Class Notes 2009

Hey, ’09s! Read on for some updates from our classmates. Amaury Boscio recently relocated to Beijing, China, where he began working as legal counsel at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. After a few years in Miami, Amaury and Jessica are looking forward to this adventure! Caroline Brandt and Charles Olney had a baby girl, Helen! They are both visiting professors of political science at Emory University for the academic year before they head back to Uppsala, Sweden. Caroline shared Helen is very cute.Molson Hart appeared in and made a documentary about Amazon called Amazon: Market. Power! Monopoly? It blew up on Twitter/X, where it has 570,000 views and counting. Alanna Purdy wrote that she “saw Samuel Kohn in Washington, D.C., after the 2023 Tribal Nations banquet and the White House Tribal Nations Summit on December 6 and 7. We laughed and said we should report this to the alumni magazine, so here we are.” Carl Sciacchitano has a graphic memoir coming out on May 28 from Simon and Schuster titled The Heart that Fed: A Father, a Son, and the Long Shadow of War. It’s about his father, a Vietnam veteran, his experiences during the war, and their lives together as he grappled with PTSD. It’s available now for preorder. In October Aaron Sims met with Samuel Kohn for official tribal business atop Sky City, where they viewed the Acoma National Forest. So noteworthy was this meeting they thought they better report it to the alumni magazine. Katie and Jeff Wiltsey are still at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Just before Thanksgiving they welcomed their third child, Derrick. When he’s awake he enjoys watching big brother Grant and big sister Phoebe in all their toddlerhood rambunctiousness.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane,180 Big Horn Ridge Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Emily Eberle-Levine is still in Seattle, working for Smartsheet, and getting ready for her kiddo to start kindergarten. Ayla Glass wrote Episode 5 for Season 10 of the Hallmark television series, When Calls the Heart. The episode titled “Life Is But a Dream” aired August 27 at 9 p.m. ET on the Hallmark channel and is available on their streaming app. Her Les Misérables parody musical, Les Millénniables, was featured on Playbill.com for its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. Jessica Lane joined the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Children’s Hospital of Richmond as a pediatric neurosurgeon this fall. They are getting adjusted to their new home and would love to reconnect with any alums in the area! Alexandra Ortega and Sen Zhang welcomed a baby girl, Noelle, and a baby boy, Theo, this summer. Everyone, including big brother Joseph, has been embracing the happy chaos of life with two newborns and a toddler. Tyler Putnam willbe performing the role of the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance with First Coast Opera (St. Augustine, Florida) on March 15 and 17, 2024. Jordan Sedlacek opened up her own mobile veterinary sports medicine and rehabilitation practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, last month called Oak & Ivy Veterinary Services.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 180 Big Horn Ridge Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I hope you’re enjoying the summer! On to the news: John Beck wrote to share that in April he marked a decade of living in Beijing, a length of time that would have seemed an impossibility when he moved there in 2013 to join a small education consulting company that has grown to be an industry leader in China. His highlights from the last 10 years include getting an E.M.B.A. from Booth and making it back to the United States for five different Dartmouth weddings and a Cords reunion. He shared his most recent joy was leaving China for the first time in three years as its zero-Covid policy ended. He finally made it to meet Ray Padgett’s family for the first time, and it was great to catch up with James Novakowski and Ed Kim, too. China’s open again—drop him a line if you’re passing through! Brian Flood married the wonderful Ramya Possett in a small ceremony in Washington, D.C., accompanied by their families and their dog Zoey serving as flower girl. They couldn’t be happier! Elise (Hogan) Goldberg added another baby to their family this March. Luke James Goldberg joined big sister Jane. They are living in the East Bay and would love to hear from other alums with toddlers in the area! Mark Harris is moving out of New York City and will be living in Las Vegas for at least the next year while his partner finishes residency. Jenna Newgard had her second child, a boy, in April. Rilo Abbott joined daughter Roxy Abbott. Ray Padgett’slatest music-nerd book Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members will be out in July.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane,180 Big Horn Ridge Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, ’09s! Marissa Alert wanted to share that she launched her own mental health consulting company, MDA Wellness, to help organizations improve employee productivity and retention and reduce stress and burnout. She is hoping to work with clients in a variety of industries, including information technology companies and law firms. Michelle Barnes moved back to the Twin Cities area in Minnesota. She recently started a new position as an assistant county attorney in Anoka County, working on child protection and juvenile delinquency cases. Michelle and her husband, Dustin, welcomed their second daughter, Genevieve Aurelia Jones, in November 2022. Allen Bruansi was elected to the North Carolina State House, representing District 56, which contains Carrboro and Chapel Hill, the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). Emily Koepsell, Th’10,ran the Everest Marathon in May and was the fifth non-Nepali female. She just returned from a successful expedition to summit Aconcagua, which at 22,838 feet is the highest mountain in South America and outside the Himalaya. She recently moved to Seattle and is super excited to be there and would love to connect with other alums in the area. David Kopec and his wife, Rebecca, welcomed Vera Jane Kopec, their second child, to the world in November. Alaina Smith and Udit Banerjea welcomed their first child on October 21, 2022. His name is Bodhi Samuel Banerjea, and they couldn’t be happier. It’s hard to believe he’ll be in the class of 2045 if he attends Dartmouth!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 180 Big Horn Ridge Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I hope you’re enjoying the fall. Here’s what’s new with our classmates.

Ying Cheng married Erica Weisgerber on July 23 at Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown, New York. Kathrin Spiller ’10 co-officiated the ceremony. Also in attendance were Amaury Boscio, Elyssa Benedikt, Diana Dinescu, Wendy Diao, and Julian Sarkar ’13.

Eleanor Hicks and her husband, Jon, welcomed their fifth child (yes, you read that right—fifth!) in August of last year. Elizabeth Rose is a sweet, happy, snuggly little girl and lives in constant danger of being cuddled to death (especially by their older daughter, who is thrilled not to be the only girl anymore). They are currently settled in Hilliard, Ohio, where her husband works at Cardinal Health and she homeschools their kids, which is always an adventure. In addition to all these kids, they have somehow ended up with four cats, which will doubtless come as a surprise to anyone who knew her and her staunch “dogs only” sentiments at Dartmouth.

Johannes Lohmann changed jobs to work on climate change, an issue he worked on in the past at the World Bank and has become increasingly motivated to work on again. He joined Pollination Group, a climate advisory and investment firm, in London as an executive director in October. Joanne Nachio wrote in to share that she recently joined the law firm of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin as an attorney in the casualty department of its Fort Lauderdale, Florida, office. Lastly, Jake Kahane and I moved to New Mexico. Stop by for a hike if you’re in the area.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, classmates! I hope you are enjoying the summer. Here’s the news! Wei “Wendy” Diao and her husband, Edmund, welcomed the birth of their daughter, Emilia, on “Twosday” February 22. She was initially scheduled to be delivered on February 26, which would have been the same birthday as that of Wendy’s good friend, John Nordling ’56, but Emilia decided to arrive early on. Wendy would love to connect with other Dartmouth alums with young children in San Francisco for future playdates and parenting advice.

Greg O’Sullivan and his wife, Jess, were pleasantly surprised Easter morning by the arrival of their second child, George. Sister Ginny is doing great in her new role and the parents look forward to introducing them both to anyone who happens to be passing through Atlanta! Raymond Rodriguez is changing jobs, leaving his role as communications director for Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) to be the national press secretary for U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD)! Raymond is based in Washington, D.C., and looking to connect with other ’09s in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area. Natalie Todd-Zebell is finishing a pediatric residency and is excited to move home to Portland, Oregon, to work as a pediatrician, play with her 5-year-old daughter and husband, and rock climb outside as much as possible. She is super excited to live within 30 minutes of Tara McNerney and get to adventure together! She would love to connect with anyone else in the area.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, ’09s! I hope you’re doing well. Following is some news from our classmates. James Austin ’07 wrote in to share that her sister, Marika Austin, was recently named first runner-up for defense in ultimate Frisbee. (See more on page 50.) In her professional life she runs an outdoor pediatric occupational therapy (OT) business in San Francisco. She’s been very successful in rethinking how to structure her OT business and has helped many other entrepreneurs with their pricing system, and she helps kids be their best selves. Alejandro Borquez graduated 27th grade and took a position in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine-Rady Children’s Hospital. Any ’09s wandering through San Diego are entitled to an IPA and a surf lesson. Anna (Bekker) Carlson and Evan Carlson ’08welcomed their second daughter, Isabelle Joy, to the world on November 7. Ibrahim Elshamy and his wife welcomed a baby girl, Fatima Noor, into the world, and he has started a new job as head of legal at a Seattle-based tech startup called Karat. (He’s still living in San Diego and working remotely). Shannon Prince’s book will be released in January from Routledge with a foreword by Susan Neiman, author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil. Amanda Winther is currently living in an Airstream with her partner and goldendoodle in between Arizona, California, and the greater West and would love to connect with other alumni in the West (especially nomadic ones)! After a winding journey there, she is also now running her own business helping sustainability-minded e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands with copy and brand messaging and would love to connect with other small business owners and alumni in the sustainability world. Cathy Wu wrote, “I’m drinking the crypto Kool-Aid at my new gig with Multicoin Capital. Please give a holler if anyone in the N.Y.C. area wants to talk non-fungible tokens and explore the metaverse!”

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, ’09s! Read on for some exciting news from our classmates.

Brian Chao graduated from the University of Pennsylvania last year with a doctorate in political science and is now an assistant professor of national security affairs at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Johannes Lohmann is living in London with his wife, Eva. They are enjoying getting to know their newborn baby, Charlotte, and are trying to squeeze the most out of every minute of parental leave. Once that ends, Johannes will be back at the Behavioural Insights Team as its head of work and finance. Pete Mathias has been appointed to the Council on Foreign Relations as a term member. Jenna Newgard and her husband, Nate Abbott, welcomed a healthy baby girl in July. Shannon Prince has a book coming out this November called Tactics for Racial Justice: Building an Antiracist Organization and Community. Marcy (Van Arnam) Saltaformaggio and her husband, Robert, welcomed their second baby girl, Reagan, in July. Zach Swiss andhiswife welcomed their daughter, Elizabeth Blake, in late July. Nat and Christine (Paquin) Wells welcomed their second daughter, Ophelia Kent Wells, on June 27.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, class of 2009! I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the summer. Caroline Brandt and Charles Olney (Dartmouth debate) had a baby! Eric Kenneth Brandt showed up on March 25 in Atlanta. In the fall the whole team is moving to Sweden, where Caroline will start a job at Uppsala University outside of Stockholm. Expats in the area should say hi! Nick Brown and Adrienne Hoarfrost ’11 were thrilled to welcome Alice Dorothy Brown to the family on March 25. Alice’s big brother, Henry (now 2.5), loves his little baby sister and attempts to crush her to smithereens with a monster hug daily. Alice is excited to meet everybody as we start to return to normal later this year. Amy Davis had a baby girl! Tallulah Birdie Roberts was born on February 13. Scott Decker wrote, “We’re launching Drawbridge (drawbridge.us) to the public next week. We help home buyers and homeowners meet outside the usual real-estate channels. If you’re looking to buy or sell a home, check it out!” Emily Eichenberger and her husband welcomed baby boy Ellis into the world on March 20. They are over the moon in love with him! Kaitlin (Gallup) Licato and her husband welcomed a second child, Ada Elizabeth Licato, on April 12. Lauren Caracciola Reynolds and Allan Reynolds ’07 welcomed their second son, Jack, on March 29. All are happy and healthy (and tired)! Emily Watson’smaternal wellness startup was recently acquired by Expectful, the No. 1 meditation app for hopeful, expecting, and new moms. She founded her startup after struggling to get the support she needed during the fertility process, and now she has joined the team at Expectful and couldn’t be more proud of the work they are doing to make maternal wellness support more accessible to all. In other news she wrote that she and her husband, Anthony Guzman, have moved with their little girl to Boston so he can complete his micrographic surgery and dermatologic oncology master’s in public health fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. They are excited to connect with any alums in the Boston area, so please reach out!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, class of 2009! I’m writing this column at the end of 2020 and thinking about you all heading into the new year. By the time you read this, we’ll be well into 2021, and I hope we have the chance to see each other this year. Just two updates this month.

Carmen Kilpatrick married James Lynch in a spooky micro-wedding in Atlanta on Halloween. The bride wore a black dress and spider earrings. They can’t wait to celebrate with their Dartmouth friends and family in Monterey, California, once it’s safe to do so! And Syam Palakurthy wrote in to share, “I recently achieved my life ambition of getting into Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, in the ‘Sibling Alumni’ photo essay in the March/April 2020 issue. I want to thank my brother, Arun ’02, for existing and having once been in a photo with me, as well as my parents and my wife, Kayla ’09, for believing in me despite an accumulating mountain of evidence to the contrary. Mostly, I want to thank George M. Spencer, former DAM executive editor, for his gutsy decision to include me—he truly is a prince among us paupers.”

