Class Notes 2010

Hi, ’10s, Kate Farley here taking over as class secretary. Everyone please give a rouse for Jen Chong, whose tenure writing this column was extended above and beyond the call of duty due to the pandemic. As you all know, because it is impossible to play pong while social distancing, our 10-year reunion did not come to pass but fear not! The new class officers—James Cart, Chelsea Dodds Williamson, Cory Cunningham, and this reporter—are prepared to make 15 the new 10. There’s a joke in here about also shaving five years off our ages, but it’s past my bedtime, so the wordplay is left as an exercise for the reader.

On that note, please take a minute to update your Dartmouth alumni profile by visiting https://home.dartmouth.edu/alumni. Under “Alumni Help Desk” you’ll find a link to “Update Your Information.” This will help ensure maximum efficiency of reunion-related communications.

I write with the bittersweet news that friends and family of Christopher Stiriz Bustard gathered at Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on June 24 to celebrate Chris’ life. Chris, who was killed in an accident last December, was a true son of Dartmouth with deep ties to the College, and the family and friends who came together to remember him included numerous alumni. Chris’ life was remembered and celebrated by his parents, Elaine and David Bustard ’68; his wife, Kate Lyon Bustard ’05; son Teddy; and extended family, including Hope McIntyre ’11, Tyler McIntyre ’08, Jason Lyon, Jill Lyon ’13, Jeff Lyon ’77, and the many others blessed to count Chris among their relatives. Chris and Kate’s many friends from all walks of life traveled to Moosilauke from near and far to honor him, and included Abbe Cart, James Cart, Alex Hall, Alix FitzGerald ’07, Amanda Wong, Amy Madsen, Tu’96, Benjy Meigs, Bill Mitchell ’79, Caroline Kerr ’05, Caroline Ward ’11, Colby Chiang, Conor Grogan, Dan Kane, Tu’13, David Imamura, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emma Naim, Eric Richards ’11, Frank King, Greg Sokol, Gretchen Gehrke ’05, Hillary Turtle ’05, Isabelle Nichols, Jeff Spielberg, Th’11, Jess Blanch ’05, John Lane, Joey Dang, John Peter Smith ’09, Julia Saraidaridis ’05, Kate “Skips” Carolan ’05, Kate Huyett ’05, Kate Mulley ’05, Katherine Henderson ’11, Lauren Maynard ’06, Molson Hart ’09, Richie Clark ’11, Sam Ceppos ’06, Sarah Carden, Taylor Bennett ’05, Zach Roux, and Walter Russ. Attendees remembered Chris for his unflappable positivity, earnest good nature, tenacity (and the many ultramarathon medals he earned as a result), many academic and athletic talents, and notable willingness and ability to help others and create value in the world. Please raise your next glass of coffee or bourbon in Chris’ honor.

—Kate Farley, 1 Richmond Hill, Irvington, NY 10533; (203) 246-6472; kathleen.erinn.farley@gmail.com

Hi, ’10s! It seems like October (when I gathered these notes) was pretty busy for everyone. Maybe we’re all just getting busier through the years? Anyway, I was delighted to receive four updates from classmates for this edition.

Justin Lerman writes:“Ali Rope and I welcomed our first kid into the world in October 2021—her name is Thea. Ali is halfway through her medical pediatric rheumatology fellowship at the University of Minnesota, and I started a new job this year as a creative director at ICF Next working in marketing and earned media.”

Phil Aubart writes: “I’ve gotten off of active duty with the Army and we have moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, where I’ll be working for the U.S. Department of Justice. Would love to connect with any ’10s in the area!”

Michael Adelman and Luisa Sperry ’13 welcomed their son Simon in September. Following parental leave, Michael is returning to work as an in-house lawyer for Dow Jones (the publisher of The Wall Street Journal) and Luisa is returning to work as a pulmonary critical care fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital. “Come find us walking a stroller in Riverside Park on the Upper West Side!”

Christopher Zablocki writes: “I’m starting practice as a family doctor in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, after recently completing residency in Phoenix, Arizona. Since graduating I also taught and coached including one year on Jaluit Atoll with the Dartmouth volunteer teaching program and one year in Chicago, went to Marine Corps officer candidate school, and raced marathons, including two Olympic trials, finishing close behind teammate Ethan Shaw ’12 at the 2016 edition.”

We all love to hear news from our classmates, so please continue to share your updates.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Many happy updates from our classmates in this column! Jasmine Richards married Jamie Lonie on April 30 in Lafayette, Louisiana. “Nicole Davis, Jessica Guthrie, and Deborah Osborne were wonderful bridesmaids. Fellow ’10s Ijeoma Chinwuba, Harmony Gbe, Hamadi Henderson, Lou-Lou Igbokwe, Alexis Joynes, Deja Kemp, and Daria Waite kept the dance floor lit all night. Emmanuel Mensah and Marissa Alert more than held it down for the ’09s. It was a lovely day and I’m so grateful some of my closest friends from Dartmouth were able to with celebrate us!”

Eliza Varner: “My husband, Ben Arancibia, and I just welcomed our second child, Liliana, earlier in June. She joins big brother Miles.”

Conor Grogan writes: “I’m in Westport, Connecticut, with my wife, Jackie, and sons Clark (3.5) and Henry (1.5). Just wanted to tell the class that we should all make it a point to crash summer reunions next year and celebrate our 10-year reunion (which was unjustly taken away from us). See you all there!”

On June 19 Emily Mirengoff married Srikanth Damera (Columbia ’12) on the most gorgeous, non-humid June day in recent D.C. history. The Dartmouth contingent came out strong, including Aurora Coon and Rene Zelaya ’11, Meghan McDavid and Ed Chien ’09, Dana Daugherty and Alex Lloyd, and Tess McLoud.

Katie Porter (now Roberts) happily announces her marriage to Sam Roberts on June 11. Many Dartmouth ’10s were in attendance to celebrate with them!

Benjamin Jones is starting business school at Tuck this fall.

Kathy Oprea and John Schroeder moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with their son, Theo. They are looking forward to exploring the seacoast and would love to meet up with other alums in the area.

Though they were bummed to be leaving Greg Sokol and his family in Boston, Abbe (Sokol) Cart and James Cart were excited to move back to N.Y.C. this summer. Abbe is continuing in her role as head of corporate strategy at Newsela, while James is starting a new position as a university and academic advisor at EF Academy in Thornwood.

Finally, a joke update from Jake Routhier. Our classmate Jon Carty has decided to release a docuseries of his upcoming road trip from Nashville to L.A. in which he visits historic places in pop-country music history. The show will be called Carty in the USA. Ba dum tss!

Be well, ’10s.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Hi, ’10s! I hope you are all keeping healthy and well. It looks as though we had a bit of a baby boom around Christmas and New Year. Congratulations to all of the new (and repeat) parents. Pete Pidermann and his wife, Meredith, welcomed their son, Peter Hayes Pidermann, who goes by Hayes, on December 18. Joseph Peña writes:“My wife, Thandar Peña ’12, and I just had a baby boy, Tai Peña (future class of 2043?) on December 27.” Anna Qi and her husband, Jin Wang, welcomed their first baby, Theo Wang, on January 6. “We now sleep a lot less than we used to but never wonder what we should do with our time anymore!” Evan Greulich, his wife and toddler welcomed Zoe Anne to the family in January and could not be happier!

In non-baby news, Katy Lindquist and Ian Hayes recentlygot married. Their relationship started in Hanover during Sophomore Summer and survived not only Dartmouth graduation but also two Ph.D. programs and a global pandemic. Their civil ceremony took place in Temecula, California, and was officiated by Tay Stevenson. Brianna Wilkinson informed me that Geo Neptune is featured in Episode 3 of the Netflix show Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness. So cool!

Finally, Abbe Cart reported on a recent mini-reunion with friends: “A delightful contingent of ’10s (almost all of whom have at some point lived with Anastasia ‘A-Train’ Milano) met up at Stevens Pass near Seattle during President’s Day weekend for four days of skiing. Christine Tian and Emily Yen acted as West Coast cohosts and attendees included James Cart, Abbe (Sokol) Cart, Tom Callahan, Alex Knapp, Jean Luo, Ellen Ludlow, Kyle Betts, Laura Tabor, and Noah Harwood. Lured by her best friend forever (Christine’s 9-month-old Leah), Anya Perret ’11 also made a guest appearance!”

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Hi, ’10s, I’m happy to pass on a lot of good news from our classmates this month. It seems we’re having a bit of a baby boom right now!

Zach O’Donnell and his wife, Julie, welcomed their first child, daughter Charlotte Catherine, on August 9.

Kevin Mwenda and Si Jie Loo ’12 welcomed their daughter, YuTong Mwendwa Muriuki, on September 23.

Carley Markovitz and her husband Charly Ligety ’09 welcomed their son, Levi Markovitz Ligety, on September 27.

Alina Plavsky and her husband, Chad, welcomed their daughter, Alianna, on October 3.

Matt Wang and Cindy Kahlenberg welcomed their second child, Hailey, on October 7. Their son, Adam (3 years old), is thrilled to be a big brother. Cindy is completing a fellowship in hip and knee replacement surgery and Matt is an architect and real estate investor. They are still based on the Upper East Side in Manhattan.

Pete Pidermann reports that hiswife, Meredith Worley, is pregnant and was due in December.

Phil Aubart is expecting a little girl in November and was selected for promotion to major in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

In non-baby news…Kerry O’Brien reports that Lily Eom married Scott Cohen in a sunset ceremony in Reno, Nevada. They live in Seattle and are working on getting their paragliding certifications!

Samantha Wright lives in the D.C. metro area and recently got married! Sasha (Otero) Stonehouse and Jude Chiy were among the attendants. Samantha is in the process of starting her own psychotherapy practice, Grounded Roots Psychotherapy.

Nick Barber and Mark Russo celebrated their marriage on August 28 in Washington, D.C.

Lyle Wesley Baker completed his nephrology fellowship in June. He and his family bought a house in Ponte Vedra, Florida, where he is working as an attending physician at the Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Stay well!

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Guest column by Jake Routhier this issue!

Hi, ’10s. Fifteen years ago, in the summer of 2006, many of us were looking ahead to our time at Dartmouth with excitement, nervousness, curiosity, and an uncertainty about what the next few years would bring. While many of us have found careers, hobbies, and families that sustain us and provide a sense of continuity, I’m excited to relay messages from those who are experiencing new transitions. I hope that in approaching their new adventures they get a taste of that feeling of wonder for the future that I felt when first walking onto Dartmouth’s Green 15 years ago.

Nicole Ilonzo has finished her Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and will be an attending Vascular Surgeon at NYP-Brooklyn Methodist starting in August.

