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Today’s
Bulletin Fall 2013
Pingree Bulletin
Pingree
Fall 2013
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2013 – 2014 Board of Trustees
Kirk C. Bishop P’06, ’06, ’08
President
Diane Kaneb P’10, ’12, ’13, ’14
Vice President
Neale Attenborough P’11, ’12
Secretary
Richard Tadler, P ’09, ’13
Treasurer
Timothy M. Johnson
Head of School
Dwight B. Corning P’10, ’13
Nagaraja Donti P’11, ’13
Sarah Emerson P’15
David Giunta P’13
Gloribel Gonzalez P’06, ’13
William Heffron P’13
Amanda Crawford Jackson ’96
Lisa Jones P’11, ’15
Polly Knowles P’11, ’12, ’13
Victor T. Livingstone P’12, ’14
Therese Melden P’09, ’11
Theodore E. Ober P’12, ’16
Vania O’Connor P’16
Oliver Parker P’06, ’08, ’12
Michael Patrican P’12, ’13, ’16
Jeffrey A. Rawlins P’09, ’12
Claudia Reynders P’16, ’16
Clifford Rucker P’14, ’16
Binkley C. Shorts P’95, ’00
Joan Sullivan P’12, ’14
Lisa Stern Taylor P’08, ’12
William J. Whelan, Jr. P’07, ’11
Table of
Contents
From the Head’s Desk
2
Mistress of the Fleet:
Alison Nolan ’93
4
Pingree Alum Makes a Bet,
Lands on His Feet
8
Tracing History on the Water:
One Man’s Journeys
10
Psychologist Offers Tips
on Navigating Adolescence
14
New Trustees
17
Who’s New in Our Classrooms?
18
Prep@Pingree Update
21
Donna Di Lillo P’08, ’14
PaRENTS Association President
Learning Across Borders Program
Initiates VIP
22
Alumni Share Careers With Seniors
23
Learning in Commons
26
Maya Jain: Pingree’s Own
Tap Dance Kid
28
Sculpture Adorns Our Campus
30
Annual Report of Giving
Announcement
32
Alumni and Community Events
33
Alumni Leadership Board
40
Class Notes
41
Brendan Greelish ’97
Alumni Leadership Board President
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Alice Blodgett P’78, ’81, ’82
Susan B. Brown ’70
John R. Chandler P’92, ’97
Malcolm Coates P’01
Herbert F. Collins P’80, ’84, ’86
Peter M. Cowen
James C. Deveney, Jr.
Alice Roberts Dietrich ’68
John P. Drislane P’90, ’93
Mimi Davis Emmons ’64, P’87, ’90
Richard Harte, Jr. P’69, ’74, ’77
Richard C. Kennedy P’75, ’76, ’78
Anne H. Kneisel ’66
Susanne Phippen P’75, ’78, ’80, ’82
Charles W. Pingree P’78
John R. Pingree P’74
Jane Blake Riley ’77, P’05
Charles P. Rimmer, Jr. P’86
William S. Rogers P’68, ’70
Edward S. Rowland P’77, ’80, ’82
Gilbert L. Steward, Jr.† P’83
Alexander A. Uhle
†Deceased
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Cover Photo:
Sam Brakeley ’06 canoes
his way through history
(see story on page 10)
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Bulletin Fall 2013
From the head’s desk
Dear Pingree community,
Our school year is off to an exhilarating start and our fall Bulletin once again covers a few
of the innovative people and happenings across the Pingree community. One exciting
announcement is about our Learning in Commons conference in February, and it merits
explanation in my opening. Pingree’s Learning Commons, which is essentially an evolution
of our library space and a rethinking of how we come together to construct knowledge,
seeks to support dynamic learning experiences in a physical space that provides leading
technologies, information literacy, and student support partnerships.
Models of learning centers confirm that hands-on, project-based work is best accomplished
in a flexible environment where students can explore and master new technologies while
simultaneously manipulating their surroundings by reconfiguring furniture, experimenting with display screens,
and accessing the partnership of instructional learning specialists who can best mentor navigating research, media/
technology, writing, and study skills. Based on new interactive environments in higher education and progressive
for-profit spaces, our proposed spaces aim to be a model for other schools and learning environments.
As the central hub of intellectual life at Pingree, our transformed library and computer lab spaces are a resource for
students, faculty, and community members. The Learning Commons is a physical manifestation of our educational
philosophy, which aims to develop and encourage critical thinking, discipline of mind, and civic engagement. We
believe that in order to thrive in today’s world, students must learn to communicate effectively; navigate complex
information; originate in thought and action; participate fully in the life of the community; and relate with empathy.
By centralizing interdisciplinary resources and providing state-of-the-art technology, the Learning Commons
maximizes the opportunities for realizing Pingree’s goals. Our Learning Commons houses the Writing Center,
Peer Tutor Program, Library, Educational Resource Center, and Technology Education. Innovative remodeling in
the years ahead will allow for a dynamic, centralized focal point of the school where people, ideas, and disciplines
converge naturally. Community participation and social networking become the focus.
The future is now at Pingree. I hope you enjoy reading about our efforts!
Warmly,
Tim
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THE CAMPAIGN FOR
ARTS, ATHLETICS, AND ACCESS
ARTS:
Two-story, 14,000+ square foot expansion
and renovation of our visual and performing
arts facilities
• Entry Lobby and Art Gallery
• Arts Department Office Suite
• Dance Studio
• Ceramics Studio
• Photography Studios (digital and wet)
• Scene Shop
• Dressing Rooms (2)
• Instrumental Classroom and Storage
• Choral Music Classroom
• Practice Studios (2)
• Recording Studio/Control Booth
our
future
is now.
ATHLETICS:
34,000+ square foot free-standing building
• 84' Basketball Courts (3); Includes 94' Exhibition Court
• Athletic Director’s Office
• Assistant Athletic Director’s Office
• Coaches’ Locker Rooms (Men’s and Women’s)
• Training Suite
• Locker Rooms (Boys’ and Girls’)
• Referee Locker Room
• Visiting Team Rooms (2)
• Multipurpose Meeting Room
ACCESS:
Endowment funds to support
• Financial aid and scholarships – 30% of Pingree
students receive financial support with an average
grant over $25,000.
• Prep@Pingree, our nationally recognized program for
talented middle school students from underserved
communities. Prep@Pingree alumni represent 5% of
the student body.
• Non-tuition expenses such as transportation, books,
and trips, so that the full Pingree experience is
available to all students.
proudlypingree.org
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Be a
Part
of It.
Photos courtesy of Alison Nolan
Mistress
of the Fleet
Alison Nolan ’93
Some kids dream of being doctors or lawyers, fire fighters or police
officers, artists or engineers. Not many imagine being a Principal and
General Manager of the largest maritime employer in Boston Harbor,
a 32-vessel fleet of boats with up to 450 employees and 275 scheduled
departures every day.
Yet that’s exactly the position that Alison Nolan ’93 finds herself in today.
Though she majored in biology at Stonehill College and was pre-med,
she was never convinced she was cut out for the many years of schooling
that medicine required. Consequently, upon graduation, she temporarily
joined the family business to give herself time to contemplate what she
truly wanted to do with her life.
That was 16 years ago.
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As general manager of Boston Harbor Cruises, Alison focuses
on reaching revenue projections, overseeing all public bid and
procurement processes, and supervising the company’s excursion
scheduling, marketing, public relations, philanthropy, and IT services.
As if that were not enough to keep her busy, she is also a member of
the Board of Directors for the Boston Harbor Association, vice chair
of the Museum of Science Young Leadership Committee, Original
Colonies Regional Co-Chair for the Passenger Vessel Association,
Overseer for the USS Constitution Museum, and member of Skal
International. It is no surprise, then, that in 2012 Alison was named a
40 Under 40 Honoree by Boston Business Journal and a semi-finalist
by Ernst & Young for New England Entrepreneur of the Year.
