Class Note 2009
Happy six years out of College! Here is some recent news from our classmates.
Molly Bode finished an M.B.A./M.P.H. at UC Berkeley in December and moved to Boston just in time for blizzard season. Living just a few blocks from Dartmouth Street, she feels welcome. Amy Davis recently left Phillips, the auction house, to become gallery director at Mana Contemporary. Stop in for a tour! Lauren Dumont graduated from her M.B.A. program at the University of Michigan. She will be traveling to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece for the month of May to celebrate with Ian Dumont. Ian is in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a third year to finish his dual-degree program and Lauren is moving to the Chicago area to start work at SC Johnson. Robert Cousins started an M.P.H. at George Washington University. Emily Eberle lives in Seattle and is halfway through her M.B.A. program at the University of Washington. She will be in Portland, Oregon, for the summer doing a finance internship with Intel. Georgina Emerson moved in September back to New York City, where she started teaching at Charter School. She lives in Harlem and also works on developing an online test prep program for students. Dylan Kane starts a new job this summer with the U.S. Forest Service as a wildland firefighter and helicopter rappeler on the central Oregon rappel crew in Prineville, Oregon. During his offseason he is enjoying the sun in Flagstaff, Arizona. Kaili Lambe moved to Denver late last fall and loves it. She just adopted a black Lab puppy named Zayla. Kristen McCormick enrolled in the Startup Institute Boston spring course. Tara McNerney is the sustainability coordinator at a charter school in Washington, D.C., teaches cooking and gardening class and enjoys getting coffee with her dad, a ’78. Fiona Murguia graduates in May with an M.F.A. in film from NYU Tisch. Her thesis was a documentary about dhows (traditional wooden boats) in Dubai. Nell Pascall started a graduate program as a mining engineer with Rio Tinto, working at an iron ore mine in northwestern Australia. She wears Hi-Viz and spends her days with very large machinery and very large spreadsheets. Jarman Rogers moved to San Francisco to work for Facebook on the iOS app. Gabrielle Santa-Donato moved to San Francisco to work at the Stanford design school in its K12 Lab Network, focused on bringing innovation to education and innovative mindsets to educators.
Kyle Lad and Clare Fortune-Agan are getting married in August in Maine with the largest wedding party ever, including Rob Taintor ’08, Alex Guyton, Mark Harris, Steve Walker, Kimberly Wade and Emily Marshall. Melinda Wilson got engaged to Sean Fuller on New Year’s Eve. She is excited that she and Kaitlin Gallup are both engaged. They are planning a mini-reunion with Wendy Diao and Ying Cheng.
Lilian Mehrel is writing a new TV series about high school kids in her hometown of Miami. Her mockumentary about the search for the loneliest whale received a Nancy Malone Directing Award. Jennifer Schuster read a fascinating article by Emily Esfahani Smith in The Atlantic. Jennifer wrote, “The research Emily describes is eye opening, and she conveys a critical message around the importance of fostering kindness and generosity in relationships.” Also, Sam Blazek has a new cat named Zion who loves to climb things and eats special food.
Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (“Dartmouth College Class of 2009”), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.
—Liz Doolittle Kahane, 255 Patroon Creek Blvd., Apt. 2219, Albany, NY 12206; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com
