Class Notes 2004

Hi, ’04s! I hope spring is in full swing wherever you are and that those summer vacation plans are starting to come together. This year has been off to a fast start, so I hope this summer brings some slower months for you and for me. And during those quiet times, please take a moment to catch up with your classmates here.

To that end, I am pleased to report that Paul Marino had a story published in this past April issue of Scientific American. Paul also shared that the documentary film, Love Ivan, started by Cazimir Liske, who passed away in 2017, is almost complete and is expected to be showcased in film festivals by 2026.

Ashley McCaughan wrote to say that her side passion—equestrian competition in three-day eventing—is taking her and her horse to even greater success. She recently qualified for the American Eventing Championships, which will be held in Southern California at the end of August. Congratulations, Ashley, and good luck!

Cheers are also in order for Abiel Acosta, who was once again selected as a “Who’s Who in Banking and Finance” by Pacific Coast Business Times. Well done, Abiel!

I hope these last few weeks of spring are fruitful, ’04s, and I cannot wait to catch up this summer. Talk soon and stay well!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that this new year brings you fun experiences, lots of joy, and great stories to share with your fellow Dartmouth classmates.

As you ease into this new year and reflect on the last, I am pleased to share that Joanna Giordano is making lemonade out of lemons. After being laid off from her job in human resources, she is making the most of this “additional” baby bonding leave to hang out with her second son, who was born last January. In addition, her older son entered kindergarten in a Spanish/English immersion program this past fall, and she has learned that PTA life is no joke. The experience has even made her wish she had switched to Spanish instead of doing French advanced language study abroad in Toulouse!

Additionally, I am happy to report that Harry Camp and his children had an excellent time at reunion this past June, which inspired other family outdoor treks during last summer, including fishing at the Camp Pond in Georgia. Currently, Harry is a partner at the Camp Firm in Georgia.

Kudos to Jenny (Sharfstein) Kane,who is currently leading a project to create new high schools in partnership with hospitals around the country. Through the program, high school students will be able to experience and learn medical-related skills, providing a positive career path without having to attend college. Prior to this endeavor Jenny held a senior project position at Bloomberg Philanthropies, where she crafted a program to engage colleges (including Dartmouth) in recruiting low-income students. She also initiated a program to match advisors with high-achieving, low-income high school students to provide support and guidance in the college admissions process. Bravo, Jenny, and keep up the great work!

Finally, Alice Graham, who is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University, is currently serving as a site leader for a groundbreaking National Institutes of Health-funded study called HEALthy Brain and Child Development. This study involves 25 sites around the country that are coming together to create the largest-ever study of children’s brains and environments. Alice is working with other Dartmouth graduates in this endeavor, including Koraly Perez-Edgar ’95 and Elizabeth S. Norton ’05. Well done, Alice, and we look forward to hearing about the study’s results!

And with that, here’s hoping your year kicks off to a great start, ’04s, and please feel free to share any updates you have along the way. Stay warm and talk soon!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! With fall around the corner, let me first say that I hope you all have had a wonderful summer. While pool days, summer Fridays, and lots of sunshine are hard to say goodbye to, fall brings its own joys, such as pumpkin spice everything (I’m sure I cannot be the only fan!) and life transitions. Fortunately, our classmates have excelled in the past couple of months in embracing the change that can come with fall, and I am excited to share their updates here.

First, cheers to Garrett Jones and his wife, Nadia, as they recently welcomed twin daughters to this world, Maia and Lucie! Garrett and family have settled in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so please drop him a line if you are passing through the Research Triangle.

Let’s also give a rouse for Sam Valverde who was appointed acting president of Ginnie Mae in May of this year. Ginnie Mae is a $2.5 trillion corporation wholly owned by the federal government and dedicated to supporting affordable access to homeownership opportunities nationwide, with a special emphasis on first-time homeowners and historically underserved communities.

Congratulations as well to Snowden Wright,who recently published his third novel, The Queen City Detective Agency, through HarperCollins.

I am excited also to share Jessica Van Garsse has been a meditation coach for the last eight years and a life coach for the last few. In her work, Jessica combines the power of meditation and mindfulness with coaching and therapeutic tools to help people make the necessary changes so they can be truly happy, fulfilled, and free. Jessica never imagined she would be teaching people to meditate for a living and has now taught more than a thousand people! We too must raise a glass to Jessica because she will soon be certified through the International Coaching Federation. Well done!

Additionally, Lisa Salzer shared that she has a new nationally distributed fine jewelry line with Jared Jewelers called Charm’d by Lulu Frost. It is a collection of clippable charms and chains that symbolize one’s personal stories and lives. Lisa has now been in business for 20 years and credited Dartmouth for her start, as it was her Dartmouth friends who bought handmade belts, T-shirts, and jewelry during our time in school. The early support truly has meant the world to her, and a big round of applause, Lisa, from your classmates!

Finally, I want to close with a poem, “Our Dartmouth,” submitted by Yan Somoza. Until the next time, ’04s!

Our Dartmouth isn’t just composed

Of the books of Baker Library

Or the bricks of Dartmouth Hall

It also exists in the smile of an old friend

Their warm embrace after many years gone

by

My Dartmouth is a place of brick and stone

But also of people

Of laughter

Of tears of triumph, joy, and sometimes

sorrow

It lives in our hearts and minds

Though the girdled earth we roam

And fills us with gratitude

That we have been

And will always be

At least a small part

Of this epic experience called Dartmouth.

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy almost 20th reunion! I hope you are all getting prepared for our upcoming return to Dartmouth.

While graduation does not quite feel like yesterday, it is hard to believe it has been 20 years since we crossed the stage to receive our diplomas. And even though we may be a little different today than we were back then, here’s hoping our love for Dartmouth has not changed since graduation day.

In anticipation of seeing each other soon, I am happy to share some good news from our classmates.

Congratulations are in order for Joanna Giordano and her family as she recently welcomed her second child on January 30 of this year!

A glass must also be raised for Steven Zyck, who tied the knot this past October in York, Maine. Alumni in attendance included Chelsea (Lane Miller) Colwyn, Eleanor (Alexander) Kemp, Matt Kemp, David Eckels, William Raynolds, and Lauren Hendrickson. I understand amazing food and company were enjoyed by all!

With that good news, I look forward to seeing many of you soon. And here’s to a wonderful start to summer for us all!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. I know I’m raising a glass in anticipation that 2024 is your best year yet. Time moves so fast these days, so in the midst of celebration, I also hope you were able to reflect on the year past and the year ahead. One thing you must pencil in for this year is our 20th reunion! It’s hard to believe it’s almost been two decades since we graduated, so all the more reason to come back and visit the College on the Hill. And to help put us in the reunion mood, I am pleased to share the first class updates of the new year.

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts shared that this past August she, Matt Burgess, and Jayson Remmelts met up in Minneapolis and attended the Minnesota State Fair. And this past September she, Carly (O’Connell) Abrahamson, Clare Gupta, Rachel (Holmes) Kelly, and Laura (Delaney) Nichol visited Robin (Deliso) Woodcock in Portland, Maine, for a mini-reunion.

Similarly, Caryn Karo, Rachel (Ringel) Lukoff, Gillian Morshedi, Kacie (Meager) Winterberg, and Lauren Wondolowski gathered in Nashville for a few days of fun, food, and reconnecting. It was the first time the whole group had been together in seven years! I hear the trip was a blast, and they are looking forward to being together again at the reunion in June.

I appreciate all of these ’04s for getting an early start on celebrating our upcoming 20th reunion and hope you had a wonderful time reconnecting!

On a more somber note, I am sad to announce that Philip David Leaman passed away on August 24, 2023, in Novi, Michigan. At the time of his passing Philip had an illustrious career in videography, culminating in his ownership of Standard Joy Productions. His many achievements in the field include collaborations with Martha Stewart, Sarah Carey, and Emeril Lagasse; filmed interviews with Henry Kissinger and Alan Alda; numerous celebrity videos in partnership with GQ Magazine, including Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony; several indy music videos, and award-winning submissions to the Copenhagen Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and other notable film festivals. Beyond his professional life Philip was an individual of many interests and hobbies, such as immersing himself in a wide spectrum of literature and film. For “kicks,” Philip enjoyed playing soccer with his two nephews and would never miss an opportunity for a game of chess. Surviving Philip are his parents, Larry and Cindy; siblings Stephanie, Patrick, and Peter and their spouses; several nieces and nephews; and multiple other family members and close friends. Philip’s inspirational spirit will forever be remembered by those whose lives he touched.

Recognizing that time waits for no one, as we begin the new year and with reunion in six months, let’s all take some time to reconnect with Dartmouth friends near and far in the coming weeks ahead. I also know I am looking forward to seeing all of you at dear old Dartmouth in June. Have a wonderful start to your new year, ’04s, and talk soon!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope this note finds you in good spirits and relaxed after a lovely summer season. As we begin to turn our focus to the fall and what may be a period of reset and refocus for some, I am pleased to share some updates from our classmates who recently experienced their own transitions.

Paul Marino shared that he recently finished construction on a new home in Newmarket, New Hampshire, and is continuing his studies through the University of New Hampshire’s creative nonfiction writing master’s program. He is hoping to release an entertaining comedy in the next couple of years, so please stay tuned! And for those classmates in New Hampshire’s Great Bay area, please check out Paul’s chess club on Sunday nights at the historic Stone Church music venue in Newmarket.

Congratulations also are in order for Anne Peick and her family, as they welcomed second daughter, Nora, to the family on Mother’s Day. Nora joins big sister Hannah on what I am sure will be a fabulous adventure! Anne is hoping to take her husband (a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy) and daughters to Hanover soon to visit Dartmouth and take in its beauty. Here’s hoping you can get up there this fall, Anne, as, in my humble opinion, Dartmouth is at its best then.

And with those updates, I wish you all a wonderful fall. And while I am sure it’s hard to believe we are only a few months away from the end of this year, at least that means that our 20th reunion is just around the corner! Until we can properly catch up in Hanover, don’t forget to continue to send in those updates and look forward to speaking with you soon. Be well, ’04s!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope your spring season is off to a wonderful start! With summer right around the corner, here’s hoping you have some exciting travel plans on the horizon that take full advantage of the longer days and warmer nights. Recognizing that many of us will now be spending more time outside than inside, I will keep this note short and sweet.

Blair Dickinson shared that she, Jaclyn Harper, Jess Leinwand, Elizabeth Sislen recently had a great reunion weekend along with all of their husbands (including Sam Stein) and nice kids. They met up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and indulged in all of the chocolate and had lots of time to reminisce. After this trip there is no question that this group definitely is looking forward to our 20-year reunion next year!

Kristin Burdge wanted to share that as our class VP, she is reporting for roll call! She has had lots of adventures since last reunion: moved to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, in 2021 (you are welcome to come stay in her guestroom!), teaching yoga and coaching self-leadership skills in her free time, and serving the substance use and trauma recovery community by leading the clinical team at The Foundry. Through her work, Kristin forges new lives by pushing the envelope on what high-quality, evidence-based treatment can be offered at an insurance cost point. Kristin also expressed how she cannot wait to see all of us at our reunion next year!

Have a great start to summer, ’04s, and looking forward to connecting in a couple of months! Do not forget to share any updates that happen during your summer adventures. And one last thing: Let the one-year countdown to our 20th reunion begin! This time next year I hope to see many of you in Hanover.

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year—2023, can you believe it? While I have no doubt this new year will bring us plenty of surprises and unexpected twists and turns, I also hope it delivers wonderful moments that lead to lifelong memories. And I cannot think of a better way to start the new year than taking a trip down memory lane and catching up with some old friends along the way.

To kick us off, I am happy to share that Curtis Leitner has joined McCarter & English as a partner in its business litigation practice in New York City. Curtis’ practice focuses on complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters. Curtis has extensive experiencehandling complex commercial disputes, including matters concerning acquisitions, capital raises, commercial leases, broker agreements, and employment contracts. In addition, he has represented individuals and corporate clients in diverse matters such as professional liability, insider trading, fraud, and business crimes. Congratulations, Curtis, and best of luck!

A round of applause is also in order for Jennifer Carlson,who is one of the 25 scholars recently named 2022 MacArthur fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards the fellowships annually to individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their pursuits. Jennifer is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and her work examines the politics of guns in American life. Through research with gun owners, gun sellers, law enforcement, gun violence survivors, and state licensing bodies, Jennifer investigates the forces that shape gun culture in the United States. A toast to you, Jennifer!

