Class Notes

Kelli O’Quinn Gaudreau and Jeremy Gaudreau started dating their freshman year at Mary Washington, married in 2007, live in Richmond, and welcomed baby Juliet in September 2012. Kelli works in state government relations at Hunton & Williams. Jeremy is principal real estate broker at New Home Partners.

Kristin Simmers plans to teach at a UN-affiliated international school in Thailand for the next few years. Catherine Messa Saadat has been with public accounting firm Thompson, Greenspon & Co. since college graduation and was promoted to manager last year. She and husband Cameron welcomed first child Lily in January. They live in Arlington, where they bought and restored the Harry W. Gray House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Darrel Graf works for Citigroup in Dallas, got married in Sydney, Australia, and expected his first child in September. Andrea Soltess, Esri global affairs account manager, married Jesse Huber in June 2011. Tina Francis and Emmanuel Rangel planned a November wedding. Rachel Smith is a student success specialist/transfer adviser at Boston’s Wheelock College.

Kristen “Kiki” Skove King, senior writer and technology coordinator at Advocates for Human Potential, moved to Hernando County, Fla., in December with husband of nine years Jesse and 2-year-old twins Miles and Emmett. The Kings became Herbalife wellness coaches, lost more than 35 pounds combined in six weeks, and help others improve health and fitness.

Rachel Keller Hoffman earned a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling at VCU, graduated summa cum laude, and became a certified rehabilitation counselor. She welcomed baby Gavin Carlyle Hoffman this past spring.
     Amber Knowles, who works for the National Estuarine Research Reserve Centralized Data Management Office, married Matthew Tortolini in 2011. Eric Horne and wife Logan Dolby Horne ’06 live with their five children in Kumbo, Cameroon, and teach at Saint Augustine College.

Jason Lancaster, a lieutenant in the Navy serving at U.S. Commander, Naval Forces Korea, lives in Seoul with wife Nathalie. Brian Reagan of Centreville, Va., married Kimberly Usowski, and Brian’s brother, Jim Reagan ’00, was in the wedding party along with Andrew Dawson, Matt Kapuscinski, and Bryce Perry.

Bridget Murphy Healey and Jason Healey ’03 welcomed first child Grace in July. Mary Katherine and Kory Jessen welcomed first child Alexa in July. Sameer Vaswani completed his PADI scuba diving certification and traveled to Jamaica with Tyler St. Clair.