Class Note 2013
Nov - Dec 2014
No space for a fluffy intro—just how I like it. Thank you all for making this column possible!
Katharine Pujol recently moved to Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, to work for an entrepreneur cultivator and impact investor called Alterna. She recently finished climbing her fifth volcano and she’s reliving the glory days of unreasonably competitive intramural soccer championships. Give her a shout if you’re ever in Guatemala!
Julie Fiveash recently began working at Comic Outpost in San Francisco. Comic Outpost is the sister store to Comix Experience, a renowned comic book store in the Bay Area.
Matt Boyas graduated in May from the University of California, Berkeley, with his master’s in statistics and he recently moved to New York City to start working for ZS Associates. Also in New York, Soo Jee Lee started at Columbia Law School this fall as a member of the class of 2017.
After summering in Washington, D.C., Blaine Johnson headed back to Shanghai for the fall. She’s looking for internship opportunities in the United States for the winter, so be in touch if you know of any openings!
FranciscoHerrera just started his second year as an admissions officer at Dartmouth.
Callista Womick is pleased to announce that this year she will be celebrating December 19 (her birthday) in her birthday suit with the life drawing class at the Brookline Arts Center.
Scott Lacy is working as the manager of Moosilauke Ravine Lodge until the season closes in November, after which he is moving to Jackson, Wyoming, to make custom skis for a ski company.
Dan Husband is working for Oneok Partners and he recently relocated from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Houston for his job placement.
This summer Justin Foley moved to North Chicago, Illinois, where he is attending Rosalind Franklin University in its master of biomedical science program.
After graduating with a master’s in magazine, newspaper and online journalism from Syracuse University, Jonathan Gault spent the summer interning at the running website LetsRun.com. He has been hired as a full-time staff writer and moved to Boston in September.
IanHerrick finished the Boston teacher residency with his master’s in education and started teaching freshman physics in South Boston in the fall. Sean Derrow traveled throughout the summer before moving to Boston to start full-time work at Bain & Co. this fall.
Karla Verkouw moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in September and will be working in Boston. Melissa Gordon also moved to Cambridge for a job at the Boys and Girls Club.
Yuan “June” Shangguan is currently a Ph.D. student in the computer science and engineering department at the University of Michigan. She studies artificial intelligence and researches the dynamics of emotion perception.
Sarah Wildes is living it up in Madison, Wisconsin, and started her second year at Epic in the fall. She says the ice cream and beer are delicious, so drop her a line if you find yourself in Madison!
Renee Scott moved back to her hometown of Washington, D.C., and is now employed as a member of the teacher recruitment and selection team for D.C. public schools. She manages all of the recruitment and selection for educational aides. Maya Herm also returned to Washington, D.C., in August after a year of playing field hockey and living in the Netherlands.
Meeta Prakash is currently working for the Advisory Board, playing ultimate on the weekends and exploring Washington, D.C., with a large group of fellow ’13s. In September she and about 25 members of the class of 2013 convened at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge for a weekend of hiking and good dinners. How fun!
—Emily Fletcher, 1375 Fairmont St. NW, Apt. 809, Washington, DC 20009; emilyefletcher@gmail.com