Class Notes

Martine St. Germain Barre of Beaufort, S.C., is a physical therapist and enjoys spending time with her husband and their 5-month-old son, Caden, and renovating their home. Lauren Brennan had baby boy, Keaton Carter, in April. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and displayed her final photography project at the Wickford Art Association in June. Lauren also left her job at Brown to relocate with her family to Virginia so her husband could start a new job at Georgetown this fall.

Allyson Bristor is an associate planner for the City of Bozeman Department of Planning in southwest Montana, where she has worked for eight years; she was promoted to neighborhood coordinator in September 2010. She plans a summer wedding to Chris Brekke of Duluth, Minn., at a historic Bozeman mansion she helped preserve while serving as the city’s historic preservation planner.

David Bristow and Irene Schinkel Bristow ’00 celebrate their 10th anniversary this year and, in August, expected their second child, a son, to join big sister Amelia. David received a Youth Minister of the Year award last year and a Coach of the Year award this year for taking the high school tennis team he coaches to regionals for the first time in its 20-year history. In April, Erin Heslep Caldwell and husband Jeremy of Charlotte, N.C., welcomed second daughter Anna Rose Caldwell, who joins big sister Lillian Virginia. Erin continues to work for the Friends of Barnabas Foundation, an international nonprofit providing healthcare for children and families in Honduras.

Lani Carnill had been a project accountant in the Washington, D.C., office of Gensler, a global design firm, for six years when she accepted a promotion that would take her back to her home state. She will be managing projects and developing training to support finance personnel at the company’s San Francisco corporate headquarters. Lani expects to visit family and friends on the East Coast but can’t wait to take advantage of San Francisco’s vibrant food scene and outdoor activities and reconnect with childhood friends. In May, Jessica Bergner DaSilva and husband Arnaldo welcomed their first child, Lucas Arno, who weighed a whopping 12 pounds, 1 ounce. Amanda Hedleston Dierling, husband Jay, and children Michael, Daniel, Ian, and Mary Grace welcomed the newest member of the family in March; Benjamin Wyatt was proudly named by his oldest brother after months of negotiations. Amanda is thrilled to own a home again in Rhome, Texas, and continues to enjoy being an at-home mom.

Robert Eidson planned to move to Miami in September to become SAP International’s HR director for Latin America. Becky Gibbons was finishing her residency in internal medicine, preparing for a fellowship in pulmonary/critical care, and getting ready for her October wedding. Karyn Havas was to defend her thesis for her Ph.D. in epidemiology at Colorado State University in August and move to the Baltimore area to continue work in the U.S. Army. Beth Waters Hunley loves her job as director of communications for Fredericksburg Academy, where son Jackson, 5, attends prekindergarten. She gets together yearly with fellow Ball Hall residents Lesia Kindrat- Pratt, Rachel Sykes Meyers, and Helena Tenenholtz ’02. Rachel and her husband welcomed their first child, Ashley Grace Meyers, in June.

On Valentine’s Day 2011, Jessica Johnson welcomed Katherine “Kate” Ray Verrusio, who joined big brother Hale, 2. Laura Indzeris Johnson and Tom Johnson ’97 welcomed baby girl Charlotte Wyatt in November, moved from Georgia back to Virginia, and live in the Harrisonburg area. Karol Kozak Lester and husband David of Charlottesville, who both work at U.Va., welcomed Lila Grace in November 2010. Madelyn Marino continues her quest to run a half-marathon in all 50 states and competed this year both in the U.S. and abroad. Highlights so far include running and visiting Annie Johnston in Raleigh, N.C., and Richard Speakman in Alaska. Madelyn was training to run in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August.

Sherri Trudeau Martin was to begin her fourth year as a teacher with Cherry Creek Online Learning Center, which is part of the Hope Online Learning Academy Co-op and under the direction of the Douglas County School District in Colorado. Son Andrew, an 18-year-old senior at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo., copes with the many challenges of Asperger syndrome, and will receive transition/life skill training after graduation in May. Sherri is proud to report that he has a 3.1 GPA and participated in the Aurora Youth 4 Success summer program for the second year in a row. The highlight of the last year for Sherri’s family was a two-week holiday cruise through the Panama Canal.

After working in Wilmington, N.C., for five years, Nicole McIntyre was moving to Shanghai, China, to teach fourth grade at an international school. Angela Mills earned a master’s degree in public administration, graduating summa cum laude in May from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was promoted to senior director of alumni chapters and outreach with the University of Tennessee’s alumni association and was to co-chair the alumni affairs track for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District III conference in February.

Mark Rodeffer has worked for C-SPAN in Washington, D.C., for five years and is now producer of the network’s morning show Washington Journal. Natalie Dykstra Rutkowski was expecting her second child, a girl, joining big sister Sarah, in August, when Natalie and Stan were to celebrate their eighth anniversary. Katherine Sanford and husband Gregory moved to Chicago in fall 2010, and daughter Beatrice Eleanor was born in April. Stephanie Lee Scheibe married Danny Barb of Bealeton, Va., in June 2010 at the Orange County home they bought in 2009. Stephanie accepted a new position in September 2010 as a senior IT specialist responsible for maintaining the archive of digital content for the Library of Congress at the National Audio- Visual Conservation Center’s Packard Campus in Culpeper.

In June, Kristin Neviackas Towse and husband Farley of Duxbury, Mass., welcomed their first child, Ella Marguerite. Melissa Wilson was appointed director of the Sandwich Historical Society in Sandwich, N.H., and is pursuing a Ph.D. in museum education at Capella University. Michelle Carr Young has worked at Forest Park Senior High School in Woodbridge, Va., for 11 years. She teaches journalism, ninth-grade English, and pre-AP English, and she is lead mentor in her building. Daughter Emileigh Marie turned 1 in July.