Hello, ’06s.

On a picture-perfect August evening on Long Island, I attended Emily (Salas) Crowley’s 40th birthday party. A nice group of Dartmouth alums were also there to celebrate, including Katie (Jaxheimer) Agarwal, Kate (Hufft) Kelly, Matt Kelly, Andrea (Salas) Rose ’04, Kevin Carmody ’05, Trish (Kelly) Dunne ’08, and Page (Wagley) Machlin ’08. It was a wonderful celebration and special to see many college friends.

On a somber note, Alexis (Siversten) Ruegger shared that this year has been challenging for her and her husband, Nate Ruegger. Sadly, her niece passed away after a five-month hospitalization. She writes, “I want to thank our friends who have been patient with us through this tough time, and those who reached out with words of support. As we try to find what normal is again, we’ll keep trying to get back on top of our missed correspondence.”

I am excited to hear 2025 updates from you all—please send your news my way. Wishing you a happy new year!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; dartmouth06classnotes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Once again this year, classmates came together to celebrate Class Day on June 6. Thank you to the hosts: Matthew Schwartz in N.Y.C., Cindy Tsai in Chicago, Meredith (Curtis) Laguna in San Francisco, and Kaethe Henning in Seattle. Also, thank you to our class president Chrissy Reinhold, for coordinating the celebrations across the regions.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Dodecs a cappella group at Dartmouth. To celebrate, Dodec alumni and current students convened in Hanover in April for a reunion. Kaethe Henning, Bradford Proctor, Erin Rumsey, and Benjamin Schwartz were all in attendance representing our class. Kaethe shared, “There was a lot of singing and reminiscing and Collis porch sits and, I hear, late-night dodeca-pong.”

Scott Schwartz recently made partner at the law firm Lindemann Miller Bowen LLP. He practices in New York and focuses on insurance coverage law.

Victoria “Vicki” Allen shared that she and wife Sara Olson (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse ’06) are foster parents and their foster daughter turned 14 this summer. Vicki would love to connect with other foster parents and would be happy to speak with any classmates who may be considering serving as a foster parent in the future. She also shared, “We have ‘Aunt’ Shannon Sartain ’21 over for dinner frequently. We still have a guest room in Flagstaff, Arizona, for all the Grand Canyon and Sedona travelers.”

Ethan and Christina (Jimenez) Rothstein are “partners in life and now business,” he says. They opened Evergreen Psychological and Educational Services located in Westport, Connecticut. Ethan is a psychologist and provides therapy, assessments, and consultations to children and their families. As a reading specialist, Christina provides in-person and online reading support and programs. They are excited to bring their services to the Fairfield County area and beyond.

Enjoy the start to the fall season, and I’m looking forward to hearing from more of you for our next Class Notes column.

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Congratulations to Eduardo Bertran, who was elected our new class representative to the Dartmouth Alumni Council, beginning in July. Eduardo lives and works in south Florida. He shares, “I have my own firm in Miami with two other lawyers, one of whom is Francesco Zincone. We like to say we are the only majority Dartmouth alum-led firm in all of south Florida. Other than that my life is full of Little League games and ballet recitals!” Eduardo takes over this councilor role from Alison Reed, who previously represented our class. Thank you, Alison!

In February Vivek Tata launched a trial and arbitration firm, Elsberg Baker & Maruri, PLLC (www.elsberglaw.com), with partners from Selendy Gay and Quinn Emanuel and LTL Attorneys. He shares, “We focus on high-stakes complex commercial litigation and already have a number of trials lined up for this year.”

A Dartmouth Los Angles startup event held in April featured Darnell Nance as a speaker. He is the cofounder of the startup Serve Club, which connects tennis, pickleball, and padel players and coaches and facilitates court bookings. The Serve Club app can be downloaded from the Apple store. If you have feedback or investment inquiries, contact Darnell at darnell@serveclub.net.

This spring Ricky Cole released an album you can find on major streaming platforms. His artist name is also his given name: Adamah. You can learn more about his album on Instagram and at the website adamahmusic.com.

Congratulations to Sarah Emel and her husband, Jason. They welcomed their first child, Katelyn Soll, in February. The family currently lives in the Pittsburgh area.

For those of you who have not yet turned 40, you can take birthday celebration inspiration from seven of our classmates: Libby (Hadzima) Perkins shares, “Cate (Birtley) DeJulio, Natalie (Allan) Teear, Susan (Gordon) Horrell, Tara Seethaler, Erin Rumsey, Aya Caldwell,and Ihad the most wonderful trip to Portugal in February to celebrate our collective 40th birthdays. We left behind 16 small children and seven husbands to spend a week together celebrating our 20-plus-year friendship. We all filled our cups with wine, delicious food, cold plunges, and conversations that went into the wee hours (pretty much the same magical recipe we’ve had since ’06).”

In closing, Women of Dartmouth reached out encouraging all women in the class to consider sharing their stories with the Women of Dartmouth Inspire project. You can find more information at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu. I would also encourage you to share your news and updates in our Class Notes column. You can reach me at the email address listed below. Thank you!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful start to the spring.

There are two weddings to report from this past winter. First, Alexander Kallis shared that he and his wife, Klara, were married in Las Vegas in December. Second, Lauren (Burrows) Coleman and her husband, Jordan, were married in January on Singer Island, Florida. Classmates Anna Nattie, Carolyn (Weaver) Johnson, and Meg (Miller) McKenna were all in attendance. Lauren and Jordan met at Wayfair, where she worked for the last five years (she recently started a sabbatical).

Stephanie Whisnant shared a personal update: “People may or may not know I am in Lander, Wyoming, with three girls and a dog. My accomplishments for 2023 included getting a child to start eating vegetables and getting the upper hand on winter snowstorms. The secret is investing early in a snowblower and learning fast the difference between snow and snow showers. I have also been putting my Dartmouth degree to work mastering the skills of drywall repair and Ikea closet installation.”

Dr. Manya Whitaker will begin a two-year term as the interim president of Colorado College on July 1. She currently serves as the college’s executive vice president and chief of staff.

Sean Anthony and his wife, Kaitlin, had their second son, Liam, on January 19. Sean is still living and working in Columbus, Ohio, where he is involved with the Dartmouth Club of Central Ohio and interviews Dartmouth applicants.

Brad Heritage and his wife, Eliza Bennett Heritage ’10, welcomed Scott “Scottie” Richard Heritage, weighing 10 pounds, 5 ounces, to their family on January 20. Scottie’s older siblings Lucy (3) and Jamie (1.5) are “thrilled about their newest teammate,” according to Brad.

Please continue to share your news and updates!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s. We have several classmates with family updates this issue. Brian Martin and his wife, Katie, welcomed their second child in November, a daughter named Summer Martin. Summer joins big brother J.W. The family lives in Washington, D.C., and Brian and Katie are excited to introduce Summer to Hanover during family trips to Vermont this year. Jose Gonzalez and his wife, Shaina Landau ’07, welcomed their third child and first daughter, Eden Shai Gonzalez, on November 30. Eden joins brothers Owen (5 years old) and Ezra (3 years old). Zach Goldstein and his wife, Erica, welcomed a baby boy, Asher Goldstein, in October. Congratulations to all!

Bill Quirk moved back to Rhode Island and is now working remotely after many years in New York. He shares, “In my spare time I play the keyboard and marimba in a yacht rock-focused band, Caswell & The Peel N’ Eats. Our first single, ‘Coconut Kevin,’ came out in September and is currently No. 3 on the Trop Rock chart and No. 5 on Beach Radio Big 30.”

Jordan Garrow was honored by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business” on the magazine’s inaugural “Time 100 Climate” list. Jordan is the chair of Seneca Holdings, the investment arm of the Seneca Nation of western New York.

Marcie Wing is looking to move to California and is working on some writing projects related to the state. She would love to hear from Dartmouth classmates about their life and work experiences in La Jolla, Palo Alto, Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco, or Los Angeles. You can reach her by email at marcielesliewing@gmail.com.

Ben Schwartz continues to remain connected to the greater Dartmouth community. He shares, “This past November my foster son (who I met junior winter while on a Tucker fellowship in Ghana) and I got to host a wonderful group of Dartmouth students, faculty, and alumni at our home and educational retreat center in Ghana, celebrating Thanksgiving together and supporting the Dartmouth team, organized by the Dartmouth Applied Learning and Innovation (DALI) Lab, to train more than a dozen university students from across Ghana. Together we hiked from our home to the highest waterfall in West Africa, enjoyed campfires, and my colleagues taught our guests how to say important phrases in the local languages, prepare local dishes, and weave Kente, among other cross-cultural experiences. We look forward to welcoming other Dartmouth community members to our home in the future!”

Tiffany Hagge is the founder and managing partner of Citation Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in Dallas that specializes in investments in founder- and family-led businesses. Outside of work Tiffany is involved in the Dallas community as a member of the owner’s advisory board for the NHL Dallas Stars and the board of UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Please continue to share your news and updates!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Happy New Year, ’06s! I begin this column on a somber note: Sadly, Echo Brown passed away on September 16 from kidney failure due to lupus. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Echo majored in government and was involved in the Rockefeller Center, serving as a Rockefeller leadership fellow. A natural storyteller, she wrote and performed in a successful and acclaimed one-woman show and published two young-adult novels. At the time of her death she was writing her third novel in collaboration with Tyler Perry. Her obituary was published in major media outlets, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Amanda Prentice shared, “Echo was one of the bravest and most independent people those close to her ever met. She broke down barriers and overcame much adversity in her short life. We have no doubt that had she been granted a longer life, she would have continued to be a trailblazer in many ways.” If you would like to make a contribution to support Echo’s mother during this difficult time, you can reach out to Echo’s close friend, Cathy Mao, at cathyforecho@gmail.com, who has been helping the family with arrangements.

Janna Johnson was recently promoted to associate professor and granted indefinite tenure at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Her research as an economist and demographer mainly concerns internal migration within the United States, and she’s had the opportunity to present her research back at Dartmouth in the economics department. Janna lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Sinthang Has, and their daughter, Emery.

Mats Lemberger will be completing his fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in June. Later this year he plans to release a musical album, the first of several planned. Mats shares that his album is “Indie songwriter stuff inspired by the music I explored on my Dartmouth Partners in Community Service internship at Music Maker Relief Foundation in 2004, which sent me to McDowell County, West Virginia, and led me on the path to pursue a career in medicine.” You can follow him on social media (@psychflu).

In September Jessica (Saraceno) Carroll was honored as one of 40 attorneys under the age of 40 in New Jersey named a 2023 “New Leaders of the Bar” recipient by the New Jersey Law Journal. Jessica is part of the healthcare and litigation group at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP, and lives in New Jersey with her husband and three children.

Griffin Gordon and his wife, Casey, welcomed their third child in August, a girl named Georgia. She joins sister Parker and brother Hudson.

In October, Brad Heritage, Will Pierce, Alec Hufnagel, and Jamie Coffin played in a charity golf event to benefit Mike Rabil’s nonprofit, PLL Assists. “A tremendous day was had by all to help support and grow the game of lacrosse (and to assert former undergrad dominance),” Brad shared.

Please continue to share your news updates and have a great start to the new year!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; dartmouth06classnotes@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s.

Congratulations to Patty (Olszynski) Hanyen and her husband Greg. They welcomed their third child, a daughter named Caroline, in May. Big sister Evelyn and big brother Miles are showering her with love. They currently live in Denver, where Patty is an anesthesiologist for Kaiser Permanente.

Also, congratulations to Bart Blackburn and his wife, Hilary Prentice ’01, who welcomed their first child, a son named Tice, on July 7. Tice joins their family as the second boy—Bart has an older son named Beckett who is 5 1/2 and is very excited for his new role as a big brother. Tice is connected to our ’06 class in another way—his aunt is Amanda Prentice.(Amanda officiated Bart and Hilary’s wedding ceremony last year in Los Angeles.)

For the second year Lauren Balukjian is working to bring women together virtually. She shares that, “Last November I hosted and produced the first ever Ivy League Summit for Women, where more than 250 Ivy League women gathered virtually to take off the veil of perfection and discuss the challenges we face as women. The global community, Ivy League Sisters, is now more than 750 women and they are gathering again this year on November 9.” To learn more and register for the free summit visit www.theivyleaguesummit.com.

Alexis Lanzet recently moved to Toronto after living in Vancouver for 17 years. Currently she is the VP of strategic finance for Aurora Cannabis, where she has worked in different roles for the past five years. Alexis met her husband at the University of British Columbia M.B.A. program, and they have two children, a 13-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter. The family is enjoying all that their new city has to offer, and Alexis would love to connect with other ’06s in the Toronto area.

Wishing you all a wonderful start to 2024!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; dartmouth06classnotes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. As September marks the arrival of a new class in Hanover, I am excited to share that Linda Lomelino and Ryan Danehy will be our first classmates (if I’m not mistaken) to have a child attend Dartmouth. Their son, Lukas, will become a member of the class of 2027 this fall. Linda lives in northwest Arkansas, where she helped Walmart start its first data commercialization business. Linda shares that she’s “excited to visit campus in the fall and see familiar faces while settling Lukas in.”

Dino Hall was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award under the category “Outstanding Interactive Experience - Original Programming” for his work as a producer for the Men in Blazers’ “This Cup’s for You” World Cup tour. A little more than three years ago Dino started his own company, Dot.GG Productions, out of his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he lives with his wife, Abby, and daughter Aria.

John Huelskamp and his wife, Jessica, welcomed a baby girl, Daphne Joan Huelskamp, on April 28. John shares, “Big brother Forrest (2), mom, and dad are very happy!”

Finally, thank you to all of our classmates who organized the June 6 class day events in their communities: Kaethe Henning in Seattle, Alex Middleton and Cindy Tsai in Chicago, Meredith (Curtis) Laguna in San Francisco, Hannah Chase in New York City, and Christine Reinhold, who organized the virtual event.

Please continue to share your updates and wishing everyone a wonderful start to the fall.

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

In January the Concord Monitor featured Brad Wolcott and his custom furniture and woodworking business. In addition to designing furniture, Brad teaches furniture making at the North Bennet Street School in Boston and recently became the manager of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Exhibition gallery in the Concord (New Hampshire) Chamber of Commerce. Brad lives in Concord with his wife, Jillian Rork ’06, and their two children. You can find his work at www.bradwolcott.com.

Abigail Adams and her husband, Skander, live in Missoula, Montana, and welcomed their first son, Ansel, in July 2022. Abigail recently became chief operating officer of a startup called Paradis Sport, founded by fellow Dartmouth alum Sarah Weihman ’96, that makes performance underwear for athletes, designed by and for women, and all made in the United States.

Austin Lord finished his Ph.D. program in anthropology at Cornell University and is continuing his work on disaster and climate risk management as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto School of the Environment and as a fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. Austin lives mostly in D.C. with his wife, Sneha, and their son, Alexander, who was born in early 2022.

Julie (Fairchild) Fogarty and her husband, Lant, welcomed daughter Clementine “Clemmie” Ann Fogarty on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day. Julie shares, “Naturally, green is already her favorite color. Clemmie joins big brother J.P. and her two fur siblings, Riley and Jackson. We are still living in Chicago—reach out if you’re ever in the area.”

Several ’06s returned to Hanover on April 15 for the annual men’s lacrosse alumni weekend, where they also celebrated the 20th anniversary of their Ivy League championship season in 2003 (our freshman year). In attendance were Brad Heritage, Jamie Coffin, Alec Hufnagel, Andrew Mayer, Dan Oberlin, Tom Pilla, Casey (Hazel) Nicholson with husband Matt ’05, Molly (Pierce) Daniels with husband Tom ’04, and Samantha (Lane) Gault with husband Mike ’03.

Samantha (Lane) Gault also shares, “I feel fortunate that the kids and I have also recently hit the beach with Kate (Berry) Grace, the ski slopes with Kate (Hufft) Kelly and Matt Kelly, the Essex [Connecticut] steam train with Katie (Lang) Rotker, and the theater with Devika Bodas ’15, former Greenwich Academy student and recent New Canaan Country School colleague.”

After working in fundraising for Dartmouth for the last 11 years, Alex Stein relocated from Hanover to Italy. She writes, “I am improving my Italian language skills, furthering my BunnyBear Quilts handmade gift line, and spending three days a week working at a bike shop on Lake Como. Come take a tour with me if you’re ever in northern Italy: www.bikeitbellagio.com.”

Please continue to share your news and updates!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

With great sadness, I share that Pete Weyrens passed away on January 31 in Wilmette, Illinois. An accomplished athlete, Pete rowed crew at Dartmouth and was a walk-on to the team (he had never rowed before). After graduating from Dartmouth with a double major in government and English, Pete worked in consulting and earned an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He then worked in financial services in New York City, Denver, and Sydney, Australia. Pete loved the outdoors, especially rowing, golf, and biking. If you would like to honor Pete, you may make a donation in his name to The Nature Conservancy or to a charity of your choice that helps the homeless in your community.

I was in touch with several of Pete’s friends and teammates, including Robbie Carey, Nic Chu, Greg Bayard, Bob Blake, and Noah Riner, all of whom were able to attend Pete’s memorial service in February. Together, they shared the following memories of him: “We remember our typical Saturday mornings in Hanover—early morning practice on the river, followed by a trek up the hill from the boathouse for breakfast at Lou’s, and later pong in the Heorot basement. Outside of the weekend rhythm in Hanover, Pete was always making time for travel and adventure, which was perhaps best encapsulated by his move to Australia for two years to continue his work for Bank of America Merrill Lynch out of the Sydney office. In Hanover Pete always made time to serve the community, especially via COVER home repair. His commitment to service was steadfast and included a recent trip to Indianapolis to help facilitate a free health clinic, called Pathways to Health, that served more than 5,000 patients. Pete was consistently generous with his time and resources, was an exceptionally thoughtful friend and community member, and is deeply missed.”

Ali “Kat” Krzton has served on the faculty at Auburn University as the research data management librarian for the last five years. She has earned tenure this year and will be promoted to associate professor in the fall. Kat also shared: “I recently celebrated 20 years together with my absolute favorite person, Bryan Gentry, and we live very happily with two terrible cats that we love to an unreasonable degree.”

Elisabeth “Libby” Sherman was named the senior curator and director of exhibitions and collections at the International Center of Photography (ICP). She joins ICP from the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she curated and co-curated exhibitions for the past 12 years. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and children Maxine and Julius.

In January I saw Katie (Jaxheimer) Agarwal and Emily (Salas) Crowley.Katie has focused on operations roles at digital health companies and currently is the VP of strategic initiatives at Cedar, which is focused on improving the patient financial experience. She lives in Brooklyn with her family. Emily lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, with her family and is the director of Acquavella Galleries in Palm Beach, Florida.

Sebastian “Seb” Ruiz and his wife, Joanne Rispoli, recently moved from N.Y.C. to Weston, Massachusetts, and welcomed their first child, daughter Julia Michelle Ruiz. Seb works for ACT Commodities, a global renewal energy and environmental products company, as general counsel for the Americas. Joanne is a pediatric neuro-radiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Seb is excited to be back in New England and is looking forward to reconnecting with other Dartmouth alums in the Boston area.

In June we will be resuming in-person class day reunions. They will occur on or near June 6 in cities across the United States. Stay tuned for more details via email. Please continue to send in news and updates you may have, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Paul Heintz was recently promoted to editor-in-chief of VTDigger, a nonprofit news outlet that has become the largest newsroom in Vermont. He spent close to a decade as a reporter and editor at Seven Days newspaper before joining VTDigger in 2021 as managing editor. Paul lives outside of Burlington with his wife, Shayla Livingston, and their two sons.

After working for 14 years in finance, Kate (Hufft) Kelly started her own design company, Kate Kelly Design, in 2020. Kate focuses on custom fine art wedding invitation suites and day-of paper products. Recently, she launched an online shop selling stationery, coasters, trays, candles, cocktail napkins, and more. Kate was included as a vendor in the Brick Church Fair, a holiday pop-upeventin New York City. Several Dartmouth alumni came to support her, including Emily (Salas) Crowley, Nina Fulmer, Rebecca Houck, Laura Lane ’08 and her husband, Matt Kelly. You can learn more about her work at www.katekellydesign.com.

Ryan McAnnally-Linz’sthird book, Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most (co-written with Miroslav Volf and Matthew Croasmun) will be published in March. Ryan is currently the associate director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture.

Casey Nicholson and her husband, Matt Nicholson ’05, welcomed their fourth son, Knox, in May of 2022. Casey shared, “Knox is the sweetest addition to the family and couldn’t be more adored by his three big brothers.”

Manya Whitaker, associate professor of education and the executive vice president and chief of staff at Colorado College, was recently honored by two of her former Colorado College students. Crediting Manya’s classes for shaping their thinking, the alumni donated $2 million to establish the Manya Whitaker Professorship in Education, the first endowed professorship in the department of education at Colorado College.

I look forward to hearing from more of you in the coming months!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755

Hi, ’06s. I am writing you as the new class secretary. Other members of the class of 2006 leadership include Christine “Chrissy” Reinhold as class president, Julie (Fairchild) Fogarty as treasurer, Kaethe Henning as co-head agent, and Amanda Prentice as co-head agent.

