Class Note 2013
Issue
Sept - Oct 2016
Lots of wonderful updates (thank you for writing in!) so let’s get to it.
In March Phil Royer finished first in the Nina Brekelmans Memorial Scholarship 5K in Washington, D.C. The race raised money for a scholarship at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in honor of Nina Brekelmans ’12, who ran track at Dartmouth and had earned a master’s in Arab studies from Georgetown shortly before being killed in a house fire in June 2015.
Chase Womack married Columbia University alumna Sara Perles in November. Chase is working as the chief investment officer of the Brewer Group and explains, “We invest in companies that are making a social impact. We manage athletes’ money, help them run their businesses, help them analyze investment opportunities and get them access to further education options.”
Congratulations also to Sara Rutter Vermeer, who married Gordon Vermeer ’12 in Woodstock, Vermont, on May 29! If the pictures are any indication, it was a lovely event attended by many Dartmouth friends. We are so happy for you both!
On June 11 Nerina DiSomma married Ned Matuszak at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago. The couple met in Peoria, Illinois, and Ned proposed to Nerina in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., last year. Sounds like a lovely event!
If anyone else is looking for wedding and engagement rings, Berlinger Rings, founded by Michelle Berlinger, builds rings exclusively for men. Michelle launched the company after completing a senior fellowship studying and creating jewelry at Dartmouth. Her website is berlingerrings.com.
Matt Nichols is now working as the air quality and climate change program manager at Fort Benning, a major military installation in Georgia.
Eliana Ramage is moving to Iowa City, Iowa, in September to start an M.F.A. in creative writing at University of Iowa.
After two awesome years in Jackson, Wyoming, Rob Collier, Lorin Paley ’15 and Max McClorey ’11 are moving down to Park City, Utah. Max and Rob are working for Alces Technology, a 3D-scanner startup that is relocating from Jackson to Park City.
Sara Stone has finished up her M.Sc. control of infectious diseases degree in London. Jill Lyon, Caitlin Ardrey, Heather Beatty, Alyssa Boehm ’12 and Anna Harty ’14 visited and toured the city (and pubs)! Afterward, Sara headed south to the British Virgin Islands to work as a sailing director teaching big-boats sailing, marine science and marine conservation to teens.
Maan Tinna has transitioned from nonprofit to commercial theater, working as an executive assistant at Richards/Climan Inc., a general management agency that managed three shows on Broadway this season, including Fiddler on the Roof. He is currently managing Anastasia at Hartford Stage before it transfers to Broadway next season.
Alfredo Velasco recently stopped pursuing a Ph.D. at Duke University to work for Ticketmaster in Durham, North Carolina, doing Android development. Additionally, research that he and Reed Harder coauthored and published in an open-source journal got reviewed in the online version of The Atlantic.
Natalia Agredo is currently living in Brooklyn and working as a sixth-grade special education teacher for Uncommon Schools and she will be pursuing a master’s in teaching at Relay Graduate School of Education this fall.
Maya Herm is now the assistant field hockey coach at Tufts University.
After two excellent years in Mumbai, Caroline Liegey is moving to Geneva for summer and fall 2016 to continue working for Vera Solutions.
Blaine Johnson writes in that she has finally given up the itinerant grad school life and moved to Washington, D.C., to work for a think tank, which promptly sent her overseas again. She says hello from Beijing!
—Emily Fletcher, 1375 Fairmont St. NW, Apt. 809, Washington, DC 20009; emilyefletcher@gmail.com
In March Phil Royer finished first in the Nina Brekelmans Memorial Scholarship 5K in Washington, D.C. The race raised money for a scholarship at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in honor of Nina Brekelmans ’12, who ran track at Dartmouth and had earned a master’s in Arab studies from Georgetown shortly before being killed in a house fire in June 2015.
Chase Womack married Columbia University alumna Sara Perles in November. Chase is working as the chief investment officer of the Brewer Group and explains, “We invest in companies that are making a social impact. We manage athletes’ money, help them run their businesses, help them analyze investment opportunities and get them access to further education options.”
Congratulations also to Sara Rutter Vermeer, who married Gordon Vermeer ’12 in Woodstock, Vermont, on May 29! If the pictures are any indication, it was a lovely event attended by many Dartmouth friends. We are so happy for you both!
On June 11 Nerina DiSomma married Ned Matuszak at St. James Episcopal Cathedral in Chicago. The couple met in Peoria, Illinois, and Ned proposed to Nerina in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., last year. Sounds like a lovely event!
If anyone else is looking for wedding and engagement rings, Berlinger Rings, founded by Michelle Berlinger, builds rings exclusively for men. Michelle launched the company after completing a senior fellowship studying and creating jewelry at Dartmouth. Her website is berlingerrings.com.
Matt Nichols is now working as the air quality and climate change program manager at Fort Benning, a major military installation in Georgia.
Eliana Ramage is moving to Iowa City, Iowa, in September to start an M.F.A. in creative writing at University of Iowa.
After two awesome years in Jackson, Wyoming, Rob Collier, Lorin Paley ’15 and Max McClorey ’11 are moving down to Park City, Utah. Max and Rob are working for Alces Technology, a 3D-scanner startup that is relocating from Jackson to Park City.
Sara Stone has finished up her M.Sc. control of infectious diseases degree in London. Jill Lyon, Caitlin Ardrey, Heather Beatty, Alyssa Boehm ’12 and Anna Harty ’14 visited and toured the city (and pubs)! Afterward, Sara headed south to the British Virgin Islands to work as a sailing director teaching big-boats sailing, marine science and marine conservation to teens.
Maan Tinna has transitioned from nonprofit to commercial theater, working as an executive assistant at Richards/Climan Inc., a general management agency that managed three shows on Broadway this season, including Fiddler on the Roof. He is currently managing Anastasia at Hartford Stage before it transfers to Broadway next season.
Alfredo Velasco recently stopped pursuing a Ph.D. at Duke University to work for Ticketmaster in Durham, North Carolina, doing Android development. Additionally, research that he and Reed Harder coauthored and published in an open-source journal got reviewed in the online version of The Atlantic.
Natalia Agredo is currently living in Brooklyn and working as a sixth-grade special education teacher for Uncommon Schools and she will be pursuing a master’s in teaching at Relay Graduate School of Education this fall.
Maya Herm is now the assistant field hockey coach at Tufts University.
After two excellent years in Mumbai, Caroline Liegey is moving to Geneva for summer and fall 2016 to continue working for Vera Solutions.
Blaine Johnson writes in that she has finally given up the itinerant grad school life and moved to Washington, D.C., to work for a think tank, which promptly sent her overseas again. She says hello from Beijing!
—Emily Fletcher, 1375 Fairmont St. NW, Apt. 809, Washington, DC 20009; emilyefletcher@gmail.com