Virginia. He completed a master’s degree in special education at Fairmont State University and was elected to the board of directors for the Jefferson County Historical Society. He has two stepchildren, Zoe and Caleb, with his wife of five years, Jennifer.
Myronee Ardean Simpson is co-director of college guidance at Ranney School in New Jersey. She took a group of her students to visit UMW in February 2016, and admissions counselor Shelley Hillberry ’11 met with them. Myronee is president of the New Jersey Association for
Derek Bottcher ’96 and wife Alice welcomed twins last fall on Derek’s birthday. It is with great sadness that we share news of the untimely passing of Keith Conley on Oct. 30, 2016. Many of you will remember Keith for his bright smile, big heart, and gentle spirit, a committed humanitarian who cared deeply for others and the plight of refugees. Our sincerest condolences go out to Keith’s family – especially his wife, two children, and a grandson – and his many friends.
1997 Michelle Trombetta michelletrombetta@gmail.com Congratulations to Bob Shelton, wife Jennifer Dunn Shelton, and big sisters Alexa, Marley, Brooklyn, and Skylar, who welcomed their first boy, Maverick Mantle, in June 2015. Julie Newell Leslie and Nathan Leslie ’94 celebrated their 20th “dateiversary” with a long weekend in Fredericksburg, where they visited their old campus haunts and had one last meal at Sammy T’s before it closed in October. They celebrated Nathan’s birthday with a trip to Tulum, Mexico, where they helped rescue newly hatched sea turtles. Julie traveled to Colombia and Costa Rica. Amy Szczepanski Evanego of State College, Pennsylvania, works at Grace Lutheran Preschool. Husband Craig is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Sons Ryan, 10, and Zachary, 7, love baseball, soccer, and basketball. Jason Terril spent his 40th year traveling, visiting his seventh continent, Antarctica, and his 50th state, Louisiana. Kathleen Gillikin MacCubbin visited a friend near Naples, Italy, in September. She toured the National Archaeological Museum in the center of Naples and saw the ruins at Cuma, Pozzuoli, and Positano on the Amalfi Coast.
College Admission Counseling, is on the National Association for College Admission Counseling Affiliate Presidents Council, and is a member of the leadership for the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools. Katherine “Kate” Lulfs Ehrle is running the sales group at a consulting firm, and started classes toward an MBA at the Wharton School last summer. Her husband, Richard Ehrle ’85, is still with the Navy. They are busy with the kids; one is a teenager. Kate traveled to Orlando, San Diego, Maine, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and New York City to see Hamilton. Patrick Lohmeyer and Suzette McLoone Lohmeyer of Arlington, Virginia, have been stateside for two years with their children, ages 9 and 11, and three dogs. Patrick is in international development at Chemonics International, and Suzette teaches English and film studies at Marymount University. They did a lot of hiking and
including the Foreign Agricultural Service. I, Michelle Trombetta, received a promotion to director of product management at Code42. My husband, Wade Van House, and I celebrated our 15th wedding anniversary in Vegas, where I spent a 14-hour-day working. To make up for a less-than-ideal day, we left Las Vegas and hiked Utah’s Bryce Canyon. A month later we celebrated at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival and the Magic Kingdom in Disney World. I look forward to seeing everyone in Fredericksburg in June for our 20th reunion!
1998 Erika Giaimo Chapin erikagchapin@gmail.com Wes van den Heuvel and wife Lauren were happy to welcome
Jennifer Wilson Watson is the FBI National Academy Associates member services manager at the FBI Academy in Quantico. She finished her third season playing roller derby on a nationally ranked team and can’t believe she’s playing a competitive sport at 40-plus! Jonathan Cordone was wrapping up his duties in the Obama administration as the deputy undersecretary of agriculture. He led all of the USDA’s international relations,
Anne recently opened her shop, Blondies Bagels. Mandy is a military spouse and recently welcomed her husband home from Korea. Maureen is a librarian. And Christie is a financial manager for a marketing firm in the city. Charley Scott graduated from Columbia University Medical School in 2015, followed by a year of internal medicine at Mount Sinai. He is practicing physical medicine and rehabilitation at Columbia and Cornell.
Jennifer Reyes ’99 has a private practice and is an instructor in clinical dental medicine at Columbia University College of Dental Medicine. their first child, Ryker Stark van den Heuvel, in July. Both Wes and Lauren work for Novo Nordisk in Princeton, New Jersey, and Wes is starting a marketing consulting agency to help small businesses. They have two rescue dogs, Riley and Luci. Adrien Snedeker Dickerson’s
As deputy undersecretary of farm and foreign agricultural services in the Obama administration, Jonathan Cordone ’97 led all of the USDA’s international relations. fishing when they visited friends in Denmark and Norway.
northeast weekend getaway. Anne Wenthe Turner of Daniels Island, South Carolina; Maureen Southard Townsend of Manassas, Virginia; Christie Cavolo Orndorff of New York City; and Mandy Grandle Freds of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, met for a long weekend of lobster rolls, wine, Portland dining, beachcombing, and small village exploring!
son, Simon, turned 6 in January, right after we wrapped up the year of many of our 40th birthdays. Caitlin Jenkins Losh loved celebrating that milestone with fellow newly-turned-40-year-olds Betsy Maldonado Sauer, Meg Ellis Storey, Sarah Geiger Luisi, and Alyson Andrews Ramsay in Chicago, the most exciting midway meeting point for the bi-coastal group. In late September, the “Hanover Mansion” housemates got together in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, for a girls
Deacon Chapin and I, Erika Giaimo Chapin, happily participated last summer in our fifth-orso annual meatfest with Darien Berkowitz Jacobson and husband Andy, Dabney Boye Keith, Katie Shea Britton, Adrien Snedeker Dickerson, Todd Hamlin, and Lauren Dwyer Lowther, who made the drive up from Florida with her two boys. We had a great time celebrating with all our families.
1999 Amanda Goebel Thomas goebel_amanda@hotmail.com My husband, our son, John, and I, Amanda Goebel Thomas, welcomed baby Benjamin in May 2016. I teach fifth grade in Atlanta and enjoy lots of professional development opportunities, especially teaching peers and presenting at conferences. Denee Lonce Tuck and husband Stephen welcomed baby Sarah Ann in February 2016. She joined her big brother Thomas, then 6. Jennifer Reyes lives in New York City, where she opened a dental practice. She serves part time as an instructor in clinical dental medicine at Columbia University College
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