Chrissy Reinholdlives in Coral Springs, Florida, with her family. On August 12 Chrissy married Valerian Soltes Jr. in Orlando, Florida. Their 2-year-old daughter, Maya Soltes (future Dartmouth class of 2041), was the flower girl. Chrissy and Valerian run a Salesforce and IT consulting company called EdgyBiz LLC, which Chrissy founded in 2019. She writes, “Thank you to the more than 150 class members and family who attended our reunion in June 2022. While the weather was colder than expected, dipping into the 40s, hearts were warmed by reuniting after five years and seeing many new faces at the meals and events. Our class is looking for volunteers to continue encouraging class connection. If you have an idea for a virtual class gathering or would like to be a presenter at one, we would love your involvement! Please email creinhold@gmail.com with details.”

Kaethe Henning joined Synapse Product Development as a director of business development in its Seattle office in September. Synapse, part of Capgemini Invent North America, provides engineering and product development consulting services. She would love to connect with classmates living in or visiting Seattle.

Amanda Prentice is happy to add another ’06 to her family. She shares that her sister, Hilary Prentice ’01, “saw the light and realized the best class is ’06—Hilary married our classmate Bart Blackburn on May 28.” Amanda also recently caught up with Sarah Givner, Cindy (Cao) Hustveit, Sara (Friesen) Press, and Phyllis Lee in New York City for Sarah Givner’s birthday celebration. “It was great to see old friends after a long period of not seeing friends during the last couple of years,” she writes.

Katie (Lang) Rotker became an assistant professor of urology at Yale University this summer. Most recently she served as vice chair of urology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She and her husband and their children are settling into life in Connecticut and would welcome connecting with other local Dartmouth alums.

Emily Nerland was recently appointed to head of global sales at NS1. Her role will focus on growing NS1’s global salesforce and partnership opportunities. Prior to NS1, Emily was managing director for Europe, the Middle East, and Asia at Masergy.

Classmates Nick Stork and Rich Walton cofounded the company Archaea Energy LLC, a renewable natural gas company. Nick now serves as the CEO and Rich as the president. In October the company was acquired by BP for approximately $4.1 billion.

I look forward to hearing from more of you in the coming months!

Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Allison Caffrey has been hired as the new executive director at Root. Allison has significant experience in working with nonprofits and foundations on education and youth development. Root’s mission is to help young adults, ages 16 to 26, create a pathway to independence through foodservice training and employment.

Taylor Grant is the new senior art director at Aptive Resources. Phillip Harrison and Yiyi Ma reconnected in Portland, Oregon, and married in 2020. They subsequently moved to San Francisco and recently welcomed their first child, George Austin. In March Katherine Harrison and her husband, Albert Chen, welcomed their second child, daughter Lyra Rose, in San Francisco.

Lance Kramer premiered his new independent film, The First Step, at the latest Tribeca Film Festival. The film tells the story about Van Jones’ quest to build a bipartisan coalition to pass criminal justice reform amid intense political and social divisions. Lance and his brother, Brandon, who was the film’s director, toured with the film to more than 25 film festivals across the United States. Several Dartmouth friends showed up along the way: Brittany Beth in Washington, D.C.; Chris Schooley and Oya Nuzumlali in Wichita, Kansas; Tim Sun in New York City; and Deana Wojcik ’07 in Detroit. Dartmouth film professor Mark Williams also hosted a screening and discussion in one of his classes this past fall. Lance and the team are now working on sharing the film with more campuses, nonprofits, government agencies, and also in prisons this fall. To find out more about the film visit http://thefirststep.com.

Cathy Mao and Amanda Prentice are supporting Echo Brown in her continued journey to find a kidney donor. She has been on dialysis since she went into kidney failure in March 2020. The devastating impact of end-stage kidney disease and dialysis continue to take a physical, emotional, and financial toll on her. We are asking for classmates’ support, and donations can be made to her GoFundMe page: gofundme.com//f/4rcrst-help-echo-brown-survive. You can also learn more about how to sign up to be a potential donor at echobrown.com/kidneytransplant.

This is my last Class Notes column as we transition leadership roles with each reunion. It has been a pleasure to stay connected and keep the class connected. You can find all my Class Notes columns on our class website at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes and also read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. Thanks to all who have shared your updates through the years. It’s been great to hear from you and I look forward to continuing to keep in touch!

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s, I hope everyone is enjoying spring and able to spend time with family and loved ones. We look forward to seeing those of you who plan to attend our reunion in Hanover in June. This April, en route to a business school reunion, we visited with Jon Landsberg in Charlotte, North Carolina. He and Steph (Cochran) Landsberg are staying busy with work and kids Henry (3) and Abby (1) and enjoying the outdoor life in North Carolina whenever they can.

In March Rich Walton and Nick Stork rang the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange when the company they founded, Archaea Energy (www.archaeaenergy.com), went public.

Hugh Jessiman and his wife, Cassie, were able to spend the past two years in Sea Island, Georgia, close to his recently deceased grandfather, Paul Woodberry ’49. Paul was able to attend Hugh and Cassie’s wedding as well as meet their daughter (his great-granddaughter), Laura Lily Jessiman, in September of 2021.

In May Amanda Morris and her husband, Chris Bowen ’02, moved to Long Island, New York, with their two daughters. Chris got a job with Google and will be based out of the New York City office. Amanda and Chris are looking forward to connecting with their friends in the area.

Since the beginning of the pandemic Michael Mina has been leading research efforts on how to limit spread of the virus as well as advising the federal government (both administrations) and many states and international governments on their Covid response. He recently left his position as a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and medical school and is putting research into action in the private sector as eMed’s chief science officer. In this role Michael is still advising governments and developing the tools society can use to limit the toll of this virus. Michael and his partner, Sarah, also welcomed a beautiful baby named Lila Rose in October. The family is moving to Miami and would welcome getting to know any alumni in the area.

Thanks to everyone who continues to write in and share updates. You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for the next column!

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Thanks to everyone who shared their updates for this issue. It was great to hear from you!

Chase Bower and his family moved to Paoli, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles west of Philadelphia, at the end of last year. Chase will be starting Wharton’s executive M.B.A. program in May, although he will still always bleed green! Chase and his wife, Rachel, are celebrating their 10-year anniversary, and their kids Eleanor and Grant are now 7 and 5.

In honor of May Mental Health Awareness Month, Audrey Marcum is working with a collaboration of alumni-led groups to launch a series that will feature Dartmouth alumnae sharing their stories of balancing mental health and wellness. Audrey first shared her bipolar I story with the ’06 Facebook group in 2019. Through the new Inspire platform, her story is written to celebrate how individuals, as part of a healthy ecosystem, can empower someone wrestling with a newly manifested mental illness. Please enjoy the stories published at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu, help raise awareness about mental health needs throughout the Dartmouth community and consider sharing a story as well.

Hannah Murnen was named managing director of the Activate Anywhere Community. Activate is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that partners with U.S.-based funders and research institutions to support its fellows.

James Adam Redfield edited and translated from Yiddish a new book, From a Distant Relation, written by Mikah Yosef Berdichevsky. The book is a lively collection of little-known short stories, monologues, and folktales by a major figure in modern Jewish literature and thought. James is assistant professor of biblical and talmudic literatures in the department of theological studies at Saint Louis University. He was a 2016 Yiddish Book Center translation fellow and his translation of From a Distant Relation was the result of his translation fellowship project.

Diana Zhang is CEO and co-founder of NeighborShare, a rapidly growing, direct-giving platform that empowers communities to help families through critical moments of need, requiring $400 or less. NeighborShare helps local nonprofits connect households directly with neighbors who are eager to share, making it easier for the organizations to highlight specific, validated cases of need and resolve them quickly.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. 

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Happy 2022, ’06s. I hope everyone was able to see family and loved ones and enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday. Along with the world, our class continued to pivot last year and held a number of different virtual gatherings, including music nights, a mixology session, our entrepreneur panel, and an author interview. As a result, we were one of only 13 classes recognized at Dartmouth’s Volunteer Officer eXperience for creative class events, classmate involvement, and leadership. We look forward to continuing to engage with you all in 2022 and leading up to our reunion.

During our virtual gathering with P.J. Scheufele and Andrew Caspary lastyear, they alluded to a project they were working on together. P.J. and Capurro Pisco/The Craft Spirits Cooperative are working with Death & Co (the famed New York City bar with additional locations in Los Angeles and Denver) to make original, ready-to-drink cocktails using their portfolio of spirits and are producing at Ventura Spirits with Andrewand Henry Tarmy.The launch was covered by The New York Times. For a special discount, use code “gobiggreen” when purchasing at https://drinkfellows.com, which can now ship to most states.

Anna Cates got a rare chance to visit some Dartmouth friends in Oregon in December. Anna and her youngest, 6-month-old Ted, stayed with Erin Fifield ’05 in Eugene for several days. Erin lives a couple of blocks from Tom Bonamicci ’07, so the group had a wonderful coffee and visited Tom’s pop-up market, where Anna bought a spatula Tom made in his garage for a Christmas present. Anna usually stays in Minneapolis working on soil health with the University of Minnesota Extension, and it was lovely to see Oregon’s green in December. Her other kids are 5 and 3 and had to miss the trip this time.

Cory Claus recently became a twice nationally recognized, award-winning writer. Two years ago, he entered a short story, The Bay-Facing Window, in the Writer’s Digest competition, which is the largest in the country. The story was chosen as a Top 10 award winner. Last year Cory entered his debut novel, Surrounded by Chu Songs, in the Digest’s Self-Published Novel competition, where it was named a finalist. He is currently finishing his follow-up novel, When the Devil Drops By (set in Woodstock, Vermont), with high hopes of finding an agent and publisher.

Cary Telander Fortin cofounded a startup called goodbuy (www.trygoodbuy.com). An easy button for conscious shopping, the initial offering is a chrome browser extension that appears when shopping on a mega retailer’s website and redirects you to the same or similar product from a small, values-aligned business. A big shoutout to Dean Drizin,who was at Green D Ventures at the time and was an invaluable resource. Other Dartmouth supporters and investors include Laura Rippy, Sam Carpenter, Barbara Li, Allen Morgan, and Abbeygale Anderson (who is starting her own venture fund, Cross Impact).

After a great run at Cooley LLP practicing law representing startup companies and their investors in the Bay Area, Libby Hadzima Perkins joined SignalFire, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco redesigning the venture model. She will head up the legal function as the firm’s first lawyer. Maxwell “Max” Geo Perkins was born last July and joins big sister Josie.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

I hope you all enjoyed fall and were able to get outside and connect with family and friends.

We recently returned from travels to the East Coast and New England that included time with Jesse Mynahan in New Jerseyand Bill Quirk in Rhode Island. We also visited Dartmouth and enjoyed all that Hanover and New Hampshire have to offer. We were so happy to reunite with Anthony Gargiulo, Ryan Fuselier, and his wife, Lara, at the Fuseliers’ beautiful home in Stamford, Connecticut. We met their son, Raf (2) and golden retriever Maggie and partook in games of pong.

Daniel D. Lee was on Jeopardy in an episode that aired on September 14. Daniel impressed his fellow alumni when he nailed a “true daily double” with his unwavering question of “Who is John Milton?” to get the answer right.

Zach Smith and Jessica Watson have moved to northern Maine. They are both working for Northern Light Health in Bangor. Jessica is the only vitreoretinal surgeon in the health system. Zach is working as an internist with several duties; he is a primary care physician, hospitalist, and a teaching attending for the family medicine residency program. Their children are now 7 and 5 years old and love the local school system.

Audrey Marcum (Mengyang Jian) recently moved to the Seattle area. In an attempt to be a contributing member of society while job searching, she created a Dartmouth job hunt buddy matching platform using a simple SurveyMonkey form. You can find details and a link to the survey in the LinkedIn “Dartmouth College Alumni” group.

Jeff Wagner and his wife, Sara, welcomed their daughter Harriet “Hattie” Wagner on September 1. Both Hattie and Sara are doing well. The family is still living in Boston, and Jeff recently moved from academia to the biotech startup world.

Jose Gonzalez welcomed Ezra Landau Gonzalez in April. She joins big brother Owen.

In October we spent time with Julie Fogarty and her family here in Chicago. We met her 6-month-old son, J.P., with husband Lant. J.P. is an extremely sweet, friendly baby, and we are always appreciative of the hospitable Fogartys.

As we kick off 2022, we look forward to welcoming everyone back to campus at our reunion in June. Please save the date for June 17-19 and more communications to come from our class executive board.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Thanks to all who wrote in and shared updates for this issue of the magazine. In many ways it has felt like both a long and short year. Our class executive board was happy to see you all at events virtually, and we look forward to continuing to connect. Wishing you all a happy holiday season with family and loved ones.

Kaethe Henning caught up with ’06s visiting Seattle in July. She hung out with Libby Ludlow, her husband, Jake Dudek ’08, and Pete Anderson. Libby and Jake live in Boise, Idaho, and were in the Pacific Northwest visiting for the summer. Libby is the author of a children’s book, A-B-Skis, and a new follow-up book, Goodnight Chairlift. Pete is still coaching the Norwegian men’s ski team. Classmates may catch a glimpse of him at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing or on the international race circuit before then.

After three postponements due to Covid, Eugene Oh was finally able to marry Linna Loangkote on July 24 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Benjamin Waters, Alex Gelman, and Michael Valmonte were in attendance as well as a bunch of ’04s and ’05s.

Paul Huelskamp and his wife, Reny, had baby boy, Henry “Hank” Rowen Huelskamp, on April 1. John Huelskamp and his wife, Jessica, welcomed Forrest Thomas Huelskamp on July 3. Baby Forrest tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 21.5 inches long. Paul and John live right down the street from one another, so it will be amazing to see their sons grow up together.

Jamie Coffin and Katie Wolf Coffin welcomed Summer Frances Coffin on August 2. Funny enough, she also tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 13 ounces.

Kelly (Roy) Louviere and her husband, Chris, welcomed a baby girl, Daphne, this summer. She has two older sisters, Violet (5) and Penny (3), who adore her. Kelly and Chris probably have their work cut out for them with three daughters, but for now Kelly is enjoying maternity leave with their last baby.

Joe Killefer and his wife, Jen, welcomed their second daughter, Hazel Grace Killefer, earlier this year.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

I write this column in June, and the start to summer included our first trip back to the Northeast in more than a year. It was great to spend time in New Jersey with Jesse Mynahan and his children, Avni (4) and Ravi (2), with wife Devika Bakhshi ’05, as well as a short trip to Rhode Island to see Bill Quirk and his family. We are looking forward to returning in September for a full New England tour, visit to Dartmouth, and plans to see more ’06 friends.

Jon Landsberg and Stephanie (Cochran) Landsberg welcomed their daughter, Abigail “Abby” Elizabeth, on April 28. Abby weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and with a full head of hair. She joins big brother Henry (2) and likes to sleep all day and party all night. The family is doing well and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Julie Fogarty and her husband, Lant, welcomed their first child, John Patrick “J.P.” III, on March 10. J.P. is doing well, and his fur siblings adore him. As a member of Team Green until his debut, J.P. can’t wait for his first trip to Hanover.

Katherine (Lawson) Trier and Henry Trier welcomed their fourth (and last!) baby on June 3. Nora Alice Trier joins big brothers Liam (6), Dylan (4), and Owen (2). The boys are thrilled to have a baby sister.

Scott Feighner and his wife, Anne, have two girls, Abigail (1) and Kate (3). The family currently resides in Boise, Idaho, where Scott works as a commercial real estate broker and Anne works as an obstetrician and gynecologist. They are looking forward to a summer of fishing, rafting, and camping in Idaho.

In June Bill Quirk and Sarah Ball traveled to Homer, Alaska, for the wedding celebration of fellow Glee Club member Michael Amico ’07 and Conrad Winslow. They saw grizzly bears at Katmai National Park, went dog sledding in the glaciers in Kenai, and met up with Janelle (Moerlein) Spurkland, husband Jan, and adorable baby Eric. After one of the wedding events, Bill and Sarah met up with Andrew Argeski and Alex Middleton, who had just visited Lake Clark. Bill is stunned by the beauty of Alaska and suggests everyone put it on the bucket list.

In June Brad Heritage watched part of the Premier Lacrosse League’s opening weekend at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The league was founded and is led by Mike Rabil and his brother, Paul. The experience and level of play was amazing for Brad to see, and he believes the league is on an exciting upward trajectory.

We enjoyed seeing everyone who joined our virtual 06/06 Day celebration and hearing from some of the entrepreneurs in our class, Chrissy Reinhold, Griffin Gordon, and Paul Huelskamp. Thank you to Amanda Prentice and Dean Drizin for planning the event and to Dean for hosting. We are looking to hear from you all on other events you would like to participate in and how the class executive board can help you engage with other ’06s.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

I hope everyone enjoys a fun and safe summer and is able to see family and loved ones. There is lots to share in this column. Thanks to everyone who reached out.

We start on a somber note in hopes that classmates may be able to help out. Just as she was hitting her stride in her career, in March 2020, Echo Brown almost died from kidney failure. She has been on dialysis ever since and has been diagnosed with end-stage renal disease. This means that Echo will have to get a kidney transplant to survive. A GoFundMe has been established to help Echo cover the costs of regular dialysis, medical appointments, a kidney transplant, and post-operation costs. These are hard times for many of us, but if you are able to donate, you can by searching “Help Echo Brown Survive” at www.GoFundMe.com.

Jesse Tichenor completed a master’s in counseling psychology from the Wright Institute last fall and is loving his work providing psychotherapy to teens, adults, and couples through the Conscious Mind Therapy Institute in Walnut Creek, California. His spouse, Liz (Keenan) Tichenor ’07, serves as rector of the Episcopal church in Pleasant Hill, California, and her 2021 memoir, The Night Lake, was recently featured as the New York Public Library’s book of the day. Their children Alice (9) and Sam (6) are enjoying hiking with their puppy, climbing lots of trees, and singing “Dear Old Dartmouth” interchangeably with the sorting hat songs from Harry Potter.

Jonathan Hancock’s book, Convulsed States: Earthquakes, Prophecy, and the Remaking of Early America, was published in the spring.

In baby news, Josh and Merrill Gregg welcomed Hannah Chester Gregg on January 29. Jared and Zoe Hyatt welcomed Nell Ruth Hyatt on February 28. Crawford and Adair Arnold welcomed Reeves Arnold on March 23.

Katie and Michael Ellis welcomed daughter, Rebecca Joan Ellis, on March 27. Rebecca weighed in at 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19 inches long. Big brother Edward (4) is mostly excited to have a sister, and the family is adjusting to life as a family of four. In August Katherine will be separating from the Air Force and beginning a new job as an emergency medicine physician with Alteon Health in Alexandria, Virginia.

Matthew Schwartz has been promoted to the position of associate general counsel at Foursquare, the most trusted, independent, location technology platform for understanding how people move in the real world. Matt now leads global commercial negotiations for the legal team and is looking forward to an exciting (and busy) few years ahead.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

If you have ideas for future virtual or in-person events, please reach out to our class executive team. We are always looking for ideas and ways to connect our classmates. I look forward to hearing from you for the next column!

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. It was a pleasure to see everyone who joined our virtual class event in February. Thank you to P.J. Scheufele and Andrew Caspary, who shared about their businesses and experience in the spirits industry. Many thanks to Amanda Prentice for planning the fun and informative event.

P.J. is the cofounder and director of the Craft Spirits Cooperative (www.craftspiritscoop.com), which helps craft spirit brands grow in the United States. He married into the craft spirits business—his wife’s family has been producing pisco in Perú for more than 100 years. They started the cooperative together after bringing her family’s namesake brand, Capurro Pisco, to the United States. Andrew Caspary started Ventura Spirits (venturaspirits.com/pages/about) with his brother and Henry Tarmy in 2011. They make several spirits, including gin and amaro, with an eye toward using the native plants of California, where they grew up.

To try these products yourself, order online at www.klwines.com by searching “Capurro Pisco” and “Ventura Spirits.”

Joshua Gregg and his wife, Merrill, are excited to welcome Hannah Gregg. Hannah and big sister Abigail are looking forward to seeing all their ’06 cousins ’round the girdled earth, they hope soon.

In light of global changes that have shifted how we work, live, and learn, Ben Schwartz is reimagining education by launching an innovative real-world education program that brings together youth globally, virtually, and eventually in-person through learning-by-doing community development projects. The home for this program will be the Sage Centre that Ben is constructing, with his foster son, Charles, in the mountains of Ghana. Ben is piloting initiatives for clean water access and solar energy led by students in the United States, China, and West Africa. The Sage Centre vision has been supported by a number of Dartmouth friends in multiple classes. Classmates demonstrating the power of the Dartmouth network to make a difference in the world include ’06s Sarah Ball, Jen Bordeau, Kristen Wong Callisto, Brad Heritage, Chris Laako, Dana Charles McCoy, and Greg Pence. Visit gofundme.com and search “help complete the sage centre” to learn more about Ben’s work.

