NewsNotes Shampa Chatterjee Mukerji and her husband, Sam welcomed their daughter, Isha Rani Mukerji on November 30, 2011. Their son Kavin was thrilled to become a big brother and they are all enjoying being a family of four.
2001 • Brianne (Brie) Widaman currently works at Interscope Geffen A&M Records (Universal Music Group) with a wide variety of acts, including Il Volo, Priyanka Chopra, American Idol, and pop icon Madonna. Brianne also continues her work advocating for a more positive, realistic portrayal of females in media in the hopes of combating the epidemic of eating disorders and low self-esteem across the globe.
Dack LaMarque joined del Rey Global Investors as an equity analyst in July 2012. del Rey Global is a Los Angeles-based value-oriented international and global investment management firm with approximately $2.4 billion in AUM. The firm is run by Paul Hechmer, previously a founding member and portfolio manager of Tradewinds Global Investors. - 61 Damian Nelson and his new bride, Jacqueline were wed in Santa Barbara on September 15, 2012. Classmate Kabu Adodoad was a groomsman and brother Max ’95 served as best man. Congratulations to the newlyweds! - 62
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2002 • The Class of 2002 celebrated their 10th reunion at The Viceroy in Santa Monica, before returning to Webb for the Saturday festivities. Many thanks to Usman Ali, Kristen Henkins, Daniel Suhr, Kathy Sun, and Jordan Taylor for chairing the reunion committee and making sure your classmates had a great time. - 73
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Emily Carrigan is working on her PhD in psychology at the University of Connecticut.
Alex Rapoport and his wife Sarah are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Lindsay Nicole, born in Newport Beach, CA, on July 18, 2012. - 63
Jon Forney married Rachel Kelly on September 8, 2012, in Portland, OR. Alumni in attendance included Daniel Suhr, Alex Gordon, Chris Forney ’03, and Loren Rotner ’03.
After volunteering for the 15-year reunion committee, Kunal Shah has decided to serve as the class agent for 1997 as well. Kunal lives in Irvine, CA, and is the principal partner and electrical engineer at KBS Engineers, Inc. He and his wife Jamielynn welcomed their first child, a daughter named Maya, in October 2012. - 64
Kate (Walsh) Garrett co-founded Ciel Medical after graduating from the Stanford Biodesign Fellowship in June. Ciel Medical is developing an aspiration prevention device to reduce the risk of pneumonia for mechanically ventilated patients. Kate and her business partner are raising funding and aim to have the device commercially available in 2014.
1998 • Congratulations to Melinda Chan. She’s opened LA SkinAesthetics in Beverly Hills, which specializes in a wide range of skincare services. Melinda is a nationally board-certified physician assistant, licensed by the California Physician Assistant Committee. She received her bachelor’s in biopsychology from the University of Michigan, then attended PA school at Midwestern University. She graduated in 2005 with a masters in physician assistant studies. Melinda and her fiance, Justin Malen, attended our Webb 15 event in August. Check out her website: www.laskinaesthetics.com - 65
Eleanor Pettus has been in Indiana for the past four years. She’s working toward a PhD at University of Notre Dame. Her dissertation is on education during the English Reformation.
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2005 • Jessica Anand, Alumni Council regional rep for San Francisco, hosted a barbecue for young alumni living in the Bay Area at her home on November 10, 2012. Attendees included Melanie Witte ’97, Dan Suhr ’02, Melissa Fabregas ’02, Marisa Chai ’02, Caleb Morse ’03, Will Habos ’04, Michelle Lo ’04, Kristen Priddy, Eric Eng ’07, Alyssa Sittig ’07, and Faisal Yaqub ’07. - 75
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Heidi Marti joined Webb’s Admission Office last July. As an admission officer, she’s involved with recruitment, interviewing, and developing the department’s new Young Alumni Network for Admission. Heidi returned to Webb in 2010 as the advancement fellow, the first Webb graduate to hold the position. She was a tremendous asset to the Alumni Office and spearheaded the widely popular Tuesday Trivia on Facebook. - 76
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Nick Phelps received an MBA and MSIT from Bentley University in Waltham, MA, in May 2012. He writes, “I am working at Biogen Idec, a leader in the biotechnology industry focused on drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases. As an IT analyst, risk & security, I work on the identity and access management team where I analyze business and IT processes looking for improvement, and help manage data quality.” - 77
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2007 • The Class of 2007 celebrated their 5-year reunion this past Alumni Weekend with more than 25 attendees. On Friday night, the class met at Casa 421 in Claremont to share drinks and reminisce about their time at Webb. - 78 Vincent Cheng is in Boston working for Putnam Associates as a healthcare/life sciences consultant. His work involves developing business strategies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Michelle Pastrano gave a chapel talk on Friday of Alumni Weekend. Mrs. Ogden gave her introduction and Archi Chandrashekar was her reader. - 79
A big thank you to Albert Walsh and his wife Jordan Shay. Katie Stewart (sister of Emily ’10 and Allen ’14) and Dylan Wensley (sister of Miya ’13) enjoyed an amazing week with Albert and Jordan at Castle Rock Ranch Camp in Kingston, ID. The days were filled with horse-back riding, hiking, swimming in the river, and vegetable gardening. It was a trip they’ll always remember. - 72
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2006 • Margaret Kelley-Matthews wrote: “Unfortunately I’m no longer in San Diego (aka Paradise). I moved to Joshua Tree about six months ago to run three funeral homes, a cemetery, and a crematory (in the family business). It’s been a pretty crazy learning experience, but I’m having a great time. Let me know if you’re ever out visiting the national park.”
