Class Notes

In January, my husband, Chris Sicuranza ’98, and I welcomed second daughter Lucia Isabel, born on the same day of the year as daughter Gabriela. We plan an overseas adventure next year.

Joy Barnes, husband Roger Thomas, and children Emily, 7, Samuel, 3, and Maya, 1, moved to Oahu, Hawaii. Last fall Joy attended the New Jersey wedding of Erin Domangue and Michael Piemontesi, along with Rachael Dorsey-McGowen, Beth Geiger Wolly, Jessica Bonanno, Michelle Kelly Schuchardt, Maylian Pak, and Greg and Jennifer Murray Greven.

In her quest to run a marathon in all 50 states, Mel Sirois planned to run her 18th. She visited Spain last year and the Amazon in Brazil in September. Christen Masaniello Bensten started the Blue Egg Brown Nest antique refinishing and interior design business, and she has three children. She is in touch with Erandi Salgado of California, who has two sons, and Lisbeth White Busch of New York, who has a baby girl. Olivia Synnott Landry and husband Austin, owners of the Stephenson, Va., barbecue catering business, Jordan Springs Market, expected their second child this fall.

Mariah Butler Vogelgesang, mother of children Grant and Harris, welcomed daughter Louisa in June. Jaime Dowdy Brooks is a VCU Medical Center physical therapist. She and her husband, Craig, are the parents of Owen, 6, and Gavin, 4. Rachel Silbaugh Norman and husband Sean of New Jersey have two children, Lily, 4, and Evan, 2.