It was an enviable summer for many of us in the class of 2000. I heard from Emily (Swistel) Portnoy, who shared, “After 11 years at Grey Worldwide I took advantage of my company’s sabbatical process, packed up my kids, hit up Airbnb and moved to a beach town outside of Tel Aviv for two months this summer. My husband, Ron, was born there, and we spent the summer exploring the ancient ruins, visiting family, learning a new culture and a little conversational Hebrew, eating lots and lots of falafel and learning to surf (yes, I learned too!). Back in N.Y.C., we’re readjusting to work life, the subway and not having four-story palm trees in our backyard.”

Congratulations to Anne Mullins, who recently published her first book, North Dakota Legal Research. She is an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law in Grand Forks, where she lives with her husband, Tim Kelley, and their 1-year-old son, Seamus. Her love for teaching was recently rewarded with her university’s Webb Faculty Achievement Award for scholarship in legal research, writing pedagogy and persuasion in judicial writing.

Another happy update came from Abby Gaunt, who welcomed daughter Maisie Victoria Feldman on June 22. Abby and her husband, Gabe, live in New Orleans with Maisie and their son, Mack.

Linda (Aucoin) Green let me know that she and her family recently moved to northern Virginia for her husband’s new job in Washington, D.C. She is taking some time off before diving back into the academic world as a biology professor. Linda’s four children span 2 to 9 years old. Cabray Haines, who lives in D.C., is excited to welcome her to town. Also spending time together in the capital region these days are former lacrosse teammates Whitney (Hale) Gardiner, Kate (Graw) Lamond, Melissa Frazier and Jacque (Weitzel) Stahl, who all live in the area.

By the time you read this, Election Day will be almost upon us. Best wishes to Caroline Fayard, who is running as a Democrat for U.S. Senate in Louisiana. Caroline previously ran for lieutenant governor of Louisiana, and most recently she helped launch and serves as counsel to GLO Airlines, a regional airline based in New Orleans.

Please reach out to your new class officers if you would like to get involved with class governance, communications, fundraising or mini-reunion planning. Joe Scott (president), Athena Maikish (vice president), Molly Gregg Otter (treasurer) and I are looking forward to working with lots of our classmates over the next five years of our term. And keep the news and updates coming!

—Kate Ryan Stowe, 849 26th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; dartmouth2000secretary@gmail.com