I am also excited to report that Aimee Barnes recently celebrated some major life milestones: four years since her cancer diagnosis and the birth of daughter Portia; three years since starting her climate change-focused consulting business, Hua Nani Partners; two years since moving to Hawaii; and almost a year of serving as the Oahu representative on the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources. In addition, Aimee shared that during the summer she got together in Montana for a multi-family vacation and retreat with many Rockapellas alumni, including Emily Copeland, Jocelyn Leavitt ’01, Stevie Nichols ’02, Christina Hoe ’02, Emily Quetone Khan ’02, Paula Wotherspoon ’03, Anna Rathbun ’05, Juliana Lisi ’05, Liz Hensley ’05, and Tarunya Govindarajan ’06. Wonderful news all the way around, Aimee!

Suhail Ahmed wrote to say that he is currently a master of social work student at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He started this past fall and is enjoying going to Buckeye football games, exploring different restaurants around Columbus, and staying active walking on the many trails that the Columbus Metro Parks have to offer. This activity certainly helped this past summer, when Suhail went up to Traverse City, Michigan, with his niece and nephew and hiked the sand dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. I understand this was an incredible experience to say the least, and bravo, Suhail!

Finally, to the class, all the best in this new year! Please remember to share all those adventures and life updates to come and look forward to connecting in the spring.

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy fall! I hope this note finds you well and that you were able to get a little rest and relaxation in during the summer months. For some of us, I know the leaves are slowly starting to turn and the days are beginning to feel a little shorter. And with this change of season comes the mad dash to complete our to do lists before the holidays take over. In the midst of this, here’s hoping you can spare a few minutes to sit down and read about the wonderful developments in our classmates’ lives.

First up, this past March Savina Rizova, now the global head of research for Dimensional Fund Advisors, was named to Barron’s list of “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance.” The 2022 honorees were chosen by a panel of writers and editors that considered hundreds of nominations. The women were selected for their achievements, leadership, and influence within their own organizations and beyond, as well as for their potential to shape the financial world of the future. Well done, Savina, and congratulations!

Congratulations are also in order for Tsering (Kheyap) Cornell, who was appointed by Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee this past May to serve as a judge on the Clark County Superior Court. Tsering’s swearing in ceremony took place on July 1. I hope it was a lovely day and cheers to you!

Ashley McCaughan is also celebrating as this year marks the four-year anniversary of her veterinary hospital, Marina Village Veterinary, located in Alameda, California. Even better, her hospital has managed to successfully weather Covid-19 fluctuations in staffing and mask mandates!

Additionally, I wanted to share that Christina Palmer is living in Colorado these days with her husband and four children and is working for a virtual health startup, Galileo, which is growing the virtual primary care space.

Let’s also toast Miguella Mark-Carew who welcomed her first child, Zana Isabel, into the world this past April. I am happy to share that mom, dad, and Zana are all doing well!

Last but not least, I am pleased to report that Michael Newton and his wife, Anne, continue to live in Portland, Oregon, with their two kids, Eleanor (8) and Peter (6). Michael and Anne both work at Nike, so they remain deeply embedded in the swoosh life. Michael has been leading Nike’s digital product creation team for the last few years, where he is responsible for driving the digital transformation for how Nike designs, develops, and merchandises its footwear, apparel, and accessories. He has also led a few digital studios that contribute to the product creation process itself. He was most excited to share that he and Anne both took sabbaticals this summer, so they were able to spend the season having lots of great adventures and family time. 

Thanks to all for sharing your exciting news and please continue sending in those updates as we all want to hear from you! Until the next time, ’04s, be well.

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope that this note finds you well and that spring has sprung in your part of the world. We may have lost an hour, but here’s hoping we are gaining a little more pre-pandemic normalcy as restrictions have eased in many places. And as we bask in the better weather and begin to welcome the 2022 summer solstice, I am excited to share some good news from our classmates.

Chien-Wen Kung recently published the book, Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s-1970s. This book details how the Chinese in the Philippines became Southeast Asia’s most ardent overseas Chinese supporters of the Chinese Nationalist Party from the 1950s to 1970s. Well done, Chien-Wen, and keep up the great work!

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts, who is a curator at the Guggenheim Museum, also has a new book and show at the museum titled, Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle. Vasily Kandinsky is recognized as a major artistic innovator and painting theorist, and this show explores his work in reverse chronological order, starting with his late-life paintings and proceeding upward along the Guggenheim’s spiral ramp. The show is on view until September, so definitely check it out if you are in New York City or plan to visit soon. And congratulations, Megan!

I also wanted to share that if you are looking to get back to your Dartmouth roots, your search is over! Your ’04 class officers are looking for a creative director who will manage our web and social presence, a diversity and inclusion chair who will shape inclusive classwide outreach and advocacy, and an alumni representative who will serve as our delegate on the Alumni Council. If you’re interested, email dartmouthclassof2004@gmail.com. As a final reminder, please continue to send in your updates! Your classmates near and far would love to hear from you. With that, I bid you adieu, ’04s, and wish you a very happy and warm start to your summer!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy New Year and welcome to 2022! The last couple of years have brought us so many unexpected twists and turns, so it is hard to predict what is in the forecast for this year. But I know many of us recently turned or will turn 40 this year, so I do hope this next decade is our best one yet and brings us countless happiness and joy. And whatever your resolutions are, please add to your list a commitment to continue to stay in touch with your classmates! One thing that has helped many of us stay reasonably sane these last two years is the ability to connect with friends near and far, so keep those updates coming. To make sure we start off the new year on the right foot, I am pleased to share the following updates with you.

Bartow J. Elmore, who is an environmental and business history professor at Ohio State University, recently released a new book titled, Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future. This is Bart’s second book and is the definitive history of Monsanto, a St. Louis, Missouri, chemical firm that became the world’s largest genetically engineered seed enterprise with an outsized influence over our food system. Congratulations, Bart!

Anna (Fleder) Connolly wrote to say that she and her husband, J.P. Connolly, recently moved back to the Dartmouth area and are now living in Norwich, Vermont. Welcome back, Anna and J.P.!

Oliver Caplan wrote to say that he released his latest album this past fall, Watershed. The album was conceived as a love letter to his home state of Massachusetts, and each piece is inspired by one of his favorite walks in nature. Bravo, Oliver!

“Bucky,” a.k.a. Catherine (Buck) Le, shared that after spending seven years running the biggest and best Krav Maga gym in the Pacific Northwest, she and her husband, Chau, decided to close their gym, sell their house in Seattle, move to the country (Stanwood, Washington), and launch an online strength and self-defense business. After a lovely trip to Maui, Hawaii, last September, followed by an epic fall camping trip in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, they are finally home and working on building their dream garage gym. If you are ever north of Seattle, please stop by for a workout! And if you want to learn how to get strong with kettlebells, just search for “Cat & Chau” on YouTube. Bucky and Chau are also working on figuring out that #digitalnomad life, so tips from other digital entrepreneurs are welcome!

As a point of personal privilege, I want to announce that I recently started a new position with the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, serving as a counsel on its communications and technology subcommittee. This is my first time working on the Hill, and I am looking forward to this next step in my career.

And lastly, a call for help. Is your New Year’s resolution to volunteer more or reconnect with old friends? Look no further! Your ’04 class officers are looking for a creative director who will manage our web and social presence and a diversity and inclusion chair who will shape inclusive class-wide outreach and advocacy. If you’re interested, email dartmouthclassof2004@gmail.com.

Stay warm this winter, ’04s, and look forward to catching up closer to the spring!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy fall! I hope you all have recovered from your hot vax summer and are looking forward to transitioning to your pre-Covid or post-Covid normalcy. You take your pick! Fall by its nature delivers its own transitions, and I, for one, am grateful for the cooler temperatures it brings to Washington, D.C. It also serves as a great time to touch base with ’04s near and far with Homecoming around the corner and all the wonderful memories that special occasion offers. With all of this in mind, let me kickoff this new season by sharing a few updates about our classmates.

Let’s all give a rouse for Kiva R. Wilson, who was the keynote speaker at Dartmouth’s baccalaureate virtual service a few months ago. This event was a multifaith celebration that featured student reflections, music of the Rockapellas, and Kiva’s keynote. Kiva’s currently the senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at Material, a modern marketing services company. Kiva’s keynote was titled “Remember Who You Are,” and it can be viewed at students.dartmouth.edu/tucker/events/special-events/baccalaureate.

I also wanted to extend congratulations to Sheila Hicks-Rotella, who recently moderated an event hosted by the Women of Dartmouth that featured Torrey Peters, Adv’13, who recently wrote the book, Detransition, Baby.

I am also happy to share that Abiel Acosta recently wrote a professional opinion piece titled “Some Good Things Never Last: Today’s Low Tax Rates Can Lead to Wealth Gains for Tomorrow.” This article was published in the Spring Economic Forecast section of the Pacific Coast Business Times newspaper. As founder and president of Acosta Wealth Management in Oxnard, California, Abiel presented readers his informed insight on the state of the tax rates and the conditions that will allow those most affected to thrive as sociopolitical and public health conditions rapidly undergo change.

Finally, I wanted to share that Anne Peick got married in Lander, Wyoming, last summer in a tiny backyard ceremony on a gorgeous July day. Unfortunately, Covid-19 prevented her and her husband, Casey DeMunck, from having a larger gathering. Nevertheless, Anne and Casey are doing well and had their first child (a girl) this past summer. Anne is currently in Tampa as is Casey, who is an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and recently received orders to MacDill Air Force Base. Anne would love to connect with any Dartmouth alums in the Tampa area! Adding to the great news, Anne will be starting a master’s program at Duke in January to become a family nurse practitioner. Congratulations all around, Anne!

Please continue to stay well, ’04s, and do not forget to send those updates! Until the next time, I hope this new season finds you all easing back into your normal routines while continuing to spend time outside enjoying the beautiful sights fall foliage brings.

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! With the beginning of summer on the horizon, I am hoping that many of us are starting to feel optimistic that the warmer weather in combination with the Covid-19 vaccines will allow the country to open up more and more each day. And so, before you race off on those vacations and general life plans that have been put on hold for the last year, I want to share with you some updates from our classmates.

John Buckholz reports that he is a proud dad of two children—one who will turn 10 this year and the other 7—and is working for Replica, a data analytics startup. When he was visiting Hanover late last year with his children, he reveled in the fact that they are both much closer to being college-aged than he is. And if Covid-19 permits, he plans to visit Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming this summer.

Daniel Kay shared that he and Cameron Nienaber are living in Brooklyn and that Cam is doing great work on the Covid-19 front lines as medical director of the family medicine practice at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York.

Finally, I want to extend a heartfelt congratulations to Robert Kim, who was recently a contestant on Jeopardy! He did an outstanding job representing the ’04s!

Please continue to send those updates, and I hope you have a wonderful start to your summer. Fingers crossed we will be spending more time outside our homes than inside this time around!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Happy new year! While I am guessing the holidays this year were a little different than in recent memory, I still hope you were able to spend some quality time with family and friends, even if that occurred over Zoom, FaceTime, or some other video platform. As we begin to embark on 2021, I will skip over discussing resolutions and simply wish for all of us a year that brings a return to a little more normalcy, joy, and peace. And to help usher us into a new year, I am happy to report the following.

Kimmy Paluch along with her partner, Sergio Paluch ’02, have founded Beta Boom, a venture academy unlocking the $4-trillion-plus opportunity of overlooked female and multicultural entrepreneurs. In addition to investing monetary capital, Beta Boom also invests in human capital through its intensive six-month program focused on product, marketing, and fundraising. Recently, Kimmy and Sergio launched a new program for Black female business owners in Utah.

Sara Glazer and husband Sean Heikkila ’02 welcomed Cole to the family in November 2019. Big brother Griffin is skeptical but adjusting to his new role!

Clare Gupta and husband Drew Myers, Tu’14, welcomed their third child, Aidan Parker Myers, into the family last February. Aidan is already very self-aware, as he had the good sense to arrive before the Covid-19 lockdown in San Francisco. Clare and family are looking forward to the next in-person reunion so that Aidan can meet some of the other Dartmouth babies born during the pandemic.

On a sad note, I am very sorry to say that our class lost Ricardo R. Lalonde this past year. He died September 18, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. His family will always remember him as an ever-warm, calm, patient, and kind individual. He is survived by his parents, Dr. Daniel Lalonde Jr. and Mercedes Lalonde, younger brothers Josh Lalonde and Dr. Christian Lalonde, his cat, Felix, as well as several other family members.

