1998 Alison Wood has been busy pursuing her music career since her graduation from Harvard in 2001. Her adult alternative acoustic CD, At Arm’s Length, was released in 2006. Samples are available on her MySpace page. Alison has been playing concerts mostly in the Boston area and occasionally in New Jersey and New York City. She sends greetings to friends and wonderful faculty!
1998
Amanda Walsh married James McNamara on September 16, 2006 at The Church of Christ The King in New Vernon, NJ. The reception was held at Somerset Hills Country Club in Bernardsville, NJ. Top row, from left: Abby Corcoran, Peter Ryan, Vanessa Chandis, Jim McNamara, Amanda Walsh McNamara, Kim Barbieri McLean, Shari Siadat, Laura Hunt, and Julia Walsh ’03. Bottom row, from left: Wick McLean, Leezie McLean ’01, Christina Barba, Marshall McLean, Andrew Leonard, and Mariana Walsh ’01
Alexandra Braunstein O’Connor married Brendan P. O’Connor on May 5, 2007 in New York City. In attendance were Sara Braunstein Weintraub ’95, Ian Braunstein ’99, Jon Brauman, Caton Clark, Jackie Chung, Kate Goldstein Legge, Jamie Shapiro, Mike Petrillo, Greg Stevens, Haley Joel Satnick, and Jen Joel ’94. Brendan is an associate with the firm of Latham and Watkins, where
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he specializes in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, with a particular focus on Latin America. Brendan is a 2005 graduate of Cornell Law School, prior to which he graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University, where he was inducted into the Phi Betta Kappa society. Alexandra graduated cum laude from Georgetown University in 2001 and from Georgetown University School of Medicine
in 2007. She is presently an intern at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in Manhattan before she begins her ophthalmology residency at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Alexandra will continue to use her name professionally. Erica Saypol married Kirk Peter Saari on July 15, 2006. Orianne Dutka ’98, Randi Schnur, and Lindsay Tasher ’96 were all bridesmaids. Erica’s brother, Austin ’00, was a groomsman. Erica received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Princeton University. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at Columbia University. Kirk is also a Princeton graduate (with a degree in economics) and now works as a director with Mercer Oliver Wyman in New York City. The two celebrated a wedding trip to Mustique and now are at home in New York City.
Alison Wood performing at a concert
WEDDINGS Shari Siadat married Nicholas Patton Loeffler on March 18, 2007. Shari, who graduated from New York University with degrees in information systems and marketing, is a vice president of Medefield America in New York, a division of the P\S\L Group in Montreal. Nicholas is a Cornell graduate and founder of Simplistics Corporation, a management consulting group in Manhattan that uses principles of industrial engineering to make companies more efficient. Stephanie Somogyi married Kenneth A. Miller III in October 2007. Stephanie is the founder of Spread PR in Manhattan, a fashion public relations firm. Kenneth is the vice president of Blackhealth Financial. The two recently