Alison’s great-grandfather, Matthew J. Hughes, started the family
business in 1926. A great lover of boats, he dreamed of being a captain
and, at age 16, lied about his age to become the youngest
licensed captain in the port of Boston. He offered
30-minute cruises on the Charles River for ten cents to
locals who wanted to beat the heat in the warm weather
before anyone had air conditioning. After a hiatus in the
Navy, he moved his operation into Boston Harbor and
onto a World War II surplus boat that he fixed up and
named the Rickimark after his grandchildren.
Alison chairs
the company’s
philanthropic
portfolio.
Recent contributions to local organizations
include, but are in no way limited to:
• Partnering with the City of Boston and
Mayor Menino, BHC offers an annual
series of complimentary cruises for
READ Boston, Boston Centers for
Youth and Families, and Elderly
Commission and Veterans Affairs,
giving more than 2,000 people
an opportunity to enjoy Boston
Harbor and its waterfront each year.
• In 2012, having witnessed first hand the
struggles of family members returning
from war, BHC pledged $1 of every
ticket sold during the week of July 4th
and the Bicentennial of the War of 1812
to the Wounded Warrior Project. BHC
presented a check for $30,095 and
hosted a private cruise each morning
of that week – bringing hundreds of
Wounded Warriors and families to see
the Tall Ships and the USS Constitution.
• BHC partnered with the Joe Andruzzi
Foundation and Camp Miracles and
Magic to provide Codzilla cruises to
children battling diseases.
• Following the Marathon bombing, BHC
donated over $6,000 (all proceeds
from the day of lockdown) to the One
Fund Boston.
• BHC is a sponsor of numerous
waterfront-related businesses’ annual
fundraising dinners, including The Boston
Harbor Association, Save the Harbor,
Save the Bay, the USS Constitution
Museum, and Thompson’s Island
Outward Bound.
Times changed on the waterfront and harbor tours became
a difficult way to make a living, so Alison’s grandfather
switched the business to offering deep sea fishing trips in the
1960s and ’70s. Alison’s dad and uncles joined the business and were all
involved for the next seismic shift in the neighborhood – the opening of
the New England Aquarium and Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market in the late
’70s. Suddenly, tourism was bursting on the waterfront and the Nolan
family shifted back to offering sightseeing and harbor tours.
Expansion extended to the Harbor Islands through some dicey
financial times in the ’80s, but a contract won with the MBTA in 1986
gave Boston Harbor Cruises the business between Charlestown Navy
Yard and Long Wharf, providing revenue during the cold months to
augment the tourist dollars. Whale watching tours soon followed.
Boston Harbor Cruises was the first company to bring high-speed
vessels on line for whale watches.
Today, Alison’s business partners are her father, uncle, and cousin,
Rick, Chris, and Patrick Nolan. “I’m proud to be in a family business
that’s lasted four generations,” says Alison. “There’s pride in seeing
what’s been accomplished and what each generation has contributed.”
Besides that, she likes working with family members she gets along
with so well.
Ferries to Salem, Quincy, and Provincetown have been added to
the business in recent years, along with sightseeing tours with names
like USS Constitution Cruise, Charles River & Locks Cruise, Historic
Sightseeing Cruise, Sunset Cruise, and Boston Tea Party Cruise; lunch
and brunch cruises; and rides on Codzilla, a boat with two turbocharged diesel engines and 2,800 horsepower.
“This is an incredible time to be involved in the waterfront,” Alison
explains. “Since the Big Dig, there has been a real renaissance in
Boston.” Most recently, the company has become involved in Summer
on the Waterfront, a kind of summerlong festival that culminates with
fireworks each August.
What’s next? Alison is looking forward to offering a new service, a
water shuttle that will act as a cultural connector among sites such as
the Institute of Contemporary Art, the Children’s Museum, and the
New England Aquarium.
As she sits in the conference room of the company’s headquarters on
the wharf in Boston, Alison looks the consummate business executive.
Yet she hasn’t forgotten her days at Pingree when she delved into
science with an eye towards a future career, enjoyed her “first exposure
to art, met different kinds of people, and tried every sport.” –JK
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Alison’s great-grandfather,
Matthew J. Hughes, started
the family business in 1926.
A great lover of
boats, he dreamed
of being a captain
and, at age 16, lied
about his age to
become the youngest
licensed captain in the
port of Boston.
By Emily Lospennato ’03
Photos courtesy of Andrew Vassallo
Pingree Alum Makes a Bet,
Lands on his Feet
Mobile App, Spogo, Takes
Boston Bar Scene by Surprise
Sports fans browsing through the iTunes app store
these days are likely to stumble upon Spogo, a free mobile
app that lets sports fans win rewards for making correct
predictions as they watch live games. There are tons of apps
to download these days—ones that manage health, finances,
and food intake. But not every app in the iTunes store was
created, developed, and launched by a Pingree alum.
Andrew Vassallo ’06 graduated from the University
of Richmond in the middle of the latest United States
recession. He was one of the luckier ones. With a degree in
business administration and a concentration in finance and
entrepreneurship, he quickly landed a job in investment
banking at Cowen and Company in New York. Andrew
spent one year working in healthcare and another in
aerospace and defense. “I worked 100- hour weeks,” he said.
“It wasn’t always fun, but I learned a lot about fundraising
and finance and gained a pretty strong work ethic from it.”
Andrew also attributes his ability to work long hours
and power through setbacks to his days at Pingree. “A
good example is my junior year history paper,” he said. “I
decided to justify the atomic bombs. That was certainly a
risk to write about and tedious at times, and in the end I
didn’t know if I even believed what I was writing, but I won
an award for it.”
Despite his perseverance in the classroom and in the
office, Andrew quickly realized that he didn’t want to pursue
investment banking for the long-term. He and his college
roommate, David Shack, would spend hours late at night
chatting online. “We kept saying, ‘How the hell do we get
out of here and do our own thing?’” They weren’t sure
exactly what to do, but they did know they had one thing in
common—a tremendous love of sports. David and Andrew,
who both played club sports during college, focused on the
landscape of sports and fantasy sports and how they could
take advantage of the move to the “second screen”. When the
two were out at bars watching sporting events, they realized
that all of their peers were multitasking. “People would be
watching the game,” Andrew said. “But they’d also be on
their phones.” And with that realization, Spogo was born.
Andrew and David knew that if they could get
people to play the game and interact and engage
while out at a bar watching a sporting event, they
could provide value to both the fan and the bar.
Neither one of them had advanced technical
skills, so they started thinking about the
broader picture. By combining their business
and financial knowledge, they were able to
develop a strong business plan. “We just started
talking to people,” said Andrew. “And then
we got to the point where we knew where we
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wanted the app to be. We
saw a couple of small
competitors out there
and we said, ‘OK, we
have to do this now.’”
In July 2012,
Andrew and David
quit their New York
City jobs and moved
into a tiny basement
apartment in South Boston. “And that’s
when we started working on Spogo full-time,” said Andrew.
During last year’s football season, Andrew and David
were able to launch the first version of the Spogo app. By
word of mouth and aggressive sales pitching, they were
able to partner with 50 local bars and restaurants in Boston
and NYC. Andrew and David knew they had a good thing
going, but also realized that in order to bring the app to
the next level they would
have to hire someone with
more technical skills. After
Here’s the scoop on Spogo. The app delivers questions
related to live sports games and participants are able to
build upon their point allowance with every question they
answer correctly. Questions range from player statistics,
yard line predictions, and whether or not Bill Belichick
will walk onto the field sans hoodie. After earning enough
points, the app alerts players of the nearest participating
restaurant and lists available offers. The questions are
designed for the casual sports fan, so most Spogo players
will earn enough points to redeem a free appetizer, halfpriced entrée, or other discount.
Today, Andrew and his team have moved out of their
small office space in South Boston and into a more
permanent location in downtown Boston, and are in the
process of an additional seed round of funding. The team
continues to work hard to expand the business by slowly
building connections outside of Boston in Providence and
New York. Soon, the Spogo team hopes to have a nationwide
presence.
Regardless of the future, Andrew has no regrets about his
decision to break away from the corporate world and throw
himself into the world of entrepreneurship.
