Hi, ’04s! Happy spring! Here’s hoping the sun is shining and the flowers are blooming wherever you may be these days. It’s hard to believe that our 20th reunion is only a few months away. Time truly does fly. I look forward to reconnecting with many of you soon! It will be great to reminisce and grab breakfast at Lou’s while also seeing what has changed at Dartmouth since our graduation.

And as we gear up for reunion, it is important to take some time to reflect on the classmates who unfortunately will not be making the trek to Hanover this summer as they have left us too soon. One of those classmates is Alexander D. Talcott, who unexpectedly passed away on August 26, 2023. At the time of his death, Alex was living in Durham, New Hampshire, and was working as the general counsel at the real estate firm New Constellation Capital. He also served as an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. During his time at the university Alex taught corporate finance and business law. In addition to attending Dartmouth, Alex was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. While at Dartmouth Alex was a member of Alpha Chi Alpha, among other organizations, and volunteered with the Dartmouth admissions office upon graduation. Alex is survived by his loving family, including his parents, wife, and three children.

Please be safe and well, ’04s, and I look forward to chatting more in the months to come!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. I know I’m raising a glass in anticipation that 2024 is your best year yet. Time moves so fast these days, so in the midst of celebration, I also hope you were able to reflect on the year past and the year ahead. One thing you must pencil in for this year is our 20th reunion! It’s hard to believe it’s almost been two decades since we graduated, so all the more reason to come back and visit the College on the Hill. And to help put us in the reunion mood, I am pleased to share the first class updates of the new year.

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts shared that this past August she, Matt Burgess, and Jayson Remmelts met up in Minneapolis and attended the Minnesota State Fair. And this past September she, Carly (O’Connell) Abrahamson, Clare Gupta, Rachel (Holmes) Kelly, and Laura (Delaney) Nichol visited Robin (Deliso) Woodcock in Portland, Maine, for a mini-reunion.

Similarly, Caryn Karo, Rachel (Ringel) Lukoff, Gillian Morshedi, Kacie (Meager) Winterberg, and Lauren Wondolowski gathered in Nashville for a few days of fun, food, and reconnecting. It was the first time the whole group had been together in seven years! I hear the trip was a blast, and they are looking forward to being together again at the reunion in June.

I appreciate all of these ’04s for getting an early start on celebrating our upcoming 20th reunion and hope you had a wonderful time reconnecting!

On a more somber note, I am sad to announce that Philip David Leaman passed away on August 24, 2023, in Novi, Michigan. At the time of his passing Philip had an illustrious career in videography, culminating in his ownership of Standard Joy Productions. His many achievements in the field include collaborations with Martha Stewart, Sarah Carey, and Emeril Lagasse; filmed interviews with Henry Kissinger and Alan Alda; numerous celebrity videos in partnership with GQ Magazine, including Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony; several indy music videos, and award-winning submissions to the Copenhagen Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and other notable film festivals. Beyond his professional life Philip was an individual of many interests and hobbies, such as immersing himself in a wide spectrum of literature and film. For “kicks,” Philip enjoyed playing soccer with his two nephews and would never miss an opportunity for a game of chess. Surviving Philip are his parents, Larry and Cindy; siblings Stephanie, Patrick, and Peter and their spouses; several nieces and nephews; and multiple other family members and close friends. Philip’s inspirational spirit will forever be remembered by those whose lives he touched.

Recognizing that time waits for no one, as we begin the new year and with reunion in six months, let’s all take some time to reconnect with Dartmouth friends near and far in the coming weeks ahead. I also know I am looking forward to seeing all of you at dear old Dartmouth in June. Have a wonderful start to your new year, ’04s, and talk soon!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope this note finds you all in good spirits as the holiday season is here. It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of 2023. It’s truly amazing how time flies!

I sincerely hope that you all have had a wonderful year thus far and that the holiday season brings an extra dose of joy your way. While these last few weeks of the year are often some of the busiest, please try to find a moment between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve to curl up and catch up with your loved ones and, of course, your classmates. The ’04 class did not disappoint this year, and it is a real pleasure to share some of our recent highlights here.

Congratulations are in order for Marlon Henry, who was appointed to the board of directors of the San Miguel School of Providence, Rhode Island, earlier this year. Marlon is currently an education technology consultant for Better Days Technology, after having served for 12 years as director of technology at the Gordon School in East Providence. The San Miguel School of Providence is a private middle school serving 64 students in grades five through eight from the greater Providence area. Well done, Marlon!

Please also congratulate Julia Richman, who shared that she and her husband, Philip “Puck” Wheaton ’01,adopted a new baby, Frida, in August of this year. In fact, Julia and Puck were able to be at the birth and catch baby Frida! The proud parents are planning for an open adoption, so Frida will be very fortunate to have many loving adults in her life. Julia also told me that Frida’s big sister Florence (3) is doing great, although she thinks her baby sister smells funny. Cheers to you, Julia and Puck, and here’s hoping you are finally getting a little sleep!

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts, a longstanding member of the Hood Museum board of advisors and a curator at the Guggenheim, recently organized a Vasily Kandinsky exhibition currently on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. The exhibit will remain on view through March 2024, so for those ’04s traveling to Sydney in the next few months, please check it out. And hats off to you, Megan!

I am also excited to announce that Lisa Salzer is launching a line of fine jewelry, called Charm’d by Lulu Frost, this holiday season in collaboration with Jared, the largest jeweler in the United States. Lisa is entering into her 20th year in business as an independent jewelry designer and is very proud that her senior year at Dartmouth was the launchpad for Lulu Frost. Bravo, Lisa, and for those classmates looking for gifts this holiday season, you now have at least one idea!

Lastly, the class of 2004 once again came together for Dartmouth through our giving to the Dartmouth College Fund this year. In total, 342 members (or 33.9 percent) of the class made a gift to the College, and we collectively raised $170,120 for financial aid—exceeding our class goal of $150,000. All in all, we raised the equivalent of three full-tuition scholarships and a partial scholarship. These scholarships will make an immediate difference for students today and impact them for years to come. Thank you so much, ’04s!

In closing, I want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful December holiday season. Stay warm and see you in 2024, ’04s!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope this note finds you in good spirits and relaxed after a lovely summer season. As we begin to turn our focus to the fall and what may be a period of reset and refocus for some, I am pleased to share some updates from our classmates who recently experienced their own transitions.

Paul Marino shared that he recently finished construction on a new home in Newmarket, New Hampshire, and is continuing his studies through the University of New Hampshire’s creative nonfiction writing master’s program. He is hoping to release an entertaining comedy in the next couple of years, so please stay tuned! And for those classmates in New Hampshire’s Great Bay area, please check out Paul’s chess club on Sunday nights at the historic Stone Church music venue in Newmarket.

Congratulations also are in order for Anne Peick and her family, as they welcomed second daughter, Nora, to the family on Mother’s Day. Nora joins big sister Hannah on what I am sure will be a fabulous adventure! Anne is hoping to take her husband (a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy) and daughters to Hanover soon to visit Dartmouth and take in its beauty. Here’s hoping you can get up there this fall, Anne, as, in my humble opinion, Dartmouth is at its best then.

And with those updates, I wish you all a wonderful fall. And while I am sure it’s hard to believe we are only a few months away from the end of this year, at least that means that our 20th reunion is just around the corner! Until we can properly catch up in Hanover, don’t forget to continue to send in those updates and look forward to speaking with you soon. Be well, ’04s!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy Fourth of July! I hope you are able to celebrate the holiday in style with fireworks, hot dogs, and ice cream galore.

And while we are celebrating the holiday with family and friends (and the summer more generally), I want to take a moment to celebrate the life of Meredith Liu, as Meredith’s friends and family are deeply saddened to share that she recently passed away. Meredith was brilliant in every sense. Her compassion, intellectual curiosity, quick wit, generosity of spirit, and light-hearted sense of joy left an unmistakable imprint on so many lives.

As an education reform leader, she was a groundbreaking innovator, an inspiring champion of children and families, a deeply caring friend, and a cherished colleague. She cofounded The Primary School, a nonprofit organization dedicated to dramatically improving outcomes for children by rethinking how primary education and primary care systems work together. Meredith would break through walls for the people she loved, which included every single member of the organizations she guided. Through her work in every community she served, she advocated relentlessly for a more equitable system of care for children. Meredith will be so deeply missed by so many.

There are no perfect words to close during moments like these, but at least let’s please remember to take time to cherish all that life brings. Because even though some days may feel long, life is in fact too short. Look forward to catching up with you in the next column and sending love to all!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope your spring season is off to a wonderful start! With summer right around the corner, here’s hoping you have some exciting travel plans on the horizon that take full advantage of the longer days and warmer nights. Recognizing that many of us will now be spending more time outside than inside, I will keep this note short and sweet.

Blair Dickinson shared that she, Jaclyn Harper, Jess Leinwand, Elizabeth Sislen recently had a great reunion weekend along with all of their husbands (including Sam Stein) and nice kids. They met up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and indulged in all of the chocolate and had lots of time to reminisce. After this trip there is no question that this group definitely is looking forward to our 20-year reunion next year!

Kristin Burdge wanted to share that as our class VP, she is reporting for roll call! She has had lots of adventures since last reunion: moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in 2021 (you are welcome to come stay in her guestroom!), teaching yoga and coaching self-leadership skills in her free time, and serving the substance use and trauma recovery community by leading the clinical team at The Foundry. Through her work, Kristin forges new lives by pushing the envelope on what high-quality, evidence-based treatment can be offered at an insurance cost point. Kristin also expressed how she cannot wait to see all of us at our reunion next year!

Have a great start to summer, ’04s, and looking forward to connecting in a couple of months! Do not forget to share any updates that happen during your summer adventures. And one last thing: Let the one-year countdown to our 20th reunion begin! This time next year I hope to see many of you in Hanover.

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! With spring on the horizon, I hope life is starting to warm up a little in your part of the world. As we all know, a change of seasons often brings about new transitions and our classmates certainly have experienced these during the last few months.

Abiel Acosta shared that his wife, Cristina, gave birth to their daughter, Magdalena Isabel (Maggie Belle), this past November. Abiel noted that Cristina and Maggie Belle are doing well and that he is enjoying his new life as a father. Cheers to the entire Acosta family and here’s hoping you all are getting a little sleep these days!

I am also happy to report that Jessica Lawson is a contestant on America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation, which started airing this past December. Jessica has always loved to cook and, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, started a food page on Instagram because everyone was reaching out to ask for recipes and kitchen fixes. Initially, Jessica was only posting pictures of what she was eating, but she then created a website (bigdeliciouslife.com) to share recipes. This led to sponsorships and opened the door for Jessica to do a few local morning show cooking demonstration segments. All of this resulted in Jessica auditioning for some reality cooking competitions. Bravo, Jessica, on all your success, and your Dartmouth classmates are certainly rooting for you!

With that, I wish you all a joyous spring and hope that you are able to spend a little time outside to stop and smell the roses so to speak. And please remember to continue to share your life moments with the class.

Until the next time!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year—2023, can you believe it? While I have no doubt this new year will bring us plenty of surprises and unexpected twists and turns, I also hope it delivers wonderful moments that lead to lifelong memories. And I cannot think of a better way to start the new year than taking a trip down memory lane and catching up with some old friends along the way.

To kick us off, I am happy to share that Curtis Leitner has joined McCarter & English as a partner in its business litigation practice in New York City. Curtis’ practice focuses on complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters. Curtis has extensive experiencehandling complex commercial disputes, including matters concerning acquisitions, capital raises, commercial leases, broker agreements, and employment contracts. In addition, he has represented individuals and corporate clients in diverse matters such as professional liability, insider trading, fraud, and business crimes. Congratulations, Curtis, and best of luck!

A round of applause is also in order for Jennifer Carlson,who is one of the 25 scholars recently named 2022 MacArthur fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards the fellowships annually to individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their pursuits. Jennifer is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and her work examines the politics of guns in American life. Through research with gun owners, gun sellers, law enforcement, gun violence survivors, and state licensing bodies, Jennifer investigates the forces that shape gun culture in the United States. A toast to you, Jennifer!

I am also excited to report that Aimee Barnes recently celebrated some major life milestones: four years since her cancer diagnosis and the birth of daughter Portia; three years since starting her climate change-focused consulting business, Hua Nani Partners; two years since moving to Hawaii; and almost a year of serving as the Oahu representative on the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources. In addition, Aimee shared that during the summer she got together in Montana for a multi-family vacation and retreat with many Rockapellas alumni, including Emily Copeland, Jocelyn Leavitt ’01, Stevie Nichols ’02, Christina Hoe ’02, Emily Quetone Khan ’02, Paula Wotherspoon ’03, Anna Rathbun ’05, Juliana Lisi ’05, Liz Hensley ’05, and Tarunya Govindarajan ’06. Wonderful news all the way around, Aimee!

Suhail Ahmed wrote to say that he is currently a master of social work student at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He started this past fall and is enjoying going to Buckeye football games, exploring different restaurants around Columbus, and staying active walking on the many trails that the Columbus Metro Parks have to offer. This activity certainly helped this past summer, when Suhail went up to Traverse City, Michigan, with his niece and nephew and hiked the sand dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I understand this was an incredible experience to say the least, and bravo, Suhail!

Finally, to the class, all the best in this new year! Please remember to share all those adventures and life updates to come and look forward to connecting in the spring.

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! It is hard to believe we are already at the end of 2022. Just yesterday I was wishing you all a very happy new year and now here we are gearing up for 2023. I guess time flies when you are no longer in isolation due to a global pandemic! I hope this holiday season brings you lots of rest as well as quality time with family and friends. And to help provide some entertainment given the shorter days and longer nights, I offer some exciting updates below from our ’04 classmates.

First, I am pleased to share that Chris Goodmacher and the company he cofounded with Dartmouth alum Jessica Chen Riolfi ’07—Uprise—were recently featured in TechCrunch. Uprise helps members of Gen Z build wealth sustainably instead of investing in crypto and stocks suggested on Reddit. The company is backed by founders and executives at Robinhood, Cash App, SoFi, Stripe, and others. And because of Chris and Jessica’s efforts, Uprise has seen a surge of interest (waitlist up to 8,000) as Gen Z encounters its first bear market. Well done, Chris and Jessica, and keep up the great work!

I am also happy to report that Julia Richman was recently named to the list of 2022 Outstanding Women in Business by the Denver Business Journal. Congratulations, Julia!

Julia and David Seidman shared that during the summer their family went on a backpacking trip with Rachel Bender Ignacio and her husband, Dave. This is now becoming an annual event, as this is the second year of the joint family backpacking trip. And because there is no rest for the weary, David also ran the Pine to Palm 100-mile race in September in southern Oregon, while Julia bravely coached under-5 boys soccer. Very impressive effort all the way around!

I am also excited to say that David Shamszad and his wife, Leanne, had a baby boy, Reza James Shamszad, in July. I have been told that Reza has already been named cutest baby in the world by both of his parents! Congratulations, David, and here’s hoping you and Leanne are getting some sleep these days.

Additionally, Lauren (Talbot) Sertich wrote to say that this summer she spent two weeks in Nottingham, England, playing for the USA over-35 field hockey team in the Masters World Cup. She got to put on a No. 5 jersey again, although this time with “USA” on the front instead of “Dartmouth.” The team finished fifth out of 12, losing only one game, against Ireland. Lauren was lucky enough to have her husband and two kids at the tournament. And she noted how it is a little different playing the game now compared to college, especially when walking off the turf at the end of the game and hearing, “Mommy! Mommy!”

Finally, a big congratulations to the ’04 class for collectively raising $156,547 this year for financial aid through the Dartmouth College Fund. This gift is the equivalent of three full-tuition scholarships. Bravo team, and a big thank you to our class head agents Gino Beniamino, Jaclyn Harper, and Abiel Acosta!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a festive December. And please continue to stay in touch as it is always good to hear from you. Talk in 2023, ’04s!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy fall! I hope this note finds you well and that you were able to get a little rest and relaxation in during the summer months. For some of us, I know the leaves are slowly starting to turn and the days are beginning to feel a little shorter. And with this change of season comes the mad dash to complete our to do lists before the holidays take over. In the midst of this, here’s hoping you can spare a few minutes to sit down and read about the wonderful developments in our classmates’ lives.

First up, this past March Savina Rizova, now the global head of research for Dimensional Fund Advisors, was named to Barron’s list of “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.” The 2022 honorees were chosen by a panel of writers and editors that considered hundreds of nominations. The women were selected for their achievements, leadership, and influence within their own organizations and beyond, as well as for their potential to shape the financial world of the future. Well done, Savina, and congratulations!

Congratulations are also in order for Tsering (Kheyap) Cornell, who was appointed by Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee this past May to serve as a judge on the Clark County Superior Court. Tsering’s swearing in ceremony took place on July 1. I hope it was a lovely day and cheers to you!

Ashley McCaughan is also celebrating as this year marks the four-year anniversary of her veterinary hospital, Marina Village Veterinary, located in Alameda, California. Even better, her hospital has managed to successfully weather Covid-19 fluctuations in staffing and mask mandates!

Additionally, I wanted to share that Christina Palmer is living in Colorado these days with her husband and four children and is working for a virtual health startup, Galileo, which is growing the virtual primary care space.

Let’s also toast Miguella Mark-Carew who welcomed her first child, Zana Isabel, into the world this past April. I am happy to share that mom, dad, and Zana are all doing well!

Last but not least, I am pleased to report that Michael Newton and his wife, Anne, continue to live in Portland, Oregon, with their two kids, Eleanor (8) and Peter (6). Michael and Anne both work at Nike, so they remain deeply embedded in the swoosh life. Michael has been leading Nike’s digital product creation team for the last few years, where he is responsible for driving the digital transformation for how Nike designs, develops, and merchandises its footwear, apparel, and accessories. He has also led a few digital studios that contribute to the product creation process itself. He was most excited to share that he and Anne both took sabbaticals this summer, so they were able to spend the season having lots of great adventures and family time. 

Thanks to all for sharing your exciting news and please continue sending in those updates as we all want to hear from you! Until the next time, ’04s, be well.

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy Fourth of July! I hope your summer is in full swing and that you have a great time celebrating America’s independence, fireworks and all. I know getting a few moments to spare during this time of the year is easier said than done, so let’s dive right into some exciting ’04 news.

Congratulations are in order for Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, whose third novel, On the Rooftop, will be available for purchase this fall. On the Rooftop is set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San Francisco and follows a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters’ ambitions for their own lives. The book is filled with first loves, scrappy underdogs, scheming authority figures, and a vivid cast of locals, from the gruff old lady next door to the charismatic pastor. The novel also offers an extra level of reward for fans of Fiddler on the Roof, as Margaret drew inspiration from that beloved story in writing this novel. Well done, Margaret, and can’t wait to read it!

Garrett Jones wrote in to share that during 2020 he and his wife, Nadia, relocated from New York to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to enjoy a slower pace of life and a bit of space to raise a family. I am happy to report that they welcomed their daughter, Charlotte (“Charlie”), last June, and the new parents cannot believe it has already been one year. Completing the full life reboot, Garrett recently left Greenlight Capital after nine years to launch a private investment fund focused on mid-life and end-of-life aircraft. Garrett also noted that if any ’04 is planning to come through Chapel Hill, please give him a shout. The Southern hospitality is much appreciated, Garrett, and many congratulations!

Last but not least, while I appreciate being by a computer is especially challenging during the summer, please continue to send in your updates, as it is always great to hear from you. In the meantime, enjoy your warm summer days and nights and talk soon!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope that this note finds you well and that spring has sprung in your part of the world. We may have lost an hour, but here’s hoping we are gaining a little more pre-pandemic normalcy as restrictions have eased in many places. And as we bask in the better weather and begin to welcome the 2022 summer solstice, I am excited to share some good news from our classmates.

Chien-Wen Kung recently published the book, Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s. This book details how the Chinese in the Philippines became Southeast Asia’s most ardent overseas Chinese supporters of the Chinese Nationalist Party from the 1950s to 1970s. Well done, Chien-Wen, and keep up the great work!

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts, who is a curator at the Guggenheim Museum, also has a new book and show at the museum titled, Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle. Vasily Kandinsky is recognized as a major artistic innovator and painting theorist, and this show explores his work in reverse chronological order, starting with his late-life paintings and proceeding upward along the Guggenheim’s spiral ramp. The show is on view until September, so definitely check it out if you are in New York City or plan to visit soon. And congratulations, Megan!

I also wanted to share that if you are looking to get back to your Dartmouth roots, your search is over! Your ’04 class officers are looking for a creative director who will manage our web and social presence, a diversity and inclusion chair who will shape inclusive classwide outreach and advocacy, and an alumni representative who will serve as our delegate on the Alumni Council. If you’re interested, email dartmouthclassof2004@gmail.com. As a final reminder, please continue to send in your updates! Your classmates near and far would love to hear from you. With that, I bid you adieu, ’04s, and wish you a very happy and warm start to your summer!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope this note finds you well and that spring is beginning to bloom in your part of the world. With an extra hour of sunshine and warmer temperatures headed our way, I expect many of us will be taking full advantage by spending more time outside soaking up the sunlight. I am sure too that many of us are getting excited that better weather may signal an ability to travel a little more freely again and will allow us to get back to a more normal pace (whatever that means to you two years or so into this pandemic!). I am also happy to report that the colder temperatures and the Omicron variant did not slow down our classmates. So, without further ado, please find their latest updates below.

Lisa Volpe, who is now the associate curator of photography at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, recently crafted a new exhibition and catalog titled Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer. This exhibition is the result of three years of detective work, including finding and attributing never known or seen photographs by Georgia O’Keeffe. As a result, the exhibition provides greater insight into this important artist. This exhibition is now traveling across the country, so please try to catch it at the location closet to you. And bravo, Lisa, on your hard work and dedication! (Read more about her work on page 20.)

Congratulations are also in order for Matthew Kenney,who recently joined the Jewish Institute for National Security of America as a vice president for government affairs. Matt, a former senior U.S. Department of Defense official overseeing congressional relations, was a longtime top aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Matt is currently living in the Washington, D.C., area with his wife, Megan (Riley) Kenney ’03, and two children, Bridget (11) and Finnian (6). Best of luck, Matt!

Erik Dambach shared that he, wife Brianne, cat Finan, and dog Lola moved from Seattle to Atlanta this past fall so that Erik can try his hand at helping to develop a hypersonic commercial transport plane at Hermeus Corp. Well done, Erik, and we will be watching the skies!

I am pleased to announce as well that Christine Devane has started a fintech company called Brightfin (you can check it out at https://brightfin.io/). It is a mobile app that helps college graduates in their 20s manage their money by providing customized advice from licensed professionals. Brightfin is still in the early stages and is looking for more testers, certified financial planners, and talented UI/UX designers. They would also love to see more Dartmouth people on the mailing list, so please check it out. All the best, Christine, on your new adventure!

And with that, have a wonderful start to spring, ’04s, and I look forward to connecting again in a couple of months!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! The last couple of years have brought us so many unexpected twists and turns, so it is hard to predict what is in the forecast for this year. But I know many of us recently turned or will turn 40 this year, so I do hope this next decade is our best one yet and brings us countless happiness and joy. And whatever your resolutions are, please add to your list a commitment to continue to stay in touch with your classmates! One thing that has helped many of us stay reasonably sane these last two years is the ability to connect with friends near and far, so keep those updates coming. To make sure we start off the new year on the right foot, I am pleased to share the following updates with you.

