefs and restaurants. Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness to Mick and Jackie! In August, Angus Jennings accepted the position of town manager (and town treasurer) in Hampden, Maine. He and wife Kristen and daughter Carolann sold their home in Concord, Massachusetts, and moved north! This move realized their long-held goal of moving closer to family in Maine and living in the state’s beautiful surroundings. During a period of transition, Angus is continuing work through his LLC on urban planning consulting assignments in Massachusetts and has been traveling between states regularly for work and to stay close with friends and family. Overall, he and his family are excited about the move and the new professional challenges associated with overseeing the town’s operations. Colin Woodward and wife Sydney have also been busy with a job-related move. In August, they moved from Little Rock to Colonial Beach, Virginia. Colin took a new job at Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, where he is editor of the Lee Family Digital Archive. Colin and Sydney’s second daughter, the adorable and loud Nola June, was born in May. Their first daughter, Ella, will be turning 3 in December.