Continue to stay healthy and well this winter, ’04s, and I will talk to you in the spring!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope everyone continues to be physically and mentally healthy and safe during these very trying times in our nation’s history. From the Covid-19 pandemic to the continuing racial injustices we have all witnessed in these last few months, 2020 has not been for the faint of heart. But even in the most difficult of times, there is always hope and room to acknowledge those who are on the frontlines fighting to make the world a better place for all of us. So I want to take this opportunity to celebrate our ’04 heroes by sharing some of their stories below. Thank you for all that you are doing and do not forget that your classmates and the rest of the world are here cheering you on!

Rachel Bender Ignacio, assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Washington Medical School and the director of the university’s clinical AIDS trials, has been running the UW/Novartis study of hydroxychloroquine as a Covid-19 treatment—a badly needed, full-scale clinical trial.

Heather Tanana is the founder of the Indian law section of the Utah bar. Recently, she helped launch Utah Tribal Covid-19 Relief in partnership with various state agencies and other organizations to help Utah’s eight tribes during the pandemic. You can learn more and support her efforts at http://indianlaw.utahbar.org/covid-19-tribal-relief-fund.html.

Hemant Joshi is an anesthesiologist in Boston. He shares, “It’s tough taking care of these folks (intubating, putting in intravenous lines, etc.) in hot, space-suit-like contraptions while also not infecting or contaminating myself or my family when I leave the hospital. Unfortunately, I have realized I am the last face some patients see or voice they hear before they pass away, so that’s a heavy burden. I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to take care of these patients and also fortunate to have my job and health during these times, as there are many folks in much tougher situations.”

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, the company founded by Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus and his dad, offered its Danbury, Connecticut, factory as an emergency overflow hospital space, though thankfully, it has not been needed. They also created a respirator mask that can be made using a full-face snorkeling mask.

Ben Wade is the senior vice president of strategy and marketing at Stamford Health, helping to lead the hospital’s response in a coronavirus hotspot.

The owner of Flower City Psychiatry, Allison Giordano is continuing to work with her child and adolescent patients using telemedicine.

Yan Somoza is a clinical psychologist with the Desert AIDS Project in Palm Springs, California. As one of the leaders in medical treatment in the areas, the Desert AIDS Project has stayed open during the pandemic to provide Covid-19 diagnoses. It has also expanded its behavioral health services, so, in addition to his usual patients, Yan is caring for frontline medical staff, patients impacted by a diagnosis of Covid-19, and the community at large.

Janos Marton is a civil rights lawyer and candidate for Manhattan district attorney living in New York City. Janos has been involved with the criminal justice movement there for many years and during these challenging months of protest has been in steady communication with elected officials, Black Lives Matter activists, and other community members trying to forward constructive changes.

Andy Foery is a speech-language pathologist in the Boston metro area. He works in nursing homes that have been utterly devastated by Covid-19. Now that the initial wave has passed in the region, he is focused on helping surviving residents recover any abilities that were lost during that time.

To all of my ’04s, continue to stay safe and be well!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! Spring showers have resulted not only in beautiful flowers, but also a bouquet of class updates.

First up, Oliver Caplan was recently selected as an honored artist of the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts along with eight musicians and ensembles. The American Prize is the nation’s most comprehensive series of nonprofit competitions in the performing arts, unique in scope and structure, designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles, and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings.

I am also pleased to announce that Hemant Joshi got married in September 2019. In attendance were Bartow Elmore, Kristian Lau, Joe Thistle, and Kyle Hatridge. My understanding from Hemant and his wife, Tracy, is that the wedding was a blast and the Dartmouth alums represented the school well on the dance floor. Hemant and Tracy are now alternating between living in Boston, where Hemant is an anesthesiologist and critical care intensivist and Tracy is a nurse practitioner, and in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, which they escape to as much as they can. A little birdie told me they would welcome a visit from any alums passing through the area!

Maaza and Reggie Martin are happy to report that Maaza has started a new job at a pharma startup company, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, as its director of marketing. As she moves into this new role, she would welcome any advice from other alums who have worked in pharma startups. Reggie also recently received a promotion at Amazon and is now managing a team working on new Alexa products. The happy couple is also excited to report that their second child turned 5 years old in March. How time flies!

Ashley McCaughan is excited to share that her startup veterinary hospital turned 2 at the end of February.

Tate LeFevre and Chris Plehal are pleased to announce the birth of their first child, Oberon “Obie” Bennett LeFevre-Plehal who was born on February 11. Tate and Chris currently live in Philadelphia, where Tate is a professor of anthropology at Franklin & Marshall College and Chris is a group creative director at the advertising agency RTO+P.

Eleanor and Matt Kemp are thrilled to share that they welcomed their third child, Ewen, into the world in January.

Congratulations are also in order for Jennie Savoca, who was married to Mitch Braverman in September 2019. There were a number of our classmates in attendance, including Eleanor (Alexander) Kemp, David Eckles, James Klaas, Philip Taber, and Lauren Hendrickson.

There are obviously a lot of exciting developments happening with ’04s, so please keep those updates coming! But for now, as the cartoons used to say, that’s all folks!

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Hi, ’04s! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and happy New Year’s! As we toast to this year, I hope these coming months bring you new adventures, loads of fun, and great moments to share.

Along these lines, I am pleased to say that our classmate Steve Zyck is forging a new path. In 2018 he left his work advising international humanitarian agencies after 15 years and is now operating a small drink mix business called Wood Stove Kitchen, based in New Hampshire. His company’s Mulling Syrup, which is used in making mulled wine and cider, is being named one of the “Top 10 New England-made food products by Yankee Magazine. Congratulations, Steve, and wishing you much success in this coming year!

And in this new year, please continue to send your updates. It is truly a pleasure to announce your good news with both our classmates and the larger Dartmouth community. Last but not least, while New Year’s resolutions are not always easy to abide by, for 2020 let’s resolve in this new decade to remember the impeccable advice of Dr. Seuss, who once wrote: “Life’s too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forgive the ones who don’t, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.”

—Johanna Thomas, 14 Logan Circle, NW, Washington, DC 2005; johannarthomas@gmail.com

Lots of happenings in the ’04 class, so let’s dive in….

Ashley Massey Marks married Joshua Grant Marks ’96 at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown, New York, on November 11. Josh is in his 24th year as the College bagpiper and piped the ’04 graduation! Alumni who attended the wedding included Ron Silverman ’69, Josh Graubart ’96, Maggie Chang ’96, Zack Stein ’96, Larisa Layug Sion ’96, Kay Lachica ’96, Ingrid Swanson Moss, Judith Phillips Dolgin, Joanna Lins Van Beek, Julia Reeve, Rebecca Ehrlichman Blume, Erica Finsness, Hillary Bakker Barile, Jen Miller, Sara Cavin, Megan Shute Bullock, Anna Fleder Connelly, Jeremiah Connelly, Margaret Graham, Valerie Silverman Gottlieb, and Zach Gottlieb ’10.

Rachel Lukoff and her husband, Ari Lukoff, welcomed their daughter, Lilah Maribel Lukoff, on April 27! Lauren Wondolowski had her son, Colin Stewart Bajuniemi, on April 20 with husband Matthew Bajuniemi. Adriana Nunez had her son, Oscar Rafael Henry, on April 29 with husband Mark Henry.

Ellie Smith, along with her husband, Eric Wiener, and their daughter, Evie, moved from Washington, D.C., to Ellie’s hometown of Berkeley, California, last year. Ellie kept her job working as a fact checker for The Atlantic magazine (where she has worked since a year after graduation!), and in March Ellie and Eric welcomed a second daughter, named Kate.

Kathy (Birchall) Gardner and Charlie Gardner welcomed the newest member of their family, Henry Jeremiah, in December 2018.

Julie Webb and Laura J. Christman ’02 welcomed a baby girl, Emerson Baker, on April 26. Big brother Brooks is appropriately skeptical, but they’re sure he’ll come around.

On June 14 Lavinia Weizel and her husband, Mark Dantos, welcomed their first child into the world, Zella Ward Dantos. They are all doing well and thrilled with their new arrival!

Nicholas Rule was recently promoted to professor in the psychology department at the University of Toronto.

Yan Somoza was recently awarded a grant from Gilead Pharmaceuticals to develop a methamphetamine treatment program for HIV-positive men in Palm Springs, California. Also, Yan has taken a position at Easy Speech Therapy Center in Palm Desert as clinical director of psychology to grow the department and assess and treat behavioral and developmental disorders, with a special emphasis on the autism spectrum.

Megan (Fontanella) Remmelts has joined the board of advisors at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum of Art. The Hood recently reopened following a major renovation and expansion project.

And so ends my five-year reign as secretary. Thanks for always keeping this column full with updates. I am tossing the baton (laptop?) over to Johanna Thomas, who will serve as the next class secretary for the class of 2004. Please send all future updates in her direction!

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Our reunion is just two months away! Please check out the class website and Facebook pages for key updates, and as always, please reach out to class officers if you’d like to help with any components of planning.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

As part of the College’s celebration of its 250th anniversary, the Hopkins Center commissioned composer Oliver Caplan to write a major symphony in four movements, each inspired by a beloved Dartmouth place. Congratulations, Oliver!

Untangling Emotions, a new book by Alasdair Groves, was released in March. Check it out!

Julie Mumford and her daughters (ages 2 and 4) finally moved back to Portland, Oregon. Julie started a new gig at Nike. Luckily, Susan Napier made the move a breeze by doing her best Marie Kondo impersonation at Julie’s Seattle house.

Daniel Olson and his wife, Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09, welcomed their second child, August Ray Ohz, on August 25, 2018.

Mark Orsini and husband Joe Benarroch welcomed daughter Marie Elizabeth on February 17! She came bursting into the world early with eyes wide open. They are so thankful to their carrier, who will forever be part of the family.

Rob Strong and his fiancée, Haynes, will be getting married at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge in August. Haynes works in Hanover for Strava, a social network app for athletes, and Rob is a freelance photographer around the area. The couple lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Ashley Massey married Josh Marks ’96 in November in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Tarrytown, New York, surrounded by family, friends, and loads of Dartmouth classmates!

After residency and fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, Amanda Posner is now full-time faculty in the department of pediatrics. Amanda is also on the board of Bay Area Young Survivors, a support group for women diagnosed with breast cancer of any stage below the age of 45. If anyone in the area needs help with a recent breast cancer diagnosis, please reach out at baysnet.org. Amanda also serves as a mentor to women newly diagnosed with cancer all over the country. Amanda lives with her husband, Ben Neumann, in San Francisco and is happy to work in the same department as Pete Cooch ’07, Emily Frank ’08, and her officemate Meredith Laguna ’08.

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Our reunion is just six months away! Please reach out to class officers if you’d like to help organize the festivities.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class as we say goodbye to 2018 and hello to the new year.

Steph Annear (along with husband Chris and their sons, Gannon and Soren) spent the last four months in Vietnam with a group of college students studying abroad from Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Union College. The family of four was last in Vietnam in 2016 and all were excited to be back working on their Vietnamese and eating!

Back in June Megan Fontanella Remmelts, Jayson Remmelts, Laura Delaney Nichol, Mark Nichol, Carly O’Connell Abrahamson, Robin Deliso Woodcock (and husband Patrick), Clare Gupta (and husband Drew), and Rachel Holmes Kelly (and husband Miles) all got together in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, with their families. There were nine kids under the age of 5 in one house and everyone survived (including the house!).

Miguella Mark-Carew got married to John Fluharty in May in Tobago. The couple moved to London with their two dogs in October!

If you happened to be a recipient of an organ transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle during the month of October, you might have had three different ’04s as your physicians. Catherine (Dale) Kling is an abdominal transplant surgeon who requested infectious disease consultations from Alex Lankowski, a senior fellow in infectious diseases working with Rachel Bender Ignacio, an assistant professor and attending physician on the Transplant Infectious Diseases service. Because the world is incredibly small, Rachel and Alex also collaborate in HIV research and recently worked in Peru together. Alex also belatedly reports that he got married to a lovely woman named Shaadi and they had a baby (Inez Louise Lankowski-Baylor, born December 11, 2017). He says that both married life and fatherhood have been a dream so far.

Snowden Wright’s novel American Pop will be published by HarperCollins on February 5. Congratulations, Snowden!

Tristan Perry and his wife, Sarah, had their first baby in June: a boy named Bridger Dean Schindler Perry! Jacyln Stife also had her first baby, Dean Michael Sullivan, on May 3, 2018!

Keep the updates coming, and have a great start to 2019!

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

In just 10 months we’ll all be showing off our gray hairs at our 15-year reunion! Speaking of colors, have you been dreaming of green lately? Longing for your days amidst the granite of New Hampshire? If so, perhaps you’d like to help with the planning for our reunion. If you are interested in this or would like to learn more about being a class officer for the next term, please reach out to me or any of our current class officers. We’d love to get more ’04s involved as we ramp up to reunion and plan for the next five years.