Bartow J. Elmore, who is an environmental and business history professor at Ohio State University, recently released a new book titled, Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future. This is Bart’s second book and is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis, Missouri, chemical firm that became the world’s largest genetically engineered seed enterprise with an outsized influence over our food system. Congratulations, Bart!

Anna (Fleder) Connolly wrote to say that she and her husband, J.P. Connolly, recently moved back to the Dartmouth area and are now living in Norwich, Vermont. Welcome back, Anna and J.P.!

Oliver Caplan wrote to say that he released his latest album this past fall, Watershed. The album was conceived as a love letter to his home state of Massachusetts, and each piece is inspired by one of his favorite walks in nature. Bravo, Oliver!

“Bucky,” a.k.a. Catherine (Buck) Le, shared that after spending seven years running the biggest and best Krav Maga gym in the Pacific Northwest, she and her husband, Chau, decided to close their gym, sell their house in Seattle, move to the country (Stanwood, Washington), and launch an online strength and self-defense business. After a lovely trip to Maui, Hawaii, last September, followed by an epic fall camping trip in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, they are finally home and working on building their dream garage gym. If you are ever north of Seattle, please stop by for a workout! And if you want to learn how to get strong with kettlebells, just search for “Cat & Chau” on YouTube. Bucky and Chau are also working on figuring out that #digitalnomad life, so tips from other digital entrepreneurs are welcome!

As a point of personal privilege, I want to announce that I recently started a new position with the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, serving as a counsel on its communications and technology subcommittee. This is my first time working on the Hill, and I am looking forward to this next step in my career.

And lastly, a call for help. Is your New Year’s resolution to volunteer more or reconnect with old friends? Look no further! Your ’04 class officers are looking for a creative director who will manage our web and social presence and a diversity and inclusion chair who will shape inclusive class-wide outreach and advocacy. If you’re interested, email dartmouthclassof2004@gmail.com.

Stay warm this winter, ’04s, and look forward to catching up closer to the spring!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! It’s hard to believe that 2021 is quickly coming to an end. It feels like just yesterday we were toasting to the new year, and now we will soon be celebrating the end of the year with family and friends. It’s amazing how time flies, but I hope 2021 has brought you some joyous moments and lasting memories. Before you turn the page to a new year though, I am pleased to share a few updates on our classmates.

Sonia Tarantolo currently is a U.S. diplomat working as the regional counterterrorism coordinator at the embassy in Algiers, and she shared that the U.S. State Department’s highest-ranking diplomat for the region, Joey Hood ’96, assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs, recently came on official travel to Algeria. While there, Joey met with Sonia and Adam Sigelman ’05, who is also serving in the country as the cultural affairs officer. What great Dartmouth representation in such an important region.

James Turner shared that he and his wife, Kelsey Rush ’05, jumped at the opportunity of permanent remote work to relocate their family (they have two kids) to Hanover and could not be more excited to be back. They have already booked tickets to all the Hop concerts, downed several breakfasts at Lou’s, and located the perfect spot in their basement for a pong table. Most importantly, they cannot wait to host old friends visiting town.

Congratulations are in order for Yan Somoza, who recently started a new position with the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage (greater Palm Springs area) as lead psychologist. He will continue working one-on-one with patients and also be developing a collaborative care model within the Eisenhower Medical Center system to increasingly integrate behavioral health in primary care settings. Bravo, Yan!

And in the spirt of the Dartmouth Outing Club, Cindy Torres wrote to say that she and her 11-year-old twins, Lucia and Arielle, finished hiking the 48 tallest mountains in New Hampshire this summer. It took them two years overall. They started on Mount Moosilauke in October 2019 and finished on Mount West Bond this August. Their efforts were a part of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s challenge, and they are keeping their fingers crossed the club will be able to have its awards banquet next spring. Cindy and her family are also very excited to now climb the tallest peaks in Vermont and Maine. Well done, Cindy, Lucia, and Arielle!

As we start to close the chapter on this year, ’04s, I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving and a festive December holiday season. While I know we still must be cautious with the Delta and other Covid-19 variants in our midst, I do hope you get some quality time with your loved ones this season to express gratitude for each other and celebrate all the wonderful developments this year has brought. Continue to be safe and well, and I look forward to continuing our conversations next year!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy fall! I hope you all have recovered from your hot vax summer and are looking forward to transitioning to your pre-Covid or post-Covid normalcy. You take your pick! Fall by its nature delivers its own transitions, and I, for one, am grateful for the cooler temperatures it brings to Washington, D.C. It also serves as a great time to touch base with ’04s near and far with Homecoming around the corner and all the wonderful memories that special occasion offers. With all of this in mind, let me kickoff this new season by sharing a few updates about our classmates.

Let’s all give a rouse for Kiva R. Wilson, who was the keynote speaker at Dartmouth’s baccalaureate virtual service a few months ago. This event was a multifaith celebration that featured student reflections, music of the Rockapellas, and Kiva’s keynote. Kiva’s currently the senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Material, a modern marketing services company. Kiva’s keynote was titled “Remember Who You Are,” and it can be viewed at students.dartmouth.edu/tucker/events/special-events/baccalaureate.

I also wanted to extend congratulations to Sheila Hicks-Rotella, who recently moderated an event hosted by the Women of Dartmouth that featured Torrey Peters, Adv’13, who recently wrote the book, Detransition, Baby.

I am also happy to share that Abiel Acosta recently wrote a professional opinion piece titled “Some Good Things Never Last: Today’s Low Tax Rates Can Lead to Wealth Gains for Tomorrow.” This article was published in the Spring Economic Forecast section of the Pacific Coast Business Times newspaper. As founder and president of Acosta Wealth Management in Oxnard, California, Abiel presented readers his informed insight on the state of the tax rates and the conditions that will allow those most affected to thrive as sociopolitical and public health conditions rapidly undergo change.

Finally, I wanted to share that Anne Peick got married in Lander, Wyoming, last summer in a tiny backyard ceremony on a gorgeous July day. Unfortunately, Covid-19 prevented her and her husband, Casey DeMunck, from having a larger gathering. Nevertheless, Anne and Casey are doing well and had their first child (a girl) this past summer. Anne is currently in Tampa as is Casey, who is an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and recently received orders to MacDill Air Force Base. Anne would love to connect with any Dartmouth alums in the Tampa area! Adding to the great news, Anne will be starting a master’s program at Duke in January to become a family nurse practitioner. Congratulations all around, Anne!

Please continue to stay well, ’04s, and do not forget to send those updates! Until the next time, I hope this new season finds you all easing back into your normal routines while continuing to spend time outside enjoying the beautiful sights fall foliage brings.

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy Fourth of July! We are now in the heart of summer, and I hope the combination of warmer temperatures and vaccines are allowing you to venture out from your Covid bubbles and reconnect with family and friends near and far. With our newfound freedom, I know many of us are looking to shake our Zoom fatigue by completely disconnecting. Before doing so though, please let me provide a couple of updates on our classmates.

Tyra Olstad shared that after nine years of teaching geography and environmental sustainability at SUNY Oneonta, she recently left her position and moved back West to begin working as a geologist at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. Tyra is looking forward to connecting with Dartmouth alums in the area as well as hiking and climbing around southern Utah. And to top it off, Tyra’s second book, Canyon, Mountain, Cloud, was released this past May. Congratulations all around, Tyra!

Will Pechter offered that he and wife Nadine celebrated the first birthday of their twins, Ari and Sasha, this past April. And their 4-year-old son, Andy, could not have been a prouder bigger brother! Will also shared that he and Nadine are currently living in Cary, North Carolina, where they both are physicians. When not practicing interventional radiology and primary care, respectively, Will and Nadine can be found hiking through the North Carolina trails with their children and two Labradoodles.

I hope this Independence Day allows all of us to breath a collectively sigh of relief in between our BBQs and beach trips. It’s been a year, but I hope we can see the silver linings in between the rocket’s red glare. Please continue to send those updates and look forward to connecting again in the fall!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! With the beginning of summer on the horizon, I am hoping that many of us are starting to feel optimistic that the warmer weather in combination with the Covid-19 vaccines will allow the country to open up more and more each day. And so, before you race off on those vacations and general life plans that have been put on hold for the last year, I want to share with you some updates from our classmates.

John Buckholz reports that he is a proud dad of two children—one who will turn 10 this year and the other 7—and is working for Replica, a data analytics startup. When he was visiting Hanover late last year with his children, he reveled in the fact that they are both much closer to being college-aged than he is. And if Covid-19 permits, he plans to visit Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming this summer.

Daniel Kay shared that he and Cameron Nienaber are living in Brooklyn and that Cam is doing great work on the Covid-19 front lines as medical director of the family medicine practice at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.

Finally, I want to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Robert Kim, who was recently a contestant on Jeopardy! He did an outstanding job representing the ’04s!

Please continue to send those updates, and I hope you have a wonderful start to your summer. Fingers crossed we will be spending more time outside our homes than inside this time around!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! While some of us may still be feeling the last effects of winter, I hope this note finds many of you with a little spring in your step. And with the Covid-19 vaccination in full bloom at this point, I suspect a lot of us are anxiously awaiting our opportunity to get the shots and begin the process of starting our post-pandemic lives. To help usher in this new season, I am pleased to bring you some exciting news from our classmates. Congratulations to all!

Heidy Abreu King-Jones has joined the board of directors of the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the largest hunger-relief organization in New England. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, GBFB distributed the equivalent of nearly 81 million meals in 2020 through its network of nearly 600 dedicated food distribution partners and programs in the 190 cities and towns across eastern Massachusetts.

This past October Carl DeSelm received the 2020 Agilent Early Career Professor Award on the topic of cellular engineering and analysis. Dr. DeSelm is an assistant professor of radiation oncology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Sharon Yoon recently published a book with Oxford University Press using research based on her dissertation. The book is titled The Cost of Belonging: An Ethnography on Solidarity and Mobility in Beijing’s Koreatown.

Charlie Gardner and Kathy Birchall Gardner have welcomed their fourth son, George! George joins big brothers Charlie, James, and Henry.

Bart Elmore is pleased to report that he and his wife, Joya, have two awesome boys, Blue (4 months old) and River (3 years old). Blue was born during the pandemic, so suffice to say, it has been a fun adventure. Bart also reports that he delivered his book on the environmental history of the Monsanto Co. to W.W. Norton in December 2020 and it will be coming out in the fall of this year.

Please continue to send those updates, ’04s, and remember to get out and enjoy some fresh spring air. Until the next time, be well and stay safe!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy new year! While I am guessing the holidays this year were a little different than in recent memory, I still hope you were able to spend some quality time with family and friends, even if that occurred over Zoom, FaceTime, or some other video platform. As we begin to embark on 2021, I will skip over discussing resolutions and simply wish for all of us a year that brings a return to a little more normalcy, joy, and peace. And to help usher us into a new year, I am happy to report the following.

Kimmy Paluch along with her partner, Sergio Paluch ’02, have founded Beta Boom, a venture academy unlocking the $4-trillion-plus opportunity of overlooked female and multicultural entrepreneurs. In addition to investing monetary capital, Beta Boom also invests in human capital through its intensive six-month program focused on product, marketing, and fundraising. Recently, Kimmy and Sergio launched a new program for Black female business owners in Utah.

Sara Glazer and husband Sean Heikkila ’02 welcomed Cole to the family in November 2019. Big brother Griffin is skeptical but adjusting to his new role!

Clare Gupta and husband Drew Myers, Tu’14, welcomed their third child, Aidan Parker Myers, into the family last February. Aidan is already very self-aware, as he had the good sense to arrive before the Covid-19 lockdown in San Francisco. Clare and family are looking forward to the next in-person reunion so that Aidan can meet some of the other Dartmouth babies born during the pandemic.

On a sad note, I am very sorry to say that our class lost Ricardo R. Lalonde this past year. He died September 18, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. His family will always remember him as an ever-warm, calm, patient, and kind individual. He is survived by his parents, Dr. Daniel Lalonde Jr. and Mercedes Lalonde, younger brothers Josh Lalonde and Dr. Christian Lalonde, his cat, Felix, as well as several other family members.

Continue to stay healthy and well this winter, ’04s, and I will talk to you in the spring!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! The fall is now fully upon us. And while I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful foliage this season brings or at least reminiscing about the beauty of Dartmouth this time of the year, I am sure it’s not far from your minds that 2020 will soon be drawing to a close. I feel comfortable saying I don’t think any of us imagined on December 31, 2019, the type of year that 2020 has turned out to be. But I hope everyone has gotten to experience some of life’s simple joys amidst the collective challenges we all have faced this year.

In that vein, congratulations are in order for Lindsay Clark and her husband, Stephen, who welcomed their first child, Samantha Tobias, into the world on December 28, 2019. I am told that Samantha is a very happy and healthy baby! And one silver lining to the pandemic is all the extra time Lindsay and Stephen have gotten to spend with her. Lindsay also reports that she is currently delving into bioinformatics analysis, consultation, and training at the Carver Biotechnology Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and that Stephen is a combat AI programmer at Deep Silver Volition, a video game studio.

And for all of us, as our minds begin to turn to Thanksgiving and the various December holidays and thinking about what those holidays will look like during a global pandemic, I hope we can also all find some time to reflect on this year and thank those individuals who have been a source of support and strength during these uncertain times. To that end, thanks to all of you for continuing to trust me to share your stories with our class and the entire Dartmouth community. It’s a real privilege to have this opportunity and always brings a smile to my face to hear from classmates near and far. Last but not least, happy Thanksgiving, and may you and your families continue to be safe and well!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope everyone continues to be physically and mentally healthy and safe during these very trying times in our nation’s history. From the Covid-19 pandemic to the continuing racial injustices we have all witnessed in these last few months, 2020 has not been for the faint of heart. But even in the most difficult of times, there is always hope and room to acknowledge those who are on the frontlines fighting to make the world a better place for all of us. So I want to take this opportunity to celebrate our ’04 heroes by sharing some of their stories below. Thank you for all that you are doing and do not forget that your classmates and the rest of the world are here cheering you on!

Rachel Bender Ignacio, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Washington Medical School and the director of the university’s clinical AIDS trials, has been running the UW/Novartis study of hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment—a badly needed, full-scale clinical trial.

Heather Tanana is the founder of the Indian law section of the Utah bar. Recently, she helped launch Utah Tribal Covid-19 Relief in partnership with various state agencies and other organizations to help Utah’s eight tribes during the pandemic. You can learn more and support her efforts at http://indianlaw.utahbar.org/covid-19-tribal-relief-fund.html.

Hemant Joshi is an anesthesiologist in Boston. He shares, “It’s tough taking care of these folks (intubating, putting in intravenous lines, etc.) in hot, space-suit-like contraptions while also not infecting or contaminating myself or my family when I leave the hospital. Unfortunately, I have realized I am the last face some patients see or voice they hear before they pass away, so that’s a heavy burden. I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to take care of these patients and also fortunate to have my job and health during these times, as there are many folks in much tougher situations.”

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the company founded by Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus and his dad, offered its Danbury, Connecticut, factory as an emergency overflow hospital space, though thankfully, it has not been needed. They also created a respirator mask that can be made using a full-face snorkeling mask.

Ben Wade is the senior vice president of strategy and marketing at Stamford Health, helping to lead the hospital’s response in a coronavirus hotspot.

The owner of Flower City Psychiatry, Allison Giordano is continuing to work with her child and adolescent patients using telemedicine.

Yan Somoza is a clinical psychologist with the Desert AIDS Project in Palm Springs, California. As one of the leaders in medical treatment in the areas, the Desert AIDS Project has stayed open during the pandemic to provide Covid-19 diagnoses. It has also expanded its behavioral health services, so, in addition to his usual patients, Yan is caring for frontline medical staff, patients impacted by a diagnosis of Covid-19, and the community at large.

Janos Marton is a civil rights lawyer and candidate for Manhattan district attorney living in New York City. Janos has been involved with the criminal justice movement there for many years and during these challenging months of protest has been in steady communication with elected officials, Black Lives Matter activists, and other community members trying to forward constructive changes.

Andy Foery is a speech-language pathologist in the Boston metro area. He works in nursing homes that have been utterly devastated by Covid-19. Now that the initial wave has passed in the region, he is focused on helping surviving residents recover any abilities that were lost during that time.

To all of my ’04s, continue to stay safe and be well!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! A lot has changed in this country and world since the last class note. I don’t think any of us could have envisioned all the changes that the coronavirus has brought to our lives and the lives of our loved ones. But while so much remains unknown and uncertain, I have faith that we will come through this stronger and more resilient than ever. And to help usher in a little positivity, I am honored to bring you this month’s class note. I hope these updates bring a little cheer during this incredibly challenging time. So, without further ado….

Joshua P. Mayer has been promoted to partner at Shipman & Goodwin LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. He was previously an associate. Joshua practices in the area of civil litigation, insurance, and reinsurance, focusing on product liability and tort matters. Joshua obtained his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2010.

Joanna Giordano welcomed baby Finn in December 2019. Not only does she report that Finn has awesome hair, but also that her growing family recently said farewell to Manhattan and moved to White Plains, New York. Joanna would love to connect with any new parents who are into cloth diapers or have any breastfeeding tips or any pieces of advice to offer.

Cindy Torres has taken advantage of having her kids home from school (two sets of twins, Lucia and Arielle, age 10; and Priya and Diego, age 5) to explore the local outdoors. Every day they have visited the wall forests and conservation lands near their house. Unfortunately, Cindy’s husband, Soumendra Nanda, Adv’08, has been holed up in the house and missing all the fun! But Cindy and her family are looking forward to going back to New Hampshire to hike in the mountains when this is all over. Needless to say, the family is surviving and staying sane during this wild ride.

Sam Valverde reports that he has been working from home for the Federal Housing Finance Agency since mid-March and that his little family is safe and sound, though somewhat less little these days. He and his wife welcomed their third boy into the world in December. I understand Nikhil Antonio Valverde is their politest child yet, as he elected to preserve Sam’s wife’s birthday by being born a day later than he was due.

Taurie (Wilk) Steingart is pleased to announce that her daughter, Rooney Steingart, was born on March 9, just in time for her family’s “lockdown at home!” Baby Rooney has been bringing a ton of joy and positive focus to her family right now. And big brother Jonah and big sister Gjelina have been beyond elated to show their newest playmate the ropes around the house.

Julia Richman wrote to say that she recently changed jobs. She formerly was the City of Boulder’s chief innovation and technology officer and is now leading technology strategy for the State of Colorado as the chief strategy officer for the governor’s office of information technology. In this new role, Julia has been heavily involved with the state’s Covid-19 response and her agency was responsible for helping more than 10,000 state workers shift to remote work in the course of 10 days.

Julia Seidman is happy to report that her partner, Dave Seidman, recently took a role at Salesforce as senior director of threat detection, but only got three weeks in the office before everyone was given the work-from-home order. Still, all is going pretty smoothly. In mid-February they took what might be their last real vacation in who-knows-how-long by spending a week on Maui relaxing and getting their scuba certification.

Finally, to all the ’04s and the larger Dartmouth community, I hope this note finds you and your families in good health and good spirits.

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Spring showers have resulted not only in beautiful flowers, but also a bouquet of class updates.

First up, Oliver Caplan was recently selected as an honored artist of the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts along with eight musicians and ensembles. The American Prize is the nation’s most comprehensive series of nonprofit competitions in the performing arts, unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles, and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings.

I am also pleased to announce that Hemant Joshi got married in September 2019. In attendance were Bartow Elmore, Kristian Lau, Joe Thistle, and Kyle Hatridge. My understanding from Hemant and his wife, Tracy, is that the wedding was a blast and the Dartmouth alums represented the school well on the dance floor. Hemant and Tracy are now alternating between living in Boston, where Hemant is an anesthesiologist and critical care intensivist and Tracy is a nurse practitioner, and in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which they escape to as much as they can. A little birdie told me they would welcome a visit from any alums passing through the area!

Maaza and Reggie Martin are happy to report that Maaza has started a new job at a pharma startup company, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, as its director of marketing. As she moves into this new role, she would welcome any advice from other alums who have worked in pharma startups. Reggie also recently received a promotion at Amazon and is now managing a team working on new Alexa products. The happy couple is also excited to report that their second child turned 5 years old in March. How time flies!

Ashley McCaughan is excited to share that her startup veterinary hospital turned 2 at the end of February.

Tate LeFevre and Chris Plehal are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Oberon “Obie” Bennett LeFevre-Plehal who was born on February 11. Tate and Chris currently live in Philadelphia, where Tate is a professor of anthropology at Franklin & Marshall College and Chris is a group creative director at the advertising agency RTO+P.

Eleanor and Matt Kemp are thrilled to share that they welcomed their third child, Ewen, into the world in January.

Congratulations are also in order for Jennie Savoca, who was married to Mitch Braverman in September 2019. There were a number of our classmates in attendance, including Eleanor (Alexander) Kemp, David Eckles, James Klaas, Philip Taber, and Lauren Hendrickson.

There are obviously a lot of exciting developments happening with ’04s, so please keep those updates coming! But for now, as the cartoons used to say, that’s all folks!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope this new year and new decade are off to a great start for all of you. I look forward to recording all of your exciting adventures to come in this new period of our lives.

In toasting to this new season, I am pleased to report that Janos Marton announced his candidacy for Manhattan district attorney this past fall. Janos has spent much of his career as a criminal justice reformer, and he will be running in the democratic primary set for June 2021. A number of Dartmouth alums are involved with the campaign, and he even brought on his first student interns—from the class of 2023! You can check out his campaign site at JanosForDA.com.

I am also excited to announce that Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, a National Book Award nominee, published her second book, The Revisioners, this past November. The Revisioners is a novel about the bonds between mothers and their children, as well as the dangers that upend those bonds. At its core, The Revisioners ponders generational legacies, the endurance of hope, and the undying promise of freedom.

Finally, as a personal privilege, I want to share that my law firm, Jenner & Block LLP, recently elected me to the firm’s partnership. I am very much looking forward to this next chapter in my career.

And with this, I hope Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow, thus allowing spring to arrive early for all of us!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 2005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and happy New Year’s! As we toast to this year, I hope these coming months bring you new adventures, loads of fun, and great moments to share.

Along these lines, I am pleased to say that our classmate Steve Zyck is forging a new path. In 2018 he left his work advising international humanitarian agencies after 15 years and is now operating a small drink mix business called Wood Stove Kitchen, based in New Hampshire. His company’s Mulling Syrup, which is used in making mulled wine and cider, is being named one of the “Top 10 New England-made food products by Yankee Magazine. Congratulations, Steve, and wishing you much success in this coming year!

And in this new year, please continue to send your updates. It is truly a pleasure to announce your good news with both our classmates and the larger Dartmouth community. Last but not least, while New Year’s resolutions are not always easy to abide by, for 2020 let’s resolve in this new decade to remember the impeccable advice of Dr. Seuss, who once wrote: “Life’s too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don’t, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.”

