November wedding. Rachel Smith is a student success specialist/ transfer adviser at Boston’s Wheelock College. Kristen “Kiki” Skove King, senior writer and technology coordinator at Advocates for Human Potential, moved to Hernando County, Fla., in December with husband of nine years Jesse and 2-year-old twins Miles and Emmett. The Kings became Herbalife wellness coaches, lost more than 35 pounds combined in six weeks, and help others improve health and fitness. Rachel Keller Hoffman earned a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling at VCU, graduated summa cum laude, and became a certified rehabilitation counselor. She welcomed baby Gavin Carlyle Hoffman this past spring. Amber Knowles, who works for the National Estuarine Research Reserve Centralized Data Management Office, married Matthew Tortolini in 2011. Eric Horne and wife Logan Dolby Horne ’06 live with their five children in Kumbo, Cameroon, and teach at Saint Augustine College.
the nonprofit, The Wedding Pink. Katie Anderson ’04, Brenna McErlean, Lauren Benere, Courtney Hopkins Lewis ’06, Morgan Applegate, Kelly Wolff Applegate ’06, Neil Stedman ’06, and Linda Fairall Stedman ’06 attended. Meredith Dunham Potter ’04 and Jeremy Potter, in-house counsel for Norcom Mortgage and Insurance, moved to Canton, Conn. They welcomed daughter Tessa in February. Cara Stout, Northeastern University’s southwest regional director of admissions, lives in downtown Austin with goldendoodle Lily. Jessica Amato and David Beekman of Richmond wed in October 2012 in Crozet, Va. Dave Buschenfeldt and Lydia Buschenfeldt, Jared Bankos, Katie Delaney-Graves, Brad Frost and Dana Frost, Peter Lubrano, Erin Lee, and Ginny Soenksen attended.
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her Mary Wash guys and gals, and misses our D.C./NYC reunions! Rebecca J. Barnabi of Waldorf, Md., is a features reporter for the Maryland Independent. Adam Rackliffe ’05 and Julia Haskins Rackliffe of D.C. welcomed daughter Lilian Larson Rackliffe in November 2012. David Dalton of Arlington, Va., works for the nonprofit Veterans Service Organizations in Alexandria.
2007 Jay Sinha jay.sinha@alumni.umw.edu Daniel Clendenin daniel.clendenin@gmail.com Sarah Eckman saraheckman@alumni.umw.edu Jay Sinha is an associate attorney in the Alexandria, Va., office of LeClairRyan, working with the data privacy and security team, assisting companies with data and cyber-security concerns. Jay was accepted into the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership in U.Va.’s Emerging Leaders Program, so he’ll get to spend some weekends in Richmond and Williamsburg.
Jason Lancaster, a lieutenant in the Navy serving at U.S. Carl Frank Puleo Commander, Naval Forces Korea, cfpuleo@gmail.com Stephanie Tait McDermott, lives in Seoul with wife Nathalie. now an Army wife, married Scott Whitney Gray of Warrenton, Brian Reagan of Centreville, Va., McDermott in May. She is a social Va., was to marry Coleman married Kimberly Usowski, and media and Web specialist for the Himes in Culpeper on Labor Brian’s brother, Jim Reagan ’00, was Cystic Fibrosis in the wedding party Foundation in along with Andrew Bethesda, Md., Dawson, Matt and earned a Lindsay McClelland ’09 works in social Kapuscinski, and master’s degree Bryce Perry. media and PR and was preparing to in publications
design at the Bridget Murphy run her sixth marathon in October. University of Healey and Jason Baltimore, Healey ’03 welcomed where she won first child Grace in an Excellence July. Mary Katherine Day weekend, with KD Childs in Writing Award. and Kory Jessen welcomed Klepper as bridesmaid. Whitney first child Alexa in July. Sameer is a cybersecurity interagency Steve Esperon was accepted Vaswani completed his PADI scuba coordinator for the Department of into a Northern Virginia fire/EMS diving certification and traveled to Energy. academy. He started applying after Jamaica with Tyler St. Clair. he became a volunteer EMT and After graduating, Kelly Ryan loved it. Steve is married to Mallory moved to NYC to work for the Frazier ’07. Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, then to El Progreso, Megan Martinez Thoen earned Allyson “Ally” V. Lee Honduras, to work for Students a Ph.D. in counseling psychology allyvlee@gmail.com Helping Honduras. Kelly moved to from Texas Tech University, and Roatan, Honduras, in October to plans to study for the Texas state Erin Price and Benjamin Schabert work as development director for psychologist licensure exam and of Alexandria, Va., were married Clinica Esperanza. Kelly still loves pursue a job in the Lubbock, Texas, in Palisade, Colo., last May in a area. Marianne Shapiro Weiner wedding awarded to them through
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earned a master’s degree and works with the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Va. Suzanne Volinski Broadbent and Christopher Broadbent welcomed first child Elizabeth in May. Suzanne is a public relations representative at ARCADIS in White Plains, N.Y. Chris is a professional firefighter with the City of Stamford, Conn.
2008 Trish Lauck trish.lauck.@gmail.com Alyssa Lee alyssa.linda.lee@gmail.com Davis Hand and Emily Timberlake of Portland, Ore., wed in June 2012. Parker Newman, Sean O’Neill, Cristy Falcone, Erin Richardson, Lizzie Bourret, Jenny Bryant, David Snellings, and Mike Pena ’10 attended. Davis earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and is an Intel validations engineer. Emily earned an international Montessori teaching certificate and is a Montessori teacher. Jessica Smith ’10 and Leslie Worthington of D.C. plan to marry next fall in Baltimore.
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Elizabeth Jennings elizabethsjennings@gmail.com Alexandra Meier alexandra.m.meier@gmail.com Lindsay McClelland moved to Houston, works in social media and PR at an advertising agency, and was preparing to run her sixth marathon in D.C. in October. Court Crenshaw and Katie Barkley married in June and honeymooned in St. Thomas. Rebecca Blackwell and Brad Kuller got engaged in June in Virginia. Jessie Hager Bowden was expecting a baby boy this fall. Charlotte Rowell Sellier and husband Joel welcomed baby Penelope “Poppy” Marion Sellier in March. Talya Halpern Conroy and Jimmy Conroy welcomed baby girl Minnie this summer.
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