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Elyssa Benedikt had a baby girl in April (Lilah Rose). She, Josh, and big brother Aden have been enjoying their newest family member! Natalie Berger and Adam Powers welcomed a baby girl, Clara Josephine Powers, on July 14. David Kopec welcomed a son, Daniel Sylvan Kopec, named after his dad, Danny Kopec ’75, on July 20. His wife, Rebecca, and Daniel are doing well. Sarah Lawson started a job as a speech-language pathologist in the Northshore School District in Bothell, Washington. Alessandra (Necamp) Mooney married John Mooney in an intimate, joyful, and very socially distanced wedding ceremony atop the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in July! The wedding was meant to be in April and include many Dartmouth alums, though luckily Marissa Knodel and Tara McNerney were able to attend this one, held at 12 Ridges Vineyard (owned by Craig Colberg ’73). Alessandra and John spend much of their time in the mountains but currently live in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. Alessandra will be pursuing a master’s in conflict resolution at Georgetown this fall. Emma Palley and Colin Fletcher are happy to share the birth of their daughter, Sloane. They live in Denver. Brian Scullin and his wife, Shannon, welcomed a son, Finnian James, in July. Everyone is doing well, although Finn’s 21-month-old sister, Delaney, is still trying to figure out why she isn’t getting as much attention as she previously did! After enduring a warm Phoenix summer, they’re all looking forward to cooler temperatures this fall. Kat (Rice) Wallach and her husband, Marshall Wallach, Tu’17, welcomed their first child into the world on July 18. Emily Louise, “Emmylou,” can’t wait to meet everyone at our next in-person reunion! In the meantime, if you find yourself in Denver, head on over for a backyard social distance hangout! Milan Williams just celebrated his one-year wedding anniversary in July and moved to Philadelphia. He has been working as a teacher and in video production for the Southeastern Conference on a CBS show as the “football guy” on the crew that makes the announcers look smart. Most importantly, he started a sauce and seasonings business called Captain Grille Co., where he sells Yellowhammer Sauce and Love seasoning that can go in any and everything. Check it out at captaingrilleco.com!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I’m thinking of all of you and sending my best wishes to everyone impacted by the pandemic. Thank you to our classmates who are working hard on the frontline. Liz (Ellison) Baron and her husband, Art Baron ’07, welcomed a baby boy, Calvin Timothy Baron, on March 5. Diana Dinescu and Bryan Strother welcomed Jacob Lee Strother to their family on April 13. He and mom are doing well, and he is healthy and growing. His sister, Lina (23 months old), is not entirely sure about him yet, but she has decided they can keep him (for now) despite the racket. Kris Gebhard is happy to report that as of July 23, they will graduate with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from George Mason University and move to Chicago in August to complete a clinical postdoc at University of Chicago Medicine. They look forward to eventually getting back to the East Coast with a plan to collaboratively open an LGBTQIA community health clinic and research institute in Baltimore. Any other health workers in the area who would like to connect are welcome to reach out! Tina Harrison is doing an ecology postdoc at University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Johanna Hauer wrote that she is working hard in Hartford, Connecticut, and was reallocated to a Covid ICU. She is trying to stay healthy and hoping that everyone is staying safe in these challenging times. Dylan Kane took a job with the U.S. Forest Service and moved to Prescott, Arizona, where he is a squad leader on the Prescott Helitack Crew. He’s been climbing lots of mountains and is psyched to be in the Southwest! Thomas Kern is teaching at Landmark College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont specializing in students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism. Quinton Klabon wrote that he will wrap up seven years at St. Marcus Lutheran, Wisconsin’s best school for black kids. Among much else, he organized a yearly Dartmouth immersion for its top eighth-graders. Quinton is leaving to attend Harvard University for graduate school. Upon returning to Wisconsin, he’ll transition to government to continue closing the achievement gap. Marley McMillan finished her first year of business school at Vanderbilt University. She will remain in Nashville to participate in Deloitte’s shortened human capital consulting internship experience this summer. Jenna Newgard married her partner of 10 years, Nate Abbott. Molly Roy started working full-time for a group called Organizing Together 2020 that is helping to organize volunteers in support of the eventual Democratic presidential nominee. They are working from home currently, but in the future she’ll be out on the campaign trail in Sarasota County, Florida. Mark Wilson and his wife, Aspen Wilson ’11, had daughter Linara Rae Wilson on March 15. He’s very proud that she has his sense of timing. Jeff and Katie Wiltsey welcomed the newest member of the class of 2042, Grant Morimoto Wiltsey, born April 14. They’re weathering the virus well and would have been in new baby isolation anyway. Case Hathaway Zepeda and Dan Olson ’04 welcomed baby girl Robin to the world on March 1. Big sibs Basil and August love giving her kisses and arranging their favorite toys around the bemused baby. Other than that, their Hanover homesteading efforts are ramping up as Case practices her new chainsaw skills, Dan continues plotting the finishing touches on his timberframe barn, and the kids miraculously avoid the electric fence around the chicken coop.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Hello, ’09s! The countdown to our reunion is on. In the meantime, here is some news from our classmates. Jimmy Bramante just defended his Ph.D. dissertation, so as of February he has a Ph.D. in marine geology from the MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution joint program! He will be looking for data science jobs in the Boston area starting in March. Morgan Cawdrey and his family welcomed their second child, Milo Jules Cawdrey, in May 2019, joining his 2-year-old daughter, Remy Somer Cawdrey. They own and operate a restaurant and event venue in Whitefish, Montana, and classmates are encouraged to visit to ski, hike, and party! He is looking forward to seeing everyone in June for our reunion. Robert Cousins and Ellen (Pettigrew) Cousins ’08 moved to North Hampton, New Hampshire, in January. After more than seven years away, they are excited to be back in the Granite State. Nathan Empsall and his wife, Diana, had their first child! Sylvia Margaret Empsall, Class of 2042, was born on November 4 at 5:05 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Sylvie is named for amazing women on both sides of her family, and they can’t wait to see how she will try to change the world. Matthew Faust wrote in that his wife, Arran Forbes, won a State of Alaska Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities. She runs one of the largest nonprofits in the state and received this tremendous honor at the capitol. Elyse George and her husband, Zach, welcomed their first child, Olive Mae, in October. They can’t wait to bring her to Hanover this June for our reunion! Elise Hogan married Jasper Goldberg in Mill Valley, California, in August. She is currently living in New York City and working for Anheuser-Busch InBev after graduating from Chicago Booth this past June. Aulden Kaye got married to Daniel Yi ’06! The wedding celebration took place during three days in Anguilla and there were 25 Dartmouth alumni in attendance. Andy Reynolds and Valerie Reynolds welcomed their first child, son John William “Jack” Reynolds, in July in Washington, D.C. Will Winkelman will befinishing a fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery in June and will be starting as a faculty member at Mount Auburn Hospital/Harvard Medical School this summer.

I’m sad to share the passing of one of our classmates, Brice Acree,in November. You can read more about him and his involvement in our community in the magazine online. My condolences to his friends and loved ones.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I hope everyone is enjoying the fall season! I have a few things to report from our ’09 classmates. Brittany Crosby wrote that, “I’m attending Joshua Mirkin’s wedding in October, along with Dan O’Brien, Bryan Chong, Bo Li, and several other ’09s. Proof that an East Wheelock bond can last through the ages!” She recently took a position with Google as a program manager on its health team, focusing on provider products. Her office is in Palo Alto, California. If anyone else is in the Bay Area and would like to meet up, let her know! Taylor Dryman and her husband moved to northern Virginia and look forward to connecting with other ’09s in the Washington, D.C., area. Andrew Kaminski and Hannah Kaminski welcomed a new baby, Penelope Clara Kaminski, on June 30. Lilian Mehrel’s blue-hearted, dark-humor series Water Melts—about the struggle to enjoy the moment when you know you will lose a loved one—has just been released on the Tribeca Film Institute’s new YouTube channel.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Straight into the news! Rebecca Armistead and her husband, Joseph, are expecting their first little one any day now. She started a new role at HubSpot as a business systems analyst but has taken a step back as she is on maternity leave for the next seven months. The year 2019 has seen them move to a new house in Dublin, Ireland, and both have been promoted into new roles. Rich Cummings married Michele McCauley, whom he met in N.Y.C., in June in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Ruslan “DJ Ruckus” Tolbulatov spun and Andrew Dete officiated while Tony Bates and Taylor Babcock were groomsmen. Malcolm Freberg, Alex Rapp, Josh Speicher, Phil Galligan, Erik Estabrook, Alex Nomitch, Annie Rittgers, Bridget Diprisco, Ravi Segal, and Nate Servis attended, along with Matt Dratch ’08, Joe Battaglia ’08, Michael O’Flynn ’91, and Phil Lee ’01. After spending the past year independently developing online educational interactives, Tom Kern will be starting in the fall as an assistant professor in math at Landmark College in Vermont. Carmen Kilpatrick graduated from medical school at Brown and is moving to San Francisco to start a psychiatry residency at the University of California, San Francisco, this summer. Anne Megargel and her husband, Matt, had a baby, a girl! Tilghman “Tillie” Virginia Arnold was born on January 4. She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 19 inches long. John Storella ’77 wrote to share that, “the class of 1977 commissioned your classmate, Will Raymer, to compose a choral work in celebration of Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary. Will’s composition, ‘Lone Pine Prayer,’ will be premiered by the Aires and the Decibelles at the Alumni Council meeting on May 16 at 5:45 p.m. in Hanover.” Molly Roy and her boyfriend will be moving to Brussels, Belgium, in June! After working at the U.S. Department of Energy in D.C. for seven years, they are going to head overseas, probably for a year or two, and just see how it goes. If any alums are passing through, let her know if you want to grab some fries or a beer! Gabrielle Santa-Donato shared that two years ago she jump-started and currently runs a program out of Stanford called the Life Design Studio—a training program and community bringing life design (how you can creatively and intentionally design your future) to universities around the world. After this June they will have trained more than 125 universities globally. Dartmouth was one of the first 14 to come to the training! Natalie Todd-Zebell graduated with an M.D./M.P.H. and is moving with her husband and daughter to Phoenix in June to start a residency in pediatrics. They’re looking forward to meeting lots of new people there (especially others with 2-year-olds). Julia Tse moved from Boston to the San Francisco Bay Area to continue her career in family medicine and looks forward to reconnecting with Dartmouth alumni there!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful winter! Lots to report from our classmates and congratulations to all the new ’09 parents. On January 1 Brendan Anderson began a postdoctoral research position in paleobiology in the West Virginia University department of geology and geography. His family is staying on Long Island, New York, so he will be in both locations frequently. Caitlin Angelette and her husband, Luke, welcomed their second son, Nolan Thomas Angelette, on December 5. Everyone is healthy and big brother Griffin is settling into his role slowly. Anna (Bekker) Carlson, DMS’13, and Evan Carlson ’08, Th’10, welcomed their baby girl, Emily, to the world on November 18. Scott Decker welcomed histhird kiddo in January, and they were keeping it a surprise if it’s a boy or girl! Sarah Leners will be moving to Chicago and joining the consumer coverage group at Lazard. She is looking forward to hanging out with classmates in the Windy City. Johannes Lohmann has been living in Brooklyn since 2017 and working for the Behavioral Insights Team. He designs, implements, and tests social programs and policies that are based on findings from behavioral science. They try to figure out why people exhibit certain behaviors and try to achieve social outcomes such as increasing employment, decreasing violence, and increasing school attendance. He’s happy to connect with anyone who wants to chat about that kind of stuff. Natalie (Todd-Zebell) Pexton is looking forward to graduating from medical school and going into a pediatrics residency this June. Until then, she’s enjoying cross-country skiing and rock climbing with her husband, Chris, and 2-year-old daughter Aurelia in Portland, Oregon. Shannon Prince completed her J.D.-Ph.D. joint degree studies, earning a doctorate in African and African American studies from Harvard after receiving her law degree from Yale in 2017. She has begun working as an associate at Boies Schiller Flexner. Lauren (Caracciola) Reynolds and Allan Reynolds ’07 are the proud new parents of James Thomas Reynolds, born November 6. All are happy, healthy, and maybe a little tired! Christmas came early for Brian Scullin and his wife, Shannon, when they welcomed daughter Delaney May Scullin in November. If any ’09s find themselves in Phoenix or Scottsdale, Arizona, give them a shout!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Brendan Anderson completed a Ph.D. in paleobiology at Cornell University. Brendan, Katie, and Eliana moved to Long Island, where Katie has taken a new (post-M.B.A.) job. Karen Woolley Bell and Erik Bell are proud new parents. Allison Jean Bell was born on August 8, and they couldn’t be more thrilled-terrified! They live in the Washington, D.C., area, if anyone’s headed that way.