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 2005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

 

Hi, ’04s! With the fall in full gear, I hope you all are enjoying the cool, crisp air and the breadth of colors on the trees. If you are like me, fall takes you back to Dartmouth and all the wonderful memories that were made during those first few months of each new school year. It is a pleasure to introduce myself as your new class secretary. I look forward to connecting with all of you during the next few years and sharing your life updates and good news with our fellow classmates and the broader Dartmouth community. I also want to thank Cliff Campbell for his service as our class secretary during these last five years. Job well done, Cliff! Now on to those updates.

I would like to share that Garrett Jones married Nadia Kyne (Curtis Institute of Music ’07) in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 20. It was a wonderful party with a great contingent of Dartmouth folks, including Dan Kay, Cameron (Nienaber) Kay, Rob Kim, Alex Taylor, Todd Yezefski, Jenna Farleigh ’07, David Tepperman ’03, and Lauren Fog ’02. Congratulations, Garrett and Nadia!

Additionally, please join me in congratulating Oliver Caplan, whom the Hopkins Center commissioned to write a major work for the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble in commemoration of the College’s 250th anniversary. Each of the four movements of the composition was inspired by a beloved Dartmouth place. (See more in the September/October issue of DAM.) The wind ensemble premiered the piece on November 2 with Oliver and several alums in attendance.

As this year winds down, let me be one of the first to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and holiday season. May the last two months of the year bring you good cheer, lots of joy, and several updates to share in the coming months!

Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Lots of happenings in the ’04 class, so let’s dive in….

Ashley Massey Marks married Joshua Grant Marks ’96 at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown, New York, on November 11. Josh is in his 24th year as the College bagpiper and piped the ’04 graduation! Alumni who attended the wedding included Ron Silverman ’69, Josh Graubart ’96, Maggie Chang ’96, Zack Stein ’96, Larisa Layug Sion ’96, Kay Lachica ’96, Ingrid Swanson Moss, Judith Phillips Dolgin, Joanna Lins Van Beek, Julia Reeve, Rebecca Ehrlichman Blume, Erica Finsness, Hillary Bakker Barile, Jen Miller, Sara Cavin, Megan Shute Bullock, Anna Fleder Connelly, Jeremiah Connelly, Margaret Graham, Valerie Silverman Gottlieb, and Zach Gottlieb ’10.

Rachel Lukoff and her husband, Ari Lukoff, welcomed their daughter, Lilah Maribel Lukoff, on April 27! Lauren Wondolowski had her son, Colin Stewart Bajuniemi, on April 20 with husband Matthew Bajuniemi. Adriana Nunez had her son, Oscar Rafael Henry, on April 29 with husband Mark Henry.

Ellie Smith, along with her husband, Eric Wiener, and their daughter, Evie, moved from Washington, D.C., to Ellie’s hometown of Berkeley, California, last year. Ellie kept her job working as a fact checker for The Atlantic magazine (where she has worked since a year after graduation!), and in March Ellie and Eric welcomed a second daughter, named Kate.

Kathy (Birchall) Gardner and Charlie Gardner welcomed the newest member of their family, Henry Jeremiah, in December 2018.

Julie Webb and Laura J. Christman ’02 welcomed a baby girl, Emerson Baker, on April 26. Big brother Brooks is appropriately skeptical, but they’re sure he’ll come around.

On June 14 Lavinia Weizel and her husband, Mark Dantos, welcomed their first child into the world, Zella Ward Dantos. They are all doing well and thrilled with their new arrival!

Nicholas Rule was recently promoted to professor in the psychology department at the University of Toronto.

Yan Somoza was recently awarded a grant from Gilead Pharmaceuticals to develop a methamphetamine treatment program for HIV-positive men in Palm Springs, California. Also, Yan has taken a position at Easy Speech Therapy Center in Palm Desert as clinical director of psychology to grow the department and assess and treat behavioral and developmental disorders, with a special emphasis on the autism spectrum.

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts has joined the board of advisors at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art. The Hood recently reopened following a major renovation and expansion project.

And so ends my five-year reign as secretary. Thanks for always keeping this column full with updates. I am tossing the baton (laptop?) over to Johanna Thomas, who will serve as the next class secretary for the class of 2004. Please send all future updates in her direction!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone who attended had an amazing time at our 15th-year reunion. If you are like me and couldn’t make it back to Hanover, then 2024 is just around the corner!

Here are a few updates from members of the class of 2004.

Brian Henthorn married Sara Ciaburri in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 23. It was a wonderful party, and there was a great Dartmouth contingent in attendance! Here’s the list of Dartmouth attendees: Keith Dennis ’03, Evan Grauer ’03, David Pereira ’03, Chris Rubinate ’03, Andrew Wilkins ’03, Andreas Albeck, Luis Carrio, Andrew Edwards, Scott Gilbert, Alex Lankowski, Sergey Polissar, Brian Ross, Nela Suka,Ruby Jong ’06, Erik Marquez ’06, and Chris Fiore ’07. Congratulations, Brian and Sara!

Erik Dambach has relocated to Seattle. He has returned to working for Blue Origin, where he previously interned following our graduation in 2004.

Meghan Fitzgerald and her husband, James Huggins ’06, are buying their first home, a condo in Bethesda, Maryland! Meghan is the line developer for Changeling: The Lost 2e from Onyx Path Publishing. Anyone who wants to check out her tabletop game design and writing work can search Meghan’s name on drivethrurpg.com.

Allison (Zeilinger) Greason and her husband, Taylor, welcomed a baby boy, Charlie, into this world on October 24, 2018.

Fenton McCarthy and his wife, Ann, welcomed a new addition to the family, Foster, in July. Ann recently started a pediatric functional medicine practice in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico, area, and Fenton started a new job as a cardiothoracic surgeon with the Lovelace Heart Hospital of New Mexico.

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Our reunion is just two months away! Please check out the class website and Facebook pages for key updates, and as always, please reach out to class officers if you’d like to help with any components of planning.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

As part of the College’s celebration of its 250th anniversary, the Hopkins Center commissioned composer Oliver Caplan to write a major symphony in four movements, each inspired by a beloved Dartmouth place. Congratulations, Oliver!

Untangling Emotions, a new book by Alasdair Groves, was released in March. Check it out!

Julie Mumford and her daughters (ages 2 and 4) finally moved back to Portland, Oregon. Julie started a new gig at Nike. Luckily, Susan Napier made the move a breeze by doing her best Marie Kondo impersonation at Julie’s Seattle house.

Daniel Olson and his wife, Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09, welcomed their second child, August Ray Ohz, on August 25, 2018.

Mark Orsini and husband Joe Benarroch welcomed daughter Marie Elizabeth on February 17! She came bursting into the world early with eyes wide open. They are so thankful to their carrier, who will forever be part of the family.

Rob Strong and his fiancée, Haynes, will be getting married at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in August. Haynes works in Hanover for Strava, a social network app for athletes, and Rob is a freelance photographer around the area. The couple lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Ashley Massey married Josh Marks ’96 in November in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Tarrytown, New York, surrounded by family, friends, and loads of Dartmouth classmates!

After residency and fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, Amanda Posner is now full-time faculty in the department of pediatrics. Amanda is also on the board of Bay Area Young Survivors, a support group for women diagnosed with breast cancer of any stage below the age of 45. If anyone in the area needs help with a recent breast cancer diagnosis, please reach out at baysnet.org. Amanda also serves as a mentor to women newly diagnosed with cancer all over the country. Amanda lives with her husband, Ben Neumann, in San Francisco and is happy to work in the same department as Pete Cooch ’07, Emily Frank ’08, and her officemate Meredith Laguna ’08.

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Our reunion is just four months away! Please check out the class website and Facebook pages for key updates and, as always, please reach out to class officers if you’d like to help with any components of planning.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

Rowan Watson and her husband, Tom, welcomed a baby boy, MacArthur James (“Mac”) Watson, to the world on June 7. They are still adjusting to sleep deprivation, but big brother Ben is over the moon about having a baby brother. Rowan and family moved to the Princeton, New Jersey, area and would love to connect with any local alumni or host anyone coming through the area!

After two and a half years at Long Island University, Elliot Olshansky joined Stony Brook University’s advancement communications department last November as the department’s lead writer. In working with major donors across the university, Elliot became very familiar with the university hospital, which came in handy this past July, when he and his wife, Eliza Zipper, welcomed their second child, Nathaniel Solomon Zipper Olshansky. All are delighted, including big brother Eitan.

Congratulations are in order for Ryan Foley. In November Ryan graduated from Oxford University with a D.Phil. in social anthropology, the culmination of nearly 10 years of post-graduate studies, starting with an master’s of science in comparative law, economics, and finance in Turin in 2009 and ending with a dissertation on the management practices of Italian social cooperatives.

With our reunion approaching, my term as class secretary is coming to a close in June. Think you have what it takes to reach out to members of our class and compile updates six times a year? Let me know. All of this could be yours!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Our reunion is just six months away! Please reach out to class officers if you’d like to help organize the festivities.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class as we say goodbye to 2018 and hello to the new year.

Steph Annear (along with husband Chris and their sons, Gannon and Soren) spent the last four months in Vietnam with a group of college students studying abroad from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Union College. The family of four was last in Vietnam in 2016 and all were excited to be back working on their Vietnamese and eating!

Back in June Megan Fontanella Remmelts, Jayson Remmelts, Laura Delaney Nichol, Mark Nichol, Carly O’Connell Abrahamson, Robin Deliso Woodcock (and husband Patrick), Clare Gupta (and husband Drew), and Rachel Holmes Kelly (and husband Miles) all got together in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, with their families. There were nine kids under the age of 5 in one house and everyone survived (including the house!).

Miguella Mark-Carew got married to John Fluharty in May in Tobago. The couple moved to London with their two dogs in October!

If you happened to be a recipient of an organ transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle during the month of October, you might have had three different ’04s as your physicians. Catherine (Dale) Kling is an abdominal transplant surgeon who requested infectious disease consultations from Alex Lankowski, a senior fellow in infectious diseases working with Rachel Bender Ignacio, an assistant professor and attending physician on the Transplant Infectious Diseases service. Because the world is incredibly small, Rachel and Alex also collaborate in HIV research and recently worked in Peru together. Alex also belatedly reports that he got married to a lovely woman named Shaadi and they had a baby (Inez Louise Lankowski-Baylor, born December 11, 2017). He says that both married life and fatherhood have been a dream so far.

Snowden Wright’s novel American Pop will be published by HarperCollins on February 5. Congratulations, Snowden!

Tristan Perry and his wife, Sarah, had their first baby in June: a boy named Bridger Dean Schindler Perry! Jacyln Stife also had her first baby, Dean Michael Sullivan, on May 3, 2018!

Keep the updates coming, and have a great start to 2019!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

In just eight months we’ll all be showing off our rocking chairs at our 15-year reunion! Speaking of chairs, have you been looking to chair a new initiative lately? If so, perhaps you’d like to help with the planning for our reunion. If you are interested in this or would like to learn more about being a class officer for the next term, please reach out to me or any of current class officers. We’d love to get more ’04s involved as we ramp up to reunion and plan for the next five years.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

Rufus Lusk and Katherine Zalaski ’03 welcomed their son, Rufus Henry Michel Lusk, to the world on March 23. Congrats!

Ali Kelley got married on August 25 in Jackson, New Hampshire, to Josh Hoxie, an alum of St. Michael’s College. Jessica Magidson ’06 officiated and also introduced the couple back in 2016. Jess met Josh on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Boston, and during the course of the flight decided that Josh and Ali should meet and date. She was right. In addition to her nuptials, Ali recently hiked 250 miles of the Appalachian Trail with her dad. They started in Salisbury, Connecticut, and ended in Hanover! She had a great experience on the trail and hopes to pick back up in New Hampshire next summer.

Carrie O’Neil and her husband, Tim, welcomed their first daughter, Ruby O’Brien, in May. They are overjoyed and overwhelmed! Carrie works for Mercy Corps on women’s rights, governance, and peace building. She would love to connect with anyone coming through Boston!

John Kupiec and Julia Pinover Kupiec ’02 had their first son, Gray, in October 2017. He is a wonderful little guy. The family stopped and saw Emily Copeland and her family on the way back from a ski trip at Jay Peak this winter and have been out to Denver to hang out with Fred and Katie Yarger and their kids, Carly O’Connell Abrahamson and her family, Julia Richman and Puck Wheaton ’01, and Liz Dietz ’08. John also writes, “We are mourning the loss from New York City of Anne and John Karl, but could not be happier for them, as they are realizing their life dream to live in the Green Mountain State. We saw James Lamb and Ben Wade at the Karls’ new ‘Mountain HQ’ this spring. On the professional front, my wife, Julia, is hard at work in Governor Cuomo’s counsel’s office handling ethics and human services issues in the State of New York, and I am beginning a new job as a partner in the mergers and acquisitions group at Vinson & Elkins LLP in New York in October.”

Keep the updates coming, and have a great winter!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

In just 10 months we’ll all be showing off our gray hairs at our 15-year reunion! Speaking of colors, have you been dreaming of green lately? Longing for your days amidst the granite of New Hampshire? If so, perhaps you’d like to help with the planning for our reunion. If you are interested in this or would like to learn more about being a class officer for the next term, please reach out to me or any of our current class officers. We’d love to get more ’04s involved as we ramp up to reunion and plan for the next five years.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

Eileen Carey was recently appointed the director of U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing! Go, Eileen!

Rebecca Aledort Ryan and her husband, Dan, welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Edward, to the world on October 13, 2017. Rebecca met up with Julia Brant, Sohwon Cha, Lauren Kingsley Dunn, Cindy Lin, Katie Walters Marenna, and Christina Poulsen in Las Vegas for a reunion last year. They had a great time lounging by the pool, eating great food, and catching up. It was the first time they were all together since graduation!

Nick Danoff recently relocated with his wife, Carol, and daughter Jordan from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he will be living in Oakland and working for Facebook in a brand research and strategy role. Nick writes, “For those in the Bay Area, please do reach out. I look forward to connecting soon! And for those in Chicago, we’ll miss you. Thank you for a fantastic six years!”

Seth Eaton and his wife, Lynsey, welcomed their second child, William Jack Eaton, on March 7. Seth and Lynsey, along with their 2-year-old daughter, Edie, celebrated the birth of Will one day shy of their 10-year wedding anniversary!

On February 27 Patrick Dowling and his wife, Toby, welcomed Calvin Patrick Dowling to the world. Since that time Cal has been loved ever so tenaciously by his 5-year-old big brother, William.

Reena Dutta, a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP, was recently elected as a director of the bar association of Erie County, New York, for a three-year term. Congratulations, Reena! Keep the updates coming, and have a great autumn.

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

One year until our 15-year reunion! April was a jam-packed month for our class. We held mini-reunions in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Many members of the class paid their dues and contributed to the Dartmouth College Fund; check the class website or emails if you want to do either. We also featured many ’04s in daily spotlights on our class Facebook page. For this column, let’s change it up and play a game. See below for a series of questions and a list of ’04s who submitted a profile for April’s Facebook campaign. Can you get them all right? If you are stumped or want to learn more, head on over to the “Class of 2004” Facebook page. Be sure to join if you haven’t yet done so. Due to space limits, I wasn’t able to feature everyone who submitted here, so perhaps we will play this game in future columns as well?

Each of the following ’04s will be the correct response to one question below: Omar Amir, Jesse Beach, Heather Wininger, Megan Fontanella Remmelts, Aisha Sebert, Taylor Keitt, Julia Richman, David Hoftiezer, Ivan Grant, John Karl, Jessie Ward, Miguella Mark-Carew, David Atterbury, Patrick McCarthy, Jeff Hebert, Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, Lindsay Clark, Anne Bernard Arnett, Heather Kistka, Blair Dickinson Schroeder, and Gina Ferrie.

Which ’04 lives in Mission Hill, Kansas, and manages a long-short equity hedge fund called Whetstone Capital? Which ’04 is the chief innovation and technology officer for the city of Boulder, Colorado, overseeing the city’s innovation and enterprise technology? Which ’04 just started a residency in urology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital? Which ’04 has been a curator of modern art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum since 2005? Which ’04 works part-time as an editor for Disney Publishing and has a book titled The Art of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse coming out in September? Which ’04 lives in Long Island City, New York, and is the director of telehealth services at Northwell Health? Which ’04 works as conservation scientist at Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Which ’04’s favorite Dartmouth memory was hearing Huun-Huur-Tu perform at Professor Theodore Levin’s house as part of a music of a non-Western people class? Which ’04 has a really cool website at www.jeffreyjhebert.com? Which ’04 is an assistant professor in human nutrition at the University of Hawaii at Manoa? Which ’04 is a flair bartender at the D Hotel and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada? Which ’04 works on the research staff in the department of crop sciences at the University of Illinois? Which ’04 works for Facebook and loved to rollerblade around campus, especially enjoying the thrills of cruising through the Hop? Which ’04 posted a family picture with her profile that included matching sweaters and flannel? Which ’04 lives in South Bend, Indiana, and works as a neurosurgeon focusing on brain tumors? Which ’04 organized the Seattle mini-reunion and works as a clinical child psychologist? Which ’04 is moving to Killington, Vermont, this August after completing a hand surgery fellowship at New York University? Which ’04 submitted the “most liked” profile, with 33 likes on Facebook at press time? Which ’04 has an awesome yoga website at www.yinspiredyoga.com? Which ’04 is an attorney in Honolulu, Hawaii? Which ’04’s favorite Dartmouth memories include going to Lou’s early in the morning after all-nighters, Dirt Cowboy, lying out on the Green during the summer, kayaking in the river?

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope you are having a great spring! Everyone is doing so much with their lives, and I think that’s great. Right now, I’m sitting on my couch with my little dog Cadbury and wife Kristen at my side. We just watched an episode of This Is Us. While I did, of course, cry, I am now collecting myself to type these updates. Here goes!

Allison (Swindell) Guzman and her husband, Pedro, welcomed their first baby, Marina Pearl, on October 8, 2017. Allison writes, “We’re eagerly waiting for summer here in Chicago. In the meantime, we’ve visited several museums together, including the Art Institute of Chicago, where I work in corporate relations.”

Laura Thompson got married on September 22 to Greg Parker (Princeton ’03) in Lake Tahoe, California. The couple had a wonderful Dartmouth contingent, including many members of our class: Danielle Polebaum, Chelsea Morgan Epstein, Adrienne Draper Olson, Brittany Copenhaver Dobi, Laura Schleicher Tormey, Janet Light, Emily Graham Teeter, Lindsay Sheffield Turner, Lea Kiefer, Stephanie Feldman Annear and Rob Bialas. Other Dartmouth alumni at the party included Eben Tormey ’03, Will Heisinger ’02, Brooke Purcell ’01, Debra Brodsky Shigley ’01 and Erich Shigley ’99.

Ben Wade recently started as the senior vice president of strategy and marketing at Stamford Health, which is the largest health system in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and based in Ben’s hometown. Ben is still living in New York City!

Katie Yarger and Fred Yarger welcomed Walter Neils Yarger on January 30. His big brothers, Jack and Charlie, are over the moon.

Keep the updates coming!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Thanks for submitting so many updates to this column in 2017! With so many babies, marriages, moves and career changes, there’s just so much to celebrate in the ’04 class. Fingers crossed that 2018 is not the year when all of our good news dries up. This column is short and sweet, so please keep the updates coming this year! Have no fear: I will continue to stalk you all via email and Facebook for any updates. A few updates follow.

Marina McClure has been busy directing exciting theater pieces. Some recent directing projects include Kalean Ung’s solo show, Letters from Home, at Independent Shakespeare Company in Los Angeles and Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill, which just opened in February at the Flea Theater in New York City. Janis Hui Ozaki and Riki Ozaki gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Nathan Bodhi Ozaki, on April 6, 2017. He loves avocado and kicking! The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine team came across some exciting achievements in the news for some of our classmates. Eileen Carey, who currently coaches the U.S. Nordic skiing and biathlon Paralympic teams, was recently named the U.S. Paralympic Coach of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee! Way to go, Eileen! Anna Hrachovec created the GIF “Love Gnome,” which was named by GIPHY as the top GIF of 2017! Keep up the awesome design work, Anna!

If you haven’t checked out our class website recently, please head on over to 2004.dartmouth.org. We’ll be working on some exciting initiatives this spring. The site (as well as our Facebook page) is a great place to pay class dues, organize a mini-reunion and share updates about your life! Our 15-year reunion is just 16 months away, so now is a great time to reconnect with the class of 2004!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Thanks for taking a break from reflecting on 2017 and setting goals for the new year ahead to read this column!

Leigh Vicens and her husband, George Loginov, welcomed their baby Nina to the world in September. Two-year-old Alexi is happy to have a little sister! The family lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where Leigh is a professor of philosophy at Augustana University.

Juventas New Music Ensemble recently appointed Oliver Caplan as its new artistic director. Also, his album You Are Not Alone was released earlier in December.

Carly Abrahamson and her husband, Erik, welcomed their second baby girl in October. Taylor joined big sister Perry and all are settling into life as a family of four in Denver.

Suzanne Larimore Wahl and Dan Wahl are doing well in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they live with Helen (age 6), Jane (age 3) and a daughter-to-be-named-later (coming this spring). Suzanne is a partner at the law firm Schiff Hardin, where she specializes in antitrust law. Dan is a radiation oncologist at the University of Michigan, where he runs a research laboratory and treats patients with brain tumors. Please drop them a line if you are coming through Ann Arbor!

Colin Murray reports that after 13 years he is still owed a chocolatini at Jesse’s steakhouse from classmate Cliff Campbell. Cliff neglected to report this in a column earlier this year, but is righting this wrong now.

Alex Talcott is keeping busy teaching finance and business law classes at Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, working with a financial planning service in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and working with an estate planning and elder law firm she affiliated with last year. The firm is expanding to Exeter and has offices in New York as well! Kristin (Steinert) Talcott teaches graduate social work virtually for Simmons College. Kristin and Alex were recently in Hanover for Homecoming with their 6-month-old daughter Klara Willow and 3-year-old twins Miriam Jordan and Hanover “Hank” Luke. The weekend included a family 5k in Cornish, New Hampshire!

Katia Asche married Matt Rocker in 2012. She graduated from Fordham University’s School of Law in 2014 and has been practicing product liability litigation at Schiff Hardin LLP since 2015. Katia and Matt welcomed Levi Asche Rocker on March 31, 2017. The family is living in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Blair Dickinson and Ryan Schroeder (University of Pittsburgh ’05) had a baby boy, Cole Thomas, on October 24. He joins big sister Nora and can’t wait to meet his mother’s Big Green friends around the girdled earth.

Please keep the updates coming! As for me, my wife and I are enjoying our new California selves, which most recently involved dressing our dog Cadbury in flannel pajamas to simulate the winters we left behind in New York. We’re cool!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope the fall is treating everyone well! Let’s jump right in!

Yan Samoza continues work at Borrego Health in Palm Springs, California. Yan was recently promoted to director of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) behavioral health and will be working out of the new Stonewall clinic, named in honor of the historically significant riots in New York. Yan will continue to provide treatment and clinical services, but will also serve as an advocate for the LGBT community within the healthcare network.

Valerie (Silverman) Gottlieb and husband Zach ’10 had a baby girl, Remi Elizabeth, in March, and are living in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Valerie currently works at JPMorgan Chase on the global financial crimes legal team.