Taica Hsu, cofounder and executive director of Queens of the Castro, was named a 2020 Roddenberry fellowship recipient. Taica is a resident of Oakland, California, and his nonprofit organization uses the art and strategic defiance of drag to mentor, empower, support, and create safer spaces for LGBTQ youth. With the $50,000 fellowship, a drag curriculum and accompanying queer-trans pedagogy will be developed and integrated into Queens of the Castro’s existing mentoring program and in social studies curricula across California. Classmate and friend Mikee Guzmán, who relocated to Oakland this past summer and is teaching at Head-Royce School, will be translating the evolving curriculum and pedagogy into Spanish.

John Schriffen has launched a new dog waste canister called Poupé (thepoupe.com). It’s the first all-in-one leash attachment that includes an antibacterial hand wipe with a re-engineered dog waste bag, appropriate for the Covid era and beyond. Poupé’s Kickstarter campaign went live in March.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for the next column!

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Dear class of 2006, what a year it has been. I write this column in December and hope that everyone had the opportunity to make the most of the holiday, relax, and spend time with loved ones. This year we have challenged ourselves to engage virtually, and I hope you have been able to connect and keep in touch with other ’06s in meaningful ways. Thank you to everyone who continues to write in and share with all of us.

Dr. Diana (Kirschner) Haddad has been working on the Covid front lines since March. She is an attending physician in the pediatric intensive care unit at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Westchester Medical Center health network. In August she also gave birth to her fourth child, Michael. Never skipping a beat, Diana returned to work shortly thereafter, and those around her are in awe of her strength, tenacity, and compassion.

Jesse Brush and his wife, Liza, welcomed their second child, Kathryn Charlotte Brush, in July. Jesse, Liza, Katie, and big brother Nathan enjoyed a long trip to Quechee, Vermont, particularly their frequent takeout dinners from Simon Pearce and Molly’s. The family lives in New York City, where Jesse is a capital markets partner at law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

Jesse Gero has moved back to the United States from France to take a new position as assistant general counsel with the U.S. International Development Finance Corp. in Washington, D.C. His partner, Jane Cowan ’08, is finishing up her final year of general surgery residency at Columbia/NewYork-Presbyterian and will be starting a two-year trauma fellowship at the University of Miami in August.

Casey (Hazel) Nicholson and her husband, Matt ’05, welcomed their third son in September. Callum Matthew Nicholson is the sweetest addition to their family and is adored by his two older brothers.

Jenna Harris’s daughter, Jemma, turned 1 on New Year’s Eve.

Sophie Hutson was married to Timothy Collins on October 24 in an intimate wedding in Central Park in New York City. Yin Zhao was in attendance and Alyssa Minsky, Meredith Raucher Sisson, and Anne (Volanakis) Naftel joined via Zoom.

You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. It is great to hear from everyone who writes in. Here’s to 2021 and looking forward to seeing you all when we can.

Cindy Tsai, c/o Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, 7 Allen St., Hanover NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

I write this column in October, which typically includes a fall trip up to Hanover. This year has certainly been different for all of us. Thank you as always to our front line healthcare workers and all of those who are providing support. And thank you to classmates who are connecting us with one another during these times. I appreciate all of you who continue to write in and share important news in your lives.

This fall Mike Stroup moved to the Seattle area to start work with Accenture. He would love to link up with Dartmouth folks to do some skiing in the area (both lifts and backcountry).

Dean Drizin recently joined the investing team at Green D Ventures. The Dartmouth-alum-focused venture capital fund of Alumni Ventures Group invests funds from Dartmouth alums into Dartmouth-led startups. If you’re interested in learning more about Green D or want to chat about a startup, Dean would love to connect with you.

Brad Heritage and his wife, Eliza Bennett Heritage ’10, welcomed their first child, a daughter and future class of 2043, Lucy Bennett Heritage, on September 17. Mom and Lucy are both doing great. In anticipation of their newest addition, the family relocated from the Back Bay of Boston out to Wellesley, Massachusetts. If any classmates find themselves living close by or coming through the area, they’d love to connect.

Audra (Freemont) Bluehouse and her husband celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary in October, and their son, Xander, turned 1 at the end of August. The family is thrilled to be adding another little boy to their family in March. Audra and her husband are both currently teaching remotely in Las Cruces, New Mexico, but hope to return home to the Navajo Reservation in Ganado, Arizona, in the future. Audra also recently completed her M.B.A. and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!

Cindy Tsai, 343 West Wolf Point Plaza, #1310, Chicago, IL 60654; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Thanks to everyone for writing in and sharing updates. It’s great to keep in touch, and I hope everyone is enjoying a safe summer with their families.

Christine Reinhold and Valerian Soltes are thrilled to announce that Maya Evelyn was born in Boca Raton, Florida, on June 22. She weighed in at 6 pounds, 7 ounces, and measured 18.5 inches long. Prior to Maya’s arrival, the couple hosted a virtual baby shower with fellow alumni Katherine Lawson Trier, Mital Patel, and Paul ’84 and Amy ’85 Ferguson, among the many friends and family in attendance. 

Gordon Griffin and his wife had their second child and first son on July 6. Hudson James and his sister, Parker, have been getting along so far. The family is healthy and happy.

Lindsay (Hare) Masters and Kyle Masters welcomed their third baby, Logan Kai Masters, into the world.

Roshni Banker Cariello was elected partner of David Polk & Wardwell LLP in July. She is a member of Davis Polk’s corporate department in New York City, practicing in the capital markets group. She advises corporate and financial institution clients on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity offerings, investment-grade, high-yield, and convertible debt financings, private placements, and liability management.

In early July, on their six-and-a-half-year anniversary, Matthew Schwartz was married to David Estrada (Cornell ’06) in an intimate backyard wedding officiated by classmate Adamah Cole. Though their original wedding plans were postponed due to the pandemic, the warm summer evening proved to be a magical experience for their parents, grandparents, and local groomsmen. A pizza truck served individually packaged pies, and the guys enjoyed a fully dressed jump in the pool to celebrate.

As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!

Cindy Tsai, 343 West Wolf Point Plaza, #1310, Chicago, IL 60654; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi ’06s,

It was great to speak with everyone for this column and hear how you are all staying busy.

Stephanie Lawrence recently launched Traveling Spoon online cooking classes. The company now has more than 70 private online classes and was dubbed by Forbes as “reinventing the future of food tourism.” Traveling Spoon also announced its acquisition of Meal Sharing, a Chicago-based company. Meal Sharing founder Jay Savsani will join the Traveling Spoon team, and his hosts will be integrated into the Traveling Spoon host community. 

Echo Brown was named on Esquire’s list of Black authors telling essential stories. Her debut young adult novel, Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard, is about a fictional Echo Brown. The book was deemed by Esquire as “the arrival of a bold new literary imagination” and tells the story of a teen wizard who travels between two dimensions: the troubled dimension where her family lives and the rarefied dimension where she attends school.

Helen Parsons was named the 2020 Order of the Eastern Star Scholar. This honor recognizes Helen’s commitment to the Masonic Cancer Center and to the order’s commitment to supporting the development of novel therapies and new treatments in the quest to cure cancer.

Brian Taylor executive produced Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird, starring Ethan Hawke in his television debut. The show is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name. The series tells the story of fiery freedom fighter John Brown, who dreamed of a land where all people could live free and equal—even a boy who chose to dress like a girl. The series premiered on August 9.

After studying Python on her own for a while and getting to know Insomniac’s engine and tools, Alexis Ruegger has accepted the quality assurance engineer position she has been working toward for a long time. Husband Nate’s short horror film Trust Me now has a home on YouTube’s top horror channel, Alter.

Sean Anthony and his wife, Kaitlin, had their first child, Noah Wells Anthony, on May 30. They are loving life as a now bigger family in Columbus, Ohio.

Laura Liston married her longtime love, Jason Greenberg (Penn State ’00) in a beautiful sunset ceremony on her sister’s five-acre property. After a change to all the original wedding plans, Laura’s mom and sister pulled off an intimate celebration, including nuptials that took place under a gorgeous birch arbor chuppah. Laura and her husband hope to celebrate with all of their friends and family in 2021. They reside in the Haddonfield, New Jersey, area and Laura would love to hear from anyone looking for personal training in the surrounding area (laliston@gmail).

As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!

Cindy Tsai, 343 West Wolf Point Plaza, #1310, Chicago, IL 60654; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Thanks to all of you who are on the frontlines, behind the scenes, and lending a helping hand during the coronavirus pandemic. We deeply appreciate you.

It was great to hear from those who wrote in, and it has been so nice to catch up with so many ’06 friends virtually while we stay at home.

In an event to connect our class virtually during this time, in May, the talented Bill Quirk played a piano concert over Zoom. All ’06s were welcome to join, chat, and catch up between songs. It was Bill’s birthday and he played a number of classics as well as the alma mater.

Michael Mina, assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard, has been quoted extensively by news outlets during the pandemic on measures to control the spread of the virus. Charlie Deutsch was practicing veterinary medicine in Tucson, Arizona, and provided curbside service for his patients. Both Michael and Charlie shared their knowledge in an ’06 class forum where classmates sought to learn more about how to best protect their families and loved ones.

Dan Oberlin, M.D., was named a partner at Golden Gate Urology and continues to care for the urologic cancer needs of the Bay Area during the Covid-19 crisis. Dan and his wife, Pisey, recently had their second child, Beau Thomas Oberlin, in November. 

Silas St. James and his wife, Kelsey, welcomed their daughter, Juniper Hope, on February 13. Juniper, big brother Ansel, and big sister Kirie make a wonderful family. They live in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. 

Irina Kholkina was married to Miguel Sousa Lobo in Guincho, Portugal, in August 2019. The ’06s in attendance included Shaunak Mewada and Anjali Vithayathil, who also gave the maid of honor speech. On January 31 Irina and her husband welcomed their son, Máximo José. He joined their family of six and is loved and spoilt by his older siblings and Irina’s stepchildren Inácia (10), Micá (9), and Gaspar (7). 

As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W. Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Thanks to all of you who reached out to share updates.

Erik Lambert and Jeff Woodward have opened Bluebird Backcountry at Peak Ranch in Kremmling, Colorado. Bluebird Backcountry is a human-powered backcountry ski area. Guests use backcountry touring equipment to hike and ski uphill before transitioning to ski or snowboard back down. The area is open for test season runs through March 15 and welcomes all experience levels.

Joy Huntington, president and owner of Uqaqti Consulting, was named to the Alaska Journal of Commerce “Top 40 Under 40.”

In baby news, Ryan Fuselier and his wife, Lara, welcomed Ryan Allenbay Fuselier II (a.k.a. “Raf”) to the world on December 26. Raf was born at 2:04 p.m., weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and measured 53 centimeters long. Momma and baby are doing amazing.

Erin Emery and her husband, Neil Hartz ’07, welcomed son Andrew Grey on November 23. He joins big sister Violet Margaret (3). The family lives in San Francisco, where Erin and Neil both work.

Jenna Harris and Omar Mosley welcomed daughter Jemma-Michelle at 9:15 p.m. on New Year’s Eve December 31. She weighed in at 9 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 21.25 inches long. Jemma-Michelle has her father’s button nose and her mother’s flare for drama.

It was great to hear from everyone. As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news. I look forward to hearing from you for future columns!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Happy holidays to you and your families! It’s a very festive season here in Chicago, and I enjoyed catching up with Shirlasia Patterson recently at a holiday party.

In November we reunited in the Northeast as many classmates traveled to New York City for the Dartmouth vs. Princeton football game at Yankee Stadium. Dartmouth won the game, 27-10, and ’06s gathered with other alumni to celebrate both the win and Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary. As always, it was great to spend time and catch up with Chase Bower, Ryan Danehy, Matt Feldstein, Ryan Fuselier, Anthony Gargiulo, Dino Hall, Dan Kovler, Mike McClincy, Tom Monahan, Casey (Hazel) Nicolson, Brian Osimiri, Alex Payne, Dwayne Rabalias, Mike Rabil, Mike Shannon, Nick Stack, Nick Stork, and Rich Walton.

In the new year Sarah Frazier was elevated to partner at WilmerHale. Sarah is based in Boston and an intellectual property litigation lawyer. Jennifer Romig has been promoted to healthcare partner at Ropes & Gray. She is based in Chicago and focuses on structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and affiliations.

Abigail Adams moved back to her home state of Montana with her husband, Skander Spies. They lived for the past four years in Seattle, where Abigail was working for Amazon. She recently took a job managing customer experience strategy and operations for ClassPass in Missoula, Montana, and really enjoys it so far. The couple acquired an adorable Springer Spaniel puppy named Jasper earlier this fall. They love being back in Montana and raising a puppy.

In August Jesse Mynahan and his wife, Devika Bakhshi ’05, welcomed their second child, son Ravi Jude. Ravi was born weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measuring 20 inches long. He joins big sister Avni. In December the family moved to their own home in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, and have enjoyed continuing to travel the East Coast to see family.

Terri (Delgado) Thompson and her husband, Tommy Thompson, are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Henry Peter Thompson, this past October. Henry’s birthday is the same week as their now 2-year-old daughter, Ana. Terri and Tommy are embracing sleep deprivation but also enjoying being visited by family and friends during the holidays. Tommy stays busy during the day as a surgeon at University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Terri is enjoying time off with the kiddos and will head back to work this spring as the healthcare insights and analytics manager for Johnson & Johnson’s Kroger team.

Thanks to all who wrote in for this column. It is great to hear from you! As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

I write this column on the way to New England for a fall weekend. Thanks to those who shared updates for this month’s column. I am looking forward to hearing from more of you in the future!

Chris Green was married to Nora FioRito in Chicago on September 9. The wedding was attended by a whole crew of ’06 football players, including Chase Bower, Terry Cunningham, Anthony Gargiulo, Brian Osimiri, Mike Rabil, Mike Ribero, Craig Schlapprizzi, Mike Shannon, Nick Stork, and Rich Walton.

In October I spent time with Anthony Gargiulo and his wife, Rachel, during another visit to the Windy City. We did a walking tour of the city, caught up on old times, and facetimed Ryan Fuselier all the fun he was missing out on.

In baby news, Terry Cunningham and his wife had a new baby in July. Evelyn Cunningham was born on the 7th and joins big brother Wyatt (2).

Matt Slaine and his wife, Michele, are proud new parents of twin boys Mack and Miles Slaine, born on August 12. Older sister Mia is very happy to now be a big sister. 

After six years as a stay-at-home parent, Danielle Curley is very excited to be back to work part-time as an environmental educator at Riverbend Environmental Education Center in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.

Kiku Langford McDonald was featured earlier this year in the Norwich Bulletin for her initiative to bring collaboration to her community. During contentious debates around the local high school mascot, Kiku reached out on Facebook and to the local community to fold red paper “peace” cranes. Various folding sessions took place in town, and participants had the opportunity to meet and discuss community issues in a relaxed environment. The high school entrance is now decorated with 1,000 paper origami cranes that hang from the ceiling.

As always, you can view Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. I hope you all had a fun summer. Thanks to everyone who wrote in for this column—it was great to hear from you. Be sure to check out the Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes, where you can also catch up on articles about classmates mentioned in the news.

Kwabena Safo-Agyekum is a new development officer in leadership giving for the College, based in New York City.His company, Kwabs Dance Co. (KDC), will be doing another homecoming tour in Ghana in December in conjunction with Afrochella 2019.

Max Young is the new head of public affairs at Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit founded by former N.Y.C. mayor Michael Bloomberg that advocates for gun control. He was previously with the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City.

Brian Martin and his wife, Katie, celebrated the arrival of Jeffrey William Martin in April. Jeffrey is a happy boy who looks great in a Dartmouth onesie and is a delight to his mom and dad. Brian and his family have lived in Washington, D.C., for three years. He continues to serve as an attorney at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s office of enforcement and was made a senior litigation counsel earlier this year.

Katherine Trier and her husband, Henry, welcomed their third boy, Owen Thomas Trier, who was almost a July 4th baby and arrived at 10:28 p.m. on July 3. Owen was welcomed home by big brothers Liam (4) and Dylan (2).

This summer my travels took me to New England, where I visited Billy Quirk and his family for an annual trip to their hometown of Westerly, Rhode Island. The Quirks are always gracious hosts, and we enjoyed time at the beach, in the ocean, on bikes, and listening to Billy play piano. I also stayed with Ryan Fuselier and his wife, Lara, in their palatial house in Stamford, Connecticut. Ryan, a talented cook, made us all dinner and we reminisced about college days and spent time with their puppy, Lolo.

Back in Chicago I caught up with Mike Stroup and Julie Fogarty and her husband, Lant, over dinner. It’s been great to see everyone and keep in touch during a busy summer.

Wishing everyone a happy fall. For those in the Northeast, hope to see you at the Dartmouth vs. Princeton football game at Yankee Stadium in November. I look forward to hearing from you all soon!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi ’06s.

I write this column after our 06/06 Day class celebration. We had great turnout in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., on June 6. Additionally, ’06s celebrated early in Paris when Alex Stein, Jesse Gero, Echo Brown, and Sonia Bojanowska-Cantor got together in May. Ben Schwartz and Greg Pence also had an ad hoc 06/06 Day event in Seoul, South Korea. They caught up and discussed life, Dartmouth, and education. Thank you to everyone who came out for 06/06 Day events, and we look forward to continued class engagement and future mini-reunions.

On to other updates from classmates. John Huelskamp and Jessica Shumway were married in Westlake Village, California, on May 11. The event was heavily attended by Dartmouth alumni, a large number of ’06s, and the alma mater was sung.

In March Jose Gonzalez and his wife, Shaina Landau ’07, welcomed their firstborn, Owen Landau Gonzalez. Shaina and Jose met at Dartmouth when they were next-door neighbors in the New Hamp dormitory. Crawford and Adair Arnold welcomed their third child, daughter Maison (May) Reed Arnold on May 8. Mom, baby, dad, and siblings are all doing well and are very excited. Danielle Mohilef Rudner and her husband, Jonathan, welcomed their third baby, Ashton Michael Mohilef-Rudner, on May 14. Ashton joins big sister Olivia (5) and big brother Dylan (3). The Rudners are loving their little circus and couldn’t be happier.

My spring travels took me to Charlotte, North Carolina, where I visited Jonathan and Stephanie Landsberg and their 8-month-old son, Henry. Henry had just started rolling around and got his first tooth. After the trip he also received many comments on and off social media as the “cutest baby ever.”

Joy Huntington was recently named one of Native Business Magazine’s top 50 entrepreneurs. Joy launched Uqaqti Consulting in 2011, and the main business lines are planning and facilitating community meetings, coordinating communications and marketing strategies, and government relations. Her services are sought after in Alaska, where she is recognized for her cultural ties, knowledge of tribal protocols, and overall effectiveness and pleasant working nature.

After nearly eight years as the grassroots director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) in Washington, D.C., Sarah Hackney took the helm as coalition director in July. The organizational council of the NSAC voted unanimously for Sarah and cited her strong track record of commitment to the NSAC’s membership-led model for policy advocacy and grassroots organizing.

This fall Sarah Emel will be working as an assistant professor in the department of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she will continue her research in conservation genomics as well as teach courses in ecology and evolution. She looks forward to catching up with ’06s in the Pittsburgh area.

And I always love ending a column with a pong recap: In May Mike Stroup and I played in the Chicago Club of Dartmouth’s annual pong tournament.True to form, Mike carried the team and hit every single cup. I had one throw save to my name.

Thanks to everyone who shared news for this update. To see photos with these updates, visit our class website for the Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. I look forward to hearing from you again soon!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com
 

Hi, ’06s.

It was great to hear from everyone and catch up for this column. There were many ’06 reunions around the country. In March Joe Boswell met up with Rich Walton and Nick Stork in Pittsburgh. The boys had a great time catching up over dinner.

A tremendous crew of ’06s gathered to celebrate the 35th birthday of Will Pierce in Roslyn, New York, on April 6. The gang included Crawford Arnold, Jamie Coffin, Brad Heritage, Alec Hufnagel, Andrew Mayer, Mike Reiss, and Alex Tonelli. A few (too many) games of pong were played and lots of reminiscing took place over their time in the north.

Matthew Schwartz and Adamah Cole spent the weekend of April 12-14 back on campus for the 72nd Dartmouth Aires reunion and sang on the steps of Dartmouth Hall with a group of nearly 75 alumni. President Hanlon and hundreds of Dartmouth students watched from the lawn and the Green as voices echoed throughout the campus on a gorgeous spring afternoon. Matt also recently got engaged to David Estrada (Cornell ’06) and they are set to be married in the summer of 2020.

Mike Rabil currently serves as cofounder and CEO of Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The inaugural season kicks off on June 1 as the PLL tours major North American cities during 14 weeks. Catch the games on various platforms of the NBC Sports Group this summer. You can also email Mike (mr@premierlacrosseleague.com) if you want to catch a game in person, as discounted tickets will be available for all Dartmouth alumni.

In baby news, Anthony Gargiulo and his wife, Rachel, welcomed their second child, son Dominic Peter Gargiulo, in January. Dominic joins his big brother, Lucas, who welcomed his brother with open arms and has been helping out with diapers and eating.