Evan Greulich became a certified passive house consultant during the fall of 2020 and is now 100-percent nerd and eager to talk about all things architecture, energy, and building science (and help you design your next home or office “deep energy retrofit”).

Laurel Marcus graduated from M.I.T. Sloan with her M.B.A. and a certificate in sustainability. She joined an early-stage startup called Adyn, a biotech company whose flagship product is the first test designed to prevent side effects from birth control. During the last year she revisited her love of making papercut art—you can check out some of her work on Instagram at @laurelmakesart!

James Hung writes that he “is on the road from Toronto, Canada, to Norman, Oklahoma, where I will settle down and start my job as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma’s biological survey! I’m super excited to start and would love to get connected to any alums (from any class year!) who live in the greater Oklahoma region! Along the way to Norman I will visit with Sherwin Yeo and Sonia Yuen ’11 and their daughter, Jaina, as well as Sooyeon Kang and Sam Han ’08 and their kiddos (whom I haven’t met yet). Another fun bit of news is that my 6-year-old son, Ninja, finally developed enough coordination to throw an ultimate disc, so I’ve been practicing with him when life is not overwhelmingly chaotic. My daughter, 2-year-old Gracie, likes to ‘throw’ the disc but mostly just drops it after flailing with it for a while.”

Upon completing her master’s in environmental science education Leah Weisman took a sabbatical to thru-hike the Long Trail in Vermont with her mother, Julie ’79. A few weeks after that challenge she lucked into a last-minute spot on a three-week Grand Canyon raft trip. In an attempt to continue this adventurous trend, this fall she will be participating in a 2,000-mile bikepacking trip along the Colorado River from source go sea. Follow along @watercycle_adventure!

As for me, since March of 2020 I moved to Nashville and got married to Lauren (Fordham ’13). Our life is full of little adventures and I am so grateful for the continued support from the Dartmouth community and for the lessons I learned during my four years in Hanover.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Hi, ’10s! Short column this time around.

Francesca Bochner says, “My husband, Timothy Brown, and I had a daughter, Franklin Poppy, in July.”

James Hung says, “I had my second child last September (daughter Grace Hung ’41) in Toronto and I just signed a contract to join the faculty of the University of Oklahoma next summer as a pollination ecologist! If anyone is living in the Oklahoma area or has family there, please hit me up!”

Johanna Evans says, “Matthew Fay ’05 and I are engaged to be married. The date will be set as soon as it’s safe to plan large festive gatherings again.”

Eric Schildge says, “I’m teaching eighth grade in Newburyport, Massachusetts. My wife, Carleigh, and I are expecting our second child in March. I am also managing the campaign of small business owner and political activist Emmett Soldati to become the next chair of the N.H. Democratic Party. Email me at eric.schildge@gmail.com if you’re interested in getting involved!”

Lily Chesnut and Jan Gromadzki welcomed baby No. 2. Juliette Leigh Gromadzki was born on December 12, on her big sister’s third birthday! 

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Mackenzie (Howell) Saitowitz: “My husband, Adam, and I welcomed our fourth child, Hadassah, who was born the week that Israel’s shutdown began. Definitely a unique maternity leave! Luckily, big siblings Moshe, 7, Tirtzah, 5, and Kayla, 3, have been a big help. As a family we have been learning about different countries (culture, crafts, food, etc.) and would love to hear from alumni living abroad about their home and adopted countries (mackenziejhowell@gmail.com).”

Anna Nearburg:“I design and handcraft jewelry—www.stoneeverett.com. In fall 2019 I had the pleasure of making an engagement ring for classmate Katherine Crowe and her fiancé, Tammer Raouf ’09. A belated congratulations to them!”

Lucretia Witte: “I started my own business, Witticism, helping individuals align their lives to their strengths and values. I’d love to work with any classmates who are looking to make a personal or professional transformation!”

After two years in Denver, Reed Boeger, his wife, Lindsay, and their daughter, Ava, spent the fall testing out some new spots and working remotely from Bend, Oregon, and southern California. Missing the mountains, they headed back to Idaho in early 2020 and welcomed little Wyatt in May. They are looking forward to never moving again. (Ever.)

Kelley (Weed) Zarbock and Doug Zarbock welcomed a son, Owen Zachary Zarbock, on July 30 in Madison, Wisconsin. Liz Klinger and James Wang celebrated their second-year marriage anniversary, launched a sex research program through their company, Lioness, and adopted a flock of chickens. “Going to assess their personalities before naming them!” says Liz. Eric Schwager got married in January and is starting school at the American Film Institute in the director’s track for his M.F.A. in September. Tom Shanahan got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Kelcey Simpson, during a vacation in Bend, Oregon. They met when they were both at Tuck (He was a Tu’17 and she was a Tu’18).

Though their September wedding was postponed, Emma Nairn married Nash Reilly in her parents’ backyard in Corvallis, Oregon, on August 7. She is looking forward to celebrating in person with many ’10s someday soon!

Thank you to Eli Mitchell for sharing news about our Dartmouth College Fund (DCF) fund-raising. We crushed the 10th reunion DCF reunion participation record with 46.1 percent of classmates contributing to the DCF this year and a record $475,095 in gifts and future commitments raised! These gifts go a long way for current and future students. Remember: Last year we created a $150,000 endowed scholarship for our class when we hit 51 percent participation. There is a student at Dartmouth today who is receiving the Class of 2010 Scholarship.

Warning: Jokes follow! Jake Routhier: “Our classmate Katie Porter, in a grand effort to make a statement regarding human waste, has embarked on a multi-year art project to bring porcelain toilets to and photograph porcelain toilets in the world’s most iconic locations. She’s taken pics of privies in the Oval Office, the Taj Mahal, and atop Mount Everest. She’s calling her work Porter Potties.” Katie Porter hits back: “I’d like to commend our classmate Jake Routhier, who, after spending the last year and a half under a vow of silence in the Buddhist Monastery Yumbulagang, has taken the next step on his journey toward self-actualization. He is too modest to announce his own triumph over his siblings (including Sam ’07 and Emma ’12). As a result, please update any reference of ‘Jake Routhier’ in the future to ‘Jake Routhiest.’ ”

Black lives matter.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Short column this time around!

Nathan Bruschi and Roanna Wang ’13 celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their chance meeting in Fahey-McLane. They have been together ever since and will celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary this fall.

Alex Huestis and her husband, Peter Litwin, welcomed their first child, Zoe Litwin, to the family on April 14. Mom and baby are doing well in San Francisco.

Evan Greulich and his wife, Claire, were thrilled to welcome Henry Hennegan Greulich this past December. “We feel fortunate he’s such a smiley and charming boy!”

I’ll end with an update from me: My husband, Roman Khan, and I welcomed our baby, Barack Chong Khan, on February 24.

Stay healthy!

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Emily Mirengoff: “I published a short story, ‘The Forgotten Voices,’ in the winter 2020 issue of a literary magazine called Lunch Ticket (https://lunchticket.org/the-forgotten-voices). I have another short story, ‘Eema,’ coming out in the summer 2020 issue of Story Magazine (http://storymagazine.org).”

Eric Schildge: “I am in my ninth year teaching, and I just started at a new school. I teach eighth-grade English as a second language at the Nock Middle School in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Carleigh and I have an 18-month-old daughter named Siralina, and we spend all our free time helping Elizabeth Warren win in New Hampshire! Siralina and I go out every weekend to talk to our neighbors about Elizabeth’s plans to fight corruption and make America work for everyone, not just the rich and well-connected. We’ve never been as inspired and hopeful about our country’s future! Please get in touch if you’re interested in helping the campaign (eric.schildge@gmail.com)!”

Eli Mitchell: “I got engaged and I’m moving to Nigeria! I’m transferring to the BCG Lagos office in January. So please hit me up if you’re in Lagos or on the continent! (Engagement is to a Harvard ’10. Please forgive me.)”

Isabelle Schless: “Colin Nichols and I welcomed Wyatt Arthur Nichols this August—he’s already met and charmed (we think) several fellow ’10s and is looking forward to the 10-year. We are still in Rowayton, Connecticut, and he actually has made friends with several other Dartmouth babies in the neighborhood.”

Michaela Yule: “I’m getting married next week [late December]! Small, family-only ceremony at an inn in New Hampshire!”

Benjamin Meigs:“Debra Kerr (Penn ’08) and I celebrated our wedding on September 1, 2019, in New York City. There was a strong Dartmouth contingent in attendance, including Chris Bustard, who was a groomsman, and my parents, Jenni Stern and Jim Meigs, both class of ’80.”

Chelsea (Place) Johnson and Chris Johnson ’09 welcomed their second child, Avery Jayla Johnson, on December 11, 2019.

Emma Nairn recently got engaged to Nash Reilly, and they are planning a fall 2020 wedding. Looking forward to celebrating with fellow ’10s!

Zoe Lawrence married Adam Wislesky on December 7, 2019, in N.Y.C. Olivia Snyder-Spak, Janill Espaillat, and Kathleen Woods were bridesmaids and several other Dartmouth ’10s (and ’09s and ’11s) attended.

Lyle Baker and Steffin Baker welcomed their first child, Noah James Baker, to the world on October 16, 2019. Lyle is completing his fellowship training in nephrology at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. (“Duuvall!”)

Ben Young and Briana (Carroll) Young moved with their daughter from Boston to Burlington, Vermont, this summer. Ben is now working for Seventh Generation while Briana is teaching fourth grade. They are expecting their second baby in February. Lots of exciting changes this year!

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Deja Kemp and her husband welcomed twin baby girls, Nia Lawrence and Zuri Lawrence, on June 26.

Katie Behan and Justin Ketterer welcomed their second child, Felix, in July.

Libbey Brown and Brendan Lane ’11 welcomed Desmond “Des” Our Lane on August 8.

Ted Lesher married Lauryn Kulinski in Sonoma, California, on August 24. She is a Georgetown ’10, although Ted jokingly says she has an honorary Dartmouth degree given all the “D” people they hang out with. Gabe Foster, Scott Niehaus, and Andrew Ching were groomsmen.

Vlad Dobru married Dinora Fitzgerald in Philadelphia, on a sunny day in June. The wedding was held at the Franklin Institute and was attended by many fellow ’10s. They also purchased a brownstone in Jersey City, New Jersey, that they are currently renovating.

Bari Wien married Josh Makaron (Duke ’05) in June. They moved out of their apartment and put their things in storage for a three-month sabbatical-honeymoon in Rwanda, Tanzania, Slovenia, and Georgia (the country).

Michael “Xiao” Lin married Andrea Choi ’11 in September 2018. They met in 2014 while working at Louis Dreyfus in the Midwest and they are now living in Geneva, Switzerland!