Rolaine Ossman has been hanging out with a lot of babies. Most recently she saw baby Hugo, whose parents are Liz Nehdi and Karim Nehdi ’05, and baby John, whose parents are Zandria and Christian Haines ’01. The rest of her time she’s working as a photo editor for the Nature Conservancy, where she’s delighted to work with the hilarious and talented Danielle Furlich ’91.

Elliot Olshansky writes, “I’ve had the immense privilege during the last few months of working with the Jewish a cappella group Six13, writing lyrics for two of their holiday-themed song parodies. The first one we worked on together, ‘A Hamilton Chanukah,’ was performed for the Obamas at their final White House Chanukah party last December. Both ‘A Hamilton Chanukah’ and the Ed Sheeran parody ‘Seder Crew’ are available on Six13’s latest album, Vol. 7: Blessings/Brachot, which is available from iTunes, YouTube and Google Play and at Judaica shops around the country. Also, Fred Hurley ’01 and I launched our podcast, Practical Questions. We have a bunch of great guests committed to appear, so look for it wherever you listen to podcasts.”

Josh Pence writes, “I’m returning to Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle for season three, where I play a character named Hans from season two—a Nazi, shocking! In the late fall or winter I’ll be filming Pieces, costarring alongsideTaylor Kitsch in his directorial debut (we made this as a short film a few years ago). I’m writing and producing as well. Look for the short feature Winter Light on Vimeo, which I produced and costarred in. I’m proud to say that we were officially shortlisted for an Oscar, down to the final 10, myself as producer, alongside Hanover native Julian Higgins (his mother is a Dartmouth professor and we just happened to meet in Los Angeles years ago). So what I’m really saying is, if anyone has a damn good story, please reach out, take my hand and Hollywood will exploit us together.”

Rachel (Ringel) Lukoff and husband Ari welcomed baby Eli Harris Lukoff on May 6! Rachel is still living in Minnesota and enjoyed the summer on maternity leave.

Keep the updates coming!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Hello ‘04s. I hope summer was full of travel, staycations and everything in between. Keep the updates coming!

David Horowitz is working as an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, where he directs the department’s medical student education efforts. He was also recently named associate program director of the residency training program for Columbia radiation oncology. He’s living in New Jersey with his wife, Anna Maria, and daughter Mara and he coaches kids soccer and baseball in his free time.

Julia (Payne) Ballin and her husband, Dan Bailin ’05, welcomed their second daughter, Olympia, in April. The family lives in Yarmouth, Maine, and life is wicked good! On June 17 Emily Miller married David McJunkin in Omak, Washington. Congrats!

Lisa O’Connor lives in Syracuse, New York, with her husband, Paul. The family just welcomed son Luke Benjamin in February; he joined big sister Anna, who is almost 3. Lisa is taking a break from medicine to stay home with her children!

Marina McClure recently directed a new folk musical, Tear a Root from the Earth, at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City. The play was written in part by John Bair ’06 and workshopped during two years at Dartmouth’s Vox Fest.

Christina Palmer and her husband, C.J. Willey (Northwestern ’04), are living in the Bay Area and welcomed their second son, Max, last year. They just built a tiny house and were featured on the show Tiny House Nation in June! You can read about it on their blog at AmaSierra.com and let them know if you ever want to visit! Christina is practicing primary care and recently joined a startup working on learning about our microbiome. 

Adrienne Draper Olson and her husband, Mark, recently welcomed their second little girl, Nora Lee Olson, on March 22! 

Kerri (Entin) Langer continues to run her private medical practice in Denver, and this past January she and her husband, Jonathan Langer (Williams ’04), and big brother Solomon welcomed a new baby boy, Cooper, into the world. 

After living in New York City since 2004, I (Cliff Campbell) recently made the move to Los Angeles! I am teaching high school drama with Green Dot charter schools while my wife, Kristen, continues her work in children’s television. I’d love to connect with any classmates!

Finally, the class of 2004 needs your help! Would you like to get more involved lending your talents to the class and connecting with old friends? We would love to gather names of interested alumni. Shoot me a quick email with your area of interest: mini-reunions, website design, class communication, finances, photography, etc. We’ll then use responses to spearhead some new projects for the class!

Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s. Thanks for the updates. Please keep them coming!

After almost 10 years (and many frequent flier miles) consulting with cities, states and universities at Deloitte Consulting, Julia Richman left the firm to become the chief innovation and analytics officer for the city of Boulder, Colorado.

Tsering Kheyap and her husband, Ben Cornell (Cornell ’01), welcomed daughter Tenzin Donsel on December 8. Ben is still a software engineer at the University of Washington. Tsering is now working at the Washington State Office of the Secretary of State, serving as director of the corporations and charities division.

Rob Daly recently had a second daughter on January 17, Avery Grace. Mom, Dad, Avery and big sister Emma are all doing well.

Nicole Drezner and her husband in October welcomed Sage Elizabeth, who joins big sister Sahar. The family has settled down in southern Maryland, where Nicole works for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as a medical officer.

Brittany (Copenhaver) Davi and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second daughter, Alice Marie Dobi, on January 27. The family lives in the suburbs of Dallas where Brittany is an OB/GYN in private practice.

The Runner, an award-winning short film written, directed and produced by L.A.-based filmmaker Justin Berardi screened at film festivals around the world after premiering at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris in April 2016. The 12-minute film, which does not have any dialogue, is about a recovering alcoholic who turns to running as a way of confronting his past and seeking a deeper, unknown purpose. Learn more at TheRunnerShortFilm.com. Berardi is currently in pre-production on his next project, to be shot in L.A. this year!

Catherine Buck Le writes,My husband, Chau, and I own Krav Maga Seattle (kmseattle.com) and we were chosen to receive the 2016 School of the Year award from Krav Maga Worldwide. We won the award out of more than 150 schools, mostly across North America and Europe. I passed my StrongFirst (strongfirst.com) Level 2 kettlebell instructor certification a week ago so I am now a StrongFirst Level 2 kettlebell instructor as well as a StrongFirst bodyweight instructor.” Congrats, Bucky!

Nick “Bear” Danoff has been working in business strategy consulting for the Cambridge Group in Chicago since 2012. He married Carol Lu Danoff in 2015, and on October 28, 2016, became the proud father of an impossibly cute baby girl named Jordan. Nick encourages any long-lost Dartmouth connections in the area to drop him a line to catch up and maybe provide a little free babysitting if they’re so inclined.

Jon Wakelin was recently promoted to principal at Altman Vilandrie & Co., a strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media and related technology sectors.

Kendall (Adams) Bartholomew writes, “My husband, James Bartholomew ’05, and I welcomed our first child, Lillian, in January. We’re looking forward to introducing her to the great outdoors around our home in Bend, Oregon, this summer.”

Simon Weber and his wife, Nicole, welcomed a baby girl, Chloe, in December.

My esteemed predecessor Jess Leinwand and her equally esteemed husband, Sam Stein,welcomed their baby, Jamie, into the world on January 3. Everyone is doing well despite Jamie’s lack of appreciation for sleep!

Thanks!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2017. Below are a few happenings from the class of 2004.

Noah Shamosh and Jenny Thomas ’03 welcomed their first child into the world on December 1. His name is Asher William Shamosh. He loves Dartmouth already and can’t wait for his first visit!

Donald Wilson is pleased to report that, even though it took him a little while longer than originally anticipated (5,745 days from convocation to be exact), he finally graduated from Dartmouth in June 2016! He’s glad to be joining the rest of the class of 2004!

Yan Somoza recently moved from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, California, where he works with Borrego Medical as a clinical psychologist. He currently supervises a program that seeks to integrate behavioral health with medical treatment in order to treat patients from a more holistic perspective, reduce costs and improve overall outcomes. He feels fortunate to have found a workplace that affords him the opportunity to work with underrepresented communities while adopting cutting-edge techniques early.

Allison Tombs had an eventful 2016. After completing her M.B.A. at Columbia Business School in 2015, she cofounded a fashion technology company in New York City called Sundar. She recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend and they are getting married in 2017!

Cindy Torres is living in Billerica, Massachusetts, with her husband, Soumendra Nanda ’08 (PhD). The couple has two sets of twins: 6-year-old Lucia and Arielle and 2-year-old Priya and Diego. Cindy is currently taking a break from the work force to enjoy time with the twins! Soumendra traveled a lot this year and met up with Cristina Maacine and Angel Acevedo ’03 in Washington, D.C., as well as Ako Takakura in San Francisco.

Emily Graham Teeter welcomed Henry Graham Teeter to the world on September 7, 2016. He joins big sister Madeleine, who recently turned 2. Emily is currently working as a cardiac anesthesiologist at UNC Hospitals and would love to catch up with other alumni in the Triangle.

Taurie Wilk and her husband, Adam Steingart (George Mason ’99), welcomed their first baby, Jonah, in December 2015. It’s been a rewarding first year of parenthood!

Shannon Rogers is an assistant professor of ecological economics at Plymouth State University and recently took on the additional roles of community engagement leader of the Dartmouth toxic metals Superfund program and adjunct assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth. She lives with her husband and two young sons in Concord, New Hampshire.

Finally, Elizabeth (Bultman) Sislen and her husband, Ben, welcomed their first child, baby girl Diana Marie, to their family on November 4. Diana Marie shares the privilege to be born at Washington, D.C.’s Sibley Memorial Hospital with her father and several of her aunts and cousins. She came home in time to vote with her mom in her first election and has been charming her parents ever since.

Please send any updates my way for future columns!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful fall. A few happenings from the class of 2004.

Heather (Kiefer) Kistka has had an eventful five years that have brought a lot of changes. She got married to Zak Kistka, has a wonderful soon-to-be-3-year-old daughter and just finished seven years of residency to officially become a neurosurgeon. She relocated with her family to South Bend, Indiana, and welcomes any alumni connections in the area. She recently saw a Dartmouth sweatshirt at the zoo, so she knows there is at least one alum in the area!

Susan Napier Berger and her husband, Alex Berger ’02, welcomed son Jacob in December. Their 2-year-old daughter, Grace, is thrilled to be a big sister! The family lives in Los Angeles, where Alex is a writer and producer for the television show Blindspot. Susan still works for Goldman Sachs. While the couple has little time for hobbies, podcasting is a new obsession of theirs and they are really enjoying Sam Stein’s “Candidate Confessional” and would highly recommend it to others!

Viral Viral, a dark comedy feature film written, produced, edited and acted in by Erik Alskog, recentlypremiered at the Cinequest Film Festival.

Dave Anderson and his wife, Dylan Gee ’07, welcomed a baby boy, Parker Anderson Gee, in July! Lots of transitions happening for the family in addition to infant-related sleep deprivation, as they also just moved from Manhattan to Connecticut. Dave is still working at the Child Mind Institute in New York City and Dylan has started a new position as an assistant professor of clinical psychology at Yale.

Sarah Sirota is thrilled to be playing Carla in the touring production of Cheers Live on Stage. After a successful run in Boston and Chicago, the show is headed on a national tour. See if it’s coming to a city near you, and go where everybody knows your name!

Rachel Bender Ignacio and her husband, David, are ecstatic that their new daughter, Eviana Tala Ignacio, is already a favorite playmate for big sister Nora! Rachel recently started as faculty in infectious diseases at the University of Washington. Her positon includes research in HIV in Peru and Uganda, teaching and seeing patients. Please say hello if you happen to be in Seattle!

Isabel Bober and husband Mike Bober ’02 welcomed twins Maggie and Max in April! With four children under 4, life for the family is intense but fun!

Keep the updates coming!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We’re light on ’04 updates this column, so please keep the news coming for the next issue! A few happenings follow.

Abhishek Nair and his wife, Keerthi Golla, recently welcomed two new additions to their family, twin girls Aarya and Aavya. Rob Kimmit has had an eventful year as he got married, had a baby boy and passed the Virginia Bar exam.

Tom Tunguz recently published Winning with Data. Amazon tells me it’s an “expert guide to making data work for your business and your needs,” so please check it out!

I was grateful to return to Hanover in July to workshop a play with VoxFest, a festival devoted to bringing alumni-initiated theater projects to Dartmouth for a week of rehearsals and performances. The festival featured many alumni, including our very own Marina McClure.

That’s the news for this issue! Looking forward to sharing more updates in the fall.

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to summer. Here are some updates from the class of 2004.

Meghan Fitzgerald married James Huggins ’06 in Hanover at the DOC House. Many Dartmouth folks were in attendance, including Andy Foery, Khalil Ayvar, Oliver Caplan and many more from other classes. Meghan is currently working as a digital archivist at HBO and a freelance writer and game designer for Onyx Path Publishing.

Carly O’Connell Abrahamson and her husband, Erik, welcomed their daughter, Perry Helen, in February and are adjusting to life as a family of three in Denver. Chris Amery and his wife, Lindsey, welcomed their second child, Tanner Lewis Amery, to the world in March. Elisheva Hirschman and her husband, Steve Finston, welcomed their second child, Danielle Emersen Finston, in February; the family lives on the Upper West Side, and Elisheva is an employment litigator at DLA Piper. Caz Liske and his wife, Polina, welcomed Oliver Benjamin to the world in December. Sean Furey and Matthan Chatterton-Richmond ’06 welcomed a son into the Big Green family in April. Clare Gupta and her husband, Drew Myers, Tu’14, welcomed Theo in July. His best bud is Delaney Rose Nichol, the daughter of Laura (Delaney) and Mark Nichol, who also lives in San Francisco. Becky MacDonell-Yilmaz and her husband, Tay Yilmaz, welcomed their second son, Luke Warren Yilmaz, in March. Jamie Jones and Adam Ogusky had a baby girl, Juniper, in February. James Lamb and his wife, Brianne, welcomed their second child in September 2015, a healthy, beautiful boy sharing James’ name and birthday!

Steph (Feldman) Annear and her husband, Chris, along with sons Gannon and Soren, are off to Vietnam this fall, leading college students on a study abroad semester in Hanoi! Reach out to Steph if you’ll be in Southeast Asia in late 2016 or have any connections in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City!

In March Caryn Karo reunited with Gillian Morshedi, Rachel (Ringel) Lukoff, Kacie (Meager) Winterberg and Lauren Wondolowski in San Diego. Through the years they’ve gathered for adventures and celebrations in Memphis, Tennessee, Denver, Cancun, Seattle, Baltimore and, of course, Hanover. They always have an amazing time catching up, exploring and drinking wine from boxes.

Alex Friedman and Jordan Kier ’08 cofounded Lola in 2014. The company was recently featured in The New York Times. Alex is thrilled to be a part of the growing mainstream conversation around women’s health and hygiene!

Jennifer Krichels coauthored the book New Aging with architect Matthias Hollwich. She also edited The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings with author Marc Kushner. In personal news, Jennifer is marrying Matthew Johnson (Georgetown ’03) in Brooklyn this June!

Rebecca (Aledort) Ryan and her husband, Dan, recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary. Their daughter, Natalie, was born in September 2015. Rebecca is currently working as an attorney at the Social Security Administration. The family is hoping to head up to Hanover this summer to pick up a few Dartmouth onesies for Natalie.

Oliver Caplan was recently commissioned to compose a new chamber work, Krummholz Variations, by a consortium of 13 ensembles.

Joanna Giordano works in human resources at HBO in New York City. She is a farm-share member and newly minted bike commuter. She is that kind of New Yorker now!

And finally, it is with a heavy heart that I write of the premature passing of two members of our class. John Palmiero passed away on January 16. We also lost Mike Turner on April 20 to cancer. Please visit the online version of Dartmouth Alumni Magazine to view obituaries and leave words or memories in tribute.

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2016. Here are some updates from the class of 2004.

Rachael (Degenshein) Lapidis and her husband, Alen, welcomed their daughter, Emmeline Adelina, on July 24, 2014; she’s now toddling around and has loved visiting with Alexia (Huffman) D’arco ’05, Adrian Accurso ’05, and Erin Accurso ’06. She hopes more friends will visit soon!

Alison Somin writes, “My daughter, Lydia, was born on June 22 of this year. All of us are doing well!”

Liz Leonard Zwillinger attended Leslie Feingart’s wedding to Tom Woo in Carmel, California. Some ’04s in attendance included Justin Silverman (he introduced the couple at his own wedding!), Geoff Vitt, Aaron Gillespie, Jay Barnard, Lindsay (Hirsch) Brown, Jess Van Garsse, Amy Benziger, Alison Bergen, Emily Pearl and Remy Wildrick.

Yan Samoza married Todd Smookler-Somoza in May. The couple had a reception in Beverly Hills, California, that was attended by friends and family, including Nela Suka. Yan also opened a clinical psychology practice in Beverly Hills and works with individuals, children and families.

Lauren Talbot writes, ”My husband, Dave, and I had our first child on May 27, 2015, Coleman Grant Sertich. And if having a newborn son didn’t shake things up enough, we moved to Massachusetts at the beginning of October after 11 years in San Francisco. I can’t wait for Coleman’s first trip to Hanover now that we’re in driving distance. I’ve got to make sure he bleeds green early so his dad’s alma mater (Princeton) never has a chance.”

Congrats to Carla Simpson, who was named the 2015 Woman of Influence in Real Estate for Real Estate Forum magazine and globest.com.

Oliver Caplan released a new EP recording, “MoonOver Appalachia,” a folk-inspired suite for solo cello. It is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Katie (Crawford) Yarger is married to Fred Yarger. The couple has a 3-year-old, John (“Jack”), and recently welcomed Charles (“Charlie”) on September 25, 2015. The family is living in Denver and loving it!

Jonathan Sar and Nathalie (Cohen) Sar live in Denver with their son, Lev, who was born in July 2014. In May of this year Jonathan started his own law firm, Leventhal Sar LLC, in Denver with a partner. The firm specializes in personal injury law and insurance disputes. Nathalie has a tutoring business, Alpine Prep, and does test prep and subject-specific tutoring.

Julie Webb married Laura J. Christman ’02 in Chicago on September 5, 2015. Dartmouth friends in attendance included Alex Berger ’02, Danielle Passno ’02, Kisa Brannen ’03, Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg ’03, Brad Leneis ’03, Lois Schonberger ’03, Jaime (Singley) Shatsman ’03, Susan Napier, Kerry Conway ’05 and Andrea Shute Daulaire ’05. Julie and Laura have a super spunky dog and a fantastic old house that they are slowly fixing up in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Visitors are always welcome! In other news, Julie recently made partner at her law firm, Locke Lord LLP! She does mostly commercial litigation for financial services companies, with a focus on antitrust and class action defense.

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com
 

I hope everyone has been enjoying an autumn full of pumpkin-spice everything. Here are some updates from our mighty class. Chris D’Andrea and his wife, Patricia, welcomed their first son, Bryn Alfred, in March. Chris recently moved from a postdoctoral position in astrophysics at the University of Portsmouth along the south coast of England to a similar position at the University of Southampton.

Liz (Perman) Nehdi married Karim Morgan Nehdi ’05 in Railay Beach, Thailand, in February 2012; they had smaller ceremonies in Paris and Bethesda, Maryland. The couple was surrounded by an intimate group of family and friends, including Rebecca Hoffman ’05, Nick Crofoot ’05, and Ephraim Froehlich ’07. Since Dartmouth Liz and Karim have bounced between Washington D.C., France, Singapore and now, London. After completing a master’s in textile design in London, Liz launched her eponymous fashion brand, Liz Nehdi Studio (www.liznehdi.com).

Laura Rosow recently moved with her fiancé, Danny, to San Francisco, where she started a new job at UCSF as an assistant professor in the department of neurology. Alex Otero is a high school English teacher in Baltimore. Nick Rule got promoted to associate professor last month. He works in the psychology department at the University of Toronto, where he’s also the Canada Research Chair in Social Perception and Cognition. Daniel Perell’sdaughter, Nathalie, has successfully learned how to roll in both directions. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in N.Y.C., where they are proud owners of a round couch that rotates.

Adrienne Draper Olson and her husband, Mark, welcomed a baby girl, Elizabeth Curran Olson, in July. She was a few weeks early but is growing quickly and excited to sport her Big Green gear care of Brittany (Copenhaver) Dobi, Steph (Feldman) Annear, Danielle Polebaum, Lea Kiefer, Laura Schleicher, Laura Thompson, Chelsea Morgan and Lindsay Sheffield, who helped the parents celebrate her pending arrival in Washington, D.C. (and in spirit) in May! Also in July Steph (Feldman) Annear had her second child, Soren McAlaine Annear. Perhaps future ’37 classmates?

Tristan Perry lives in Portland, Maine, with his wife, Sarah Schindler, a professor at the University of Maine School of Law. Tristan just started a new tree service company as a licensed Maine arborist. Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts is a curator at the Guggenheim, where she recently opened an Alberto Burri retrospective. She reports that Laura (Delaney) Nichol and Mark Nichol had a baby girl, Delaney Rose, in May and Clare Gupta and Drew Myers (Tuck) had a boy, Theo, on the Fourth of July.

Rob Karl ’03 and Beth Rabbitt recently welcomed their second daughter, Maeve Hunter Rabbitt, to the family. She was born on August 25 and loves her older sister, Phoebe Harper Rabbitt. The family is looking forward to getting back into the swing of things as a family of four (or six if you count the pit bull and cat) in Princeton, New Jersey, where Rob is a professor of Latin American history and Beth works as a partner at a national education nonprofit.

Christina Palmer finished her residency at UCSF last year and is now a primary care doctor at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She lives in the Palo Alto area with her husband, C.J. Willey, and 1-year-old son, Jackson.Alex Friedman and Jordana Kier ’08 recently launched Lola, a new feminine care product.

Finally, Alexis Dearborn and Brian Pingree got married in Cape Neddick, Maine, on June 13.

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

So much news to report for the class of 2004!

Christina Palmer is living in the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a primary care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She and her husband, C.J. Willey, welcomed a baby boy last August: Jackson “J.J.” Palmer-Willey. Elliot Olshansky and his wife,Eliza, welcomed their first child last July: Eitan Brian Zipper Olshansky. Elliot completed his M.B.A. at Fordham and is currently working at Long Island University as assistant director of communications. His novel, Robert’s Rules of Karaoke, is now available on Amazon! Gillian Morshedi hasn’t gotten married or had kids, but she did quit her law firm job a few years ago and planned three well-attended fan conventions for the TV show, Community; she’s now a staff attorney for a San Francisco-based nonprofit called HomeBase, which helps states, regions, communities and individual agencies enhance their capacity and effectiveness in addressing homelessness and reducing poverty.

Maaza (Mehzun) Martin and Reggie Martin had their second child, Kidane Curtis Martin, in March. Along with older sibling Berhane Parker Martin, the family lives in Orange County, California, where Reggie is working at Oliver Wyman in a new technology group called OW Labs and Maaza is doing marketing and advertising at Allergan Inc. Julia and Cal Newport welcomed their second son, Asa, in December. Along with big brother Max, the family lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cal is teaching computer science at Georgetown and Julia is a communications consultant for education nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Julia enjoyed celebrating Tara Kyle’s wedding to Eric Kolovson (Yale ’03) at the Guilford (Connecticut) Yacht Club, along with Mia Heetderks May and Tomoko Ogura. Dan Olson is getting married to Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09 in August, just when this goes to print!

