Class Note 2010
Caroline Esser writes that Alex Caron received a master’s in policy, organizations and leadership studies from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. This summer he will begin working as an academic program manager for Summit Public Schools, a charter network.
Jeremy Teicher: “My second feature film, Tracktown, had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival this spring! I cowrote and codirected Tracktown with Alexi Pappas ’12, who stars in the film alongside Rachel Dratch ’88—we proudly represented Dartmouth on set!”
Anna Lugosch-Ecker and Ben Beckerman got engaged in June in California. Alina Plavsky started internal medicine residency in Portland, Oregon, at Oregon Health and Sciences University—exactly where she wanted to be! And Kristin Kern moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to work at Bank of America.
Ali Rope and Justin Lerman tied the knot on May 28 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Afterward, the two moved to Minneapolis.
Peter Pidermann will be inducted into the sports hall of fame at his high school in Miami, Belen Jesuit Prep. Peter played football, ran track and played rugby at Dartmouth (!) and also played (American) football professionally in Europe post-graduation.
Chelsea Kirk: “I’ll be transitioning from my role as assistant principal of Maya Angelou Academy, to the lead instructor at Goodwill Excel Center. Goodwill Excel Center is an adult charter school that offers a high school diploma with an accelerated and dual-credit curriculum along with workforce development and postsecondary pathways. We’re opening the doors for the first time on August 22! Additionally, this summer I’m beginning my Ed.D. in education leadership at UPenn. It’s an executive program focused on leadership in education management. I’ll be remaining in Washington, D.C.!
Faith Kim married Sijun Kim on June 11 in Philadelphia. Sarah Lee was the maid of honor and many Dartmouth friends were in attendance. Faith is finishing her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, while Sijun is starting a cardiology fellowship at Hahnemann.
Eleni Stavrou reports that she and Gloria Gerber both graduated from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where they spent four “joyous” years as domestic partners. Gloria is off to Cornell-Columbia Presbyterian for her residency in internal medicine and Eleni will be at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for her residency in internal medicine. “Though the long distance will be hard, we are hoping to end up back together for fellowship.”
Jon Adelson and Karen Iorio got married on June 4 in East Hampton, New York. Internet minister Zach Gottlieb officiated and the wedding bridal party included several ’10s: bridesmaids Katie Conneally, Heidi Heller, Nicole Johns and groomsman Aditya Soni. They also had many Dartmouth guests in attendance!
Colleen Doherty recently bought a house in South Philadelphia! “Once I unpack everything and have air conditioning installed, visitors are welcome to drop by.”
Charlie Wolff had an exciting few months: He was awarded Goldman Sachs’ George E. Doty fellowship, graduated from Columbia Business School, then surprised his girlfriend Ashley Macaulay (Boston College ’14) with a proposal and an engagement party (“she thought we were going to my graduation party!”).
Lawton Leung graduated in May from his tax LL.M. program at N.Y.U. Law and will be starting as an associate in wealth planning this fall. Jenn Bailey earned her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and moved from Boston to N.Y.C., where she now works at Google.
Lastly, Ben Gifford and Sydney Thomashow ’11 got engaged! They’re living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also have an impossibly cute corgi named Louie (follow him on Instagram: @louiecinnamon).
—Jennifer Chong, Via dei Serragli 7, Florence 50124 (FI), Italy; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com
