Class Note 2001
Issue
January-February 2024
We have two great 2001 updates for this cycle. This summer, Jennifer (Tlumak) Westerholm was promoted to assistant director of the Metro Nashville Government Department of General Services. She directs the sustainability division, helping make municipal buildings, vehicles, and operations more environmentally friendly. She enjoys living and working in her hometown, practicing cartwheels with her 4-year-old, losing running races to her 7-year-old, and doing life with her husband, Pete.
Sope Ogunyemi wrote in with an update so rich with information that I am including it with just a little light editing. Thanks, Sope, and take it away: “It has certainly been a rollercoaster summer—year? decade?—and the only way we’ve been able to get through it has been with lots of help from family and friends, including those from Dartmouth! First family updates: On July 7, 2023, Hilary Prentice and Bart Blackburn ’06, who got married last year, welcomed a baby boy, Tice Blackburn—little brother to Beckett! Lots of proud Dartmouth aunties, including Hilary’s sisters, Amanda Prentice ’06 and Julie Prentice ’09 (all fourth-gen Dartmouth alums!), plus Margaret Lee and Jeet Sohal, who hosted a baby shower for Hilary and Bart at Margaret’s home in Los Angeles. It was a beautiful way to kick off the summer with lots of family and friends in attendance, including Kelly Fisher, Melissa Miranda, and Lubna Ammar, who traveled down from the Bay Area to attend and celebrate Melissa’s birthday, as well as Sylvia Kinderman, her husband Chase Dorkey ’99, and lots of everyone’s kids. Most of us were also in attendance at last year’s wedding, and it was a wonderful reunion! Later in the summer I did a bit of traveling and while in Portugal on the African Lisbon tour, I was thrilled to meet a Dartmouth alum, the incomparable Jennifer Leigh Warren ’77. We had a blast and plan to reconnect this fall when we’re both back in Los Angeles. We also both highly recommend the Naky’s African Lisbon tour if you find yourself in Lisbon. It reminded me that earlier this year I moderated a panel at University of Southern California Forward Summit on emerging disruptions in entertainment and was similarly thrilled to find a Dartmouth alum, Ash Cook ’18, was on the panel as well.”
Have a great start to the year, ’01s!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-6938; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com
Sope Ogunyemi wrote in with an update so rich with information that I am including it with just a little light editing. Thanks, Sope, and take it away: “It has certainly been a rollercoaster summer—year? decade?—and the only way we’ve been able to get through it has been with lots of help from family and friends, including those from Dartmouth! First family updates: On July 7, 2023, Hilary Prentice and Bart Blackburn ’06, who got married last year, welcomed a baby boy, Tice Blackburn—little brother to Beckett! Lots of proud Dartmouth aunties, including Hilary’s sisters, Amanda Prentice ’06 and Julie Prentice ’09 (all fourth-gen Dartmouth alums!), plus Margaret Lee and Jeet Sohal, who hosted a baby shower for Hilary and Bart at Margaret’s home in Los Angeles. It was a beautiful way to kick off the summer with lots of family and friends in attendance, including Kelly Fisher, Melissa Miranda, and Lubna Ammar, who traveled down from the Bay Area to attend and celebrate Melissa’s birthday, as well as Sylvia Kinderman, her husband Chase Dorkey ’99, and lots of everyone’s kids. Most of us were also in attendance at last year’s wedding, and it was a wonderful reunion! Later in the summer I did a bit of traveling and while in Portugal on the African Lisbon tour, I was thrilled to meet a Dartmouth alum, the incomparable Jennifer Leigh Warren ’77. We had a blast and plan to reconnect this fall when we’re both back in Los Angeles. We also both highly recommend the Naky’s African Lisbon tour if you find yourself in Lisbon. It reminded me that earlier this year I moderated a panel at University of Southern California Forward Summit on emerging disruptions in entertainment and was similarly thrilled to find a Dartmouth alum, Ash Cook ’18, was on the panel as well.”
Have a great start to the year, ’01s!
—Rachel Milstein Sondheimer, 143 Branchville Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877; (203) 645-6938; rachel.sondheimer@gmail.com