Eben Bein has been teaching high school biology and environmental action for six years, mostly at Revere (Massachusetts) High School and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He took a break from teaching to get an M.S. in science writing at MIT and loves writing about science and environmental solutions for the likes of YES! Magazine, NOVA PBS, and The Atlantic. He is the Northeast field coordinator for a small nonprofit called Our Climate, which empowers young people to advocate for effective climate policy. If you know students who might be interested, they can email him at eben@ourclimate.us. The FasterSkier podcast profiled Dakota Blackhorse-Von Jess.

Grace Chua ’07 and James Bramante just had their second child, Irene Bramante! Nanette Cedeno moved to Denver! Taylor Dryman Wilmer married Harry Wilmer in Atlanta in October 2017 with many alums in attendance. Taylor graduated with her Ph.D. in clinical psychology this summer and started her new position as a postdoctoral fellow at McLean Hospital in August. She and her husband live in Somerville, Massachusetts, and look forward to connecting with Dartmouth alums in the area.

Amber Gott Steel moved with her husband and 2-year-old son to Richmond, Virginia, this summer.Tina Harrison is working on post-doc research in a UC Davis pollination ecology lab. Lindsay Maitland Hunt moved to Berlin, Germany, a few months ago after a three-month trial period there last year. It was great hanging with Zeke Turner and Pete Mathias last fall, and she is missing them now that they are off on other adventures. Lindsay’s first cookbook, Healthyish, came out in January, and she is now working on a second cookbook, called Help Yourself, which includes recipes for gut-health, as well as memoir and scientific reporting. Let her know if you’re coming through Berlin!

Kimberly Kruge’sbook comes out after the new year through Carnegie Mellon University Press. It is a full-length collection of poetry titled Ordinary Chaos. This summer she hosted the second annual Comala Haven retreat, a program she founded in Mexico for female writers. Rob Pritchard married Samantha Ebata on August 25 in Whistler, Canada, and celebrated with fellow alums including groomsmen Connor Shields and Alex Castrodale.

Jordan Rose married on August 11 at Waterloo Village in New Jersey. She had an amazing group of friends and family, including Dartmouth folks Mike Knapp, Adam Schoenfeld, Ruslan Tovbulatov, Ryan Moody, Natasha Pakravan ’08, Dave Hollenberg, Uday Seth, Elias Tapley, Ry Sullivan, Owen Roberts, and Alex Cushman ’08.

Haley Wauson Rosowsky, husband Ahmed, and 2-year-old son Phoenix welcomed a little girl, Luna Rae, on March 5. Haley spent the summer learning how to balance life with two kids, working as a senior marketing manager in Accenture’s Industry X.0 practice—and trying not to melt in the Houston heat. Kimia R. Shahi continues to work toward a Ph.D. in art history at Princeton University. This year she relocated to Washington, D.C., as the Wyeth Foundation predoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She would love to reconnect with ’09s living there!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I hope you’re enjoying the summer! Here are some updates from our classmates.

Diane Cheney matched for a residency in veterinary diagnostic imaging at Texas A&M University and moves to College Station in July! Last June Arik Clausner and his partner, Rebecca, moved to her hometown of Kristiansand, Norway. He wrote, “Learning to live like a Viking has been an adventure but absolutely hyggelig [nice]! I’m now teaching history, religion, and Norwegian at a local school and enjoying the Scandinavian life.” After eight years in the Washington, D.C., area, Amber Gott moved to Richmond, Virginia. She is still working for LastPass (LogMeIn) but is excited to explore a new city. She would love to connect with other alums in the area! In March Molson Hart moved from New York City to Dallas, where his toy company Viahart has opened a new warehouse and office. Last April he opened a niche intellectual property litigation financing firm with his brother, Hilton Hart’14, that recently had its one-year anniversary! Josh Jacobson moved from New York City to Berkeley, California, to work at the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative. David Kopec’s second book, Classic Computer Science Problems in Swift, was published by Manning this spring. Johannes Lohmann is living in Brooklyn and working as a senior advisor for the Behavioral Insights Team, where he focuses on finding and testing ways to adopt insight from psychology and behavioral economics for public policy and social programs mostly in developing countries. Nell (Pascall) Mackenzie just moved to Scotland! Her husband, Campbell, got a research fellowship at St. Andrews University, so they have moved there with their dog Oscar for at least a year, maybe two or three. Anyone visiting Fife should go and say hi!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Abi Ashcraft is graduating from a family medicine residency in Montana and moving to Madison, Wisconsin, for an ER fellowship. She would love to see any fellow alums in the area! Lindsay Maitland Hunt’s cookbook, Healthyish, came out in January! Lora Johns has been in New Haven, Connecticut, since 2011 and received a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2014. Since then she clerked for Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr. on the Second Circuit and practiced law for a while. Now she is finishing her master’s in library and information science while settling into a new career as a law librarian back at Yale Law School. She would love to hear from old classmates if they’re ever in the New Haven area! Marcy (Van Arnam) Saltaformaggio and her husband, Robert, bought a row house in the Capitol Hill East neighborhood of Washington, D.C. She now gets to enjoy running around the National Mall with neighbor Christine Wells. Jordan Sedlacek had a small ceremony in Fort Collins, Colorado, to celebrate marrying her wife, Chris Harris. Courtney Davis attended via FaceTime. Joe Wood and his wife, Kara, welcomed their first child, Emma Rose Wood, into the world on November 13, 2017. They could not be happier (unless they were sleeping more).

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

As the leaves are changing in Hanover, our classmates have updates from all over the country and across the world.

In June Anne (Megargel) Arnold moved back to Annapolis, Maryland. She will be teaching fourth grade at an elementary school a quarter mile from her house and hopefully doing lots of sailing this school year. On July 15 she married her boyfriend of four years, Matthew Arnold. He is from that area and they did the ceremony right on the water in Annapolis. Their first dance was not a Kenny song but the band did learn one for the reception. She wrote, “It was the most amazing day I ever could have imagined, in no small part due to the presence of so many Dartmouth friends and teammates.”

Ryan Church graduated from his dermatology residency this summer and accepted a position as staff dermatologist with Kaiser Permanente in L.A., where he began in September. Brittany Crosby recently moved to Austin, Texas, for a new job at a chat-bot startup. If anyone is passing through Texas (or needs a place to crash during South by Southwest or Austin City Limits), her guest room is available! Amy Davis was married on May 6 to Oliver Roberts in Borough Market in London. In attendance were Kathleen Carmody and Shelley Miles Spillers. Katie Dutko is working as the education program manager for CRS in Pakistan, based remotely in Nairobi for as long as her work visas remain in limbo. If you are in Kenya in the coming months, give her a holler! Ibrahim Elshamy is leaving Palo Alto, California, and moving to San Diego because his wife, Nawal Siddiqui, is starting medical school at University of California, San Diego. He is continuing to serve as counsel to startups and venture capitalists with his same law firm Gunderson Dettmer in its southern California office and then popping up to Silicon Valley every month for a few days. Alex Guyton and his wife, Helen, welcomed their first child, Louis Pierce Guyton, into their family on August 17. Both Helen and Louie are healthy and happy. Johanna Hauer is living in Hartford, Connecticut, and is in medical school at the University of Connecticut. She would love to reconnect with any ’09s in the area! This fall Tom Kern will be working as a visiting assistant professor in mathematics at the State University of New York, Oswego. Dylan Kane shared that he “got a permanent job as a helicopter rappeller with the U.S. Forest Service in Prineville, Oregon. We’re trying to boost our social media presence, follow us on Instagram @centraloregonrappellers!” Johannes Lohmann graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in May and joined the Behavioral Insights Team, a British unit that offers advisory services at the intersection of psychology and economics to governmental clients. He’ll be working in its New York office and hopes to catch up with some ’09s. During Labor Day weekend Nate Mazonson married Carolyn McVeigh, the sister of Brendan McVeigh ’10. On the professional front, he cofounded a vertical farming company in San Francisco called Plenty. They are looking for talented Dartmouth engineers, computer scientists, plant scientists and business strategists to join their team! Asafu Suzuki recently started a new job as an associate at the Columbus, Ohio, office of a Cleveland-based immigration law firm.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

As we’re entering summer ’09s are on the move, getting married and having kiddos.

After five years in Philadelphia Taylor Dryman is excited to be finishing her Ph.D. in clinical psychology. She will be moving to Boston with her fiancé, Harry Wilmer, to complete her internship year at McLean Hospital, and they look forward to getting married in Atlanta this October! A.J. Fox relocated to Berkeley, California, after five years in New York City, where he will be starting a new position as the media relations manager at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. It’s his first time living on the West Coast and he is very excited to explore the Bay Area. If any Dartmouth folks live nearby, he would love to hear from you at ajfox61@gmail.com.

For the last couple of years Max Hopkins has been fixing up a 40-foot expedition sailboat in Florida and this spring he is taking it through the Panama Canal for a move to San Francisco or Seattle. Estimated time of arrival is mid-summer, he hopes! Tom Huzarsky finds work distasteful and so has decided to no longer do it. He is currently in Melbourne, Australia.

Lilian Mehrel iswriting and directing a new short comedic series in June, when she will graduate with her master of fine arts from New York University Tisch Grad Film. She will be looking to join a comedy show writers’ room. Qinggong Wu recently received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan and become an assistant professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong after having spent six years in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Marcy Van Arnam married Robert Saltaformaggio on March 25 at the Winery at Bull Run in Centreville, Virginia, with fellow alums Emily Esfahani Smith, Taylor Dryman, Emma Palley and Meghan Lawrie in the wedding party. They spent their honeymoon exploring Venice, Tuscany and Rome, Italy. Katie Miller and Jeff Wiltsey got married on March 18 in a small ceremony at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, in front of family and close friends.

Cassandra Rendon and her husband, Michael Holman, welcomed a son, Elliott Biboonkeonini Holman, on January 17. Max Copello and his wife, Jenny, welcomed their first child, a son, Luca Louis Copello on January 20 at 10:42 a.m. He was 6 pounds and 5 ounces and 18.5 inches long. Max wrote that everyone is happy and healthy. Nell (Pascall) Mackenzie wrote, “We bought a house! Still living in Perth, Australia. We moved in last May and in September we got a dog! His name is Oscar and he is awesome, except when he’s chewing up the garden drip irrigation pipes (they’ve been chewed and repaired about four times now).”

Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (“Dartmouth College Class of 2009”), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Happy holidays, ’09s! Lots of weddings, graduations and new jobs, along with some additions to the class of ’35.

Brian Koch married on October 1 in Baltimore. His wife, Laura Taylor, went to James Madison University. Martin Bernstein, Tim McVeigh, Will Boardman ’08, Tyler McIntyre ’08 and Marc Ayala ’08 were all in the wedding party. Rayna Levine ’10 and Steve Reinitz married on October 9 in West Orange, New Jersey. Dartmouth was represented by Rayna’s dad, Jerry Levine ’74, Mike Morton ’80, Doug Van Citters ’99, Kathryn (Boucher) Bi, Richard Bi, Th’08, Bernadette Durr, Sam Raybin, Th’10, Kaite Yang and Dan O’Brien. Harshil Shah married Namita Sekhar.

Clare and Kyle Fortune-Lad moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, this fall. Clare started a new job as the director of religious education at the Unitarian Universalist Church, coordinating curriculum about multiculturalism and social justice for all ages. Clare also wanted to shout from the rooftops that Kimberly Wade got engaged to her adorable boyfriend, Laurence Lieber, under an umbrella overlooking the Hudson in September. Thomas Kern graduated from Cornell with a Ph.D. in mathematics last spring and is currently a visiting assistant professor at Cornell. His dissertation was on the intersection of model theory and automata theory. Marley McMillan co-hosts the Donna & Marley talk radio show on myTalk 107.1 FM in the Twin Cities discussing “everything entertainment.” She plays ice hockey for the Minnesota Whitecaps, an elite women’s team that competes against professional and college teams in an effort to further establish the women’s game on a professional level in North America. She was thrilled to sing the national anthem for more than 10,000 people at a recent WNBA Minnesota Lynx game! Lilian Mehrel performed improv at UCB’s East Village theater in N.Y.C. for the first time and was invited to speak at the Canadian Film Centre about storytelling and virtual reality (VR). Her VR films have now played in festivals from Tribeca, Toronto, Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington. Now she is back in Brooklyn, New York, where she is continuing to write comedy TV. Liza Wiley just finished her Ph.D. program at Columbia Business School and is moving to the Bay Area in January! William Winkelman will be finishing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at University of California, San Francisco, and returns to Boston for a fellowship in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at Harvard starting in July.