He looks back fondly at his years at Pingree
Here’s the scoop on Spogo. The app delivers questions related
and knows that the values he learned
to live sports games and participants are able to build upon their
there have helped guide him through
point allowance with every question they answer correctly.
his life. “Being able to take a leap of faith
is important,” he said. “And I think you
the football season ended in early 2013, Andrew and David certainly learn to take risks at Pingree. They teach you there
introduced a third member to the Spogo team who would to be yourself and make decisions on your own, whether
focus on the technical side of things. With a new team that’s in classes, on the stage, or on the playing field.”
member in tow, the Spogo crew decided to take things to
Not long ago, Andrew was a typical senior at Pingree—
the next level.
smart and motivated, but clueless as to what the future
Together, the team submitted an application to
Betaspring, a “mentorship-driven startup accelerator
program for technology and design entrepreneurs.” The
company takes on ten companies at a time, provides
funding, and works with them for 12 weeks. “They try
to make you do in three months what would have taken
you a year to do without them,” Andrew said. Betaspring
ultimately takes 6 – 10% of common stock in companies
that participate in the program. “It was a good proof point
for us,” said Andrew. “Three hundred companies applied
and only 12 got in—so we said, ‘OK, we’re doing something
right. We’re on the right track here.’”
would hold. If Andrew could speak to that version of himself
today, he’d say, “If you have the opportunity to take a leap of
faith, I say take it. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I
could be looking for a job in six months—who knows? But
no matter what, this experience has been worth it.”
For information on Spogo and to check out the company’s
recent Internet buzz, visit www.spogo.co.
Emily Lospennato earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Writing,
Literature and Publishing from Emerson College and a Master’s
of Science degree in Public Relations from Boston University. She
now works at Matter Communications in Newburyport, MA.
Sam Brakeley ’06
Photos courtesy of Sam Brakeley
Tracing History
on the Water:
One Man’s Journeys
Though he was alone, he saw
someone on the river most every
day. Loneliness was never a
problem, anyway, because he’s
comfortable being alone.
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T
he whole reason I go on canoe trips,” Sam
Brakeley ’06 explains, “is that I embrace the
simplicity of them. Getting back to the basics,
paddling during the day, picking up your paddle,
putting it in the water, taking a stroke. It’s really peaceful
and rejuvenating for me.” Sam’s trips may range from
an afternoon glide to a 400-mile wilderness trip in
northern Quebec over eight weeks. During his most
recent undertaking, however, he retraced the 300-mile
route that Benedict Arnold and more than 1,000 soldiers
took in 1775 from just south of Augusta, Maine to Quebec
City, Quebec.
Arnold’s expedition took approximately two months
and actually began in the Cambridge-Boston area, with a
brief stop in Newburyport before moving on to Augusta
where the troops picked up batteaux, the boats they used
instead of canoes, according to Sam. Their intent was to
attack and take the city of Quebec for the colonies. Arnold
was, at this time, still a loyal supporter of the American
Revolution, and had not yet switched sides to support
the British. The trip was “tougher and longer and wilder
than they had anticipated” and was recognized as one of
the “craziest military expeditions in history.” Sam set out
to “replicate the route, if not the experience of hurricanes
and starvation.” He began on August 21 and completed
his trip on September 4, 2013.
While Arnold had lots of company on his trip (many
turned back when confronted with the fierce conditions),
Sam chose to make his journey alone. From Augusta, or
more specifically, Pittston, he paddled up the Kennebec
River for 95 miles to Wyman Lake just north of Bingham,
Maine where he made a series of portages through small
ponds to Flagstaff Lake. Once across the lake, he paddled
up the north branch of the Dead River to a series of
ponds to hop through to Arnold Pond and then to the
Canadian border and height of land. At that point , it was
upstream the whole way, says Sam, ending in just a bare
stream. Crossing the height of land involved a four-mile
portage culminating at the Arnold River. The ride down
the Arnold spilled into Lac Megantic and, at the other
end, the Chaudiere River. “I paddled that almost to the
St. Lawrence River to Scott’s Landing, Quebec,” says Sam.
“By then, Benedict Arnold had barely any boats left. He
and his men were walking along the edge of the river on
the road where they found civilization and some food.
There, at Scott’s Landing, Sam portaged eight miles to
the Etchemin River and then to the St. Lawrence River
for his last canoe ride into Quebec.
To navigate, Sam used maps from the United States
Geological Service (USGS) and the Arnold Expedition
Historical Society. The society, according to Sam, is small
but enthusiastic, and members were very supportive of
Sam’s endeavor. “I’m the first in a long time to do the trip
and the first to ever do it alone,” explains Sam. “I met
with one of the guys who did it in
sections in the ’70s. His name is Duluth Wing. He’s a
passionate Arnold aficionado – he’s 85 and full of energy
– and he goes out every year in the woods with a metal
detector along the portage routes that Arnold and his
men used and has pulled out all sorts of artifacts from
the original expedition. Duluth is emblematic of the
historic significance of this.”
During the evenings, after paddling, Sam read from
several journals he brought along that were written by
men while they were on the 1775 expedition. “I wanted
to see what they had to say about the section of the river
240-plus years ago,” he recalls. He also brought some
history books to consult.
Each morning and evening, he built a fire to cook
food. Oatmeal was his usual breakfast fare; peanut
butter and jelly for lunch; pasta for dinner. He slept in a
sleeping bag and a tent by the side of the river each night.
Though he was alone, he saw someone on the river most
every day. Loneliness was never a problem, anyway, Sam
says, because he’s comfortable being alone.
The Arnold expedition was not Sam’s first time
connecting canoeing with history. In 2009, he and
college roommate Andy Rougeot followed the Northern
Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) for 740 miles from Old Forge,
New York to Fort Kent, Maine, across streams, lakes,
and rivers, upstream and downstream, over flatwater
and whitewater, and considerable portages. The NFCT,
started in 2000, maps out a canoe route similar to
the overland Appalachian Trail, Sam explains, with
kiosks along the way and maps that include historical
information. After completing that trip, Sam wrote
about it in a self-published book, Paddling the Northern
Forest Canoe Trail: A Journey Through New England History,
available from Amazon. He is thinking about writing a
book about the Arnold trip as well. It would “look at the
day-to-day life of the men on the expedition and then
superimpose my own experience on top of it,” says Sam.
In the meantime, Sam, who graduated from Colby
College with a degree in Environmental Studies, works
for Northern Forest Canoe Trail and has started his own
company, Permit Woods Trail Builders, LLC, building
trails for non-profits, towns, private individuals, Vermont
Institute of Natural Science, Dartmouth College, and
other clients. As for his next adventures, he hopes to
go on additional wilderness trips and explore Maine’s
Penobscot, Androscoggin, and St. John Rivers. “I’d like to
do a loop through northern Maine and combine it with
the logging history of the area. A lot of those rivers are
still very pristine.” –JK
Sam Brakeley ’06
Sam’s trips may range from an
afternoon glide to a 400-mile
wilderness trip in northern Quebec over
eight weeks. During his most recent
undertaking, however, he
retraced the 300-mile route
that Benedict Arnold and more
than 1,000 soldiers took by
batteau in 1775 from just
south of Augusta, Maine to
Quebec City, Quebec.
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Psychologist and author JoAnn Deak
returned to Pingree’s campus in
September to give presentations to faculty, students,
and parents about the adolescent brain and its workings.
Offering concrete advice in
response to feedback from her
previous visit, she began by telling faculty:
•Adolescents must have at least eight to nine hours of
sleep per night or their intellectual growth may be
stunted.
•Because
adolescents naturally sleep later in the
morning and go to bed later at night, school ideally
should start around 9 a.m. If this is not practical,
schools should have students exercise rigorously
every day so that they will fall asleep earlier.
•Schools should have assigned seating in classrooms
that should change every couple of weeks. This
will help students “change their social taste buds,”
something they will not do on their own, but is
important to their emotional development.
•Teachers should engage in “Oreo teaching” in each
class period, ending with a review of the material
covered, with the “stickies” that are important for
the students to remember, since it is difficult for
adolescents to do this on their own. This helps them
consolidate thinking and remedy faulty thinking
before they leave class.
