Class Note 2006

Hi, class of 2006! By the time you read this, our 10th (slash 11th) reunion will have come and gone, which also means that my time as class secretary will have come and gone. It’s been an honor to aggregate and help distribute news of your growing families, exciting careers and fond Dartmouth memories. From now on, please send all of your news to Cindy Tsai (cindaaay@gmail.com)—and no, that’s not a typo).

Without further ado: Carlo Ordonez writes in to share that he has been awarded a continuing contract (essentially, tenure) at Illinois Math and Science Academy, where he teaches as part of the math faculty. Katie Fahey will be starting a master’s in education in school leadership this summer at Harvard. Ali Krzton recently graduated with a master’s in library and information science from Kent University, where she specialized in the field of data management. Ben Schwartz recently graduated from MIT Sloan with an M.B.A. and from Harvard Kennedy School with an M.P.A. Ben is staying in Boston, starting at Parthenon-EY in the fall. Brad Heritage and his wife, Eliza, are relocating from San Francisco to Boston as Brad pursues a new career opportunity at Northeast Bank. He notes the couple are “sad to leave the Bay Area, but happy to be closer to family, friends and Hanover!” Christine Benally Peranteau joined the International Atomic Energy Agency Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, part of her career-long focus on cancer treatment options for low- and middle-income patients. Since moving to Central Europe in early 2014, Christine has been a board member of the United Nations Women’s Guild. Nate Ruegger and wife Alexis recently had near-simultaneous and unrelated job changes: Alexis is now a product support technician at Insomniac Games. Nate is now a promos coordinator for the talk show The Real. Thanks to the contributions of many Dartmouth alums, Nate also wrapped production on his crowdfunded horror short film, Trust Me. Look for it soon! Michael Ellis is now special assistant and senior associate counsel to the president and deputy national security legal advisor in the White House counsel’s office. Additionally, he was widely cited as the source of Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, controversial White House briefing on the Russia probe in March.

Peter Morgenstern and wife Jenna welcomed their daughter, Elise, in February. Peter is in his seventh and final year of residency, during which he will be chief resident in neurosurgery at New York-Presbyterian hospital, Weill Cornell campus. Kiku Langford McDonald started a new role as the database manager at the RISD Museum last fall and loves being back in the gallery world. She and her husband recently welcomed their second child, Ambrose Kintaro, who joins their eldest, son Ian. Jes Carroll writes in with news of her first, son Parker William, with husband Brendan. The couple live in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and are both attorneys. Lauren Webster and her husband, Matt, Tu’13, recently welcomed their second, daughter Maddie, younger sister of Sally. Jen Krimm wrote in with some belated news of her nuptials to Peter Rice, whom she married in Lancaster, Kentucky. Krimm is a political consultant and trainer in democracy and governance and currently lives in Amman, Jordan. Also recently married was Jessica Magidson, who married Adam Ain in July in Shelburne, Vermont. Jess and Adam met through Rob Cowden, who is a childhood friend of Adam’s.

Finally, some news from your incoming secretary: Cindy Tsai moved to Stamford, Connecticut, for her second rotation with Synchrony Financial. Cindy started in its business leadership program after business school.

Thanks again for sharing your news with me for the past six years. It’s been an honor and a pleasure to be your secretary and I apologize for the occasional missed column!

—Jessica Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com