Class Note 2008
Issue
January-February 2022
Thanks to all who answered the call for updates. Ring ring, you’re the best. Here’s what your classmates are up to!
Tim Chingos is getting a music project started as an electronic dance music producer. His artist name is Coppermines, inspired by the amazing swimming spot/former Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Vermont. Give him some love on Instagram: @copperminesmusic.
Rachel Strohm has had an eventful pandemic, involving a move to Uganda, a move to the United Kingdom, and another move to Kenya in November, which she hopes will be the last one for a long time. Let her know if you’re ever passing through Nairobi!
Kiersten (Hallquist) Tavares and her husband, Mike, finally were able to celebrate their wedding with friends and family on October 2, 2021. “Yay, science!” she says. Among the fully vaccinated folks in attendance were ’08s Ashley (Mas) Hearn, Kannon Lee, and Zach and Lindsay Deane-Meyer. Kiersten and Mike took over a summer camp on Lake Champlain, Vermont, danced to an incredible band, and stuffed their faces with lovely local food and booze. “I may have had three servings of poutine…and stashed some in my dress for later,” she confides.
Jeff Fielding got married in September to Anushree Dasgupta, a graduate of Santa Clara University and Columbia. They met at an Ivy-plus event in Seattle.
Phil Bracikowski and Laura Young are happy to announce they (finally) married each other on the steps of their new home in Spokane, Washington, and they send special thanks to Mike Maccini for getting ordained online and officiating their intimate ceremony!
Veronia de Zayas and her husband, Andrew, had a baby on July 1, 2021, named Charlotte Anne Ingalls-Zayas.
Sandy and Steve Hunt now have three kids, ranging in age from 18 months to 6 years old. Sandy started her own practice performing all nonsurgical techniques as well as addressing women’s health postpartum and through menopause. And Steve graduated from the Northeastern M.B.A. program with honors and a focus on entrepreneurship.
Riley End recently moved to Cos Cob, Connecticut, with his wife, Courtney, son Holden (2), and daughter Scout (2 months). Riley is currently the chief operating officer of Spring Health, a precision mental healthcare company providing mental health services as a benefit through employers.
Here’s a cool one: Caroline Lee set the New York state record in powerlifting for her age and weight class with the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation in bench press, deadlift, strict curl, and full power. And to top it off, she and Tiger (Yi Huang) are expecting.
Amelia (Potvin) Donahey moved back to the Upper Valley last summer after 12 years in Colorado and Washington, with her partner, James, forester and home-solar-installer extraordinaire. While she’s missing the mountains, she’s happy to be closer to her dear friend Katrina Roi and is excited to get to work alongside Erika (Sogge) Schneider in the public schools. Amelia is also looking for running, skiing, hiking, or general outdoor adventure partners, if you’re in the area!
Jon Hopper was trying to grow a tomato plant and failing horribly, which makes sense because he sent that update in late October.
Finally, Chris Barth (hey, that’s me!) and Ashley Thorfinnson ’07 welcomed baby No. 2, Oliver Lee Barth, in late September. After three years running an urban farm in Minneapolis, we’re heading west of the Twin Cities (at least for next summer) to explore a collaborative farming model with some farmer friends. In the parlance of these updates: If you find yourself passing through Litchfield, hit us up! We’ll be right by the country’s largest ball of twine assembled by a single person.
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com
Tim Chingos is getting a music project started as an electronic dance music producer. His artist name is Coppermines, inspired by the amazing swimming spot/former Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site in Vermont. Give him some love on Instagram: @copperminesmusic.
Rachel Strohm has had an eventful pandemic, involving a move to Uganda, a move to the United Kingdom, and another move to Kenya in November, which she hopes will be the last one for a long time. Let her know if you’re ever passing through Nairobi!
Kiersten (Hallquist) Tavares and her husband, Mike, finally were able to celebrate their wedding with friends and family on October 2, 2021. “Yay, science!” she says. Among the fully vaccinated folks in attendance were ’08s Ashley (Mas) Hearn, Kannon Lee, and Zach and Lindsay Deane-Meyer. Kiersten and Mike took over a summer camp on Lake Champlain, Vermont, danced to an incredible band, and stuffed their faces with lovely local food and booze. “I may have had three servings of poutine…and stashed some in my dress for later,” she confides.
Jeff Fielding got married in September to Anushree Dasgupta, a graduate of Santa Clara University and Columbia. They met at an Ivy-plus event in Seattle.
Phil Bracikowski and Laura Young are happy to announce they (finally) married each other on the steps of their new home in Spokane, Washington, and they send special thanks to Mike Maccini for getting ordained online and officiating their intimate ceremony!
Veronia de Zayas and her husband, Andrew, had a baby on July 1, 2021, named Charlotte Anne Ingalls-Zayas.
Sandy and Steve Hunt now have three kids, ranging in age from 18 months to 6 years old. Sandy started her own practice performing all nonsurgical techniques as well as addressing women’s health postpartum and through menopause. And Steve graduated from the Northeastern M.B.A. program with honors and a focus on entrepreneurship.
Riley End recently moved to Cos Cob, Connecticut, with his wife, Courtney, son Holden (2), and daughter Scout (2 months). Riley is currently the chief operating officer of Spring Health, a precision mental healthcare company providing mental health services as a benefit through employers.
Here’s a cool one: Caroline Lee set the New York state record in powerlifting for her age and weight class with the 100% Raw Powerlifting Federation in bench press, deadlift, strict curl, and full power. And to top it off, she and Tiger (Yi Huang) are expecting.
Amelia (Potvin) Donahey moved back to the Upper Valley last summer after 12 years in Colorado and Washington, with her partner, James, forester and home-solar-installer extraordinaire. While she’s missing the mountains, she’s happy to be closer to her dear friend Katrina Roi and is excited to get to work alongside Erika (Sogge) Schneider in the public schools. Amelia is also looking for running, skiing, hiking, or general outdoor adventure partners, if you’re in the area!
Jon Hopper was trying to grow a tomato plant and failing horribly, which makes sense because he sent that update in late October.
Finally, Chris Barth (hey, that’s me!) and Ashley Thorfinnson ’07 welcomed baby No. 2, Oliver Lee Barth, in late September. After three years running an urban farm in Minneapolis, we’re heading west of the Twin Cities (at least for next summer) to explore a collaborative farming model with some farmer friends. In the parlance of these updates: If you find yourself passing through Litchfield, hit us up! We’ll be right by the country’s largest ball of twine assembled by a single person.
—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com