Jennifer Rudalf Gates
129 Duff Drive
Yorktown, VA 23692
mwccnu@aol.com
From outgoing Class Agent Jill McDaniel:
Wow! It has been great hearing from so many of you. All of our accomplishments
since graduation are so amazing. Carrie Columbia and Jeff Campbell ’97
had a baby girl, Catherine Adele, last February. Jeff recently graduated from
Drew University with a master of divinity degree. Katy Burke Stribling lives
in Annandale, Va., with her husband and two children. Amy Minter Calfee got
married in August 2002 and lives in Charlottesville, Va. She is a mom as well
as a nurse practitioner. Carin Gsellman Feick is an occupational therapist
in Maryland. She is married and has a daughter.
Jill Chamberlin Powell works in Arlington as a marketing manager for Federal
Realty Investment Trust. She and Brian live in Lake Ridge, Va., and were awaiting
the birth of their first baby in September. Ann Rasmussen Krannitz and husband
Stefan live in Germany with their two children. Heather Bensten-Schone lives
in Northern Virginia with husband Lance and their two daughters. Maureen Berry
Ritt is now a mom to two. Another new mom is Tracy Vecchione, who had a boy,
Joshua Tyler, with husband Stan Fissel ’95. Tracy is a school social
worker.
Jarrett L. and Dru Abramson Perdue ’97 were awaiting the birth of their
daughter in June. Dru received a second degree from Mary Washington in May
– her M.Ed. Jarrett is trying his hand at freelance writing.
Jamie Wasserman and wife Michelle celebrated the New Year with the birth of
their son, Alex. Jamie is a technical writer in Baltimore and develops online
courses as well as graphics and web design. Bryan Tucker and wife Puja are
new parents, as are Bharat Somanath and his wife. Both couples live in Florida.
Emily “Kate” Campbell McPhatter gave birth to baby Emma Catherine
last January. Kate is enjoying a leave of absence from Lynchburg City Schools,
where she teaches eighth grade Earth science.
Lisa Errickson Henry is marketing manager of a four-hospital health system
in Harrisburg, Pa. She and husband Kevin have two children. Lisa is working
on a master’s degree in health care administration.
Anndelynn “Andi” Tapscott and William “Tug” Martin
are new parents to William McTyeire Martin V, born last March. They live in
Littleton, Colo., where their neighbors are Tom and Samantha “Sam”
Morris Schroeder.
Brenna Hall Hessler received a nursing degree from Marymount University in
2001 and works at Fairfax Hospital as a labor and delivery nurse. She and
Jody have two children. Kathleen Harter Lundahl lives in Rota, Spain, with
husband Dave and son Joseph. Jennifer Crowley Fyke works for the Coast Guard
Foundation. She has a son, Benjamin, and lives in Stonington, Conn.
Christine Warden Gilley lives in Jacksonville, Fla., with husband David and
daughter Grace Margaret. Christine is a project control manager with Computer
Sciences Corp. Amy Gulick Frigaard and husband Scott were awaiting the birth
of their second child in June.
Edwina Wilson Word and husband Mark have two children. Edwina works for GE
Financial Assurance, now Genworth, and is a very active member in Toastmasters
International, winning several competitions. Alison Knuth Brown and husband
Jason live in Los Angeles. Alison is a director at Millward Brown, a leading
brand research company, and has a son, Rowan.
Kari Neckel Mitchum is a mom and works at ICBA. She lives with her family
in Fairfax Station, Va. Lowell ’95 and Dana Birkholz Whitney live in
Florence, Mont., with daughter Alison. Lowell is managing a habitat conservation
plan for the state of Montana and U.S. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Dana is a marketing representative for Missoula Federal Credit Union.
Also in Montana were Erik and Martha Fay Burtis. Erik recently earned a master’s
degree in geology, and Martha worked as director of web development at the
University of Montana. Erik began pursuing a Ph.D. in geology this fall at
Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Troy Huffman works for Archstone-Smith, a property management company, and
lives in Northern Virginia. He and his wife had a baby girl in March. Tomaudrie
Rudd and Harry Thomas ’97 live in Fredericksburg with Brenea, 6, and
Brysen, 2. Harry finished his first year as director of counseling at North
Stafford High School last summer, and Tomaudrie is an intensive probation
and parole officer.
Tiffany Hill Jones lives in Norfolk. Tanya Thrasher Logan works in McLean,
Va., as an accounting supervisor. Erin McGintee Conlon completed her pediatric
residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is now doing an
allergy and immunology fellowship there. She and husband Dave welcomed daughter
Nora Marie in March. Erin was a guest at Kevin Cooke’s wedding to Maria
Nielson in October 2003. Mike Mattock, Pete Sullivan ’97, and Aaron
Mudry ’97 were in the wedding party. Other guests included Fred and
Cheryl Cole Nelson ’95, Kurt Bratten and wife Sally, Craig Fear and
Adam Lurie. Mike and Adam both had wedding plans for the fall.
John Probasco lives in Wrightstown, N.J., with wife Denise, and is working
on his family’s farm. Kathleen Heather Hallowes is married and lives
in New York.
Lori Stevens was busy with wedding plans. She works for Amerigroup Corp. in
Virginia Beach as director of regulatory compliance. Stephanie Phillips Kramer
was married last May. She teaches fourth grade and lives in Richmond. Bichlan
“Bic” Nguyen DeCaro was married last June. She lives with her
husband and two dogs in Great Falls, Va. Bic is senior executive director
of business development for AHC Inc. and also is a real estate agent.