•Don’t ask students to raise their hands in class
because then only the students who raise their hands
will bother engaging their brains in processing the
question. If students don’t know who the teacher will
call on, they will all be engaged in trying to find the
answer.
•Always stop a movie or stop lecturing after 10 or 20
minutes because students have to go from input to
processing to output frequently to maximize effective
learning.
Returning to a theme she emphasized in her previous visit, Dr.
Deak spoke about the amygdala and its power during the adolescent
years; how the pre-frontal cortex comes online after behavior rather
than before when it might mediate. Consequently, she advised teachers
to build in a delay for students, to never let students yell out answers, but
rather have them write down what they want to say or repeat what the
person before them said. “Your job is to encourage the working
of the pre-frontal cortex as much as possible,” she said.
Keeping students “in the zone” for optimal learning was
another admonition for faculty. “Brains work best when
stretched a little,” Dr. Deak advised, but if the brain is too
stressed, it “stops growing and is permanently stunted.”
Since the decade of adolescence is “designed for bulking
up the brain,” it is imperative, she believes, that the right
balance of arousal and interest is piqued in the classroom.
In talking to the students, Dr. Deak emphasized how
important it is for them to use and stretch their brains
every day. “If you don’t get enough sleep; don’t eat enough
protein; don’t think in hard, abstract ways every day; the
lanes of your brain won’t open up,” she told them. “For the
rest of your life, you’ll struggle with hard tasks. You need
to stretch a lot. Great teachers make you struggle.”
She also advised them to deal swiftly with hurtful,
negative experiences and not let them fester. Talk to a
friend, deal with it directly, do whatever you have to do
to modulate it swiftly. “If you have a sky-high negative
emotion during adolescence, it will stay there unless you do
something about it,” she said. “The amygdala is designed to make you care
more about what others think during adolescence.” As for those who are
mean to others who don’t deserve it, she finds their acts “almost immoral”
since she believes the negative effects can be lifelong and “you are
changing them for the rest of their lives.”
To counteract this potential damage, Dr. Deak told the students
to seek “those things that bring you joy in life. Search for your
North Star.” Before she ended, she repeated several times,
“Please make sure that you have at least one North Star.”
Finally, Dr. Deak shared her wisdom with parents. “We
are stunned by what’s happening in the second decade,” she
began. “We thought that what was happening in the first
decade of life was the most important and that adolescence
was just some more days of living.” Instead, she explained, it’s
designed to set formats for the future.
Though self-esteem is never perfect, late adolescence
is a time for it to head uphill, she suggested. If by age
20, the dip it suffered during the teen age years has not
been recouped, research suggests a person won’t hit his or
her stride until age 40. Clearly, being in a positive, supportive,
and nurturing environment helps this process.
Dr. Deak expounded on the importance of stretching the
brain – the corpus collusum, in particular – in adolescence; that
memorization is not the same as complex thinking in training minds
to work well. “If answers come too easily,” she explained, “you won’t have
paved roads, you’ll have dirt roads.” She advised parents to “run away from
a school that’s a piece of cake for your child or a teacher that gives the
answer to a test.” She reiterated how important she believes it is for
adolescents to hear that this is their decade for “putting
down major roadways for executive functioning
and complex thinking. They need to hear the
power of this.” –JK
Dr. Deak’s new book is The
Owner’s Manual for Driving
Your Adolescent Brain.
2013 – 2014
PINGREE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NEW TRUSTEES
New Trustees
M. Donna Di Lillo graduated
from Boston College in 1982
with a degree in political
science. She has worked for
Duffy Properties, Raytheon,
Spaulding and Slye, and
Spaulding Investment
Company. Mother to Annie ’08
and Katherine ’14, Donna currently serves as the
Pingree Parents Association president after being
vice president, co-chairing the PPA auction,
and serving twice as PPA treasurer. She and her
husband, Louis, are consistent leadership donors
to Pingree.
Brendan greelish ’97
has served on the Alumni
Leadership Board since 2007.
Now the ALB president, he
was secretary from 2007–2009
and vice president since 2009.
A graduate of St. Lawrence
University, Brendan is
president of Compass Facility Services, a janitorial
contractor that provides professional janitorial
services to businesses and facilities throughout
Massachusetts, and in Providence, Hartford, and
other regional communities. His company has
been a key supporter of the Deveney Golf
Classic for many years, and he and his wife,
Sita, have been consistent donors to the
Pingree Fund since 2004.
claudia showalter reynders, M.D.,
is a graduate of Princeton University and
Yale University School of Medicine. She
is currently a radiologist at North Shore
Medical Center and Commonwealth
Radiology Associates Inc., as well as chief
of breast imaging and co-medical director
of Mass General/North Shore Center for
Outpatient Care Breast Health Center. She is the author of
several research publications, a member of many professional
organizations, and the recipient of numerous awards and
honors. A Hamilton resident, Claudia and her husband,
Chat, are the parents of two Pingree sophomores, Claire and
Charlotte, and a third grader at Brookwood, Chase.
vania o’connor, founder and former
president of Portside Technologies, a website
design and web application development
company, is a graduate of Northeastern
University. Prior to founding Portside
Technologies, Vania worked in the field
of electronic records and information
management/automation with organizations
including the Boston Globe, Fiduciary Trust, Mellon Trust,
Time Warner Publishing, and the City of Boston, helping
to eliminate waste in paper production and automate the
archiving, retrieval, and distribution of reports. Currently on
the board of Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School, Vania
has served on or chaired several board committees there. He
and his wife, Barbara, are the parents of Patrick, a 2013 graduate
of Berklee College of Music; Nicole, a sophomore at Pingree;
and Evan, a seventh grader at Berwick Academy.
Who’s New
Adapted from questionnaires developed
and distributed by the editorial staff of The
New Columns, Pingree’s student newspaper:
Chad Tokowicz ’14, Daniel Massillon ’16, Joel
Fernandez ’15, and Alonzo Jackson ’16.
in Our Classrooms?
Why did you choose to come to Pingree? I am incredibly excited to be joining the
Pingree community at a time when the arts programming is growing. I am thrilled about the
opportunities the new spaces will provide both students and faculty. Above all, I love teaching
and working with young people. I was drawn to Pingree because of the sense of community
and togetherness I felt when I visited. I admire the mutual respect that exists between faculty
and students.
What do you like to do for fun? I love spending time on outdoor adventures with my
husband, Enrique, and my two children, Wyatt and Adeline. I also enjoy running, hiking, and just
generally being active.
How would you describe yourself in one sentence? One word? One sentence:
This was too hard, so I brought in some experts. I asked my husband, mom, sister, and two best
friends. Here’s a summary of what they said: Arlynn is dynamic, persistent, creative, unique, caring,
and fiercely loyal. One word: If I had to sum up all of what the people close to me said, I would say I’m
passionate.
If you could be anything besides a teacher, what would it be? A professional runner
or some kind of wilderness adventure guide.
Why are you a teacher? I have always wanted to teach. My mom was a teacher for 37 years, and
education has always been a huge part of my life. Teaching is inspiring and motivating, and I learn
something new every day.
Arlynn Polletta
Theater
Previous potion:
Associate Director of Charles
River Creative Arts and
Community Programs, Charles
River School, Dover, MA.
What have been your first impressions of Pingree students? They are incredibly
supportive, confident, and excited about learning. I appreciate the humor and enthusiasm they bring each day.
Why did you choose to come to Pingree? (Anna taught at Pingree for eight years
before leaving to earn her Master’s degree.) Teaching at Pingree challenges me to be both
creative and rigorous. It also welcomes the opportunity to find new ways to teach, such as
cross-curricular classes and service trips.
What do you like to do for fun? Although I am not talented at all, I love to craft! I am
a life-long beginner in sewing, knitting, scrapbooking, glue-gunning, etc. I like to hike, travel,
sing, spend time with my family, and read. I’ve also recently learned to cook and I like to try
new recipes (such as zucchini brownies and fried plantains) and bring them in for my advisees
(who don’t eat them). I also love shopping at thrift stores and even write a blog about it with
my sister Caroline.
