Classes & Obits

Class Note 2010

Issue

November-December 2022

For the second year in a row, Reyna Ramirez has been named a Boston Magazine top lawyer! She does criminal defense and would be glad to help fellow alumni in a jam should they ever need her.

Karn Seth is happily settled in New York City (Chelsea/Flatiron). He recently celebrated his fifth anniversary with his spouse, Eric, and they are currently knee-deep in their family-building journey via surrogacy. Karn is a software engineer at Google NYC working on cryptography (but not cryptocurrencies, at least not yet). He has developed many new hobbies during the pandemic, including sitting in the park and watching birds, smiling at squirrels, staring at puddles, etc. You might spot him in public by his taste for highly patterned short-sleeve shirts.

Andrew W. Smith moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, with his wife, Jenna, and 2-year-old daughter Cora.

Johanna Evans and Matthew Fay ’05 tied the knot on August 20 at Hammond Castle in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Rob Strong ’04 officiated, with many other Dartmouth alums among the family and friends in attendance.

Meghan McDavid married Ed Chien ’09 in July in Ticonderoga, New York. Lots of Dartmouth family and friends were there to celebrate with them, including Meghan’s father, George ’78, and brother Mike ’15. Despite three years of overlap at Dartmouth, Meghan and Ed met online in 2019 in Boston, where they still live.

Cory Kendrick and her husband, Alexander, welcomed baby Asa in July. Big sister Max is thrilled!

Kevin Jackson and his wife, Aneliya, will be celebrating the first birthday of their son, Adrian Jackson-Ignatov, on December 16. They encourage all to come visit them in Jersey City, New Jersey, where they love hosting travelers in their AirBnB: https://abnb.me/UGHc1Jg1Nsb.

Molly Davis Foukal and Nick Foukal welcomed their second baby girl, Finley Martha Foukal, on June 2.

Nicki (Williamson) Barsamian published her third children’s book this summer, Huaka’i O Maui: A Family Guidebook to Maui. She and her husband, Alex Barsamian ’04, are also looking forward to welcoming their third baby in early October. 

Stephanie Gardner writes: “I’m elated to report that I married Matt Coughlin on August 13 in my hometown of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Joy Campbell, Shahen Huda, Laura Bergsten ’15, and Shirley Spence ’77 were in attendance. My Women of Dartmouth book club—which has been meeting for more than five years and consists of women from class years ’75, ’76, ’77, ’86, and ’00—threw me a lovely bridal shower in Concord, Massachusetts, in July. Matt and I currently live in his hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts.”

Marina Andreazi married Dr. Zachary Grunau, a psychiatrist at McLane Hospital. She had a strong Dartmouth showing at her wedding featuring her Brazilian roots: ’10s Asa Shenandoah, Chelsey Luger, Katherine Crowe, Rufaro Makanda, Caitlin Fowler, Maura Cass, Allison Ruderman, and Frances Dales and Annie Rittgers ’09 and Tammer Raouf ’09. The couple now share a standard poodle puppy, Troika, and live in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com