Class Notes 2006

Hello, ’06s.

Kaethe Henning welcomed daughter Aelin Arleigh Henning on November 15. They are enjoying the winter in the Pacific Northwest, and she can’t wait for Aelin’s first visit to Dartmouth. Kaethe sends a “huge thanks to all of the ’06 aunties and uncles in our village!” Congratulations, Kaethe!

Danielle Curley recently started a new role as the engagement coordinator at Stoneleigh, a natural garden in Villanova, Pennsylvania. She lives with her family in nearby Gladwyne, where she is active in the community as the vice president of the Gladwyne Free Library board of trustees.

Lauren Balukjian, founder of Ivy League Sisters, is hosting the Ivy League Summit for Women, May 6-9. Lauren shares that the purpose of the summit is “to help women combat burnout, loneliness, anxiety, imposter syndrome, and women’s health issues and use their personal and professional experiences to pivot their careers and find true fulfillment.” You can learn more and register at www.theIvyLeagueSummit.com.

Last September Mats Lemberger joined Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s department of psychiatry as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. He sees patients in outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital consults and supervises and teaches fellows. Mats continues to pursue his musical interests outside of work: his Psych Flu is now on streaming services, and he will have CDs available soon.

Wishing you a wonderful start to the spring!

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

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. 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

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

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.

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

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. 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. 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

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.

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. 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

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,

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

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. 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. 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

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

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

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

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! 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

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


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


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

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


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! 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! 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! 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


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, 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


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! 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


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