Scott Decker is expecting his second kiddo in March, and he is working to build up a subscription base of at least 2,000 people for visualteamstatus.com before the baby comes. Eleanor Hicks and her husband, Jon, welcomed their fourth child (third boy), Robert Andrew, at the end of August. He is nice and healthy and the other kids all love their new baby brother. She has also started writing for AmReading.com, a website for book lovers. Sarah (Van Dyke) Hochtl and Kevin Hochtl welcomed baby boy Mattias Anton into their family on September 20. Colin Treseler and his wife, Malin, welcomed Leo John Treseler into their family on September 8.

Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

Lots of ’09s graduating, moving around the country and continuing to get married. Enjoy the rest of the summer! Julia Brown finished residency in Chicago and started a nephrology (kidney) fellowship at Northwestern July 1. Kat Carmody received her M.B.A. from Tuck in June and is excited to move back to New York City in September, when she will work as a consultant for McKinsey. Ian Dumont graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual M.B.A./M.P.H. in May. He started in June at the Chartis Group in Chicago, where he’s a strategy consultant for major medical centers. Lauren Foster finished her residency in pediatrics at Yale and is moving back to N.Y.C. to start a job as a pediatric hospitalist attending at New York University! Sarah Leners graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth. She is moving to N.Y.C. at the end of August and looks forward to hanging out with fellow ’09s. Diana Punko graduated with a doctorate in medicine from New York Medical College at the end of May and began her residency in psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in N.Y.C. in July. Kaitlyn Sheehan Ramirez graduated from Tuck in June and starts work at Morgan Stanley in investment banking in N.Y.C. in August.

Michelle Barnes graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2014. She recently became engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Dustin C. Jones, who was in her class at law school, and they are planning a wedding for next summer. After almost two years doing civil litigation at a small law firm, she recently accepted an assistant county attorney position at the Olmsted County attorney’s office in Rochester, Minnesota.

Haoxiang Cai wrote that he is now a chartered financial analyst and has his life back. He is happy to meet up with anyone passing through Singapore. David Kopec relocated to Burlington, Vermont, with girlfriend Rebecca Driesen to start as an assistant professor of computer science and innovation at Champlain College. Emily Esfahani Smith is now living in Washington, D.C., and would love to connect with any alums in the area (emilyesfahanismith@gmail.com). Her book The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters (Crown/Random House) will be out in January of 2017. “The book, which is about how we can find meaning and purpose in life, draws on social science research, literature and the stories of people I interviewed across the country.” It’s based on an article she wrote for The Atlantic a few years ago called “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy.”

Caroline Brandt married Charles Olney (Dartmouth debate team) in Atlanta. Carmen Kilpatrick, Molly Caldwell, Joanne Cheung, John Turner ’03 and Scott Daniel, Adv’08, were all in the wedding party! Michael Magner was the witness on the marriage license. Kaitlin Gallup married John Licato on July 16 in Oahu, Hawaii. Emily Watson and Anthony Guzman tied the knot in April near Philadelphia. They met on the third floor of Bissell freshman year. Derek Brand (also from third-floor Bissell) was the best man. Jessica Watson ’06 and Julia Watson ’12 were the maids of honor. Stew Watson ’76 gave the best speech ever and James Watson ’10, Zach Smith ’06 and Greg Boguslavsky also represented the Big Green.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

More weddings, new projects, new babies and a Jeopardy appearance in the ’09 class.

Rebecca Armistead eloped over Christmas with partner Joseph Fillmore, now Joseph Armistead. They married on December 28 overlooking the beautiful Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. Andrew Ballentine got engaged to Courtney Seamans, a fellow Hoosier, on January 23! He moved to Geneva, Switzerland, in March to continue trading corn. Noah Levinson writes, “I am getting married to Alexandra Miller in May in Philadelphia! We’ve been dating for a while now and it was time to seal the deal.”

Scott Decker is launching a new startup for people using Team Foundation Server/visual studio team services. It is called Visual Team Status and you can learn more at visualteamstatus.com. Casey Diehl and his wife, Karen, Tu’13, bought a late 1800s Victorian home in Jamaica Plain, a few miles from downtown Boston. He wrote that the house is definitely in need of some love, but they are looking forward to projects and excited to finally have some space. Diana Dinescu applied for clinical internship this year as part of her clinical psychology Ph.D. and she matched at the Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She will be there for 12 months starting on July 1. Katie Dutko continues to live in Guatemala, where she has taken a new job as director of education programs in Guatemala for Teachers2Teachers International.

Elyse George moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she works as special projects coordinator and social media manager in the mayor’s office. She also got engaged to Zachary Jones in February. He proposed surrounded by the red rocks of southern Utah. Following the proposal, they celebrated with her family in Las Vegas. They will marry on June 28 in the Provo City Center Temple with receptions to follow in both Utah and Oregon. Johanna Hauer matched into a residency program in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the University of Connecticut.

Lilian Mehrel made a short virtual reality film that she exhibited in April, one of the first forays into narrative live-action virtual reality. She would love to talk to any other alumni interested in virtual reality. Jordan Sedlacek graduates from Colorado State University as a doctor of veterinary medicine on May 13. He begins his internship at the Fort Collins (Colorado) Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital at the end of May. His interests are in small animal pain management, rehabilitation and emergency care.

Katie (Gray) Shields wrote that, “Connor Shields and I are expecting our first Big Green baby on March 30!” Haley Wauson and her husband received an amazing gift on Christmas Eve, their son, Phoenix Muhammed. Haley’s company Cimation was acquired by Accenture around the same time, and she assumed a new marketing role in the energy division of their assets and operations services group. They’re still based out of Houston and would love to meet up with anyone also in the area.

Lastly, Udit Banerjea appeared on Jeopardy on April 4!

Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

As 2015 wraps up, I’m happy to report weddings and engagements, new jobs and some other ’09 news.

Melissa Lokensgard married Matt Allen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Courtney Merrill was a bridesmaid. Aimee Moon and Phil Back ’10 married in December in Westchester, New York, and are looking forward to living in North Carolina for the remainder of 2016 while Phil is stationed at Fort Bragg. Steve Reinitz and Rayna Levine ’10 got engaged last month! Nell Pascall married Campbell Mackenzie on November 28. Alums who made the epic trek out to Perth, Australia, include Kate Harney, Johanna Hauer and Sharon Dauson. Chris Silverman and Donna McKinnon got married in sunny Hawaii. They were joined by fellow alums Ryan Murphy, Andy Reynolds, Don Faraci, Jackie Zemaitis ’11, Courtney Valentine, Julie Corwin, Jessica (Meneses) Hart and Mike Hart ’07.

Dylan Kane completed his rookie fire season with the Central Oregon Rappellers, spending the summer sliding out of helicopters to go fight wildfires in the Northwest. Now he’s moved to Grand Junction, Colorado, to be with his partner. Johannes Lohmann started a master’s in public administration in international development at the Harvard Kennedy School in the fall. Let him know if you’re in the Boston area! Lilian Mehrel is currently the storyteller and film director for Shared Studios. Their global public art project, Portals, brings people together through gold shipping containers with human-scaled video chat inside. Portals recently connected the UN with a Syrian refugee camp. She also just won the Imagine Science Film 48-hour contest and is currently obsessed with virtual-reality filmmaking. Asafu Suzuki started a new job as the program director for the family support program at a local nonprofit primarily serving the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community in Columbus, Ohio.

Ben Beisswenger recently decided to “run it back,” and visited Ethiopia to work with Selamta Family Project. (Ben and Zoe Donnell worked with Selamta in 2008). Ben resides in San Francisco and his day job is with the Salesforce Foundation. He is considering purchasing roller blades. Thomas Donahoe, Greg Rolfes and Ry Sullivan continued their annual tradition of running a marathon or half-marathon in a random United States city. This year they were joined by Chris Brouwer and Jordan Rose for the inaugural Morgantown Marathon, which is Ry’s hometown in West Virginia. Greg and Jordan finished first and fourth overall, respectively. Glenn Randall wrote that he “is using a weaponized particle accelerator to look for dark forces.”

Keep a lookout for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.

—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com

I’m deeply saddened to share that our classmate and friend Leslie “Leah” Adkins passed away on May 5 in Los Angeles, where she had just completed her M.B.A. coursework at University of Southern California. Leah was an enthusiastic member of the community and a class leader. You can read more about her and her many contributions to our community in the magazine online.

Julia Bronson graduated from dental school at Midwestern University and represents team USA, with Kelly Foley ’12 and Lindsay Holdcroft ’14, at the Street Hockey World Championship in Switzerland. Kathryn Boucher graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and joined Covington & Burling’s San Francisco office as a patent litigator. Wendy Diao received her M.D. from Jefferson Medical College and began a family medicine residency at the University of California, Davis. Family and friends attended her commencement, including John “Yuehan Yeye” Nordling ’56, who inspired her for a decade. Ibrahim Elshamy graduated from Stanford Law School and serves as counsel to startups at Gunderson Dettmer in the Bay Area.

Anthony Guzman and Emily Watson are engaged! He proposed almost 10 years after meeting on third-floor Bissell. After meeting through Zach Swiss, Bret Tenenhaus and Jenna Pfeffer ’12 got engaged May 30 in Central Park!

Kat Andrews and Nick Weir got married in Kennebunkport, Maine! Morgan Cawdrey married a woman he met while working at Brewster Academy. He started an annual weekend-long Western art show and auction in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Ben Zabar ’04 and Marki Grimsley got married in N.Y.C. last October. There was a lively version of the alma mater as well as “Blame it on the Boogie,” complete with full Leach Field dance moves. Morgan Hartley and Taylor Babcock marry on September 19 in San Diego. Andrew Kaminski married Hannah Kurland at the Missouri History Museum. Trevor Granger, David Nachman and Igor Borodulin ’11 were in the wedding. More than six years after they started dating, Neil Kandler and Asafu Suzuki married at the Columbus Zoo. Nithya Sharma ’08, Molly Hallam, Jess LaBrie and Dave Kopec were in the wedding party, and Kaili Lambe caught the bouquet. Kat Rice married Marshall Wallach on July 25 in Buxton, Maine! Caitlin Cunningham, Bridget Alex ’08, Aryn Gruneisen, Monica Hernandez ’10 and Minal Caron were in the bridal party.

Christopher Brouwer took the summer off to travel, seeing Chrissy Donnelly in Colombia and Bolivia, Danny Michlewicz in Medellin, Colombia, and Johannes Lohman in Bogota, Colombia. He returned to California for Thomas Donahoe’s wedding and went to London with Nate Niparko to see Joe Malchow ’08 marry. Nathan Empsall writes, “After five years I left Washington, D.C., for New Haven, Connecticut, where I’m attending the joint program between Yale Divinity School and the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. This means I’m in seminary to become an Episcopal priest, but keeping my focus on climate justice. I’m still a digital campaigner with Care2, focused on police accountability issues.”

Josh Jacobson joined the Centre for Effective Altruism as director of marketing and communications in Oxford, United Kingdom. Eric Kaufman started a new job at One Rock Capital Partners. Lilian Mehrel is in Miami writing and researching her TV series. Her short film just won a Puffin Foundation film award. Caitlin Pierce lives in Yangon, Myanmar, and works for a human rights organization.

James Bramante moved back to the United States from Singapore and started a Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics at MIT. He and Grace Chua ’07 welcomed their first child, Darren Xuwei Bramante. Jordan Sedlacek started his last year of veterinary school at Colorado State University. As part of his Ph.D. work in hydrology at University of Colorado, Boulder, Peter Shellito participated in a NASA field campaign to validate its new satellite, SMAP, which measures soil moisture from space.

—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com.

Happy six years out of College! Here is some recent news from our classmates.


