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ALYSSA SAUNDERS ’06 AND NEW HUSBAND, ERIC, WITH MEMBERS OF THEIR WEDDING PARTY INCLUDING BLAKE ALUMNAE (PICTURED, L TO R) LUCY WAYNE ’06, CHELSEA MCGUIRE FEDERAK ’06, GEORGIE STOCKS ’06, LAURA WALDMAN ’07 AND CHRISTINA SAUNDERS ’01. PHOTO BY SEWELL PHOTOGRAPHY.
educational consulting business, SS Advisor, I’d started earlier in my career. As more families became aware of the advantages of working with an independent educational consultant, the practice grew and a couple of years ago Blake alum and former faculty member Laura Martin McConkey ’80 joined me. We’re having a good time together. Since retiring I’ve also been able to indulge my love of scuba diving, venturing to the Pacific several times in the last three years. We’ve spent time diving with pygmy seahorses (only a centimeter long), whale sharks (over 20 feet long) and everything in between. Professionally, I’m a member of the board of directors of the Independent Educational Consultant Association and engaged in committee work for IECA. So to say I’m ‘retired’ is only partially accurate.” Bob Teslow recently received two awards from Art Educators of Minnesota: Secondary Teacher of the Year and Art Educators of Minnesota Teacher of the Year. Bob took an extended road trip during
CHELSEA MCGUIRE ’06 MARRIED BART FEDERAK ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014, AT WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH A RECEPTION AT THE CALHOUN BEACH CLUB.
September traveling to Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Arizona to visit friends and family.
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SHAINA RUD ’10 WITH HER HOST MOM AND FRIENDS IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA