Class Notes

Thanks to those who sent in news. Our classmate Bonnie Berry has a very interesting job with the Smithsonian Institution. In October, she assisted Seth Myers as part of the Mark Twain Awards at the Kennedy Center to honor Jay Leno. She also worked the Memorial Day show at the Capitol in May and the Christmas in D.C. special.

Lisa Bratton Soltis and Lisa Carle Shields attended a UMW gathering in Roanoke in October. President Hurley was there to discuss the Mary Washington First Campaign and all the new buildings and activities at Mary Washington – lots of things going on. Gayle Harrison Cleary and Vickie Nichols Shertz ’78 also attended.

When she’s not going to Fredericksburg for her work on the UMW Foundation Board, Lisa Soltis stays busy with all kinds of other travel. She visited Nancy Quaintance Nelles in Delaware in October. Earlier in the summer, she joined Karin Hedberg, Donna Anaya, Gayle Weinberger Petro and Gayle’s friend Jim for a few fun days in Wilmington, Delaware, when they went to Nancy’s daughter’s wedding at the Hotel Dupont, followed by a potato chip factory tour the day after.

In August, most of the same group, as well as Lisa Shields, were in Roanoke to see Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and Sheryl Crow. Gayle said it was a fun trip down memory lane and they loved it.

Donna Anaya and Lisa Soltis traveled to France in October, while Gayle Petro and Jim went to Florida to visit Gayle’s family and her high school French teacher. It’s amazing that Gayle has stayed in touch with her high school teacher after all these years!

Lisa Shields is still working at Sun Trust as a mortgage broker and lives at Smith Mountain Lake. Her son, Jonathan Shields ’09, works for a nonprofit organization associated with the Affordable Care Act in Washington D.C.

In November Lisa Roberts Jett (Abingdon), Sally Hart Morgan (Emory) and Christine Resele-Tiden Cardoza (Lynchburg) visited Lisa Soltis for some fun in Roanoke. Shelley Roberts Havnoonian did a Walk for the Heart Association.

My sister, Patricia Goliash Andril ’80, had one of her drawings, At Rest, accepted for a book on colored pencil art that will be out later this year. If you’re ever in Crystal City’s Underground mall and stop by the Art Underground Gallery, you may see Patty or some of her work there. She and her similarly talented daughter, Katie, occasionally have pieces on display at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria.

I am still working for Fairfax County in the Office of Public Affairs. I occasionally run into classmates Mary Regan McMahon and Carolyn Bess Pantzer, who also work for the county, as well as Fatima Allibhai Khaja ’80. I hope to hear from more of you for the next Class Notes!