Class Note 2006

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


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


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


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


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


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

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