SAVE THE DATE: All-school Reunion Friday evening, March 31, 2017 TVS Campus T V S A L U M N I
CLASS OF 2004
Mary Katherine Vigness Clarke and husband Robbie welcomed Louise Beverly (named after two of her great-grandmothers) on August 16 in Washington, DC. She was 8 lbs, 1 oz, and 21 inches long. Mary Katherine recently concluded her tenure at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts working in Corporate & Foundation Relations to focus more fully on her work with the QuadW Foundation, a Dallas-based private foundation that supports sarcoma cancer research, missional experiences, and higher education. Robbie is continuing his work with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP’s Financial Restructuring group as an Associate. Congrats to the Clarkes on this precious girl!
CLASS OF 2005
Chris Matamoros and his wife relocated this past summer to Cypress, California. Chris will be working for Cypress Campus Christians at Cypress College after five years with Christians on Campus at UMass Boston. Elizabeth Runner Parker and her husband, Drew, welcomed their son, Benjamin Harwood Parker, on February 19, 2016. He weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21.5 inches long. He joined big sister, Emmaline, who is now 3.
CLASS OF 2006
Mary Jensen Brezik and Daniel celebrated the birth of their daughter, Katherine Elizabeth “Katie Beth,” on September 5. She was 21 inches long and weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces. Her parents are overjoyed to have a healthy, happy girl! Mary is excited for her new role as a mom and will continue working part time as a speech dpathologist and feeding specialist at Monkey Mouths. Her husband Daniel is a CPA and works for BDO in Fort Worth. Bradley Hancock and Samantha celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary on October 9. They will soon complete construction of their new home in west Fort Worth. Meredith Bratton Jones writes, “I am still a stay-at-home mom, and David is an air traffic controller at DFW. At 8 months, the twins are thriving! Cason is so strong and does everything first. He crawls so fast and is getting close to being able to walk (oh no!! - not ready for that!). Emery is still army-crawling and is a big flirt. They take up all of my time, so nothing else really ever gets done.” Laura Jo Clarke Klein and her husband, Bryce, reside in Fort Worth, where she is a dentist at the practice of Sarah J. Morris. Barrett Robin married Lindsay Lee Farless on October 1 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. James Russell shares, “I currently live in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Fort Worth. Until recently I was an editor and staff writer for the Dallas Voice, where I often interviewed Rafael McDonnell ‘83. I won two awards for my coverage of the 84th legislative session. Now I’m a freelance journalist writing about the Texas Legislature for Quorum Report, features for the Texas Jewish Post (led by Sharon Wisch-Ray ‘83) and still contributing to the Voice.” After relocating from Berkeley, CA to Austin, TX, Alex Vietti is now serving as Community Manager for ecosphere, a sustainability and action-oriented media company started by fellow ASU School of Sustainability alumnae. She is still a contractor for the sustainability-focused PR firm in San Francisco where she used to work, while doing freelance web-designing and marketing on the side for companies on a mission to create positive change in the world.
CLASS OF 2007
Ashlea Feezel is now a third-year medical student at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth and is enjoying her clinical rotations this year. Esra Gumuser started medical school at
Texas A&M Health Science Center in College Station this fall. Sarah Schmidt and Will Osborne got engaged in Houston on September 23, 2016. Andrew Scott married Courtney Cruz (FWCD ‘07) on August 7, 2016, in Fort Worth. Kellye Watson Snodgrass and husband Nathan ‘08 moved from Charlotte, NC to New York City in July. They are loving life in Manhattan! I, Kelley Clark, moved law firms and started a new job at Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C. in Houston, working as a litigation associate.
CLASS OF 2009
Mike Ayala completed Primary Flight Training at NAS Corpus Christi and selected Helicopters. He is now in the Advanced Pipeline at NAS Whiting Field and is hoping to Wing next spring/summer. Megan Montgomery Bosworth recently received her master’s in nutrition and is now a registered dietitian. Check her out on Facebook under the name "Med Bosworth Nutrition." Ellen Clarke began her first year of teaching kindergarten at Covenant Classical School in Fort Worth. Caroline Coffee married John Denman on August 13 at Christ Chapel Bible Church. Caroline and John are now residing in College Station as he completes his master’s degree in petroleum engineering. Tim Conner has moved to Madrid, where he will be teaching English for the next year. Michelle Craig became engaged to Jeremy Tatro and will be getting married in March of 2017. Mallory Moser was in the bridal party and Stephen Coffee ’05 was a groomsman. Georgia Fender graduated from Circle in the Square Theater School in June. She performed in two cabarets as a soloist, including one performance at the Duplex Cabaret Theater in NYC. In October, she will be making her off Broadway debut in a new musical called Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the 13th Street Repertory Theater. Jordan Douglass Hainsfurther recently moved to Denver and is working for Ernst & Young. Michael Kutzler married Alexandra Trenary on July 16 in Dana Point, California. Thomas Kutzler ’13, Taylor Harrington, Willy Hughes, Tyler Pike, and Christian Fletcher ’10 were groomsmen, Annie Kutzler ’11 was a bridesmaid, and Lauren Yonke (Class of 2021) was a junior bridesmaid. Cora Kuykendall began her first year of teaching this year in the thirrd grade at Sagamore Hill Elementary School. Abbie Phillips is living in Austin and working as a realtor for Keller Williams. Delayne Phillips graduated from University of Texas - Dallas with a master’s in communication disorders. She now works as a speech pathologist at The Warren Center, an early childhood intervention center in the Dallas area. Katie Orth Seiken and husband, Nick, are excited to announce the birth of their twin girls, Harper Elizabeth and Scarlett Elise, born on June 25. After graduating from Georgia Tech, Daniel Sohn is now working towards his Master of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M. Claire Stanley became engaged to Colton Royle and will be wed in May of 2017. In June, Taylor Stratton wed Mary West in San Antonio. Tim Conner was a groomsman in the wedding. Taylor is currently working as a Financial Analyst at Rackspace and will be graduating with his MBA from UT San Antonio this year. Stephanie Tran graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in December and became a licensed Physical Therapist in May. She works in acute orthopedic care and outpatient orthopedic care pro re nata for a Fort Worth company. Meagan Stamm Vinson recently moved to Shamrock, Texas where her husband is now a State Trooper.
CLASS OF 2012
McKenzie Hightower graduated from Notre Dame last May and is moving to Poland for a year-long Fulbright to teach at Marie Curie Sklodowska University. Matthew Mullins graduated from OU last May with a BBA
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