Many of our classmates were disappointed by the cancellation of our in-person 25th reunion to be held this past June. But we are quite happy to report that we will indeed be holding that reunion in Hanover (albeit one year later) from July 22-24, 2022! Our reunion chair Nakiah Cherry Chinchilla is assembling an amazing reunion committee to plan and execute a celebratory on-campus event this time next summer! Be on the lookout for details (preliminarily themed “25 in 22”) as well as a few pre-reunion events leading up to the big date!

Though we were not able to gather for our standard class meeting held at reunion, we did elect a new slate of class officers who will lead the class for the next five years, including next year’s gathering. Leslie Jennings Rowley will officially take the helm as president, with Drew Brady and Sara Paisner serving as co-vice presidents; Garrett Gil de Rubio and Shervyn von Hoerl will continue in their roles as class secretary and treasurer, respectively. We also have an incredible cadre of talented classmates who will work with the named execs to lead the class for the next half decade.

As we simultaneously welcome Drew Brady into class leadership, he and his family are celebrating another significant chapter in their Dartmouth story. Though this past June did not have a reunion in the cards for our class, Drew’s daughter, Ashleigh, and her ’21 classmates were gratefully able to celebrate the conclusion of their tenures as Dartmouth undergraduates with an in-person Commencement in Hanover. Proud father Drew relayed, “Wow, how time flies. I can’t express in words how proud her mom and I are of her. She has grown up to be a phenomenal young woman who is learning her place in the world. Congratulations to all of the 2021 graduates, and a special congratulations to you, Ashleigh.” Congrats extend not only to the latest members of our alumni community, but also to Drew himself—who was recently recognized as a “Delaware Today Top Doc” for trauma surgery. Drew is an esteemed orthopedic surgeon specializing in general orthopedics, orthopedic trauma, hip and knee with interests in arthritis, fracture care, and trauma. He is one of only a few physicians in Delaware performing anterior total hip replacement.

Congratulations also extend to our own Brian Johnson. Residing in New Orleans, where he is a commercial real estate, commercial, and business attorney with Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, Brian recently received the Louisiana State Bar Association’s “Free Legal Answers Award” for his commitment and dedication to providing pro bono service to the state’s indigent. Brian indicated that he was “happy to receive this reward and happy to help people who can’t otherwise afford attorneys, particularly with regards to successions, inheritance rights, and evictions.”

Also professionally speaking, congratulations to Sara McKinstry, who recently started a position as an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) specialist at Argyle/DG3, which does corporate communications and annual reporting. She’ll be helping corporate clients with their ESG and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) communications, including annual reporting. Congratulations are also extended to Shakari (Cameron) Byerly, who will be continuing as a fellow in the UCLA labor and workplace studies department next year after getting rave student reviews for her course on “Making Black Lives Matter: The History and Politics of Black Workers” this past spring. It is scheduled again this fall.

Lastly, on the personal side of things, we received wonderful news from Julie Chilton, who excitedly announced her engagement in mid-June. “I’m so very happy with my own ‘coup de foudre,’ Cameron Moore, my hubs to be!”

—Garrett Gil de Rubio, 1062 Middlebrooke Drive, Canton, GA 30115; ggdr@alum.dartmouth.org