Molly Bode finished an M.B.A./M.P.H. at UC Berkeley in December and moved to Boston just in time for blizzard season. Living just a few blocks from Dartmouth Street, she feels welcome. Amy Davis recently left Phillips, the auction house, to become gallery director at Mana Contemporary. Stop in for a tour! Lauren Dumont graduated from her M.B.A. program at the University of Michigan. She will be traveling to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece for the month of May to celebrate with Ian Dumont. Ian is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a third year to finish his dual-degree program and Lauren is moving to the Chicago area to start work at SC Johnson. Robert Cousins started an M.P.H. at George Washington University. Emily Eberle lives in Seattle and is halfway through her M.B.A. program at the University of Washington. She will be in Portland, Oregon, for the summer doing a finance internship with Intel. Georgina Emerson moved in September back to New York City, where she started teaching at Charter School. She lives in Harlem and also works on developing an online test prep program for students. Dylan Kane starts a new job this summer with the U.S. Forest Service as a wildland firefighter and helicopter rappeler on the central Oregon rappel crew in Prineville, Oregon. During his offseason he is enjoying the sun in Flagstaff, Arizona. Kaili Lambe moved to Denver late last fall and loves it. She just adopted a black Lab puppy named Zayla. Kristen McCormick enrolled in the Startup Institute Boston spring course. Tara McNerney is the sustainability coordinator at a charter school in Washington, D.C., teaches cooking and gardening class and enjoys getting coffee with her dad, a ’78. Fiona Murguia graduates in May with an M.F.A. in film from NYU Tisch. Her thesis was a documentary about dhows (traditional wooden boats) in Dubai. Nell Pascall started a graduate program as a mining engineer with Rio Tinto, working at an iron ore mine in northwestern Australia. She wears Hi-Viz and spends her days with very large machinery and very large spreadsheets. Jarman Rogers moved to San Francisco to work for Facebook on the iOS app. Gabrielle Santa-Donato moved to San Francisco to work at the Stanford design school in its K12 Lab Network, focused on bringing innovation to education and innovative mindsets to educators.


Kyle Lad and Clare Fortune-Agan are getting married in August in Maine with the largest wedding party ever, including Rob Taintor ’08, Alex Guyton, Mark Harris, Steve Walker, Kimberly Wade and Emily Marshall. Melinda Wilson got engaged to Sean Fuller on New Year’s Eve. She is excited that she and Kaitlin Gallup are both engaged. They are planning a mini-reunion with Wendy Diao and Ying Cheng.


Lilian Mehrel is writing a new TV series about high school kids in her hometown of Miami. Her mockumentary about the search for the loneliest whale received a Nancy Malone Directing Award. Jennifer Schuster read a fascinating article by Emily Esfahani Smith in The Atlantic. Jennifer wrote, “The research Emily describes is eye opening, and she conveys a critical message around the importance of fostering kindness and generosity in relationships.” Also, Sam Blazek has a new cat named Zion who loves to climb things and eats special food.


Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (“Dartmouth College Class of 2009”), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.


—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 255 Patroon Creek Blvd., Apt. 2219, Albany, NY 12206; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com


Lots of ’09 weddings, engagements, new jobs and graduate school updates.


In September Matt Fisher-Post married Isaura Zelaya Favila ’08 in Rome and is working at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Katie Gray and Connor Shields got married on September 20 in Kelowna, British Columbia, and went on their honeymoon to St. Lucia. In Calgary, Alberta, Katie is a completions engineer for Encana Corp. and Connor works for the Royal Bank of Canada. Chris Koppel married Carolyn Rippe ’10 in Hanover last summer. Chris transitioned out of the Army and is an engineer at Abiomed, a medical device company. Elisse Lockhart and Scott Limbird live in San Francisco, are engaged and getting married in 2015. Mallory McQueen finished her M.B.A., started as a product innovation manager at Athenahealth and got married to Griffin Mahoney! Dylan Nelson and Allie Landers got married on October 25 in Washington, D.C., just eight-plus years after meeting in Irish history class freshman year. Kat Rice got engaged to Marshall Wallach in July while hiking in Wyoming. Brian Scullin writes, “After completing the Chicago Marathon I proposed to my girlfriend. She said yes and we plan to schedule the wedding for some time in 2015!”


Julia DeWahl lives in San Francisco and works at a startup called Opendoor. Katie Dutko moved to Guatemala in September and enjoys her work as the youth leadership programs coordinator at the NGO Common Hope. Will Imbert lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and teaches a class on juggling at the Princeton Adult School. Josh Jacobson’s startup, ItsPlatonic, launched. Email him at josh@itsplatonic.com to be given access.


Tyler Putnam performed Count Ceprano in Rigoletto at Opera Omaha in October, then the title role in Carlisle Floyd’s Markheim off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in December. He’s off to the Sarasota Opera in January. Virginia Deaton Ryan has a new job as the competitive intelligence senior analyst at Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, in Nashville, Tennessee. Ediz Tiyansan writes, “I’m still the Jerusalem correspondent for the Turkish News Network. I had a hectic summer covering the Gaza war from the field, underneath constant bombardment. Currently back in Jerusalem, still tied up with all the happenings, but at least now in relative safety.”


Jessica Lane is finishing her last year of medical school in Burlington, Vermont. This August she got engaged to Max Bickelhaupt. They’re looking forward to getting married and moving wherever the match takes them. Page Wagley started the M.B.A. program at Harvard Business School. Ted Newhouse started at Tuck. Melinda Wilson completed her second master’s in education during the summer and now works as a preschool autism teacher for the Washington, D.C., public schools.


Molly Bode finished up graduate school at the London Business School this fall. Marika Austin graduated from Boston University with her master’s in occupational therapy and moved to San Francisco in March. She works at a school for kids with behavioral and emotional needs in Palo Alto, California, and a private pediatric clinic in Sausalito, California. Lilian Mehrel is a thesis M.F.A. student in film directing and writing at New York University, where she just finished a comic mockumentary about the search for the loneliest whale (www.theloneliestfilm.com) and currently works on writing TV comedy.


Visiting a new city? Look up your classmates! Federico Sequeda lives in Boston and looks forward to planning mini-reunions. Follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09).


—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 255 Patroon Creek Blvd., Apt. 2219, Albany, NY 12206; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com


In the afterglow of an incredible reunion, and because these are my last notes before I pass the torch to the wonderful Elizabeth Doolittle, I thought I would leave you with these words from the old Dartmouth tune Twilight Song: “While the shadows deepen, while we stand here heart to heart, let us promise one another in the silence ere we part, we will make our lives successful, we will keep our hands from shame, for the sake of dear old Dartmouth and the honor of her name.” Love to all of you, and keep the bonfire burning! 


Elias Tapley writes, “Having the ’09s join me on the plain again this June was the perfect send-off after nine incredible years studying, working and playing in the Upper Valley. Once I return from directing trips to South Africa this July with Ryan Sinclair ’02 I will be moving to Boston to work for Explorica, a student travel provider.”


AlexandraOrtego and Sen Zhang got hitched in Hanover in May with 28 ’09s in attendance! Alexandra is starting her emergency medicine residency at New York University and Sen is working at Palantir Technologies in New York City.


Christopher Koppel and Carolyn Rippe ’10 were married on July 5 in Hanover! They are planning on moving to the Boston area as Chris transitions to civilian life after the military. 


Sarah Van Dyke married Kevin Hochtl in Stowe, Vermont, on June 21. Bridesmaids included Whitney Coombs, Tessa Peart and Courtney Robinson.


Kevin Pellecchia got married to Jessica Delfino this May in New York City and will be attending Columbia Business School this fall.


Scott Decker and his wife are expecting their first child in December. “We don’t have a clue what we’re doing and are super excited.”


David Kopec has published a book called Dart for Absolute Beginners, which teaches you how to do introductory programming in Google’s new language, Dart.


Nick Binder is now a product marketing manager at Quantcast, where he works with Alex Fidel. 


Sophie Hood has graduated with an M.F.A. in costume production from Carnegie Mellon University. 


Mallory McQueen finished her M.B.A. at Babson, moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and started as a product innovation manager at Athena Health. She is also getting married in August!


Mark J. Harris finished his M.P.H. and will return to finish his last year of medical school in the fall after a health policy internship this summer.


Landon Bergner writes, “From raising Holstein cows on the plains of Colorado to the ivy of Dartmouth to ‘chef-ing’ in the third largest city in the United States! I am loving life in Chicago with my friend Sarah and our adopted dog Jean!”


A.J. Jangalapalli will be headed to Philadelphia this fall to begin his M.B.A. program at Wharton.


Brian Scullen graduated from the London School of Economics in July.


David Jangro is enrolled in Vanderbilt’s Owen School of Business. He is currently spending the summer as a private banking associate at Credit Suisse.


Alejandro Borquez finished medical school at UC Davis and started a residency in pediatrics at Stanford.


Robert Cousins earned the title of international correspondence chess master. He also earned his wings as a critical care flight paramedic. 


Julian Thomas started at a sales and marketing company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


Milo Rodriguez will start her M.B.A. at Wharton this fall. She is “still depressed #d09reunion is over but is excited to commute to Philly for two years (I refuse to leave N.Y.C.).”


Class of ’09 love! Rothbard out.


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; prothbard@gmail.com


Greetings, classmates! I recently asked a friend to tell me her favorite memory from Dartmouth. She told me about the first day she came back to campus after an off-term. As she walked through campus to buy books and supplies for the new term, the familiar faces of friends she had missed while she was away greeted her with screams, squeals and hugs. Is there anything better than walking through Dartmouth’s gorgeous campus and seeing the smiling faces of your closest friends? Well, pretty soon we’ll all have the chance to relive those memories at our five-year reunion! Be on the look for out for early registration emails in the coming months. Now, let’s check in with our classmates around the globe!
David Okun is now engaged to Megan McMahon, whom he met in law school. They will be married next year and Josh Curcio and David Nie stand to be groomsmen.
Christian Kiely made an honest woman out of Kristen Rounds on September 14 in Newport, Rhode Island. They are currently living in Boston with their British shorthair Winston.
Brenna Hughes is in her second year at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. “I also got engaged this past July to a childhood friend, and we are excited to be getting married in Maine this May!”
Molly Roy is still working at the U.S. Department of Energy in the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy. She has also started a master’s of science in energy policy and climate through Johns Hopkins. Finally, her women’s ultimate Frisbee team, Scandal, just won the national championships!
Jamie Caplan Smith and Hunter Smith were married on September 1, 2013, in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Congratulations, guys!
Carl Sciacchitano has drawn a new comic book called The Army of Dr. Moreau, which is available on the Comixology website and app.
Georgina Emerson is ecstatic to be back in Hanover for an M.A. in comparative literature. While thinking about French Modernism this year she is also working on expanding the English teaching certification program she runs in Paris (www.TEFLinParis.com).
Danny Rangel will soon complete the final requirements to become an aerial videographer in the Air Force. He’ll spend the next few years making short documentaries onboard Air Force cargo planes, jets and Army helicopters.
Jeff Koh is now living in Chicago and has joined the board at the Steppenwolf Theater.
Caitlin MacDonald has moved to Perth, Australia, and is really enjoying the new surroundings.
Dan O’Brien left Washington, D.C., for Philadelphia to do quantitative analysis for a market research company specializing in the pharmaceutical industry.
Virginia Deaton Ryan graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Law in May, passed the Kentucky Bar and was sworn in as an attorney. She is now working for Bingham McCutchen LLP in Lexington, Kentucky.
Caitlin Pierce now works for Open Society Foundations, an international justice and human rights organization.
Sam Blazek is headed to Washington, D.C., next summer for an internship in data analytics. In the meantime he is enjoying Austin, Texas, making music and doing machine learning and business research.
That’s all for now. Class of ’09 love!
—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave., #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org



Hello, ’09s! I hope you have all had a wonderful summer following our Commencement this past June. With any luck the intervening months have given you enough time to process the stark reality before us—we have joined the ranks of Dartmouth alumni. Fortunately, along with that rank comes our very own section in the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine! This column will provide you with important class news, as well as highlight the astounding things that ’09s are doing all around the world. So let’s see what our classmates have already been up to since graduation.


Tiger Rahman started working at AmeriCorps VISTA in the beginning of August. He is serving as the civic engagement coordinator for the National-Louis University in Chicago and living with Kalina Jakymec ’08.


Mark Harris moved to Washington, D.C., in July to research autism at the National Institutes of Health. He tells me he loves his job and the city thus far.


Raymond Rodriguez wrote to me recently to report that he will be “moving into a gorgeous apartment with Reem Hannun and Justine Blum in Boston and starting as a legal assistant at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, but only after making a trip to San Francisco and L.A. to visit Gaby Davila, Danny Gomez and Riley Doyle ’08 at the end of August.” Have fun and good luck to all of you!


Claire C. McConnell recently joined Turner Investment Partners as a quantitative analyst, becoming the fifth member of the quantitative investment team. She will be living and working in her hometown of Berwyn, Pennsylvania.