Here are a few updates from our awesome class.

Eileen Carey was recently appointed the director of U.S. Paralympics Nordic Skiing! Go, Eileen!

Rebecca Aledort Ryan and her husband, Dan, welcomed a baby boy, Benjamin Edward, to the world on October 13, 2017. Rebecca met up with Julia Brant, Sohwon Cha, Lauren Kingsley Dunn, Cindy Lin, Katie Walters Marenna, and Christina Poulsen in Las Vegas for a reunion last year. They had a great time lounging by the pool, eating great food, and catching up. It was the first time they were all together since graduation!

Nick Danoff recently relocated with his wife, Carol, and daughter Jordan from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he will be living in Oakland and working for Facebook in a brand research and strategy role. Nick writes, “For those in the Bay Area, please do reach out. I look forward to connecting soon! And for those in Chicago, we’ll miss you. Thank you for a fantastic six years!”

Seth Eaton and his wife, Lynsey, welcomed their second child, William Jack Eaton, on March 7. Seth and Lynsey, along with their 2-year-old daughter, Edie, celebrated the birth of Will one day shy of their 10-year wedding anniversary!

On February 27 Patrick Dowling and his wife, Toby, welcomed Calvin Patrick Dowling to the world. Since that time Cal has been loved ever so tenaciously by his 5-year-old big brother, William.

Reena Dutta, a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP, was recently elected as a director of the bar association of Erie County, New York, for a three-year term. Congratulations, Reena! Keep the updates coming, and have a great autumn.

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope you are having a great spring! Everyone is doing so much with their lives, and I think that’s great. Right now, I’m sitting on my couch with my little dog Cadbury and wife Kristen at my side. We just watched an episode of This Is Us. While I did, of course, cry, I am now collecting myself to type these updates. Here goes!

Allison (Swindell) Guzman and her husband, Pedro, welcomed their first baby, Marina Pearl, on October 8, 2017. Allison writes, “We’re eagerly waiting for summer here in Chicago. In the meantime, we’ve visited several museums together, including the Art Institute of Chicago, where I work in corporate relations.”

Laura Thompson got married on September 22 to Greg Parker (Princeton ’03) in Lake Tahoe, California. The couple had a wonderful Dartmouth contingent, including many members of our class: Danielle Polebaum, Chelsea Morgan Epstein, Adrienne Draper Olson, Brittany Copenhaver Dobi, Laura Schleicher Tormey, Janet Light, Emily Graham Teeter, Lindsay Sheffield Turner, Lea Kiefer, Stephanie Feldman Annear and Rob Bialas. Other Dartmouth alumni at the party included Eben Tormey ’03, Will Heisinger ’02, Brooke Purcell ’01, Debra Brodsky Shigley ’01 and Erich Shigley ’99.

Ben Wade recently started as the senior vice president of strategy and marketing at Stamford Health, which is the largest health system in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and based in Ben’s hometown. Ben is still living in New York City!

Katie Yarger and Fred Yarger welcomed Walter Neils Yarger on January 30. His big brothers, Jack and Charlie, are over the moon.

Keep the updates coming!

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Thanks for taking a break from reflecting on 2017 and setting goals for the new year ahead to read this column!

Leigh Vicens and her husband, George Loginov, welcomed their baby Nina to the world in September. Two-year-old Alexi is happy to have a little sister! The family lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where Leigh is a professor of philosophy at Augustana University.

Juventas New Music Ensemble recently appointed Oliver Caplan as its new artistic director. Also, his album You Are Not Alone was released earlier in December.

Carly Abrahamson and her husband, Erik, welcomed their second baby girl in October. Taylor joined big sister Perry and all are settling into life as a family of four in Denver.

Suzanne Larimore Wahl and Dan Wahl are doing well in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they live with Helen (age 6), Jane (age 3) and a daughter-to-be-named-later (coming this spring). Suzanne is a partner at the law firm Schiff Hardin, where she specializes in antitrust law. Dan is a radiation oncologist at the University of Michigan, where he runs a research laboratory and treats patients with brain tumors. Please drop them a line if you are coming through Ann Arbor!

Colin Murray reports that after 13 years he is still owed a chocolatini at Jesse’s steakhouse from classmate Cliff Campbell. Cliff neglected to report this in a column earlier this year, but is righting this wrong now.

Alex Talcott is keeping busy teaching finance and business law classes at Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, working with a financial planning service in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and working with an estate planning and elder law firm she affiliated with last year. The firm is expanding to Exeter and has offices in New York as well! Kristin (Steinert) Talcott teaches graduate social work virtually for Simmons College. Kristin and Alex were recently in Hanover for Homecoming with their 6-month-old daughter Klara Willow and 3-year-old twins Miriam Jordan and Hanover “Hank” Luke. The weekend included a family 5k in Cornish, New Hampshire!

Katia Asche married Matt Rocker in 2012. She graduated from Fordham University’s School of Law in 2014 and has been practicing product liability litigation at Schiff Hardin LLP since 2015. Katia and Matt welcomed Levi Asche Rocker on March 31, 2017. The family is living in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Blair Dickinson and Ryan Schroeder (University of Pittsburgh ’05) had a baby boy, Cole Thomas, on October 24. He joins big sister Nora and can’t wait to meet his mother’s Big Green friends around the girdled earth.

Please keep the updates coming! As for me, my wife and I are enjoying our new California selves, which most recently involved dressing our dog Cadbury in flannel pajamas to simulate the winters we left behind in New York. We’re cool!

—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Hello ‘04s. I hope summer was full of travel, staycations and everything in between. Keep the updates coming!

David Horowitz is working as an assistant professor of radiation oncology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, where he directs the department’s medical student education efforts. He was also recently named associate program director of the residency training program for Columbia radiation oncology. He’s living in New Jersey with his wife, Anna Maria, and daughter Mara and he coaches kids soccer and baseball in his free time.

Julia (Payne) Ballin and her husband, Dan Bailin ’05, welcomed their second daughter, Olympia, in April. The family lives in Yarmouth, Maine, and life is wicked good! On June 17 Emily Miller married David McJunkin in Omak, Washington. Congrats!

Lisa O’Connor lives in Syracuse, New York, with her husband, Paul. The family just welcomed son Luke Benjamin in February; he joined big sister Anna, who is almost 3. Lisa is taking a break from medicine to stay home with her children!

Marina McClure recently directed a new folk musical, Tear a Root from the Earth, at the New Ohio Theatre in New York City. The play was written in part by John Bair ’06 and workshopped during two years at Dartmouth’s Vox Fest.

Christina Palmer and her husband, C.J. Willey (Northwestern ’04), are living in the Bay Area and welcomed their second son, Max, last year. They just built a tiny house and were featured on the show Tiny House Nation in June! You can read about it on their blog at AmaSierra.com and let them know if you ever want to visit! Christina is practicing primary care and recently joined a startup working on learning about our microbiome. 

Adrienne Draper Olson and her husband, Mark, recently welcomed their second little girl, Nora Lee Olson, on March 22! 

Kerri (Entin) Langer continues to run her private medical practice in Denver, and this past January she and her husband, Jonathan Langer (Williams ’04), and big brother Solomon welcomed a new baby boy, Cooper, into the world. 

After living in New York City since 2004, I (Cliff Campbell) recently made the move to Los Angeles! I am teaching high school drama with Green Dot charter schools while my wife, Kristen, continues her work in children’s television. I’d love to connect with any classmates!

Finally, the class of 2004 needs your help! Would you like to get more involved lending your talents to the class and connecting with old friends? We would love to gather names of interested alumni. Shoot me a quick email with your area of interest: mini-reunions, website design, class communication, finances, photography, etc. We’ll then use responses to spearhead some new projects for the class!

—Cliff Campbell, 10001 Venice Blvd., Apt. 215, Los Angeles, CA 90034; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2017. Below are a few happenings from the class of 2004.

Noah Shamosh and Jenny Thomas ’03 welcomed their first child into the world on December 1. His name is Asher William Shamosh. He loves Dartmouth already and can’t wait for his first visit!

Donald Wilson is pleased to report that, even though it took him a little while longer than originally anticipated (5,745 days from convocation to be exact), he finally graduated from Dartmouth in June 2016! He’s glad to be joining the rest of the class of 2004!

Yan Somoza recently moved from Los Angeles to Palm Springs, California, where he works with Borrego Medical as a clinical psychologist. He currently supervises a program that seeks to integrate behavioral health with medical treatment in order to treat patients from a more holistic perspective, reduce costs and improve overall outcomes. He feels fortunate to have found a workplace that affords him the opportunity to work with underrepresented communities while adopting cutting-edge techniques early.

Allison Tombs had an eventful 2016. After completing her M.B.A. at Columbia Business School in 2015, she cofounded a fashion technology company in New York City called Sundar. She recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend and they are getting married in 2017!

Cindy Torres is living in Billerica, Massachusetts, with her husband, Soumendra Nanda ’08 (PhD). The couple has two sets of twins: 6-year-old Lucia and Arielle and 2-year-old Priya and Diego. Cindy is currently taking a break from the work force to enjoy time with the twins! Soumendra traveled a lot this year and met up with Cristina Maacine and Angel Acevedo ’03 in Washington, D.C., as well as Ako Takakura in San Francisco.

Emily Graham Teeter welcomed Henry Graham Teeter to the world on September 7, 2016. He joins big sister Madeleine, who recently turned 2. Emily is currently working as a cardiac anesthesiologist at UNC Hospitals and would love to catch up with other alumni in the Triangle.

Taurie Wilk and her husband, Adam Steingart (George Mason ’99), welcomed their first baby, Jonah, in December 2015. It’s been a rewarding first year of parenthood!

Shannon Rogers is an assistant professor of ecological economics at Plymouth State University and recently took on the additional roles of community engagement leader of the Dartmouth toxic metals Superfund program and adjunct assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth. She lives with her husband and two young sons in Concord, New Hampshire.

Finally, Elizabeth (Bultman) Sislen and her husband, Ben, welcomed their first child, baby girl Diana Marie, to their family on November 4. Diana Marie shares the privilege to be born at Washington, D.C.’s Sibley Memorial Hospital with her father and several of her aunts and cousins. She came home in time to vote with her mom in her first election and has been charming her parents ever since.

Please send any updates my way for future columns!

—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We’re light on ’04 updates this column, so please keep the news coming for the next issue! A few happenings follow.

Abhishek Nair and his wife, Keerthi Golla, recently welcomed two new additions to their family, twin girls Aarya and Aavya. Rob Kimmit has had an eventful year as he got married, had a baby boy and passed the Virginia Bar exam.

Tom Tunguz recently published Winning with Data. Amazon tells me it’s an “expert guide to making data work for your business and your needs,” so please check it out!

I was grateful to return to Hanover in July to workshop a play with VoxFest, a festival devoted to bringing alumni-initiated theater projects to Dartmouth for a week of rehearsals and performances. The festival featured many alumni, including our very own Marina McClure.

That’s the news for this issue! Looking forward to sharing more updates in the fall.

—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to 2016. Here are some updates from the class of 2004.

Rachael (Degenshein) Lapidis and her husband, Alen, welcomed their daughter, Emmeline Adelina, on July 24, 2014; she’s now toddling around and has loved visiting with Alexia (Huffman) D’arco ’05, Adrian Accurso ’05, and Erin Accurso ’06. She hopes more friends will visit soon!

Alison Somin writes, “My daughter, Lydia, was born on June 22 of this year. All of us are doing well!”

Liz Leonard Zwillinger attended Leslie Feingart’s wedding to Tom Woo in Carmel, California. Some ’04s in attendance included Justin Silverman (he introduced the couple at his own wedding!), Geoff Vitt, Aaron Gillespie, Jay Barnard, Lindsay (Hirsch) Brown, Jess Van Garsse, Amy Benziger, Alison Bergen, Emily Pearl and Remy Wildrick.

Yan Samoza married Todd Smookler-Somoza in May. The couple had a reception in Beverly Hills, California, that was attended by friends and family, including Nela Suka. Yan also opened a clinical psychology practice in Beverly Hills and works with individuals, children and families.

Lauren Talbot writes, ”My husband, Dave, and I had our first child on May 27, 2015, Coleman Grant Sertich. And if having a newborn son didn’t shake things up enough, we moved to Massachusetts at the beginning of October after 11 years in San Francisco. I can’t wait for Coleman’s first trip to Hanover now that we’re in driving distance. I’ve got to make sure he bleeds green early so his dad’s alma mater (Princeton) never has a chance.”

