classNotes | theClasses CAROLINE JUDD (PHTM ’06), and ELIZABETH GROSSBERG (NC ’02) was a bridesmaid. Guests included JOHN CADDELL (TC ’05), JEREMY COHEN (TC ’03, G ’07) LAURA MESIROW (NC ’05), MARTIN SPIEGEL (TC ’04, G ’05) and ANDREA WEINBERG (B ’06). The couple lives in
Katie Harrington is the development officer for undergraduate programming at Tulane, and Michael Harrington is a development officer for Tulane Law School. They are in the 2011 MBA class at Tulane.
Philadelphia.
EMILY EDWARDS (NC ’05) and TED HOLM
MICHAEL STRECKER (G ’04) married Jillian Diane Figueroa on Oct. 6, 2007. They are expecting their first child in January. Strecker is director of public relations at Tulane. He’s also a stand-up comedian. Strecker is featured on the local cable TV show “Comedy Boil” and has performed at Harrah’s New Orleans. In July, he performed for the Tulane Alumni Association at the Columns Hotel on St. Charles Avenue.
KATIE CASE (B ’05) and Michael Harrington were married in Naperville, Ill., on Aug. 2, 2009. The wedding party included KELLI DICKSON FITZGERALD (B ’07), TRAVIS GOFF (B ’07) and MERIEL HUGHES (NC ’02, B ’07). The couple met in 2006 while working for Tulane.
JOANNA GIKAS INDIE IN L.A. TULANE DEGREE: B.A., English and film studies
RESIDENCE: Los Angeles
PROFESSION: Songwriter and lead vocalist for the band io echo.
QUOTABLE: “You get right under my skin.”
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(E ’05) were married in New Orleans on July 11, 2009. Alumni in the wedding party were KADY VAN HOOK (NC ’06), BETH BENDER (NC ’07), EHREN STANHOPE (B ’05), JOE SEREMET (B ’05), DAN SCHAPIRO (TC ’06) and DONNIE DIXON (TC ’04).
CHRISTOPHER M. RESLER (PHTM ’05) received an MBA from California State University– Stanislaus in June.
SHYLIE ARMON (NC ’06) graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, cum laude, and accepted a position as an associate with the law firm of Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy and Ford in Jacksonville, Fla., practicing civil defense litigation in the areas of medical malpractice, professional malpractice and general liability. ERIN BOXWELL (NC ’06) married Phillip Vaden
DANIELLE HORSTMAN (NC ’05) married Craig Michael Capilla in Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 10, 2009. The wedding party included maid of honor ANNE MORGAN (NC ’05) and bridesmaid MAURA ROSENBLIT (B ’05). Guests included EMILY ROTHSCHILD (NC ’05), ERIN HAMILTON (A ’06), HEATHER RUBIN (B ’05), KATHLEEN SPARKS (NC ’05), SOFIA CURDUMI (NC ’05), SARAH RUGGERIO DRENNAN (NC ’05), KATE HORSTMAN (E ’07) and LINDSAY WILE (NC ’05).
Joanna Gikas (NC ’02) is the star of a Sprint Palm Pre commercial that’s been shown repeatedly on television and in movie theaters. And it’s attracting YouTube viewers. Exposure like this is exhilarating for a band. “Our song from the commercial is in the top 30 most downloaded songs on Amazon.com,” says Gikas. Gikas’ band, io echo—from the Greek translation of her first name, Ioanna, and echo simply because it sounds good—released a CD in May. Gikas composed many of the songs and she also sings and plays guitar and keyboards. As io echo takes off, the band’s single “Addicted” is getting playtime on radio. The band also has opened high-profile shows, including Nine Inch Nails’ last concert. It’s toured in the United States and Canada, and it has been featured in the style magazine i-D. “Lots of travel and shows. Just how I like it,” says Gikas, who currently is in London for meetings about future opportunities. —Fran Simon
on June 20, 2009, in Spearman, Texas. The couple resides in West Hollywood, Calif. Erin Vaden completed a master’s degree in preColumbian art history at the University of California–Los Angeles in spring 2009 and she continues doctoral studies this fall.
RENÉ BENNETT (L ’08) and EDWARD CARLSON (L ’08) married on Oct. 10, 2009. They live and work in New York.
RICHARD NERE (’08), a specialist with the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry (Airborne), 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, is serving in Afghanistan. He flies a Raven unmanned aerial vehicle and manages the information operations effort in Afghanistan. An article by Nere was published in the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School’s Strategic Insight journal. His paper on “Democracy Promotion and the National Security Strategy: U.S. National Interest, Primacy and Coercion” was in the August 2009 issue. LAUREN NUSSBAUM (’08) is an international housing policy/program associate with the National AIDS Housing Coalition.
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PHOTO BY LEOPOLD ROSS.