Hi, ’01s!


Great seeing everyone at reunion, hope we all enjoyed the beautiful weekend in Hanover! Congratulations to our new class secretary, Kristina Duran Panettiere, who will be writing this column going forward. Before we jump into the news, I would like to thank everyone for sharing their updates with me through the past five years—hearing from so many people made this a fun experience! I’m thrilled to share news of my own: On June 25 my boyfriend of three years, Joe Marcello, proposed after a wonderful afternoon together in New York City. He further surprised with me a cocktail party to celebrate our engagement, which was attended by our families and many of our friends, including Alissa Golden, Lynne Grossman, Roxanne Stahl O’Hara, Kate Mattern McGee and Conner McGee ’02, LaCary Sharpe, Julie Clark ’02, Kim Taylor Nemser ’02 and Brendan Panda ’00. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with their kind wishes—we’re very excited!


Amy Coe Rodde and her husband Brian are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Austin Becker Rodde, born February 26. Deborah Foster and her husband, David, welcomed their daughter Abigail Rebecca, born in March; the family lives in Washington, D.C. Andy Hoey and his wife, Angela, welcomed their second daughter, Elena Peralta Hoey, on April 28; Elena and big sister Miranda enjoyed seeing everyone in Hanover at the reunion. Dan Pollock and his wife, Rachel, are the proud parents of their first child, Isabel Barbara Pollock, born June 2. 


Brad Crevier and Steve DeVecchi are carrying on the DMAC tradition via a website, dmac10year.com, which showcases the many musicians from our class who continue to make music and has an archive of all of the mixes that the club made our senior year. Miena Meek Hall finished the MCAT exam and will be applying to medical school this summer. Miena and her husband, Dan, are expecting their fourth child in December, joining siblings Xander (9), Aubrey (6), and Eamon (2.5). Hank Leukart spent a month running and trekking with a camera across Morocco recently, working as a producer for ABC’s summer adventure-race series, Expedition Impossible. Check out his travel blog, withoutbaggage.com, where you can also read about his recent trip to post-revolution Egypt and watch the documentary film about hiking to Nepal’s Everest Base Camp that he made with his brother. Caroline Cantner graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School and joined a small animal practice in the Philadelphia area. Elizabeth Sullivan is starting two new ventures this summer: a private practice as a health coach (easullivan.com) and a company that provides wellness solutions for high school performing arts students (creativecompass.org). Please check out the websites for more information.


—Kerry Blum, 298 Mulberry St., Apt. 3J, New York, NY 10012; kerry.blum@alum.dartmouth.org