Class Notes

Matt Lowe received a promotion to be head of Finance and Strategy for Tom Ford’s cosmetics and fragrance business, one of the fastest growing brands within the Estée Lauder Companies. He also recently celebrated his third wedding anniversary with his husband, Amer Ahmed. They live in New York City and own a horse that is stabled in New Jersey.

Brandon and Laura (Castello) Cox celebrated their  twelfth wedding anniversary this year! They are enjoying living at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia with their six children. Brandon practices Family Medicine and Laura enjoys homeschooling the kids.

LoriAnn Maresca Solano, her husband Brendan, and two children (Mariel and Brayden)  are still loving Long Island.  LoriAnn works as a Licensed Behavior Analyst,  consulting in various schools and homes. She is passionate about sharing her love of essential oils and wellness with others.  She continues to dance and perform whenever she has the opportunity.

Suzi (Gallagher) Welch, along with her husband Ryan and their daughter Molly, have been living in Occoquan, VA for 3 years.  Suzi is a Realtor with the Keller Williams Metro Center in Old Town Alexandria and loves working with home buyers and sellers throughout Northern Virginia.  She also works with Moseley Real Estate School, teaching pre-licensing courses for those interested in obtaining their Virginia Real Estate License.  Ryan is a Major in the Army, currently stationed at Ft. Belvoir.  Molly will begin kindergarten this fall and Suzi and Ryan are expecting their second child in November!

Kristin Simmers is in her 13th year of living and teaching overseas and is currently in Bangkok, Thailand.

Michael Kuchler, his wife Alejandra, welcomed a baby girl, Mariana Winifred Kuchler into their family in November 2016. She joins her brother Daniel, 3.

Carolyn Huckabay & her husband Brian had a baby girl in October 2016, Georgia. She works as the communications manager at The Food Trust, a national healthy food access nonprofit.

Alexis (Slack) & Randy Shiflet II moved to Harrisonburg, VA to be closer to Randy’s family. Randy is working at JMU as a payroll manager & Alexis is a MH/SA therapist with Harrisonburg-Rockingham CSB. They have a two year old son Randy III.

Alex (Vizzier) Stephenson and her husband currently have two children, and live in Virginia Beach. She teaches high school English, and CST 100 at the local community college. Alex and her husband are the owners of Pleasure House Brewing in Virginia Beach, and just started distributing to Richmond with plans to distribute across Virginia soon.

Catherine Nicholson (formerly Catherine Daniel ’04), had a son, August, last January with her husband Les Nicholson. They currently own a home Alexandria, VA, but they have just started the process of building a home in Midlothian, VA. They plan to move to Midlothian in 2018.