ClassNotes Her husband is a sergeant in the Army, and she is pleased that he is stationed in San Diego, where her family also resides. After much anticipation, her son, Leonardo Giovanni Vattuone, was born on October 12, 2011.
1994
Class Agent: Leyna Cotran (leynacotran@gmail.com) Leyna Cotran is happy to report that she and her fiancé, Andrew Zimdars, will be married this September in Cupertino. Meanwhile, Marissa Nebenzahl ‘94, and her fiancé, Kunal Sinha, were married in May in Hawaii. Marissa’s maid of honor was sister Samara Nebenzahl ‘02. Jasona Prowse and her husband, Jason Clayton, are proud parents to little Sierra, born in 2010. Jasona and Jason are expecting twins this spring. Wajahat Ali has been co-editing an anthology, “All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim,” with Zahara Suratwala for release on June 2. The book, available on Amazon, features 45 diverse men who share their own stories in personal and thought-provoking essays. “I’ve often talked about how the story of American Muslim has been told to us, by others,” said Ali. “The book debunks and re-orients … what it means to be American, Muslim and even a ‘man’ in the 21st century.” Editor’s note: Ali was the recipient of Harker’s 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award.
1995
Class Agent: Lisa (Bowman) Gassmann (lisagassmann@gmail.com) The Class of ’95 seems to be growing rapidly with spousal additions and new babies! Nikki Pogue is engaged to
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Dennis Bishop, and Libby Werba Rubin will serve as her matron of honor. The ceremony will be held at the Los Gatos History Club on June 22. Congratulations, Nikki! Libby, her husband, Aaron, and two daughters (Natalie, two years and Gwen, 15 months) are back on the adoption waiting list, hoping to add another addition to their family soon. Jenny FoxManaster Wagner and her husband, David, are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Nathan Fox Wagner. Nathan was born on Feb. 25 weighing in at nine pounds, two ounces. Jenny is still working as an occupational therapist in San Jose, though she has taken some time off to bond with the baby. Kate Stober recently took a position as press officer for The New York Public Library. She is one of several publicists responsible for telling people about everything the library does. Right now she is working on publicity for a new exhibition opening June 22, called “Lunch Hour NYC,” about the history of lunch in New York. She hopes everyone will be hearing all about it in the coming months! Christina (Johnston) Aquila married her husband, Marc, on Aug. 13 of last year in Portland, Maine. In attendance were fellow classmates Kate Stober and her husband, Rob, as well as Jessica (Gaffney) Clark and her husband, Charlie. They had their wedding ceremony and cocktail hour on a boat as it toured the Casco Bay
followed by a reception held on Peaks Island. This month her husband took a new job with a small marketing consulting firm, and they have now moved from Carlsbad, Calif., to Vermont where they are very excited about the abundance of outdoor activities and can’t wait to explore. Ryan Basham wrote in for the first time with an update of life after graduating from Harker’s elementary/middle school in 1995. He went to Bellarmine College Prep and graduated in 1999, continued college at U.C. Davis for the first two years of undergrad and then transferred to Creighton University in Nebraska. He graduated from Creighton in 2004 with a B.S. in biology and stayed at Creighton for medical school. He graduated Creighton University School of Medicine in 2008 and then went to Rush University Medical Center in Chicago for his internship year of general surgery. He is now finishing his residency in ophthalmology at Rush University, and he and his family will be moving back to the Bay Area in July in order to start private practice as an eye physician and surgeon in Los Gatos. While in the Midwest, he met his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, in medical school and they have a baby girl named Tallulah who is 18 months. They are expecting their second bundle of joy in September. Congratulations to Ryan, and it’s so good to hear from all of you!
1996
Class Agent: Ashley S. Franke (ashley.franke@gmail.com)
1997
Class Agents: Chelsea Gilliland
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2002
Class Agents: Akhsar Kharebov (axarharebate@gmail.com); Yasmin Ali (yasminfali@gmail.com); Isabella Liu (isabella.a.liu@gmail.com) The members of the Class of 2002 have accomplished much in the 10 years since high school graduation! Kanishka Pothula recently got married and has moved back to the Bay Area. His wife, Renee, is a freelance journalist writing for publications like BBC Wildlife, while Kanishka works at BVF Partners LP, a biotechnologyfocused hedge fund in San Francisco. Thor Aye sent in his class update while en route to Whistler, British Columbia, where he celebrated his 28th birthday. Thor is an associate vice president at the Fisher Investments Institutional Group in European international business development and sales. Jerry Chi is currently pursuing a dual degree at the University of Pennsylvania and will be graduating this spring with an MBA from Wharton and an M.A. in international studies, with a focus on Japan, from the Lauder Institute. He will be starting work at Google, Tokyo, in June. From AprilOctober 2012 Joshua Farrell will be hiking the Appalachian trail to raise funds for charity. His exciting journey will begin in Georgia and end in Maine, a total of 2,181 miles, and he can be followed at www.5millionsteps. com. After receiving a grant from the National Institutes of Health, Shalini Mohan joined the Stanford Institute for
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