Classes & Obits

Class Note 2006

Issue

March-April 2023

Hi, ’06s.

Paul Heintz was recently promoted to editor-in-chief of VTDigger, a nonprofit news outlet that has become the largest newsroom in Vermont. He spent close to a decade as a reporter and editor at Seven Days newspaper before joining VTDigger in 2021 as managing editor. Paul lives outside of Burlington with his wife, Shayla Livingston, and their two sons.

After working for 14 years in finance, Kate (Hufft) Kelly started her own design company, Kate Kelly Design, in 2020. Kate focuses on custom fine art wedding invitation suites and day-of paper products. Recently, she launched an online shop selling stationery, coasters, trays, candles, cocktail napkins, and more. Kate was included as a vendor in the Brick Church Fair, a holiday pop-upeventin New York City. Several Dartmouth alumni came to support her, including Emily (Salas) Crowley, Nina Fulmer, Rebecca Houck, Laura Lane ’08 and her husband, Matt Kelly. You can learn more about her work at www.katekellydesign.com.

Ryan McAnnally-Linz’sthird book, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most (co-written with Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun) will be published in March. Ryan is currently the associate director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.

Casey Nicholson and her husband, Matt Nicholson ’05, welcomed their fourth son, Knox, in May of 2022. Casey shared, “Knox is the sweetest addition to the family and couldn’t be more adored by his three big brothers.”

Manya Whitaker, associate professor of education and the executive vice president and chief of staff at Colorado College, was recently honored by two of her former Colorado College students. Crediting Manya’s classes for shaping their thinking, the alumni donated $2 million to establish the Manya Whitaker Professorship in Education, the first endowed professorship in the department of education at Colorado College.

I look forward to hearing from more of you in the coming months!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755