acted as best men. Tim also reports he has been traveling quite a bit for work to both Germany and Singapore as part of his work as an IT consultant at SCHOTT. He has even been able to use some of the German he learned at GDA during his days taking classes in Parsons. Congratulations are also due to Andrew Guyton, who is expecting his second child (a daughter!) with his wife, Jenn. Andrew is now living in Stratham, New Hampshire, while practicing at The Guyton Group. He reports that everything is going well, despite the fact that his house is slowly turning pink. Audrie Grigun is also celebrating a major accomplishment, graduating as a pediatric nurse practitioner from Northeastern in May 2016. Congrats, Audrie! The Class of 2005 has also been busy globetrotting. At the time of printing, Mike Barnaby was preparing to start a five-month excursion, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail beginning at the border of Mexico and ending at the border of Canada. Jon Mahoney is still living in Seoul, Korea, and teaching at an international school, while also studying Korean at a local university. He plans to travel to Myanmar and Nepal this summer. Locally, Alex Whitney reports that he recently moved to South Boston, after living with Dan Galadja in Beacon Hill. Alex is in his third year working at HubSpot, where he manages the company’s ecommerce segment of customers. Morgan Steir ’04 also works with Alex, and it’s nice having a fellow alum around the office. Alex would love to see some Govs in Southie! Matt Ahern will be returning to Boston after spending the last few months in London working for Santander. Welcome back, Matt! Nick Almy also recently located to South Boston and works for Brown Brothers Harriman. Chris McKinnon writes, “Craig and I are very happy to call Boston home! I’ve had a ton of fun introducing him to some great friends. We see Barrie, Audrie, Nicole, Jim and Bobby often. I’m still getting used to the 2:00 a.m. wake-up call for the early morning news on WBZ, but the job is beyond exciting! Shameless plug, if you’re up early on weekdays, flip on channel 4. Highlights of the last year: Visiting Paris, Costa Rica, and having way too much fun at our ten-year reunion! Can’t believe we
Laine Frey with fiance, Franklin Varges
are that old. Great seeing so many of you!” Turns out that Chris has a large GDA fan base. As Hallie Martin writes, “My mom, Julia Martin, called me a while back very concerned that Chris had taken a job in another news region. I assured her that, according to Facebook and Instagram, Chris was just enjoying a well-deserved tropical vacation. She was quite relieved to have her favorite news anchor back on the air.” Hallie continues to enjoy living Brooklyn, NY, though Jim and I try to drag her back to Boston as often as we can. Brendan Giblin also continues to call Boston home, and enjoys living in the Back Bay. He attends as many Celtics games as he can, and also plays in a weekly basketball league with fellow ’05er Nick Almy. Brendan has also been volunteering with The Greater Boston Food Bank. Reach out to him if you are interested in joining! Down south, Sam Adams works for the mayor of Atlanta and lives with his girlfriend in the Virginia Highlands section of the city. He’s looking forward to attending Chris Vancisin’s wedding this coming September, and will also travel to Japan later in the fall. Tyler Gobin is living in Santa Monica, CA where he works as a Manager at the consulting firm Protiviti. He’s also looking forward to seeing some fellow ’05ers at Chris Vancisin’s wedding this fall and any others that find themselves out west. Chris Vancisin is now working as a commercial banking underwriter for Bank of America and continues to live in California with his fiancé, Abby, where they just moved to Laguna Beach. They would love to have some Govs come visit! Max Dornbush is still enjoying California living and is grateful to still be in touch with his strong friends from GDA. Finally, Tim Brierley writes that he has been focusing on his acting career, and had the opportunity to shoot a commercial with Vince Wilfork last summer. If you’d like to make it into his Oscar acceptance speech, plan to get in touch with him ASAP, because he’ll definitely forget about us all once he becomes famous. That’s it for now! Thanks to everyone who shared notes, hope to see (and hear) from you all again soon!
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JACK LAMSON 12A N Dogwood Drive Surfside Beach, SC 29575-3751 Jalamson5368@gmail.com RACHEL STAVIS 310 Columbus Avenue Boston, MA 02116 Rachel.stavis@gmail.com Jack Lamson writes this update: “It’s nice to be back in the Northeast! Late last year I accepted a job as a morning anchor at CBS in Albany, New York. It’s great to be back within driving distance of the Academy, and I’m hoping to make a trip back to campus this spring. I’m also excited to announce my engagement to my college girlfriend. We’ll be tying the knot next summer! Go Govs!”
2008 PERRY EATON 21 Easton Street Allston, MA 02134 perry@bdcwire.com ABBY HARRIS 1 Edwards Street Bath, ME 04530-2720 Abigail.harris@ddg112.navy.mil
We would love to hear from you! Please contact Meredith O’Donnell in the Alumni Office: classnotes@govsacademy.org with news and events.
2006 EMME HUGHES 29 Wilson Park #3 Brighton, MA 02135 m.esther.hughes@gmail.com We are looking forward to seeing many of you at our 10th Reunion this June! Special thanks to the Reunion Committee for their help in planning for this event and spreading the word: Cam Archibald, Lizzy Guyton, Mark Rinaldi, Morgan Bradford, Emme Hughes, and Amy Block.
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Jenna Glendye ’07 and her husband Luke on their wedding day.