Paula (Sen) Root:“My twin sister, Karen Sen, got married to her phenomenal now-husband Matt Maloney (Wesleyan ’11) on August 10 at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, Connecticut. I was the matron of honor and my husband, Chris Root, was a groomsman.”

Alex Chan: “After seven years in San Francisco, I’ve moved back to the Boston area to be closer to family and got a black Lab puppy! En route to moving to Boston I stopped in Seattle and had a great mini-reunion with Jeremy Chan and Jenn Chong!”

Bret Vallacher, Blair (Sullivan) Vallacher and their baby daughter, Catherine, have moved to San Diego, where Bret has started a new job clerking for a judge for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. “We don’t know too many folks in the area, so if there is someone we should meet, let us know!”

Laura Tabor: “I finished my M.P.A. this spring and just started a new job as sustainability and resilience officer for the state of New Mexico, working on climate policy. Noah Harwood and I are making the most of our time here during his residency in Albuquerque, which he started last year. We’d love to catch up with anyone passing through the Land of Enchantment!”

Victoria Moors started medical school at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She is simultaneously pursuing a master’s in urban bioethics.

Nick Dawe recently coached for Team USA at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships and his single sculler won the lightweight men’s single division.

Anh Le is realizing his goal of building a business in his home country of Vietnam by joining a new retail group named Seedcom as CFO. He relocated to Ho Chi Minh City in September with his wife and 2-year-old son. It took him 13 years and five cities to finally move back home. He looks forward to welcoming alums to Vietnam!

Arvis Sulovari has been living in Seattle for the last two years (with Zoe Furlong ’14) and is enjoying his work as a post-doc in genome sciences and medical genetics at University of Washington.

Maggie (Goldstein) Cooper moved to Aspen, Colorado, with her husband, Brandon, and 2-year-old Ayla. They are expecting their second daughter this fall. Maggie is continuing her work with charter schools in the Bay Area to support organizational health and teacher staffing. If you ever travel to the mountains in the Aspen area, let her know!

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Quick notes this time around!

T.J. Galiardi, along with his company, Beyond Food, has created a patent-pending sustainable technology that drastically reduces food waste at the grocer level. They are launching their first Zero Waste Pod with a Canadian grocer this summer and will be upcycling fruits and vegetables across the country.

Janel diBiccari updated us on what she’s up to: She has been living in Brooklyn for the last seven years and has been working as a software engineer at Kickstarter for the last three years.

Allie (Rodman) Reens had a baby on March 6. Her name is Anna Elizabeth. Congratulations!

Eric Schwager moved to L.A. to leave behind the world of union camerawork and focus on directing and writing. He also just got engaged!

Jake Routhier’s joke update: “I’m excited to let you know that our dear friend and classmate Willa Johann is releasing her first book of essays about her life of self-imposed monogamy with our classmate Tyler Quinn. It’s titled All I Do is Quinn. No Matter What. I’m asking Willa and Tyler for their nonfiction updates—stay tuned.”

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Nick Dawe is currently pursuing a master’s in exercise physiology at Columbia University and will be coaching rowing for Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in August.

Jeremy Teicher’s third feature-length film, Olympic Dreams, is premiering at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival! Olympic Dreams stars Nick Kroll and Alexi Pappas ’12 and was filmed at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Jeremy directed the film and cowrote the script with Pappas and Kroll.

Eleni Stavrou writes,“I gotmarried to Angelo Terra (Williams ’09) on August 25 in the Hudson Valley, New York. Many Dartmouth friends were in the wedding party and in attendance. Carolina Velaz ’08 officiated. I just found out I was accepted to a hematology-oncology fellowship at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, which will start in July. Gloria Gerber also matched in hematology-oncology fellowship at Johns Hopkins.”

Andrew Ching is opening a new boutique fitness studio in Boston in January called BKBX as a sub-brand of Brooklyn Boulders. Open invite to those in the Bean!

Laurel Marcus writes that a strong cohort of Dartmouth grads are repping the Big Green at M.I.T. Sloan as first-year classmates. Laurel, Laura Kier ’12, Peter Kim ’13, Georgia Travers ’13, Daniel Rosengard ’13, Nick Judson ’14, Valerie Zhao ’15, and Allie Brouckman ’15 just completed their first semester of business school together.

Lyle Baker and his wife, Steffin, are looking forward to their move to Jacksonville, Florida, in June, when Lyle will start his nephrology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Florida.

Rebecca Strickfaden got married on October 13, 2018, in Maine to Christopher Harrington.

And, finally, many babies to announce!

Olivia (Stalcup) Duke writes,“All is well for us in Georgia! The year 2018 has been fulfilling, and we expect 2019 to be even better. Benjamin Duke ’09, Th’10, and I welcomed our third baby, Emma Claire Duke, in October. She joins big sister Lily (4) and big brother Holden (3). When we’re not raising future members of the classes of 2036, 2038, and 2040, we’re staying busy in our professional careers. I took a new role in October 2018 and serve as the budget director for one of the largest public safety agencies in the State of Georgia. Ben still works at Georgia Pacific LLC in environmental compliance and now manages the entry-level professional program for environmental engineers. We still live in the Atlanta metro area and always welcome any Dartmouth alumni traveling through the area!”

Caitlin (Johnson) Studdard writes,“My husband, Adam, and I welcomed our first child, Gabriel Otis Studdard, on May 12, 2018! Gabriel is a giant baby, measuring in at the 99th percentile in length, and is constantly on the move, having mastered many of his gross motor skills on the early side. Though he keeps us on our toes, we wouldn’t have it any other way!” Kendall (Frank) Bozzello and Brian Bozzello had a baby girl, Quinn Rose, on November 27.

Cindy Kahlenberg and Matt Wang welcomed their first child, Adam Dean Wang, on November 17. Cindy and Matt live in New York City, where Cindy is an orthopedic surgery resident at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Matt is an architect for Perkins+Will. Kate Parizeau and her husband, Dan Foran, welcomed their son, Charles Allen Foran, on October 19.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley

chong@gmail.com

Claire McKenna moved back to Boston in August after spending five years in San Francisco. She runs a sustainability practice at a building engineering firm and is helping to make many of the new buildings breaking ground in Boston sustainable!

Hallie Treadway is in her eighth year in China and her second year of being Hallie Whitmore. She married Ben Whitmore (“best of friends and co-laborers,” she says), in China in 2017. Bridesmaid Mariana Estevez ’11 represented Dartmouth at the wedding. Hallie recently shifted from college consulting to guidance counseling and remains active in writing, music, and things language.

Lindley Gray and Matt Driscoll got married in Woodstock, Vermont, on August 18. Among the many Dartmouth alums in attendance were Lindley’s parents, Liz Gray ’80 and Burr Gray ’79. Lindley’s godfather, Otho Kerr ’79, officiated. Rachel Gray ’15 was maid of honor, and Danny Driscoll ’14 was co-best man. The bridesmaids included Alicia Driscoll ’11, Carly Abbott, and Randi Bennett.Not to be outdone, the groomsmen included Jesse Pyeatte, Jon Carty, and Jamie Connolly. Lindley is entering her second year at Columbia Business School, and Matt works at Google in product management.

Benjy Meigs got engaged to Debra Kerr (Penn ’08, but he assures me that his Dartmouth friends still approve).

From Ted Lesher:“I got engaged to my long-time girlfriend (now fiancée!) Lauryn Kulinski who is a Georgetown ’10 but ‘honorary’ Dartmouth alum given how many alums I hang out with. Working on a wedding venue in Sonoma or Tahoe, California, for 2019.”

Chelsea Kirk: “I am the director of the Goodwill Excel Center, which is an adult charter high school in Washington, D.C. We are entering our third year in operation, and this last year we had 91 graduates! Additionally, I’m heading into my third and final year of my UPenn executive doctorate program and am working on my dissertation. I have a few Dartmouth weddings on the horizon and am always excited to see my Dartmouth friends!”

Abbe (Sokol) and James Cart are headed to Boston! After graduating from Tuck this summer, Abbe will be starting a job with Tyton Partners, a strategy consulting firm for education organizations. James will finish his duties in the Dartmouth undergraduate registrar’s office and then join her at the end of the fall.

T.J. Galiardi recently retired from a 10-year professional hockey career including seven seasons in the NHL. He has transitioned into the nutrition industry as cofounder of the plant-based sports supplement company, Beyond Food, which will be launching its first retail brand, the Doctor’s Formula, this fall.

My dear friend Cory Kendrick married Alexander Berger at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on July 28. Alina Plavsky and I were bridesmaids, and a whole slew of Dartmouth folk were in attendance. Cory and Alexander had a beautiful ceremony on the Leach Field; thankfully, a looming rain cloud changed course and spared us all a good drenching. We ended the night with a dance party and s’mores around the bonfire. (FYI, the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge reopened last year after renovations—worth a visit!)

Oh, great! I have space for another Jake Routhier pun-update: “Since we last saw each other, our dear friend Robin Meyers has started a last-mile delivery service using carrier pigeons. He calls it Meyers’ fliers.”

Thanks, Jake. I saw Robin at Cory’s wedding, where I learned that he moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, last year to start his Ph.D. in genetics at Stanford. Robin has not denied or confirmed Jake’s claims.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Eliza Varner is marrying Ben Arancibia (William and Mary alum) in Prince-ton, New Jersey, on May 5. Molly Holden will be a bridesmaid and several other ’10s will be in attendance, including Christine Tian, Natalie Stoll, Kathy Oprea, John Schroeder, and Ben Meigs. After their wedding, they will be moving with their hound dog to Philadelphia.

Phil Aubart moved back from Afghanistan in April and will move to Germany in July. He’s still with the Army and is now doing defense work.

Evan Nogay recently moved from the Pittsburgh area to Chicago, where he is working in commercial litigation with the law firm of Cozen O’Connor. He also passed the Illinois bar exam; he will practice in Illinois in addition to Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Drop him a line if you’re in the Windy City!

Kristin Kern will marry Adam West in October.

Olivia Snyder-Spak is still making TV magic in N.Y.C., but this year she also got yoga teacher certified, launched a podcast (The Imaginarium—check it out!), and finally pried the 40-year-old busted air conditioner out of her window!

Noah Harwood writes: “Laura Tabor and I will be moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I’ll be starting my residency in emergency medicine at University of New Mexico. Laura’s going to touch down in New Mexico just long enough to move into our new place before heading to Boston for the year to do an M.P.A. at Harvard. In between busy schedules we’re hoping to adventure in the desert and get some skiing in at Taos!”

John Lane and his wife, Tabisa, were expecting their first child, a baby girl, any day now at the time of writing—belated/early congratulations!