Libby (Hadzima) Perkins and her husband, Alex, welcomed Josephine “Josie” Mica Perkins in February and are having a blast getting to know her. Libby continues to work at Cooley LLP in its emerging companies practice representing startup companies in San Francisco.

Justin Blesy and Julia Drury welcomed their son, Sullivan Henry Blesy, in April. Sullivan joins big sister Adalynn, and the family is doing well in Long Beach, California.

Vicki Allen joined alums spanning decades in San Luis, Costa Rica, to build a timber-frame casita along the Sendero Pacifico (Trail to the Pacific). The trail is roughly 50-percent complete, connecting the eco-tourism mecca of Monteverde with other small towns and the Pacific coast. Many in the group had Dartmouth connections, and alumni included Arlo Frost ’78, David Hooke ’84 (Vermont Timberhomes), Gerben Scherpbier ’14, Henry Frost ’15, and Andrew Pillsbury ’15. Vicki resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, and welcomes visitors. She hopes to build something similar some day at home.

Jean Polfus was recently featured in Nature, an international journal of science. Jean is a postdoctoral fellow at Trent University in Peterborough, Canada. She studies the distribution and spatial organization of caribou (or reindeer) populations in the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories. In the article, she explains how she collaborates with members of the Dene Indigenous community, and how their insights benefit her research.

Thanks to everyone who shared news for this update. To see photos with these updates, visit our class website to see the Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. Have a great summer, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Thanks to those who wrote in for this issue. It was great to hear from everyone!

Amanda Prentice has been busy catching up with ’06 friends. She recently saw Sara (Friesen) Press and Cindy (Cao) Hustveit after they both had their first children, both boys and both born in October. Amanda, Sara, and Cindy all live in New York City. Amanda also caught up with Willa Rose Johnson, a.k.a. “Pastor Willa,” who is now the sole pastor of the Greenwood Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. Willa started a group called ERA 2020, which stands for End Rape Altogether, and hosted an event to defend Title IX. Many of Willa’s parishioners were in attendance in support of her work, at her church and in the community, to advance social justice initiatives.

Matt Slaine sold his North Carolina-based media and marketing business to a large media conglomerate in November. He took the holidays off and is now searching for a good business to buy or start and would welcome any leads from the Dartmouth network! Matt’s daughter turned 2 years old in January, and he and his wife are having a great time with her and their dog Max.

Michael Mina was recently hired as an assistant professor in the department of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics and the department of pathology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His lab focuses on the intersection between immunology, infectious diseases, vaccines, and epidemics.

In December Lindsay Barnes and Kilsy (Torres) Barnes welcomed their second child, Charlotte, who is little sister to 3-year-old Theodore. The family lives in Arlington, Virginia. Diana Bradford and her husband, Drew, welcomed their first child, Ada, at the end of January.

Bill Quirk played piano for the 2019 Oscar party hosted by the Rhode Island International Film Festival in Providence, Rhode Island, in February. Bill has been playing piano for decades and is a bit of a local celebrity, even making it into many local news stories and events. Bill is well known to play a Dartmouth song, both old and new, whenever he can.

I look forward to keeping in touch. To keep up with class news, you can follow us on social media on Instagram (@dartmouth06) and join our Facebook group (Dartmouth Class of 2006). As always, the Class Notes with photos are available on our class website at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi ’06s.

Wishing you all a happy new year and hoping you had a wonderful holiday with family.

While back on the East Coast for the holidays, I visited Jesse Mynahan. He and his wife, Devika Bakhski ’05, live in Jersey City, New Jersey, and we spent the day with their 1.5-year-old daughter, Avni.

I also caught up with Ryan Fuselier, who recently moved with his family to their own home in Stamford, Connecticut. Ryan, his wife, Lara, and their pup Lolo are enjoying New England.

From the West Coast and the hills above Palo Alto, California, Kenyon Blomquist became the first person to swim around all 42 of California’s ocean-facing piers. This includes swimming to Rincon Island in Ventura. He accomplished this feat wearing only trunks, swim goggles, and a swim cap in water temperatures down to 48 degrees Fahrenheit. For 30 successive days, Kenyon swam up to 40 miles a day, traveling more than 1,200 miles. As of the column date, he was facing up to 35-foot waves at Mavericks, near San Francisco. If he survives, he looks forward to growing his new company: Tsunami.

Lei (“Tony”) Hao and Ben Schwartz had an impromptu mini-reunion in Shanghai, China, in November. The two have known each other since freshman year at Dartmouth, both having lived on first-floor Bissell in the Choates. They caught up on the preceding 10 years and enjoyed a great conversation about education in China.

Manya Whitaker is an education professor at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and recently coedited the book Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics. The book, which shares the journeys of 26 women of color working in academia, is part of the Routledge Research in Higher Education series and is available on Amazon.

On to baby news: Sara Friesen and her husband, Stephen Press (NYU ’03), welcomed their first child, Stephen Robert Press Jr., on October 17. They are officially suburbanites, having moved from New York City to Ridgewood, New Jersey, in early 2018. They would love to catch up with any fellow ’06s living in the area.

Tom Monahan and Carrie Rooke Monahan welcomed a baby girl, Catherine McKee Monahan, to their family on October 16. Catherine joins her big sister, Jammy Rooke Monahan (a French bulldog). All are well and happy together in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Josh Gregg and his wife, Merrill, had a baby girl, Abigail Laura Ella Gregg, on November 16. Mom and daughter are happy and healthy.

Karen (Kramer) Mizell and husband Tripp welcomed daughter Ruby Claire in November.  They’re enjoying life in northern California, where Karen is the director of e-commerce for E&J Gallo Winery.

Jessica (Saraceno) Carroll changed law firms and is now counsel at O’Toole Scrivo Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu LLC in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. She welcome Mason Liam into her family on April 27 with husband Brendan and son Parker. Parker is now 2.5 years old and the boys are 22 months apart. The family closed on a house and moved to Mendham, New Jersey, in January.

It was great to hear from everyone for this column and to catch up over the holidays. Stay tuned for class events and other updates in 2019. You can follow us on social media on Instagram (@dartmouth06) and join our Facebook group (“Dartmouth Class of 2006”). As always, the Class Notes and photos can be viewed on our class website at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Greetings from Hanover! I write to you from Homecoming Weekend full of school spirit and complete with the bonfire, a campus tour, breakfast at Lou’s, and cheering on the Big Green to wins in football and hockey.

Earlier in the week I attended the New York City mini-reunion hosted by mini-reunion chair Matthew Schwartz, and it was wonderful to catch up with Ricky (Adamah) Cole, Bill Quirk, and the classes of ’07 and ’08. It was a fun visit on the East Coast, and I also visited buddy Anthony Gargiulo and his wife, Rachel, at their home in North Jersey. We spent time with their 1 1/2-year-old Lucas, who is walking and talking and showed me all his toy trucks, and their puppies Mac and Morgan.

On to classmate news, first from Matt Schwartz. After more than five years working as a corporate entertainment attorney, Matt left traditional TV and moved into the technology sector. He joined the New York City headquarters of FourSquare and will be primarily responsible for an array of partnerships and commercial transactions in the four-person office of the general counsel.

Gavin Phillips married Megan Gast in Boise, Idaho, in an epic celebration at the Bogus Basin Ski Resort this fall. Among others, Dartmouth alums in attendance included Crawford Arnold, Ralph Callaway, Ryan Counter, Scott Feighner, Travis Helms (who officiated at the ceremony), John and Paul Huelskamp, Joe Killefer, Senam Kumahia, Dan Oberlin, Sean and Lauren Offers, Sam Rendall, and Molly Pierce Daniels.

There is lots of baby news this issue: Jonathan and Stephanie (Cochran) Landsberg welcomed son Henry Steven in August. In September Andrew Mayer and his wife,Veronica, welcomed baby girl Gabriella, and Jamie Coffin and Katie (Wolf) Coffin welcomed baby boy Oliver (“Ollie”). Griffin Gordon and his wife, Casey, welcomed daughter Parker Emma to the world in early October.

Jordan Edmonson and Alana Finley announce the birth of son Knox. They are grateful to all their ’06 friends who have provided support and encouragement from ’round the girdled earth! Patrick Lynch and his wife, Anna, had first baby James, who was delivered by Dr. Ingrid Wecht ’90. Annie and Michael Ribero welcomed a baby earlier in the summer.

Be sure to check out the Class Notes online at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes and see any photos that are included in these updates. There is also an ’06s “In the News” section with news articles about classmates. Recently this section has featured Gillian Apps, Cayelan Carey, Ty Manegold, Ben Lovejoy, and Nick Taranto.

Thanks again to all those who have submitted news—I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s.

Greetings from Chicago! I write this column near the end of summer and hope it has been fun and relaxing for everyone. I recently met up with Mike Stroup who moved here to pursue his M.B.A. at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business after serving in the U.S Marine Corps since college.

We’ll start the column with exciting news from classmates abroad. Alexandra Stein is moving to Milan, Italy, with her boyfriend Mike Wood ’10. She is looking for European adventure ideas and wants all ’06s to know they’ve got a place to stay with her if they ever find themselves in Milan.

Fernando Ausin Gómez continues to work on sustainability solutions from an indigenous perspective in Mexico. He recently opened a healing retreat center near Mexico City and is publishing his third book on the topic, Chronicles of a Man of Knowledge. The book will be available on Amazon by January 2019, and Fernando shares that all are welcome to visit him.

In December Alexis Ruegger and Jessica Ovici spent two weeks together touring China. This summer Alexis celebrated one year in her new permanent position at Insomniac Games, helping ship Spider-Man PS4 as a support technician. She’s also been asked to represent her company at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Tech in Houston.

In August John Gontijo moved into a new apartment on the Upper East Side in New York City in anticipation of a male child being born in mid-November. 

Casey (Hazel) Nicholson and her husband, Matt ’05, welcomed their second son, Holt Robert Nicholson, on July 7. Big brother Thomas turned 2 in August and is enjoying having a baby brother. Casey and Matt are excited to see them grow up together and know that they’ll be the best of friends.

Steph Lawrence and Craig Rubens welcomed their second child, daughter Lawrence “Wren” Rubens, on July 17. Wren joins 20-month-old brother Sawyer. Craig started a new job at Google’s YouTube in August, and Stephanie continues to build Traveling Spoon, the company she started that connects travelers with food experiences in local homes around the world. Traveling Spoon just launched in Europe as well.

Cayelan Carey received the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography 2018 Yentsch-Schindler Early Career Award. Cayelan is an affiliate of the Fralin Life Science Institute and the Virginia Tech Global Change Center. The award honors an early-career scientist each year for outstanding and balanced contributions to research, education, and society. 

Victoria Allen received the National Weather Service Isaac M. Cline Award in the category of diversity and inclusion for her “Navajo Explorer Weather Poster.” Victoria and her coworkers created the poster to provide weather education, help preserve the dying Navajo language (Dine bizaad), and try to increase the safety of the rural tribal population in Flagstaff, Arizona. Victoria looks forward to the next steps of the project, which are to seek funding and produce a video version of the poster for those who don’t read Navajo.

Kimberley McKee was selected to the Vermont Leadership Institute public service program. Currently Kimberley works for the State of Vermont as a grant management specialist in Montpelier, Vermont.

Finally, welcome to our new class alumni councilor Jen Bordeau,who previously served as our mini-reunion chair. Thank you to our outgoing alumni councilor, Ben Schwartz, who has served for three years.

This issue was chock full of updates, and I loved hearing from everyone. Congratulations to all on such exciting news, and thanks for sharing.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s. Greetings from Chicago! I recently moved here in a new role with Synchrony Financial helping launch our relationship and credit card program with our new client, Crate & Barrel.

There is lots of exciting news to share this issue. It’s been great to see renewed energy across our class recently, starting with 06/06 Day in June. Thanks to all who came to our events in Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C, and to our organizers in those cities: Brad Heritage, Alex Middleton, Matt Schwartz, Joe Boswell, and Jess Magidson, respectively.

Be sure to check out the Class Notes on our website (2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes) for photos from these events and for the updates below. Thanks to our communications chair Joe Boswell we’ve been seeing increased engagement online, so don’t forget to follow our class on Instagram (@dartmouth06) and join our Facebook group (“Dartmouth Class of 2006”).

Ty Manegold moved to Seattle last September after living in Eugene, Oregon, for a few years after grad school. The company he cofounded, Roam Fitness, was recently featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as one of its “100 Brilliant Companies.” Roam was named in a category that included companies such as WeWork, Starbucks, Airbnb, and Zillow. Roam is a brand of airport-based health clubs, located post-security. Learn more on the website www.roamfitness.com. Ty is looking to connect with other alums in the Seattle area and will also be headed down to the Dartmouth Entrepreneur Forum (DEF) in San Francisco on September 6 and 7.

Dan Oberlin recently finished a robotic urologic oncology fellowship at the University of Southern California. Dan is moving to the Bay Area to practice at Golden Gate Urology in Berkeley, California. Danielle Curley and her husband moved with their two kids (ages 2 and 5) to the Philadelphia area at the end of June. She would love to connect with other ’06s in the area, especially others with young children, as she is always ready for a good playdate.

Silas St. James and his wife, Kelsey, just celebrated their first anniversary and are excited to welcome a baby to the family in December. They live in Franklin, New Hampshire, and Silas is working as the director of curriculum and instruction for the Shaker Regional School District in Belmont and Canterbury. Katherine Harrison and her husband, Albert Chen, welcomed daughter Ravenna into the world on April 27. Michael Reiss and Elizabeth Right Reiss ’04 welcomed their newest family member, Benjamin Right Reiss, in early May. Helen Sterling and her husband, Seth, welcomed their first child, Ian, on May 5.

The Offers family (Sean and Lauren) welcomed their fourth baby, Bianca Klara James Offers, on March 23. Bianca joins big brother Chase (5) and big sisters Stacia (4) and Olivia (2). Jenna Harris was married to Omar L. Mosley on May 24. Several Dartmouth alums were present, including her maid of honor Brittany Beth and a quartet of Dartmouth Aires who sang at the wedding.

Thanks again to all who contribute to the Class Notes. Keep sending in your updates—we look forward to hearing from you!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 222 W. Adams St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. It was so nice to hear from many of you for this column, and there is lots of exciting news to share.

To start, in March the class of 2006 won its bracket in the March Mooseness Granite Giving Challenge. We beat the ’07 and ’08 classes for the most gifts in March with 95 gifts (17 more than last year) and added an extra $15,000 toward financial aid. Thanks to all those who donated and to our class representatives, including Amanda Prentice and Alex Stein, who are working hard each year to keep our class engaged in these efforts.

Also in March, Rashelle Lee was married on her home island of Kauai, Hawaii. She and her husband, Savith, live in nearby Oahu, where he has been stationed with the Navy. Classmates at the wedding included Justine Cormier, Kristen (Kelley) Devaney, Sowmya Kypa, Emma Lubin, Kat McAvoy, Jacquelene Moghaddam, Pete Savidis, and Zobie Torres. After the wedding some of the group took a day hike on the famous Kalalau Trail to see the waterfalls and amazing views.

Brittany Lewis and David Present-Thomas were married during Memorial Day weekend in Barcelona. Many other ’06s were in attendance, including Jamie Coffin, Katie (Wolf) Coffin, Katie Fahey, Jenny French, Lydia (Blandy) Gaylord, Maya Illowite, Meghan (Peck) Walther, and Edy Wilson. The crew enjoyed getting together to celebrate this match made in Hanover.

John Huelskamp got engaged to Jessica Shumway in Santa Monica, California, just before Easter weekend.

Joe Killefer and his wife, Jen, welcomed a baby girl, Ruby James Killefer, in early March.

This summer Danielle (Gray) Curley and her husband, Paul, will be moving with their two children (ages 5 and 2) from New Hampshire to the suburbs of Philadelphia. They are excited for this next adventure and would love to connect with any other ’06s in the Philly area.

Kwabena Safo-Agyekum recently held the launch party for his dance and wellness company KDC. Performing with him were fellow ’06s Ricky Cole and Richel Cuyler,who both performed music that they wrote and arranged. Other ’06s who came out in support of the launch included Amanda Prentice, Matt Schwartz, and Russell Gordon.

Nick Taranto, cofounder of Plated, has published his first book: The Evolved Eater. The book is a mix of food memoir, entrepreneurial storytelling, and a call to action for fixing food. In the book Nick chronicles his quest to change how we eat and what this means for the future of food. You can support Nick and buy a copy of the book on Amazon. (Read more about him on page 28.)

Finally, I would like to give a huge shout out to our new class communications chair Joe Boswell. Since taking on the role just a couple of months ago, Joe has been working hard to connect classmates in a meaningful way and expand our class platforms to social media. He has been thoughtful and inspiring in his goal to build the ’06 network so that we can continue to learn more about each other all these years after college. Be sure to check out and follow us on our new class Instagram account @dartmouth06, where Joe has been spotlighting classmates and keeping us all engaged. Thank you, Boz, for all that you do for our class!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 10840 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte, NC 28277; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. I write this column after a President’s Day ski trip in Vermont and a drive that took us right through Hanover. We had missed Winter Carnival by just a week, but everything was still beautiful in the snow, and I am always proud to introduce others to the campus and relive our student days from many years ago.

There are just a few updates for this issue—a big thank you to all who write in and share and keep in touch through the Class Notes. Last fall Ali “Kat” Krzton was hired by Auburn University as the research data management librarian. She is currently piloting the library’s research data services. Yale Fillingham recently accepted a faculty position in the department of orthopedic surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. After he finishes his fellowship in hip and knee replacement surgery, Yale, his daughter and wife will be moving and are excited to make Hanover their permanent home at the end of the summer.

Tarunya Govindarajan married Adam Stepinski in September in Windsor, Vermont. A wide range of ’06s and Dartmouth alumni from other classes was in attendance. Lauren (Pfisterer) Shirley is working in northern Jersey as an emergency room physician. As of the column deadline in February, she was expecting her third child to add to her brood of two boys, Nathan and Landon, and two dogs.

Kwabena Safo-Agyekum is proud to announce the launch of Kwabs Dance Company (KDC), which will provide wellness through customized dance classes, choreography and performances. With a background in West African dance, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, jazz, modern, Soca and stepping, KDC is a go-to dance resource to provide wellness classes to employees at companies around the country. To learn more, visit the website at Kwabsdancecompany.com.

There’s lots of exciting news and endeavors from classmates, so be sure to follow our class online and through social media. As always, make sure to check out the Class Notes on our class website for photos submitted with the above updates. You can visit 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes to see more.

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 10840 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte, NC 28277; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! This issue’s Class Notes will take a look back at some updates from the end of 2017. The month of November saw the Dartmouth vs. Brown football game and, of course, Fibonacci Day for all you math lovers out there (3, 5; 4, 5; 6, 7; 8, 8; 4, 9)! The football game was held at Fenway Park in Boston, and loyal Dartmouth fans from across the country bundled up to cheer on the Big Green to a 33-10 victory. Many ’06 friends reunited and the game served as its own mini-reunion. It was great to catch up with Jen Bordeau, Jamie Coffin, Rob Cowden, Sarah Emel, Katie Fahey, Ryan Fuselier, Brad Heritage, Dan Kovler, Jess Magidson, Mike McClincy, Alex Payne, Bill Quirk and Dwayne Rabalais. Paul Huelskamp married Reny Preussker on October 27. Yin Zhao married Michael King in Joshua Tree National Park in September. Her bridesmaids and officiant included Sophie Hutson, Cathy Mao, Amanda Prentice and pastor Willa Rose Johnson. In baby news, Hans and Betsy Reuter welcomed a baby to their family very recently, as did Lynda Tricarico Daniel. Cici Cruz-Uribe and her husband, Greg Harkay, Th’08, welcomed their daughter, Sofia, in August. Jesse Brush and his wife, Liza, had their first child, Nathan Alden Brush, on November 11. Nathan is looking forward to scoping out his freshman dorm at Dartmouth when he visits his grandparents’ new house in Quechee, Vermont.

Michael Mina is now living in Boston, working at Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School in clinical pathology and continuing research on infectious diseases, vaccines and immunity. James Seidman and his wife, Lia, live in Seattle. He works on business partnerships for Google, where he has worked since June 2006. His family recently welcomed their second child, Walter “Wally” Henry Seidman, on November 19. Wally’s 20-month-old sister, Ida Ruth Seidman, was thrilled to gain a brother, but she was disappointed he wasn’t delivered by a Dartmouth alum doctor like she was. (Thanks to Dr. Allison H. Kay ’09 for doing a great job with their firstborn)!

Cary Fortin’s first book was published this winter. The book, New Minimalism: Decluttering and Design for Sustainable, Intentional Living, is published by Sasquatch and distributed by Penguin Random House. Cary cowrote the book with Kyle Quilici (Boston College ’07), and the two cofounded New Minimalism (www.newminimalism.com).Cary and her husband, Cam ’05, also welcomed their first human baby, joining them and their sweet pup Bodhi. In November Patrick Biggs presented his first solo art show at the Jane Ross Gallery in Toronto. Patrick is an Olympic skier whose talent has transitioned from slopes to canvas, and his show ran for the second half of November. Patrick’s art and portfolio can be seen on his website, patrickbiggsdesign.com.