Angie Long and husband Warren Fischi ’93 are living in Richmond. Angie
is a licensed social worker. Jenna Thomas Amirault and husband Chris live
in Connecticut. Victoria “Tori” Hillyer and Bill Brantley ’95
moved from Woodbridge, Va., to the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria. Tori
works for the U.S. Navy Aegis Program at the Washington Navy Yard, and Bill
works for the government in logistics. Bill loves to spend his summers playing
baseball, and Tori challenged herself to participate in a 330-mile bike ride
in June to raise money for a charity.
Gretchen Hurley is working on a master’s degree at Georgetown. Joanna
Osborne recently earned an MFA. Peter Steinberg recently published his first
book, Sylvia Plath. He lives in Boston’s North End and works in the
financial intelligence unit at Boston Private Bank and Trust Co. Also living
in Boston is Anne Harrel, who owns her own business.
Keith and Christina “Chrissy” Kauten ’94 Steury fulfilled
a lifelong dream and ran in the Dublin Marathon. Amy Wood and husband Jordan
recently moved to St. Louis.
Jennifer Bendery moved with partner Ruth to Austin, Texas. Jennifer is a political
writer covering the Texas legislature. She is also a book and music critic
for an international online pop culture magazine and has traveled throughout
the United States, Canada and Europe.
Mike and Christina Snyder Gilsbach ’97 also are living in Austin. They
work together as developers for Quest Software. Maria Oldfield works for American
Greetings Corp. Johnny ’95 and Adriana Rissetto Puckett work at the
Central Rappahannock Regional Library, where Adriana is senior web developer
and Johnny is network administrator. They have three children.
Jennifer Woodman Stern and husband Dani are proud parents of Hayley, born
in July 2003. The family planned to move to Denver.
Christy Haga Turner lives in Richmond with husband David. She is associate
pastor of Bon Air United Methodist Church. Jenny Atkins is a buyer for Hecht’s
and received her MBA in May. Cara Flanagan Campbell lives in Nokesville, Va.,
with husband Wayne and son Nathan.
Jeffrey Kramer lives in Arlington, Va., and is a sales rep for Boehringer-Ingelheim
Pharmaceuticals. Emilie Hopkins Renaldy and husband Jason were planning to
move back to Pittsburgh with daughter Caroline.
After living in Sydney for four years, Bonnie Bullock Preston and husband
Greg moved to Perth in western Australia. They love the beautiful beaches
and relaxed lifestyle. Bonnie is an account director at Shearmans Strategic
Communication. She also sits on the board of the Public Relations Institute
of Australia.
Katherine “Katie” Walston McElwain is a teacher in Baltimore County.
Her college roommate, Kelly Ruark Krupinsky, lives in Severn, Md., with husband
Kevin.
Kelly works for the Legal Aid Bureau. Heather Shugard lives in Florida. Heather
Marsden lives in New York and practices law. She has spent several weeks at
a time in England working with Lloyd’s of London.
Lydia Evans Sfeir is married and lives in Denver. Heather Kellam Savage is
married and lives in Virginia Beach. Caitlin Fowler works at the Weather Channel
and lives in Atlanta. She was planning a fall wedding. Ellen Porcaro Kynoch
’97 just moved from San Francisco to Charlottesville, Va., where she
is a registered nurse at the U.Va. Medical Center. She plans to attend graduate
school. Anne Mason Rice was married in 1999 and lives in Richmond. She was
expecting a baby boy. Sarah King Josephson lives in Richmond and teaches high
school art. She was married in July 2002. Megan Singleton Cornelius is a Realtor
in Charlotte, N.C., and is mom to Anna and Evan.
Debbie Barrett Ziegler is married and has a son, Bobby. Stephanie Howard Whitaker
and husband Rodney live in the Lake Anna area and were expecting a baby girl.
Jim “Bones” Anderson was a paramedic in the Washington, D.C.,
area, but moved to Charlottesville to attend U.Va.’s medical school.
Corrie Henson and Brendan Kelly ’95 live in Charlottesville and have
two children. Brendan works at the National Ground Intelligence Center, and
Corrie stays home with the kids.
Derek Bottcher lives in Arlington and works for Charles Schwab as a branch
manager. Suzanna “Suki” Braverman lives in Portland, Ore., where
she works as an occupational therapist specializing in hand therapy. Jeff
Larry lives in Burlington, Vt., where he started Restoration Concepts, an
historic restoration company. He was planning to relocate to the D.C. area
this fall. Stephanie Bowman lives in Greeley, Colo., and is the manager of
a lab for a small chemical company.
Michelle Labbe recently moved to Berlin, Md., and teaches elementary art for
the Indian River School District in Selbyville, Del. She also is part-time
manager for World Gym in Ocean City, Md. Michelle Kurdonik Marlow and husband
David moved to Union, N.J., last summer. She gave birth to Trent Jacob in
November 2003. Crayton and Theresa Racey Simmons live in Hawaii, where Crayton
is stationed with the Army. He was deployed to Afghanistan in March. Theresa
works for the Salvation Army in Honolulu.
Patrick Ryskamp was elected shareholder with the law firm Williams, Parker,
Harrison, Dietz & Getzen in Sarasota, Fla. He received his JD with honors
from Stetson University School of Law.
Robin Coates Swink has been promoted to supervising senior at Charlottesville’s
Hantzmon, Wiebel & Co., one of Virginia’s largest certified public
accounting firms.
As for me, I am still teaching second grade. It’s hard to believe I’ve
been at it for six years. Continue to e-mail, write or call!