Nathan Bruschi and his wife, Roanna Wang ’13, both graduated from Harvard Business School and are headed to Albany, New York, where the two will run an information technology company together. They look forward to hosting friends for hiking trips in the Adirondack Mountains or those on Hamilton musical historical pilgrimages.

Sara Weeks is moving to Denver for her residency. She would love to reconnect with friends in the area or passing through!

Following Eli Mitchell’s graduation from her M.B.A. program at Columbia and London Business Schools in February, she enjoyed a celebratory ski weekend in Park City, Utah, with Sarah Koo, Benjy Meigs, Alex Hall, Chris Bustard, Kate Lyon ’06, David Short ’09, and Billy Reeves ’14. She will be joining Boston Consulting Group in Boston.

Eli was in Hanover in March to connect with classmates as part of Camp Granite/the Granite Challenge. “Lucretia Witte was up there with me, and David Imamura, Ben Hemani, and Jude Chiy did an awesome job supporting from afar. It was great to connect with so many classmates in such a short period of time. Ultimately the ’10s brought in 106 new donations during March, which wasn’t quite enough for us to beat out the ’12s, but is still incredibly impressive! More info at www.dartgo.org/granite.”

Tim Bolger is engaged. He proposed to Psyche in Colombia after hiking to the Lost City. They will likely leave San Francisco for Lake Tahoe, California, in the near future for more climbing, mountain biking, and snowboarding.

Lyle Baker started his chief resident year in internal medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was elected to serve a two-year term on the National Council of Resident/Fellow Members of the American College of Physicians.

Jake Routhier sends me joke news every time I email our class asking for class notes submissions. This month: “I am happy to report that Graham Baecher has started manufacturing a signature line of castanets. They’re called Graham Clackers.” Thanks, Jake!

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Hello, ’10s! I’m writing this column during the last days of 2017. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful start to 2018 and that you’re still going strong with your New Year’s resolutions. I’ll start this column off with engagement announcements. Donnie Surdoval got engaged last summer to Bianca Zlatea ’12 while on a hiking trip in Switzerland. In December Sophie Green got engaged to Tal Sztainer. Also in December, Michelle Liu and Chris Riederer got engaged while on a trip in Hawaii. Congrats to all of you!

While working on a Tuck-sponsored December project for the Design Museum in London, Abbe Cart made the Dartmouth rounds. Meet-ups included Eli Mitchell, currently doing double duty M.B.A. studies at Columbia and London Business School; Jessie Stefanik, a lawyer at Latham & Watkins; and Amy Dance ’07 (freshman undergraduate advisor to Abbe, Mark Heller, Alex Knapp, Tom Callahan, Shaun Stewart, Frances Dales, Rob Hoffman and others). James Cart landed after the final presentation and the two spent the holidays castle-hopping in Scotland.

Some (more) of our classmates are now parents! Rebecca (Davidson-Wolf) Burkoff and husband Nik welcomed daughter Eve in October. They are delighted, as are grandma Judi Davidson-Wolf ’82 and great-grandpa Richard Davidson ’60. Micaela Klein and husband Josh Pudnos welcomed a baby girl on Halloween. Her name is Jax Cady. Jan Gromadzki and Lily Chesnut welcomed a baby girl, Rose Emmeline, on December 12 at 11:59 p.m. Doug Zarbock and Kelley (Weed) Zarbock welcomed a daughter, Madeleine Blakely Zarbock, on December 21. The family moved from Dubai back to Madison, Wisconsin, in February.

Michael Wood wrote in to let me know that Ben Peters was in a ski movie! Here’s the summary from the Backcountry Film Festival: “In this short expedition skiing piece, Noah Howell and Ben Peters head into Alaska’s Ruth Gorge to see what they can find. With great weather, good preparedness and a ton of luck they tick off two incredible steep skiing lines in one of the most beautiful settings on the planet. Shot in light and fast guerilla style, these two ski mountaineers provide a well-documented epic adventure sharing what they love to do most.”

Finally, I’d like to share two seriously impressive stories of athletic feats by our classmates. On June 14 Katie Bono set a women’s speed record ascending Denali in Alaska, with a round-trip time of 21 hours and 6 minutes. At 20,210 feet tall, Denali is the tallest mountain in North America. Katie’s time was the third fastest time ever, and she made the trip in -40 degree weather and far-from-ideal conditions. Katie also set a women’s speed record for Mount Rainier in 2012. (You can read more online about her Denali ascent; it’s an incredible story!)

Chris Zablocki set a world record (guys, a world record!) for the indoor marathon on March 27 in New York City. The race consisted of running 211 laps around a 200-meter track. Chris clocked in a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes and 48 seconds, breaking the previous world record by eight seconds. Wow. Oh, Chris also won the Hartford Marathon in October and probably has a lot more amazing wins under his belt that I don’t know about, as I’ve just been doing a bit of Internet stalking over here.

Katie, Chris, I’m so in awe of both of you—congratulations on these incredible achievements! You make us proud.

—Jennifer Chong, 7A Marine View, 19 Middle Lane, Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong; jenniferashley chong@gmail.com

Blair Sullivan and Bret Vallacher got married on July 22 in Gladstone, New Jersey. Wedding party members included Adi Sivaraman, David Leimbach, and Jilian Hammock ’09. Many other Dartmouth alumni were in attendance. 

Michael Zirngibl married Keira Grimes ’12 on August 20 outside of Philadelphia, where Keira’s family is from.

Ben Gifford and Sydney Thomashow ’11 quietly married in Marfa, Texas, in March and had their wedding celebration in August in Norwich, Vermont, across the river from where they first met. Ashley Mitchell ’11 and Nora Niebrugge ’11 were bridesmaids, with other Dartmouth friends in attendance. Sydney and Ben now live in Brooklyn with their corgi, Louie. Sydney leads marketing for Android’s emerging markets products at Google and Ben just graduated from Harvard Law School.

Sarah Badami married Dr. Tyler Welch on September 23 in York, Maine. Sarah’s wedding party included man of honor, Jon Carty, and bridesmaids Rufaro Makanda, Karen Sen and Eleni Stavrou.

Francesca Bochner married Timothy Brown in July in Southold, New York. Francesca then started a clerkship in the eastern district of New York. 

Congrats to Phil Aubart, who welcomed baby Adeline Claudette on June 21. Baby and mother are well.

Anna Nearburg writes: “I am living in San Francisco and running an art gallery out of my apartment (shared with Jamie Connolly) called Some Time Salon. I would love to have alums by for a glass of wine anytime! I also make jewelry under the moniker Stone Everett and am working on building my first full collection of rings, necklaces and bolo ties. I hand-make each piece in my studio in the Mission and am taking commissions.”

Lucretia Witte is also living in San Francisco, working as the executive director of expeditionary learning at Summit Public Schools. She loved getting back to Hanover for Camp Granite last year and visiting again this summer for a few days after being a bridesmaid in Paula Sen and Chris Root’s Maine wedding. Karen Sen, Megan McGregor, Eleni Stavrou and Jane Kurtzman were also bridesmaids and Sarah Parsons Wolter officiated.

Samantha Parsons just graduated from Boston University’s physician assistant program, passed her certification exam and accepted a position in cardiac surgery at a hospital in the Boston area.

Ned Kenney founded a comedy-technology startup called Laughable; anyone who likes podcasts or comedy should check out the Laughable iPhone app. Investors include Justin Amirian, Ben Arad, Kelsey Byrne, Zach Farmer, Tom Hadley, Stephen Modelfino, Cary Stathopoulos, Frances Vernon, Matt Walker and Rob Zbeda. Paul Glenn, Allie Miller, Doug Nelson, Max Pollack and Jo Schneider have also pitched in with lots of good advice and Zoë Gottlieb came up with the Laughable name. A true oh-ten group effort!

Lyle Baker reported that he and his wife, Steffin, were visited by Dan Volgenau in August at their new house in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dan drove from Texas to Kansas to see the solar eclipse.

Nathan Bruschi and Roanna Wang ’13 finished their summer internships as marketing managers for General Mills in Minneapolis and have returned to Harvard Business School, where they are in their final year. They celebrated their one-year anniversary of marriage in September and are looking forward to seeing friends and classmates at the 6th annual Dartmouth Veterans Day banquet.

Be well!

—Jennifer Chong, Carrer d’Aragó, 266, 3o 2a, Barcelona 08007 Spain; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Hi, ’10s, I hope you’ve all been having a lovely spring. Can you believe it’s been 10 years since we finished freshman year?! Onto the updates.

James Cart informed me of a mini-reunion of our classmates during the weekend of Tuck Winter Carnival in February. Current Tuck students Meghan McDavid, Bo Yanker, Tom Shanahan, Tayla Martin and Abbe Cart—along with Tuck partner (to Abbe) James—were joined by other ’10s attending business schools across the country: Doug Nelson, Cary Stathopoulos, Benji Meigs, Scott Niehaus, Ellen Ludlow, Leigh Rorick and Joey Dang. They all enjoyed a sunny weekend of skiing and celebration in Hanover.

Emmy Bengston just moved from Brooklyn to the Bay Area and started work as a consultant for progressive nonprofits. She is catching up on 18 months of sleep deprivation and still wears a Hillary button everywhere. (I might add that Emmy was interviewed in a podcast in The Guardian about her role as Hillary Clinton’s former deputy social media director! A very interesting listen.)

Kevin Mwenda is hoping to wrap up his Ph.D. in geographic information science and cartography from the geography department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, next year. Later this year he’ll start his job search in academia or industry.

Tay Stevenson cofounded Generation Atomic, a nonprofit aimed at addressing climate change by promoting nuclear power through grassroots advocacy. He didn’t tell me much more, but I’ll try to tease out some more information for a future column.

Thea Sutton updates us from San Francisco: “I’m working in Genentech’s early development group on the applied innovation team and loving my job. The ’10 soccer girls were recently reunited at the wedding of Myra Sack (full-time program director at Squashbusters while also crushing b-school in Boston) with Kelsey Quick (business operations maven at App Nexus in N.Y.C.), Allison Hubbard (SquashBusters manager/badass in Boston), Jenny Stone (high powered attorney in Chicago, soon-to-be clerk in D.C.) and Maggie Goldstein (the very talented head of talent at Caliber Schools in San Francisco). The gang was all there almost exactly 10 years after our freshman preseason.”

Finally, I’d like to thank our classmates who contributed their time and energy to the Dartmouth College Fund’s Granite Challenge, as well as those who contributed in support of Dartmouth and its students.

Last year our class beat out all other classes from ’00 through ’15 by bringing in the most gifts (115) to the fund during the month of March. I hope we’ll be celebrating a repeat victory by now! Thanks to Eli Mitchell for reminding me about the Granite Challenge, and to her and the 10 other volunteers in our class who made the trek up to Hanover to make this all happen.