Anna McCoy
History and Community Service
Previous Position
Graduate student in International
Development and Service Learning at
Portland State University which included
study at the Universidad de San Francisco
in Quito, Ecuador and the Galapagos
Institute for Arts and Science in the
Galapagos Islands.
How would you describe yourself in one sentence? One word? I am
dependent on coffee to wake up in the morning; I am loud; and I love funny people. One
word: Creative.
If you could be anything besides a teacher, what would it be? When I was in
fourth grade, I declared that I wanted to be a park ranger. It was because I liked the hats. I still
think it would be an amazing job, but now I don’t like the hats so that creates problems.
Why are you a teacher? That’s a hard question to answer because I never considered
being anything else. Mostly, I love seeing students have those “a-ha!” moments when they are
able to make connections between current events and things we’ve studied in history class.
What are your impressions of Pingree students? Pingree students are warm,
creative, giving, and hilarious.
Why did you choose to come to Pingree?
I came to Pingree for the opportunity to become the Program Director of P@P.
What do you like to do for fun? I like to travel and sightsee at various places.
How would you describe yourself in one sentence? A person that is a good
listener with a calm demeanor.
One word? Patient.
If you could be anything besides a teacher, what would it be? Architect.
Why are you a teacher? I like working with kids and coaching.
Paul Mayo
What have been your first impressions of Pingree students?
Sincere, genuine, polite, and happy.
Interim Director of
Multicultural Education
Program Director of
Prep@Pingree
Why did you choose to come to Pingree? I chose
to come to Pingree for its reputation of having a tight-knit
community, strong academics, arts, and athletics; and to be
near to the North Shore where I grew up.
Previous Position
Director of Diversity at New
Canaan Country School,
New Canaan, CT
What do you like to do for fun? In my spare time,
I enjoy spending time with friends and family, running,
cooking and, with enough time, traveling.
How would you describe yourself in one sentence? One word? I have a chronic
case of wanderlust that rivals my appreciation for a quick wit.
Merrill Stabler
Spanish
Previous position:
Spanish teacher at Middlesex
School, Concord, MA
If you could be anything besides a teacher, what would it be? I’m going to go
ahead and change “anything” to “anyone” and then say: Beyoncé.
Why are you a teacher? I love the vibrant energy of schools! My students constantly make
me laugh and it is a pleasure to see kids understand difficult concepts after studying hard.
What have been your first impressions of Pingree students? They are kind,
motivated, and energetic.
Why did you choose to come to Pingree? Pingree gives off the vibe of a
welcoming community. It is a place where teachers and students seem to enjoy each other’s
company and learn from one another. These qualities were very attractive for me.
What do you like to do for fun? I like to spend time with my dog (Cami), surf, read,
play sports, and hang out with friends and family.
How would you describe yourself in one sentence or word? Adventurous.
If you could be anything besides a teacher, what would it be? Right now,
nothing.
Why are you a teacher? Teachers have the opportunity to shape the future through the
impact they have on their students. That is what excites me about being a teacher.
What have been your first impressions of Pingree students? Pingree
students work incredibly hard at everything they do. They are also multi-talented, eager to
learn, and very polite!
Dominick Fitzpatrick
Mathematics
Previous Position:
Graduate student in Oceanography
at the University of Maine
The Power of 10
10 Investments To
Sustain 10 More Years
As part of Proudly Pingree: The Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access, we are excited to present
The Power of 10 to an inspirational group of visionary investors who imagined Prep@Pingree more than 10
years ago. This abbreviated, targeted campaign will sustain Prep@Pingree’s operating and related secondary
school scholarship funding for the next 10 years. We seek 10 investments totaling nearly $1,000,000 that
will be honored with a donor plaque created by a Prep@Pingree and Pingree alumna (early rendition seen
right) that will hang outside of the Prep@Pingree classrooms. Achieving this goal will allow Prep@Pingree
to continue serving underserved middle schoolers each summer and beyond. Establishing such a fund will
enable Prep@Pingree to implement its recently completed strategic plan and launch the second decade of
connecting Pingree school to talented and motivated students. It will provide necessary secondary school
scholarship resources so that Prep@Pingree alumni who are admitted to independent and parochial schools
will have the opportunity to enroll, even if secondary school financial aid falls short of the costs of enrolling.
ONE Naming Opportunity for
THE Prep@Pingree Program
$250,000
“The Jane Doe Prep@Pingree Program at Pingree School”
or $50,000 for 5 years
ONE Naming Opportunity for
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR (achieved)
$125,000
“The Tim Collins Director of Prep@Pingree”
Three NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
SCHOLARSHIPS (two achieved*)
$100,000
SIX NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
TO SUPPORT THE SECOND DECADE
OF PREP@PINGREE (five achieved*)
$50,000
October 2013
*The Shorts Family Scholarship
*The Anne Hooper Kneisel Scholarship
*The Corning Family Gift for the Future
*The John and Susie Glessner
Gift for the Future
*The Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation
Gift for the Future
*The Bill and Mary Wasserman
Gift for the Future
* The Cliff and Susan Rucker Gift for the Future
Prep@Pingree’s 12th consecutive summer connected 50 talented, hardworking students with an extraordinarily competent and compassionate
staff of Paul Mayo, Candice Jimerson-Johnson, Mike Corbelle, Chase
Goodwin, Meg O’Hare, Lisa Truong, Bianca Capone, Mike Wittner, Tony
Van, Connie Truong, Calvin Gonzalez, Carmine Piantedosi, Dan Peters,
Lucas Reeve, and Karelyn Urena. In addition to the daily teachers and
Pingree student instructors, we were fortunate once again to include in
our afternoon programming the expertise of Admission Senior Associate
Director Mary Dyer and Learning Resource Center Director Ann Lyons. Thanks also to Director of Admission Eric
Stacey for joining Prep@Pingree’s annual summer admission panel of area independent and Catholic schools. update
Prep@Pingree strategic planning implementation continues as we extend the summer program into the academic
year and build even more robust funds for secondary school scholarships and non-tuition expenses. The Power of
10 initiative on the adjacent page outlines those who have already registered their vote of confidence and made an
investment in Prep@Pingree’s second decade of success.
Thank you to the many supporters who have made investments of time, talent, and treasure that make
Prep@Pingree possible. Please contact me with your questions of other feedback.
Steve Filosa
Executive Director
Prep@Pingree
[email protected]
Learning Across
Borders Program
I n i t i at e s V I P
Pingree’s Learning Across Borders Program forged
an innovative partnership with the Harkness Institute in Nuevo
Vallerta, Mexico this year. The Harkness Institute in Riviera Nayarit is
a baccalaureate school that employs a conference study approach to
learning, rather than the traditional classroom setting.
Accredited by the Secretaría de
Educación Pública, Harkness seeks
bright and motivated students
from the area to prepare them for
university study at the international
level. The Harkness Institute
employs a student-centered
pedagogy that requires students to
build their own knowledge base
and not simply be passive recipients
of information. All students are
expected to participate after school
hours and during holidays in
their program for service to their
community. They raise money for
Manos de Amor, an orphanage in
Bucerias, and work as translators
for Doctors without Borders, the
Tourism Office, and Pan American
Games. Additionally, there is a close
bond with an association that is
working to protect the Olive Ridley
turtles nesting on the shores of
Nuevo Vallarta. Between semesters,
Harkness students camp out on the
beaches of Nuevo Vallarta to patrol
the beaches day and night to protect
the habitat of the vanishing Olive
Ridley turtle.
Through Pingree’s new Vallarta
Immersion Program (VIP), our
first exchange with a school in
Mexico, we welcomed four students
from Harkness for two weeks in
September. The students lived with
Pingree families and spent their
days as full time students, attending
classes in Calculus, English Seminar,
History, Physics, Spanish Literature
& Civilization, Dance/Mind/Body,
Theater Lab, and Current Events. They
shared their personal experiences
and knowledge with our Latin
American history class in its study of
the Mexican Revolution. In Spanish
Literature & Civilization along with
Conversational Spanish, they brought
a native speaker’s perspective and
understanding to topics discussed.