Mike Newton is living in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Anne, and daughter Eleanor. Mike works for Nike, where he is currently heading up advanced manufacturing work. He was lucky to recently go to Peter Sokol-Hessner’s wedding in Rhode Island, which was a great reunion of many Dartmouth folks and a beautiful weekend overall.

Tyra Olstad is currently working as a paleontology technician at Black Canyon National Park. At the end of the field season she’ll be starting a position as assistant professor of environmental sustainability studies at SUNY Oneonta. When not teaching or looking for fossils she’s busy writing; her first book, Zen of the Plains, was published in May. Janos Marton and Anna Zelinsky ’06 shared a magical wedding in the Catskill Mountains with numerous members of the Dartmouth family, including Selena Hadzibabic ’06, Brett Martin, Tim Spellman, Brian Orce, Crispus Knight ’03, Morgan Campbell, Meredith Cashman ’06, Kristen Grant ’06 and a slew of Panarchists and Chi Gams. The wedding band featured Lizzie Edwards, Grant Rafter, Danny Scull ’06, Ben Waters ’06 and Dylan Chandler Hume ’09.

Laura (Delaney) Nichol and Mark Nichol were thrilled to welcome their little girl, Delaney Rose Nichol, in May! Laura and Mark live in San Francisco, where Laura has worked in brand marketing for Google over the past eight years and Mark just launched Chronos, a wearable device startup.

Oliver Caplan married Chris Beagan (Cornell ’06) in Massachusetts in June! Meg Fuchs Hastings ’01 officiated the ceremony and Jason Pavel was the best man. The plethora of Dartmouth alums in attendance included Alexis Dearborn, Brian Pingree, Katie (Stebbins) Remesch, Rachel Ciprotti ’02, Meghan Fitzgerald, Mary Chris (Debelina) Doyle ’05, Brian Doyle, Kristina (Rodriguez) Salaverry ’05, Yvette Nameth ’02, Hannah Fries, Catharine Hyson ’03, Len Schmolka ’60 and Greg Schmolka ’93.

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Merry summer, ’04s! It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since we were gearing up for the start of our college lives up in Hanover. I remember spending the summer highlighting courses in the large paperback ORC, anxiously awaiting my new life in East Wheelock (out of all the applications, they took me?), and of course scrolling through the class of 2004 message boards scouting out new friends. While not much has changed in my life, it’s good to see that it’s changing in yours! Here are some updates.


Liz Fahrenbach recently launched North Branch Dermatology, LLC, on the northwest side of Chicago. So far the practice is off to a good start! She and her husband of almost five years bought their first home last summer and now live in Glenview, Illinois, with their 3-year-old daughter.


Caz Liske opened a new play Black & Simpson in Moscow. It’s based on Hector Black, the Tennessee man who forgave the killer of his daughters through a 14-year-long exchange of letters with him. Get ready, Western Hemisphere. After years in Russia Caz is coming back to America this summer—maybe for good!


J’amie Jones and Adam Ogusky moved from Taos, New Mexico, back to Austin, Texas, this past year. J’aime is continuing to work as an ER doctor and Adam has begun a Ph.D. program in urban planning.


Lauren Hendrickson recently became a partner in an equine ambulatory veterinary practice in central Maryland. 


If you google Sam Stein and President Obama, you’re likely to find Sam’s awesome interview with POTUS. The job was mine, but Sam swooped in at the last second!


The last two years have been pretty exciting for James Lamb. He and his wife, Brianne (Ithaca College ’05), welcomed their first child, Audrey Elizabeth Lamb on August 3, 2013. After spending close to six wonderful years together in Boston’s North End from dating to marriage and through Audrey’s first year, the couple moved out to the western suburbs of Boston to a charming town called Westwood. They love the neighborhood and are excited to share that their flock (of lambs, get it?!) will be expanding by one in September!


In a last-minute submission Julian Kelly writes with a critical update: “2015 is off to a productive start. I have had two haircuts. The first occurred on February 21. The second was scheduled for April 11 but, due to a last-minute conflict, was moved to April 18. More to come in my next update. Stay tuned.”


Blair (Dickinson) Schroeder is the recipient of the 2015 Mary DeWitt Pettit Fellowship, which supports research performed by junior female physicians at Drexel University College of Medicine. With the grant she will be studying the practices of smoking cessation counseling for parents of hospitalized children performed by pediatric hospitalists.


May you all dream of Julian’s hair, medical research, POTUS, more lambs in the world and a 14-year prison pen pal. Keep the updates coming!


Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Merry spring! We have lots of exciting updates this issue from alumni with last names ranging from “D” to “G.” 


Allison Giordano was accepted into a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship in Valhalla, New York, and got married to her sweetheart, Jon Ginsberg (now Giordano), who is currently working on his doctorate.


Drew Dinkmeyer won a million dollars. I was skeptical at first, but the Internet clearly put me in my place.


Elizabeth Fontaine got married to Tommy Truman last May in Westport, Massachusetts. The couple lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lindsay Sheffield Turner (a recent newlywed herself!), Sara Heaney Barakat, Lindsay Gorzeman Cheshire, Kevin Hogan, Lindsay Ferstandig Sandza ’05, Lauren Kaplan ’05 and Lizzie Bildner ’08 were all in attendance. Sara Heaney Barakat and her husband, Dominic, welcomed Josephine Rose in November. 


Hannah Fries started a new job as an editor with Storey Publishing in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she is busy editing books on gardening, building and homesteading.


Mitch Ermentrout and his wife, Virginia, welcomed a Georgia peach, Charlotte Jane Ermentrout, into their family in February. Jaclyn (Murphy) Harper and husband Jake welcomed a second addition to their family, Logan Jacob Harper!


Meghan Fitzgerald recently started work as a digital archivist at HBO in New York City and a freelance writer for Onyx Path Publishing. She also collaborated on an operetta with Oliver Caplan that will be performed in Boston.


Nicole Drezner and her husband, Ramin, welcomed their first daughter, Sahar, in June. Nicole is finishing up a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology in Washington, D.C.


Chelsea Morgan Epstein has been living in Portland, Oregon, for the last nine years. She and her husband are looking forward to the upcoming wedding of Laura Schleichers and Eben Tormey ’03! 


Darren and Kaitlin (Yaremchuk) Gastrock welcomed their daughter, Eliza, in December. Eliza got the jump on mom and dad by arriving five weeks early while Kait was visiting Nashville, Tennessee. Darren got to the hospital in plenty of time to see their Southern belle born, though, and all three are doing well back home in Massachusetts.


Seth Goldman and his wife and had a beautiful baby boy, Henry David Goldman, last September. Also, Seth’s company HelloFresh, just raised funds for a large expansion!


Clare Gupta is living in San Francisco with her husband, Drew Myers (Tu’14), and their pup Little Bear. She just started a new job at UC Davis as a specialist in public policy with Cooperative Extension, where she’ll be working with California policymakers on issues related to food and agricultural policy.


Erica Finsness is living with her husband and daughter Eleanor in Seattle, just a few blocks away from Julia Reeve and Jess Blanch ’05. The family gets together with Freddie (Ghesquiere) Helmiere and her daughter, Charis, from time to time as well as Rebecca (Ehrlichman) Blume and her kiddos, Isaac and Olivia. 


Jerimiah Daly and his wife Liz (Tu’09) are living in Boston after a three-year stint in London. The couple got married in June 2013 and just welcomed their baby daughter, Eleanor “Ellie,” in February!


Ivan Grant moved in 2011 to Las Vegas, where he fell into bartending. He is now working in the D Hotel and Casino, downtown Vegas’ premier all-flair casino on Fremont Street. It has been a great experience, and he even had an appearance on Celebrity Wife Swap, where he served Three Six Mafia’s DJ Paul along with Plaxico Burress’ wife!


Finally, Sarah Sirota and James Parks got engaged in February! The happy couple has been busy celebrating with family, friends and their fluffy cat!


Keep the updates coming, friends!


Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s. I hope 2015 has treated you well so far. Not enough ’04 love in your life? Well, the class of 2004 would love to get some mini-reunions organized around the country, so if you’d like to help spearhead one in your city, region, state, basement, let me know so we can make it happen! A few quick updates.


Andi (Salas) Rose and her husband, Mark Rose (Vanderbilt ’00), welcomed their first baby, Tennyson Gevaert Rose, on October 3, 2014. Baby Tenny, mom and dad are living in N.Y.C. on the Upper East Side.


Erik Dambach married Brianne Metzger on October 4, 2014, in Atlanta. Dartmouth was well represented at the wedding with Sarah Ries, Diego Lorenzo, DeAnna (Fernandez) O’Reilly, Janelle Chang ’03 and Matt Clark, Th’05, joining in the celebration. While on their honeymoon in Germany the couple managed to cross the border to explore the small town from which Erik’s name hails (Dambach, France in Alsace). Erik and Brianne currently reside in Los Angeles with their quirky cat Tiddlywinks.


Bart Elmore wrote a book and you should read it! Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism is a global environmental history of the company that talks about the environmental effects of extracting Coke’s ingredients including sugar, water, and caffeine from all over the world.


Susan Napier writes, “My husband, Alex Berger ’02, and I welcomed our first child, Grace, in April of 2014. Even though we didn’t make it to reunion we have been able to celebrate with a number of ’04s via weddings. Ellie Smith married Eric Wiener (Bowdoin College ’02) in Tahoe, California, in June. We attended with a number of classmates—Meghan Carr Horrigan, Rachel Ringel, Carly O’Connell and Adriana Nunez to name a few. The wedding was outdoors at Ellie’s parents’ house and was an amazing affair. A wild bear even made an appearance at the reception! In November we celebrated the nuptials of Rachel Ringel to Ari Lukoff in Baltimore. The wedding was another mini-reunion with Gillian Morshedi, Caryn Karo, Lauren Wondolowski, Kacie Meager, Ellie Smith, Meghan Horrigan and Lindsey Pryor ’05 on a beautiful Saturday evening.”


Tsering Kheyap writes, “I got married on November 15 to Benjamin Cornell (Cornell ’01). My new brother-in-law, Russel Cornell, is a Dartmouth class of 1997 and Tuck class of 2004. We were married in Portland, Oregon, in a traditional Tibetan ceremony at the Tibetan Community Center in northeast Portland, followed by a vow exchange at the Melody Ballroom in southeast Portland. We just returned from our honeymoon in Hawaii and Australia, where we visited Honolulu, Sydney and Melbourne. We live in Olympia, Washington, where I’m an assistant attorney general for the Washington State attorney general’s office and Ben is a software engineer for the University of Washington.”


This concludes this issue’s tales of Tiddlywinks, wild bear and Coca-Cola capitalism. Shoot me a quick email if you’d like your stories included in the next issue!


Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Hello again, ’04s! I write having recently returned from an awesome autumnal weekend in Hanover. John Bair ’06 and I ventured north from Brooklyn as chaperones to a group of potential ’19s eager to experience Dartmouth. The students all opted to apply after the visit. Marina McClure joined us for the weekend and we crashed with Rob Strong; the students got to stay in some of the new fancy dorms that make East Wheelock look ancient. Rob is setting up a nifty new studio to expand his wedding photography business right near Dartmouth, so check it out!


I reached out to alumni with last names in the A-C range for this column, and it worked! John Buckholtz writes, “I have a son and a daughter. Ben is 3. Clara was born on September 11, 2014. I live in Brooklyn. I have visited 39 states. I work for URS and wonder whether any former classmates are also employed as urban planners.” Emily Copeland has some news to share from Burlington, Vermont. She and her husband, Pete Land ’99, welcomed their second baby into the world! Sjov Witz Land joined big brother Robbie on September 15. Speaking of Rockapellas with babies, Aimee Barnes and her husband, Jakub, had one. His name is Roman and he was born on July 7.


Rebecca Ehrlichman Blume recently started a new job as the assistant dean for advancement at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs, where she earned her M.P.A. in 2010. At print time she and her husband will be the proud parents of their second child!


Catherine Buck Le and her husband, Chau, opened up Krav Maga Seattle, a self-defense and fitness studio in downtown Seattle. They got to see Rachel Bender Ignacio ’04, along with husband Dave and daughter Nora, at the grand opening and invite all Dartmouth alumni to stop on by for a free trial class.


Patrick Cantwell recently started a new job as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology this fall. He and his family are thoroughly enjoying Terre Haute, Indiana.


Kristin Burdge just left Phoenix House, where she was a substance abuse counselor with adolescent girls in their residential treatment program. She is now working with PRN for Families, a company devoted to enhancing family stability across the nation. She also had the privilege of playing groomsbroad in the wedding of Dylan Nelson ’09 and Allie Landers ’09, after attending the wedding of Brad Bate this past September with a large crew of fellow ’04s.


Suhail Ahmed recently realized that his true passion lies in the business sector and left law school at Ohio Northern University to work for a management consulting firm in Orlando, Florida.


Julia Richman married Puck Wheaton ’01 in Crested Butte, Colorado. Guests included Lee Richman ’67, Doug Richman ’65, Carly (O’Connell) Abrahamson and many others from the class of 2001 and beyond.


Finally, I was thrilled to stand as a groomsman with Stephen Clarke ’05, Puja (Dutt) Clarke ’05, J.T. Leaird ’02, Alex Gelman ’06 and Drew Dinkmeyer as we witnessed Mark Orsini marry Joe Benarroch at their beautiful Jersey Shore wedding. Class of ’04s in attendance included Brett Martin, Janos Marton, Dan Karmel, Jordan Cooper, Ben Converse, Tim Spellman, Grant Rafter, Brian Orce, Marina McClure, Sarah Sirota and Amanda Ameer. Many other Dartmouth alums including spouses and Chi Gam’s were there to help celebrate and wish the couple well before their Mexican honeymoon.


Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Greetings, ’04s! I am overjoyed to be taking on the role of class secretary from Jessica Leinwand. I spend my nights and weekends studying her columns from the last five years with hopes that I can rise to her literary prowess. Wish me luck! It was great seeing many of you at the 10-year reunion in June. There’s nothing like that special feeling of rushing for a newly delivered EBA’s order to make the memories coming flooding back. There are many wonderful things happening in the lives of our classmates, so here goes.


Mitch Ermentrout married Virginia Jane Bishop on April 12 in Santa Barbara, California. They celebrated with Owen Brennan, Mary Mei, Derrick Chu, J.P. Connolly, Anna (Fleder) Connolly, Will Fourt, Ali Reddington, Rufus Lusk, Kristina Eaton, Carrie O’Neil, Lydia Smith, Jeff Beardsley, Kate Gage ’05, Daniel Phelan ’03, Elliott May ’06, Mikey Saladik ’06, Forrest Hanson ’06 and Ken Will, DMS’09. Shortly after the wedding the newlyweds moved from southern California to Atlanta, where Mitch is completing radiology training at Emory University and learning all about the Ebola virus.


Elizabeth Bultman married Benjamin Sislen in Queenstown, Maryland. Their dog Dexter wore a bowtie and looked on lovingly at the beautiful bayside ceremony. Jessica Leinwand, Sam Stein, Jackie (Murphy) Harper, Paul Bozzello, Blair Dickinson, Susana Guajardo, Emily (Graham) Teeter, Dana Jupiter ’05, Laura Burt ’02 and I were there to celebrate!


I recently cooked a meal for and drank wine with Caz Liske, who was in N.Y.C. directing a production at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. He has since headed back to Moscow, where he’s been working as a theater teacher, director and performer. He told me that Paul Marino entered an exciting program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. I (a bad journalist) did not verify this with Paul. Sources, schmources!


Two of my tripees (I hope this phrase is still around) have exciting news: Andy Lawrence married Jessica Au in New York City and Kathy (Burchall) Gardner and her husband, Charles Gardner, had another little boy in June. James joins Charlie, the couple’s 2 1/2-year-old. 


Mark Orsini continues to work as a theatrical agent in New York City. He is engaged to Joe Benarroch, who works in corporate communications at Facebook. In anticipation and pre-celebration of their Jersey wedding, I recently played pong with some Chi Gams, including Janos Marton, Tim Spellman, Brett Martin and Jordan Cooper. I utilized my acting skills to pretend I was good. 


Finally, I got married in July to Kristen McGregor, my favorite Canadian! We live in Cobble Hill in Brooklyn, where I am in my sixth year working with Uncommon Schools and Kristen works in children’s television. Dartmouth alums from the classes of ’02 to ’07 were there to dance with us on the big day including Sarah Sirota, Marina McClure, Blair Dickinson, Elizabeth Bultman, Mark Orsini and Jackie (Murphy) Harper. We spent an awesome week in Costa Rica, where I was definitely not scared of ziplining.


That’s all I got, folks. Please send updates my way, so I can share your news with the world!


Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Welcome to our last pre-reunion installment of Class Notes! 


Kristina Eaton wrote in to note that she is completing her obstetrics and gynecology residency at University of California, Irvine, in June and will be moving back home to Anchorage, Alaska.


In addition, Kristina reported that Mitch Ermentrout married Virginia Bishop in Santa Barbara, California, on April 12 with a host of Dartmouth alumni in attendance. Mitch is completing his radiology residency at University of California, Irvine, in June and will be moving to Atlanta to start a fellowship in interventional radiology.


Matt Kemp and his wife, Eleanor (Alexander) Kemp, welcomed their baby daughter Amelia on March 22. According to Matt, “Amelia decided that the last two weeks in the womb weren’t necessary, and all are doing well.” Congratulations to the Kemp family. 


Becky MacDonnell-Yilmaz and her husband, Tay, welcomed their son Zachary Carlton on February 17. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where the couple bought their first home last year, and they are enjoying every minute with him!


At long last Johanna Willer married Rhonda Pacheco in Vero Beach, Florida, on May 3. The couple will return to South Africa, where they live now, and it was wonderful to celebrate their marriage together with Dartmouth ’04s Galia BenArtzi, Lindsay Geimer, Sheila Hicks, Rowan Smith and Susan Edwards. 


Susana Guajardo returned in March from her post with the U.S. State Department in Islamabad, Pakistan. Susana is now managing USAID’s budget for Afghanistan and Pakistan from the comforts of Washington, D.C., and her friends are very grateful to have her back. 


On a personal note, it has been such a pleasure serving as class secretary during the last five years. I have really looked forward to reporting on your life milestones, accomplishments and—perhaps most of all—reunions with each other. Putting the notes together every two months was a wonderful reminder of how special those four years in Hanover were to all of us, and how fortunate we were to be there together.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! I hope this column finds you all well. My apologies for the missing column in the last magazine. I hope that the thorough and exciting updates below make up for the oversight.
Janos Marton is working as special counsel to New York’s Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.
Karim Nehdi wrote in to report that his wife, Liz Perman ’05, recently graduated with distinction with a master’s of arts in textile design from the University of the Arts London, and as her final project transformed their old Citroën 2CV with her crazy print designs. Liz is now starting an accessories line and doing bespoke commissions out of London.
Talene Monahon ’13 (performer/creator) and Marina McClure (director) brought student issues to life at the prestigious United Solo Festival in New York City on October 7 and 25 with their one-woman show, All in Good Fun. The show opened at the Hopkins Center for Performing Arts in May and Talene and Marina returned to Dartmouth this fall to perform two more shows. Several more universities and high schools are also expressing interest in bringing the show and its important messages to their students. You can visit the show’s website at www.allingoodfun.net.
Fred Carleton and Regina Won were married on campus on August 24 (ceremony at Rollins Chapel with reception at the DOC House). There were many Dartmouth alums in attendance, including father of the groom, Richard Carleton ’71, and bridesmaids Tomoko Ogura (maid of honor), Amanda (Morganroth) Sherman, Adriana Nunez, Morna Ha and groomsmen George Lee (best man), Stephen Kim and Josh McPherson. Regina reported that the wedding was a blast. The couple lives in Brooklyn, New York. Regina is an attorney at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP and Fred is a teacher at Fusion Academy.
Rob Daley wrote: “My wife, Jessica Oliff, and I were married at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philly [Pennsylvania] on May 4. The wedding was attended by many ’03s, ’04s, ’05s and a few ’06s (about 35 alums in total). Dartmouth ’04s included Aaron Gillespie, Jesse Nisselson, Simon Weber, Jeff Coots, Andi Salas, Remy Wildrick, Steph Owen, Lindsay Hirsch, Damien Quinn, Matt Labarre, Kyle Smith, Geoff Vitt, Dave Hodapp, Jack Downey, Mike Curley, Jay Barnard, Phil Peisch, Greta Milligan and Matt Stevenson. A good ole Dartmouth time had by all.” Rob also graduated from Columbia Business School in May. Congrats!
Susan Edwards married Chris Wilson (UVA ’05) September 29, 2013, in Washington, D.C. A number of Dartmouth alumni attended, including Lindsay Geimer Carroll, Adrienne Draper Olson, Stephanie Owen, Danielle Polebaum, Ben Wade, Johanna Willer and Jessica Magidson ’06.
I also wanted to bring everyone’s attention to Fashion Girls for Humanity, a great project started by Tomoko Ogura in the wake of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami disaster. With the interest in raising funds and bringing awareness to the relief and rebuilding efforts for the affected areas in the northeastern regions of Japan, fundraising events such as designer sales have been organized in N.Y.C. with support from designers and the fashion community. Thus far Fashion Girls for Humanity has partnered with Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund as well as Toyo Ito’s KISYN in Japan who have been effectively supporting the communities and children in northeastern Japan. Since its inception, Fashion Girls for Humanity has evolved its mission to bring humanitarian services and funds to communities in need, including in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, through its global network of fashion and design industry professionals.
—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey, ’04s, it has definitely been a busy fall for many of you! 


Ben Wade graduated from Columbia Business School in the spring and started working at the Boston Consulting Group’s New York office in August.


Janos Marton is currently practicing civil rights law in New York and will be going to Liberia in February to work for its Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.


Aimee Barnes recently moved to London, where she is working for the United Kingdom government’s department of energy and climate change. 


Tyra Olstad spent the summer working for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska and is working on a Ph.D. in geography at Kansas State University.


Caz Liske finished five years of acting studies at the Moscow Art Theater School (with a Reynolds Fellowship from Dartmouth). He was one of the first two Americans to graduate from the Russian-language acting conservatory and is now a professional actor in Moscow.


Susana Guajardo just returned from Iraq, where she was a consultant for a government contractor. She now lives in Washington, D.C., with her new roommate Paul Bozzello, who graduated from Harvard Law School in May and is a lawyer for Cleary Gottlieb.


Christina Palmer is starting her fourth year of medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. She spent the past two months working in a hospital in Botswana and runs a research study examining the effectiveness of yoga in breast cancer survivors.


Ryan Rosston and Claire Chandler were married on September 12, 2009, at Bogus Basin Mountain in Boise, Idaho. More than 30 Dartmouth alums, spanning the classes of ’73 to ’06, attended. 


Lindsay Geimer married Sean Carroll in September. Ben Wade, Susan Edwards, Johanna Willer and Rachel Holmes were all in attendance.


Joseph Pechter and Christine Reinhold ’06 were married at Dartmouth on July 12, 2009. Katherine Lawson ’06 served as maid of honor and William Pechter served as best man. Also in the wedding party were Ruwan Kiringoda, William Young ’03 (who flew in from China), Kevin Fournier ’03, Ian Sarr ’05 and Diana Pechter ’12. 