Kendall Reiley is currently doing trail work with the Student Conservation Association at Mount Rainier in Pierce County, Washington. 


Congratulations to Ellie Hicks, who is expecting her first child with husband Jon! Their son, tentatively named Henry Allen, is due in September. They are currently living in Granville, Ohio. 


Many adventurous ’09s are living and working abroad this year. Julia Plevin is currently living in Hanoi, Vietnam, and working in communications for an environmental NGO at the International Union for Conservation of Nature. 


Ravi Segal and Aulden Kaye will both be teaching English in France this year. Ravi will be in Corsica and Aulden will reside in Lyon. They encourage everyone to visit them as often as possible.


Jennifer Murray landed a job in Kenya working for the Lwala Community Health Center, founded by Lwala natives Milton’04 and Fred ’05 Ochieng. She will be working on an HIV/AIDS education program, assisting with surveying for a maternal health study and teaching jump rope to local youth. 


Chris Lim reports that he is working for the Singapore government, serving what he calls “my end of the deal after they paid for me to go to Dartmouth.” He is working on scientific policy and planning, “and somewhat missing the footloose lifestyle that Dartmouth affords.” We hear that, Chris!


Sam Stimmel is going on a three-week archeological dig in Menorca, Spain. She hopes to pick up some Spanish before she heads to Costa Rica in the winter for a volunteer opportunity. She starts medical school next summer at Mount Sinai in N.Y.C.


Finally, Nathan Empsall reports that he has Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast most days. A bold choice, Nathan, though I prefer Waffle Crisp. 


That’s all for now, but there is much more to come in the next issue. Keep an eye out for the class of 2009 newsletter, the class Web site and mini-reunions coming up in major cities. Please continue sending me any and all updates on your lives, and good luck out there!


—Peter Rothbard, 2000 Via Tuscany, Winter Park, FL 32789; (407) 421-4676; class.of.2009@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings ’09ers! To make up for last issue’s noticeably lacking column (no one sent me updates so I resorted to self references and clichés about the passage of time—never ever again) I now have a ton of updates on your fellow classmates:


Weibrecht won bronze! Ahem. I am way too excited to report that on February 19 our own Andrew Weibrecht came in third place in the men’s super G at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, earning him a bronze medal. As one of the youngest members of the U.S. ski team Weibrecht finished with an astounding time of 1:30.65, behind U.S. teammate Bode Miller (1:30.62) and Norwegian Askel Lund Svindal (1:30.34). Weibrecht, you’re an American hero.


We have our first baby news! Ellie Hicks and her husband, Jon, welcomed their son Henry Allen into the world on September 5. As his mother describes him, Henry “is a strong, healthy baby who likes to put things in his mouth and has just discovered he has toes!” Congratulations on the new addition to your family, Ellie and Jon! 


Sam Blazek scored a job in the managing clerk department at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York City. I believe it was Alicia Keys who said that city is a concrete jungle where dreams are made of. Go find yours, Sam.


Speaking of New York, Andy Sloan just traded in his digs in Brooklyn for a place in Chicago working for Gatorade as the lead editor and producer for the online film content of the “Replay Series.” I watched out a few of their videos and they are amazing. You can check out Andy’s work at replaytheseries.com. 


Casey Diehl wrote in to tell me that he’s in his second semester at the master’s of architecture program at Syracuse University. As he says, “The work we’re doing is very engaging and pushes me to think in entirely new ways. There are many sleepless nights, but it’s entirely worth it.” 


Arran Forbes is currently in Ljubljana, Slovenia, doing volunteer work with refugees from Serbia, Macedonia and Albania. As he says, “It’s always been a dream of mine to spend time in Slovenia and this seemed like the best way to really get to know it.” 


Dan O’Brien is also abroad. “I’m living in Yunnan Province, China, teaching English at Xintun Middle School.” Enjoy yourself, Dan!


Sam Stimmel is doing a home stay in Costa Rica learning Spanish for the winter. She says, “When I’m not learning Spanish I’m surfing and hanging out on the beach.” This spring she will be in Hanover doing a public health internship at the Dartmouth Institute. 


Maxwell Copello is now working as a senior associate at Mercury Public Affairs in Sacramento, California. Congratulations, Max!


Chris Koppel is completing his M.E.M. at Thayer in the spring, and then it’s off to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for field artillery school with the U.S. Army. Good luck and be safe, Chris!


Kyle Lad got a job as a software engineer at Memento Inc. in Boston, building models that detect and prevent fraudulent bank or health insurance transactions. “I do miss singing though, so if anyone knows a good amateur choir or a community theater in the Boston area be sure to let me know!” 


Julia Bronson is currently living in Prague, Czech Republic, playing professional women’s hockey for HC Slavia Praha. Her team is advancing to the European Cup finals in March! Good luck, Julia!


Cinnamon Spear is working in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, in the advancement office as the executive assistant for foundation and corporate relations at Red Cloud Indian School.


Well, it seems like our class is basically dominating the world, as expected. Thanks for your updates, guys, and keep them coming!


—Peter Rothbard, 630 E 9th St., #5, New York, NY 10009; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings, ’09ers! I’ve gotten a lot of great updates from our beautiful and multitalented classmates, so I won’t waste any more space in this introductory paragraph not talking about them. Let’s dive right in!


Daniel Montes De Oca is working out of Mexico for a coffee trading company. “So if anyone wants to buy 20 metric tons of green coffee beans, I can get it cheap.” In other news, I just bought a French press. 


Lizzy Hennessey quit her job at Aruba Networks and is now working at a privately operated, public interest law firm in San Francisco as a paralegal clerk. Hit her up if you’re in the area!


Mark Harris will be moving to New York City in August to start med school at Columbia University, where he will be pursuing a dual M.D. and a master’s in public Health. 


Erin Gu is teaching at a rural village elementary school outside China this year. Shoot her an e-mail and she’ll regale you with hilarious stories about her students.


Nell Pascal is working at a bank in London and will be swimming the English Channel in July. Now I feel fat.


Johanna Hauer recently informed me that she was “finding her inner Gracie Lou Freebush…I’m getting ready to compete in the Miss Maine Pageant. Hey, a girl’s got to pay for grad school somehow, right?” I think I speak for all of us when I say I need to see photos of this immediately.


Pete Kitlas is currently teaching in Morocco. “I’m starting to introduce outdoor adventure activities to my Moroccan youth, so I’ve been hiking throughout the middle Atlas Mountains trying to plan some trips. If anyone finds themselves in or around this region and wants to visit the Moroccan countryside, marhaba!”


Tamar Groveman is getting her master’s in interpreting and translation, working between Japanese and English, at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.


Harrison Matthews informed me that he and Alan Shanoski are posted up in a traditional Tibetan house in Shangri-la town, Yunnan, China. “Alan has been managing a traditional hand-woven rug company, while I’ve been managing a bar in town. We want to give a shout-out to those who have been visited, those to be visited, those who have visited and those planning to visit (all are welcome; we’ve got rugs to sleep on): Joe Kardon (Singapore), Sarah Van Dyke (Chengdu), Julie Plevin (Vietnam), David Nie (Japan), Alex Czarnecki (South Korea) and Julia DeWahl (India).”


Jordan Sedlacek will be done with classes for her master’s of agriculture program in integrated resource management at Colorado State University by the middle of May. “Then I am going to South Africa for three weeks on a veterinary wildlife medicine study abroad program before returning to campus to finish my research over the summer.”


Andrew Lebovich is now writing a weekly brief for Foreign Policy magazine called “The Legal War on Terror” (or LWOT) covering legal issues in the ongoing fight against terrorism. Let him know if you’d like to receive the brief as an e-mail each week (andrew.lebovich@gmail.com).


Tina Harrison is currently doing research in New Jersey with Rutgers biologist and Dartmouth alum Rachel Winfree ’90.


Dylan Kane is finishing his first year of service with the AmeriCorps St. Louis emergency response team. “When not responding to disaster we work with partners in Missouri on natural resources conservation. We just came to the end of the wildland fire season, for which we work as an initial-attack team on wildfires as well as a resource for prescribed burn projects—it’s pretty fun to walk around the forest with a driptorch, sloshing fire everywhere.” In other news, I just bought a driptorch.


Keep the updates coming! Class of ’09 love.


—Peter Rothbard, 136 W 71 St., Apt. 5F, New York, NY 10023; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings, classmates! I am getting insanely excited about our upcoming five-year reunion. There are so many things I’m looking forward to doing and seeing on campus, but I am equally as excited about all our old off-campus haunts. Remember Molly’s with their sickeningly sweet margaritas and warm bread with honey butter? Then there’s the unforgettable quaintness of Lou’s (cruller french toast!) and the delicious java from Dirt Cowboy, where it takes an overworked barista about 15 minutes to make your cup of coffee. I was always a fan of Jewel of India and Mai Thai (RIP). These days, everyone is spoiled by hot new options like Pine or Salt Hill Pub, but I will always remain faithful to the old school joints, such as Murphy’s, where they actually listed “government cheese” on the ingredients under their cheeseburger. Why? Who knows? But I certainly hope it’s still there, just as quirky and unsettling as I remember. What off-campus places are you excited about seeing again? Let me know in an email! Now, let’s see what our classmates have been up to in the last few months.


Andrew Weibrecht came home from the Sochi Winter Olympics with a silver medal in the alpine skiing men’s Super-G with a time of 1:18:44. Congratulations! 


Hannah Dreissigacker had an amazing time at her first Olympics in Sochi. “I had my best race ever, in 23rd, and our women’s relay team was a best-ever seventh (with Susan Dunklee ’08 and Sara Studebaker ’07). I also had a lot of fun making a video with my teammates and athletes from other countries.” Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkH0TQsveLc.


Anna Krigel and Ben Wiener ’10 just got engaged! “We are so excited and looking forward to a big Dartmouth wedding.” 


Frances Karam will be getting married in August in San Antonio, Texas. Her fiancé, Marek, is currently a cardiology fellow at University of Texas Medical Branch and the couple plans to reside in Houston.


Jake Kahane and Liz Doolittle are getting married this August in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire!


Lilian Mehrel’s next film is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. It’s a sad but funny short about the search for the loneliest whale. She is also working on a TV comedy pilot (and her N.Y.C. subway face) as a third-year grad film student at NYU Tisch.


Ry Sullivan will be attending Harvard Business School in the fall. “Anyone looking for a roommate?”


Sophie Hood will graduate from Central Michigan University with an M.F.A. in costume production this spring and will continue living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Sonia Schnee became Avid certified and is now new media asset specialist at HBO.


Kimia Shahi is living in New York and working in the department of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. 


Kat Carmody is working as an economist and living on the lower east side in N.Y.C. She writes, “I recently put my deposit down for business school and will be returning to Hanover to attend Tuck next fall! Separately, I was a bridesmaid in Shelley Miles’ wedding, where there were many Dartmouth alums in attendance. Amy Davis, Caitlin Cunningham and Diana Punko were also members of the bridal party.”


That’s all for now, folks. Class of ’09 love!


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; prothbard@gmail.com


Greetings, classmates! Did you guys ever notice that the clock face on Baker Tower is actually a lovely shade of lavender? It is! You can see for yourself when we all reunite in Hanover for our fifth-year reunion next June. Snuck up on you, didn’t it?


Lots of nuptial news to report!


Andrew Jean-Louis married Brittney Smith ’11. “Now to find a way to include pong in the reception….”


Katy Whisenhunt married Bruce Townsend, a dental student at East Carolina University, on August 10 in Asheville, North Carolina. She is now living in Greenville, North Carolina, so any ’09s in the Wake County or Pitt County area should get in touch.


Alex East and Oleg Seletsky were married in Berkeley, California, in early September.


Maxwell Copello married Jenny Cooke on August 31. They spent their honeymoon in Bora Bora. 


Marcy Van Arnam and Alexander Abate were married at the DOC house on Occom Pond on June 29.


Amber Gott was married on August 3 to Andrew Steel (UVa ’08) in Charlottesville, Virginia. Courtney Otto, Devin O’Connor, Brenna Jenny, Lauren Indvik and Janie Scull joined them in celebrating and dancing the night away!


Emma Virginia and Tate Preston were married on July 13 in Rollins Chapel, followed by a reception at the Hanover Inn that was packed with fellow ’09s and young alums. The wedding party included Heather Luther, Maura Tappen, Daniela Vasquez, Andrew Lane, Andrew Son and Dylan Thomas.


Dylan Nelson and Allie Landers are now engaged! 


Connor Shields and Katie Gray are engaged as well!


Emily Eberle and her boyfriend Mikey Levine (University of Washington ’08) are moving to Berlin, Germany, for a year of work and travel before grad school. If you’re in the area they would love to meet up!


