Class Note 2009

Hey, ’09s! As we finish up the summer, here are some updates from your classmates.

Christopher Blankenship finished his M.B.A. at the University of Virginia and moved to New York City in July to start at Goldman. Brian Chao received an A.M. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania and was advanced to doctoral candidacy there. He is active in the Philadelphia alumni club and hopes any alumni moving to the area join the club and its awesome series of events! Lauren and Ian Dumont welcomed their first child, Hadley Anna Dumont, on May 12. They’re hoping she will be a Dartmouth ’39! Katie Dutko started her next position with Catholic Relief Services as program manager for education programs in Pakistan. She is based in Nairobi indefinitely until her visa comes through and loving every minute of it! She would love to hear from any ’09s coming through Nairobi or Islamabad this year. Andy Han started a new job as a reporter covering science and the law for Retraction Watch, an organization interested in research misconduct. Josh Jacobson accepted a new job at Innovations for Poverty Action as data scientist, specializing in meta-level (cross-study) analysis. He is looking at the evidence across poverty and public health interventions to help figure out what works best. He is based in N.Y.C. and will be traveling to the field often. Melissa Lokensgard Allen shared that, “Courtney Merrill and I met up in Las Vegas to see Britney Spears in January. I started a new job at InhibRx, an antibody therapeutics startup adjacent to the Torrey Pines golf course. My husband and I remodeled our kitchen and bathroom, which now looks great, but it was not a fun process.” David Okun moved with his wife, Megan, and daughter Nora to Cincinnati this June. David joined the commercial real estate development team at Al. Neyer.John Storella ’77 wrote in to share that he attended a performance in May at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, California, and the chamber chorus Sacred and Profane performed Will Raymer’s original composition, “Settings from Songs of Experience,” based on the writings of William Blake (with Will’s help as tenor). Nat Smith graduated from Tuck with Martha Canning and Andrew Zabel.He moved to Seattle and will marry in September! Ashley (Gleason) Spongberg married in April in San Clemente, California! Erin (McDonald) Sibley, Karen (Woolley) Bell,Kirsten (Costello) Cole ’10 and Alyssa Parker ’10 were in the bridal party. Haley (Wauson) Rosowsky, Sean Nelson,Lauren (LaDolcetta) Nelson ’10, Rob Young ’10, Stephanie (Riedler) Young ’11, Erik Bell ’08, Molly Khalil ’12, Hillary Barker ’12 and Erin Dornan-Liuzzo ’00 attended. As of August, Ediz Tiyansan moved back to the United States, to be based in Washington, D.C., as a White House correspondent for TRT World, a relatively new international news channel. He can’t wait to catch up with classmates who might happen to be there and looks forward to visiting Dartmouth once again after almost a decade!

Keep a look out for mini-reunions in your area and follow ’09s on Facebook (Dartmouth College Class of 2009), Twitter (@Dartmouth09) and Instagram (@dartmouth09). Share a picture with the class via dartmouthsocial@gmail.com.

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 7 Chatmoss Road, Henderson, NV 89052; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com