Many of these updates include photos that you can check out on our class website under the “Class Notes” section. You can visit 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes to see more. Thanks to all who contribute to our Class Notes and talk to you soon!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 10840 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte, NC 28277; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s. Greetings from Charlotte, North Carolina! I recently moved here as part of the business leadership rotational program with Synchrony Financial. I join Jonathan and Stephanie (Cochran) Landsberg, who have graciously hosted me in their beautiful home on previous visits. If you also live in the area, let us know!

Don’t forget to visit our class website to see the Class Notes online and check out the photos that classmates have submitted along with their updates. You can access the website by visiting: 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes.

I’m starting off this column with some exciting travel news: Vicki Allen and her partner, Sara Olson (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse ’06), took a recent trip to Watson Lake near Prescott, Arizona. She also adopted a 6-year-old dog named Fay, nicknamed “Tina Fey.” Vicki and the rest of the Flagstaff Dartmouth crew—including Lauren Edgar ’07 and Brett Carr ’07—welcome all Grand Canyon visitors to check in at Flagstaff along the way and smell the (not lone) pine trees.

Ben Schwartz and his foster son, Charles, hosted Sarah Ball in Ghana on the first pilot trip for his culture-meets-adventure travel startup. He and Charles look forward to introducing more Dartmouth guests to the splendor of West Africa.

In baby news, Jessica Alvarez and husband, Phil Klay ’05, welcomed their second child, Marcos Andres, on September 15. He joins big brother Adrian Felipe, who had a blast at the 10-year reunion.

Jonathan Vaccaro and his wife, Ashley, in June welcomed their third child, Jacob, who joins Lucas (2) and Delilah (1). They live in Vienna, Austria.

Will Pierce and his wife, Kristie, welcomed their second child, a boy named Ben Wentworth Pierce, into the world on September 10. Alex Tonelli and his wife Tscharner, Tu’17, welcomed a baby girl, Brannen Marie Tonelli, on September 2. Ben is already looking forward to escorting Brannen to her first sorority formal in 2036!

In September I visited Ryan Fuselier and his wife, Lara, and enjoyed a weekend with them and their Rottweiler Lolo in New York City. We also attended the baptism of Anthony Gargiulo’s son, Lucas, with wife Rachel.

Jesse Gero and Jane Cowan ’08 recently moved to Paris.

Bill Quirk says hi from New York. When he’s not at the opera, he’s losing sleep over never buying bitcoin.

And a huge congrats to Nick Taranto, whose e-commerce food business Plated was acquired by grocery chain Albertsons in September. Albertsons is one of the largest supermarket chains in North America, and this is the first purchase of a prepared meal company by a supermarket chain.

Looking forward to hearing from you all for the next column. Until then, happy holidays!

Cindy Tsai, Synchrony Financial, 10840 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy, Charlotte, NC 28277; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s!

Though you will be reading this in late fall, I write my first column as class secretary fresh off our reunion in June. It was great to be back on campus, especially during summer, and catch up with everyone. Reunion felt a lot like being right back in our college days, and it was nice to welcome spouses and babies to our world at Dartmouth as well.

Since seeing you all this summer there are a few updates to share below. I also wanted to let you know that Class Notes are now published on our class website and include photos! You just have to visit our website at 2006.dartmouth.org and click “Class Notes” in the top navigation.

Our first update comes from Katherine (Lawson) Trier, who sends in some baby news and a photo from reunion. Katherine and Henry Trier welcomed their second baby boy, Dylan Michael, on May 3. Dylan joins big brother Liam, who was born in 2015. Dylan was happy to attend his first Dartmouth reunion at just 6 weeks old in June!

Alex Payne also sent in a photo from reunion, where he introduced his son, Bennett, born in December, to the Dartmouth campus via a Theta Delta pig roast.

Nkosi Harvey recently graduated with an M.B.A. from the University of Washington (Foster) in Seattle. She graduated with Lydia Islan ’08 and Nick Smith ’09, so their mini-reunion lasted for two years. They had just enough people to play a decent game of pong when Emily Eberle-Levine ’09 joined a year after. Nkosi is currently freezing in San Francisco and missing the more temperate weather of Seattle and Chicago.

Also in academic news, earlier this spring Ali Krzton received the $1,000 Jesse H. Shera Memorial Scholarship from Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science in Kent, Ohio. The scholarship is awarded to students based on an excellent academic record and potential for future scholarly research and publication. Ali has her master’s in anthropology from Texas A&M University and has just earned her master’s in library and information science with a specialization in research data management at Kent State.  

And finally, I would be remiss not to include this update from Dan Kovler as a testament that memories of the best pong victories are sweet and long-lasting: At reunion Dan Kovler teamed up with a combination of Sarah Emel and Cindy Tsai and beat Terry Cunningham and Ryan Fuselier in a game of tree in the Gamma Delta Chi pit. We would like to wish Terry’s and Ryan’s formerly inflated egos a speedy recovery.

Better luck next time, boys! And until next time, wishing you all a happy fall.

Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Allen St., Suite 201, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com

Hi, class of 2006! By the time you read this, our 10th (slash 11th) reunion will have come and gone, which also means that my time as class secretary will have come and gone. It’s been an honor to aggregate and help distribute news of your growing families, exciting careers and fond Dartmouth memories. From now on, please send all of your news to Cindy Tsai (cindaaay@gmail.com)—and no, that’s not a typo).

Without further ado: Carlo Ordonez writes in to share that he has been awarded a continuing contract (essentially, tenure) at Illinois Math and Science Academy, where he teaches as part of the math faculty. Katie Fahey will be starting a master’s in education in school leadership this summer at Harvard. Ali Krzton recently graduated with a master’s in library and information science from Kent University, where she specialized in the field of data management. Ben Schwartz recently graduated from MIT Sloan with an M.B.A. and from Harvard Kennedy School with an M.P.A. Ben is staying in Boston, starting at Parthenon-EY in the fall. Brad Heritage and his wife, Eliza, are relocating from San Francisco to Boston as Brad pursues a new career opportunity at Northeast Bank. He notes the couple are “sad to leave the Bay Area, but happy to be closer to family, friends and Hanover!” Christine Benally Peranteau joined the International Atomic Energy Agency Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy, part of her career-long focus on cancer treatment options for low- and middle-income patients. Since moving to Central Europe in early 2014, Christine has been a board member of the United Nations Women’s Guild. Nate Ruegger and wife Alexis recently had near-simultaneous and unrelated job changes: Alexis is now a product support technician at Insomniac Games. Nate is now a promos coordinator for the talk show The Real. Thanks to the contributions of many Dartmouth alums, Nate also wrapped production on his crowdfunded horror short film, Trust Me. Look for it soon! Michael Ellis is now special assistant and senior associate counsel to the president and deputy national security legal advisor in the White House counsel’s office. Additionally, he was widely cited as the source of Rep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, controversial White House briefing on the Russia probe in March.

Peter Morgenstern and wife Jenna welcomed their daughter, Elise, in February. Peter is in his seventh and final year of residency, during which he will be chief resident in neurosurgery at New York-Presbyterian hospital, Weill Cornell campus. Kiku Langford McDonald started a new role as the database manager at the RISD Museum last fall and loves being back in the gallery world. She and her husband recently welcomed their second child, Ambrose Kintaro, who joins their eldest, son Ian. Jes Carroll writes in with news of her first, son Parker William, with husband Brendan. The couple live in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and are both attorneys. Lauren Webster and her husband, Matt, Tu’13, recently welcomed their second, daughter Maddie, younger sister of Sally. Jen Krimm wrote in with some belated news of her nuptials to Peter Rice, whom she married in Lancaster, Kentucky. Krimm is a political consultant and trainer in democracy and governance and currently lives in Amman, Jordan. Also recently married was Jessica Magidson, who married Adam Ain in July in Shelburne, Vermont. Jess and Adam met through Rob Cowden, who is a childhood friend of Adam’s.

Finally, some news from your incoming secretary: Cindy Tsai moved to Stamford, Connecticut, for her second rotation with Synchrony Financial. Cindy started in its business leadership program after business school.

Thanks again for sharing your news with me for the past six years. It’s been an honor and a pleasure to be your secretary and I apologize for the occasional missed column!

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

Hi, 2006s! By the time you read this, our 10th (i.e., 11th) reunion will nearly be here! I hope many of you will attend what will I hope be a wonderful, sunny weekend in Hanover. Until then, news! Alicia “Cici” Cruz-Uribe and husband Greg Harkay, Th’08, are expecting their first child this coming August. They live in Orono, Maine, where Alicia is finishing her second year as assistant professor of petrology and mineralogy at the University of Maine. Jeff Grossmann and Grace Yang wrote in from the Bay Area, where they welcomed daughter Alice. Erin (Emery) Hartz and husband Neil Hartz ’07 had their first, daughter Violet Margaret, in February. Neil and Erin both work in tech in San Francisco. Vince Accurso and Erin (Arnold) Accurso welcomed their first child, daughter Francesca Olivia, in February. Julia Dillon Drury and Justin Blesy welcomed their first child, daughter Adalynn Dillon Blesy, in February. Diana (Kirschner) Haddad welcomed her twins, Lucas and Josephine, in August 2016. Diana is a fellow in pediatric critical care in New York and notes that she gets great parenting advice from her Kappa Delta Epsilon sisterhood and expert parents Dana (Haffner) Guernsey and husband Matt Guernsey ’05, parents to 10-month-old daughter Sasha; Maile (Carter) Madigan and husband Daniel Madigan ’05, parents to 1-year-old son Carter; Lynda (Tricarico) Daniel and husband Rawson Daniel ’05, parents to 2-year-old son Charlie, and Andrea (Smith) Goselin, mother to 1-year-old daughter Oona. She notes that she is also supported by Renee (Bissell) Castertano and Nina Fulmer. Nina got her M.B.A. in Chicago and is now director of business development and strategy at NBC. Lance Kramer’s film, City of Trees, had its encore broadcast on PBS last month, and the web-series he produced with CNN’s Van Jones called The Messy Truth was viewed more than 5 million times during the final week of the election. Kristen (Grant) Deschene and husband Joe are parents to son Joseph Thomas (“J.T.”) and live in Boston, where Kristen finished up her pediatrics residency in 2016. Kristen Callisto wrote in from Washington, D.C., where she is currently working as the director of outreach and organizational learning with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Kristin Wong also wrote in from Washington, D.C., where she lives with husband Christopher. Kristin graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in May with a doctorate in education leadership and recently attended Tracey Fung’s wedding in Puerto Rico. Heidi (Immesberger) Schmechel was married in July 2016 in Wyoming to Charles Schmechel and the wedding was full of ’06s: Ben Schwartz officiated and the bridal party (Jennifer Bordeau, Sarah Hackney, Pamela Brown) was all green, all the time. Ben writes to say that he is building a home and retreat center in Wli, Ghana, with his foster son, Charles, whom he met during his Tucker fellowship to Ghana during our junior winter. Jamie Coffin shared news from the Lone Pine cup—a Winter Carnival of golf, pong and “feats of strength” (his words exactly)—held in Arizona in December 2016. Brad Heritage won MVP honors in a losing effort and other honored participants included Josh Gregg (long drive), Paul Huelskamp (rhino tusk) and Jared Hyatt (red drum). Victors included Alec Hufnagel, Josh Gregg, Andrew Mayer, Will Pierce, Mike Reiss, Hans Reuter and Alex Tonelli. Shamed losers include Jamie Coffin, Griffin Gordon, Brad Heritage,Paul Huelskampand John Huelskamp, Joe Killefer and Andy Miller.

Congratulations to all for the babies, awesome professional work, and long golf drives. Keep the news coming, and see you in June on the Green!

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

Hello, classmates! As you read this our 10th reunion will be fast approaching! Until then, we have a few more columns of news to keep us abreast of each others’ news, so let’s get started!

We’ll begin with some wedding news from Peter Cucchiara, who wrote in to say that he got married on October 23, 2016, in Warren, New Jersey, to Kelly Conover. According to onlookers, the wedding had a strong dance floor showing by fellow Dartmouth grads during “Blame it On the Boogie” and “Shout,” including from Andy Wright, Cameron Hahn, Mark Decker Jeff Cooperman, Christian Wylonis, Ben Silverman, Ben Herold, Peter Hughes and others. Also recently married was Heidi Immesberger, who got married in July 2016 to Charles Schmechel. The wedding was in Wyoming and was, to quote Kristen Wong, “super ’06s,” with Ben Schwartz officiating plus a full, all-Dartmouth-all-the-time wedding party. Indeed, speaking of Kristen, she wrote in with some overdue notice of her July 2014 marriage to Chris Callisto—but as we say here in Class News central, better late than never! Kristen graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a doctorate in education leadership in May and currently lives in Washington, D.C.

Abby (Donahue) Mariano wrote in to share that she had a big 2016: She is working in Massachusetts as a small-animal veterinary surgeon, having completed her residency at Tufts in July. Abby and her husband, Jonathan, also recently welcomed a daughter (Madeline) in December. Abby joins our other classmate veterinarian, Julia Drury, who is expecting her first child with husband Justin Blesy.Also new to the parenting game is Michael Ellis, who welcomed son Edward Ellis to the world with his wife, Katie (Racicot) Ellis, in November—we hope a future member of the class of 2039! Kelly Roy is another new class parent, who, along with husband Chris, welcomed daughter Violet in July. Jenna and Anton Hasenkampf recently welcomed son Noah in November in New Orleans. The last baby news item comes to us from Jean Polfus, who wrote in with news that she and husband Joe Hanlon ’05welcomed son Tristan on November 1. The family lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. (That’s in Canada, for the uninitiated!)

Some engagement news to report! Matt Weiss proposed to girlfriend Clau Becerra ’13 in her home country of Peru. The two met at Dartmouth in 2012 and live in N.Y.C. Also recently engaged is Paul Huelskamp, who got engaged over the Christmas holidays to Remy Preussker.

Ernest Brooks wrote in from Switzerland, where he works as a mathematician, to say that he participated in David Marks’ wedding in Nashville, Tennessee, in August. He would love to hear from any Dartmouth alums living in Europe, so if that’s you, reach out! Also in the news is Alex Stein, who was inducted into Dartmouth’s Wearers of the Green during Homecoming Weekend in October. Wearers of the Green is Dartmouth’s athletics hall of fame; while at Dartmouth Alex was a standout rower, and she is now back in Hanover, working as special gifts officer for the Dartmouth development office.

Finally, I’d be remiss not to share some of my own news: As of this writing I am three days away from my own wedding. I’m getting married to a classmate from my Stanford business school class, Mike Bennon, on New Year’s Eve in Napa, California. We are expecting a nice Dartmouth crew to be in attendance, among them Liz Parfit, Justin Neiman, Justin Brownstone and Kelly Esten (Sennatt).

Look forward to the next column! Keep on sharing your news and keep on bleeding green.

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

To the best class in Dartmouth history: hello! I hope this finds you all having enjoyed a wonderful holiday season and a great start to 2017. Before we get to the column, a message from the class about giving! Our class demonstrated its spirit for giving and having fun with its fall participation fundraiser, #costumeorcash, posting on the class Facebook page. Notable posts include Mariah Cunnick as “Mr. T” and Alexandra Stein as “Maverick” from Top Gun. We are gearing up to break records at the 10th reunion, which, incidentally, was also the impetus for this column! In anticipation of our reunion I wanted to try something a little bit different: In lieu of current news, I wanted old news. Welcome to your “winter-themed” trip down nostalgia lane. As we all get ready to reunite in June, I thought it might be fun to reminisce a little bit about some of our shared time in Hanover. So here we go!

One of the things that was fun about this was seeing how many of us shared the same “favorite” memories from Dartmouth winters. For example: Edy Wilson wrote in to share that her favorite winter memory at Dartmouth was the first big snowball fight on the Green during our freshman year winter. She wrote: “So much fun! Slightly painful, but so much fun!” Julia Drury shared the same memory, adding: “That first late-night snowball fight on the Green, surrounded by falling snow, is my favorite.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, another common favorite was one involving, ahem, “borrowed” food trays. Alex Stein wrote: “I remember snagging trays from food court late at night and heading out onto the golf course for my first trip down that steep hill. I caught air and then continued on…it felt like I’d never stop sliding!” Justin Neiman also wrote in to reminisce about the semi-legal nocturnal sledding: “I used to love sledding on the golf course with trays we’d taken from Collis.”

For Amanda Prentice, Jean Polfus and Ali Crocker favorite memories centered around our most wintery of all traditions, Winter Carnival. Amanda wrote: “My favorite memory was doing the polar bear swim freshman year outside the Choates in Occom Pond with fellow floormates Rachel Casseus, Emily Elliott, Mark Goodson and Vince Carey!” Ali wrote in that her favorite was “exhausting the women’s ski-team dress-up locker in order to spectate the Carni Classic in the most ridiculous style possible! Think sparkles and tutus and ’80s-loud tights.” Similarly, Jean added that many of her favorite memories were at Winter Carnival with the ski team: “ski races at Oak Hill (when we had enough snow), pink hair, crazy costumes at the Carni Classic on the golf course and the ski team holding torches in a snow storm at the opening ceremony of carnival weekend.”

As for my own favorite memory of winter at Dartmouth, it was definitely seeing the incredible ice sculpture forged our sophomore year during Winter Carnival 2004, “Oh, the Places it Snows: A Seusstennial.” I won’t soon forget the sight of the enormous, highly detailed Cat in the Hat standing proudly on the Green, having been executed to perfection by Victoria Solbert ’07, Chris Polashenski ’07, Dan Schneider ’07 and our own Jeff Woodward.

Finally, I’d like to note that I heard from several of you who wrote in to say that many of their fond memories from winter terms at Dartmouth were probably…well, not quite fit to print. One of our classmates, who shall remain anonymous, spoke for many of us with this simple statement: “Most of my winter memories probably took place in a frat basement. Not my best moments!”

Can’t wait for reunion, where we can forge new memories—some of which may also be unfit to print!

For our next column, we’ll return to the more traditional format of news, so send in those submissions.

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

Hi, classmates! I hope this finds everyone well and eager for the holidays. My December wedding is fast approaching, so that’s what’s been keeping me busy lately. A few recent weddings to report on, so we’ll start with that. Sarah Friesen writes that she married husband Stephen Press on June 11—exactly 10 years from the day we graduated!—at Glen Island Harbor Club in New Rochelle, New York. She writes that it was a bit of a mini-reunion of sorts, and noted that many classmates were in attendance, including Sarah Givner, Gloria Sheng, Chelsea Carroll, Amanda Prentice, Sumintra Wood, Phyllis Lee, Caroline Ling and a number of others. Also recently married was Griffin Gordon, who wed wife Casey Gillece on July 30, in Annapolis, Maryland. Griffin notes that Lynda (Tricarico) Daniel initially introduced the couple and that Nina Fulmer was their officiant. Many ’06 classmates were in attendance, including Jamie Coffin, Katie (Wolf) Coffin, Forrest Hanson, Brad Heritage, Jared Hyatt, Alex Tonelli and others. Griffin reports that a particular highlight was singing the alma mater!

New family arrivals for some of our classmates: Adam Wilk and wife Kelly in June welcomed their second child, Meridon Shay Wilk, who joins older sister Evangeline Mara Wilk. Adam is a member of the faculty at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. Danielle Curley and her husband welcomed their second child, son Paul John Curley Jr., in May. Danielle also notes that the family will be traveling to Virginia to celebrate the wedding of Diana Bradford in October.

On the professional front, there’s a lot going on. Ron McCants is a staff writer for ABC’s Speechless. Ron also recently celebrated his sixth anniversary with wife Krystal, with whom he has two daughters—his “princesses”—Faye (5) and Eleanor (1). Zach Goldstein is making news with his startup, Thanx, which was written up in Forbes recently. Thanx operates in the customer loyalty space; it’s an app that tracks all of your loyalty programs while running in the background of your phone. The company is backed by VC behemoth Sequoia and counts Visa and MasterCard among some of its partnerships. Alex Tonelliwas recently written up in DAM for his entrepreneurship efforts, most notably for his latest venture, Vocate. A cofounder of Funding Circle, Alex started Vocate to help offer on-ramps for young people seeking their first professional experiences. The company’s mission is to connect students with internships in order to gain experience in three key areas: self-understanding, skills and professional development. Fun fact: Vocate’s first launch school was Dartmouth! Last but not least, congratulations to Dartmouth’s first-ever Stanley Cup winner, our classmate Ben Lovejoy! In June Ben won the Stanley Cup with his teammates from the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ben, a defenseman, had a career-changing playoffs, where he recorded 10 points (four goals, six assists) to help the Pens take home the Cup. Ben is also the first-ever New Hampshire-born player to win the Stanley Cup, and so for his “day with the cup” on August 1 he and his wife, Avery Eyre Lovejoy ’05, and their two young daughters brought the cup back to—where else—Dartmouth! As Ben noted: “It would have been a huge highlight of my childhood to have something like that happen in New Hampshire. The fact that I get to be the one to do it at Dartmouth and Thompson Arena—I’m so excited and proud of that.” Congratulations to all of our classmates on continuing to make Dartmouth so proud!

