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Which leads to the next update: By the time this magazine is published, Lindsey Krin will be Lindsey Maturi! She was married 6/15/13 to Frank Maturi. Twin sister Heather Krin Farisello was matron of honor, and Marissa Famiglietti Apland was singing (editor’s note – at nine months pregnant)! Lindsey is working on her Doctorate of Musical Arts at Boston U. and enjoying their new house in Southbury, CT. Three more weddings to mention! Two in the past and one on the way … Sue Broomhead Taylor was married in Apr. ’13 to Richard Taylor; Crystal Pemberton was married to Basim Miller at the end of June ’13; and Becky Gregory is getting married on 8/31/13! Becky and future husband David Friedman currently live in New Canaan, CT, and the wedding will be at Woodway Beach Club in Stamford, CT. Jacky Jacques James and her family moved to Atlanta this past year, where Jacky took a job with the fundraising office at Emory, her college alma mater. Jacky was looking forward to attending Crystal’s wedding this summer! Another big move this year – Alia Hussain is headed to Jackson, MS, with her husband and son Humza, 2. Alia finished up her chief residency year in Pediatrics at Winthrop U. Hospital in Mineola, NY, in June ’13. Her husband is starting his gastroenterology fellowship at the U. of MS, and Alia is starting a private practice doing what she loves – taking care of sick kids! If anyone else lives in MS, Alia’s looking to connect with Westover alumnae there! Karsten Solberg-Jamieson and husband Jeremy are expecting their first child in Oct. ’13! Karsten and Jeremy recently moved from Boston to Rochester, NY, where she works at a small architectural firm, Chaintrueil | Jensen | Stark Architects, as a design lead. She also serves on the Rochester City Planning Board. Karsten’s husband has a tenure-track professorship at the U. of Rochester. In other news from academia, Emily Pollina is finishing up at Cornell and moving to the suburbs of Chicago for a year, where she will teach at North Central College. Thanks to Emily for taking the time to write, especially since she sent the e-mail immediately after giving her dissertation seminar!! As for me, Nikki Sieller Warnek, I’m very excited to join the ranks of Class of ’00 mommas! John and I are expecting a baby boy in late July/early August. He’s already a little athlete, constantly kicking and jabbing me just so I don’t forget he’s in there. After our wedding in July 2012, John left his job as a physics teacher to run our CrossFit gym full-time. I still work for the NRC fulltime and coach at the gym nights and weekends. We love visitors, and this past year we had Sarah Schipul Swift and Tina Shields Fink both visit and do a workout with us. (Yes, they’re CrossFitters now too!) Speaking
of Schips, Sarah Schipul Swift is a doctor! She and husband Sam graduated with their PhD’s from Carnegie Mellon in Spring ’12 and moved from Pittsburgh to NC where Schips took a post-doctoral position at UNC Chapel Hill. Sam and Schips (and their dog, Ruby) are enjoying the area, and this past winter they got together with Rhiannon Rhodes who lives nearby. Another great Westover encounter was when Schips met up with former WISE teacher Kelly Keenan in Barcelona in May ’13 for a night of fun! Of course, Schips and Nikki have managed to get together a bunch over the last year, even though there are way too many states in the way these days! Lynda Erbs had an exciting year, and is in the midst of some big changes! She continues to work at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and helped as part of the lighting team for the London Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies. When Lynda’s not working, she’s delving into a new passion – learning about sustainable farming and healing through whole foods. She published a few diabetes recipes in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation journal, and recently started at the French Culinary Institute in their Farm to Table program. In Apr. ’13, Lynda got to spend some time in NYC with Kate Walker, who was visiting for a friend’s wedding. Kate summed up her life in a few lines this year: “Marriage: still happy. Family: still just Declan (who is 4 going on at least 35). Job: still teaching at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Life: still good.” Maura Tansley lives and works in Worcester, MA, as a public defender in the district court. Maura says it’s a tough job but a great fit for her! Maura is now a proud aunt of 3, with Ryan joining Autumn and Lauren this past year. Sadly, Maura, Amelia Sutton, and Katie Aldrich parted ways in Spring ’12, when Amelia moved out of their apartment to get a place of her own. Despite not living together, their “3-way, polyamorous relationship” is alive and well (Amelia’s words, not mine!). Amelia took a new job this year, leaving her post as a hospitality publicist to become the Director of Communications at Altus Marketing & Management, a sports marketing firm in Boston. Amelia does stateside PR for Italian soccer club AS Roma and several charitable foundations for players from the Red Sox, Patriots, and Bruins! (Amelia noted, “If any Stovah grads love food and/or sports, I’m the girl to talk to in Boston.”) Amelia’s final piece of news is she is headed to France and Iceland for a few weeks in July/Aug. ’13 with her extended family. Amelia will spend most of her time selling her 3 nieces on the joys of Westover. The youngest one, age 6, is already on board, but the other two still need some convincing! Elizabeth Fitzgerald still practices law and lives in Sarasota, FL. Amelia and Katie visited over Easter weekend, which was a great reunion after not seeing each other since the Centennial!
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