Class Note 2007
Hello! Wow. It’s been a busy few months! Not only for your ’07 executive committee, but also apparently for all of you! By now I hope you’ve completed our class survey sent to you recently by email. We’re looking forward to being able to use your feedback from that to build out our next five years’ goals, priorities and activities. As a reminder, you are welcome to join us in our efforts! We have a number of different ways you can get involved and always welcome your ideas! Reach out to us anytime at our class email listed below. Now, without further ado, on to the juicy stuff for which you all actually read this column.
Lucius Joel Alexander and Jameka Byrd Alexander welcomed baby Lucius James Alexander on November 15, 2017.
Fellow Alaskan Moira (Sullivan) Gallagher toots Lisa Caldeira’s horn for being named one of Alaska Journal of Commerce’s “Top 40 Under 40” for 2018! Lisa was selected for her work as the director of the Brother Francis Shelter, an emergency shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Anchorage.
Nicole Cameli married Sarah (Rivera) Cameli (U.S. Army) on October 28, 2017, at Liberty Station in San Diego, with several Dartmouth ’07s by her side. Bridesmaids (and “bridesman”) included Roxy (Davis) O’Conner, Colleen Kelly, Kristen (Blanchette) Roy and Stephen Spiess, Adv’07. Other Dartmouth guests in attendance included Alyssa Scott, Ryan O’Connor, Carolyn Wendell ’08, Monica Martin de Bustamante ’08 and Michelle (Dunn) Martin de Bustamante ’09. Sarah and Nicole have been living in Atlanta for almost two years and share that they love hosting friends so, if you find yourself in town you should let them know.
Kevin Chithran and Salinda Phanitsiri were married in September at the Castle Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. They were thrilled to celebrate with so many Dartmouth friends on the big day, including those in the wedding party: Jessica Chen, Khiet Chhu ’08, Dave Coen, Mike Dovidio,Nicole Hwang ’08, Debra Liu, Alex Ou, Matt Pallone, Sandeep Ramesh ’05, Sheila Chithran Ramesh ’05, Sebastian Restrepo, Kevin Shen, Jeannie Wong ’09 and Shawn Zhou ’06.
Kristina (Guild) Douglass writes to update us that she “had a great trip up to Dartmouth at the beginning of February to give a guest lecture in the anthropology department seminar series. It was great to see faculty mentors from the anthropology, classics and environmental studies departments! It also connected me to other Dartmouth alums who are also professional archaeologists! Lots of green in the future of archaeology!”
David and Whitney (Dickerson) Gerkin welcomed baby Julia to their family just in time for the holidays. Big brother Will wanted to name her “dump truck” in honor of his favorite toy. (And on that note, hi to Todd Wood!)
Rachel Karpf continues to produce theater in New York, recently serving as executive producer of the off-Broadway play Stuffed, starring comedian Lisa Lampanelli and Marsha Stephanie Blake ’96. In June she will begin a new job as artistic producer at WP Theater.
Arielle (Rodman) Langer and her husband, Nathaniel Langer (Middlebury ’05), welcomed their son, Teddy, this February. They are still in New York for the time being while Arielle finishes her hematology-oncology fellowship.
Lindsay Zahradka Milne was recently elected a shareholder at Bernstein Shur, one of northern New England’s largest law firms, where she is a member of the business, restructuring and insolvency practice group.
Aziz Sayigh married Amanda Young ’09 on July 8, 2017, in Stanford, California.
Donny Zimmanck got married last October to Melissa Staffanou (Sonoma State University ’11). “It was an absolute blast, with lots of ’07s in attendance, including Chris Allen, A.J. LeGaye, Giancarlo Nucci and Eric Trautmann as well as Drew Wenzel ’08.” Apparently a blast was truly had by all, as he and Melissa are expecting a baby girl early July, which Donny slyly points out is “exactly nine months after our wedding.”
—Jaime Padgett, 1837 W Patterson Ave., #109, Chicago, IL 60613; dartmouth2007s@gmail.com
