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2008

Ashley Sifer has a graduate degree from Saint Joseph’s University and is a part of the Teach For America Four Corners 2011 Corps. This is her third year teaching high school English on a Navajo reservation in Northeastern Arizona. Jessica McKenzie of Boston is a channel account coordinator with HubSpot, the company that invented inbound marketing.

Dale McCleese received a promotion to battalion chief of the Prince William [Virginia] Fire and Rescue Department in 2008. In 2010, he became chief of the Manassas, Va., Fire and Rescue Department. He retired in May of 2011 and moved to the Northern Neck of Virginia, where he has an RV and enjoys traveling.

Lisa Wilkerson moved to Nashville, Tenn., to preserve the sweet sounds of Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Margaret Murray Bloom and Noah Bloom married in April and live in Charlottesville, Va., where Margaret has a special event venue and planning business.

Trevor Daubenspeck is pursuing an MBA at the Mason School of Business at William & Mary, where he served as president of the Graduate Student Council. Alison Samuels purchased a house and moved to a new job as a senior associate at a national accounting firm.

Will Trahan graduated from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, where he received many top honors and awards. He plans to pursue a master of science degree and a periodontology residency at VCU.

Christine Chapman and Colin Deyman ’09 married in June at Winnekenni Castle in Haverhill, Mass. Christine uses her master’s degree in microbiology doing cholera research at Tufts University School of Medicine.

Alyssa Lee is with Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital. She joined the D.C. Strokes Rowing Club and competed in three regattas.