As always, I look forward to your notes. Keep them coming!

—Jennifer Chong, Via dei Serragli 7, Florence 50124 (FI), Italy; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

It’s late October as I write this and it looks like temperatures have already gone below freezing in Hanover! I hope you are all staying warm as you read this—or cool, depending on where you are.

Our first note comes from Alex Hall, who writes, “After nearly four years living in downtown Hanover, I have moved out to Union Village, Vermont, into a beautifully renovated old farmhouse. While I am no longer within earshot of the Baker Bells, I am still very close. I continue to host Dartmouth alumni when they visit the area. Recent visitors from the class of 2010 include Jason Lyon and Chris Zablocki!”

I have a lot of wedding news to share as the 2016 summer-fall wedding season comes to an end.

Elise Lewyckyj and Sam Peck got married on October 15 in Vermont. There were 16 Dartmouth alumni in attendance, including Ethan Lubka, who officiated the ceremony.

Rayna Levine and Steve Reinitz ’09 wed on October 9 in West Orange, New Jersey. Dartmouth was also represented by her father, Jerry Levine ’74, Mike Morton ’80, Doug Van Citters ’99, Kathryn (Boucher) Bi ’09, Richard Bi, Th’08, Bernadette Durr ’09, Sam Raybin, Th’10, Kaite Yang ’09 and Dan O’Brien ’09.

Ellie Stoltzfus and Dan Chamberlain had their wedding on August 27 in Pittsfield, Vermont.

Dan Abbott and Carly Silverman got married in October in Santa Barbara, California, surrounded by friends, family and a 3-foot-tall Keggy the Keg groom’s cake. (I didn’t believe it when Dan told me, but he showed me a picture. It really happened.) They recently moved to San Francisco for new jobs—Dan in renewable energy project finance at NRG and Carly in product marketing at Adobe.

Caitlin (Johnson) Studdard (also Th’11) married Adam Studdard on August 24 in Boston. They brought all their wedding guests up to the Upper Valley (Quechee, Vermont) for their wedding reception at the Quechee Club. Caitlin said that all of their guests fell in love with the area after spending days swimming in the Connecticut River, hiking Mount Gile and biking around. (I’m envious!)

Kate Vonderhaar and Delfina Gonzalez ’11 were among the bridesmaids, while other Dartmouth guests included Aurora Coon, Rene Zelaya ’11, Emily (Jasinski) Berube, Christina Ackerman and Hat Sawaengsri.

Steph Gagnon got married to Jim Sorenson in her hometown in Rhode Island in September, surrounded by a number of Dartmouth ’10s as bridesmaids: Kathy (Oprea) Schroeder, Becca Dellenbaugh, Tiffany Ho and Willa Johann. “The Dartmouth alums in attendance brought the rage and even introduced the rest of the guests to the ‘Salty Dog Rag’ during the reception, led by excellent M.C.s Willa and Tyler Quinn!”

To cap off the wedding announcements, Allie Rodman got married and is now Allie Reens.

Finally, I received a note from Lauren Amery,who left her career in finance to launch Dagny Scout in September. She describes it as a line of high performance women’s golf apparel with a contemporary design sensibility. Check out her site at www.dagnyscout.com!

—Jennifer Chong, Via dei Serragli 7, Florence 50124 (FI), Italy; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Caroline Esser writes that Alex Caron received a master’s in policy, organizations and leadership studies from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. This summer he will begin working as an academic program manager for Summit Public Schools, a charter network.

Jeremy Teicher: “My second feature film, Tracktown, had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival this spring! I cowrote and codirected Tracktown with Alexi Pappas ’12, who stars in the film alongside Rachel Dratch ’88—we proudly represented Dartmouth on set!”

Anna Lugosch-Ecker and Ben Beckerman got engaged in June in California. Alina Plavsky started internal medicine residency in Portland, Oregon, at Oregon Health and Sciences University—exactly where she wanted to be! And Kristin Kern moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to work at Bank of America.

Ali Rope and Justin Lerman tied the knot on May 28 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Afterward, the two moved to Minneapolis.

Peter Pidermann will be inducted into the sports hall of fame at his high school in Miami, Belen Jesuit Prep. Peter played football, ran track and played rugby at Dartmouth (!) and also played (American) football professionally in Europe post-graduation.

Chelsea Kirk: “I’ll be transitioning from my role as assistant principal of Maya Angelou Academy, to the lead instructor at Goodwill Excel Center. Goodwill Excel Center is an adult charter school that offers a high school diploma with an accelerated and dual-credit curriculum along with workforce development and postsecondary pathways. We’re opening the doors for the first time on August 22! Additionally, this summer I’m beginning my Ed.D. in education leadership at UPenn. It’s an executive program focused on leadership in education management. I’ll be remaining in Washington, D.C.!

Faith Kim married Sijun Kim on June 11 in Philadelphia. Sarah Lee was the maid of honor and many Dartmouth friends were in attendance. Faith is finishing her pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, while Sijun is starting a cardiology fellowship at Hahnemann.

Eleni Stavrou reports that she and Gloria Gerber both graduated from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where they spent four “joyous” years as domestic partners. Gloria is off to Cornell-Columbia Presbyterian for her residency in internal medicine and Eleni will be at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for her residency in internal medicine. “Though the long distance will be hard, we are hoping to end up back together for fellowship.”

Jon Adelson and Karen Iorio got married on June 4 in East Hampton, New York. Internet minister Zach Gottlieb officiated and the wedding bridal party included several ’10s: bridesmaids Katie Conneally, Heidi Heller, Nicole Johns and groomsman Aditya Soni. They also had many Dartmouth guests in attendance!

Colleen Doherty recently bought a house in South Philadelphia! “Once I unpack everything and have air conditioning installed, visitors are welcome to drop by.”

Charlie Wolff had an exciting few months: He was awarded Goldman Sachs’ George E. Doty fellowship, graduated from Columbia Business School, then surprised his girlfriend Ashley Macaulay (Boston College ’14) with a proposal and an engagement party (“she thought we were going to my graduation party!”).

Lawton Leung graduated in May from his tax LL.M. program at N.Y.U. Law and will be starting as an associate in wealth planning this fall. Jenn Bailey earned her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and moved from Boston to N.Y.C., where she now works at Google.

Lastly, Ben Gifford and Sydney Thomashow ’11 got engaged! They’re living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also have an impossibly cute corgi named Louie (follow him on Instagram: @louiecinnamon).

—Jennifer Chong, Via dei Serragli 7, Florence 50124 (FI), Italy; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Hello, ’10s! I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and the spring weather. It’s always a pleasure to hear what everyone is up to, so thank you for continuing to share your news. Eliza Bennett and Brad Heritage ’06 tied the knot in Hanover on December 19. Many fellow ’10s were in attendance, including Alex Huestis, Julie Wadland, Chelsea Kirk, Kate Fauth, Cate Goytisolo, Sara (Coffin) Young, Molly (Parker) Pirrung and honorary member of the women’s lacrosse team, Mike Novosel. Eliza writes, “Huge thank you to EBAs for delivering the much-needed party pack to Theta Delta Chi at midnight!”

Christine Tian is graduating from Harvard Law School in May and will be moving to N.Y.C. in the fall to work as a public defender. Samantha Haw is leaving her mixed animal practice in Angels Camp, California, to join the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s food animal medicine and surgery program in Columbus, Ohio, for the next year. Brevan D’Angelo moved to San Francisco to start a new job at SoFi.From Chelsea Kirk: “I’m still in Washington, D.C., teaching and working as the assistant principal at Maya Angelou Academy (MAA). MAA is located inside of D.C.’s secure, male juvenile detention center called New Beginnings Youth Development Center. Still loving D.C. and seeing all the Dartmouth alumni that live here!”

From Ben Salmon: “For the past six months I have been working a 28/28 rotation (28 days working in country, 28 days in America not doing anything) as a certified welding inspector supervisor in the Omani interior for Petroleum Development Oman in the Middle East. It’s been a healthy, sometimes challenging experience, but one that I will never forget! Next up will be a stint as a drilling supervisor on an exploration drillship in the Gulf of Mexico. If anyone is ever in New Orleans for any reason, feel free to drop me a line.”

Maggie Goldstein got married to Brandon Cooper (Bates alum) in October in Pescadero, California. She is now Maggie (Goldstein) Cooper. She recently became the head of talent for a charter school organization in the Bay Area called Caliber Schools. If you are interested in being an innovator in education in the Bay Area, let her know! Maggie says, “I’m still living in wonderful San Francisco doing a lot of biking, running and enjoying of the city. Also trying to get as much skiing in this winter as possible!” Abbe Sokol and James Cart got engaged at the base of Mount Moosilauke on January 23. They have been dating since summer of 2008 and will be married this summer at the Bema.

Finally, I’m a bit late in reporting this, but Laura Coolidge married William Borthwick Bouton (Clemson ’07) last September at St John’s Yacht Harbor Marina in Charleston, South Carolina. I discovered this when I saw their beautiful wedding photos pop up in my Facebook feed the other day. (Facebook is good for something after all.) Belated congratulations to you two.

Keep the updates coming!

—Jennifer Chong, 1680 Clay St., Apt. 2, San Francisco, CA 94109; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

I am deeply saddened to report that Robert Hoffman passed away on September 21. He died peacefully of natural causes in Los Angeles, where he had recently moved to work at a film production company. Rob was a loyal friend to many, and he will be remembered for his kindness, extraordinary sense of humor and creative brilliance. What a great loss to all of us lucky enough to have known him—he will be sorely missed. His obituary can be found at dartmouthalumnimagazine.com. Please keep his family in your thoughts.

Much news from other classmates this issue. Eric Schwager is living in N.Y.C. and runs camera crew on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Kari Cholnoky will have a solo exhibition at David Klein Gallery in Detroit starting February 6. Ting Cui finished an M.B.A./M.A. dual degree at Wharton/University of Pennsylvania. She started working at Amazon as a senior product manager, building the technology for the Prime Now one-hour delivery team.

After three years in Portland, Oregon, Jocelyn Krauss moved back home to Boston last year and started working at the Harvard Innovation Lab, empowering student-led startups across the university. (But she still bleeds green!)

Jude Chiy finished his first half ironman over the summer and Tay Stevenson went hiking in Patagonia the last half of November. Max Friedman is living in Tokyo, and he invites anyone who wants to ski in Japan this winter to contact him! In September he traveled back to Dartmouth along with many other alums to attend Lily He and Andrew Palmer’s wedding in Thetford, Vermont.

Also in September, Dan Leopold married Christie-Anne Putnam in a small ceremony in Denver. Dan just started year four of his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and neuroscience at University of Colorado Boulder.

