C L A SS N OT E S Juliette Gomez, an associate attorney with a Philadelphia immigration consortium, lives in South Philly with husband Taylor Ball ’06 and their dog, Elvis.
from the University of Alaska Anchorage in August and is a neonatal intensive care RN at Providence Hospital.
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Jay Sinha jay.sinha9@gmail.com
Katharine E. Leesman katie.leesman@gmail.com Sarah B. Smith sarahbsmith@gmail.com Sameer Vaswani sameervaswani@msn.com
2005 Allyson V. Lee allyvlee@gmail.com Nell Barnes married Matt Nutaitis in Philadelphia last November. In attendance were Kara Bower, Emil Christofakis, Jeff Cockayne, Alex DeFee, Matt Hoover, Mark Martens, Jon Martin, Marisa Day, Tim Ryan, Martha Mundy Ryan, Megs Senk, Maggie Wynn, and Julia Yolles.
2007 Daniel Clendenin daniel.clendenin@gmail.com Jay Sinha is in his final year at William and Mary Law School, planned to study for the Virginia bar exam in Williamsburg, and was offered a position in the Washington, D.C., office of the national law firm LeClairRyan. Emma Interlandi, operations manager with Democracy for America, earned a master’s in German studies from University College London. Marianne Shapiro married Jason Weiner in November in Washington, D.C. Ellie Tiemann, Yelena Lazdun, and Shannon Thurston were bridesmaids.
Suzanne Volinski married Christopher Broadbent in September in Norwalk, Conn. Jane Minerly married Matt Joining the celebration were Manchisi, a civil engineer, in Sarah Floyd, Jane Geisler, July at New York Botanical Elizabeth Hertz, Deana Garden. Samantha Smith Zornow, Tierney McAfee, Newbold was a bridesmaid. Patricia Corbet, Michael In attendance were Carolyn Burns, Marissa Dimino, Anuj Schranck Theim, Sarah Notter, Phull, Choya Amenkhienan, Meredith Donaldson Seth Anderson, Ben Uscinski ’08 is producing ’06, and Evan Henry. Suzanne and Chris the movie Excision, due out live in Greenwich, this year. It stars AnnaLynne Conn. Suzanne is a public relations and McCord, Malcolm McDowell, communications and Marlee Matlin. specialist for the environmental consulting firm Joanna Cahall, Nicole Larson, ARCADIS, and Chris is a and Kelly Allen. Matt and professional firefighter. Jane bought their first house Ashley Wood, a fifth-grade in Philadelphia. Jane received teacher in Wake County, N.C., a JD from Temple University’s and Travis Stafford, operations Beasley School of Law and is a manager for a private company, law clerk to a judge on the U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania’s plan a 2012 wedding in Raleigh. They live in Cary with their eastern district. dog, Barksley. Jennifer Parsick was published in the 2012 Collaborative Summer Library Program manual, promoting Shana A. Muhammad child and teen literacy. Steven email.shana@gmail.com Grillo married Lauren Bayer ’06 in November in Sayreville, N.J., Carl Frank Puleo and planned a honeymoon cruise cfpuleo@gmail.com through Patagonia. The wedding Karin Rasmus earned a party included Kyle Coppinger ’08, bachelor’s in nursing science
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Andrew Fristoe ’06, and Daniel Smith. Steven is director of urban planning with New York’s Staten Island Economic Development Corp., and Lauren is an assistant deputy public defender in Somerset County, N.J. Stephanie Barnes is studying to become an RN in Newport News, Va., and is acting president of Thomas Nelson Community College’s Student Nursing Association. First-time parents Susan Alexander Anderson and Timothy Anderson (Chris Anderson’s brother) welcomed identical twin girls Audrey Victoria and Blair Morgan in May. We were shocked and saddened to hear of the November death of Doug White. His family asks that donations be made in his memory to the American Heart Association, a cause Doug was passionate about.
2008 Trish Lauck trish.lauck.@gmail.com Alyssa Lee alyssa.linda.lee@gmail.com Brad Buck entered a microbiology Ph.D. program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. After three years in China and Hong Kong, Megan Vaughan-Albert moved back to Washington, D.C., to study international economics and development at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Katy Hickman of Boston earned a master’s in communication sciences and disorders at Emerson College. She is a parttime behavioral therapist for children on the autism spectrum at Beacon ABA Services. Katy plans a July wedding in Cape Cod to Andrew Prosser of Bournemouth, England. Andrew Lynch married Natasha Norris Lynch in October; they live in Reston, Va. Della Hinn moved to Fairfax and is pursuing a master’s in speech language pathology at JMU. Pete Sturke earned a master’s in environmental science from VCU and is a biologist for Dominion Environmental Biology. He married Kate Moore in Richmond in November.
Ben Uscinski is an operator with the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska. He is producing the movie Excision, which stars AnnaLynne McCord, Malcolm McDowell, and Marlee Matlin, and is due out this year. Marija Ozolins enrolled at Boston College Law School. Colleen McMichael Southerland married Navy HM2 Spencer Corey Southerland in June in St. Augustine, Fla. Her sister, UMW alum Charlotte McMichael, was maid of honor. Colleen will continue as a field representative for Brooks running shoes in Florida until they learn where they’ll be stationed next. Heather Decot is pursuing a doctorate in the biological and biomedical sciences program at UNC Chapel Hill. Sarah Marshall Price, an Arlington County middle school math teacher, married Joseph Price. They welcomed daughter Amelia in December 2010. Lindsay Scott Skipper and her husband, associate directors at Virginia Tech’s Baptist Collegiate Ministries, celebrated their first anniversary in September. Jamie Moynihan married Jordan Berg, a second-grade teacher, in July in Baltimore, with 10 UMW grads in the wedding party! They live in Alexandria, Va. Jamie works at George Mason University and plays in the band Oh So Peligroso with other UMW grads. Amanda Hill Corcoran earned a master’s in communication disorders from U.Va., is a speech-language pathologist in Richmond, and got married in October.
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