Frederica Ghesquiere and John Helmstadter ’05 were married over Labor Day weekend at a summer camp in Lyman, New Hampshire. More than 40 Dartmouth alums were in attendance, including David Anderson, Lauren Endicott, Cat Crandall, Pete Sokol-Hessner, Brad Bate, Ben Wade, John Kupiec, Jon Kling, James Lamb, Hillary Critchley, Erik Jacobson, Rufus Lusk and Jackie Chamberlain. Freddie is finishing a joint degree in forestry and divinity at Yale, where John is finishing his M.Div.


Greg Klein and his wife, Mariah, were married in July 2008 in Glover, Vermont, and are expecting their first child this December. Greg is an assistant principal at United for Success Academy, a small public middle school in Oakland, California, where he was a founding teacher.


Nic Duquette and Joanna Hurrell ’05 were married September 5 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The wedding party included Heather Lapin (maid of honor), Chris Plehal and Matt Kemp.


Charlie Gardner and Kathy Birchall were married this past August in Woodstock, Vermont. Their photographer was Rob Strong, who comes highly recommended!


Jenny Sharfstein was engaged to Andy Kane (Princeton ’03) while on a family vacation in Maine. They plan to get married next fall.


Nikita Dubrovsky and his wife, Annelise, just had a new baby girl, whom they named Amelia. Congratulations! 


Katie Theoharides was married September 12 to Stephen Caldwell (Harvard ’01) in Whately, Massachusetts. Kristina Garcia Wade was one of her bridesmaids and Roy Wade, DMS’06, Asa Tapley ’02 and Adam Tapley ’03 attended.


Jess Leinwald, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! I apologize for the lack of class updates in the last two issues of the magazine—the gap was due to the transition between class officers. But we are back and have plenty to report on our fellow classmates. 


Thomas Crafts reports that his wife, Liz (Wilson) Crafts, recently received her M.D. with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from the University of Rochester Medical School. Thomas and Liz moved to Durham, North Carolina, where Liz will begin her residency in anesthesiology at Duke University. 


Liz Farenbach graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in June and has began her residency in dermatology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. 


Julian Kelly and Chris O’Connell have started a creative Web site, www.yourdigitalrecord.com, for digital music distribution. The site went live in June and Michael Martinez, Matt Stevenson and Geoff Vitt helped with its development. Please check it out! 


Emily Pearl graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a master’s of architecture in May and recently completed teaching in their summer program. 


Leigh (Heeter) Fiske will be attending Haas Business School starting this fall in Berkeley, California.


Catherine Buck moved from Seattle to Toronto to work for Microsoft Canada. She had been working at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, since December 2006, supporting Canadian advertisers as a search advertising account manager. 


Sonia Tarantolo is leaving for her first assignment with the Foreign Service in mid-September, working as a political-economic advisor at the U.S. consulate in Milan. 


Danielle Howard just returned from a two-year tour with the Peace Corps in Peru. She will be attending Kellogg business school at Northwestern University as of September. 


Laura Ferrell got engaged last November to Grant Riedesel, whom she met at University of Michigan Law School. Molly Jenkins is also engaged—her fiancé, Pem Huddleston, proposed in March.


Lauren Kingsley was married in September to Ryan Dunn, Th’04. The wedding was in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Julia Brant and Rebecca Aledort were among her bridesmaids. Lauren and Ryan are currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Lauren is completing her M.D./Ph.D. at the University of Virginia and Ryan owns his own business. 


Kaitlin Yaremchuk and Darren Gastrock were married on September 5 in Osterville, Massachusetts. The wedding party included fellow ’04s Ally Basak Russell, Danielle Luber, Mike Turner and Brian Van Abel. Kait and Darren are currently living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Kait recently completed her master of public policy at Brown University and Darren is working in commercial banking.


Blair Dickinson married Ryan Schroeder in Killington, Vermont, in early June. Jaclyn Murphy was the maid of Honor and Liz Bultman officiated. Cliff Campbell, Dara Adams, Kristin Hayden ’03 and I were all in attendance. Blair graduated from Drexel Medical School this May and began her residency in pediatrics in Philadelphia. 


Eleanor Pessin married Ben Correa in August of this year. Many Dartmouth alumni attended, including Robin Deliso, Katie and Fred Yarger, Daniel Colvard, Curtis Leitner, Valerie Silverman, Elizabeth Leonard, Chad Butt, Dave Philips, Jaclyn Strife, Caryn Karo, Julie and Cal Newport, Paul Bozzello, Lindsay Reither, Carolyn Kirchner, Evan Lapinsky, Sabrina Singh ’05, Jean Bredeche ’03, Mark Bubriski ’02, Erin Fifield ’05, Dan Correa ’05 and Fred Skillern ’73.


Sam Stein and I were also married in Woodstock, Vermont, on September 6. Thank you to all of our close Dartmouth friends in attendance!


Finally, our class president Kyle Smith and his wife, Mary Marshall Smith, will be having twins in January—congratulations! 


I am thrilled to be your class secretary for the next five years—please send me future updates.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Happy New Year, ’04s—I hope 2010 brings you health, happiness and exciting experiences to share with your classmates! 


Emily Copeland recently left her job with novelist John Irving and is now studying English literature in Boston. She and Pete Land ’99 got married in September near their home in Burlington, Vermont. Emily made sure to note that “a bunch of great Dartmouth folks came to dance with us!”


Clare Gupta is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and conducting her doctoral dissertation on rural-urban migration in northern Botswana. Clare turned on her television set one evening in Africa and saw Rebecca Leffler on the screen! Rebecca is living in Paris and has a weekly movies show on the international channel France 24 and another on French TV network Canal+. She is also the France correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter. Thanks to Skype, the girls are keeping Big Green communication alive overseas.


Ed Lucas just finished his fifth season in the Kansas City Royals organization and won an award for Most Home Runs Per At-Bat in Minor League Baseball—congrats Ed! 


Virginia McCune and her husband, Dave McCune ’05, had their first baby, Hannah Snow McCune, on October 15. Virginia is finishing her orthodontic residency at the Medical College of Georgia and will be moving to Atlanta after graduation next June.


Ahmad Abdur Rahim also wrote in to say he is now a father of three! Congrats, Ahmad!


Dave Hodapp recently proposed to Courtney Howard, whom he met while working in Washington, D.C. The happy couple lives in Athens, Ohio, where Dave works for Senator Sherrod Brown and Courtney is completing a master’s in journalism. They are busy planning a ceremony near the beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the spring of 2011 and awaiting responses from law school/Ph.D. programs to determine their next big move.


Pat Dowling married Toby Simmons on August 22 at the Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut. In attendance were Tim Grant, Drew Dinkmeyer, Scott Shirrell, Josh Bailey ’05, Josh Cushman ’03, Jay Barnard and Cooper Chapin. The couple lives in western Massachusetts, where Pat works as a risk-management consultant at Sinclair Risk & Financial Services. 


Kendall Adams and James Bartholomew ’05 got engaged this past March and are planning their wedding for next June. The couple lives in Portland, Oregon. 


Nicole Drezner is marrying Ramin Pirouz, whom she met while in medical school. Nicole is doing her pediatrics residency at Schneider Children’s Hospital on Long Island. 


Kristin Burdge is in her first year of a two-year master’s of social work program at Boston College—and loving it! 


Ben Bollinger co-founded SustainX, a startup that recently received a $5.39 million grant to develop an energy storage system designed to make the use of renewable energy sources more efficient. If you’re interested in learning more about this really interesting project, visit http://thedartmouth.com/2009/12/01/news/thayer.


Elizabeth Bultman lives in Washington, D.C., where she teaches English to ninth graders at a private high school. She is also the faculty advisor of the school newspaper and loves her work!


Sarah Maxell Crosby recently joined the Dartmouth staff as a communications specialist in the president’s office. She and her husband Dan ’02 are expecting their first baby in January.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey ’04s—thank you for sending in your updates throughout the winter. I have some very exciting news to share in this issue.

Tucker Murphy made us all proud as he represented Bermuda in cross-country skiing during the Winter Olympic Games. Tucker carried Bermuda’s flag at the opening ceremony. Eight additional Dartmouth alumni (making nine in total) competed in the Winter Olympics this year.

Jessica Lawson has co-founded the Mariposa Foundation, www.mariposafoundation.com, a nonprofit in the Dominican Republic. The organization is dedicated to ending poverty and social injustice through community-based programs. 


The Bronx Arts Ensemble will play Oliver Caplan’s chamber piece “Illuminated by the Light of Two Ships Passing in the Night” (violin, cello, piano) on May 23—his first piece to have been presented by five different ensembles.


John “Doc” Kupiec graduated first in his class from Boston College Law School in May 2009 and moved to Providence, Rhode Island, for an appellate clerkship. He and Stephanie Owen, who recently moved to Providence to expand her jewelry company Elizabeth Cole (www.elizabethcolejewelry.com), are enjoying exploring the city together. In September Doc will move to New York to begin a federal district court clerkship. Doc is planning on frequent ski trips with fellow Dartmouth grads John Karl, Jon Kling and Anne O’Hagen Karl ’06.


Leigh Vicens was ordained an Episcopal priest in January. She now serves part-time at a church in Madison, Wisconsin, while working on her Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin.


Christie Kiefer graduated from UVA law last summer and married Tom Borton in Charlottesville, Virginia, on January 16. Joanne Sprague was Christie’s maid of honor and Suzanne Larimore Wahl and Carrell Weeks ’02 were bridesmaids. Other Dartmouth alums in attendance were Dan Wahl, Danielle Derocher, Jenny Cabot, Dan Phelan ’03 and Tracey Fung ’06.


Alex Robbins is graduating from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business this spring, along with Kane Russell and Brian Van Abel. After that she plans on doing a three-week trip to Africa and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro before moving to San Francisco.


Brad Bate reported that Michael Newton was engaged to Anne Himpens, a business school classmate, last October. Brad writes: “Though Michael had fastidiously planned his proposal for Anne’s surprise combination Halloween-and-birthday party in L.A. he had not fully considered the implications of proposing on October 31: namely that, when he got down on bended knee, he would be dressed as Fred Flintstone and she as Wilma.” Alexa Hansen and Stephanie Movahhed were also in attendance for the happy surprise.


Jesse Seymour became engaged to Gabe Perkins in November. The couple lives in Bethel, Maine, where they are restoring an old home they own together.


Lauren Talbot was engaged over Christmas to Dave Sertich in San Francisco, California.


Heather Lapin Hewitt married Jason Hewitt in Hawaii in January. Beth Rabbitt, Rob Karl ’03, Chelsea Lane-Miller, Catherine Dale, Jon Kling, Rebecca Perkins, Nic Duquette and Joanna Hurell Duquette ’05 were all in attendance. Heather is finishing her master’s in marine affairs at the University of Washington. 


Ben Converse became engaged just after our five-year reunion. He is marrying Sophie Trawalter, who received a Ph.D. at Dartmouth last summer. 


Ryan van Hoff and Sophia (Schippers) van Hoff ’06 welcomed son Miles Adrian on February 8. Ryan and Sophia are finishing medical school in Philadelphia.


Sarah Maxell Crosby and husband Dan Maxell Crosby ’02 had their first baby, Dexter Bruce, on January 15.


Finally, class president Kyle Smith and his wife, Mary Marshall Smith, welcomed their twin daughters into the world on January 25. 


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! Here are some updates on what seems like a busy and exciting spring for many of you.


David Seidman recently accepted a new position within his current company, Microsoft, at the Microscoft security response center. His wife, Julia (Keane) Seidman, is finishing her master’s in teaching at Seattle University in June. She and David have gotten many visits from medical students interviewing for residency programs, including Fenton McCarthy and Laura Rosow.


Laura Jones was engaged to Brian Mathay (Harvard ’04) and the wedding is set for October 10. Laura was featured in Business Week this year as one of “21 People Who Will Change Business,” an article focusing on young people specializing in innovation. Laura’s profile can be found at http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0930_dschool_alumni/11.htm and you can read the article at http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2009/id20090930_806435.htm.


Brian Orce is the production and post-production supervisor of VBS TV (www.vbs.tv), the online video division of Vice magazine. Last year Brian worked with the UN and the International Rescue Committee to help members of Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band, get asylum status in the United States. He was the associate producer on a documentary about the band’s experience which can be found on the Vice website: www.vbs.tv/watch/acrassicauda--2/heavy-metal-in-baghdad-feature.


Sheila Hicks completed a master’s program in school leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is now the director of financial aid at Riverdale Country School in New York. Sheila continues to play rugby with the New York Rugby Club, which won the Women’s Premier League National Championship this year. 


Ryan Alison Foley lives in Turin, Italy, and is in the first year of a master’s program in comparative law, economics and finance. Aside from enjoying her studies, she loves living in and traveling around Europe. 


Jennie Savoca is a fourth-year medical student at University of Florida. She will be starting her residency in internal medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in June. Jennie is of course very excited to return to the Upper Valley. Congratulations! 


Judith Phillips graduated from University of Pennsylvania Law School last May and is currently living in Israel and working for a venture capital firm. Special thanks to Judith for providing the following updates.


Valerie Silverman is a second-year law student at Boston University Law School and will be working at Paul Hastings LLP this summer. 


Claire Superfine was recently engaged to Jake Schneider and will be getting married next spring. Claire is finishing her last year at Boston University Law School and will be clerking on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after graduation. Claire was recently offered a clerkship with a federal district court judge for the following year. Exciting news all around!


Heather Kiefer graduated from University of Pennsylvania Medical School last year and is in her first year of residency in neurosurgery (“slacking off, as per usual,” according to Judith) at Vanderbilt University. 


Having graduated from law school in May 2009, Ingrid Swanson received a Skadden Fellowship to work at the New Haven Legal Assistance Association. Judith adds that Ingrid is also raising a very adorable puppy named Roxy. 


Kate Minikel and Darren Thomas welcomed their son Griffin “Finn” Edward Thomas in February. Congratulations, the pictures on Facebook are adorable! 


Ashley Massey is getting a D.Phil/Ph.D. in geography and the environment at Oxford. 


Julia Reeve is currently pursuing a master’s in architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle. 


Finally, Sara Heaney is back in Hanover, getting her M.B.A. at Tuck. 


As always, thank you for keeping me in the loop. Please send all of your news to jess.leinwand@gmail.com.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! Hope everyone had a fabulous summer! 


Jackie Murphy became engaged to Jake Harper (Middlebury ’07) on June 19. Jake planned a surprise gathering with their closest family and friends after he popped the question: Paul Bozzello, Blair Dickinson, Liz Bultman, Susana Guajardo and I were all there to celebrate! 


Simon Weber proposed to Nicole Eisenman (Williams ’04) in May. Simon is leaving his position with an international lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., to start Wharton Business School. His roommate for the past four years, Nick Danoff (the two were also freshman year roommates in South Fayer), will start University of Michigan Business School in September. 


Laura Rosow graduated from Harvard Medical School in May. She has relocated to San Francisco, where she will begin neurology residency at University of California, San Francisco, in June. 


Miguella Mark Carew was awarded a Fulbright award to study intestinal parasites in Trinidad and Tobago.


Nick Blum was recently engaged to Christen Ardus (Wellesley ’04). Nick and Christen will graduate from Tuck School of Business next year. 


Meredith (Benz) and Ben Bollinger are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Noah Stephen on May 6. Ben is co-founder of SustainX Inc. in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and Meredith is a clinician at West Central Behavioral Health in Claremont, New Hampshire. The family is living in Windsor, Vermont.


Lauren (Ware) and Alasdair Groves wrote in to report that they “have a 1-year old daughter named Emily who is the most fun thing that has ever happened to us!” They are moving back to New Hampshire in July to open a nonprofit Christian counseling center called Twin State Christian Counseling. 


Kristina Eaton is starting her obstetrics-gynecology residency at University of California at Irvine on June 22. She has offered to host the next mini-reunion in Orange County (spare bedroom available!).


Kerri Entin graduated from medical school at the University of Colorado in May and began her residency in psychiatry at the University of Colorado. She also became engaged to Jonathan Langer (Williams ’04) and the two purchased a new home together.


Kane Russel moved back to San Francisco with his wife, Ally Basak, after spending two years in graduate school at the University of Michigan with fellow ’04s Brian Van Abel and Alexandra Robbins. Kane is working at Waterfall Mobile (www.waterfallmobile.com). 


Brett Martin was featured in Forbes Magazine for starting ProphetMargin, an online planning and finance tool for small businesses. Brett and his team unveiled the company during Startup Weekend, one of the final events of New York’s Internet Week. For more details, please check out the article at www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/06/14/business-us-no-sleep-startups_7687594....

Sarah Sirota completed her second year of the three-year M.F.A. acting program at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. She is teaching basic acting to undergraduates and working on a variety of shows at school. Sarah will be performing in the first main stage show of the fall semester, Fen by Caryl Churchill.


Sarah also provided the following updates (thank you!): Cliff Campbell directed a production of The Fantasticks at Williamsburg Collegiate, where he teaches drama. Mark Orsini is a partner at Brett Adams Agency in the literary division. Marina McClure is in graduate school, pursuing a master’s in fine arts in directing at California Arts. Sarah’s last piece of news is that Matt Singleton is getting married to his partner Josh on Fire Island, New York, in September. Congratulations!


Please send all future updates to me!


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Isabel Casariego is heading off to the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the fall to pursue a master’s in higher education. Eleanor (Pessin) Correa is doing the same program part-time over two years. 


Jess Arnold, Laura Nieskens and Joan Kearns graduated from Tuck Business School this spring. Jess is moving to Boston to work for CSN Stores, an online furniture and home goods retailer. Laura is also moving to Boston to work for the Chartis Group, a management consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery. Joan Kerns will be in Boston as well, working for Procter & Gamble. Jess writes that there are plenty more ’04s starting up their second year of Tuck who get one last year to enjoy Hanover! 


Kevin Davis, Brian Kent, John Eichlin, Stephen Lee, David Roseman and Moez Shivji got together for an informal reunion in Lake Tahoe, California, this summer. The group carried Dartmouth’s flag to the top of an 800-foot waterfall at an elevation of 7,000 feet. 


Adrienne (Draper) Olson married Mark Olson on September 13, 2009. They wed at the chapel in Squirrel Island, Maine. The bridesmaids included Brittany Copenhaver, Danielle Polebaum, Stephanie Feldman and Susan Edwards. Adrienne met Mark four years ago in Washington, D.C., where the couple continues to live. Adrienne is a marketer for the Advisory Board Co., which keeps her busy traveling the country each week visiting various universities. 


Thomas Crafts just got back from a month-long trip to India. Thomas taught macroeconomics to a group of eighth- and ninth-grade Indian students as part of a collaboration between Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. He is now working full-time for Duke TIP, which provides educational opportunities for academically gifted youth. Tom also joined the executive committee of the local Alumni club here in North Carolina and is the treasurer of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Piedmont. 


Thomas’s wife, Liz (Wilson) Crafts, finished her first year of residency in the anesthesia program at Duke. 


Matt Burgess’s first novel, Dogfight: A Love Story, comes out this September with Doubleday. In a starred review Publishers Weekly called it “a post-9/11 shout-out to the borough of Queens, with its roiling mix of cultures. Burgess’ gritty, punchy narrative, propelled by fresh gusts of language, should remind readers of another outstanding outer borough literary debut—Richard Price’s The Wanderers.”


James Wrubel is beginning his second year of Osteopathic Medical School at Touro University in the East Bay in northern California and still performing as much as possible in the area. He is also working on a new project recording to teach pianists to play jazz by ear for Hear and Play Inc.


Matt Drossos ’02 and Katie (Baines) Drossos welcomed their daughter Madeline Ashcroft Drossos on May 28. Katie writes, “We have been dressing Maddy in Dartmouth onesies in the hopes of subtly influencing her future college selection.”


Vanessa Vega ’05 and Jeff Coots were married on August 21 in New York. The ’04s in attendance included John Harlow, Aaron Gillespie, Remy Wildrick, Courtney Stone, Phil Peisch and Greta Milligan. Marisa Clementi ’05, Rebecca Scully ’05, Christine Prentice ’05, Saleema Moore ’05 and Michal Jalowski. 


Greta Milligan married Phil Peisch on August 27 in Petoskey, Michigan. They celebrated with a group of ’04s including Sam Stein, Jess Leinwand, Heather Wininger, Christina Palmer, Laura Nieskens, Christopher Hooper, Ryan Abraham, Simon Weber, Dave Hodapp, Leo Twiggs, Rolaine Ossman, Jesse Nisselson, Nick Danoff, Mike Curley, Jeff Coots and Claire Superfine.

Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! Hope you all survived the long, cold winter. I have no idea how I survived the seemingly endless Hanover days when the sun set at 3:30 p.m. and below zero weather was the norm. 


One highlight of the February frost was watching the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where Tucker Murphy carried the Bermuda flag in the opening ceremonies and competed as the sole member of his delegation.


In other sports news, my husband, Sam Stein, tells me that when the history books are written on famous pitcher Roy Halliday’s career, they will note that the last batter he got out was Miami Marlins third baseman Ed Lucas. 


Johanna Willer moved to South Africa, where she will continue consulting for Accenture Inc., but she could not leave without a proper send-off-bachelorette party with her closest Dartmouth friends. It was wonderful to see Sheila Hicks, who is the director of financial aid at the Riverdale Country School; Rowan Smith, an attorney at Indel Inc.; Lindsay Geimer Carroll, who manages business strategy at PepsiCo; and Susan Edwards, an attorney with Reed Smith, LLP. Jo is marrying her partner, Rhonda Pacheco, the first weekend in May in Florida. Can’t wait to celebrate! 


Please send me your updates. 


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Here’s to another year of great personal and professional success for the ’04 class! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year. As for the updates, I sadly didn’t receive much in the way of news from you all—so I was forced to piece together the news I had heard over the last few months (and I also did a little Facebook stalking to keep things interesting). Below is what I know.


Jeremy Presser is working at the White House as a deputy associate counsel for presidential personnel. Prior to joining the White House legal team Jeremy was an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP. He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 


Blair Dickinson Schroeder and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their beautiful daughter Nora into the world on December 8. Congratulations to you all. Nora is beautiful and I can’t wait to meet her in person!


Sam and I had a great visit with Danielle Howard when she visited Washington, D.C., in November. Danielle is now working at Imprint Capital, an investment advising company focused on impact investments—or investments made into companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial return. Danielle is currently living in New York City and it was so wonderful seeing her and catching up! 


I also heard from Sonia Tarantolo, who is still working for the State Department in Mexico City. Sonia will be returning to D.C. next summer to work on Italy issues for the State Department for the next two years. So excited for her return! 


Scott Linthicum and Karen Manookian got engaged on December 22. Scott Hogan and Kristen Smith got engaged on December 5. Congratulations to both happy couples!


Ben and Eleanor (Pessin) Correa welcomed their new baby Charlie into their family on November 3. Judging from the pictures on Facebook, Frank seems thrilled to have a new baby brother and the family looks adorable! 


I am anxious to get more news from all of you. Please send your updates—job changes, weddings, new babies, new pets—along.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hope you all are having a great summer! Sparse but very exciting news to report.