Jessica Wheeler Tranchino married her best friend and high school sweetheart, Christopher Tranchino. They wed in Long Island, New York, in August. Rigel Cable and Cameron Lee got married in L.A. in October. They’ll have a larger wedding ceremony next year. Casey Hingtgen andKirsten Goldberg ’12 were married in Chatham, Massachusetts, in October. The wedding party included a number of alumni in the ’10, ’11 and ’12 classes, including Chris Root, Andy Gagel and Jon Carty.

Margi Dashevsky and Alex Lee got engaged; their wedding will be this year. Margi teaches science at the High Mountain Institute in Leadville, Colorado, and Alex is pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental studies at University of Colorado Boulder.

Dan Abbott and Carly Silverman got engaged in September in L.A., where they’re both getting their M.B.A.s from UCLA Anderson. Sam Peck and Elise Lewyckyj got engaged in October in Tahoe (California) National Forest. Both are currently living in San Francisco. Ali Rope and Justin Lerman are engaged and they’ll get married in May in Jackson, Wyoming. Ali is also graduating from Tulane Medical School in May. And Dan Chamberlain and Ellie Stolzfus got engaged in October as well!

Chelsea Dodds writes, “After a stint in investment banking and private equity, I’m back in Hanover, partway through my second year at Tuck. I’m engaged to fellow Tuck student Warren Williamson (Texas ’09) and we’re in the midst of planning a Hanover Inn wedding. I am also now the proud owner of a house in town, so if anyone needs a place to stay when visiting, my guest room is more than available!”

And finally, from me—I started a leather bag brand (Linjer) two years ago and have been moonlighting while working in tech in San Francisco. I finally quit my day job and am now a full-time entrepreneur!

Take care and be well, ’10s.

—Jennifer Chong, 1680 Clay St., Apt. 2, San Francisco, CA 94109; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

Great to see many of you at our five-year reunion in June. The ’10s had a strong showing, with 606 classmates attending!

Lauren Alpeyrie is back in Hanover to pursue her M.B.A. at Tuck. She previously worked as a business analyst at Google’s people operations. Caitlin Halpert is thrilled to be living in Burlington, Vermont, where she opened the Vermont office of 3Q Digital. They’re hiring! Kirsten Orloff is marrying Kyle Packer, DMS’13, in Maine in September.

In the Boston area: Catherine Armstrong moved to Cambridge to start a Ph.D. in education policy and program evaluation at Harvard; Nick Lomanto started business school at MIT Sloan (he is excited to reconnect with alums in the area); Casey Hingtgen joined startup tryscratch.com and is marrying Kirsten Goldberg ’12 in October; Caitlin Johnson received her M.A. in teaching from Boston University (she now teaches physics and environmental science at Waltham High School); and Hannah Raila reports that Chelsea Place finished her Ph.D. at Harvard in May and married Chris Johnson ’09 in June (many ’10s attended, including Eleni Stavrou, Sue Schmitz, Leigh Rorick, Ali Rope, Becca Dellenbaugh and Hannah herself).

In N.Y.C. Libbey Brown started medical school at Mount Sinai, Andrew Ching helped open Brooklyn Boulders’ fourth facility in the city, and Shinian Ye moved back to start a new job in finance. He still travels to Asia frequently for business.

Jerry Guo started year three of his Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. Jason Spellmire visited during a motorcycle ride from Ohio to New Hampshire. Lucretia Witte is in D.C. finishing her M.P.P. at Georgetown. She wants to start an experiential school and is looking for great teachers and organizations to learn from. Elyse Gabel married Matt Marcus in August in Cincinnati. Gloria Lin and Suzanne Spignesi were bridesmaids. Dan Thele married Carolyn García; they are moving to Cleveland. Evan Nogay graduated from Pitt Law as the top trial advocacy litigation student. He now clerks for federal judge John Bailey ’73 in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Molly Davis and Nick Foukal wed in March in Jacksonville, Florida. They are in Durham, North Carolina, finishing the last two years of their Ph.D. programs (clinical psychology and physical oceanography, respectively). Phil Aubart is working as an Army judge advocate general attorney at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and will marry Lindsey Staszak in Bumpass, Virginia, in October. Anastasia Miliano moved to Boulder, Colorado, as the first employee of Bitsbox, a tiny ed-tech startup teaching kids to code. Justin Tzou is a doctor of physical therapy in Pasadena, Texas. On the side he coaches tennis at AmpuTennis Houston and is a photographer for the American Amputee Society.

In the Bay Area: Bari Wien completed her M.B.A. at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and works in solar project finance for Wells Fargo in San Francisco; Chi Chu is an internal medicine resident at CPMC; and Liz Klinger and James Wang started SmartBod, an app and smart vibrator that helps women learn about their bodies.

Jenna Shue and Alex Olshonsky ’09 wed in May in Monte Rio, California.

Karen Iorio writes, “I had the pleasure of attending Zach Gottlieb’s wedding to Valerie Silverman ’04 in June. We had a healthy showing of alums—both ’10s and ’04s—for an impromptu performance of the alma mater and a group picture with a Dartmouth flag.”

Abbe Sokol and Rob Hoffman bought two-for-one tickets to Dubai on a whim and will be there October 10-18. They are seeking suggestions of what to do! Stefani Ruper is pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy of religion at Oxford University.

Keep killing it, ’10s!

—Jennifer Chong, 1680 Clay St., Apt. 2, San Francisco, CA 94109; jenniferashleychong@gmail.com

I wanted to highlight the class executive committee for this issue since they will be working hard over the next year to prepare the five-year reunion. 


Joe DeBonis is working on a number of strategy projects as an M.B.A. summer intern for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This fall he will be back in Hanover for his second and final year at Tuck before returning to consulting in New York. In eager anticipation of everyone’s return to Hanover, he has already started extensive on-the-ground preparations for the class of 2010 five-year reunion.


Kelly Bogaert is currently in medical school at the University of Washington, she is going into her second year. She spent the summer in Kenya doing a research project on maternal health. 


Ben Wiener graduated from Penn Law in May and moved in with his fiancée, Anna Krigel ’09, in New York. Ben will start a clerkship for a judge on the eastern district of New York in Brooklyn in the fall. 


Sarah Irving graduated from Tuck with her M.B.A. Sarah loved the experience spending two more years in Hanover! This summer she will be moving home to New Brunswick, Canada, to start work with her family business, Irving Oil.


Chelsea Kirk (our president) is living in Washington, D.C., and teaching at the same school where she was placed four years ago with Teach for America. Chelsea will begin her fifth year as the English teacher and instructional coach. Chelsea teaches at Maya Angelou Academy, which is a charter school located within an all-male juvenile detention facility. She’s also leading our summer school program, which is a Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School.


Emily Baumrin is in her fourth year of medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and applying for residency positions in internal medicine. Emily is loving Philly despite the serious lack of Dartmouth people. And she says that her doors are always open for anyone who needs a place to crash. She is also very excited to reunite with Dartmouth ’10s at Lily Chestnut and Jan Gromadzki’s wedding in September! I’ll bet the sound track of this wedding will be insanely good. Can everyone in the class of 2010 get a copy of the playlist?


Nichole Davis lives in Durham, North Carolina, and will be starting her third and last year of law school in the fall. She spent the summer working as a summer associate for a law firm in New York and will spend the fall semester working for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. Since she doesn’t get to see many Dartmouth 2010s in the South she’s really looking forward to catching up with classmates at the five-year reunion. 


Andrew Ching moved to N.Y.C. from Boston and now works at Brooklyn Boulders! 


Lawton Leung started his summer associates program in the wealth planning practice groups at Withers Bergman LLP. After the summer Lawton will finish up his last year at Boston College Law School. Lawton says, “I’ve been traveling along the New England coast searching for good eats and hikes, but I’m sure I won’t find anything that will top Molly’s bread and the sweet view from Baker Tower. Can’t wait to be back in Hanover for our reunion!”


Lawton, are you there? Sorry, but I thought someone should let you know. I don’t think climbing up the stairs to get to Baker Tower is really what people mean by the term “hike.” I can genuinely see the confusion and even agree, stair climbing should be considered hiking. 


Speaking of people who may know the definition of hike, Abbe Sokol and James Cart just moved to the Upper West Side of Manhattan). Abbe says, “We’re happy to host couch crashers if anyone is visiting the city. Also, not sure how desperate you are, but Greg Sokol just celebrated the first birthday of his golden retriever Mary.” Thanks, Abbe. And yes, I am desperate. 


Thanks for reading; you know where to find me with your updates!


—Victoria Stockman, 9 1/2 Jane St., New York City, NY 10014; vbstockman@gmail.com


Two more upcoming weddings to report on! The number of Dartmouth-to-Dartmouth weddings in our class is really insane. Roughly 90 percent of the weddings I have reported on have been Dartmouth-Dartmouth. I started to think about three explanations for this statistic. One, people who met at Dartmouth have been dating for longer, and therefore are more ready to marry one another. Two, people who went to Dartmouth strongly prefer to marry people who also went to Dartmouth. Three, people are more likely to write in to the Class Notes column about an engagement if it is to another Dartmouth person.
If the third explanation is true, we need to change that. I really think your classmates will care just as much about your engagement if it is to a Temple University class of 2000 or a Dartmouth 2011. If it is a Dartmouth ’10-to-’10 marriage, yes, people will care double as much, there is no getting around that. However, for literally every other marriage combination, I think you will be viewed as equal. So if you are engaged to some random dude or lady you met post-college, please let me know!
Lucy Pollard and Allison Smith ’06 became engaged in January on the Baker lawn. They will be getting married in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in August.
John Schroeder and Kathy Oprea were married in the Washington, D.C., area on September 1, 2013. Many members of the class of ’10 were in the wedding party, including Jason Lyon, Alex Hall, Vanessa Szalapski, Natalie Stoll and Steph Gagnon. Wedding guests also danced to a triple-time rendition of the “Salty Dog Rag”!
Okay, I am going to explain this as best as I can: Andrew Palmer climbed a 5.15 and has now joined the 5.15 rock-climbing club. Although Palmer maintains a normal job in Boston doing marketing analytics and data analysis, he has apparently become a celebrity rock climber as well! I bet people in his Boston office have no idea they are sitting next to a celebrity. Anyway, you should check out the picture of him climbing (find it online). The wall looks like it is at a 45-degree angle from the ground.
Terra Branson will start a new position as the director of tribal self-governance communication and education in December.
Hallie Treadway and Tim Calder live on opposite sides of Beijing and work for competing education consulting companies. Nonetheless, they manage to meet occasionally for the sake of dear old Dartmouth; other ’10s are encouraged to visit and join them. Anyone else in Beijing? Find Hallie and Tim!
Justin Tzou is starting his second year in physical therapy school in Houston and will be starting his first rotation at Texas Orthopedic Hospital. On the side Justin is also doing some pet and portrait photography and teaching tennis.
Ted Lesher left Google in May to join the Liftopia.com team along with fellow Dartmouth alum Kate Christiaanse (and about 35 others). Liftopia.com is a startup similar to a Kayak.com or Expedia.com but for lift tickets within the ski industry. 
Mike Dearwester recently started a new role on the North American whiskey team at Diageo North America. He is working primarily on innovation and marketing for the Crown Royal brand. About Diageo—I just looked them up and they own literally every alcohol brand that I have ever heard of. Additionally, Mike and I are neighbors! 
Nick Dawe was named the new head women’s rowing coach of the New York Athletic Club. Nick will be dating, I mean coaching, athletes aspiring to make the U.S. national team. Seriously though, amazing. Congrats, Nick!
—Victoria Stockman, 9 1/2 Jane St., New York City, NY 10014; vbstockman@gmail.com



This issue we feature the one and only (person who sent me an update) Mike Limb!