In return, for approximately two
weeks during March break 2014,
the Harkness Institute will host
four Pingree students. Our students
will participate in a full Harkness
schedule of classes, including early
morning beach volleyball, art history,
theater, environmental science,
and leadership. During their stay,
they will fully experience Harkness
teaching methods while expanding
their Spanish language skills and
immersing themselves in a completely
different culture. Since they will be
living with their Mexican hosts, our
students will have many opportunities
to practice their Spanish and will
have first-hand exposure to local
perspectives, culture and traditions.
Other LAB programs this year include
exchanges with schools in England,
Denmark, and Taiwan. For more
information about LAB, consult
pingree.org or contact LAB’s director,
Linda May, at [email protected].
Alumni
Share Careers With
Seniors
Senior Projects are a long-standing Pingree tradition in the spring for soon-to-be graduates. For
years, students have undertaken internships, study trips, and other unique projects for two weeks
near the end of their Pingree years. Last spring, Senior Projects had a new spin for many students.
For the first time, the Office of Alumni Relations reached out to the entire alumni network to
engage senior project sponsors. In the past, individual alumni hosted senior interns, but this was
the first time the program was formalized and the opportunities were broadened.
The results? Seventeen students were paired with alumni from May 22 to May 31 and worked side
by side for a minimum of 50 hours with their hosts. Placements ranged from farms to law offices,
government departments to medical practices.
Here, in their own words, are some impressions and “takeaways” of the experiences of the seniors
and their Senior Project mentors.
Erin Thomassen ’13
shadowed various people in different careers
[One] day I shadowed Shelley Woodberry Bolman ’86, a director and actor at
Theatre Espresso in Boston. Theatre Espresso is no ordinary company. Funded
by a grant from the Massachusetts Humanities Board, the actors come together
to write and perform historical plays for underprivileged students in the Boston
area. The day I was there they performed a play about the desegregation of
Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. Throughout the show, the actors played
multiple characters, some in the same scene.
Since I am creating a guide to careers for my senior project, Shelley told me
what kind of qualities he needs to be a successful director. Shelley is organized, eager
to listen, and able to give pointers without overstepping an actor’s autonomy. Shelley is
passionate about what he does. He truly loves his work, which is sadly something few
people say. I can tell that Shelley is a happier man because he loves what he does.
CONNECT WITH STUDENTS 2014 Spring Senior Projects | Tues, May 20 – Friday, May 30
Interested in sponsoring a Pingree Senior next spring at your place of business?
Please go to the “Connect with Students” form on the alumni webpage to send
in your information and opportunity for a Pingree student to connect with you.
Questions?
Please contact Laurie Polese ’84, Director of Alumni Relations, at [email protected] or 978-564-0696
Tyler Rostad ’13
Paul Pruett ’84
Priam LLC. Bubble Chocolate Co.
During my time at Praim LLC, I not only
learned a lot about business tactics
and relationships but also got more
than enough information about great
chocolate. Paul Pruett and I had a great
time together and I am looking forward
to checking in with him in the future.
Bobby Ahearn ’13
Stephanie Morgan ’00
Excel Academy
I really enjoyed working with
the kids at Excel. I never
considered myself to be that
big of a fan of children, but
these kids grew on me. I
would definitely recommend
this as a Senior Project to
current juniors.
ALEX WILLCOX ’13
Andrew Stavisky ’84
U.S. Government
Accountability Office
I really enjoyed hosting my second
consecutive Pingree senior this year at
the GAO in Washington DC for her senior
project — Alex Wilcox ’13. My Pingree
senior from last year, Bianca Capone ’12,
currently a sophomore at Columbia, came
back this summer for a full summer internship. I
was incredibly impressed with both Alex and Bianca
and both were able to do substantive work for their
projects/internships. Bianca will be listed as an author
on the report she worked on — an evaluation of the
Veteran Administration’s Military Sexual Trauma
training program — when it’s published next spring.
I would encourage anyone to bring Pingree seniors to
your organization for their senior projects or even for a
summer internship.
DIANA HONG ’13
ARLIN BAEZ ’13
Jack O’Donohue ’01
Dalton and Finegold, LLP
I’ve really enjoyed hosting two exceptional
Pingree School seniors these last few
weeks. Thank you to Arlin Baez ’13 and
Diana Hong ’13 for all of their hard work.
Good luck in college!
Madeline Polese ’13
(MICHAELA BYRNE ’13)
Nanne Kennedy ’78
Meadowcroft Farm
Looking back, I believe that
I grew a lot within this short
week. Sustainable agriculture
is a lot of work and I know
there is no way to learn all
there is to learn in one week.
I am now much more conscience about
food and animal byproducts because
I got to see just one of the ways that
sustainable agriculture is done. If nothing
else, I learned that it all starts with the
soil and that the rest is usually a direct
reflection on how the soil was treated.
Soil, fiber, food.
John Geer ’13
Tom Salter ’02
Firehouse Subs
Franchise Group
During my senior project,
I helped Tom with a
marketing project, tracking
the return of coupons. He
made himself available to
answer any questions I had
about business.
Caitlin Truesdale ’13
Kate Ventimiglia ’05
New Venture Media
I was so thrilled to get the
opportunity to work with
Kate for my senior project
at NVMG. From the second
I first met her through the
whole experience she was
always warm and friendly
towards me, and made me feel extremely
comfortable in a setting I was completely
unaccustomed to. I learned far more
than I imagined I would, and I had high
expectations. Kate was also just so willing
to let me experience whatever I wanted to
most, and made time to answer all of my
questions even though it was a hectic time
for her with a magazine’s deadline within
a week. My favorite thing about this whole
experience, though, is that I really did feel
a connection to her through Pingree. She
knew where I was coming from and what
my background, even if just a little, was
like. I hope I get the chance to see her
again, or work in something similar! This
internship really inspired me to go out
and find something I love doing.
ALEXANDRA KRUCK ’13
AMANDA CAREY HOGAN ’71
WINDRUSH FARM
Although I wasn’t reporting directly
to Mandy Hogan, the director of
Windrush and a Pingree alum, I was
around her. She runs the farm so
well; everything seems to be in great
shape and very organized. While at
Windrush, I was working under Jenny
Tartaglia, the marketing director there.
I mainly was there to take pictures for
their social media and websites, but I
also helped out with other martketing
projects, like recruiting volunteers
through videos, making
posters for upcoming
events, and writing
press releases. I had an
absolute blast working
with this organization
and learning about the
great work that they
do! This farm is so
inspirational!
Alumni-Student Senior Projects
Banking and Finance
Patricia Morrison ’03, Assistant Vice President, Sales Associate Manager
at Boston Private Bank, Boston – Reunuka Chitnis ’13
Acting and Theater Management
Shelley Bolman Woodbery ’86, Managing Director, Assistant Producer,
Theatre Espresso, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston – Erin Thomassen ’13
Medicine
Ruta Shah ’89, MD, PhD, Infectious Diseases, North Shore Physicians
Group – Connie Truong ’13
Education and School Administration
Stephanie Morgan ’00, Principal, Excel Academy, Charter School,
Chelsea, MA – Bobby Ahearn ’13
Entrepreneur, Business, Marketing and Sales
Paul Pruett ’84, CEO of PRAIM Group; CEO of Bubble Chocolate Co.;
CEO Bloomsberry, Inc / Former COO of ZonePerfect Nutrition Co.
