Class Note 2010
Deja Kemp and her husband welcomed twin baby girls, Nia Lawrence and Zuri Lawrence, on June 26.
Katie Behan and Justin Ketterer welcomed their second child, Felix, in July.
Libbey Brown and Brendan Lane ’11 welcomed Desmond “Des” Our Lane on August 8.
Ted Lesher married Lauryn Kulinski in Sonoma, California, on August 24. She is a Georgetown ’10, although Ted jokingly says she has an honorary Dartmouth degree given all the “D” people they hang out with. Gabe Foster, Scott Niehaus, and Andrew Ching were groomsmen.
Vlad Dobru married Dinora Fitzgerald in Philadelphia, on a sunny day in June. The wedding was held at the Franklin Institute and was attended by many fellow ’10s. They also purchased a brownstone in Jersey City, New Jersey, that they are currently renovating.
Bari Wien married Josh Makaron (Duke ’05) in June. They moved out of their apartment and put their things in storage for a three-month sabbatical-honeymoon in Rwanda, Tanzania, Slovenia, and Georgia (the country).
Michael “Xiao” Lin married Andrea Choi ’11 in September 2018. They met in 2014 while working at Louis Dreyfus in the Midwest and they are now living in Geneva, Switzerland!
Paula (Sen) Root:“My twin sister, Karen Sen, got married to her phenomenal now-husband Matt Maloney (Wesleyan ’11) on August 10 at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, Connecticut. I was the matron of honor and my husband, Chris Root, was a groomsman.”
Alex Chan: “After seven years in San Francisco, I’ve moved back to the Boston area to be closer to family and got a black Lab puppy! En route to moving to Boston I stopped in Seattle and had a great mini-reunion with Jeremy Chan and Jenn Chong!”
Bret Vallacher, Blair (Sullivan) Vallacher and their baby daughter, Catherine, have moved to San Diego, where Bret has started a new job clerking for a judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. “We don’t know too many folks in the area, so if there is someone we should meet, let us know!”
Laura Tabor: “I finished my M.P.A. this spring and just started a new job as sustainability and resilience officer for the state of New Mexico, working on climate policy. Noah Harwood and I are making the most of our time here during his residency in Albuquerque, which he started last year. We’d love to catch up with anyone passing through the Land of Enchantment!”
Victoria Moors started medical school at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She is simultaneously pursuing a master’s in urban bioethics.
Nick Dawe recently coached for Team USA at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships and his single sculler won the lightweight men’s single division.
Anh Le is realizing his goal of building a business in his home country of Vietnam by joining a new retail group named Seedcom as CFO. He relocated to Ho Chi Minh City in September with his wife and 2-year-old son. It took him 13 years and five cities to finally move back home. He looks forward to welcoming alums to Vietnam!
Arvis Sulovari has been living in Seattle for the last two years (with Zoe Furlong ’14) and is enjoying his work as a post-doc in genome sciences and medical genetics at University of Washington.
Maggie (Goldstein) Cooper moved to Aspen, Colorado, with her husband, Brandon, and 2-year-old Ayla. They are expecting their second daughter this fall. Maggie is continuing her work with charter schools in the Bay Area to support organizational health and teacher staffing. If you ever travel to the mountains in the Aspen area, let her know!
—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com