He says: “After working in real estate private equity for the past three and a half years in Washington, D.C., I’m engaged to my high school sweetheart of 10 years (getting married in May!) and will be leaving my job to attend Wharton in August.”


Wharton? Engaged? Real estate private equity?! You do not have to be as put together in life as Mike to be included in this column, so regardless of what you have going on please send me an update!


—Victoria Stockman, 9 1/2 Jane St., New York City, NY 10014; vbstockman@gmail.com


Two more ’10-to-’10 engagements (ay, keep them coming!). Billy Corbett and Kayla Snyderman got engaged this past July, right before they moved back to Hanover. Kayla started at Geisel School of Medicine and Billy began work as an admissions officer at Dartmouth. 


Brian Bozzello and Kendall Frank are engaged. They are getting married in New York in June 2014. 


I’ve also received some career updates.


Kari Cholnoky has been living off of 8 Mile Road in Detroit and has studio space in a collective called 555 Detroit (formerly an abandoned prison). Kari saw Joe Gaudet and reported that he is starting a Ph.D. program in U.S. history.


After seven years away Joe Santo returned to New York City. He graduated from UPenn Law in the spring and starts this fall at Weil, a law firm in midtown. 


Francesca Cooke recently transferred to CoStar Group’s London office, where she is working as a real estate economist.


Dan Susman, after 3-plus years, finished a documentary film about urban farming, Growing Cities. He is now premiering at film festivals across the country this fall, including at Dartmouth in late September.


Katy Lindquist just finished the master’s portion of political science graduate work at the University of Chicago and will continue to achieve a Ph.D. She spent this summer in Tanzania teaching English and doing volunteer work with street children and orphans in the Kilimanjaro region.


Emma Nairn is living in Boston and is in her third year teaching middle school math at Excel Academy Charter School.


Thea Sutton says, “After three glorious years in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, I am returning to my hometown of San Francisco to pursue a master’s of science in global health at UCSF. Looking forward to this next adventure.”


Bari Wien just moved to Berkeley, California, to pursue an M.B.A. (with a focus on clean tech) at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.


Lily Jungwon Eom says, “After leaving Bain Korea earlier this year I moved to Hong Kong to join Hotels.com, part of Expedia.”


Caitlin Johnson is doing energy efficiency consulting for Navigant and was promoted as a senior consultant this past winter.


Eliza Bennett is helping Smitten Ice Cream open two more Bay Area scoop shops. Along with fellow ’10 lacrosse players Kate Fauth and Alex Huestis she’s also rolling out the San Francisco welcome wagon to classmates Julie Wadland and Sara Coffin, relocating from Boston and N.Y.C., respectively. 


Audrey Gradzewicz just started at Purdue for her M.F.A. in poetry. She is teaching freshman composition and loves her classes, peers and professors. She says that she has never been happier! 


Often when a person refers to himself in the third person, we perceive him as strange, arrogant and slightly delusional. I wanted to let you guys know I will not think this of you if you write to me in the third person (actually please do, it will make my job much easier!). Happy fall.


—Victoria Stockman, 9 1/2 Jane St., New York City, NY 10014; vbstockman@gmail.com


It was great to see so many ’10s at Green Key this past May. I am happy to report that, as a class, we have not aged. I really do mean it, in every sense of the word; physically, emotionally, fashion-ly and gray-ing-ly. We are about on par with the ’12s and ’13s, which really speaks well of our collective genes. 


This issue, we have mostly little updates. 


Kari Chew and Schuyler Chew ’09 got married a few months ago. Kari wrote “I’m from California and he’s from New York, so we had a ceremony in Santa Ana, California, on April 7 and a large reception on the Tuscarora Nation near Lewiston, New York, on April 28. Between the two events we saw several friends from Dartmouth: Kellyn James (maid of honor), Joshua Proper, Tealese Orme, Uma Mullapudi, Bethaney Hale.


Margaret Goldstein is living in Washington, D.C., and loving it. She is entering her third year of teaching at KIPP DC: AIM Academy, a public charter middle school. The past two years Maggie has been teaching fifth-grade science and next year she will transition to sixth-grade reading. Since graduation Maggie has been running marathons and half-marathons. Currently Maggie is training for her first triathlon. My favorite part of Maggie’s e-mail “Overall, I’m happy and healthy and loving life!” 


Ni hao people, Abbe Sokol just moved to a new apartment in Chinatown, N.Y.C. She is in a two-bedroom, but no longer with Dartmouth kids. Abbe reports that James Cart dragged a sofabed up the stairs while singing DOC songs, so anyone who is tired is welcome to crash at Abbe’s apartment. 


This makes me wonder, what percentage of ’10s are still living with their original Dartmouth ’10 roommate? If you know the answer or have key examples, please e-mail me. 


Hannah Raila will be starting grad school at Yale’s clinical psychology program in the fall.


Shawna Foulkes started a new job at fashion start-up Refinery29.com. Shawna works in the brand integration department putting together the event, editorial and look-book partnerships between R29 and other bands (Bloomingdales, Stoli, Smashbox).


Graham Baecher is working at DataXu in Boston. DataXu is a digital marketing technology company with demand-side and data management platforms to help clients run digital ad campaigns as efficiently and effectively as possible. “I’m a software engineer there; I work on building and improving these platforms.”


Brendan Scully says, “Umm, I’m living in San Francisco and working for an augmented reality firm called Metaio. We just won the 2012 ‘Auggies’ for best demo at Augmented Reality Event 2012.” I really would like to know more about augmented realities. First, how do you know if you are living in one?


James Kordahl is just more than halfway through a year’s worth of training as a communications officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. 


Thanks for your updates, keep them coming!


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com


Hey, ’10s. I hope all is well. Heading into year three out of college. I have to say, things get easier, no? Anyway, as usual, hit me up with your updates. I love hearing from you guys. Thank you to those who contributed to this issue’s column.


Jocelyn Krauss writes: “After spending a glorious super-senior fall at Dartmouth I moved to Portland, Oregon, in Spring 2011! I worked at an information and business design firm for a bit, but just started a new job at a public relations agency last month. The big headline here though is that Portland offers an amazing quality of life—I keep saying it’s a young, broke person’s paradise. The lifestyles of hiking, biking and recycling are pervasive, the weather is actually wonderful and the food, beer and coffee are always world-class. My inner geography major is also enjoying Portland as an urban development example—the public transportation is mostly free, the parks are numerous and beautiful, the streets are gridded and it’s all kept ridiculously clean! It definitely feels like a smaller city than others though—and I still miss that college scene of seeing all your best friends every day! If any of you lovely Dartmouth folk visit the Portland area, give me a shout!”


Mackenzie Howell is engaged and was to be getting married August 30 in Israel to Adam Saitowitz (UPenn ’08). Mackenzie and Adam will be living in Be’er Sheva, Israel. Congrats, Mackenzie! Write back and let us know how the wedding went.


Andrew Peisch recently moved to N.Y.C. and started to work at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in New York. Andrew writes, “We’ve got a strong Dartmouth contingent here [at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice]—Ian and I share an office with Tyler Young ’09 and are right next door to Robert Volpe ’06.” Andrew lives with Kevin Davis and Towny Swiggett in N.Y.C. and works with fellow ’10 Ian Rorick. Previously Ian worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in mergers and acquisitions. Ian lives with Matt Broccolo, who’s at Fordham Law School.


Noah Dentzel recently founded a startup called ChargeCard. Noah definitely had the entrepreneurial spirit bubbling in him as an undergraduate, so for those who know Noah, this probably is not a huge surprise. Anyway, ChargeCard is a USB cable that’s “thin enough to fit easily into your wallet, purse or pocket. The product is the slimmest charging and data cable for iPhone.” Last I spoke with Noah (and from what I could gather from his infamous enthusiastic, somewhat tangential and at times esoteric e-mails), he is living in an RV, road tripping with his business partners around the United States promoting his product. I actually have a picture of the RV-type thing if anyone is interested. It sounds like Noah is living life to its fullest and making the most of every day. I hope we can try and show Noah some class of 2010 support as he moves around the country. Keep it up, Noah, and keep us posted!


Charlie Friedland and Scott Niehaus both recently began working at Summit Partners in Palo Alto, California. They are also living together in the suburbs, so if anyone is looking to have a Sunday night barbecue in Menlo Park, feel free to get in touch with them.


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com


Thank you to all of the ’10s who wrote in this time! Finally, third year out, we are starting to have a lot to report on.


Shinian Ye moved to Hong Kong to start a job with Silver Lake Private Equity. 


Bret Vallacher is in his final year at Stanford Law School. Next year he will be working as an associate in the Manhattan office of Boies Schiller and Flexner. 


Libby Brown finished her Peace Corps Ethiopia service in November and is now getting ready to do a postbac premed program in the fall!


Mei-Mei Zhao just switched roles and started working for Google as an analytical lead! 


Joanna Pucci will complete her third year at Bain Consulting and will begin Harvard Business School in the fall. 


Katie Sweeting will go to IE Business School for its international M.B.A. program.


Olivia Sachs is living in San Francisco and is completing her postbac classes for medical school.


Reyna Ramirez is workingat the New England Innocence Project. She works with wrongfully convicted inmates. 


Molly Parker “bought a condo in Atlanta, helped open the fifth hospital for Cancer Treatment Centers of America, going to Filigar when they are in town to get my Dartmouth fix!”


Zach O’Donnell is currently living in Boston’s Back Bay with classmates Alex Jenny and Ezra Josephson and working in commercial real estate.


Phil Aubart will be graduating from Duke Law, after clerking for District Court Judge Terrence Boyle in North Carolina next year.


Deja Kemp is finishing up her third year of teaching in Charlotte, North Carolina.