– Tyler Rostad ’13
Sustainable Agriculture, Farming and Business
Nanne Kennedy ’78, SEACOLORS & The Maine Blanket at
MEADOWCROFT Farm, Washington, ME (home & farm stay) –
Michaela Byrne ’13 and Madeline Polese ’13
Film Production and Editing
Keith Wasserman ’93 Executive Producer at Movie Magic Media
Productions, LLC – Jake Gilbert ’13 and Carmine Piantedosi ’13
United States Government Accountability Office
Andrew Stavisky ’84, PhD, Principal, Stavisky Research; Senior Design
Methodologist, Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
– Alexandra Willcox ’13
Nonprofit Homeless Shelter and Social Work
Holly S. Brauner ’82, Program Director, NSCAP (North Shore
Community Action Programs, Inc.), Peabody, MA – Erin Thomassen ’13
Photography
Shannon Patti Yates ’91, Photographer, Owner, Shannon Yates
Photography, Marblehead, MA – Karly Cohen ’13
Law Practice
John K. O’Donohue ’01, Real Estate Attorney at Dalton & Finegold, LLP,
Gold Title, P.C., Andover, MA, – Arlin Baez ’13 and Diana Hong ’13
Marketing, Publishing, Travel and Theatrical Services
Kate Ventimiglia ’05, Account Executive, New Venture Media Group,
Boston, MA – Caitlin Truesdale ’13
Franchise, Business and Marketing
Tom Salter ’02, Managing Member at Firehous Subs - Boston Franchise
Group, LLC, Boston, MA – John Geer ’13
Elementary Physical Education
Jane Pirie ’79, Athletic Director, Brookwood School, Manchester, MA
– Josie Wexler ’13
Non-profit Working Horse Farm, Photography and
Social Media
Amanda Hogan ’71, Executive Director, Windrush Farm, therapeutic
challenge and reward for the disabled, Boxford, Massachusetts
– Alexandra Kruck ’13
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Educators from throughout the region who
are interested in the cutting edge concepts behind
transforming traditional libraries into technologically
sophisticated, collaborative learning spaces are invited to
a conference sponsored by Pingree School on February
18, 2014.
Spearheaded by Pingree’s Writing Center Director
Christina Grenier and Learning Commons Director
Meghan O’Neill, the conference will have relevance
for secondary and higher education professionals and
faculty, particularly those involved in libraries, education
and academic technology, academic support, writing
centers, and marketing and community programs.
Pingree School has already taken the lead among
secondary schools in creating a Learning Commons. The
Hub debuted last fall with group computer workstations,
large screens for collaborative classroom work, and other
“perks” that have made it a popular space for students
and faculty. Administrators are now looking ahead to
physical and use innovations planned for the current
library and are applying for an E.E. Ford grant that will
support these exciting changes. As the central hub of
intellectual life at Pingree, our transformed library and
computer lab spaces will be a resource for students,
faculty, and community members, explain Grenier and
O’Neill.
“The emergence of new collaborative pathways
between departments, the availability of academic
and technical support to students, and the dynamic
environment that this new model has created for us has
made taking the leap to become a Learning Commons
worth it,” explains O’Neill. “The visits from and
conversations we’ve had with other public and private
schools have been exciting and have pushed us forward
to design a Learning Commons conference here at
Pingree to continue these discussions about teaching
and learning.”
Workshop presenters will include those in the field
who have moved beyond the physical design and early
implementation of a Learning Commons model. These
professionals will share the ways that integration of
dynamic teaching and learning occur in these newly
formed spaces including how the learning commons
engage faculty, students and community; the benefits
and challenges of connecting the school community
through learning commons; how the new space
helps an institution achieve its mission; and specific
programs and projects they have initiated in their
learning commons.
By centralizing interdisciplinary
resources and providing stateof-the-art technology, the next
phase of the Pingree Learning
Commons will maximize the
opportunities for realizing the
school’s goals. Our Commons
will house the Writing Center,
Pingree School has already taken
the lead among secondary schools
in creating a Learning Commons.
David Weinberger, co-director of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab and
senior researcher at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will be
the keynote speaker. He is the author of several books, including The Cluetrain
Manifesto, Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web, Everything
is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder and Too Big to Know:
Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere,
and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room. Trained as a philosopher,
Weinberger investigates how human relationships, communication, and
society are altered by the Internet. Before moving into academia, he worked
as a gag writer for the comic strip, “Inside Woody Allen,” and as a marketing
consultant for several large corporations.
The closing speaker of the day will be D. Russell Bailey, Providence
College Library Director and co-author of Transforming Library Service Through
Information Commons: Case Studies for the Digital Age.
The Association of Independent Schools of New England (AISNE) is a
sponsor of the Pingree conference. Educators interested in attending the
February conference can register at www.pingree.org/learningincommons.
Peer Tutor Program, Library,
Educational Resource Center,
and Technology Education.
These spaces and programs
have been physically
separated, diminishing the
opportunities for interaction
and face-to-face collaboration.
The innovative remodeling will
allow for a dynamic, centralized
focal point of the school where
people, ideas, and disciplines
converge naturally. Community
participation and social
networking become the focus.
Maya Jain:
Pingree’s Own Tap Dance Kid
For senior Maya
Jain, it’s difficult to
remember a time when
she wasn’t dancing.
After all, she was only three when her mother first
signed her up for classes. The motivation? Maya’s
older sister Nina ’10 had declared she hated
soccer and refused to play. Mom enrolled her in
dance classes and Maya tagged along “She would
stand in the doorway and say, ‘When can I go?’,”
recalls her mother, Colette Hughes. It wasn’t long
before Colette signed Maya up too. A good move,
Maya says, since she hated soccer too.
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Photo by Siobhan Lee
Senior Maya Jain w ill repre sent the United State s in Ger many at the World Tap Danc e Championships in Dec ember.
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(Inter national Danc e Organi zation) event . Maya w ill be joining 70 other danc ers a s par t of Team U.S . A .
Soccer’s loss soon became dance’s gain. By third grade,
Maya was competing with her fellow dance students
at Nancy Chippendale’s studio in North Andover. She
remembers the first competitive performance as a dance
of Munchkins coming out of a fake Munchkin box. At that
age, Maya recalls, “we were pretty little and couldn’t do
that much, so the teachers focused on being imaginative.”
Competitions soon became more rigorous, with
Maya competing in group and solo categories. As she
excelled in regional events, she moved on to national
competitions. The highlight came in 2012 when Maya
won the National Dance Title, Teen Miss Headliner,
dancing to Mozart’s “Rondo alla Turka” from the Sonata
in A Major. Even now, Maya “doesn’t compete with
others,” explains Chippendale. “She competes with
herself,” always trying to be better.
As a Pingree student, Maya balances her rigorous
academic schedule – including Honors French IV, AP
Chemistry, AP Calculus, and Honors Physics — with close
to 15 hours of dance class each week. Along with tap, she
takes ballet (“the foundation of everything”), jazz, lyrical,
and contemporary, at the Chippendale studio five or six
days a week. Maya “is a quiet and gentle leader who excels
at her work because she puts in 150%,” says Chippendale.
“The other students all look up to her.”
Throughout the year, she also takes Master Classes
from well-known tappers. When she’s not dancing or at
Pingree, she watches dance greats on YouTube and tries to
learn from them. Her dance heroes range from the classics
— Bill Bojangles and Sammy Davis Jr. — to the more
contemporary — Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Michelle
Dorrance, and Jason Janas.
Being on stage and performing is second nature to
Maya after all these years, though she does admit that her
upcoming international competition in Germany might
make her a little nervous. Still, the love of what she’s doing
is what is paramount. “It’s like any art. People love to paint
and love to draw. I love to tap dance,” she says matter-offactly. She feels good when she’s dancing, particularly
when there’s an audience. “Then it feels there’s a purpose.
People are enjoying it, hopefully.”
Maya’s mother, Colette, finds watching her daughter
compete “thrilling.” Since Maya has always danced for
the “joy of it,” according to Colette, there has never been
anxiety, well, except maybe at the nationals and now for
the international competition. Overall, the experiences
everywhere from Disney World to the Rockettes stage in
New York have been exciting for the family. “Dance has
taken us to amazing places,” says Colette. “Looking for an
alternative to soccer I never thought I’d wind up
in Germany.”
The event in Germany is the biggest competition of
the year for tap. Maya was chosen to participate after her
teachers sent in video audition tapes that were viewed by a
panel of judges. In Germany, Maya will compete in several
categories: Adult Female Solo, Adult Formation, and
Adult Small Group. “I think she’s going to do fabulous,”
says Chippendale. “I’m sure she will make her family, her
dance studio, and her country very proud.” She will be
sharing the stage with dancers from all over the world,
many of them people she has met at other tap events,
including a conference in Chicago last summer. “I know
the entire British team,” she says, and looks forward
to catching up with others she knows from the Czech
Republic, Canada, and South Africa.