Nell Pascall is studying mining engineering in Kalgoorlie, western Australia: “Essentially learning to dig holes and blow stuff up.”


Britni Stinson is currently completing the ProInspire Fellowship and managing a $1.3-billion school budget for an entire city.


Andrew Han is interning with NPR’s Science Friday.


Hannah Simon is now a medical student at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey.


Sean Nelson is currently living in New York and working at KKR in the client and partner group.


Sophie Hood is living in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and finishing the final year of her M.F.A. in costume production.


Brendan Anderson received his M.S. in geology from the University of Kansas and is now pursuing a Ph.D. at Cornell University. “My wife, Katie, and daughter Eliana are both enjoying Ithaca.”


Carina Serreze is living in Sydney, Australia, which “remains a fabulous place to live. Visitors are always welcome!”


Case Hathaway-Zepeda finished her M.F.A. at Tufts/the School at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, moved back to the Upper Valley with boyfriend Dan Olson ’04, Th’11, and launched a new jewelry line at www.FlameandFile.com. “This year I will also be the artist-in-residence for Dartmouth’s Claflin Jewelry Studio.”


That’s all for now. Class of ’09 love!


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave., #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings, fellow classmates! Yesterday I received a call from my younger cousin who was in the middle of a grueling college trip. He and his father were visiting 40 schools in 10 days and would be ending their trip at Dartmouth (saving the best for last, I assumed). He wanted to know what five things he should do while on campus. I was stumped. I felt like he had just asked me to choose my favorite child (I don’t have any yet, but I hear it’s a hard decision). After writing him a five-page e-mail detailing everything I loved about our school, I boiled down my highlights to this list: Collis pastries, lying on the Green, the Sanborn reading room, breakfast at Lou’s and canoeing on the river. Do you agree? Try to condense your favorite things about Dartmouth to five items or less and e-mail to me at the address below. I’ll compile the list for the next issue. In the meantime, let’s check in with our classmates around the globe. 


Annabel Seymour, now in her third year of film school at University of Southern California, recently won the Subway Fresh Artists Featured Filmmakers contest! Subway will fund the production of her and her team’s three-episode webseries that will premier at USC later this year. 


Katie Silberman is now working as the assistant to the showrunner on the upcoming network television show Ben and Kate. Look for the premier this fall on Fox!


Molly Bode will be moving out of Hanover to start a dual M.B.A./M.P.H. program at the University of California, Berkeley, this August. 


Stephanie Morales will be relocating from Brooklyn, New York, to San Francisco, California, to start a job at a mobile banking company, where she will be working with other Dartmouth alumni. 


Matt McDonald will also be in the Bay Area this year working for a startup called Kiwi Crate.


Maria Castilla graduated from Cardozo School of Law last June. Congrats!


Samuel Richardson has released an album with the experiment post-music trio Trope le Monde titled Slow Monde. Search for it on iTunes!


Laura Richardson graduated from University of Virginia Law School this summer and is now living in Chicago, working for McGuireWoods LLP. 


Jordan Rose and Mike Knapp traveled to the Rift Valley in Kenya this summer to work for a volunteer teaching program. 


Emily Eros will also be leaving the Upper Valley to get her master’s in urban planning at MIT. She’ll be enrolling in the program with fellow Dartmouth alum Laura Andreae ’10 and Sara Brown ’10. 


Sam Blazek is starting a Ph.D. program in information systems at UT Austin. He is also producing dance/electronic music on the side. Check out his track “Royal Highness” here: http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/obsessive_compulsions_fil....


Taylor Dryman will be starting a Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at Temple University this August: “I look forward to hanging out with any ’09s living in the Philadelphia area!”


Shannon Prince completed nine months as a Reynolds Scholar in Canberra, Australia, where she wrote a novel titled The Place Beneath Falling Stars, about a young indigenous woman and her quest to repatriate a sacred object belonging to her people.


Samantha Kaplan wrote me to share this piece of news: “After spending a great year in Boston living with Luke Mann-O’Halloran, Minal Caron and Nick Weir, I’m taking the summer off before starting medical school at Yale this fall. These past couple of months I’ve been hiking out West with my sister and in a few weeks I’ll be visiting Mandy Lobel and Dai Lin in Europe. Anyone in New Haven, Connecticut, hit me up this fall!”


That’s all for now folks! Class of ’09 love.


—Peter Rothbard, 542 Eastern Parkway, Apt. 3-B, Brooklyn NY, 11225; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings, classmates! Another Homecoming is upon us, and that big beautiful bonfire has got me thinking. We are in a period of our lives where the world wants us to figure out who and what we are as soon as possible, but there really isn’t any rush. Our mid-20s is an exciting time—we are old enough to be solidifying our lives and our careers, but young enough to be able to change all of that at the drop of a hat. We can travel the world, change jobs or get a degree in the exact opposite of what we studied as an undergrad. In a way, our post-college life resembles the Homecoming bonfire. We have somehow found ourselves running around in circles, entrenched in our jobs and our daily routines, but all the while there is a gigantic pyre at the center of our endless loop, beckoning us closer to its flames. So go ahead—touch the fire. In fact, dive in headfirst. Be like the phoenix and reinvent yourself, rising from the ashes better off than you were before. If you hate your job, quit it and find a new one. If you’re feeling a little stuck in a routine, do something to totally change it up. If you’re on the cusp of a new phase of your life, embrace it. These are our years of death and rebirth, and we must not fear the flames. Now let’s see how our fellow classmates are embracing change in their own lives:


Thomas McDermott graduated from University of Virginia School of Law in the spring, took the bar exam in July and then decided to veer from the beaten path: “Instead of slaving away at a law firm I took a job at a tech company in Berkeley, California, where I am working with several other Dartmouth alums.”


Molly Roy just took a new job with the U.S. Department of Energy supporting the deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency. She’s also ramping up for the Ultimate Frisbee National Tournament—her team, Scandal, is ranked third in the country!


Rob Pritchard is moving to Boston to get his M.B.A. at Boston University. 


Josh Jacobson is relocating to Berlin, Germany: “My company, ItsPlatonic, has been accepted into Startupbootcamp, the European startup accelerator.”


Brian Scullin is starting a master’s program at the London School of Economics.


Emily Watson is now in her first year of dental school at the University of Pennsylvania.


Jordan Sedlacek started veterinary school at Colorado State University.


Avnish Gungadurdoss, Johannes Lohman and Mike Belinksy ’08 founded an ambitious nonprofit, Instiglio, that provides innovative results-based project financing mechanisms, such as social impact bonds, that empower governments to discover and scale effective solutions to social issues.


Denton King got a new job with JP Morgan’s ultra-high-net worth group in Denver.


Kaan Senaydin recently moved to San Francisco to work with other Dartmouth alums at a mobile banking software company.


Following his first year at Boston College Law School, Bill Lundin will be returning to China to complete and internship with the business immigration law firm Fragomen in Shanghai. 


Sonia Schnee is now working as the video editor and operations manager at the New Jersey-based production company NJ Arts News (www.njartsnews.org).


Johanna Hauer is starting dental school at Tufts this fall and will be rooming with Matt Cleveland ’02.


After living in Cairo and researching community-based political organizing, Ibrahim Elshamy is moving to the Bay Area to begin Stanford Law School this fall.


Finally, Lizzie Teague and Eric Klem ’08 were married in Beverly, Massachusetts, at the end of August. Congratulations!


That’s all for now. Happy Homecoming everyone!


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave., #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


I’m sure a few of you have heard about this Dimensions controversy going down at Dartmouth. For those of you who haven’t, it seems the administration decided to change the format of the Dimensions show to accommodate more people. According to the College, they are restructuring the show into a few smaller, isolated shows that will take place in various residence halls. According to students and alumni, however, they are murdering a sacred tradition. The knee-jerk reaction to this news has been fascinating. As soon as it was announced, there were rage-soaked editorials in The D, rampant e-mail chains and a Facebook group called “Defending Dimensions” that currently has more than 1,500 members. I’m no different—as soon as I heard they were even considering changing the show, I wanted to storm the Green with protest signs and a megaphone. All of this begs the question, why are we so protective of a 30-minute performance in which students re-write lyrics to pop songs and sing at confused 17-year olds? What about this tradition strikes such a chord with us? Speaking personally, I think the Dimensions show, like Trips, represents the best of the Dartmouth student body. It is a passing of the torch, a silly-but-serious expression of the love and excitement that the upperclassmen have for the underclassmen. It is an all-inclusive, openhearted welcome into a community of creative, passionate individuals who only want you to be yourself. That’s the message that the Dimensions show sends to prospective students: We love it here, and we know you will too, so come be a part of it. I’m sure that by the time this column is published, the issue will be resolved and some compromise will be reached. For now, I cannot help but be proud of the students and alumni who have sworn to protect this small but important tradition. 


Maxwell Copello got engaged to Jenny Cooke on August 25, 2012. They will be married in Stockton, California, on August 31. Congratulations!


David Schmidt is moving to New York City. He’ll be working on a documentary film on the Vietnam War.


Diana Dinescu writes,“Last fall I entered a clinical psychology Ph.D. at the University of Virginia (in Charlottesville, Virginia).” Hit her up if you’re around!


Elizabeth Weber is completing her final semester of clinical rotations and will graduate with her D.V.M. in May, after which she will join the equine racetrack practice of Teigland, Franklin and Brokken, D.V.M.s, as an associate veterinarian.


Will Imbert is now working as an assistant preschool teacher.


Adam Holt is pursuing an M.P.P. and M.B.A. at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis.


Jon Livadas started working in Mugatu’s San Francisco office and recently signed his first male model, Martin Bernstein, who, after a successful underground modeling career in Washington, D.C., will be moving to San Francisco to work in Mugatu’s Derelict line. 


Taylor Holt has moved to San Francisco. He works at Norwest Venture Partners with a handful of other Dartmouth alumni. 


Elias Tapley writes, “I’m about to head into the eternal spring of Medellin, Colombia, to visit the adventurous and always welcoming Danny Michlewicz. I’ll also be catching up with Johannes Lohman and Avnish Gungadurdoss while exploring the city.”


Shannon Bowman writes, “I finished my master’s in social work in spring of 2011. Last fall I moved back to Windsor, Ontario, and am now working at a community health center in a high-risk neighborhood doing long-term counseling.”


That’s all for now folks. Lest the old traditions fail! Class of ’09 love.


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave. #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064. (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org 


Greetings, fellow classmates! You know what’s the coolest part about writing this column? There’s a six-week delay between my submitting it and your reading it. Now this might sound a little frustrating at first. For instance, what if I write about Joe Somebody getting a job at a bank, but said financial institution goes up in smoke by the time you actually get to read about poor Joe? Well, those things are bound to happen, but there’s an obvious upside to the whole ordeal that didn’t occur to me until just now…I’m writing a letter to the future! You, my dear readers, are just like Sandra Bullock in the seminal classic The Lake House and I am your Keanu Reeves. Now, if you can just figure out how to send me a letter backwards in time (please include stock tips), we can commence our epistolary romance. In the meantime, here are a few updates from your classmates around the globe—all of which were true at some point in the past.


Kaili Lambe was elected president of the New Hampshire Young Democrats and was hired as a political campaign manager at Democracy for America. Double whammy!


Christopher Brouwer was transferred to Bain’s office in Sydney, Australia, for six months and hopes to pick up surfing. I’m more than a little jealous.


Brian Flood will be working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s office of civil rights and civil liberties this summer. Sweet!


Scott Decker and his lovely wife will be moving to Washington, D.C., where he will be working for MITRE. As he puts it, “I plan on turning into a Virginia redneck, buying a bunch of flannel and shooting squirrels for dinner…all while redesigning our nation’s airspace.” This might sound offensive, until you realize that Scott’s just being honest. 


Zeke Turner got a job as a financial reporter with The New York Observer, which puts him somewhere between Lois Lane and Harriet the Spy. 


Speaking of journalism, Andrew Lebovich recently coauthored a piece in Foreign Policy online with colleagues Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann titled, “How Many Gitmo Alumni Take Up Arms? Not as many as the Department of Defense is claiming.” Look it up on foreignpolicy.com! 


Katie Silberman, who is currently in her second year of film school at Columbia, landed a job as a writing intern on a new NBC pilot called Smash, produced by Steven Spielberg—all of which means she’s that much closer to figuring out how to clone dinosaurs. 


That’s all for now, folks. As always, send me your updates at the address below. And enjoy living in the future, you lucky ducks! If it’s anything like I imagine, the 4G satellite has become self-aware and we’re all being hunted down by smart phones. Class of ’09 love!