Congrats to Carla Simpson, who was named the 2015 Woman of Influence in Real Estate for Real Estate Forum magazine and globest.com.

Oliver Caplan released a new EP recording, “MoonOver Appalachia,” a folk-inspired suite for solo cello. It is available on iTunes and Amazon.com.

Katie (Crawford) Yarger is married to Fred Yarger. The couple has a 3-year-old, John (“Jack”), and recently welcomed Charles (“Charlie”) on September 25, 2015. The family is living in Denver and loving it!

Jonathan Sar and Nathalie (Cohen) Sar live in Denver with their son, Lev, who was born in July 2014. In May of this year Jonathan started his own law firm, Leventhal Sar LLC, in Denver with a partner. The firm specializes in personal injury law and insurance disputes. Nathalie has a tutoring business, Alpine Prep, and does test prep and subject-specific tutoring.

Julie Webb married Laura J. Christman ’02 in Chicago on September 5, 2015. Dartmouth friends in attendance included Alex Berger ’02, Danielle Passno ’02, Kisa Brannen ’03, Charlotte Coultrap-Bagg ’03, Brad Leneis ’03, Lois Schonberger ’03, Jaime (Singley) Shatsman ’03, Susan Napier, Kerry Conway ’05 and Andrea Shute Daulaire ’05. Julie and Laura have a super spunky dog and a fantastic old house that they are slowly fixing up in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. Visitors are always welcome! In other news, Julie recently made partner at her law firm, Locke Lord LLP! She does mostly commercial litigation for financial services companies, with a focus on antitrust and class action defense.

—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com
 

So much news to report for the class of 2004!

Christina Palmer is living in the San Francisco Bay Area, working as a primary care physician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. She and her husband, C.J. Willey, welcomed a baby boy last August: Jackson “J.J.” Palmer-Willey. Elliot Olshansky and his wife,Eliza, welcomed their first child last July: Eitan Brian Zipper Olshansky. Elliot completed his M.B.A. at Fordham and is currently working at Long Island University as assistant director of communications. His novel, Robert’s Rules of Karaoke, is now available on Amazon! Gillian Morshedi hasn’t gotten married or had kids, but she did quit her law firm job a few years ago and planned three well-attended fan conventions for the TV show, Community; she’s now a staff attorney for a San Francisco-based nonprofit called HomeBase, which helps states, regions, communities and individual agencies enhance their capacity and effectiveness in addressing homelessness and reducing poverty.

Maaza (Mehzun) Martin and Reggie Martin had their second child, Kidane Curtis Martin, in March. Along with older sibling Berhane Parker Martin, the family lives in Orange County, California, where Reggie is working at Oliver Wyman in a new technology group called OW Labs and Maaza is doing marketing and advertising at Allergan Inc. Julia and Cal Newport welcomed their second son, Asa, in December. Along with big brother Max, the family lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cal is teaching computer science at Georgetown and Julia is a communications consultant for education nonprofits in Washington, D.C. Julia enjoyed celebrating Tara Kyle’s wedding to Eric Kolovson (Yale ’03) at the Guilford (Connecticut) Yacht Club, along with Mia Heetderks May and Tomoko Ogura. Dan Olson is getting married to Case Hathaway-Zepeda ’09 in August, just when this goes to print!

Mike Newton is living in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Anne, and daughter Eleanor. Mike works for Nike, where he is currently heading up advanced manufacturing work. He was lucky to recently go to Peter Sokol-Hessner’s wedding in Rhode Island, which was a great reunion of many Dartmouth folks and a beautiful weekend overall.

Tyra Olstad is currently working as a paleontology technician at Black Canyon National Park. At the end of the field season she’ll be starting a position as assistant professor of environmental sustainability studies at SUNY Oneonta. When not teaching or looking for fossils she’s busy writing; her first book, Zen of the Plains, was published in May. Janos Marton and Anna Zelinsky ’06 shared a magical wedding in the Catskill Mountains with numerous members of the Dartmouth family, including Selena Hadzibabic ’06, Brett Martin, Tim Spellman, Brian Orce, Crispus Knight ’03, Morgan Campbell, Meredith Cashman ’06, Kristen Grant ’06 and a slew of Panarchists and Chi Gams. The wedding band featured Lizzie Edwards, Grant Rafter, Danny Scull ’06, Ben Waters ’06 and Dylan Chandler Hume ’09.

Laura (Delaney) Nichol and Mark Nichol were thrilled to welcome their little girl, Delaney Rose Nichol, in May! Laura and Mark live in San Francisco, where Laura has worked in brand marketing for Google over the past eight years and Mark just launched Chronos, a wearable device startup.

Oliver Caplan married Chris Beagan (Cornell ’06) in Massachusetts in June! Meg Fuchs Hastings ’01 officiated the ceremony and Jason Pavel was the best man. The plethora of Dartmouth alums in attendance included Alexis Dearborn, Brian Pingree, Katie (Stebbins) Remesch, Rachel Ciprotti ’02, Meghan Fitzgerald, Mary Chris (Debelina) Doyle ’05, Brian Doyle, Kristina (Rodriguez) Salaverry ’05, Yvette Nameth ’02, Hannah Fries, Catharine Hyson ’03, Len Schmolka ’60 and Greg Schmolka ’93.

—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com

Merry spring! We have lots of exciting updates this issue from alumni with last names ranging from “D” to “G.” 


Allison Giordano was accepted into a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship in Valhalla, New York, and got married to her sweetheart, Jon Ginsberg (now Giordano), who is currently working on his doctorate.


Drew Dinkmeyer won a million dollars. I was skeptical at first, but the Internet clearly put me in my place.


Elizabeth Fontaine got married to Tommy Truman last May in Westport, Massachusetts. The couple lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lindsay Sheffield Turner (a recent newlywed herself!), Sara Heaney Barakat, Lindsay Gorzeman Cheshire, Kevin Hogan, Lindsay Ferstandig Sandza ’05, Lauren Kaplan ’05 and Lizzie Bildner ’08 were all in attendance. Sara Heaney Barakat and her husband, Dominic, welcomed Josephine Rose in November. 


Hannah Fries started a new job as an editor with Storey Publishing in North Adams, Massachusetts, where she is busy editing books on gardening, building and homesteading.


Mitch Ermentrout and his wife, Virginia, welcomed a Georgia peach, Charlotte Jane Ermentrout, into their family in February. Jaclyn (Murphy) Harper and husband Jake welcomed a second addition to their family, Logan Jacob Harper!


Meghan Fitzgerald recently started work as a digital archivist at HBO in New York City and a freelance writer for Onyx Path Publishing. She also collaborated on an operetta with Oliver Caplan that will be performed in Boston.


Nicole Drezner and her husband, Ramin, welcomed their first daughter, Sahar, in June. Nicole is finishing up a fellowship in pediatric hematology and oncology in Washington, D.C.


Chelsea Morgan Epstein has been living in Portland, Oregon, for the last nine years. She and her husband are looking forward to the upcoming wedding of Laura Schleichers and Eben Tormey ’03! 


Darren and Kaitlin (Yaremchuk) Gastrock welcomed their daughter, Eliza, in December. Eliza got the jump on mom and dad by arriving five weeks early while Kait was visiting Nashville, Tennessee. Darren got to the hospital in plenty of time to see their Southern belle born, though, and all three are doing well back home in Massachusetts.


Seth Goldman and his wife and had a beautiful baby boy, Henry David Goldman, last September. Also, Seth’s company HelloFresh, just raised funds for a large expansion!


Clare Gupta is living in San Francisco with her husband, Drew Myers (Tu’14), and their pup Little Bear. She just started a new job at UC Davis as a specialist in public policy with Cooperative Extension, where she’ll be working with California policymakers on issues related to food and agricultural policy.


Erica Finsness is living with her husband and daughter Eleanor in Seattle, just a few blocks away from Julia Reeve and Jess Blanch ’05. The family gets together with Freddie (Ghesquiere) Helmiere and her daughter, Charis, from time to time as well as Rebecca (Ehrlichman) Blume and her kiddos, Isaac and Olivia. 


Jerimiah Daly and his wife Liz (Tu’09) are living in Boston after a three-year stint in London. The couple got married in June 2013 and just welcomed their baby daughter, Eleanor “Ellie,” in February!


Ivan Grant moved in 2011 to Las Vegas, where he fell into bartending. He is now working in the D Hotel and Casino, downtown Vegas’ premier all-flair casino on Fremont Street. It has been a great experience, and he even had an appearance on Celebrity Wife Swap, where he served Three Six Mafia’s DJ Paul along with Plaxico Burress’ wife!


Finally, Sarah Sirota and James Parks got engaged in February! The happy couple has been busy celebrating with family, friends and their fluffy cat!


Keep the updates coming, friends!


—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com


Hello again, ’04s! I write having recently returned from an awesome autumnal weekend in Hanover. John Bair ’06 and I ventured north from Brooklyn as chaperones to a group of potential ’19s eager to experience Dartmouth. The students all opted to apply after the visit. Marina McClure joined us for the weekend and we crashed with Rob Strong; the students got to stay in some of the new fancy dorms that make East Wheelock look ancient. Rob is setting up a nifty new studio to expand his wedding photography business right near Dartmouth, so check it out!


I reached out to alumni with last names in the A-C range for this column, and it worked! John Buckholtz writes, “I have a son and a daughter. Ben is 3. Clara was born on September 11, 2014. I live in Brooklyn. I have visited 39 states. I work for URS and wonder whether any former classmates are also employed as urban planners.” Emily Copeland has some news to share from Burlington, Vermont. She and her husband, Pete Land ’99, welcomed their second baby into the world! Sjov Witz Land joined big brother Robbie on September 15. Speaking of Rockapellas with babies, Aimee Barnes and her husband, Jakub, had one. His name is Roman and he was born on July 7.


Rebecca Ehrlichman Blume recently started a new job as the assistant dean for advancement at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs, where she earned her M.P.A. in 2010. At print time she and her husband will be the proud parents of their second child!


Catherine Buck Le and her husband, Chau, opened up Krav Maga Seattle, a self-defense and fitness studio in downtown Seattle. They got to see Rachel Bender Ignacio ’04, along with husband Dave and daughter Nora, at the grand opening and invite all Dartmouth alumni to stop on by for a free trial class.


Patrick Cantwell recently started a new job as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology this fall. He and his family are thoroughly enjoying Terre Haute, Indiana.


Kristin Burdge just left Phoenix House, where she was a substance abuse counselor with adolescent girls in their residential treatment program. She is now working with PRN for Families, a company devoted to enhancing family stability across the nation. She also had the privilege of playing groomsbroad in the wedding of Dylan Nelson ’09 and Allie Landers ’09, after attending the wedding of Brad Bate this past September with a large crew of fellow ’04s.


Suhail Ahmed recently realized that his true passion lies in the business sector and left law school at Ohio Northern University to work for a management consulting firm in Orlando, Florida.


Julia Richman married Puck Wheaton ’01 in Crested Butte, Colorado. Guests included Lee Richman ’67, Doug Richman ’65, Carly (O’Connell) Abrahamson and many others from the class of 2001 and beyond.


Finally, I was thrilled to stand as a groomsman with Stephen Clarke ’05, Puja (Dutt) Clarke ’05, J.T. Leaird ’02, Alex Gelman ’06 and Drew Dinkmeyer as we witnessed Mark Orsini marry Joe Benarroch at their beautiful Jersey Shore wedding. Class of ’04s in attendance included Brett Martin, Janos Marton, Dan Karmel, Jordan Cooper, Ben Converse, Tim Spellman, Grant Rafter, Brian Orce, Marina McClure, Sarah Sirota and Amanda Ameer. Many other Dartmouth alums including spouses and Chi Gam’s were there to help celebrate and wish the couple well before their Mexican honeymoon.


—Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; cliff.campbell@gmail.com


Welcome to our last pre-reunion installment of Class Notes! 


Kristina Eaton wrote in to note that she is completing her obstetrics and gynecology residency at University of California, Irvine, in June and will be moving back home to Anchorage, Alaska.


In addition, Kristina reported that Mitch Ermentrout married Virginia Bishop in Santa Barbara, California, on April 12 with a host of Dartmouth alumni in attendance. Mitch is completing his radiology residency at University of California, Irvine, in June and will be moving to Atlanta to start a fellowship in interventional radiology.


Matt Kemp and his wife, Eleanor (Alexander) Kemp, welcomed their baby daughter Amelia on March 22. According to Matt, “Amelia decided that the last two weeks in the womb weren’t necessary, and all are doing well.” Congratulations to the Kemp family. 


