Class Notes

Amy Blasch Liberty lives in Springfield, Virginia, with her family and is the proud mom of TWO Eagle/Devil daughters in the Classes of 2017 and 2019.

Glenn Birch happily continues to live in Ashland, Virginia, with his wife, Ellen, where they regularly perform original and traditional folk music as part of a trio. They also enjoy spending time on the Northern Neck. Glenn also works as Director of Public Relations for Virginia Credit Union in Richmond.

Russell Berry, Director of Operations at Nathan Grace Real Estate, was installed as the 2016 President of the MetroTex (Dallas area) association of Realtors, the fifth largest realtor group in the nation. Russell also sits on the Board of Directors for both the National Association and the Texas Association of Realtors.

Michael E. Weigel is a senior software engineer who lives in Goose Creek, South Carolina, with his wife Julie and their four kids. Their oldest daughter Emily, 19, was married on New Year’s weekend. Matthew, 16, is in 11th grade and plays varsity basketball. John is 14 and a very popular young man. Hannah is 10 and full of life and joy. In 2011, Michael and his family became involved with Civil War reenacting as members of the 10th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Company E, of the Palmetto Battalion (a real Unit during the Civil War). His mother passed away suddenly (less than 3 months) from pancreatic cancer in May of 2013.

Carmela Garcia Patrick lives in Prince William County with her husband Sherman with three of their six kids still at home. They have a seventh and 11th grader, and a freshman at JMU and another at NOVA. Their oldest daughter is married and lives in Los Angeles, and their oldest son works on Capitol Hill and has two daughters, so they are grandparents. Carmela is a zoning expert in commercial real estate and her husband is a development consultant working in a law firm. The two of them work on development and real estate projects in Northern Virginia, sometimes working together. After MWC, Carmela earned a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from UNC-Chapel Hill, worked as a planner in local government, took a break to raise kids, and is now working from an office in Manassas, Virginia.

Carmela and her former roommate Carol Green Major regularly meet in November at the Urbanna Oyster Festival. Carol is originally from Urbanna, and they have been going to the Oyster Festival as often as possible since freshman year. Carol lives in Stormont, Virginia, with her husband Tommy and their two children, Katlin and Trey. Carol is a CPA and works in Kilmarnock, Virginia. Carmela often sees Gayle Greenwood Whitlock, as they both volunteer for several community fundraisers and events. Carmela also occasionally sees Liz Stamoulis Via-Gossman.

Susan Gray Barrett has been living along the coast in Clinton, Connecticut, for the past 30 years. She has two daughters; Gillian Peters is a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts majoring in legal studies and women and gender studies, and Kelli Peters is a junior in high school at The Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, Massachusetts. After working in health care in Connecticut for the past twenty years in various financial and operational leadership positions, Susan currently is the Vice President of Primary Care Operations for Hartford HealthCare, working with over 25 primary and urgent care offices across the state. When not working, Susan and her boyfriend enjoy spending time outdoors hiking, biking, and snowboarding in Stowe, Vermont.

Ann Marie Victor and Scott Stableford ’86 happily made their last tuition payment when their son Sean Stableford ’15 graduated from Mary Washington in December.

After an exciting year and a half adventure living in Manhattan and working for NBC Universal, Charles Kennedy is back in Los Angeles and has a new job heading up TV and Film research for Amazon Studios—the group that makes original programming (“Transparent,” “Man in the High Castle,” etc.) for the streaming service of Amazon. His daughter graduated from Washington University in St. Louis last May and has been working for ABC. His son graduated from NYU and is following the actor route. He was an extra on “Orange is the New Black” and many other shows. Guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Charles still surfs, bikes, and generally soaks up the California sun

As for me, we are enjoying our 10th year in Madison, Wisconsin. Our kids are doing well. Our son works in Seattle, and our daughter teaches elementary school in the area. Scott earned his PhD in History from UW-Madison and teaches Naval History at the University. I continue to work with ELL students in our local schools and love talking about books with my book club friends.

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