Until next time! Secretary out.

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

Hello, awesome ’06s! As you read this summer will be slowly coming to a close and fall will be around the corner—which means that it’s time to think about Homecoming Weekend! I hope many of you will have the opportunity to visit the College during Homecoming on October 28-29 to see the school, visit old friends and heckle some 2020s. (Did that just make you feel old? That just made me feel old.) But first: the news!

First, we’ll hear from Amanda Prentice, who wrote in ages ago (sorry, Amanda!) to tell of a very literal run-in of ’06s in New York City…during the marathon. As she ran through the boroughs Amanda not only wound up being spotted (and urged on) by Katie Fahey, but she later spotted (and heckled) Max Young.

Amanda also wrote that while in Hanover for her dad’s class of ’72 reunion, she got some good ol’ cross-class gossip from Tony Papadopoulos’ dad (also a ’72) to share with DAM. Tony, she’s told, is living back home in Charleston, South Carolina, where he works for Boeing and is a married father of two.

Lots of classmates getting married! Patrick Lynch married Anna Langell in Pittsburgh in May, after he received his M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon. Patrick adds, “Dartmouth was a more fun place to study!” (Duh.) Andrew Varnum will be getting married to Jodi Chan in September in Chestertown, Maryland.

Lots of babies to announce! Moli Luo and wife Michelle Borkin welcomed their first, daughter Anne, born March 15. The couple lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Michael Reiss and his wife, Elizabeth Right Reiss ’04, welcomed daughter Caroline on June 9. Jonathan Vaccaro and his wife recently welcomed their second child, daughter Delilah Rose, into their family in Alexandria, Virginia.

Matt Kelly and Kate (Huft) Kelly welcomed their first, son Michael, on May 20. They live in New York City, where Matt is an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Kate works at private bank Brown Brother Harriman & Co. Kate shares that Michael is named after her father, Michael Huft ’72—no doubt the couple hope their Michael follows in the Dartmouth tradition!

Ryan McAnnally-Linz wrote in to share of his self-proclaimed “wild spring”: His second child, Gabriel Joseph, was born April 28; he received his Ph.D. in theology from Yale in May; and his first book, Public Faith in Action, was published on June 21. Additionally, Ryan wants it to be known that despite his sojourn at Yale, he still roots for Dartmouth hockey. Good man.

Finally, I’d be remiss not to share my own news (after begging all of you for yours). I’m getting married in December to a classmate from Stanford business school. Although not a son of Dartmouth (shame, shame) he got his first taste of the Upper Valley this summer and seemed to like it. Or at least he had the good sense to pretend!

Keep writing in your news and, until next time, to paraphrase the immortal words of Ron Burgundy: “You stay green, ’06s.”

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

Hi, ’06s! Lots of news to share and lots of babies to welcome! Andrew Miller and his wife, Erin, recently welcomed their first child into the world, son Harrison. Crawford Arnold and his wife, Adair, welcomed their first, son Hunter. Class of ’06 couple and now ’06 parents Lindsay Barnes and Kilsy (Torres) Barnes welcomed son Theodore to their family in Washington, D.C., where they will do their best to raise Ted an Orioles and Mets fan. Richie Winn and his wife, Bonnie, welcomed their first, daughter Hazel Adell. Both currently work at Frankfurt International School. Charlotte Lord and Nicolas Chu welcomed baby boy Leo into the world in October 2015. Both parents report that they’re excited to show him where mom and dad met! Katherine (Brill) Bell and husband Matt Bell ’05 welcomed their first daughter, Genevieve, in February. Katherine will soon return to her neonatology fellowship at Harvard. Doing “babies, round two,” are Josh Cain and wife Agnieszka, who are expecting their second (the pair already has one son, Alex). Jessica Watson and husband Zach Smith welcomed their second, son Baxter, little brother to 2-year-old Rosemary. The couple lives and works in Iowa City; Jess is a vitreoretinal surgery fellow at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and Zach is a clinical assistant professor in the internal medicine department. In March Danielle Mohilef-Rudner and her husband, Jonathan, welcomed their son, Dylan. The couple also has a daughter, Olivia. Congratulations to all of the parents, and may all of your children end up classmates at Dartmouth!

In wedding news: Lauren Botcheos is getting married during Memorial Day Weekend at a winery in Sonoma Valley, California. Several Dartmouth ’06 friends will be in attendance, including Gwen Barnes, Christine Tsu, Sara (Niazi) Bahnassi and Jesse Holliday. Adams Baker reports that he proposed to his fiancée last fall on top of Tennent Mountain in the middle of the Shining Rock Wilderness in western North Carolina. Jesse Brush recently married Liza Turkel in New York City. The groomsmen included Ethan Rothstein, John Gontijo, Anthony Keating and Benjamin Shear. Heidi Immesberger is getting married on July 3 to Charles Schmechel in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Heidi is currently in her fourth year of veterinary school at Colorado State University. Patrick Lee married Monica Kim this past July in Manchester, Vermont, with fellow ’06s James Barkley and Nan Wang serving as groomsmen, with music provided by Sarah Ball and Bill Quirk. The event even featured a mini-homecoming, including a bonfire and pong! Patrick is currently in the second year of a Ph.D. program in industrial and organizational psychology at Baruch College.

In other news, Sean Anthony was recently promoted at Kforce to field recruiting director for the company’s information technology division in Columbus, Ohio. John Kelsey will be graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School and will be starting his neurology residency in June at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Jessica Ovici, Nathan Rugger and Alexis Rugger took an ’06 vacation to Europe, where they met up with Dave Peranteau ’04 and Christine Benally in Vienna. In related news Nathan’s space adventure TV pilot, Nautilus, has advanced to the second round of the Sundance Episodic Labs, thanks in no small part to the scientific consults of classmates Doug Urban and Ryan Michney. Zach Hall is assistant director of NANANordic, a ski program that teaches Nordic skiing and biathlon to kids in more than 40 Alaskan villages each spring. This year they worked with more than 4,000 students.

Finally, Cole Entress is in an endless line at Whole Foods, where he is likely to die. He regrets so much.

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

Hi, class of 2006! As you read this column, it will be right around the time that marks the “big 10”—as in 10 official years since our graduation from Dartmouth. It’s truly hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since we have all lived, laughed and imbibed together on the plains of Hanover. It will certainly be fun to spend the next year preparing for and anticipating our 10-year (technically, 11-year) reunion back in Hanover. Until then, please continue sending in your news so that we can all have things to talk about when we get there!

And for those of you lucky enough to visit Hanover before then, send in any reports of nostalgic college memories jogged by the visit, or better yet, any run-ins with classmates also in town. Cindy Tsai had one such visit to report on. In true M.B.A. fashion, Cindy was in Hanover for Tuck Winter Carnival in February with her classmates from business school at UNC Kenan-Flagler. She reports that it was a fun weekend of school spirit, skiing and parties and that she enjoyed staying with Vince Accurso, who is in his second year at Tuck. Cindy said she also spent time with Joe Boswell and Alex Tonelli, both of whom are living and working out of Hanover.

For those of you who want to reconnect with classmates before our official reunion rolls around, keep your eyes trained on the newsletter for information about any upcoming mini-reunions in your area. There are always great events happening and they usually feature at least one (or two!) free drinks.

One such recent mini-reunion was organized by Matthew Schwartz in February at the New Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. In order to make the event happen, Matt had a little help from a friend—Libby Sherman—who just happens to be the museum’s assistant curator. Libby gave a group of more than 20 ’06s a tour that focused on two exhibits she co-curated: Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner and Flatlands. According to Matt, “The tour gave us an amazing behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s new home and current shows.” In addition to organizing the event, Matt also recently started a new job! After nearly three years in content distribution at Viacom, Matt was promoted and accepted a new role as senior counsel at Epix, a premium entertainment network focused on exclusive filmed entertainment. Matt will be providing business and legal affairs support in the Times Square office. Congrats, Matt!

A lot of wedding and baby news to report on. The first wedding to talk about actually happened in Hanover! On December 19, 2015, Brad Heritage married Eliza Bennett ’10 at Rollins Chapel surrounded by a huge crowd of ’06 friends. The wedding was officiated by Dartmouth’s director of religious and spiritual life, the Rev. Nancy Vogele ’85. The reception was held at the Hanover Inn and rumor has it that there may have been a slight after-party celebration at Theta Delt. Among ’06s rediscovering their pong games were Will Pierce, Jamie Coffin, Katie (Wolf) Coffin, Crawford Arnold, Alec Hufnagel, Andrew Mayer, Jared Hyatt, John Huelskamp, Paul Huelskamp, Dan Oberlin, Griffin Gordon, Mike Reiss, Alex Tonelli, Gavin Philips, Andrew Miller, Michael Ribero and many more. Most of the same crowd of ’06s attended Andrew Mayer’s nuptials in Miami a few months later: Andrew married Veronica Mendiola in Miami on February 6 on South Beach in what was once again a huge reunion for the ’06 class. In fact, that crew has been busy attending weddings this year—in September many of the same faces were present to watch an ’06 wedding when Jamie Coffin married Katie (Wolf) Coffin in Vermont.

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

Hi, class of 2006! I had the pleasure of being in Hanover recently, which reminded me that our “real” 10-year reunion is coming up. I hope many of you will have the opportunity to visit Hanover before then! Let’s get to the news.

We will begin with some interesting sports news. Ali Crocker, a former member of the Dartmouth cross-country ski team, finished 15th at the sprint finals at the World Orienteering Championships near Inverness, Scotland, in August. Ali’s finish was the highest ever recorded for an American at the World Orienteering Championships. For the uninitiated, orienteering is a race where athletes locate a series of checkpoints marked on a map that they carry. They can go any way they want, but the rules include not going through buildings or going through private property or gardens. The 2016 North American Orienteering Championships will be held on our very own turf, at Dartmouth on September 23-25, with the sprint event being on campus on the 25th. Ali will be favored. Good luck!

Lots of baby news to report. Krista Perry and her wife welcomed twin boys, Miles and Fisher, into the world in May. Through the sleep deprivation and challenges, they are enjoying this new journey and all of the experiences it is bringing. Christine Benally Peranteau and her husband, David, welcomed a daughter, Zoe Elizabeth Benally Peranteau, to the world in June. Zoe weighed in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and the family is doing well and plans on introducing their newest American to their homeland in August. Katherine (Lawson) Trier and Henry Trier welcomed their first child to the world, son Liam Christopher Trier, born at 11:41 a.m. on June 17. Liam weighed in at 9 pounds, 4 ounces and is 21 inches long. Just days after Liam was born the Trier family moved into their new home in Dedham, Massachusetts. Congratulations to all of the new parents! And also some news of parents-to-be: Joanna Hunter and her husband,Dan August ’07, are expecting their first child, a daughter, in October. Joanna and Dan both work for the NFL, where Joanna is director of corporate communications and Dan is head of strategic marketing and planning. Congratulations!

The wedding bells continue to chime for our classmates, as Kate Berry married Oliver Grant on June 20 in Locust Valley, New York. Many ’06s were in attendance, including Emily (Salas) Crowley, Kate McManus, Katie (Jaxheimer) Agarwal. Cammie Delany married Pat Pfeiffer on May 16 in Pacific Palisades, California. Dozens of ’06 guests attended and Dan Madigan ’05 officiated the ceremony.

Sarah Buckingham wed Jonathan Miller on September 6 in Kennebunkport, Maine. Among the attendants were Erica Chin, Julianne (Southwell) Malvezzi and Katie (Churchill) Zindars. Sarah recently completed her neurology residency program at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, where she served as chief resident during her final year. In July she began a two-year fellowship in movement disorders at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York City.

Finally, Alex Gelman and his search fund, Poplar Partners, recently made their first acquisition with the purchase of mTab, which is a web-based software-as-a-service platform that helps companies with market research and analytics. Alex recently moved to Los Angeles to run the company. Congratulations, Alex! Look him up if you are in the L.A. area.

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

Hi, classmates! Greetings from San Francisco, where the fog hangs low and the rents are high. Let’s kick off this column, shall we?


We’ll begin with some news from good ol’ Cupid. Patrick Lynch got engaged to Anna Langell in November and they are planning a May 2016 wedding in Pittsburgh. Julia Drury and Justin Blesy are about to ring in an ’06-’06 wedding—they will be getting married in Buffalo, New York, on May 30. Justin and Julia met as classmates in Hanover and have been together ever since. This follows on the heels of another recent classmate wedding, between Carrie (Rooke) Monahan and Tom Monahan. Carrie and Tom met on freshman move-in day, and about 12 years later to the day, on September 6, 2014, they were married in Morristown, New Jersey. There was a strong Dartmouth showing at the wedding, with eight different classes represented—including best man Christopher Boyle ’07, groomsmen Ethan Rothstein, David Greenberg ’05 and Carrie’s uncle, William Rooke ’52. The couple currently lives in New York City, where Tom is a litigation associate at Sheppard Mullin and Carrie is the director of program implementation at NYU Langon Medical Center. Also recently married was Katie Jaxheimer, who got married in India to Harsh Agarwal, whom she met at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Finally, a word of baby news: Anne (Scott) Plante gave birth to her first child, daughter Nori, on October 8 and reports that little Nori was able to meet a few of Anne’s classmates, Forrest Hanson, Kaethe Henning and Patty Olszynski. Congratulations, all!


In addition to being busy planning weddings, a lot has been happening for our classmates professionally. Libby Ludlow, a former U.S. Olympic ski racer, is the founder of a nonprofit called Z Girls, which empowers young female athletes with the resources they need to thrive in sports and in life. Libby founded Z Girls halfway through her time in law school; three years later it’s her full-time job and she is preparing a nation-wide launch in June. Congrats, Libby, and good luck with the nationwide launch. Kaethe Henning recently started working for a hardware startup accelerator in San Francisco called Highway 1, where she heads up operations and business development for the program, which is a 16-week program that helps hardware startups grow from the proof-of-concept prototype stage to a fundable prototype stage. Their most recent cohort started in February, when they welcomed their first Dartmouth startup—a company led by Mark Nichol ’04—and Kaethe said she would love to have more Dartmouth-led startups apply! Also making a career move is Jenna Hasenkampf, who, along with husband Anton Hasenkampf, recently moved to New Orleans, where Jenna started working at the ad agency Peter Mayer. It’s been an up-and-down year for Jenna, who was diagnosed with breast cancer last July. She started her treatment at DHMC and finished it in New Orleans at the end of December and is now, as she notes, “looking for the quickly approaching 31 to be a better year than 30.” On behalf of our classmates, all the best for your continued recovery.


Staying in work news, Echo Brown is continuing the successful run of her one-woman show, Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters, at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco’s Mission District. Echo’s show runs through June 6. Abel James Bascom has just published his first book, The Wild Diet: Get Back to Your Roots, Burn Fat, and Drop Up to 20 pounds in 40 Days. Abel’s book aims to show readers that the secret to health is simply sticking to our roots and knowing where our food comes from. Abel is the host of The Fat-Burning Man Show, which receives 500,000 downloads a month and has ranked in the top 10 of overall audio and video podcasts for the past three years. If you’re like me and enjoy cupcakes and other processed foods a little too much, the “Fat-Burning Man” and his new book could be the one book that scares me to permanent kale consumption.


As always, please send news and notes my way. Stay healthy, happy and hungry for life. All the best! 


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

On February 12 Allison Smith lost her life in a tragic automobile accident in Milton, Massachusetts. Allison was 31 and, by any measure, in the prime of her life. Perhaps our every passing moment is really the “prime” of our life—tragedies such as this remind me of that. Allison’s untimely, unspeakably sad passing was a reminder to me, as I’m sure it was to many of you, to be thankful for life. Since Allison’s passing, I have heard from many of you—her friends and classmates—as you recalled fond remembrances of Allison. This column is dedicated to her. 


I’ll begin with my own memories. As many of you know, Allison was a fantastic runner. While at Dartmouth, I first met Allison out on trails around the College golf course. We had a number of mutual friends across our respective sports teams and ended up in conversation toward the end of a run. I don’t remember what we talked about, but I do remember what I thought: “What a warm, lovely person.” That first impression stood the test of time through all of my subsequent interactions with Allison—she was just a lovely, positive, warm person. I realize now, having heard from many of you, that I wasn’t the only person in our class who thought of Allison that way. Your remembrances impressed upon me the kind of person Allison was, and the tragedy of what happened to her a few weeks ago.


Amanda Prentice remembers Allison as a supporting and loving soul whose passion for the College was evident and appreciated in her work with the Dartmouth College Fund. “In all my interactions with Allison through the years she was so positive and supportive about not only her own path in life but took great interest in the lives of those around her. She was a gentle soul and will truly be missed.” 


As Brian Taylor noted in his email to me, Allison was proud of who she was. “Allison was always smiling. She was very proud and happy to be gay. It was a sentiment that rubbed off on many. I know it rubbed off on me. When others were disturbed that some of us would start chants at Gay Straight Alliance meetings of ‘Four more years!’ for George W. Bush just to get a reaction out of a very serious and partisan crowd, Allison giggled. It’s who she was.” 


Nadine Parris talked about Allison’s smile and how her zest for life was such that it could brighten your day. “From our pre-matriculation DOC trip to our last days in Hanover, I always remember Allison’s effervescent energy and infectious smile. No matter how gloomy the New Hampshire day, long the track workouts or difficult the exam, she always had a positive and encouraging outlook that could quite simply change your day. Although one very bright and shining candle has been blown out, Allison’s legacy will undoubtedly live on in all of those who knew her.”


Jeff Grossman shared how a group of Allison’s friends had gathered in San Francisco and Seattle around a bonfire to celebrate Allison’s life. As Jeff wrote: “In San Francisco a group of her friends from DOC trips gathered around a bonfire to remember Allison. In attendance were Zach Erbe ’04, Bing Knight ’05, Paul Durkee, James Austin ’07, Sam Haynor ’08, Marika Austin ’09 and Anna Nearburg ’10. Memories were shared of Allison’s exquisite rainbow Mohawk and raids in the woods to welcome unsuspecting freshmen. The group then danced the ‘Salty Dog Rag’ on the beach looking out on the Pacific Ocean.”


To Allison, forever part of Dartmouth undying.


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

Hi, class of 2006! I recently had the pleasure of visiting Hanover—in the dead of New Hampshire winter, no less—and it brought back many wonderful memories of day-after “missing North Face fleece” blitzes and other such mainstays of winter at Dartmouth. As a reminder, please send in your news—without those emails I have nothing to write about! On to the news.


Chris Leach and wife Tricia welcomed newborn daughter Julia Wallace Leach into the world on December 11. Both mother and baby are healthy and happy. Congratulations, both! In other news, we’ve had a classmate wedding! Katherine Lawson and Henry Trier were married on September 24 at the Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Massachusetts. In Katherine’s wedding party were fellow Dartmouth graduates Christine (Reinhold) Pechter and Mita Patel, and many other ’06s attended to celebrate the happy couple. Finally, we will soon have another classmate wedding upon us, as Jamie Coffin and Katie Wolf got engaged in December. Congratulations! 


That’s it for this time. I hope we’ll have more to share next column. As always, please find me at the email below.


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

Hello, class of 2006! First of all, a rallying cry to send in news, any news, so long as it’s news, so that we can always have a robust column. It makes me feel super stalkery to troll Facebook in search of babies, weddings, more babies, etc. I mean, I guess it’s no different from reading People magazine, but it feels much creepier. 


Speaking of babies, we’ll begin with some of that news. The stork has been active lately! Adam and Kelly (Baker) Wilk welcomed their first child, daughter Evangeline Mara, in August. Rafael and Kate (MacMillan) Lizcano welcomed their second son, Daniel Xavier, in May. Rob Petit and his wife, Sandra, are expecting their first child in January. Congrats! Jen (Peterson) Holland and husband Gardiner welcomed their first child, daughter Lydie, this summer. Congrats, Jen! May she grow up to join Kappa Delta Epsilon. Ethan Rothstein and wife Christina (Kellerman) are also new parents to a little girl, Grace Kellerman Rothstein, born in March in Bangor, Maine. As Christina notes, “She’s strong, feisty and full of smiles!” The family recently moved to Pennsylvania for Ethan’s doctoral internship in clinical psychology at Geisinger Medical Center, the final step in the long road toward his Ph.D. Christina is taking the year off from teaching special ed and will be staying home with Grace. Last but not least, also new to the parenting ranks is Josh Cain, whose wife, Agniezska, gave birth to their son Alex earlier this summer. May all of these new babies be members of the class of 2036.


