Lots of ’09s graduating, moving around the country and continuing to get married. Enjoy the rest of the summer! Julia Brown finished residency in Chicago and started a nephrology (kidney) fellowship at Northwestern July 1. Kat Carmody received her M.B.A. from Tuck in June and is excited to move back to New York City in September, when she will work as a consultant for McKinsey. Ian Dumont graduated from the University of Michigan with a dual M.B.A./M.P.H. in May. He started in June at the Chartis Group in Chicago, where he’s a strategy consultant for major medical centers. Lauren Foster finished her residency in pediatrics at Yale and is moving back to N.Y.C. to start a job as a pediatric hospitalist attending at New York University! Sarah Leners graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth. She is moving to N.Y.C. at the end of August and looks forward to hanging out with fellow ’09s. Diana Punko graduated with a doctorate in medicine from New York Medical College at the end of May and began her residency in psychiatry at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in N.Y.C. in July. Kaitlyn Sheehan Ramirez graduated from Tuck in June and starts work at Morgan Stanley in investment banking in N.Y.C. in August.

Michelle Barnes graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2014. She recently became engaged to her long-time boyfriend, Dustin C. Jones, who was in her class at law school, and they are planning a wedding for next summer. After almost two years doing civil litigation at a small law firm, she recently accepted an assistant county attorney position at the Olmsted County attorney’s office in Rochester, Minnesota.

Haoxiang Cai wrote that he is now a chartered financial analyst and has his life back. He is happy to meet up with anyone passing through Singapore. David Kopec relocated to Burlington, Vermont, with girlfriend Rebecca Driesen to start as an assistant professor of computer science and innovation at Champlain College. Emily Esfahani Smith is now living in Washington, D.C., and would love to connect with any alums in the area (emilyesfahanismith@gmail.com). Her book The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters (Crown/Random House) will be out in January of 2017. “The book, which is about how we can find meaning and purpose in life, draws on social science research, literature and the stories of people I interviewed across the country.” It’s based on an article she wrote for The Atlantic a few years ago called “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy.”

Caroline Brandt married Charles Olney (Dartmouth debate team) in Atlanta. Carmen Kilpatrick, Molly Caldwell, Joanne Cheung, John Turner ’03 and Scott Daniel, Adv’08, were all in the wedding party! Michael Magner was the witness on the marriage license. Kaitlin Gallup married John Licato on July 16 in Oahu, Hawaii. Emily Watson and Anthony Guzman tied the knot in April near Philadelphia. They met on the third floor of Bissell freshman year. Derek Brand (also from third-floor Bissell) was the best man. Jessica Watson ’06 and Julia Watson ’12 were the maids of honor. Stew Watson ’76 gave the best speech ever and James Watson ’10, Zach Smith ’06 and Greg Boguslavsky also represented the Big Green.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com