Max Bogren is now working as an engineering laboratory technician at Meridian Medical Technologies.


Chelsea Kirk is teaching high school English at Maya Angelou Charter School. She is also coaching her school basketball team. 


Kelly Bogaert is aski bum in Alta, Utah, before she starts med school.


Alex Huestis is living in San Francisco with Eliza Bennett, Heidi Heller and Dana Brisbane ’12 and working at Google in people development.


Caitlin Fowler just graduated from Columbia with an M.A. in human rights.


Sara Coffin, Cristina Brennan and Ann Elise Debelina are going on three years together in N.Y.C.!


Kathryn G. Miller has started an amazing career with TD Bank in strategic sales and is engaged to Shawn Wood, the father of her 18-month-old son Jacob Dylan.


Scott Sorensen says, “In August I moved from N.Y.C. to San Francisco and am working for Bloomberg.”


Vicki Javier says, “I’m engaged to be married!” But, Vicki, who will you be marrying?


Benjamin Wiener is in his second year at Penn Law, still living in Philadelphia and will be working in New York during the summer.


Andrew Wells says, “I moved to San Francisco about three months ago and am working as a client strategist for Ampush, a social media advertising startup that runs ad campaigns on Facebook.”


Amaka Nneji and Stephanie Trejo (both Zumba fanatics) are living together in Harlem, New York, with their adorable cats Rocket and Gus. 


Gaelle Tribie says, “I am a first-year at Stanford Law School.”


Cate Goytisolo is working at Under Armour. “Now I am the executive assistant to the senior vice president, executive creative director of women’s. She started in November and came to elevate the women’s side of the business!”


Alex Caron says, “I am currently teaching middle school and high school English in Arlington, Virginia.” 


Hallie Treadway spent two years in rural Yunnan. She is now living in Beijing and studying Chinese at Tsinghua University.


That is all for now. We had limited space, so if you wrote me and did not see your update in this column it will certainly be in the next issue! Warmly.


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com


Merritt Jenkins moved out to Boulder, Colorado, for the winter term. He is on an internship with the Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental think tank and consulting firm. Linda Cummins is working as a business and systems analyst for a math software company. Linda also now owns two kittens, Tigger and Duchess, whom she adopted last July. Leslie Adams is working as a scientific program analyst at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, with a fellow ’10, Zienna Chang. Robert Zbeda is doing sports medicine research for a team doctor of the New York Giants at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Rob recently returned from Israel on a birthright trip with Justin Amirian. Rob says, “I think we ate hummus for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday.” Emily Baumrin recently finished a six-month job at Partners in Health Prevention and Access to Care and Treatment project, where she was working with high-risk diabetes and HIV patients in Boston. Now Emily is in N.Y.C., where she will be relaxing and traveling and deciding where to go to medical school. Emily, being the humble person that she is, did not mention which medical schools she is deciding between; however, a legitimate and elderly resource reported, “Emily crushed M school applications.” Beau Trudel moved to New York City in September to work for a brand strategy consulting company. Beau recently helped Starbucks redesign their logo and has thus spent a lot of time thinking about mermaids and the meaning of the color green (like Gatsby green?). Aside from thinking about mermaids, Beau has been trying to survive the bizarrely cold and snowy winter in N.Y.C. Thankfully there are tons of Dartmouth ’10s around to help the big city feel a little smaller. 


Most of the time when I e-mail fellow ’10s for an update I receive an e-mail back a week later with two factual sentences, with a maximum of three adjectives. However, when I e-mailed our classmate Evan Nogay I received a quick response with three paragraphs of beautiful prose and even an attached picture. I have included some of the update for your enjoyment (minus the picture). 


“So I’ve been living and working in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, working as a Teach for America (TFA) kindergarten teacher at Lanier Charter Elementary school (recently featured on an episode of NBC’s show School Pride). The day after graduation I left Hanover and made my way to the heart of the Mississippi Delta (Cleveland, Mississippi) for the start of my training. Five o’clock a.m. wake-up calls and the harsh reality of life in the poor rural South stood in stark contrast to the sheer awesomeness of senior week, and I was pretty depressed for the first several weeks. We were thrown into teaching after only a week of training, however, I quickly grew to love the job that I was doing and formed some very close friendships with the other members of my TFA south Louisiana corps. Weeknight barhopping and the World Cup kept us sane in the midst of the absurdity of our new lives. The Delta is crushingly poor and remote, yet we still had a ton of fun on our trips to Memphis and at the area bars and sights. Through this type of fun, the training flew by and my buddies and I moved to a home in mid-city Baton Rouge to begin the rest of our corps experience.”


If you would like to see the picture of Evan Nogay’s class, just e-mail me. And while you are at it, please include your own beautiful prose of your post-Dartmouth life. Would love to hear from you! 


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com


We have a lot to report on in this issue. We have news of overseas adventures, a newly awarded Rhodes Scholar and our fist ’10-to-’10 marriage. I wonder how many Dartmouth marriages there are. If you have ever calculated the number, please e-mail me and I will include it in the next column. Even better, if you have any news in general, please send me an e-mail at vbstockman@gmail.com. Don’t be bashful! E-mailing me is not a self call because I am asking you to tell me about yourself. 


Kelley Weed and Doug Zarbock recently got engaged and will be getting married in September in the Boston area. Kelley and Doug are currently living in Madison, Wisconsin, and are working at Epic, a healthcare software company. 


This fall Gabrielle Emanual was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University.Gabrielle is currently living and working in Mali. On a Lombard Fellowship and a Colby Fellowship, she is working for the Malaria Research and Training Centre. Gabrielle spends part of her time in Bamako, the bustling capital, and part of her time in Bandiagara, which she describes as “a lovely little town in Dogon Country where donkeys far outnumber cars and most buildings are made of mud bricks that crack in the heat.” Next year Gabrielle will move to Oxford to pursue a D.Phil. in development studies as a Rhodes Scholar.


Harsh Gupta, the brainy ’10 who graduated early during our junior winter, spent some post-graduate time working with MIT Poverty Action Lab in Rajasthan villages and Delhi slums. He is now cofounding an agricultural risk management company. Harsh also writes on Indian public policy for Mint newspaper and Pragati magazine.


Evan Greulich is teaching a variety of English courses at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. Evan states that he “loves hiking around various mountains, valleys, orchards and other parts of the country on weekends and has also enjoyed the semi-famous nightlife of Beirut.” He also observed that Beirut (the drinking game) has very little in common with the city. Evan has had many Dartmouth visitors so far. He took Joe Debonis and Michaela Yule, who visited from Amman, Jordan, out in the town to show them various parts of the nightlife of Beirut. Evan also had a coffee with professor Charlie Wheelan ’88 and hosted Alex Schindler and one of her friends from Cairo. 


Victoria Boggiano reports that her life in Vietnam has been great so far. She states that her work has been pretty worthwhile and interesting and that she has even started learning some Vietnamese and rented a motorbike to drive around in. With her bike and new language skills, Victoria is probably blending in pretty well. 


Dan Wagman is working in real estate private equity in Los Angeles, California. He reports that he “went to the men’s soccer game against UCLA a few weeks ago and saw a ton of alums such as Dan Freeman, Charlie Friedland, Alison Ruderman and Miles Stephens.” That sounds fun, and it also sounds like a class mini-reunion. Cory C. and Allie L., can we count it?


Nate Farrar is enrolled at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese American Studies in Nanjing, China. He is pursuing a master’s in international studies and “getting a thrill out of taking courses in both Chinese and English on international relations theory and international law.” He recently came back from a trip to Guangzhou, where he saw Andy Wells (aka, Wei Zhi Yi) and attended the 2010 Asia Games. Andy is teaching English through Princeton in Asia and was nice enough to house Nate for a week in his apartment. 


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com


Hello, ’10s!


Eleni Stavrou, our amazing class president during senior year, is headed to medical school in August. Since graduation Eleni has been working in the program of nutritional metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Eleni’s research deals with endocrine, metabolic and cardiovascular complications in HIV-inflected patients. Alina Plavsky will also be starting med school in August. Alina was in Hanover for the past year completing a master’s in public health. 


Max Pollack casually decided to turn part of his Brooklyn apartment into an art gallery, which he named Graham Powers Gallery. So far he has featured Kari Cholnoky’s art and plans to do another show with Max Heiges this summer. 


Speaking of Max Heiges, he is currently working as an artist in New York, having a good time trying to make it in this “gosh darn city.” To pay rent he works as a studio assistant for painters Chris Martin (2011 Dartmouth artist in residence) and Joe Bradley. He is gearing up a new body of work for a show in late May at Graham Powers (Max’s apartment). 


This past fall Mike Zirngibl, James Watson, Jeff Friedman, Andy Kim visited Shunsuke Aonuma in Tokyo, Japan. The team of young warriors climbed Mount Fuji and “appalled the local scene with a renditions of 1980s hits in karaoke.” Hazukashii!


More about Mike Zirngibl:Currently he lives in Boston and is working at a private equity fund called Audax Group. In Boston he rooms with Charlie Wolff and Doug Nelson. I am trying to imagine the interior décor of this trio’s apartment—I am thinking contemporary, with a touch of 1980s frat house. This summer Mike is moving to N.Y.C. to work at another fund called Centerbridge Partners and live with Jeff Friedman. 


Eli Mitchell gave me a spunky little update. Her essence would be lost if I paraphrased, so I will keep it verbatim: “I moved back from Rwanda in time for the Fourth of July and have since been doing the New York thing. I run into a lot of ’10s around lunchtime in midtown and at all sorts of inappropriate real-world hours playing pong at Jack Russell’s (a pong bar in the city). Working hard on stealing the Jack Russell’s foursquare mayorship from Jon Hopper ’08. Oh and I still have a house in Hanover, where all you people are always invited to visit if you’re feeling too old to sleep on couches during big weekends.” 


Think Ben Gifford, what comes to mind? Dog Day? Valedictorian? A tall cool-looking bro who camped out in first-floor Berry with a large cup of coffee and 10 philosophy books spread academically about his desk? Well erase these images and replace them with…Double or Muffin. 


A few months ago Ben founded Double or Muffin, which is a small apparel line (and maybe one day a bakery). He founded the company right after he quit his job at Bridgewater. Ben says, “I actually liked Bridgewater a lot and learned a ton in my year and a half there, but ultimately I’m just not that passionate about economics or markets. Eventually I felt like it was time to move on and start figuring out what I really want to do with my life.” Ben is now spending time on his company and starting to look for a new job.


Please hit me up with your life updates, small or big.


Hope to hear from you soon.


—Victoria Stockman, 1730 N. Clark St., Apt. 1215, Chicago, IL 61614; (203) 561-0394; vbstockman@gmail.com