Class Note 2003
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For starters, I somehow missed this update from Kellyanna (Johnson) Thompson before! My sincerest apologies; let’s get right to it. “I got married on June 29 to Matthew A. Thompson (University of Washington ’04) in an intimate ceremony at the Juno Garden in Caesars Palace Las Vegas. We were happy that so many Dartmouth alums—Jennai Williams, Trey and Brenda Sears, Shasta Smith ’01, Antrameka Knight ’04 and Desmond ’02 and Mikisha Nation ’01—were in attendance even though the temperature reached 117 degrees! We live in a Hartford, Connecticut, suburb.” Kellyanna is an attorney auditor at Liberty Mutual and was just appointed to the board of trustees for the Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp. Her husband works as an analyst for Carecentrix. I’m also behind passing this along from Kyle Yamamoto. “I got married to long-time childhood friend Carrie Dekoski (Saginaw Valley ’06) in Buffalo, New York. In attendance were Rob De Simone, Derek Senft, Will Zimmerman, Jeff Hluchyj, Bill Shields, Eileen Wang, Evan Brennan and even Madeline Kaye ’10, who also made our wedding cake! I also matched in a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship in Atlanta with Dr. William Silver and affiliated with the Emory School of Medicine. I will be finishing my otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at SUNY Buffalo this year and starting the fellowship in July. Carrie will be finishing her nurse practitioner degree at the University of Rochester this spring. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the 10-year reunion this year!” John Ashworth wrote to say, “During Labor Day weekend I married Michael Vondriska (Penn ’02) in a beautiful ceremony at Grace Church in New York City, followed by an amazing reception at City Winery just a few blocks away. Among the guests were Sara Baron, Abby (Drevs) Kempf and Michael Malia, as well as Melissa Fedders ’02, Eric Peterson ’04 and John Olsen ’05.” I also heard from Abigail Drachman-Jones, who married Nathaniel Garnick (University of Pennsylvania ’03) this past June in Mamaroneck, New York. “Charlotte Haldeman Whitmore and Elizabeth Vadasdi helped us celebrate. We live in New York City, where I work as a senior editor and writer at Newsweek and Nathaniel is a principal at Sard Verbinnen & Co, a financial communications firm.” Finally, this from Sarah Sliva, who was worried about time limits on updates. Nonsense! “My husband, Steve Sliva ’02, and I welcomed our son Calvin Thomas into the world on November 1, 2012. Things are great in Seattle. Steve and I are officially first-time homeowners in Seattle, so we’re West Coasters for the foreseeable future. We’re super excited that Dave Blindheim and Jen Ross just moved to town just a few blocks away.” Babysitters? Congratulations all around! —Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com
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For starters, I somehow missed this update from Kellyanna (Johnson) Thompson before! My sincerest apologies; let’s get right to it. “I got married on June 29 to Matthew A. Thompson (University of Washington ’04) in an intimate ceremony at the Juno Garden in Caesars Palace Las Vegas. We were happy that so many Dartmouth alums—Jennai Williams, Trey and Brenda Sears, Shasta Smith ’01, Antrameka Knight ’04 and Desmond ’02 and Mikisha Nation ’01—were in attendance even though the temperature reached 117 degrees! We live in a Hartford, Connecticut, suburb.” Kellyanna is an attorney auditor at Liberty Mutual and was just appointed to the board of trustees for the Mercy Housing and Shelter Corp. Her husband works as an analyst for Carecentrix. I’m also behind passing this along from Kyle Yamamoto. “I got married to long-time childhood friend Carrie Dekoski (Saginaw Valley ’06) in Buffalo, New York. In attendance were Rob De Simone, Derek Senft, Will Zimmerman, Jeff Hluchyj, Bill Shields, Eileen Wang, Evan Brennan and even Madeline Kaye ’10, who also made our wedding cake! I also matched in a facial plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship in Atlanta with Dr. William Silver and affiliated with the Emory School of Medicine. I will be finishing my otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at SUNY Buffalo this year and starting the fellowship in July. Carrie will be finishing her nurse practitioner degree at the University of Rochester this spring. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the 10-year reunion this year!” John Ashworth wrote to say, “During Labor Day weekend I married Michael Vondriska (Penn ’02) in a beautiful ceremony at Grace Church in New York City, followed by an amazing reception at City Winery just a few blocks away. Among the guests were Sara Baron, Abby (Drevs) Kempf and Michael Malia, as well as Melissa Fedders ’02, Eric Peterson ’04 and John Olsen ’05.” I also heard from Abigail Drachman-Jones, who married Nathaniel Garnick (University of Pennsylvania ’03) this past June in Mamaroneck, New York. “Charlotte Haldeman Whitmore and Elizabeth Vadasdi helped us celebrate. We live in New York City, where I work as a senior editor and writer at Newsweek and Nathaniel is a principal at Sard Verbinnen & Co, a financial communications firm.” Finally, this from Sarah Sliva, who was worried about time limits on updates. Nonsense! “My husband, Steve Sliva ’02, and I welcomed our son Calvin Thomas into the world on November 1, 2012. Things are great in Seattle. Steve and I are officially first-time homeowners in Seattle, so we’re West Coasters for the foreseeable future. We’re super excited that Dave Blindheim and Jen Ross just moved to town just a few blocks away.” Babysitters? Congratulations all around! —Jill Haltigan, 3537-4 Hunters Woods Blvd., New Castle, PA 16105; jill.haltigan@gmail.com