Class Notes

Daniel Punaro is pursuing an MBA at San Diego State University. Matt Straub received a master’s degree in school counseling from Southern Connecticut State University, and he coached and completed an internship at a Guilford, Conn., middle school. He also ran his first ultramarathon. Stephanie McGinness is a veterinarian at Animal Emergency and Critical Care of Lynchburg. Trevor Daubenspeck is an MBA candidate at the College of William and Mary’s Mason School of Business. He was elected graduate council president, had a summer internship with WAABA in Washington, D.C., and had a fall externship with Deloitte Consulting. Trish Lauck is pursuing a doctorate in chemistry with a focus on astrochemistry at U.Va. Eline Mul is in Yale University’s physician’s assistant program. Jamie Jefferson was married in August. Elizabeth “Betsy” Flaig Bubelnik married Matthew in September and was job searching.

Kathleen Pacious is pursuing a master’s degree in comparative literature at Trinity College Dublin and a Ph.D. in English at National University of Ireland, Galway. Daniel Kneip teaches middle school science in Fredericksburg. Margaret Murray Bloom of Earlysville, Va., married Noah Bloom of Garland, Texas, in April. Margaret works for her family’s farm outside Charlottesville and owns a special events company focused on weddings.

Ryan Lacey graduated from the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy and was awarded certification by Virginia’s Department of Criminal Justice Services. He interned with the Bureau of Diplomatic Security at the U.S. Department of State and works in justice administration in the Washington, D.C., area. Lauren Tusso teaches social studies in Bogota, Colombia. Kalyn Perkins McCreary and husband Patrick welcomed son Gunnar last September. Andrea Meyer earned master’s degrees from Long Island University and New York University. She was nominated to the Sag Harbor Historical Society board of trustees.

Sarah Herzog married Andrew Elliott in June in Mission Hills, Kan. Alissa Genovese ’07, Andrea Meyer, and Ashley Hamilton attended. Amy Riggs Davis and husband Joe of Camp Lejeune, N.C., were expecting their first child. Lindsay “Irby” Leonardo of Arlington, Va., married Miguel last October and earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences. Alyssa Lee, senior program manager for Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital, a nonprofit, joined the DC Strokes Rowing Club and raced in her first regatta. Colleen McMichael, field representative for Brooks running shoes, married Navy Hospital Corpsman Spencer Corey Southerland in June 2011 in St. Augustine, Fla.

Lindsay Easley earned a master’s degree in elementary education at UMW and planned to start teaching this fall. Abigail Steele is a pastry department supervisor at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa. Leslie McGlothlin married Vanderbilt University grad student Greg Barker and moved to Nashville, Tenn.