Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to the greatest class to ever grace the Dartmouth plain. Hope that many of you made it to Homecoming to wear those long-sleeved ’06 T-shirts with pride and heckle the young ’uns. I know that Matt Slaine made it, as his Facebook feed was littered with Dartmouth photos designed to make those of us stuck at work suitably jealous. 

On to news! We’ll kick it off with something from the class “c-suite”—the ’06 executive committee was back on campus in September for Class Officers Weekend and President Hanlon’s inauguration. Christine Benally Peranteau, Jen Bordeau, Carlo Ordoñez, Amanda Prentice, Cindy Tsai and Jeff Wagner meet with other classes to discuss best practices and how to best serve you all. It was a productive and fun reunion weekend for many Dartmouth alumni and a nice chance for the team to get together in Hanover.

Lots of wedding bells to report! Allison Terry married Christopher Yakabe at the San Francisco Maritime Museum, with lots of Dartmouth friends there to toast her, including maid of honor Joy (Shockley) Huntington! The couple live in San Francisco, where Alison works as a crime analyst for the sheriff’s office and Chris is a pilot for United Airlines. Diana Geisser recently married Doug Palmer on a beautiful fall day near Hartford, Connecticut. Fittingly for a woman of Dartmouth, the wedding was held overlooking the Connecticut River. Class of ’06s in attendance to celebrate the day included Peter Morgenstern, Justin Blesy, Duncan Gilles, Ned Schneider and Chris Leach. Diana and Doug live in Seattle, where she is completing her residency in pediatrics. Chris Dupre married Danielle Touhey in October, and his wedding party included a number of Dartmouth classmates, including Dan Nastou and Calvin Richardson. In August Shawn Zhou married Elaine Lee ’08 at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland and celebrated their nuptials with many ’06s, including James Barkley, Nan Wang, Carlo Ordonez, Yau Wong, Pat Lee and many other members of the ’05, ’07, ’08 and ’10 classes. It was like a multi-generational mini-reunion! Vivek Venu also recently tied the knot—twice! (Same lucky lady, don’t worry.) Vivek married Joanna Yeo, first at a Hindu ceremony in Chicago in September and then at a Catholic ceremony in Singapore in November. Josh Cain tied the knot a few weeks ago in New York City at the Yale Club. He married Agnieszka Kalska in front of family, friends and a video game-themed wedding cake. Congratulations to all of our recently betrothed classmates!

Some exciting career news to share as well! Alex Tonelli and Mike Rabil started Endurance Lending Network after finding a hard time getting a loan for one of their other businesses. Recently they closed the largest primary capital raise for an alternative lending marketplace as part of a merger with Funding Circle, forming the first international crowd-lending platform and largest online market for small-business loans. Congrats to you both. And finally, I guess I wouldn’t be fulfilling my duty as secretary if I didn’t share some news of my own: I am finally going to see Beyonce live in concert. The magical day will be happening on December 2. Send any song requests my way and I’ll see what I can do. Please also send class news with your song requests.

With love and updates. 

—Jessica Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com