Becky MacDonnell-Yilmaz and her husband, Tay, welcomed their son Zachary Carlton on February 17. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where the couple bought their first home last year, and they are enjoying every minute with him!


At long last Johanna Willer married Rhonda Pacheco in Vero Beach, Florida, on May 3. The couple will return to South Africa, where they live now, and it was wonderful to celebrate their marriage together with Dartmouth ’04s Galia BenArtzi, Lindsay Geimer, Sheila Hicks, Rowan Smith and Susan Edwards. 


Susana Guajardo returned in March from her post with the U.S. State Department in Islamabad, Pakistan. Susana is now managing USAID’s budget for Afghanistan and Pakistan from the comforts of Washington, D.C., and her friends are very grateful to have her back. 


On a personal note, it has been such a pleasure serving as class secretary during the last five years. I have really looked forward to reporting on your life milestones, accomplishments and—perhaps most of all—reunions with each other. Putting the notes together every two months was a wonderful reminder of how special those four years in Hanover were to all of us, and how fortunate we were to be there together.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Hey, ’04s, it has definitely been a busy fall for many of you! 


Ben Wade graduated from Columbia Business School in the spring and started working at the Boston Consulting Group’s New York office in August.


Janos Marton is currently practicing civil rights law in New York and will be going to Liberia in February to work for its Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.


Aimee Barnes recently moved to London, where she is working for the United Kingdom government’s department of energy and climate change. 


Tyra Olstad spent the summer working for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska and is working on a Ph.D. in geography at Kansas State University.


Caz Liske finished five years of acting studies at the Moscow Art Theater School (with a Reynolds Fellowship from Dartmouth). He was one of the first two Americans to graduate from the Russian-language acting conservatory and is now a professional actor in Moscow.


Susana Guajardo just returned from Iraq, where she was a consultant for a government contractor. She now lives in Washington, D.C., with her new roommate Paul Bozzello, who graduated from Harvard Law School in May and is a lawyer for Cleary Gottlieb.


Christina Palmer is starting her fourth year of medical school at the University of Pennsylvania. She spent the past two months working in a hospital in Botswana and runs a research study examining the effectiveness of yoga in breast cancer survivors.


Ryan Rosston and Claire Chandler were married on September 12, 2009, at Bogus Basin Mountain in Boise, Idaho. More than 30 Dartmouth alums, spanning the classes of ’73 to ’06, attended. 


Lindsay Geimer married Sean Carroll in September. Ben Wade, Susan Edwards, Johanna Willer and Rachel Holmes were all in attendance.


Joseph Pechter and Christine Reinhold ’06 were married at Dartmouth on July 12, 2009. Katherine Lawson ’06 served as maid of honor and William Pechter served as best man. Also in the wedding party were Ruwan Kiringoda, William Young ’03 (who flew in from China), Kevin Fournier ’03, Ian Sarr ’05 and Diana Pechter ’12. 


Frederica Ghesquiere and John Helmstadter ’05 were married over Labor Day weekend at a summer camp in Lyman, New Hampshire. More than 40 Dartmouth alums were in attendance, including David Anderson, Lauren Endicott, Cat Crandall, Pete Sokol-Hessner, Brad Bate, Ben Wade, John Kupiec, Jon Kling, James Lamb, Hillary Critchley, Erik Jacobson, Rufus Lusk and Jackie Chamberlain. Freddie is finishing a joint degree in forestry and divinity at Yale, where John is finishing his M.Div.


Greg Klein and his wife, Mariah, were married in July 2008 in Glover, Vermont, and are expecting their first child this December. Greg is an assistant principal at United for Success Academy, a small public middle school in Oakland, California, where he was a founding teacher.


Nic Duquette and Joanna Hurrell ’05 were married September 5 in Port Clinton, Ohio. The wedding party included Heather Lapin (maid of honor), Chris Plehal and Matt Kemp.


Charlie Gardner and Kathy Birchall were married this past August in Woodstock, Vermont. Their photographer was Rob Strong, who comes highly recommended!


Jenny Sharfstein was engaged to Andy Kane (Princeton ’03) while on a family vacation in Maine. They plan to get married next fall.


Nikita Dubrovsky and his wife, Annelise, just had a new baby girl, whom they named Amelia. Congratulations! 


Katie Theoharides was married September 12 to Stephen Caldwell (Harvard ’01) in Whately, Massachusetts. Kristina Garcia Wade was one of her bridesmaids and Roy Wade, DMS’06, Asa Tapley ’02 and Adam Tapley ’03 attended.


—Jess Leinwald, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Happy New Year, ’04s—I hope 2010 brings you health, happiness and exciting experiences to share with your classmates! 


Emily Copeland recently left her job with novelist John Irving and is now studying English literature in Boston. She and Pete Land ’99 got married in September near their home in Burlington, Vermont. Emily made sure to note that “a bunch of great Dartmouth folks came to dance with us!”


Clare Gupta is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, and conducting her doctoral dissertation on rural-urban migration in northern Botswana. Clare turned on her television set one evening in Africa and saw Rebecca Leffler on the screen! Rebecca is living in Paris and has a weekly movies show on the international channel France 24 and another on French TV network Canal+. She is also the France correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter. Thanks to Skype, the girls are keeping Big Green communication alive overseas.


Ed Lucas just finished his fifth season in the Kansas City Royals organization and won an award for Most Home Runs Per At-Bat in Minor League Baseball—congrats Ed! 


Virginia McCune and her husband, Dave McCune ’05, had their first baby, Hannah Snow McCune, on October 15. Virginia is finishing her orthodontic residency at the Medical College of Georgia and will be moving to Atlanta after graduation next June.


Ahmad Abdur Rahim also wrote in to say he is now a father of three! Congrats, Ahmad!


Dave Hodapp recently proposed to Courtney Howard, whom he met while working in Washington, D.C. The happy couple lives in Athens, Ohio, where Dave works for Senator Sherrod Brown and Courtney is completing a master’s in journalism. They are busy planning a ceremony near the beach in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the spring of 2011 and awaiting responses from law school/Ph.D. programs to determine their next big move.


Pat Dowling married Toby Simmons on August 22 at the Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut. In attendance were Tim Grant, Drew Dinkmeyer, Scott Shirrell, Josh Bailey ’05, Josh Cushman ’03, Jay Barnard and Cooper Chapin. The couple lives in western Massachusetts, where Pat works as a risk-management consultant at Sinclair Risk & Financial Services. 


Kendall Adams and James Bartholomew ’05 got engaged this past March and are planning their wedding for next June. The couple lives in Portland, Oregon. 


Nicole Drezner is marrying Ramin Pirouz, whom she met while in medical school. Nicole is doing her pediatrics residency at Schneider Children’s Hospital on Long Island. 


Kristin Burdge is in her first year of a two-year master’s of social work program at Boston College—and loving it! 


Ben Bollinger co-founded SustainX, a startup that recently received a $5.39 million grant to develop an energy storage system designed to make the use of renewable energy sources more efficient. If you’re interested in learning more about this really interesting project, visit http://thedartmouth.com/2009/12/01/news/thayer.


Elizabeth Bultman lives in Washington, D.C., where she teaches English to ninth graders at a private high school. She is also the faculty advisor of the school newspaper and loves her work!


Sarah Maxell Crosby recently joined the Dartmouth staff as a communications specialist in the president’s office. She and her husband Dan ’02 are expecting their first baby in January.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Hello, ’04s! Here are some updates on what seems like a busy and exciting spring for many of you.


David Seidman recently accepted a new position within his current company, Microsoft, at the Microscoft security response center. His wife, Julia (Keane) Seidman, is finishing her master’s in teaching at Seattle University in June. She and David have gotten many visits from medical students interviewing for residency programs, including Fenton McCarthy and Laura Rosow.


Laura Jones was engaged to Brian Mathay (Harvard ’04) and the wedding is set for October 10. Laura was featured in Business Week this year as one of “21 People Who Will Change Business,” an article focusing on young people specializing in innovation. Laura’s profile can be found at http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0930_dschool_alumni/11.htm and you can read the article at http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2009/id20090930_806435.htm.


Brian Orce is the production and post-production supervisor of VBS TV (www.vbs.tv), the online video division of Vice magazine. Last year Brian worked with the UN and the International Rescue Committee to help members of Acrassicauda, an Iraqi heavy metal band, get asylum status in the United States. He was the associate producer on a documentary about the band’s experience which can be found on the Vice website: www.vbs.tv/watch/acrassicauda--2/heavy-metal-in-baghdad-feature.


Sheila Hicks completed a master’s program in school leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is now the director of financial aid at Riverdale Country School in New York. Sheila continues to play rugby with the New York Rugby Club, which won the Women’s Premier League National Championship this year. 


Ryan Alison Foley lives in Turin, Italy, and is in the first year of a master’s program in comparative law, economics and finance. Aside from enjoying her studies, she loves living in and traveling around Europe. 


Jennie Savoca is a fourth-year medical student at University of Florida. She will be starting her residency in internal medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in June. Jennie is of course very excited to return to the Upper Valley. Congratulations! 


Judith Phillips graduated from University of Pennsylvania Law School last May and is currently living in Israel and working for a venture capital firm. Special thanks to Judith for providing the following updates.


Valerie Silverman is a second-year law student at Boston University Law School and will be working at Paul Hastings LLP this summer. 


Claire Superfine was recently engaged to Jake Schneider and will be getting married next spring. Claire is finishing her last year at Boston University Law School and will be clerking on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court after graduation. Claire was recently offered a clerkship with a federal district court judge for the following year. Exciting news all around!


Heather Kiefer graduated from University of Pennsylvania Medical School last year and is in her first year of residency in neurosurgery (“slacking off, as per usual,” according to Judith) at Vanderbilt University. 


Having graduated from law school in May 2009, Ingrid Swanson received a Skadden Fellowship to work at the New Haven Legal Assistance Association. Judith adds that Ingrid is also raising a very adorable puppy named Roxy. 


Kate Minikel and Darren Thomas welcomed their son Griffin “Finn” Edward Thomas in February. Congratulations, the pictures on Facebook are adorable! 


Ashley Massey is getting a D.Phil/Ph.D. in geography and the environment at Oxford. 


Julia Reeve is currently pursuing a master’s in architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle. 


Finally, Sara Heaney is back in Hanover, getting her M.B.A. at Tuck. 


As always, thank you for keeping me in the loop. Please send all of your news to jess.leinwand@gmail.com.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Isabel Casariego is heading off to the Harvard Graduate School of Education in the fall to pursue a master’s in higher education. Eleanor (Pessin) Correa is doing the same program part-time over two years. 


Jess Arnold, Laura Nieskens and Joan Kearns graduated from Tuck Business School this spring. Jess is moving to Boston to work for CSN Stores, an online furniture and home goods retailer. Laura is also moving to Boston to work for the Chartis Group, a management consulting firm specializing in healthcare delivery. Joan Kerns will be in Boston as well, working for Procter & Gamble. Jess writes that there are plenty more ’04s starting up their second year of Tuck who get one last year to enjoy Hanover! 


Kevin Davis, Brian Kent, John Eichlin, Stephen Lee, David Roseman and Moez Shivji got together for an informal reunion in Lake Tahoe, California, this summer. The group carried Dartmouth’s flag to the top of an 800-foot waterfall at an elevation of 7,000 feet. 


Adrienne (Draper) Olson married Mark Olson on September 13, 2009. They wed at the chapel in Squirrel Island, Maine. The bridesmaids included Brittany Copenhaver, Danielle Polebaum, Stephanie Feldman and Susan Edwards. Adrienne met Mark four years ago in Washington, D.C., where the couple continues to live. Adrienne is a marketer for the Advisory Board Co., which keeps her busy traveling the country each week visiting various universities. 


Thomas Crafts just got back from a month-long trip to India. Thomas taught macroeconomics to a group of eighth- and ninth-grade Indian students as part of a collaboration between Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) and the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad. He is now working full-time for Duke TIP, which provides educational opportunities for academically gifted youth. Tom also joined the executive committee of the local Alumni club here in North Carolina and is the treasurer of the Dartmouth Alumni Club of the Piedmont. 


Thomas’s wife, Liz (Wilson) Crafts, finished her first year of residency in the anesthesia program at Duke. 


Matt Burgess’s first novel, Dogfight: A Love Story, comes out this September with Doubleday. In a starred review Publishers Weekly called it “a post-9/11 shout-out to the borough of Queens, with its roiling mix of cultures. Burgess’ gritty, punchy narrative, propelled by fresh gusts of language, should remind readers of another outstanding outer borough literary debut—Richard Price’s The Wanderers.”