—Peter Rothbard, 412 W 129th St., Apt. #16, New York City, NY 10027; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Winter is upon us, and although New York City has yet to see a major snowfall I am already dreading the unholy mixture of dirt, trash and icy slush that city dwellers must trudge through after an urban snowstorm. City snowfall makes me miss picturesque Hanover winters. There was something truly magical about snow when it covered rolling hills, granite and pine trees (even if it was accompanied by arctic winds and frostbite). Snow-covered Aldo billboards and frozen dumpsters really don’t do it for me. I hope you all are finding ways to make your winters as pleasant and aesthetically pleasing as possible. In the meantime, let’s check in with our fellow classmates. 


Tim Argetsinger relocated from Alaska to Boston to enroll in the master’s program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.


Sophie Hood is currently studying for her M.F.A. in costume production at Carnegie Mellon University.


Brendan Anderson and his wife, Katie, welcomed their first child into the world! Eliana Marie Anderson was born on September 26. They currently live in Lawrence, Kansas, and Brendan is getting his master’s in geology from the University of Kansas. 


Caitlin Pierce is now living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, working for USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) on natural resource conflict programs.


Tamar Groveman is currently enrolled at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, doing graduate work in Japanese literature and anthropology.


A. J. Fox recently relocated from Vermont to New York City: “I’ve started a job at Resnicow Schroeder Associates, a firm that provides public relations services for arts organizations. I’m living in western Queens, where it seems like there are Dartmouth alumni on every corner.”


Marley McMillan is in Minnesota working for 1500 ESPN Radio, the ESPN affiliate station in the Twin Cities. “I work on a weekday morning sports talk radio show and I am a contributor for 1500espn.com. Hoping to get into some commercial voice work and start booking some local singing gigs with a band. I am otherwise playing hockey for the Minnesota Whitecaps, an elite women’s team in the area.”


Katie Dutko is, as she puts it, “enjoying my gap year so far!” After nine weeks of traveling through India, she swooped in to New York City to run the marathon and take the GRE before heading to South America for another six weeks of travel. Phew!


Molson Hart spent four months in China designing and then manufacturing a “transcendentally magical product” called Kikbo. Check it out at www.kikbo.com. 


Dylan Nelson is still in D.C. doing research and studying for his master’s in public health at George Washington University. Earlier this year he ran the Marine Corps Marathon and the Philadelphia Marathon with Sen Zhang and Alexandra Ortega. 


That’s all for now folks! Keep the updates coming and stay warm this winter! 


—Peter Rothbard, 542 Eastern Parkway, Apt. 3-B, Brooklyn, NY 11225; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


Greetings, classmates! I received a lot of updates, so let’s jump right in! 


Chris Koppel and Carolyn Rippe ’10 are engaged! They hope to marry in Hanover when Chris returns from his deployment to Afghanistan as a battery executive officer.


Andy Reynolds is engaged to Valerie Hutchins! They will be married in Washington, D.C., in May of 2014. 


Diep Pham is currently a reporter for Bloomberg News in Vietnam. She got married last November and was happy to have Haoxiang Cai, Hing Cheng, Gaby Davila, Paopao Vissuta Jiwariyavej, Phyllis Luk, Melinda Wilson attend her wedding.


Jeffrey Wiltsey is on his second deployment to Afghanistan. Thank you, Jeff! Stay safe over there. 


Laura Sayler is finishing her 2L at Cardozo and will be working as a summer associate at Hogan Lovells in N.Y.C.


Cassandra Rendon has been admitted to the Geisel School of Medicine class of 2017!


Emily Esfahani Smith is working as a journalist in N.Y.C. and finishing up a master’s in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.


Scott Decker changed careers from an engineer to a software developer. “I’m working for a company in Dallas and we’re looking for developers! And we got a golden retriever puppy named Oliver!”


Ry Sullivan, Thomas Donahoe, Greg Rolfes and Ruslan Tovbulatov all ran in the Nashville Country Music Marathon on Saturday, April 26!


Quinton Klabon is “making my way through the thrilling, satisfying world of education reform. I hope the children I’m helping will find their ways to Dartmouth someday.”


Josh Jacobson says, “I graduated from a Berlin-based startup accelerator and just moved to N.Y.C. to live with Molson Hart. Everyone should join ItsPlatonic.com when we launch this summer.”


Nikhil Jain is “loving Boston now that it’s spring. Just passed my first wine exam—it’s sommelier time!”


Aimee Lin is currently a high school teacher in northern Virginia. She is going to Ghana this summer to learn about global education issues. She remains “forever thankful for the Lone Pine above her and the loyal ones who love her!”


Kathleen Farley is moving to Brooklyn, New York, to teach at a charter school in Bedford Stuyvesant. 


Emily Eberle says, “After almost four years in San Francisco, I’ve relocated to Seattle to be closer to family. Ping me if you’re in the area!”


Jesse Victor will be heading to Muscat, Oman, in June for his two-year assignment with the State Department, and he’d love to get in touch with anyone in the area.


Fiona Murguia finished classes at NYU Tisch’s grad film program last May and is writing her thesis, which she hopes to direct in summer 2014.


Brian Flood graduated from Duke Law and is starting work as a legal analyst for the International Trade Reporter at Bloomberg BNA.


Whitney Odden is traveling to Nairobi, Kenya, this summer to work on a development project for gui2de, the Georgetown University initiative on innovation, development and evaluation.


Diana Dinescu says, “I’m going to France this summer for a conference in Marseille, but first I’ll stop in Paris to see Amaury Boscio and Fiona Murguia!”


Molly Roy is working at the U.S. Department of Energy, playing frisbee and getting her master’s of science in energy policy and climate at Johns Hopkins. 


Michael Bamberger quit his job and is now running a digital media services company in Manhattan. 


Anthony Guzman is a third-year medical student at UPenn. He is living in Philadelphia with his girlfriend Emily Watson, a third-year dental student at UPenn.


Nathan Empsall was just promoted to senior digital strategist at the Sierra Club in Washington, D.C.! 


That’s all for now. Class of ’09 love!


—Peter Rothbard, 2490 Purdue Ave., #7, Los Angeles, CA 90064; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org 


Love is in the air, and loads of congratulations are in order! Haley Wauson married Ahmed Rosowsky in June; Weston Sager and Victoria Toumanoff were recently wed; Anna Bekker is now engaged to Evan Carlson ’08; and Ian Dumont proposed to class council’s own Lauren Breach! Best wishes to all of you.


Let’s look in on our friends in higher education. 


Diane Cheney was accepted to the UC Davis Veterinary School and starts in August.


Lilian Mehrel will be starting at NYU in September for an M.F.A. in film directing.


Tara McNerney finished her master’s program in Sweden this spring. Her thesis was on urban agriculture. She is now moving to Washington, D.C., for an internship in the nonprofit sector. 


Kat Rice is moving to Providence, Rhode Island, in June to get her master’s in education at Brown.


Lisel Murdock will complete her master’s of science in education at Bank Street College this July.


Caitlin Anglette is finishing her first year of law school at Vanderbilt. She will be working with the federal public defender’s office in Nashville, Tennessee, this summer.


Andy Reza is finishing his AmeriCorps program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and will be attending UW-Madison to pursue a master’s in counseling psychology. 


Owen Roberts will spend the summer bouncing between Cambridge (Massachusetts) New York City, Spain and Vancouver before starting at Harvard Law School in the fall. Katie Nash has similar summer plans and will be starting at Columbia Medical School come September.


Now let’s check up on our classmates climbing the career ladder! 


Adam Frank is living in Brooklyn, New York, and working as the senior marketing associate at the Public Theater.


Max Copello started a new position as director of international trade regulation and grower relations at Prima Frutta Packing and Primavera Marketing in Linden, California.


After a year-and-a-half in San Francisco Nikhil Jain is moving to New York City for her third year with McKinsey. 


Katie Farley will soon be teaching secondary biology in Baltimore with Teach for America.


Sam Blazek is now a researcher at the Science and Technology Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., and the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. 


Josh Jacobson is now the brand manager for Aunt Jemima. 


Adam Holt is working in public health in Hollywood doing HIV prevention research for Friends Research Institute Inc.


Emily Eros is working as an environmental consultant for Resource Systems Group Inc. in the Upper Valley and living with Justine Modica, James Novakowski, Case Hathaway-Zepeda and John Beck. 


Starting next year Ibrahim Elshamy will be conducting primary research with various communities in Cairo, Egypt, focusing on evolving elements of society in a post-authoritarian transition.


Elias Tapley will again be teaching at Kimball Union Academy. This summer he will visit Buenos Aires. “Later in July I will be accompanying Ryan Sinclair ’01 to South Africa to help with his youth leadership-training program, Ivy Leader.”


Syam Palakurthy quit his job and got two new teeth! A fresh start in so many ways. 


As I’m writing this Dylan Kane is working with the AmeriCorps St. Louis emergency response team on the relief effort in Missouri following the storms and tornadoes that ravaged the area in April. Be safe, Dylan. 


Chris Koppel is getting ready to deploy with the 1st Cavalry Division to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn. He’ll be serving as a mechanized rifle platoon leader. We wish you health and safety, Chris. Thank you for your sacrifice.


Thanks for the updates, everyone! I hope to see you all at Green Key. Enjoy your summers! 


—Peter Rothbard, 412 W 129th St., Apt. #16, New York City, NY 10027; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org


The holiday season is upon us and I am thinking about one thing and one thing only: baked brie. Remember that awesome holiday party that President Wright would throw during reading period? You were probably deep in the trenches of the 1902 Room, staring at your blinking cursor while tossing back your eighth bag of fruit snacks, when suddenly you’d hear the faint tones of a holiday classic emanating from the Green. You’d emerge, bleary-eyed, into the frigid open air to see a huge Christmas tree (where the heck did that come from?) and bear witness to a delightful choral concert. Then you were ushered into a well-lit room bursting at the seams with an endless supply of holiday snacks. And oh, what snacks! Warm apple cider, spiced cookies, sliced fruits, hot cocoa and, of course, a big loaf of baked brie. Gorgeous, melty, flaky, sticky, savory, sweet and great on apple slices—we polished them off one after another, and the friendly Dartmouth Dining Services people just kept them coming. Eventually the party would die down. We’d shake Jim Wright’s hand (or Susan’s, if we were lucky) and head back to our finals cave, contented and full, ready to conquer that 15-page paper (which, let’s be honest, would end up being 12 pages, triple-spaced). Those were the days. 


I’ll be spending my holiday season desperately trying to recreate that baked-brie recipe, but let’s see what our other classmates will be up to!


Lindsay Hunt is now working at Real Simple magazine as the food editorial assistant. 


Colin Treseler moved to Stockholm, Sweden, to work for Klarna as the leader of its product development team. 


Aulden Kaye is working with the New York City Opera as the assistant to the general manager and artistic director.


Dylan Kane continues his adventures in the great outdoors: “I am in Midpines, California (near Yosemite), in the midst of a National Outdoor Leadership School wilderness EMT class. I’ve been traveling the last few months through the national parks and forests of Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California.”


Elsa Rodriguez works for a youth science nonprofit dedicated to providing opportunities to students who are typically underrepresented in the sciences: “I recently led a trip to Hot Springs, South Dakota, with 14 Chicago high school students. We spent one week at the University of Chicago studying paleontology, anatomy and geology, then headed to South Dakota, where we dug up mammoth bones and went on hikes (many for the first time)!”


Hannah Simon finished her master’s in science education and is now working as a clinical associate for biomedical startup. She is also “brainstorming ways of how I can do college again in reverse, like Benjamin Button.”


Maura Tappen is now attending medical school at the University of Rochester.


Mark Harris is moving to Cooperstown, New York, in January to begin his clinical rotations. 


Julia Bronson has moved out west to attend dental school at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona. 


Ibrahim Elshamy is living in Cairo, Egypt, this year, learning from and about local organizations that create civic education materials to empower the majority of citizens without much political knowledge to begin participating in an emerging democracy.


Nathan Empsall has started a new job as an associate with M+R Strategic Services, helping several nonprofits with their e-mail lists and Internet campaigns.


Jeffery Koh will be clerking for the Delaware Court of Chancery in Dover starting in August. 


Check out Danny Michlewitz’s blog about his travels through Asia: duhmich.com/blog.


That’s all for now, guys. You are all the gooey center of my crusty baked-brie heart. Happy holidays and class of ’09 love.


—Peter Rothbard, 542 Eastern Parkway, Apt. 3-B, Brooklyn, NY, 11225; (407) 421-4676; peter.s.rothbard.09@alum.dartmouth.org