Ed Lucas was called up by the Marlins in May! Ed is the first Dartmouth alum to appear in the Major Leagues since Mike Remlinger in 2006. He is the 27th player ever from Dartmouth to make it to the Majors. In addition, Ed is the fourth Ivy Leaguer to play in the big leagues this season. Moreover, thanks to the incredible detective-work of my father-in-law and Dartmouth sports fan Steve Stein ’63, I learned that Ed has been kicking butt! He leads the Marlins with a .313 average in 80 at-bats. He made an initial splash, going four for four against the Mets. According to the Miami Herald, Ed “has been a breath of fresh air on a team that could use a heavy dose of it. I mean, the Marlins have been winning in his presence.”


In addition, Elliot Oshansky wrote in with two exciting updates: “I’m pleased to announce that I started this week at CNBC, where I am an associate producer on The Kudlow Report. It’s a very exciting move for me as I move into TV production after several years on the digital side at other media outlets, and it dovetails nicely with my M.B.A. work at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business, where I’m on track to graduate in December with a dual concentration in communications and media management and marketing. I was inducted in to Fordham’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society this past March. Also this past weekend I completed my fifth Out of the Darkness overnight walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). I was one of more than 1,700 walkers who raised money and awareness for AFSP by walking 16 miles in Washington, D.C., on June 1 and 2. I walked, as always, in memory of our classmate Daryl Richmond. I’m pleased to report that I had my best fundraising year since I started doing the walk in 2007, and that the vast majority of my donations came from fellow Dartmouth alums. Altogether the walk raised more than $2.6 million for suicide prevention research, education and advocacy.”


Finally, thanks to Adrienne (Draper) Olson for the following:“Stephanie (Feldman) Annear and her husband, Chris, just welcomed a new baby boy, Gannon, on May 11! They are living in Geneva, New York, and both are working for Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Several of us got together in N.Y.C. in February to celebrate Steph and their pending new addition—including Brittany (Copenhaver) Dobi, Lea (Kiefer) Bialis, Janet Light, Chelsea Morgan, Danielle Polebaum, Laura Thompson, Laura Schleicher and Lindsey Sheffield. Also, I just heard from Lindsay Sheffield that she and Kevin Turner are engaged! He proposed in the Rodin Garden in Paris on their trip to Europe.”


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer. The notes submissions were a little sparse this time around, even though it is wedding/graduation season. But with a little Facebook sleuthing, here is what I was able to piece together: 


Gaby Jaramillo graduated from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government with a master’s in public administration and international development. Gaby is returning to Ecuador for good, but will first be taking a few months off to backpack and surf in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 


Leigh (Heeter) Fiske graduated in December from the dual M.B.A./M.P.H. program at Berkeley, and she has returned to FSG, a global social-impact consulting firm where she focuses on international health and development. 


Carl DeSelm received his M.D. and Ph.D. in May from Washington University. He will be doing a year of internal medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and then move to New York to specialize in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he plans to practice and research new cancer treatments.


Seth Goldman married Jennifer Hersh at the Museum of Natural History in New York in June. Seth is the manager of operations at Quidsi, a subsidiary of Amazon.com that specializes in consumer products. His wife, Jennifer, is a research coordinator in the public health department of Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan in the field of brain injuries.


Sonia Tarantolo, a foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State, left in July for a new post at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. Sonia will be working in the consular affairs section of the embassy. 


Dara Adams married Cameron Hoyler in Napa Valley, California, during Labor Day Weekend. Blair (Dickinson) Schroeder, Rachel (Holmes) Kelly, Robin Deliso and Lindsay Clayton were all in attendance. Congrats, Dara and Cameron—your pictures on Facebook were beautiful! 


Simon Weber, Geoff Vitt and Chris O’Connell all graduated from Wharton Business School in May. Nick Danoff also graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. 


Ryan Van Hoff and Sophia (Schippers) Van Hoff ’06 welcomed their second son, Owen Daniel, on June 7. Owen joins big brother Miles Adrian, and the whole family is doing great. Ryan and Sophia are both residents at DHMC.


Dave Philips graduated from Stanford University this spring with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His thesis was on computational fluid dynamics. Congrats!


Sean Furey, Th’05, will head to London with the U.S. track and field team next month to compete in his first Olympic Games after finishing fourth in the javelin at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, on June 25.


Please continue to send your updates to me at the e-mail address below.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hello, ’04s! Hope you are all enjoying the summer.


Chris D’Andrea graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May with a Ph.D. in physics and astronomy. He and his wife, Patricia, are now packing up to move across the pond, where Chris will be working for the next three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, England.


Isabel (Casariego) Bober writes: “After graduating this spring from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the higher education program (with Eleanor (Pessin) Correa, no less), I’m headed back up to Dartmouth as an associate director of admissions. It feels great and a bit surreal at the same time to be returning to campus as an admissions officer, but I’m excited. As ’04s return to campus, please feel free to look me up and visit!”


Annie Snyder is moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan, this summer to begin an M.B.A. at the University of Michigan. She is very excited to see the first ever night game at the Big House this fall (though she obviously still bleeds green).


A Foreign Service officer on her first tour, Sonia Tarantolo is finishing up a two-year diplomatic assignment at the U.S. consulate in Milan, Italy. She will head back to Washington, D.C., at the end of the summer for Spanish language classes and other training before heading off to Mexico City for her next assignment in July 2012.


Leslie Feingerts has worked in education reform in New Orleans for the past four years. She currently works for KIPP New Orleans Schools as co-director of the KIPP Through College program. In May Leslie and nine other ’04s (Lana Smith, Jess VanGarsse, John Harlow, Simon Weber, Katie Putnam, Michael Martinez, Chris O’Connell, Lisa Salzer and Amy Benziger) reunited in New Orleans for Jazz Fest. Simon Weber was voted MVP of the weekend. 


Stephanie Owen’s company, Elizabeth Cole Jewelry, has just collaborated with Zac Posen on his resort 2012 line. So exciting! Check out Stephanie’s jewelry at www.elizabethcolejewelry.com.


Kate (Killen) Haffenreffer and her husband, Chris, welcomed a baby boy, Reid Killen Haffenreffer, into the world on January 27. Congratulations!


James Klaas married Kelsey McElveen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and had an excellent ’04 turnout, including Will Raynolds, Tom Sanford, Ben Zabar, Chelsea Lane-Miller, Tate Lefevre, Chris Plehal, David Eckels, Eleanor Alexander, Matt Kemp, Jennie Savoca, Nic Duquette, Lauren Hendrickson, Steve Zyck and Nikita Dubrovsky. James and Kelsey are residents at the Mayo Clinic and now residing in Rochester, Minnesota.


Adriana Nunez, Ellie Smith, and Kristian Lau went to Mexico to swim with sharks and, as it turned out, to crash a destination wedding. They are happy to report that, with intel from Marina McClure and the help of at least three hotel concierges, they successfully “stumbled” upon the beach wedding of fellow Dartmouth alums Pat Bredehoft ’03 and Nancy Aitcheson ’06 in Tulum. The three would like to extend their congratulations, and to thank the lovely couple for the popsicles.


Elisheva Hirshman Green became engaged to Steve Finston in May. The two are planning on a February wedding in New York—I can’t wait! Elisheva is currently an associate in the employment law group at Kasowitz, Benson Torres & Friedman LLP.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Susan Napier is a young professionals leadership board member for the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL, www.urbandebate.org/index.shtml), a nonprofit leading the national movement to create policy debate opportunities for at-risk, urban populations. After the NAUDL was founded, it seeded Urban Debate Leagues in several cities across the country. Now in 19 major cities, thousands of at-risk students are participating in an activity with remarkable results.


Oliver Caplan is a classical music composer living in the Boston area. He recently wrote in to share news of a significant artistic collaboration with the College. The Handel Society has commissioned a new work for chorus and orchestra, Roots and Wings, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Hopkins Center. The piece will be premiered in Spaulding Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 13.


Beth Rabbitt will be completing a residency in education as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s new doctorate program. 


Jennifer Rackliff graduated from Duke University in May, where she received a master’s of science in global health. Jen is off to Africa as an expert consultant for ICF International, a firm that partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment and infrastructure; health, social programs and consumer/financial; and public safety and defense markets. I will be in touch with Jen for an update ASAP. 


Clare Gupta graduated from UC Berkeley and will be receiving a doctorate in philosophy in environmental science, policy and management. Congrats, Clare! Also, the pictures of your new puppy on Facebook are adorable. 


Elizabeth Bultman wrote in to say that she loved seeing Emily Graham for a Marshall Islands reunion in D.C. in late July. Liz also mentioned that she and Laura Thompson attended the New Year’s Eve 2012 wedding of Emily Graham to Jay Teeter in Charlottesville, Virginia.


Johanna Willer contributed two very happy updates. First, Catherine Dale and Jonathan Kling tied the knot on Bainbridge Island outside Seattle on August 11. Their wedding was a true Dartmouth affair, complete with the “Salty Dog Rag” and late-night streaking at the reception. Abby Berniker ’03, Naomi Yoo ’03 and Rowan Smith were bridesmaids and Jeff Hebert, Eric Trautmann ’07 and Joe Horrell were groomsmen. Friends came from all around the world (and the East Coast) to celebrate, including Annie Snider, Suzanne Larimore Wahl, Johanna Willer, Heather Lapin Hewitt, Freddie Ghesquiere Helmiere and John Helmiere ’05, Ben Wade, James Lamb, Roger Brown and many other Dartmouth alums (from classes spanning ’76 through ’11)! 


Also, in a sunrise surprise, Sheila Hicks proposed to Emily Rotella (American University ’06) at the Belvedere Castle in Central Park—complete with a ring, a chorus singing one of Emily’s favorite songs and Kimberly Siciliano ’03 as photographer. Clearly Emily said yes, and the happy couple celebrated with friends and family at a surprise champagne breakfast at the Central Park Boathouse. 


Lena Golze Desmond married John Briggs this past June in Arrow Park, New York. Partaking in the drinks and slightly inebriated dancing were also Natalie Benson, Lindsey Musselman, Lauren Meldonian and husband Karsten Barde, and Jen Mulliken and husband Dave Mulliken ’00.


Finally, I can provide a career-related update: I am going to be doing a temporary detail from the Department of Justice to White House counsel’s office, where I will be working on oversight and congressional investigations. 


Please send your notes. Thanks! 


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Noah Eaker is working as an editor at Random House. One of his recent titles was The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht, a New York Times bestseller that was awarded the Orange Prize in London in June. The prize is for the best novel of the year in English written by a woman.


Susana Guajardo recently joined Deloitte consulting, where she will use her experience working and living in Iraq with her new client, the Air Force’s international affairs office. Her work will involve supporting the Iraq desk on foreign military sales policy issues.

Julie (Morganstern) Newport writes: “My husband, Cal Newport, and I recently moved from Boston to Washington, D.C. Cal is starting as an assistant professor of computer science at Georgetown and I am continuing my work in the nonprofit education sector as a consultant with Collaborative Communications Group.”


Rachel Ringel, Sara Heaney, Sara Glazer, Karsten Barde, Betsy Nesbitt, Nick Blum and Amo Loring all said goodbye to Hanover for the second time after graduating from Tuck business school in June. 


Caryn Karo recently moved back to New York after five years in Boston, and she would love to meet up with other folks living in the city. Caryn says, “I’m working as a fundraiser for the University of Pennsylvania, but don’t worry, I still bleed green.”


Alexa Hansen is living in San Francisco and working as a patent litigator. She recently had lunch with Jennifer Rackliff, who is about to start graduate school at Duke University. Alexa reports that, “When our schedules allow, I catch up with Dr. Katey (Krizan) Hoffman, who is a third-year pediatrics resident at UCSF; Brad Bate (when I can wrest him from weekends climbing in Tahoe, California); John Nixon and Kent Johnson.”


Simon Weber and Nicole Eisenman (Williams ’04) were married in Piermont, New York, on August 21. Groomsmen included Sam Stein, Phil Peisch, Dave Hodapp, Ryan Abraham, Jesse Nisselson, Nick Danoff and Jeff Coots. 


Tom Abreu,who had been living and working in Brazil, will begin an M.B.A. program at Wharton Business School starting this fall. Tom is living in Philadelphia with his family. Welcome back!


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

We’re heartbroken to report that Jess Arnold, a beloved classmate, passed away after a trying battle with cancer. When I heard the news I was reminded of lazy brunches with Jess at Homeplate (she was always smiling), when our most pressing concern was whether a 10A/2A schedule was “just too much.” We were blessed to share such carefree times with such wonderful people in such a special place. In honor of that, and in celebration of Jess’ memory, I asked some of her closest friends to share a few words.


“Jess was one of my first friends at Dartmouth–we had breakfast together every morning freshman year and oatmeal at Collis became our daily tradition. She was my tennis partner, dancing buddy, and most stylish fashionista. My husband, Mark, and I will always feel blessed to have had Jess in our lives and forever grateful she introduced us during our first year at Dartmouth. I will always remember her beautiful smile, joyful heart and the love and happiness she gave to those around her,” wrote Laura Delaney Nichol.


“Jess, to me, personified life. Everything she did she did with passion. And to her everything about life at Dartmouth was pretty fabulous. My favorite memories revolve around Lou’s, Baker Library breaks and Jess’ famed margaritas. Dartmouth held a special place in her heart and I feel lucky that every time I think of Dartmouth, I will hear Jess’ vibrant laugh or excited story and see her crazy grin and clear love for the place that we all share,” wrote Megan McCulloch Weiss.

“I thought I’d share just a few of the things that remind me of Jess: pedicures and gold polish, New Jersey, the Vineyard and Hanover, Bernese mountain dogs, Prague and Budapest, Turkish baths, jicama with lime and chili powder, Berry Library, purple. She doesn’t feel so far away when there are so many happy memories and everyday moments that make me remember how lucky I am to have had her in my life,” wrote Allison Zeilinger.


“Jess had a wonderful laugh. You knew she was in the moment. And it spread to everyone around her and pretty soon you couldn’t help but join in on the fun. Fond memories of 13 School piñata parties, kitchen counter conversations over New England apple crisps, hobbling back from Homecoming bonfires on crutches and more,” wrote Aruna Kamath.


“I lived with Jess at 13 School Street our senior year, and our bedrooms shared a wall. She’d often be the last person I saw before I went to bed or the first person I saw in the morning. Sometimes we’d even talk to each other through the paper-thin walls, just because it was so hilarious that we could because the house was so old. Sometimes I think about Jess being on the other side of a wall of sorts now, and I still talk to her and it makes me smile,” wrote Robin Deliso. 


“I’m so grateful to have had Jess in my life. Jess was, in short, a warm, genuine, endearing person with an unmatched zest for life. She had an infectious personality and a gift for communicating to others their value. Jess, there are far too few people and friends like you. You are loved dearly and missed everyday. As Steve Winwood says and as you always believed: ‘We must live while we can/And we’ll drink our cup of laughter.’ I promise to continue celebrating your wonderful life. I love you,” wrote Amy Marcus ’03. 


To those who submitted notes for this issue, your updates will appear in the next magazine. Thank you.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Though my plea for additional updates did not generate the wave of responses I had hoped for, there is a fair amount of news to report in this issue. Here are the updates from your classmates:


Eric Winn was accepted into Tuck Business School and is thrilled to be returning to Dartmouth for what he is calling “Hanover 2.0.” Eric is currently a senior director for the supply chain innovation division at C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc. 


Jessica Lawson, co-founder and associate director of the Mariposa DR Foundation, received Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award for her work assisting girls and women facing poverty in the Dominican Republic. Jessica was honored at a reception in Hanover on January 27. 


John Polga-Hecimovich married Rebeca Omaña in Peribeca, Venezuela, in August. John reports that, “Ryan McElroy, Jeanette Soares ’02 and Joe Cloyd ’02 all made the long journey, and only Joe was strip-searched by the Venezuelan National Guard. Josh Osgood and Lavinia Weizel joined us for our reception in Minnesota the following week, during the Minnesota State Fair. I am currently working on my Ph.D. in comparative politics at the University of Pittsburgh.”


Kathy (Birchall) Gardner and Charlie Gardner welcomed their first baby, Charlie B. Gardner, to the world in February. 


Jordan Cooper’s startup company, Hyperpublic, was acquired by Groupon this past January. Hyperpublic builds databases of local information and makes them freely available to developers. The company started as a site where people could submit listings of items, such as apartments for rent and goods for sale, tagged with their location. It then became a service offering data to startups, including a database of locations and daily deals. Amazing news, Jordan! 


Elisheva Hirshman Finston married Steve Finston at a beautiful and fun reception on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in February. Sam Stein and I had a great time celebrating the happy couple and catching up with Sarah Stoller, Margot Langsdorf ’05 and Nina Edelman ’05. 


Finally, Elliot Olshansky wrote in with three exciting updates: First, Elliot proposed to Eliza Zipper (University of Maryland ’04) this past July, and the couple will be getting married on Long Island this coming September. In addition, Elliot started Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business in September, and is pursuing a double concentration in communications and media management and marketing. He expects to graduate in 2014, as he is pursuing his M.B.A. on a part-time basis while also working as a freelance writer and pursuing full-time employment. Finally, Elliot’s first novel, Robert’s Rules of Karaoke, will be published as an e-book this spring by the Write Deal (www.thewritedeal.org). Set mostly in New York during the period from September 2007 to August 2008, the book tells the story of Rob Olson, an assistant producer on a local evening newscast, and his best friend, Chuck Dalton. As Elliot detailed, “The two close friends can often be found at their favorite karaoke bar—much to the annoyance of Chuck’s girlfriend, Gia. There, in between impressing their fellow patrons, Rob and Chuck expound on the do’s and don’ts of their pastime, codifying them into a set of rules. Unfortunately, Rob’s fixation with rules proves less than rewarding in his personal life—as his mother constantly reminds him—until he meets Liz, who soon has Rob rethinking his rules...with and without the microphone.”


Please continue to send your news to me.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Blair Dickinson is in her second year of residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. She has been selected to serve as chief resident after the completion of her training. Her husband, Ryan, a family medicine resident in Abington, Pennsylvania, will be the chief resident for his program as well.

Robin Deliso graduated from business school at Georgetown last spring and moved to Arkansas to work for Walmart marketing. Robin works on communicating the company’s sustainability work, its efforts to fight hunger and the Walmart brand to customers.


Laura Berzak reported the following: “I’m thrilled to write in about the beautiful wedding of DeAnna Fernandez to the charming British gentleman Neil O’Reilly. The wedding was held in incredible Peckforton Castle in the north of England this past August. The castle was truly a fairytale location, and lots of alumni hopped across the pond to celebrate the special occasion with DeAnna and Neil, including myself, Sarah Ries, Tina Low ’03, Laura (Fraser) Hsu, Steve Hsu ’02, Gina Ferrie and Erik Dambach. It was an amazing occasion and so much fun to get together. DeAnna and Neil are loving their new married life together while living and working in Washington, D.C.”


Janos Marton has been working at the law firm of Hogan Lovells in New York. Janos invites old friends to check out his website, livingthedream.org.


Christine Devane is starting a pie-baking business in Chicago: www.wedgepies.com. You can become a fan on Facebook as well. Christine writes, “We don’t ship, but I’ll happily deliver to local Dartmouth alums!”


Jenny Sharfstein married Andrew Kane (Princeton ’03) on November 13, 2010, in N.Y.C. Alex Friedman and Sarah Stoller were bridesmaids and other class of 2004 guests included Anne Hunt, Amy (Price) Markwort, Ross Markwort, Lindsay Hirsch, Abby Johnson and Danielle Howard. A lot of other Dartmouth alumni were there, including Jenny’s father, Howard Sharfstein ’67, her sister Ann Sharfstein ’99 and husband Dan Mielcarz ’99, Jim Peck ’67, Tom Thompson ’67, Pamela Cogut ’02 and David Edelson ’81.


Abiel Acosta lives in Ventura, California, and owns a financial planning business. He recently visited Lisa Volpe in Santa Barbara, California. According to Abiel, he and Lisa “had this crazy idea to dress up as characters from Michael Jackson videos for Halloween and visit Neverland Ranch. We ended up doing an impromptu dance off with Michael Jackson moves and Lisa ended up winning. Someone took pictures and thanked us for remembering the good part of Michael.” Abiel recently visited Jonathan Webster, who just graduated from Stanford Medical School, as well as Sam Valverde, Ryan Abraham, David Turnbull, Paul Bozzello and Carl Gierginger, all of whom live and work in Washington, D.C.


Last but certainly not least, Jess Van Garsse produced a film, Killing in the Name, which has been nominated for an Oscar in the best short documentary category. Jess worked on the film with producer Jed Rothstein for almost a year—and spent most of that time in the Middle East. The film itself focuses on a young man, Ashraf, who was celebrating his wedding at a hotel in Amman, Jordan, when a suicide bomber walked in and killed his father and 26 family members. From a recruiter for Al-Qaeda, to an Islamic militant behind one of the world’s worst terrorist attacks, to a madrassa filled with young boys ready to fulfill the duty of jihad, Ashraf takes us on a harrowing journey around the world to see if one man can speak truth to terror. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/pages/ Killing-In-The-Name/106906082693879—and a huge congratulations to Jess!


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey, ’04s—I hope 2013 is off to a fantastic start for all of you! Our class presidents hosted an awesome virtual mini-reunion on Facebook this December. Below are some highlights from those of you I had not yet heard from, as well as a few additional tidbits of news.


Steven Zyck recently left his post at NATO, where he had been serving as the lead analyst with the NATO crisis identification group. Steven publishes on international development in violent contexts and co-edits a peer-reviewed academic journal, Stability, www.stabilityjournal.org. Steven will be starting a small firm in either Boston, the United Kingdom or Beirut.


Sarah Glazer works in New York City for the Bridgespan Group doing nonprofit consulting (as does Allison Kelly!). Sarah moved to New York City after finishing her M.B.A. at Tuck along with Rachel Ringel and Joan (Kearns) Hafner. 


John Turner founded an Internet marketing agency called Half Dome Partners—check it out at www.halfdomepartners.com. 


This summer Damon Grant married Hanover-area native Rowan Driscoll (Davidson ’00). Damon teaches at a public charter high school (Unity High School) in Oakland, California.


Alex Price lives in Palo Alto, California, and works at Lockheed Martin’s solar and space physics lab.


Arjun Ponnambalam spent several years working at the World Bank and is now pursuing a public policy degree at Harvard. 


Stephanie Movahhed moved back to San Francisco to join Boston Consulting Group, after receiving her M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Stephanie spent the summer working with Brazilian entrepreneurs at the New York-based nonprofit Endeavor Global.


Rebecca Leffler moved back to New York after spending eight years in Paris as France correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter and film critic/TV host on French television. Rebecca completed her first novel (in French), which was recently optioned for a television series in France. She has just signed a two-book deal with another French publisher. Amazing!


Phil Peisch won a seat on the Washington, D.C., Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Phil will represent the residents of Ward 6B03 on issues including crime, education and business development. Go, Phil! 


From Hanover to Silicon Alley—Jack Downey ’03 and Melissa Penn Post ’03 have gone into business together! In November they launched weeSpring—a Facebook-integrated social website for new and expecting parents to share trusted advice about essential baby products. If you know someone who is expecting or has a baby or young child, please encourage them to check out weeSpring (www.weespring.com), and help support a great company with Dartmouth roots! 