James Wrubel is beginning his second year of Osteopathic Medical School at Touro University in the East Bay in northern California and still performing as much as possible in the area. He is also working on a new project recording to teach pianists to play jazz by ear for Hear and Play Inc.


Matt Drossos ’02 and Katie (Baines) Drossos welcomed their daughter Madeline Ashcroft Drossos on May 28. Katie writes, “We have been dressing Maddy in Dartmouth onesies in the hopes of subtly influencing her future college selection.”


Vanessa Vega ’05 and Jeff Coots were married on August 21 in New York. The ’04s in attendance included John Harlow, Aaron Gillespie, Remy Wildrick, Courtney Stone, Phil Peisch and Greta Milligan. Marisa Clementi ’05, Rebecca Scully ’05, Christine Prentice ’05, Saleema Moore ’05 and Michal Jalowski. 


Greta Milligan married Phil Peisch on August 27 in Petoskey, Michigan. They celebrated with a group of ’04s including Sam Stein, Jess Leinwand, Heather Wininger, Christina Palmer, Laura Nieskens, Christopher Hooper, Ryan Abraham, Simon Weber, Dave Hodapp, Leo Twiggs, Rolaine Ossman, Jesse Nisselson, Nick Danoff, Mike Curley, Jeff Coots and Claire Superfine. 


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Here’s to another year of great personal and professional success for the ’04 class! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and a very happy new year. As for the updates, I sadly didn’t receive much in the way of news from you all—so I was forced to piece together the news I had heard over the last few months (and I also did a little Facebook stalking to keep things interesting). Below is what I know.


Jeremy Presser is working at the White House as a deputy associate counsel for presidential personnel. Prior to joining the White House legal team Jeremy was an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP. He clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. 


Blair Dickinson Schroeder and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their beautiful daughter Nora into the world on December 8. Congratulations to you all. Nora is beautiful and I can’t wait to meet her in person!


Sam and I had a great visit with Danielle Howard when she visited Washington, D.C., in November. Danielle is now working at Imprint Capital, an investment advising company focused on impact investments—or investments made into companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact as well as financial return. Danielle is currently living in New York City and it was so wonderful seeing her and catching up! 


I also heard from Sonia Tarantolo, who is still working for the State Department in Mexico City. Sonia will be returning to D.C. next summer to work on Italy issues for the State Department for the next two years. So excited for her return! 


Scott Linthicum and Karen Manookian got engaged on December 22. Scott Hogan and Kristen Smith got engaged on December 5. Congratulations to both happy couples!


Ben and Eleanor (Pessin) Correa welcomed their new baby Charlie into their family on November 3. Judging from the pictures on Facebook, Frank seems thrilled to have a new baby brother and the family looks adorable! 


I am anxious to get more news from all of you. Please send your updates—job changes, weddings, new babies, new pets—along.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Hope you are all having a wonderful summer. The notes submissions were a little sparse this time around, even though it is wedding/graduation season. But with a little Facebook sleuthing, here is what I was able to piece together: 


Gaby Jaramillo graduated from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government with a master’s in public administration and international development. Gaby is returning to Ecuador for good, but will first be taking a few months off to backpack and surf in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. 


Leigh (Heeter) Fiske graduated in December from the dual M.B.A./M.P.H. program at Berkeley, and she has returned to FSG, a global social-impact consulting firm where she focuses on international health and development. 


Carl DeSelm received his M.D. and Ph.D. in May from Washington University. He will be doing a year of internal medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and then move to New York to specialize in radiation oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he plans to practice and research new cancer treatments.


Seth Goldman married Jennifer Hersh at the Museum of Natural History in New York in June. Seth is the manager of operations at Quidsi, a subsidiary of Amazon.com that specializes in consumer products. His wife, Jennifer, is a research coordinator in the public health department of Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan in the field of brain injuries.


Sonia Tarantolo, a foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State, left in July for a new post at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. Sonia will be working in the consular affairs section of the embassy. 


Dara Adams married Cameron Hoyler in Napa Valley, California, during Labor Day Weekend. Blair (Dickinson) Schroeder, Rachel (Holmes) Kelly, Robin Deliso and Lindsay Clayton were all in attendance. Congrats, Dara and Cameron—your pictures on Facebook were beautiful! 


Simon Weber, Geoff Vitt and Chris O’Connell all graduated from Wharton Business School in May. Nick Danoff also graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. 


Ryan Van Hoff and Sophia (Schippers) Van Hoff ’06 welcomed their second son, Owen Daniel, on June 7. Owen joins big brother Miles Adrian, and the whole family is doing great. Ryan and Sophia are both residents at DHMC.


Dave Philips graduated from Stanford University this spring with a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His thesis was on computational fluid dynamics. Congrats!


Sean Furey, Th’05, will head to London with the U.S. track and field team next month to compete in his first Olympic Games after finishing fourth in the javelin at the U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, on June 25.


Please continue to send your updates to me at the e-mail address below.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Susan Napier is a young professionals leadership board member for the National Association of Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL, www.urbandebate.org/index.shtml), a nonprofit leading the national movement to create policy debate opportunities for at-risk, urban populations. After the NAUDL was founded, it seeded Urban Debate Leagues in several cities across the country. Now in 19 major cities, thousands of at-risk students are participating in an activity with remarkable results.


Oliver Caplan is a classical music composer living in the Boston area. He recently wrote in to share news of a significant artistic collaboration with the College. The Handel Society has commissioned a new work for chorus and orchestra, Roots and Wings, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Hopkins Center. The piece will be premiered in Spaulding Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 13.


Beth Rabbitt will be completing a residency in education as part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s new doctorate program. 


Jennifer Rackliff graduated from Duke University in May, where she received a master’s of science in global health. Jen is off to Africa as an expert consultant for ICF International, a firm that partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment and infrastructure; health, social programs and consumer/financial; and public safety and defense markets. I will be in touch with Jen for an update ASAP. 


Clare Gupta graduated from UC Berkeley and will be receiving a doctorate in philosophy in environmental science, policy and management. Congrats, Clare! Also, the pictures of your new puppy on Facebook are adorable. 


Elizabeth Bultman wrote in to say that she loved seeing Emily Graham for a Marshall Islands reunion in D.C. in late July. Liz also mentioned that she and Laura Thompson attended the New Year’s Eve 2012 wedding of Emily Graham to Jay Teeter in Charlottesville, Virginia.


Johanna Willer contributed two very happy updates. First, Catherine Dale and Jonathan Kling tied the knot on Bainbridge Island outside Seattle on August 11. Their wedding was a true Dartmouth affair, complete with the “Salty Dog Rag” and late-night streaking at the reception. Abby Berniker ’03, Naomi Yoo ’03 and Rowan Smith were bridesmaids and Jeff Hebert, Eric Trautmann ’07 and Joe Horrell were groomsmen. Friends came from all around the world (and the East Coast) to celebrate, including Annie Snider, Suzanne Larimore Wahl, Johanna Willer, Heather Lapin Hewitt, Freddie Ghesquiere Helmiere and John Helmiere ’05, Ben Wade, James Lamb, Roger Brown and many other Dartmouth alums (from classes spanning ’76 through ’11)! 


Also, in a sunrise surprise, Sheila Hicks proposed to Emily Rotella (American University ’06) at the Belvedere Castle in Central Park—complete with a ring, a chorus singing one of Emily’s favorite songs and Kimberly Siciliano ’03 as photographer. Clearly Emily said yes, and the happy couple celebrated with friends and family at a surprise champagne breakfast at the Central Park Boathouse. 


Lena Golze Desmond married John Briggs this past June in Arrow Park, New York. Partaking in the drinks and slightly inebriated dancing were also Natalie Benson, Lindsey Musselman, Lauren Meldonian and husband Karsten Barde, and Jen Mulliken and husband Dave Mulliken ’00.


Finally, I can provide a career-related update: I am going to be doing a temporary detail from the Department of Justice to White House counsel’s office, where I will be working on oversight and congressional investigations. 


Please send your notes. Thanks! 


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


We’re heartbroken to report that Jess Arnold, a beloved classmate, passed away after a trying battle with cancer. When I heard the news I was reminded of lazy brunches with Jess at Homeplate (she was always smiling), when our most pressing concern was whether a 10A/2A schedule was “just too much.” We were blessed to share such carefree times with such wonderful people in such a special place. In honor of that, and in celebration of Jess’ memory, I asked some of her closest friends to share a few words.


“Jess was one of my first friends at Dartmouth–we had breakfast together every morning freshman year and oatmeal at Collis became our daily tradition. She was my tennis partner, dancing buddy, and most stylish fashionista. My husband, Mark, and I will always feel blessed to have had Jess in our lives and forever grateful she introduced us during our first year at Dartmouth. I will always remember her beautiful smile, joyful heart and the love and happiness she gave to those around her,” wrote Laura Delaney Nichol.


“Jess, to me, personified life. Everything she did she did with passion. And to her everything about life at Dartmouth was pretty fabulous. My favorite memories revolve around Lou’s, Baker Library breaks and Jess’ famed margaritas. Dartmouth held a special place in her heart and I feel lucky that every time I think of Dartmouth, I will hear Jess’ vibrant laugh or excited story and see her crazy grin and clear love for the place that we all share,” wrote Megan McCulloch Weiss.


“I thought I’d share just a few of the things that remind me of Jess: pedicures and gold polish, New Jersey, the Vineyard and Hanover, Bernese mountain dogs, Prague and Budapest, Turkish baths, jicama with lime and chili powder, Berry Library, purple. She doesn’t feel so far away when there are so many happy memories and everyday moments that make me remember how lucky I am to have had her in my life,” wrote Allison Zeilinger.


“Jess had a wonderful laugh. You knew she was in the moment. And it spread to everyone around her and pretty soon you couldn’t help but join in on the fun. Fond memories of 13 School piñata parties, kitchen counter conversations over New England apple crisps, hobbling back from Homecoming bonfires on crutches and more,” wrote Aruna Kamath.


“I lived with Jess at 13 School Street our senior year, and our bedrooms shared a wall. She’d often be the last person I saw before I went to bed or the first person I saw in the morning. Sometimes we’d even talk to each other through the paper-thin walls, just because it was so hilarious that we could because the house was so old. Sometimes I think about Jess being on the other side of a wall of sorts now, and I still talk to her and it makes me smile,” wrote Robin Deliso. 


“I’m so grateful to have had Jess in my life. Jess was, in short, a warm, genuine, endearing person with an unmatched zest for life. She had an infectious personality and a gift for communicating to others their value. Jess, there are far too few people and friends like you. You are loved dearly and missed everyday. As Steve Winwood says and as you always believed: ‘We must live while we can/And we’ll drink our cup of laughter.’ I promise to continue celebrating your wonderful life. I love you,” wrote Amy Marcus ’03. 


To those who submitted notes for this issue, your updates will appear in the next magazine. Thank you.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Blair Dickinson is in her second year of residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. She has been selected to serve as chief resident after the completion of her training. Her husband, Ryan, a family medicine resident in Abington, Pennsylvania, will be the chief resident for his program as well.


Robin Deliso graduated from business school at Georgetown last spring and moved to Arkansas to work for Walmart marketing. Robin works on communicating the company’s sustainability work, its efforts to fight hunger and the Walmart brand to customers.


Laura Berzak reported the following: “I’m thrilled to write in about the beautiful wedding of DeAnna Fernandez to the charming British gentleman Neil O’Reilly. The wedding was held in incredible Peckforton Castle in the north of England this past August. The castle was truly a fairytale location, and lots of alumni hopped across the pond to celebrate the special occasion with DeAnna and Neil, including myself, Sarah Ries, Tina Low ’03, Laura (Fraser) Hsu, Steve Hsu ’02, Gina Ferrie and Erik Dambach. It was an amazing occasion and so much fun to get together. DeAnna and Neil are loving their new married life together while living and working in Washington, D.C.”


Janos Marton has been working at the law firm of Hogan Lovells in New York. Janos invites old friends to check out his website, livingthedream.org.


Christine Devane is starting a pie-baking business in Chicago: www.wedgepies.com. You can become a fan on Facebook as well. Christine writes, “We don’t ship, but I’ll happily deliver to local Dartmouth alums!”


Jenny Sharfstein married Andrew Kane (Princeton ’03) on November 13, 2010, in N.Y.C. Alex Friedman and Sarah Stoller were bridesmaids and other class of 2004 guests included Anne Hunt, Amy (Price) Markwort, Ross Markwort, Lindsay Hirsch, Abby Johnson and Danielle Howard. A lot of other Dartmouth alumni were there, including Jenny’s father, Howard Sharfstein ’67, her sister Ann Sharfstein ’99 and husband Dan Mielcarz ’99, Jim Peck ’67, Tom Thompson ’67, Pamela Cogut ’02 and David Edelson ’81.