There has also been love in the air for many of our classmates, as several have recently married! Congratulations are in order for Jonah Kolb, who married Maureen Collins in Oak Park, Illinois, in June. Several generations of Dartmouth friends and family were on hand to celebrate their happy day. Jonah and Maureen split their time between Chicago and rural central Illinois, where Jonah works in farmland asset management and Maureen in public health. Another Chicago-area wedding was that of Alex Middleton, who married Kerry Kimbrough in Chicago during Labor Day Weekend. Reports call it a “classy affair, complete with a party trolley tour around the city and an aging Sigma Epsilon crowd singing ‘Friends in Low Places’ on the dance floor.” To round out the wedding news section we send congratulations to two of our classmates, Julia Baxter and Patty Olszynski, who got married on the same day! On September 13 Julia married Jason Edgar ’05 in Rye, New York, whilst a road trip away, Patty married Greg Hanyen in Southport, Maine. Both weddings were replete with Dartmouth ’06sers ready to rage and celebrate: Julia celebrated with the likes of Meg Spillane, Katie McNabb, Jess Magidson, Kaethe Henning and more, while Patty was surrounded by Katie Wolf, Jordie Enright-Schultz, Kate (Huft) Kelly and others.


Finally, a spot of professional news. After living and working in New York City and D.C., Cindy Tsai has moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to attend business school at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Congrats, and enjoy business school! Our class president, Jeff Wagner, recently earned his Ph.D. in biological engineering from MIT for his work developing genome-editing tools for Plasmodium falciparum (malaria, for us layfolk). Jeff recently started his new job at the Harvard School of Public Health working on tuberculosis vaccine development. Do Ebola next, Jeff!


Not to be outdone, Cameron Hahn recently celebrated his own momentous milestone—his 30th birthday—at his home in Toledo, Ohio. Nothing like turning 30 makes you want to drink. He rang in the big birthday with his loved ones, including his wife (honorary Dartmouth alum) and Dartmouth friends.


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

Hi, classmates! I hope this finds all of you happy, well and enjoying the first signs of summer—well deserved for those of you who endured a tough Nor’east winter. On to the notes.


First of all, some wedding news! Congratulations to Matt Slaine, who recently got married to Michelle Zatzkis! Also about to be married is Angela Broad, who will be tying the knot in Vermont this summer. Equally exciting is some baby news: We have another ’06-’06 baby, courtesy of Drs. Watson and Smith—Jessica Watson and Zach Smith, that is—who recently welcomed their first child, daughter Rosemary, into the world. Considering they’re both medical residents, it’s not like they sleep much anyway so adjusting to life with a newborn will probably be a cinch. Congrats, Jess and Zach!


Some professional news to share: As always, ’06s are moving and shaking their way to success. Or, in the case of Nick Taranto, “sharking” their way! Nick’s company Plated was recently featured on the popular show Shark Tank, where at press time it was into the second round of the competition. Plated, a food delivery company that delivers all of the ingredients and instructions needed to cook a healthy meal in less than 30 minutes, also recently raised $5 million in Series A funding. Congrats, Nick! Also deserving a big congrats is Willa Rose Johnson, who will be receiving her master’s in divinity from Columbia’s Union Theological Seminary this May—which means she’s about to become a real, live minister! Also graduating this May is Jared Hyatt, who will be receiving his M.B.A. from Stanford in June. Congrats!


A few brief professional updates: Sophie Hutson will be working at Samsung this summer in Dallas, between her first and second years at Columbia Business School—if you find yourself in Big D, look her up! Yin Zhao is currently working at Sotheby’s Auction House in N.Y.C., where she specializes in Asian markets. Finally, everyone should go and see the Amazing Spider Man 2 when it is released in May to support Megan Rast, who has been helping lead the film’s sustainability initiatives. You can see Meg’s handiwork in the “Eco Spidey” game and read about the film’s environmentally conscious superhero on Eco Spidey’s Twitter feed (@EcoSpidey, penned by Ms. Rast herself). The film was recently recognized by the Environmental Media Association for exceptional environmental awareness and sustainability initiatives. Congrats, Megan!


Last but not least, some relocation news from Jenna Hasenkampf and her husband, Anton Hasenkampf, who are moving to New Orleans this summer after almost eight years in San Francisco. Before the move they’re traveling in Thailand, and then plan to drive cross-country to Vermont for June and July. Along the way they plan to visit some ’05 and ’07 friends in Chicago as well as crash the ’03, ’04 and ’05 reunion in Hanover in June. I hope a few others will join them in crashing the reunion to ensure some strong ’06 representation! 


Keep the news and updates coming my way.


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

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

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

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

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

With love and updates. 

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

Hello ’06s! I hope this finds you doing well! I have some news to share from classmates who have recently traveled great distances.


Kim McKee just finished hiking the Appalachian Trail. She started from Springer Mountain, Georgia, in April and finished her hike at Mount Katadin in Maine. Kim has been working at a startup Internet social networking site in Washington, D.C., since graduation. This fall she will be starting a master’s program in regional planning at UMass Amherst. Congratulations, Kim!


Ann Irvine wrote in after she, Hannah Gelman, Brittany Beth, Ruth Jones, Mignon Lamia and seven friends participated in the first American Odyssey Relay race in April. The race began in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and ended 204 miles away in Washington, D.C. The team completed the race in about 30 hours and had a great time.


Sarah Emel is beginning a Ph.D. program at Washington State University. In the spring she defended her thesis on the Oklahoma salamander and earned her master’s in biology from the University of Tulsa. Sarah says she’s “excited to get to live in another part of the country, especially one with cooler temperatures than Tulsa.” 


I’m looking forward to hearing about your adventures this summer and plans for the fall!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! Congratulations go out to Cayelan Carey and Quinn Thomas ’05, who were married on a beautiful July day in Hanover. The bridal party included Helen Parsons, Meredith Raucher, Kate Nugent, Will Morrison ’05 and Luke Evans ’05. Cayelan and Quinn reside in Ithaca, New York.


Congratulations also to Kate MacMillan and Raphael Lizcano, who were married on September 18 in Kate’s hometown of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The wedding party included Kale Bongers ’07, Chris Galiardo, Katherine Brill, Laura (Brill) Stromberg and Matt Bell ’05. Kate and Raphael were thrilled to also spend their wedding day with Kristen Wong, Alana Finley Edmonson, Lauren Cecere, Rob Petitt, Dana Lin, Miriam Glaser, Christina Behrend ’07, Kelley Durkin ’07, Jean Hamlin ’07, Jen Bess ’00, Dr. Christal Costello Yuo ’98, Dr. Ted Yuo ’98 and Dr. Ted Brader ’93. Kate writes, “With so many wonderful Dartmouth people in attendance the ‘Alma Mater’ was of course spontaneously sung by the end of the reception.” Kate and Raphael are both members of the Dartmouth Medical School class of 2012 and are currently living in Lebanon, New Hampshire.


I recently had the pleasure of visiting Sarah Hackney in Hood River, Oregon, where she is working as the executive director of Gorge Grown Food Network, a regional food and farms nonprofit. Gorge Grown was recently honored by World Hunger Year with the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award for their work increasing rural communities’ access to fresh, local produce. Congratulations!


Please keep sending in your updates and enjoy the New Year!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! I hope this finds you enjoying the fall!


Laura (Brill) Stromberg was married to Andrew Stromberg on June 27. Laura continues to do actuarial work at Towers Perrin and Andrew is a software programmer. Congratulations to both of you!


Ben Waters and Danny Scull, with their band Midnight Spin (www.midnightspin.com), recorded their second EP, Through the Mojo Wire, and released it to a sold-out audience at the Mercury Lounge in New York City. 


Finally, congratulations to Echo Brown, who is starting journalism school at Columbia University this fall! 


I’d love to hear what you’ve been up to, so please keep sending in updates!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s! I hope this finds you well!


Mike Rosenzweig just finished a year in Hanover working at a startup biotech company and in January moved to San Francisco. AllMyDealsAreLive.com (AMDAL), the blog he founded in 2007 “as a way for all our Dartmouth friends to stay connected,” recently received its 100,000th hit. Mike and Scott Linthicum ’04 edit the site, which contributor Matt Weiss describes as featuring “a breadth of commentary on topics from politics, media and sports to technology, travel and food; all written up, of course, with a certain sense of sophisticated (and not so sophisticated) humor.” Other contributors include Mike Block ’04, Will Hiltz ’05, Alex Cavin, Rob Cowden, Charlotte Lord, Brian Martin, Chris Allen ’07, Brian Christie ’07, Allan Reynolds ’07, Rembert Browne ’09 and Caitlin Kelly ’09. Alex is living in Boston, working as a healthcare consultant at Trinity Partners and he competes in triathlons and club soccer. Rob is at Johns Hopkins University, pursuing a master’s in international relations. Charlotte works at Gap Inc., merchandising baby clothes for the international market. She recently became engaged to Nic Chu. Brian is finishing up his third year at Vermont Law School. Brian worked at the Vermont Federal District Court over the summer and is currently interviewing for full-time positions throughout the Northeast. Congratulations to you all on the success of AMDAL!


Christina Stoltz is a sexual/domestic violence and human trafficking specialist who works as both a shelter coordinator and a crisis intervention advocate in the United States, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan to implement crisis center reforms, develop safe-house programs and organize international relief. As a 2008-09 Fulbright scholar in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Christina utilized the innovative techniques and intervention methods she developed at the Women’s Information Service (WISE, in Lebanon, New Hampshire), the Southeast State Correctional Facility (Windsor, Vermont), the Angel Coalition to Combat Human Trafficking (Moscow) and the Sisters Sexual Assault Recovery Center (Moscow) in her work as an emergency-shelter coordinator at the Sezim Crisis Center (Bishkek) and as a professor of anthropology at the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek). Having completed her Fulbright research, Christina is currently preparing for publication a series of comparative analyses that outline the geopolitical and social implications of contemporary Russian and Central Asian gender-based violence advocacy, education reform and community outreach. Today Christina serves as an assistant professor of sociology at the American University of Central Asia and as a regional expert for UNIFEM in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where she consults on the organization and implementation of a pilot program to address issues of women’s personal safety and economic security in marketplaces and at cross-border points throughout Central Asia. 


I look forward to hearing what you’re up to!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! I hope this finds you enjoying the spring! 


Nathan Ruegger is starting up at an internship for the SyFy TV series Eureka, assisting the writers’ room. He’s also very excited to finish his last semester of graduate school at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts this May, as well as completing his short film, Another Life, and then entering into the Hollywood work force.


Jeff Wagner wrote in about a camping trip to the Second College Grant he and some ’06 friends have been doing as a tradition every year since we graduated. They “spent three nights in the management center snowshoeing and cross-country skiing by day and playing cards, board games and sitting by the fire at night. Good food and beer was also consumed in massive quantities and I think we all enjoyed the lack of electricity, cell coverage and Internet.” They also had a one-night visit from Jeff’s father, Ken Wagner ’77. Among the group this year were Pete Morgenstern, Andrew Argeski, Calvin Richardson, Justin Blesy and Julia Drury. Pete is taking a year off from med school at Cornell to do research in a neurosurgery lab (he’ll return for his fourth year next year). Andrew is an engineer for a utility company in northern New Jersey. Calvin is in his first year of a master’s in public health program at Yale. Justin is working as a consultant in New York City and Julia is in her first year of veterinary school at Cornell University.

Please feel free to write in to share what you’ve been up to!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! Congratulations to Michael Ellis and Katie Racicot, who were engaged on December 30 in Paris. Michael is in his second year at Yale Law School and also lieutenant, j.g., in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Katie is a captain in the U.S. Air Force and will be starting her residency in emergency medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. They are planning to live in Ohio after a summer 2011 wedding.


Congratulations also to Amanda Morris and Christopher Bowen ’02. They were engaged on March 27 in Washington, D.C. Amanda is in her second year at Temple Law School. Chris gradated from George Washington University Law School in 2005 and now works as a trial attorney for the Department of Justice. They plan to live in Virginia after a spring 2011 wedding.


I’m looking forward to hearing what you’ve been up to!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s! I hope this finds you well and enjoying the end of the summer!


Congratulations to Katherine Brill and Matthew Bell ’05, who were married on April 10th in South Pasadena, California. The bridal party included Dartmouth alums Laura (Brill) Stromberg, Kate Lizcano MacMillan and Paul Magyar ’09, and Sarah Ball generously served as a guest vocalist for the ceremony. Also in attendance were Dartmouth alums Steve Gruber ’05, Raphael Lizcano, Erin Windauer ’08, Jenn Bandy ’09, John Zaleski ’09 and Caitlin Johnson ’10. Matt just finished his Ph.D. in computer science at Dartmouth; Katherine just graduated from medical school at UC San Diego and will be starting her residency in pediatrics at Oakland (California) Children’s Hospital in June.


Jeff Cooperman and Alex Lawrence made a trip to Hanover in June to attend the graduation of their siblings Justin Cooperman ’10 and Zoe Lawrence ’10. Both Jeff and Alex are in New York. Alex graduated from Columbia Law School this spring and will soon begin work at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Jeff moved from Deutsche Bank to Piper Jaffray last August.


Congratulations to Matt Kelly and Kate Hufft on their marriage! The couple were engaged on a vineyard in Sonoma County in May 2009 and got married June 5 in Kate’s hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Kate is an associate in the Treasury Department at Brown Brothers Harriman and Co. in New York and does relationship management with its correspondent banking network. Until June Matt was a policy analyst at the office of economic development in the office of the mayor in N.Y.C. He will be attending law school at NYU this fall. Among the wedding guests were Kate Berry, Emily Salas, Mike Rosenzweig, Hank Alexander, Patty Olszynski, Lynda Tricarico, Nina Fulmer, Edy Wilson, Renee Bissell and Karl Johnson. After spending two years as an associate at Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, Hank is starting at Harvard Business School this September. Lynda recently graduated from Northwestern Law and will be moving home to New York to work at a firm, in litigation, this fall. Renee moved back from Paris last summer and has been living in California since. She’s moving back east soon to start a master of urban planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.


I’m looking forward to hearing more of your updates!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s! Lucinda Leung and Jopei Shih are engaged to be married next year. Congratulations! Lucinda is finishing her last year at Brown Medical School and Jopei is finishing his last year at Stanford Law School. 


Congratulations to Shannon O’Donnell, who married Brian Miner on June 26 in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Sam Burnham ’04, Jamie Librizzi ’04, Jen Levitt ’04, Jeannie Cullen, Angie Soriaga and Krista Perry “all attended and led the dance floor all evening!” Shannon is in her second year of teaching sixth grade at Northfield Elementary School in Massachusetts. She’s also working on her master’s to be a reading specialist for elementary school students. Jeannie is a project manager for an HVAC contractor in Madison, Wisconsin, and recently got engaged to Kris Schultz. Angie is working on her Ph.D. in chemistry at UCLA. Krista lives in Boise, Idaho, and works remotely for a healthcare consulting firm based outside of Boston. She enjoys frequent trips to Boston and Hanover as well as all the rafting, hiking, camping, backpacking and biking available in Idaho’s “vast outdoors.”


James Barkley and Jen Lackie were married on July 31 at Rollins Chapel—congratulations! The couple celebrated with Jeff Wagner, Carlo Ordonez, Morgan Cole ’07, Eric Schwager ’10 and their son James Aiden Barkley, who was born December 13, 2009. 


I hope you’re enjoying the fall, and, as always, I look forward to hearing your news and updates! 


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, class of 2006! Let’s get right into the news and notes. I hope many of you got the chance to watch some of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where Dartmouth as a whole was very well represented, with a total of 12 athletes being either current or past Dartmouth students. Most thrillingly for us ’06s was the chance to see classmate Gillian Apps represent Team Canada in women’s hockey for the third straight Winter Olympics. As many of you undoubtedly know Team Canada beat Team USA 3-2 in overtime of a truly thrilling gold medal game. Congratulations, Gillian, on your third Olympic gold medal!


Also in sports news, Devon Wills became the first-ever female Major League Lacrosse player when she was acquired by the New York Lizards in the league’s supplemental draft in December. Devon, a goalie, is a two-time women’s World Cup champion (2009 and 2013) and is currently in her second season as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator at the University of Southern California. Congratulations, Devon, on this great accomplishment and inspiring moment for female athletes!


In related news, big congratulations to John Huelskamp, co-founder of Boston spin studio the Handle Bar, which was recently written up by Boston Magazine in its “Classes We Love” section and was named Best Gym of 2013 by DigBoston.com. Check them out at handlebarcycling.com and go take a class if you’re in the Boston area! 


Some wedding bells to report! Jessica Alvarez married Phil Klay ’05 (see a review of his recent book, page 60) on February 15 in Cartagena, Colombia. Jessica and Phil met on the fourth floor of New Hampshire dormitory way back in 2003 and were fortunate enough to celebrate their wedding surrounded by many other members of their Dartmouth family. The wedding party included Ali Amrhein, Sara Niazi and Sarah Ayres. Soon to be married is Megan Hike, who is getting married to David Wolkoff ’05 on May 31 at Anthem Country Club in Las Vegas. Congratulations, Megan and Jessica!


Finally, a warm congratulations to Josh Cain, who is expecting his first child with his wife in a few months. Congrats, Josh!


Send any news, notes, shout-outs or hellos to me to keep our column full!


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

Hi, class of 2006! Welcome back to our class news section. First of all, I hope to see many of you in Hanover for Homecoming—for the first time in what seems like years, it dovetails with Columbus Day weekend, so here’s hoping that the long weekend and extra day off will convince many of you, like me, to make the trek home to Dartmouth.


On to the news! First of all, some exciting professional news. Kaethe Henning is working in Palo Alto, California, for a startup pre-choreography group fitness company, Xercise Lab, as director of business development, where she teaches four of the six current programs. She also completed her 200-hour yoga certification in March—congratulations, Kaethe, that is a long time to spend in downward dog!


Jessica Magidson has recently started a postdoc in global psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. She will be living in Boston and will be traveling to Cape Town and Harare regularly. Also in professional news, Hank Alexander was recently promoted to be special assistant to the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is also recently engaged to his former Harvard Business School classmate Soraya Gheissari.


Another recent one-two punch of new job and new fiancée was had by Josh Cain, who graduated from Duke Business School in May and recently started work at NBC, where he is product manager for its TV Everywhere apps for the Xbox, Windows phone, Roku and Smart TVs. Josh is getting married at the Yale Club (also known in Hanover as the Dartmouth Club) in New York City in October. 


Adamah (Ricky) Cole recently celebrated his last year before turning the “dirty 30” in style by hosting his own Dartmouth birthday event in Los Angeles. In attendance to celebrate the end of Ricky’s youthful indiscretions were Jacquelene Moghaddam and Jenna Hasenkampf, as well as Lense Gebre-Mariam ’09. Ricky was in Los Angeles interning for Universal Studios and has returned to Philly for his final year at Wharton Business School. 


Finally, a column wouldn’t be complete without some wedding bells, and this time they come to us from Will Pierce, who recently wed Kristie Bernhard. The wedding was in April on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and a huge Dartmouth contingent made the long trip—the only picture that managed to capture the whole crew in attendance is one taken on the dance floor during the finale to “Shout,” complete with some gratuitous shirtlessness. Fellow men and women of Dartmouth who attended were Brad Heritage, Alec Hufnagel, Crawford Arnodl, Jared Hyatt, Mike Reiss, Joe Killefer, Alex Tonelli, Paul Huelskamp, John Huelskamp, Jamie Coffin, Joe Boswell, among others.


After the wedding Will and his wife relocated back to New York City, where he has rejoined his family business working as a summer camp director of Pierce Country Day Camp and Pierce Camp Birchmont. Will is also a real estate consultant during the non-summer months. Congratulations, Will! 


Stay in touch, send me some updates, and give me a holler if you’re going to be in Hanover for Homecoming: jessica.e.tory@gmail.com—use it or see an empty column again!


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

Happy summer, ’06s! It seems that summer has finally arrived everywhere, and there’s lots of news to go around and to share. So grab a glass of your favorite sundowner and enjoy the updates. First off: After a successful first set of “06/06” days around the country, it seems like we’ve got a fun new tradition for mini-reunions. Special thanks to all of the chairs around who made it happen. We had 61 attendees in four cities across the country—thanks to Amanda Prentice, Christine Benally Peranteau and Jen Bordeau for organizing! Thanks also to the chairs of each city as well, Jess Magidson (Boston) and Alex Middleton (Chicago). Thanks to everyone for the strong attendance and for posting updates to our Facebook page. A special thanks to Christine for organizing all those mini-reunions despite being busy with her newborn baby—she and her husband, Dave Peranteau, welcomed their first child in June. Congrats! 


Other classmates who are parents…Chelsea Carroll is the model of the modern working mom—balancing care for her 3-year-old daughter Josie with the pursuit of her M.S.Ed. in higher education and student affairs, which she just completed. She started a new job at Indiana University Bloomington as assistant director of orientation and outreach for international services in April. Congrats, Chelsea! Also a working mom is Alexis Lanzet-Cloutier, who lives in Vancouver and has a 2-year-old son and works in finance for a large helicopter company. According to her Facebook post, she loves Canada, which means she has exquisite taste, as Canada is the best (and the best at hockey). Rachel Gasana,who lives in Boston and works her self-described “dream job” at Partners in Health, has one son, 4-year-old Tristan, and is about to welcome her second child in October. Congrats! 