And with that, some exciting baby and engagement news: Jaclyn Murphy Harper and her husband, Jake (Middlebury ’07), welcomed their beautiful daughter Lily Jane into the world on November 5. Liz Bultman, Blair Dickinson Schroeder, Cliff Campbell, Paul Bozzello and I could not be more excited for the Harper family! 


David Hofteizer and his wife had much to be thankful for—the arrival of their baby Lia—this Thanksgiving day. David is an anti-corruption attorney and lives in Washington, D.C. 


Isabel Caraiego Bober and her husband, Mike, had their baby Molly this November. It seems like yesterday that I ran into Isabel on the Green this summer—congratulations!


Sam Valverde and his wife, Maddy, became proud parents this fall. Sam has been working at the Treasury Department for the past two years.


To close out the news: Johanna Willer became engaged to Rhonda Pacheco this fall. The beautiful couple met while pursuing their M.B.A.s at Duke University and live in Alexandria, Virginia.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

And so another year has passed in which the ’04 class achieved remarkable career and personal successes. Members continue to make waves in the fields of politics, business, fashion and academia (among others), in addition to getting married, having children and so on. 


Your dutiful Class Notes secretary has done her best to keep track of—and relay–it all. But submissions have dwindled and help is needed. Don’t be shy. Share what’s happening in your life. Others want to know. The alumni fabric depends on it. Now, on to those devoted classmates who have shared (yes, this is a guilt trip).


Tyra Olstad writes: “After spending a couple of years working as a paleontology technician and park ranger for the National Park Service in Wyoming and Colorado (along with a season as a cave guide for the Forest Service up in Alaska), I finally went back to Kansas State University and finished up my Ph.D. in geography.”


Eleanor (Pessin) Correa and Ben Correa just moved back to Washington, D.C., and are happy to announce the birth of their son Franklin James, born on October 23. 


Taurie Wilk married Adam Steingart (George Mason ’99) on August 27, 2011, at the Newberry Library in downtown Chicago. Taurie reports, “The Dartmouth treats in attendance were: Emily Pearl and Jaclyn Strife (both in the wedding party), Ally Basak Russell, Kane Russell, Leigh Heeter Fiske and Aaron Fiske ’02. We forwent the Keystone Light in lieu of both Chicago and New York beers, Goose Island and Brooklyn.”


Geoff Vitt married Kate Coakley this October in San Francisco. 


Jesse Nisselson proposed to Angela Manese-Lee earlier this fall. The two met in Charlottesville, Virginia, while attending business school at the University of Virginia (Darden). The going hope among friends is that the wedding, likewise, will be there, with plenty of local wine to consume. 


Leo Twiggs and his wife, Rolaine Ossman,are now living in Geneva, Switzerland. Leo graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School last May and is working for the International Commission of Jurists, an organization dedicated to the development of international law and the advancement of human rights. Rolaine is a photo editor for Msp Communications. The two spent the Christmas holiday in northern Italy—not too shabby. 


Tomoko Ogura is the fashion director of Barney’s Women’s Co-op. I recently came across her video about how to wear Co-op’s most fashionable footwear and highly recommend you visit it as well: http://thewindow.barneys.com/video-barneys-co-op-shoes-fall-2011-tomoko-....


Cynthia Marie O’Brien is an editor and writer living in New York City. She is currently a writing consultant at Columbia University. Cynthia’s essay “A Figment of Your Imagination” was selected for the notables list in Best American Essays 2011.

Galia BenArtzi’s startup company, Particle Code, a company that lets developers build games and apps for multiple platforms at once, was acquired by direct competitor Appcelerator, the makers of the popular tool Titanium. For more details, please visit the TechCrunch article at http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/appcelerator-acquires-particle-code-to-.... Such awesome news, Galia!


As evidenced by my intro above, I am anxious to get more news from all of you. Please send your updates—big and small—along to me.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Happy New Year, ’04s! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. On to the updates.


Kristin Burdge will be spending January through May in Amman, Jordan, working with the World Health Organization to improve the social worker training curriculum in its new and improved mental healthcare system. 


Johanna Willer is in her second year at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She will be spending six weeks in Melbourne, Australia, this spring on a study abroad program and working for Accenture Consulting next fall. 


Erik Dambach completed his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at Purdue University. He is moving to Los Angeles to work for SpaceX.


Rebecca Ehrlichman became engaged to Grant Blume (University of Oregon ’01), whom she met during graduate school at the University of Washington, where they each received a master’s in public administration. She is now working in development at the Seattle YWCA and Grant is pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy and management at the University of Washington. The couple will be married in July.


Stephanie Feldman married Chris Annear in Sonoma County, California, on October 10, 2010.


Lea Kiefer and Rob Bialas were married in Ocean City, New Jersey on September 12, 2010. 


Becky MacDonnell-Yimaz married Tay Yilmaz, who graduated from Fordham University in 2004 and earned his master’s in public health at Dartmouth in 2008. They were married at Sugarbush Resort in Vermont. Gina Ferrie, Lauren Wondolowski, and Kate (Muse) Zeitler ’05 were among the bridesmaids, and other alums joining in the celebration were Tim Fallon, Andrea Lauerman ’06, Evan Golden, and Lavan Khandan. Becky is in her third year at Stony Brook University School of Medicine and Tay is a graduate student. 


Finally, Catherine McManus wrote in with the following: “Brain Walter (Haverford College ’97) and I got married this summer in an un-air-conditioned Quaker meeting house in the middle of an unseasonably ‘hot-’n’-humid’ June day. There was much merriment and a bunch of friends from the Big Green were in attendance, including Jen Mygatt, Freya Sachs, Jamie Perencevich, Kacy Gordon ’06, Diana Sanderson ’05 and various other Dartmouth alums of a different kind of family: Buck Scott ’51, Caroline (Scott) McIlhenny ’78, Bill Scott ’82. Brian and I are still living in downtown Philadelphia and enjoying every minute of it! Anyone who wants to get a worm’s eye tour of the city, feel free to get in touch when you’re in town. I am still working at undergrad admissions at the University of Pennsylvania and it’s busy, but I did get to travel to Hanover (part of my region) this fall. For those of you who haven’t been back recently, Lou’s breakfast is just as good as ever and Hanover is just as enchanting. Fond thoughts to all the ’04s and their families!”


Please continue to send your updates to me.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Joe Pechter writes: “My wife, Chrissy Reinhold Pechter ’06, and I recently moved to sunny Florida. I started a state-of-the-art periodontal practice in Hollywood, Florida. If you know anyone that needs a Dartmouth dentist, please send them my way! Chrissy recently was promoted to director of operations for Sentry Datasystems, a healthcare intelligence company.”


Hannah Fries happily reported that she married Adam Brown (Baylor ’03) last August in Concord, New Hampshire. Katie Greenwood, Drew Wilkins ’03 and Oliver Caplan all came to celebrate. Hannah and Adam live in western Massachusetts, where Hannah is an editor at Orion magazine and Adam is a regional manager for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.


Jennifer Rackliff is pursuing a master’s of science in global health at Duke and will graduate this spring. Last year Jenn worked with Partners In Health, a global health organization that collaborates with local communities to strengthen health systems in developing nations, doing community health research for her master’s thesis in Rwanda. While in school Jenn has continued to work with D.C.-based consulting firm ICF International, where she works primarily in social programs and workforce development. Jenn will almost certainly pursue a medical degree and is also doing premed coursework at UNC and Duke.


Snowden Wright’s first novel, Play Pretty Blues, will be published by Engine Books in November. Play Pretty Blues is a fictional account of the life of Robert Johnson, a blues musician, narrated in third-person plural by the collective voice of his six wives.


I am thrilled to report that Laura Roche became engaged to Giovanni Camera in Rome, Italy, in early April. Congratulations on the amazing news, set against the backdrop of the most beautiful city in the world! Laura is still working at American Express in London and, judging from her beautiful pictures on Facebook, is traveling the world (most recently Bali!) on weekends. Yes, I am living vicariously! 


In other happy news, Cliff Campbell proposed to Kristen McGregor in Brooklyn, New York, by organizing a scavenger hunt that took Kristen through the happiest memories of their relationship. He added one more by putting a ring on it! 


And last, but certainly not least, Ben Sislen proposed to Elizabeth Bultman in March. Ben surprised Liz by inviting her family and closest friends to celebrate the news at the couple’s favorite bar in Washington, D.C. Blair Dickinson, Cliff Campbell and Paul Bozzello traveled there for the occasion.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey, ’04s, I hope you are all having a great spring. The number of you who wrote in to tell me you were canceling your subscription to Rolling Stone magazine was too many to print, so I’ll just move on to the more substantive updates.


Jordynn Hagar writes: “After living in West Virginia for five years while my husband completed medical school, we are now living in Connecticut, which we are very excited about. We bought a house here almost a year ago and in December we had a baby girl, Cameron Grace Hagar! I am still working as a child and adolescent therapist, though now I am working part time since having the baby. I also just had a book published titled “At Least You’ll Be Married To A Doctor”: Managing Your Intimate Relationship Through Medical School. It addresses just what it says—managing a relationship when one member is in medical school. It’s now available for purchase through amazon.com.”


Heather (Tatarski) Wininger and her husband, Jim, welcomed twin boys Bennett James and William Joseph on January 27. Heather reports that the babies are adorable and healthy and that everyone is doing well.


Leigh Vissens is set to defend her dissertation on April 25 and will be getting her Ph.D. (at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) in May. Leigh will be moving out to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in August to start a job as assistant professor of philosophy at Augustana College. 


DeAnna Fernandez O’Reilly (who lives in Washington, D.C., where she works for the Department of the Treasury) reported that she had the honor to serve as a maid of honor in Laura Berzak Hopkins’ gorgeous Santa Fe wedding last year. According to DeAnna, “Laura married handsome southern gentleman and Princeton grad Adam Hopkins in an intimate ceremony last June. The wedding was also attended by Dartmouth alums Reena Dutta and Nate Ferraro ’02. In addition to planning her wedding Dr. Berzak also earned a Ph.D. in plasma physics from Princeton and will move to San Francisco with her husband later this year.”


Julian Saltman recently went skiing in Winter Park, Colorado, with Evan Lapinsky, Charles Light and Jonny Web. Jonny is a resident at Johns Hopkins, Evan just finished medical school at the University of Virginia and Charley works for Bain Consulting in Boston. 


I noticed on Facebook that Alex Talcott will be teaching at Yale University Summer Institute for the Gifted this summer. He will be teaching two sections each of “International Relations” and “College Preparation.” Congrats, Alex! 


As you can see, I am starving for news. Please continue to update me on your (or any of your classmates’) job transitions, weddings, children and reunions. Looking forward to hearing from you. 


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey, ’04s! Plenty of updates to share.


Kristin Burdge is wrapping up her field placement in Amman, Jordan, with the World Health Organization and is about to return back to Boston for graduation from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.


Sarah Sirota is graduating in May from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with her master’s of fine arts in acting. Sarah writes that she is “moving back to N.Y.C. to jump back into the acting world. Showcase will be at the beginning of May as part of the league presentations. And I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in N.Y.C. again soon.”


Jocelyn Singer Sargent reports, “After hanging out in New Mexico for five years I’m heading to N.Y.C. in August to start the master’s in social work program at Columbia. I’ve been off the grid for a while, and I’d love to reconnect with Dartmouth folk once I get to the Big City.”


Laura Roche graduated from the London Business School in July 2010, when she received her M.B.A. Laura is currently working for American Express in the United Kingdom and covers Switzerland and Middle Eastern markets for premium products. She has been living in London for almost three years and often sees Anya Eckbo, who graduated from the London School of Economics in 2009.


After working in London for the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change for about a year, Aimee Barnes moved to Abu Dhabi in September, to help establish a similar directorate in the United Arab Emirate Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aimee says that she was lucky to be welcomed by Kerry and Patrick Granfield ’03 in Abu Dhabi, and that she and her fiance, Jakub Zielkiewicz, have settled in nicely during the past few months. 


Adrienne Draper and Josh Marcuse bumped into one another on a remote beach in the British Virgin Islands while sailing with their families. Josh writes, “It was nice to see a familiar Dartmouth face so far from home.”


Monica Balanoff ’11 and David Nutt ’09 are in the process of launching a sailing program, Seas of Peace, which is dedicated to conflict resolution and leadership. They recently hired Carrie O’Neil, who has worked in conflict resolution and facilitation, to help design and implement their facilitation and leadership curricula. The program will have approximately 15 participants from Israel, Palestine and the United States and will last three weeks with the first nine days spent learning to sail small boats in Portland, Maine, and the remaining time spent aboard a 140-foot schooner. During both parts of the program the participants will engage in dialogue about who they are and where they come from, while undergoing leadership training and discussing how they can continue their work for peace back home. 


Claire Superfine married Jacob Schneider (Trinity College ’04) on May 14 in Chicago at the Newberry Library. Dartmouth friends joined in the celebration, including Nancy Unsworth, Valerie Silverman, Alexis Lawrence, Erin Fitzgerald, Judith Phillips, Jessica Leinwand, Sam Stein, Phil Peisch, Greta Milligan, Benjamin Converse, Alex (Topping) Van Beek, Robin Deliso, Amory Loring, Katie (Crawford) Yarger and Fred Yarger.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Hey, ’04s, hope you are having a wonderful fall. I wanted to thank you all for taking the time to join our Facebook page—it’s a great way to stay up to speed on class news and reconnect! On to the updates.


Liz Leonard has launched Blue Bridge Project, a new type of teen travel summer program that emphasizes cooperation with local nonprofit organizations and self-reflection by student participants. The program’s first five trips will set off to Madagascar, Nicaragua and Peru this summer. The Dartmouth did a fantastic profile of the project in October—check out the story at http://thedartmouth.com/2012/10/15/news/bluebridge.


Elliot Oshansky wrote in with the following: “I got married to Eliza Zipper on September 2 at Beach Club Estate in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. We had beautiful weather for our ceremony overlooking the lake. Eric Peterson and Boulat Bash ’01 were groomsmen and Allison Giordano was a bridesmaid. We were also delighted to share our special day with Alison (Schmauch) Somin, Elise Dunphe, Jorge Montalvo ’02, John Piermont ’03 (Eliza’s cousin), Jesse Roisin ’05, Gail Sweeney ’03 and Elizabeth Terry ’07. Eliza and I are living in Hauppauge, New York, where she works as advocacy and critical issues coordinator for Girl Scouts of Nassau County and I am writing for the Jewish Daily Forward, among other publications, as I continue working toward my M.B.A. at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Business Administration, where I expect to graduate next December.”


Claire Superfine completed a federal district court clerkship in Massachusetts and will begin work as a litigation associate at WilmerHale LLP. Claire visited us in D.C. for a mini-reunion with Phil Peisch, Greta Milligan, Sam Stein and Ryan Abraham. We miss you, Claire! 


Elisheva Hirshman published an article in the New York Law Journal examining how the Supreme Court will decide the scope of supervisor liability in sexual harassment cases. Elisheva is an employment law associate at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP. 


Catherine Buck married Chau Le on Sept 8, 2012, in Union, Washington. The couple met while working together at Microsoft in Toronto. She writes: “We moved from Toronto back to Seattle, my hometown, in October 2011. In attendance were Chris Plehal, Tate LeFevre, Tin Ha-Ngoc, Lisa (Schmidt) Ha-Ngoc, Rachel (Bender) Ignacio, Liz (Fahrenbach) Ethington and Jason Ethington. The group broke out into the Dartmouth alma mater during the reception.” Catherine also reported that Liz and Jason welcomed their daughter Elinor into the world four months ago and that Rachel and Dave had a baby (Nora) just more than six months ago. Congratulations to all!


Tyler Davis married Kim Fitzpatrick at Beaulieu Gardens in Napa Valley, California. There were many ’04s in attendance. The couple lives in San Francisco.


Tommy Daniels married Molly Pierce ’06 in Boothbay, Maine, this summer. Tommy reported that there was nice contingent of Dartmouth folks in attendance from both the ’04 and ’06 classes. Tommy and Molly live on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.


Finally, I noticed on Facebook that a pair of gorgeous Elizabeth Cole earrings were featured in Self magazine in late October. Congrats to Steph Owen!

Please continue to update me with all of your news


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Greta Milligan recently moved back to Washington, D.C., to join the office of the general counsel in the office of the U.S. trade representative. The office provides legal advice on negotiations, agreements, trade legislation and other topics. In addition, it monitors compliance by foreign governments with trade obligations and prosecutes and defends cases in dispute settlement proceedings.


Vanessa Vega and her husband, Jeff Coots, just began public health programs at Tufts University. Jeff is doing a dual-degree between Tufts University School of Medicine for the M.P.H. and Northeastern School of Law for his J.D., and Vanessa is pursuing a second master’s (M.P.H.) after finishing a master’s in occupational therapy. 


Thomas Crafts and his wife, Liz (Wilson) Crafts, welcomed Matthew Thompson Crafts into their family on November 11, 2010. Thomas reports that, “Matthew is happy and healthy and looks great in the Dartmouth T-shirt and socks provided by Marina McClure. We also enjoyed a visit from Justin Kriendel over Labor Day weekend. Liz is continuing her anesthesia residency at Duke. I am working for the Duke talent identification program (and always looking for summer instructors and teaching assistants). When Matthew isn’t keeping us too busy, we are also involved in the Dartmouth Club of the Piedmont.” 


Erin Anderson joined the Boston office of the law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green. Erin’s practice focuses on business litigation, employment and construction law. 


John Polga-Hecimovich married Rebeca Omaña in Peribeca, Venezuela, in August. Ryan McElroy, Jeanette Soares ’02 and Joe Cloyd ’02 all made the long journey to celebrate. Josh Osgood and Lavinia Weizel joined for the reception in Minnesota the following week, during the Minnesota State Fair. John is currently working on his Ph.D. in comparative politics at the University of Pittsburgh.


Adrienne (Draper) Olsen writes, “Brittany Copenhaver has had a busy last few months—she and Chris Dobi (Syracuse ’01) were married on October 22 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the Harn Homestead. We had a great group of ’04s including Stephanie (Feldman) Annear, Susan Edwards, Danielle Polebaum, Chelsea (Morgan) Epstein, Lea Kiefer, Rob Bialis, Lindsay Sheffield and Laura Thompson. While planning for the wedding Britt also managed to graduate from Georgetown Med School, move to Dallas and start her residency in obstetrics/gynecology at UT-Southwestern!” 


A number of Dartmouth alumni attended the wedding of David Hoftiezer and Noelle Heise (Pitzer ’07) in Ko Olina, Hawaii: Allan Klinge ’02, Kip Eideberg ’02, Carl Geiringer ’03, Abiel Acosta, John Turner, Luis Carrio, Julian Saltman, Sam Valverde, Charley Light, Mat Brown ’05, Keith Schuricht ’05 and Christine Terada ’07. David currently works as an anti-corruption attorney for Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s D.C. and Paris offices and Noelle is a second-grade teacher.


Cliff Campbell is in his third year as the founding theater teacher at Uncommon Charter High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He will finish work on a master’s in educational theater from the City College of New York in December. If you are feeling generous, Cliff is looking for fiscal sponsors to help defray costs for a weeklong youth theater festival in Scotland with 10 of his students. Send him an e-mail at cliff.campbell@gmail.com if you’d like to help! Uncommon Schools is expanding, so if you’re looking for work in urban education, let Cliff know.


Finally, Sam Stein, a political reporter for the Huffington Post (and also my husband, who may be surprised that I am submitting an update for him. Hi, Sam), made it up to Hanover to cover the Republican presidential debate in October. Sam’s dad, Stephen Stein ’64, joined him on the trip.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

Plenty of wedding news and family additions to report in this issue! 


M.J. Maloof and his wife had a baby in September, Michel J. Maloof IV or “Court” for short. Congratulations!


Scott Funke married Whitney Peacock Funke in Amarillo, Texas. Lyle Campbell, Bill O’Mara and Mario Avila were in the wedding party. 


Cat McManus married Brian Walter (Haverford ’97) at Haverford College. In attendance were Jen Mygatt, James Perencevich, Freya Sachs, Diana Sanderson ’05, Kacy Gordon ’06, Buck Scott ’51, Caroline Scott McIlhenny ’78 and Bill Scott ’84. Cat is traveling in New England recruiting for Penn undergraduate admissions and recently stopped in Hanover just as the DOC trips were getting under way.


Ryan Bennett became engaged to Taylor Duvall ’05. Ryan started his M.B.A. at the University of Chicago, where he received a Kilts Fellowship in Marketing and will be interning at Procter & Gamble next summer. 


Virginia King McCune finished her orthodontic residency this December and will be headed back to Atlanta. 


Scott Trubisz was recently engaged to Annie Sebastian.


Matt Derr married Kate Dickie (Lafayette ’03) in September. The couple is living currently in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Members of the wedding party included Ryan Goldhahn, Aidan Donahue, Tristan Benoit ’03 and Matt Burr ’03.


Kendall (Adams) Bartholomew and James Bartholomew ’05 were married on June 26 in Central Oregon. Chris Biermann ’05 was best man, Eric Rowlett ’05 was a groomsman, and Tim Razel ’03, John McCall-Taylor ’03 and Ian Kyle ’05 were in attendance.


Mario Avilla moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in July and started his M.B.A. at Vanderbilt University in August.


Kelly (Cameron) Newton married Jesse Newton of New Zealand on June 26 in Chicago with Matt Sueoka as one of her attendants. Rowan Smith and Eleanor Alexander were also in attendance. Kelly also graduated from the Kellogg School of Management in June with her M.B.A., and is back at work in the Chicago office of the Boston Consulting Group.


Liz Fahrenbach was married in September to Jason Ethington (UW Madison ’05). Highlights of their wedding ceremony were a reading by Franki Lambert Smith ’03 and a song performed by Amanda Cropper ’03, Catherine Buck and Lisa (Schmidt) Ha-Ngoc, all emeritus members of the world famous Dartmouth Subtleties. Other Dartmouth folks in attendance were Matt Sueoka, Tin Ha-Ngoc, Reid Smith ’01 and Liz’s dad, Gary Fahrenbach ’74. Liz graduated from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2009 and is now a dermatology resident at the John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago.


Carly O’Connell was married to Erik Abrahamson (Wisconsin ’01) on Martha’s Vineyard. Dartmouth girls Laura Delaney, Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts and Allison Zeilinger were bridesmaids. Carly just graduated from University of Colorado Law School in May. 


Andi Salas married Mark Rose (Vanderbilt ’00) on September 25 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. A big Dartmouth contingent made it to the island for a three-day weekend. The bridesmaids included Lindsay Hirsch, Stephanie Owen, Alison Bergen, Elizabeth Leonard, Remy Wildrick, Anne (Hunt) Miller and Emily Salas ’06. Dartmouth friends in attendance included Aaron Gillespie, Geoff Vitt, Rob Daly, Amy (Price) Markwort, Ross Markwort, Kate (Killen) Haffenreffer, Chris Haffenreffer ’03, Alex Friedman and Sarah Stoller.


Tate LeFevre and Chris Plehal, who were married last summer, have recently returned from a year living in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Tate conducted field research for her Ph.D. in anthropology. Chris taught English, worked as a tour guide and wrote for a local television program. Chris published Yes, Virginia, a children’s book based on the CBS Christmas special he wrote and helped produce.


Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com

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