Abiel Acosta lives in Ventura, California, and owns a financial planning business. He recently visited Lisa Volpe in Santa Barbara, California. According to Abiel, he and Lisa “had this crazy idea to dress up as characters from Michael Jackson videos for Halloween and visit Neverland Ranch. We ended up doing an impromptu dance off with Michael Jackson moves and Lisa ended up winning. Someone took pictures and thanked us for remembering the good part of Michael.” Abiel recently visited Jonathan Webster, who just graduated from Stanford Medical School, as well as Sam Valverde, Ryan Abraham, David Turnbull, Paul Bozzello and Carl Gierginger, all of whom live and work in Washington, D.C.


Last but certainly not least, Jess Van Garsse produced a film, Killing in the Name, which has been nominated for an Oscar in the best short documentary category. Jess worked on the film with producer Jed Rothstein for almost a year—and spent most of that time in the Middle East. The film itself focuses on a young man, Ashraf, who was celebrating his wedding at a hotel in Amman, Jordan, when a suicide bomber walked in and killed his father and 26 family members. From a recruiter for Al-Qaeda, to an Islamic militant behind one of the world’s worst terrorist attacks, to a madrassa filled with young boys ready to fulfill the duty of jihad, Ashraf takes us on a harrowing journey around the world to see if one man can speak truth to terror. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/pages/ Killing-In-The-Name/106906082693879—and a huge congratulations to Jess!


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


And so another year has passed in which the ’04 class achieved remarkable career and personal successes. Members continue to make waves in the fields of politics, business, fashion and academia (among others), in addition to getting married, having children and so on. 


Your dutiful Class Notes secretary has done her best to keep track of—and relay–it all. But submissions have dwindled and help is needed. Don’t be shy. Share what’s happening in your life. Others want to know. The alumni fabric depends on it. Now, on to those devoted classmates who have shared (yes, this is a guilt trip).


Tyra Olstad writes: “After spending a couple of years working as a paleontology technician and park ranger for the National Park Service in Wyoming and Colorado (along with a season as a cave guide for the Forest Service up in Alaska), I finally went back to Kansas State University and finished up my Ph.D. in geography.”


Eleanor (Pessin) Correa and Ben Correa just moved back to Washington, D.C., and are happy to announce the birth of their son Franklin James, born on October 23. 


Taurie Wilk married Adam Steingart (George Mason ’99) on August 27, 2011, at the Newberry Library in downtown Chicago. Taurie reports, “The Dartmouth treats in attendance were: Emily Pearl and Jaclyn Strife (both in the wedding party), Ally Basak Russell, Kane Russell, Leigh Heeter Fiske and Aaron Fiske ’02. We forwent the Keystone Light in lieu of both Chicago and New York beers, Goose Island and Brooklyn.”


Geoff Vitt married Kate Coakley this October in San Francisco. 


Jesse Nisselson proposed to Angela Manese-Lee earlier this fall. The two met in Charlottesville, Virginia, while attending business school at the University of Virginia (Darden). The going hope among friends is that the wedding, likewise, will be there, with plenty of local wine to consume. 


Leo Twiggs and his wife, Rolaine Ossman,are now living in Geneva, Switzerland. Leo graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School last May and is working for the International Commission of Jurists, an organization dedicated to the development of international law and the advancement of human rights. Rolaine is a photo editor for Msp Communications. The two spent the Christmas holiday in northern Italy—not too shabby. 


Tomoko Ogura is the fashion director of Barney’s Women’s Co-op. I recently came across her video about how to wear Co-op’s most fashionable footwear and highly recommend you visit it as well: http://thewindow.barneys.com/video-barneys-co-op-shoes-fall-2011-tomoko-....


Cynthia Marie O’Brien is an editor and writer living in New York City. She is currently a writing consultant at Columbia University. Cynthia’s essay “A Figment of Your Imagination” was selected for the notables list in Best American Essays 2011. 


Galia BenArtzi’s startup company, Particle Code, a company that lets developers build games and apps for multiple platforms at once, was acquired by direct competitor Appcelerator, the makers of the popular tool Titanium. For more details, please visit the TechCrunch article at http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/24/appcelerator-acquires-particle-code-to-.... Such awesome news, Galia!


As evidenced by my intro above, I am anxious to get more news from all of you. Please send your updates—big and small—along to me.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Joe Pechter writes: “My wife, Chrissy Reinhold Pechter ’06, and I recently moved to sunny Florida. I started a state-of-the-art periodontal practice in Hollywood, Florida. If you know anyone that needs a Dartmouth dentist, please send them my way! Chrissy recently was promoted to director of operations for Sentry Datasystems, a healthcare intelligence company.”


Hannah Fries happily reported that she married Adam Brown (Baylor ’03) last August in Concord, New Hampshire. Katie Greenwood, Drew Wilkins ’03 and Oliver Caplan all came to celebrate. Hannah and Adam live in western Massachusetts, where Hannah is an editor at Orion magazine and Adam is a regional manager for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.


Jennifer Rackliff is pursuing a master’s of science in global health at Duke and will graduate this spring. Last year Jenn worked with Partners In Health, a global health organization that collaborates with local communities to strengthen health systems in developing nations, doing community health research for her master’s thesis in Rwanda. While in school Jenn has continued to work with D.C.-based consulting firm ICF International, where she works primarily in social programs and workforce development. Jenn will almost certainly pursue a medical degree and is also doing premed coursework at UNC and Duke.


Snowden Wright’s first novel, Play Pretty Blues, will be published by Engine Books in November. Play Pretty Blues is a fictional account of the life of Robert Johnson, a blues musician, narrated in third-person plural by the collective voice of his six wives.


I am thrilled to report that Laura Roche became engaged to Giovanni Camera in Rome, Italy, in early April. Congratulations on the amazing news, set against the backdrop of the most beautiful city in the world! Laura is still working at American Express in London and, judging from her beautiful pictures on Facebook, is traveling the world (most recently Bali!) on weekends. Yes, I am living vicariously! 


In other happy news, Cliff Campbell proposed to Kristen McGregor in Brooklyn, New York, by organizing a scavenger hunt that took Kristen through the happiest memories of their relationship. He added one more by putting a ring on it! 


And last, but certainly not least, Ben Sislen proposed to Elizabeth Bultman in March. Ben surprised Liz by inviting her family and closest friends to celebrate the news at the couple’s favorite bar in Washington, D.C. Blair Dickinson, Cliff Campbell and Paul Bozzello traveled there for the occasion.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Hey, ’04s! Plenty of updates to share.


Kristin Burdge is wrapping up her field placement in Amman, Jordan, with the World Health Organization and is about to return back to Boston for graduation from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.


Sarah Sirota is graduating in May from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with her master’s of fine arts in acting. Sarah writes that she is “moving back to N.Y.C. to jump back into the acting world. Showcase will be at the beginning of May as part of the league presentations. And I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in N.Y.C. again soon.”


Jocelyn Singer Sargent reports, “After hanging out in New Mexico for five years I’m heading to N.Y.C. in August to start the master’s in social work program at Columbia. I’ve been off the grid for a while, and I’d love to reconnect with Dartmouth folk once I get to the Big City.”


Laura Roche graduated from the London Business School in July 2010, when she received her M.B.A. Laura is currently working for American Express in the United Kingdom and covers Switzerland and Middle Eastern markets for premium products. She has been living in London for almost three years and often sees Anya Eckbo, who graduated from the London School of Economics in 2009.


After working in London for the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change for about a year, Aimee Barnes moved to Abu Dhabi in September, to help establish a similar directorate in the United Arab Emirate Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aimee says that she was lucky to be welcomed by Kerry and Patrick Granfield ’03 in Abu Dhabi, and that she and her fiance, Jakub Zielkiewicz, have settled in nicely during the past few months. 


Adrienne Draper and Josh Marcuse bumped into one another on a remote beach in the British Virgin Islands while sailing with their families. Josh writes, “It was nice to see a familiar Dartmouth face so far from home.”


Monica Balanoff ’11 and David Nutt ’09 are in the process of launching a sailing program, Seas of Peace, which is dedicated to conflict resolution and leadership. They recently hired Carrie O’Neil, who has worked in conflict resolution and facilitation, to help design and implement their facilitation and leadership curricula. The program will have approximately 15 participants from Israel, Palestine and the United States and will last three weeks with the first nine days spent learning to sail small boats in Portland, Maine, and the remaining time spent aboard a 140-foot schooner. During both parts of the program the participants will engage in dialogue about who they are and where they come from, while undergoing leadership training and discussing how they can continue their work for peace back home. 


Claire Superfine married Jacob Schneider (Trinity College ’04) on May 14 in Chicago at the Newberry Library. Dartmouth friends joined in the celebration, including Nancy Unsworth, Valerie Silverman, Alexis Lawrence, Erin Fitzgerald, Judith Phillips, Jessica Leinwand, Sam Stein, Phil Peisch, Greta Milligan, Benjamin Converse, Alex (Topping) Van Beek, Robin Deliso, Amory Loring, Katie (Crawford) Yarger and Fred Yarger.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com


Greta Milligan recently moved back to Washington, D.C., to join the office of the general counsel in the office of the U.S. trade representative. The office provides legal advice on negotiations, agreements, trade legislation and other topics. In addition, it monitors compliance by foreign governments with trade obligations and prosecutes and defends cases in dispute settlement proceedings.


Vanessa Vega and her husband, Jeff Coots, just began public health programs at Tufts University. Jeff is doing a dual-degree between Tufts University School of Medicine for the M.P.H. and Northeastern School of Law for his J.D., and Vanessa is pursuing a second master’s (M.P.H.) after finishing a master’s in occupational therapy. 


Thomas Crafts and his wife, Liz (Wilson) Crafts, welcomed Matthew Thompson Crafts into their family on November 11, 2010. Thomas reports that, “Matthew is happy and healthy and looks great in the Dartmouth T-shirt and socks provided by Marina McClure. We also enjoyed a visit from Justin Kriendel over Labor Day weekend. Liz is continuing her anesthesia residency at Duke. I am working for the Duke talent identification program (and always looking for summer instructors and teaching assistants). When Matthew isn’t keeping us too busy, we are also involved in the Dartmouth Club of the Piedmont.” 


Erin Anderson joined the Boston office of the law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green. Erin’s practice focuses on business litigation, employment and construction law. 


John Polga-Hecimovich married Rebeca Omaña in Peribeca, Venezuela, in August. Ryan McElroy, Jeanette Soares ’02 and Joe Cloyd ’02 all made the long journey to celebrate. Josh Osgood and Lavinia Weizel joined for the reception in Minnesota the following week, during the Minnesota State Fair. John is currently working on his Ph.D. in comparative politics at the University of Pittsburgh.


Adrienne (Draper) Olsen writes, “Brittany Copenhaver has had a busy last few months—she and Chris Dobi (Syracuse ’01) were married on October 22 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the Harn Homestead. We had a great group of ’04s including Stephanie (Feldman) Annear, Susan Edwards, Danielle Polebaum, Chelsea (Morgan) Epstein, Lea Kiefer, Rob Bialis, Lindsay Sheffield and Laura Thompson. While planning for the wedding Britt also managed to graduate from Georgetown Med School, move to Dallas and start her residency in obstetrics/gynecology at UT-Southwestern!” 


A number of Dartmouth alumni attended the wedding of David Hoftiezer and Noelle Heise (Pitzer ’07) in Ko Olina, Hawaii: Allan Klinge ’02, Kip Eideberg ’02, Carl Geiringer ’03, Abiel Acosta, John Turner, Luis Carrio, Julian Saltman, Sam Valverde, Charley Light, Mat Brown ’05, Keith Schuricht ’05 and Christine Terada ’07. David currently works as an anti-corruption attorney for Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s D.C. and Paris offices and Noelle is a second-grade teacher.


Cliff Campbell is in his third year as the founding theater teacher at Uncommon Charter High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He will finish work on a master’s in educational theater from the City College of New York in December. If you are feeling generous, Cliff is looking for fiscal sponsors to help defray costs for a weeklong youth theater festival in Scotland with 10 of his students. Send him an e-mail at cliff.campbell@gmail.com if you’d like to help! Uncommon Schools is expanding, so if you’re looking for work in urban education, let Cliff know.


Finally, Sam Stein, a political reporter for the Huffington Post (and also my husband, who may be surprised that I am submitting an update for him. Hi, Sam), made it up to Hanover to cover the Republican presidential debate in October. Sam’s dad, Stephen Stein ’64, joined him on the trip.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com