Lots of people pursuing advanced degrees in our class. Ali Krzton lives in Alabama with her husband and is pursuing her Ph.D. in anthropology at Texas A&M, has been selected for a Fulbright scholarship for 2013 and is going to China to do research on the social cohesion of golden snub-nosed monkeys. (Those monkeys sound so fancy.) Congrats, Ali! A couple other smarties pursuing their Ph.D.s are Julia Crudele, who is pursuing her Ph.D. in cell and molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Carlo Ordonez, who is pursuing his Ph.D. in math at Northern Illinois University. 


Victoria Allen issued all of us an open invitation on Facebook to visit her in northern Arizona and tour around Grand Canyon National Park, where she works as a park ranger. Let’s go! Also in Arizona is Alexa Spielhagen, who is a sociocultural anthropology grad student at the University of Arizona.


Alana Finley works as a federal government analyst/auditor in Dallas and got her M.S. in math/statistics at Georgetown while working for the government. Impressive! Naomi Bishop lives in Seattle with her fiancé and her puppy and works as a marketing manager for a group of Seattle-based grocery stores. Bridgette Hylton runs a small start-up called Shop Rag House (shopraghouse.com)—check out the site to support her! Diana Bradford is finishing her pediatric residency at Brown University and is moving to D.C. this summer to start a fellowship at Children’s National Hospital. Congrats! Also in D.C.: Teri Delgado and Tommy Thompson got married three years ago and live there. Tommy is in his third year of general surgery residency at Washington Hospital Center and Teri is getting her M.B.A. at Georgetown. Nice Dartmouth power couple! 


That’s all for now—be sure to either keep posting news on our class Facebook page or sending me direct e-mails.


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

Hello, classmates! Sorry it’s been awhile since you’ve read of our collective exploits in the pages of the alumni magazine. I wish I could say that it’s all my fault, but I received exactly zero submissions for a string of several months back there. Was it the cold, dark winter that kept you from your computers and e-mail? Oh, no wait, that makes no sense—if the winters were cold and dark, you’d be by your computers. But I digress. Let’s get to some news!


Our fearless and peerless James Barkley and his wife, Jen, are now the proud parents to beautiful baby girl Ayla Jaclyn Barkley, whom they welcomed into the world on May 26! A warm congratulations to James and his family. Hope you enjoyed all those lazy sleep-ins back in College! 


Also in the news are several engagements and weddings! Gregory Harkay, Th’08, proposed to Cici Cruz-Uribe by skiing down on one knee in Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec, this past January. A daredevil proposal if there ever was one! The happy couple will be having a snowy winter wedding next year. Also soon to ring wedding bells is Shawn Zhou,who got engaged to Elaine Lee ’08 in April. Congratulations to both happy couples! Other classmates who are recently engaged include Chris Leach and Peter Morgenstern, who got engaged this past winter and spring, respectively.


And what would a notes column be without some professional and academic news? Movers and shakers in that area include Carlo Ordonez, who was recently awarded the D.R. Ostberg Award from Northern Illinois University for academic achievement. Also achieving academically are a few recently minted M.B.A.s, including Adam Slutsky (Kellogg), Hank Alexander (Harvard Business School), Brittany Mantell (Harvard Business School), Jen Peterson Holland (Tuck), and no doubt many others who either haven’t written in or haven’t friended me on Facebook so I can creep on them for notes-taking purposes!


Finally, a very exciting piece of news from John Schriffen, who has recently been promoted to on-air live reporter with ABC’s Good Morning America and the ABC Evening News. For those who remember, John used to broadcast the Dartmouth games and was a sportswriter for The D. Ahh, how far he’s gone! Congratulations, John.


Please send in your notes, folks, or I don’t have anything to write about! To reiterate, you can find me at jessica.e.tory@gmail.com. Send away!


Jess Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; (310) 210-2391; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! 


Congratulations to Nancy Aitcheson and Patrick Bredehoft ’03, who were married in Tulum, Mexico, in May! There were “a host of Dartmouth alums in the wedding party, including Patrick’s father Bill Bredehoft ’67, officiant Matt Fay ’05, best man John Bair, and photographer Rob Strong ’04.” Also in attendance were Cole Entress, Tarunya Govindarajan, Krista Perry and Akay Tuncak. The couple thanks everyone for making the trip!


Congratulations to Thiago Oliveira, who will be starting at the Boston University School of Medicine this August!


This column marks the end of my term as class secretary. Thank you to everyone who’s submitted updates over the past five years: I’ve enjoyed hearing what’s going on in your lives and sharing it with the class!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (732) 233-0681; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, fellow 2006s! Jess Tory here, reporting for your note-delivery duty! As those of you who make a habit of reading the Alumni Association’s e-mail messages may already know, I have the task of succeeding the amazing Heidi Immesberger as our class secretary. Please make a note of this and remember to send your news and updates my way from now on. So, without further ado, let’s get to some of those updates!


By way of introduction, I’ll start with some of my own news. I’ve just returned from two months of travel through South America—Peru, Chile, Brazil and Argentina—and am a few days from moving to Palo Alto to start business school at Stanford. As I know from our recently passed (and extremely awesome) five-year reunion, I am certainly not alone in my pursuit of an M.B.A.: Hank Alexander and Brittany Mantell are both entering their second year at Harvard Business School; Jen Peterson is starting her second year at Tuck; Edy Wilson just started her first year at Wharton; and Julia Baxter is starting this September at Stern, where Matt Slaine just graduated in May! Clearly we will not have a shortage of advanced degree-holders in our class, considering that Rachel David, Yale Fillingham, Steve Savella, Dan Donoho, Diana Kirschner, Maya Ilowite, Jessica Watson and her husband, Zach Smith,are all either recently graduated M.D.s or well on their way to that tortuous period of life known as medical residency. Grey’s Anatomy it is not (or so I hear). And where would we be without our lawyers? Ali Amrhein, Lynda Tricarico, Brian Martin and Danny Ellman are either full-on bar-certified attorneys or will be someday soon. 


Clearly a lot of moving and shaking happening in our professional lives, but what about our personal lives? Lots of excitement there, too, as I have plenty of nuptial news to report, beginning with the aforementioned Rachel David, who is getting married in September!Her fellow Kappa Delta Epsilon sister Annie Delhanty just took the marriage plunge this summer. Other recent newlyweds are classmates Lindsay Barnes and Kilsy Torres Barnes, who got married in Baltimore earlier this summer. In attendance to celebrate their happy day was classmate Jenna Krumminga,who was in professor Robert Dallek’s 20th-century American presidency course with them Sophomore Summer. The kicker, however, is that Kilsy and Lindsay did not actually meet until well after graduation! By the way, I might add that I was also in that class and that it was great. I still remember Dallek referring to L.B.J. as a “master manipulator,” a term I have since used to describe, among others, my mother’s cat. But I digress. In other wedding stories, Jose Gonzalez popped the question to Shaina Landau ’07 in June in front of New Hamp, where they met six and a half years ago. Congratulations, you two! Not just on the engagement, but on succeeding in making a dorm romantic. 


Well folks, that’s it for now! Please send any and all news my way, and please feel free to brag. Like, a lot. Great to see so many of you in Hanover at our reunion—I am pretty sure that I speak for a great many of us when I say that I can’t wait for the next one! Write often, and write a lot!


Jess Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; (310) 210-2391; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com

Hi, fellow ’06ers, and greetings from Palo Alto, California. First of all, I want to sincerely apologize for being so inconsistent with the columns. I take full responsibility and am committed to making sure that a column appears in each magazine going forward, even if I have to fill it with the Hanover weather report. So, let’s begin! 


A lot of marriage news to report, so we’ll begin there. Abigail Mariano got married in Norwell, Massachusetts, in the presence of classmates Alyssa Caballero, Janelle Morelein, Matt Fujisawa and several others. Abigail and her husband, Jon, recently moved to N.Y.C., where Abigail works as a vet at the Animal Medical Center in Manhattan. Incidentally, we have a second newly minted vet in our class: Julia Drury is set to graduate in the spring from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. But back to wedding news, where I’m happy to report that we had an ’06 wedding. Michael Ribero and Annie Leibovitz married in Vail, Colorado, surrounded by most of the ’06 men’s football and women’s lacrosse team members. Dr. Karilyn (Abrahamsen) Bonney got married to James Bonney in Maine, where they were joined by fellow Dartmouth alums Dr. Jennifer (Miranda) Domagalski and Maggie Rice. Krista Perry is also recently married—she and her partner, Jen Compton, tied the knot in their legal ceremony in Boston and then brought the real party to Idaho. Krista also helpfully reported that her Facebook scrolling uncovered news of another wedding: Jeff Grossman and Grace Yang have also tied the knot.


According to my own Facebook scrolling, Rob Rose is also recently married and back living in New England with his wife, Katie; Rob is a member of the faculty at the Stratton Mountain School in Stratton, Vermont. Adam Slutsky will soon be living the married life—he recently got engaged to Danielle Frisselle. Congratulations to all of you who are building families! On that note, this column would hardly be complete without talking about our “class babies”—Kingston Ouellette, son of Meredith Cashman Ouelette and Mike Ouellette, Leo Bramante, son of Anthony Bramante and Dr. Carolyn Treacy Bramante, and Keith Masters, son of Lindsay (Hare) Masters and Kyle Masters, are sure to be the next generation of Dartmouth men.


In exciting career moves we have a lot to tell. Bridgette Hylton is one of several classmates pursuing an entrepreneurial path. She has started an online venture called ShopRagHouse, a fashion community that allows members to submit their own designs and have them voted on by other members for a chance to have their designs produced and sold on the site for a share of the profits. Talented class of 2006ers who used to spend hours in the jewelry studio, that one’s for you! Also moving and shaking is Megan Hamilton, who joined the San Francisco office of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, where she will specialize in mass torts and environmental litigation, as an associate. She joins a huge and growing crew of ’06ers in the Bay Area, including Cary Telander Fortin, who recently launched her own career as an executive and life coach at the Live Well Space. Look her up! Also enhancing lives is Sophia Khan, who combined forces with award-winning pediatrician Dr. Ellen Bass to create a cookbook to help busy students create fast and delicious meals with Mediterranean flair. The book, Students Go Gourmet: Simple Gourmet for Everyday, is out now. Last but not least, our very own class TV personality, John Schriffen of ABC News, was chosen to play on the celebrity all-star team at the NBA All-Star game in Houston in February. John got to rub shoulders with Usain Bolt, Russell Westbrook, Common, Queen Latifah and a bunch of people who are way cooler than the rest of us. Way to go, John!


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

Hello, class of 2006! I’m sure many of you have wondered where our Class Notes disappeared to in the last issue. To that I say, we need to make a collective effort to submit news and notes on each other’s behalf! I know you’re out there doing great things—so please share them with me so that I don’t need to be a creeper and use Facebook to generate news. With that warning, time for some news. 


To kick things off, we have a few very happy pieces of wedding news! A belated congratulations to Cary Telander Fortin, who married Cam Fortin ’05 in Big Sur, California, on September 10, 2011! In attendance were many Dartmouth classmates, including Hank Alexander, Edy Wilson, Kaethe Henning, Katie Wolf, Paul Durkee, Patty Olszynski and many others. Also newly betrothed is Alex Payne, who married Mary Gugliotta, whom he met while working at Goldman Sachs, on January 14 in New Jersey. And who says investment banking is bad for your love life? In attendance for Alex and Mary’s happy day were classmates Dan Kovler (a groomsman), Mike Rabil, Alex Tonelli, Rich Walton, Ryan Fuselier, Vince Carey and Anthony Gargiulo. For future nuptials, it looks like Brittany Mantell is yet another of our soon-to-be-wed classmates! Brittany is engaged to her fellow Harvard Business School (HBS) classmate Matt Berner, and the two will be graduating this year from HBS. Congrats!


Although the wedding news keeps flowing, so too does exciting professional news! In that category we have many items, including one about the aforementioned Kaethe Henning, who is pursuing her dream of becoming an opera singer. Kaethe is close to completing her master’s in vocal performance at the University of Northern Iowa. Congrats, Kaethe! Also graduating from a master’s program this year is Katie Jaxheimer, who is finishing up a dual degree at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and the Stanford School of Education. Katie will be returning to Parthenon in San Francisco upon graduation, joining the hordes of ’06ers currently in the Bay Area, including Erica Steger, Justin Neiman, Angela Broad and Mike Rosenzweig.Speaking of the Stanford GSB, imagine my pleasant surprise when I arrived in September to discover several Dartmouth ’06s in my class. I am joined here by Aubrey Burnett, Alex Gelman and Maryanna Quigless. We’ve even tried our best to bring Dartmouth-style pong to Stanford (with varying degrees of success). Among other M.B.A.s, Justin Blesy will be graduating from Chicago Booth this year, and will be joining the western migration as he heads to Orange County, California, to start work for Pimco. Julia Drury will be joining Justin in Newport Beach, California, this summer as she finishes up her veterinary studies at Cornell University next year. 


Well, that’s it for now! Please continue to send news my way or I will do what I did to generate news for most of this column: creepily stalk Facebook. Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg, for minting many Facebook millionaires and making the job of class secretary a lot easier!


Secretary out.


Jess Tory, Schwab Residential Center, 680 Serra St., Stanford, CA 94305; (310) 210-2391; jessica.e.tory@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! Andy Wright moved to Brooklyn last September. Earlier last year he returned from a six-month trip to Africa to volunteer and raise money for a sustainable agriculture project in Uganda and backpack across 10 countries. He is currently in a master’s program in public administration at New York University and is excited to reconnect with old friends in the city. 


Congratulations to Yale Fillingham, who got engaged to Emily Heroy during last Green Key weekend. The proposal happened atop Mount Moosilauke and was followed by “forgetting to expect more than a foot of snow, getting turned around and hiking down the opposite side of the mountain and having to hitchhike back to our car with a family from Cape Cod driving around looking for a moose.” Sounds like a memorable engagement story! 


Kaethe Henning is studying at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, pursuing a master’s in vocal performance. In July she left her jobs as marketing associate with San Francisco Opera and professional chorister (soprano) with San Francisco Symphony. Kaethe enjoyed a month of “funemployment” before her father, Albert Henning ’77, helped her move to Iowa.


Bradford Proctor, as he continues his work in multiplatform programming with Logo (MTV Networks), this summer wrote his first musical, Bunked, about summer camp (bunkedthemusical.com). It played at the Lucille Lortel Theatre and won Best Overall Production of a Musical as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Congratulations, Brad!


Congratulations also to Cary Telander, who is engaged to Cam Fortin ’05 and planning a September wedding in Big Sur, California. Cary completed a harvest internship in Napa Valley, California, at Buccella Wines this fall, is working at Buccella as a winemaking assistant and hopes to transition into wine buying or marketing this spring or summer.


Paul Durkee, Karl Johnson and Mike Rosenzweig are doing big things with Mission Motors (www.ridemission.com), unveiling their Mission R Electric Racing Superbike in December. The company does electric motorcycles as well as electric drive trains for a variety of electric vehicles.


Looking forward to seeing many of you at reunion in June!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (732) 233-0681; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hi, ’06s! Congratulations to Bob Blake and Katie Collins, who were married in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 25. They are currently living in Alexandria, Virginia. Katie is a consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton and Bob is an engineer for BriarTek Inc. Charlotte Lord and Nic Chu, who were also married in 2010, were able to celebrate with Bob and Katie. Also in attendance at the wedding were Stacy Kourlis and Elyssa Gelmann. Stacy started law school at Stanford this past fall. Elyssa is in her last year of graduate school at Yale and will be graduating in May with two master’s, in public health and environmental management. 


Congratulations also to Lauren Balukjian and Sean Offers, who were married on August 1 in Newport, Rhode Island. Sean and Lauren live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where Lauren works in marketing for Autonomy, a software technology company, and Sean works in commercial real estate for Lee & Associates. Among the Dartmouth alumni in attendance at the wedding were Courtney You, Christine Tsu, Jessica Saraceno and Louis Odette. Courtney is in the third year of a clinical psychology doctoral program, specializing in the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression in children and adolescents. Courtney was married in May to Jon Slaughter; the couple lives in New York. Jon is an emergency room psychiatrist and has a private practice in Union Square. Jessica graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in May, took and passed the N.Y. and N.J. bar exams in July and is clerking for the Hon. Stephan C. Hansbury in New Jersey. After her clerkship she will begin as an associate at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter. She is also engaged and planning an August wedding to Brendan Carroll. Jessica and Brendan met in law school and he is now an associate at Coughlin Duffy in Morristown, New Jersey. Louis lives in San Francisco and he started a new job a few months ago, doing equity research (small/mid-cap strategy) at Citigroup. 


After spending last fall teaching Spanish at an American school in Switzerland Julie Fairchild moved back to her hometown of Kansas City, Kansas. She is working in commercial real estate consulting and recently got engaged to Lant Fogarty. The couple is planning a June 2012 wedding in Kansas City. 


Nathan Ruegger was officially selected to screen his short film Another Life at the Big Easy International Film Festival in New Orleans. Another Life, a suspense thriller about a young female veteran tapped for the daunting task of assassinating a fellow soldier, also won the Award of Merit at the Accolade Competition and screened at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival and the Mountain Madness Film Festival. Currently Nathan is working as an executive assistant for a boutique production company and writing a feature screenplay assignment.


I look forward to seeing many of you in June for our reunion!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Greetings, class of 2006! This news column will be a short one since I didn’t get very many (read: any) submissions this past few months so have relied exclusively on Facebook stalking to fill out this column.


Stephanie Herbert recently got married in Houston in front of several other dear ’06 friends, including Edy Wilson, Elizabeth Rauner (Brewer), Maya Ilowite, Megan Spillane and Kate Huft Kelly. Also in the marriage books is Russ Lane, who got married in April in New Canaan, Connecticut, in front of many classmates, including Matt Slaine. Congratulations, Steph and Russ!


Lots of upcoming graduations. Edy Wilson recently wrapped up two years at Wharton. She joins a (growing) number of our classmates as M.B.A. holders. Alex Gelman is finishing up his M.B.A. with me at Stanford and will be moving back to New York in the summer, where he is starting a search fund called Poplar Partners. You may even have helped him select his logo in a Facebook competition he ran a few months ago! Also graduating with me from the graduate school of business this spring is Aubrey Burnett. Aubrey will be staying in the Bay Area with his wife, Karenne Eng ’05. Jared Hyatt is also at the graduate school of business but, lucky for him, he has one more year of glorious business school life to go.


Also in the Bay Area are Justin Neiman, who is finishing up his master’s in education at Stanford, and Erica Steger, who works for Ampush Media. I’ll be staying in San Francisco after graduating in June, but will take the summer to travel before settling in to life as a consultant (wah wah). 


If you want a fuller news column next time, send in some news! This was all Facebook people.


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

Hi, ’06s! I hope this finds you enjoying the start of the summer!


Congratulations to Kate Lizcano MacMillan and Raphael Lizcano. They welcomed their first child, Gabriel Francis, on December 23, 2010. He was born at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenteCongratulations also to Sara Friesen, who graduated in May from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. After traveling in Europe this summer, in August she will be moving to New York and working for the Blackstone Group. 


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (732) 233-0681; heidiimmes@gmail.com

Hello, ’06s! I hope this finds you well and enjoying the new year!


Before we get to classmate updates, here is a message from your reunion co-chairs, Shannon Troutman, Jennifer Bordeau and Christine Benally: “Hello, fellow ’06ers! Our fifth-year reunion is fast approaching and we wanted to remind you of some pertinent information and further encourage your input in reunion planning. We will celebrate our reunion over the weekend of June 17-19. If you are interested in helping out or would just like to share some thoughts and ideas or have burning questions, please contact us at d06reunion@gmail.com. Please check your e-mail inboxes for more detailed information from us in the coming months. We are looking forward to seeing you in June and are currently working hard to make our first Dartmouth reunion a great one!”


Ricky Cole recently began working with the American Chamber of Commerce in France. He is the director of development and is based in Paris. Ricky writes he “would love to say hi to any ’06s passing through!”


Taica Hsu is still teaching math in San Francisco at Mission High School. He was just awarded a Math for America Fellowship through UC Berkeley that will allow him to teach teacher education classes and support new teachers in the classroom. Taica and his roommates are also starting a new nonprofit called the Queens of the Castro, a group of four drag queens that raise awareness about gender and sexuality in San Francisco. They have started to plan and implement drag shows at various San Francisco Unified schools in order to combat bullying and create safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth.


Congratulations to Jenna Pelletier and Anton Hasenkampf, who got engaged in June. They have been living in San Francisco since graduation. Anton is a second-year associate at a law firm and Jenna works at a digital advertising agency in account management.


After spending two years working at Lehman Brothers in investment banking and the past two years at Alvarez & Marsal, focused on distressed credit restructuring and turnaround management, Sam Jackson recently moved to Boston and is pursuing his M.B.A. at Harvard Business School.


I look forward to hearing your updates and also to seeing you in June for our reunion!


Heidi Immesberger, 225 Delmar St., Philadelphia, PA 19128; (215) 482-3769; heidiimmes@gmail.com

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