Class Note 2013
Issue
Jan - Feb 2018
First and foremost, huge shout out to our five-year reunion chairs Caitlin Ardrey and Maya Herm! With the help of many of you, they’re putting together an amazing reunion in Hanover June 15-17. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you there!
Congratulations to Jessica Gagner and Matt Binnington, who got engaged in August.
Sending warm wishes and congratulations to Ian Martin-Katz and Lauren Willoughby, who got engaged in Stowe, Vermont, in September.
In other romantic New England news, Dan Rosengard and Kate Burns got married in Boston in October with many classmates in attendance. Congratulations!
Michael Burbank celebrated his 30th birthday last summer and planned a get-together for the entire Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles.
After spending the last year in China working at Alibaba’s Hangzhou headquarters, Qian Zhang moved back to the United States to join Alibaba’s New York City office, where she is responsible for developing strategic partnerships with North American brands and helping them sell to Chinese consumers.
Max Sloan recently got a job on Amazon’s Kindle education team and will be moving out to Seattle at the start of 2018 with his girlfriend, Jessica Ost. He writes in, “I’ll be sad to leave Chicago (and my wonderful roommates Angie Yang and Ben Page ’12), but I’m looking forward to new challenges, new community and much bigger mountains.”
Sean Derrow and Sahil Joshi started business school at MIT Sloan School of Management.
After four years selling craft beer throughout the Midwest, Rob Bathe moved back to Minneapolis to open a coffee roaster called Folly Coffee to rave reviews. You should all check out his delicious coffee!
Max Hunter recently finished up a month of theater residency in New York City through his theater company Bride Production Group, which featured plays written by Maia Matsushita and Carol Brown ’12.
In the fall Jill Dunne and Danny Zhang both moved from Boston to Chicago, where Danny started business school at University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Jill is working remotely at her job in healthcare consulting. Olivia Korostelina is a fellow first-year M.B.A. candidate at Booth.
Kate Sullivan completed her time as a company commander and finished her active duty tour as a Marine officer in November. She is planning to move to Los Angeles or New York City to pursue arts, entertainment and writing. She writes in, “I’m still learning how to surf and I recently purchased a bunny whose name is Mars. He is just like a dog, only he’s actually a bunny.”
After finishing his master’s in Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Francisco Herrera began working as a college counselor in the Mile High City at KIPP Denver Collegiate, where he is supporting students through the college admissions and financial aid process.
Melanie (Parnon) Guyer, her husband, Martin, and their three little ones recently moved to Wylie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, for Martin’s job.
After three years in New York City working for Quartz, Svati Narula moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in July for a job as an assistant editor at Outside Magazine. She promptly adopted a puppy and got a season pass at the local ski area. She reports that life is good in the land of enchantment, but she does miss New Hampshire.
Ben Southworth recently completed his Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Yuan “June” Shangguan moved from Seattle to California to work for Google’s embedded speech team. She reports that she is enjoying the challenges of her research and catching up with Bay Area Dartmouth friends.
—Emily Fletcher, 822 South Main St., Apt. 4, Ann Arbor, MI 48014; emilyefletcher@gmail.com
Congratulations to Jessica Gagner and Matt Binnington, who got engaged in August.
Sending warm wishes and congratulations to Ian Martin-Katz and Lauren Willoughby, who got engaged in Stowe, Vermont, in September.
In other romantic New England news, Dan Rosengard and Kate Burns got married in Boston in October with many classmates in attendance. Congratulations!
Michael Burbank celebrated his 30th birthday last summer and planned a get-together for the entire Dartmouth Club of Los Angeles.
After spending the last year in China working at Alibaba’s Hangzhou headquarters, Qian Zhang moved back to the United States to join Alibaba’s New York City office, where she is responsible for developing strategic partnerships with North American brands and helping them sell to Chinese consumers.
Max Sloan recently got a job on Amazon’s Kindle education team and will be moving out to Seattle at the start of 2018 with his girlfriend, Jessica Ost. He writes in, “I’ll be sad to leave Chicago (and my wonderful roommates Angie Yang and Ben Page ’12), but I’m looking forward to new challenges, new community and much bigger mountains.”
Sean Derrow and Sahil Joshi started business school at MIT Sloan School of Management.
After four years selling craft beer throughout the Midwest, Rob Bathe moved back to Minneapolis to open a coffee roaster called Folly Coffee to rave reviews. You should all check out his delicious coffee!
Max Hunter recently finished up a month of theater residency in New York City through his theater company Bride Production Group, which featured plays written by Maia Matsushita and Carol Brown ’12.
In the fall Jill Dunne and Danny Zhang both moved from Boston to Chicago, where Danny started business school at University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Jill is working remotely at her job in healthcare consulting. Olivia Korostelina is a fellow first-year M.B.A. candidate at Booth.
Kate Sullivan completed her time as a company commander and finished her active duty tour as a Marine officer in November. She is planning to move to Los Angeles or New York City to pursue arts, entertainment and writing. She writes in, “I’m still learning how to surf and I recently purchased a bunny whose name is Mars. He is just like a dog, only he’s actually a bunny.”
After finishing his master’s in Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, Francisco Herrera began working as a college counselor in the Mile High City at KIPP Denver Collegiate, where he is supporting students through the college admissions and financial aid process.
Melanie (Parnon) Guyer, her husband, Martin, and their three little ones recently moved to Wylie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, for Martin’s job.
After three years in New York City working for Quartz, Svati Narula moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in July for a job as an assistant editor at Outside Magazine. She promptly adopted a puppy and got a season pass at the local ski area. She reports that life is good in the land of enchantment, but she does miss New Hampshire.
Ben Southworth recently completed his Ph.D. in applied mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Yuan “June” Shangguan moved from Seattle to California to work for Google’s embedded speech team. She reports that she is enjoying the challenges of her research and catching up with Bay Area Dartmouth friends.
—Emily Fletcher, 822 South Main St., Apt. 4, Ann Arbor, MI 48014; emilyefletcher@gmail.com