2000 • Vicenta Arrizon Maffris delivered a wonderful chapel talk to the VWS students during our first-ever Thanksgiving Week at Webb. She talked about the importance of giving back as an alumna and how her own life was transformed because of the generosity of alumni who came before her. Her husband, Kevin Maffris, joined her on campus and she was introduced by her father-in-law, Blair Maffris. Read more about Thanksgiving Week on page 35. - 70 Nina Kumra Gappy and Joseph Gappy were married on February 27, 2011, and they celebrated the birth of their daughter, Aviana Lynne Gappy, on June 29, 2012. They live in San Diego, CA, where Joseph is a high school biology teacher and Nina is an independent contractor in the meetings industry. - 71
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Aaron Hartman received his MA in higher education administration from Boston College. In August, he was appointed the area director for Babson College, his undergrad alma mater.
1999 • It was nice to see Kathy Chen Liu and Maria Ng ’00 in Hong Kong. Kathy and her husband, Yu Liu, have a 14 month-old son, Kyle. Maria is also married and has a 15-monthold son, Nicholas. Maria works for Cathay Pacific in their aircraft trading teams. - 68 Anthony Shin is back at Webb as the new assistant director of college guidance. Working closely with Director of College Guidance Hector Martinez, Anthony assists in advising seniors with their college plans and supports the junior class as they begin their college search. Anthony is also part of the English department teaching journalism. He recently attended the Webb 15 Young Alumni Launch Party with Mr. Martinez and classmates Steve Kim and Matthew Lim. - 69
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2004 • Congratulations to James Withey who earned his MD from the University of Southern California and the Keck School of Medicine on May 13, 2012. He has been accepted into the USC Internal Medicine Residency Program. - 74
Charles Hadsell and his fiancee Tara Larzelere, visited the Webb campus recently. Charles’ aunt, Laurie Henry, surprised them with an engagement toast on the patio by the Webb House. Charles’ cousins Cole ’13 and Ian ’15 Henry are current students at Webb. Charles and Tara are getting married in Dallas, TX, in March. - 66 Keating Leung visited campus in September during a business trip to Los Angeles. This was his first visit back in six years and he enjoyed seeing long-time faculty, Blair Maffris, Don Lofgren, and Señor Valera. Keating and his wife Selene Chou have a baby daughter, Megan. In November, Keating organized a lunch reunion in Hong Kong with alumni from the classes of 1998, 1999, and 2000. It was good to see Vince Rhee ’00, Maria Ng ’00, Kathy Chen Liu ’99, Jimmy Hsieh ’98, Maurice Koo ’99, Joanne Goh ’99, and Jun Obara ’98. Mrs. Po Wan Wendy (mother of Diana ’13, aunt of Tommy ’05) also attended. - 67
2003 • Daniel Smith and his wife, Christine are living in downtown Honolulu. Daniel is currently working as a financial representative with Northwestern Mutual and Christine is the special events manager at the Hawaii Food Bank. They invite all alumni living in or just visiting Hawaii to be in touch.
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Summer Swee-Singh graduated a semester early from UC Berkeley in December 2010, with a major in legal studies and a minor in music. Until recently, she worked as a legal and financial recruiter. Music continues to be her passion. Her YouTube channel has over 1.3 million video views, and she’s been collaborating with Indie-Pop Records in LA. Summer was recently featured in LA Weekly for three of her Skrillex cover videos. She lives in Oakland with two Webbies: Chris Appleby and Thitiwat Phromratanapongse.
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