Whatever the outcome in Germany, studying
engineering in college is still Maya’s goal. She’s hoping to
attend the University of Wisconsin – “I love it!” – and will
undoubtedly continue to balance academics and dance
wherever she goes.
When she packs up to leave home for college, one item
is sure not to be left behind: “the black taps I always wear.
They are so worn in, fit just right, sound just right, and I
know them so well.” –JK
To view Maya’s winning performance in 2012 for
Miss Teen Headliner, go to http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=nSKN33XUO0M.
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Nancy Schön,
a sculptor
perhaps best
known for
her “Make
Way for Ducklings” statues in
the Boston Public Garden, was
the Honorary Chair of this
year’s fourth annual Flying
Horse Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibit at Pingree this fall. The
show featured the work of 22
artists in addition to Schön
whose cast bronze pig named
“Bacon” was on display. The
show ran from September
1 until November 24, with a
reception with the artists in the
Pond Room on September 8.
In her remarks at the
opening reception, Ms. Schön
shared this wisdom with the
large audience:
“I believe that we
sculptors see the world in a
different way from painters.
As a painter, one has to
make the viewer see a third
dimension from a twodimensional form. Further,
the objects in paintings
can be flying all over the
place, like Pingree’s Flying
Horse. We, as sculptors,
must indicate a form from
infinite sides and somehow
that form or that sculpture
has to be grounded, even
a mobile. We each have
a totally different way of
approaching a work of
art. So, as you look at the
sculptures, you might want
to think about that.”
Among the other artists
were Richard Bertman, a
principal at CBT/Childs
Bertman Tseckares,
Inc., an award-winning
Boston architectural
firm. He was educated at
Harvard University, the
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and the
University of California at
Berkeley. He is a fellow of
the American Institute of
Architects and formerly
taught at the Rhode Island
School of Design and the
Boston Architectural Center.
In addition, he has been a
visiting critic at Harvard,
MIT, and Tuskegee Institute.
An unusual addition to
this year’s show was a sandsculpture of three students
created in front of the
academic wing by Groveland
artist Justin Gordon.
Gordon sculpted the piece during the first week of
school while Pingree students could watch him at
work and even pose for him when needed!
An indoor memorial exhibit of the works of Beverly
Seamans, who died in 2012, coincided with the outdoor
show. Mrs. Seamans is known for her bronze figures of
animals, birds, and children. She grew up in Cohasset,
MA. As a child, her interest in art was encouraged by
her grandfather, John P. Benson, a marine painter.
After graduating from Milton Academy, Mrs. Seamans
attended Sweet Briar College for two years and then
entered the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts
where she studied sculpture with Peter Abate. During
her life, she was the recipient of many awards from
organizations such as the Copley Society, the National
Sculptors Association, and the Marblehead Arts
Association. Mrs. Seamans’s son John is an alumnus
of the Class of 1976 and her brother-in-law, Peter
Seamans, was a founding trustee at Pingree.
Other participating artists in the outdoor exhibit included
Daniel Altshuler, Whitmore Boogaerts, Lindley Briggs, Dave
Carpenter, Larry Elardo, Shawn Farrell, the late Ephraim Friedman,
Gordon Frost, Steven Hayden, Arlene Hecht, Aron Leaman, Jill
Nooney, Buddy Quinn, Dale Rogers, Gene Sheehan, Duncan Smith,
Brad Story, Bart Stuyf, and Michael Updike.
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2013
nExclusive Parent Preview
nRed Sox Alumni Game
nDorsey Lecture
nDeveney Golf Classic
nGrandparents Day
n Post 390 Event in Boston
n Homecoming
Alumni happenings
Oohs and Aahs Abound
at Sneak Preview of New Buildings
Close to 150 parents were treated to a sneak preview on
September 26 of all that will be available to students in the new
arts and athletics facilities that will open at Pingree before fall
2014, thanks to everyone who is supporting Proudly Pingree:
The Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access. Guests first
gathered in the theater to hear from Head of School Tim
Johnson and view a moving video created by alumnus Alex
Sandman ’00 and New Media Associates.
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Parents then toured the lighted construction site, led by
volunteer guides. To add to the experience, arts faculty
explained how the ceramics and photography studios, music
practice rooms, and technology and recording labs will
augment the learning and creative opportunities for everyone
in the community.
In addition, Director of Athletics Alan McCoy spoke about how
the new field house will improve our athletics program, allow
our athletes to practice more and get home earlier.
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Then, Director of Diversity Outreach Mary Dyer and Interim
Director of Multicultural Education Paul Mayo shared the ways
that Pingree is in the forefront of recognizing the necessity of
providing not just tuition funds for talented and motivated
students without adequate means, but also providing access
funds for such expenses as school trips, books, team jackets,
and school dances.
Was there a parent in the group who didn’t wish they could be
a student at Pingree next fall? Not a chance!
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1. The steel is up for the new 34,000-foot Athletics
Center! 2. Pingree seniors Dylan Wack, Adam Gerber,
Mallika Sundar, and Hunter Johnston greeted guests
with smiles and thanks. 3. Freshman Class Dean Jay
Esty P ’16 kept everyone on track as emcee for the
evening. 4. Three of the best Pingree cheerleaders!
(left to right) Board President Kirk Bishop P ’06, ’06,
’08, Head of School Tim Johnson, Pingree First Lady
Jen Groeber. 5. Associate Director of Admission
Mary Dyer (left) describes how, in addition to
financial aid and Prep@Pingree, access funds
support transportation, books, school trips and other
elements essential to the Pingree experience.
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Alumni happenings
Alumni Journey to Fenway
A group of Pingree alumni watched the Boston Red Sox take
on the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on September 19.
Before venturing to the game, alums gathered on the rooftop
terrace at the Residence Inn Back Bay/Fenway to enjoy pregame drinks and appetizers. The rooftop overlooked Fenway
Park and had an amazing view of the surrounding Kenmore
Square area. Thank you to Anna Geraty ’98 who helped arrange
the pre-game reception and to all the alumni who attended the
game and made it such a great evening. Go, Red Sox!
Iain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance, an organization
recognized as an international leader in whale
research and ocean conservation, delivered the
2013 Eleanor M. Dorsey ’66 Memorial Lecture
at Pingree School on Thursday, October 3.
Kerr talked about his expeditions on the ship
Odyssey, demonstrated the “snot bot,” a drone
used in whale research, and charged the Pingree
community to take action to help slow the rate of
climate change.
Kerr Delivers 2013
Dorsey Lecture
Eleanor Dorsey, affectionately called “Ellie,” grew up
in Beverly, graduated from Pingree in 1966, and then
earned a Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a
Master’s degree from the University of Washington. Ellie
worked in the whale research lab of Katy and Roger Payne
focusing on southern right whales before She spending 10
years at the Conservation Law Foundation advocating for
the environment, particularly the plight of New England’s
depleted fish stocks. Prior to her death, she was nominated
to compete for the prestigious Pew Fellowship in Marine
Conservation, granted each year to support international
leaders working to address urgent challenges in marine
ecology and conservation.
Eleanor Dorsey’s devotion to conservation and the
environment is perpetuated by this lecture series
underwritten by her family.
Alumni happenings
Deveney Golf Classic Turns
Fun Into Funds for Aid
Clearing sunny skies and a strong outpouring of support
enabled the James C. Deveney Golf Classic to gross $80,000
at its 22nd annual golf tournament on Monday, September
30. The event, held at Myopia Hunt Club, attracted more than
150 golfers and many event and hole sponsors. Funds raised
go directly to financial aid endowment to support talented and
motivated students who could not otherwise afford to attend
Pingree with tuition dollars and stipends for extra-curricular
activities, class trips, bus fees, books, and school supplies.
Pingree prides itself on its commitment to enrolling students
from diverse backgrounds and to supporting them during
their years here.
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1. Board President Kirk Bishop P’06, ’06, ’08, Sharon Deveney, Jim Deveney, Sheryll Harkins, David Harkins. 2. John Olson,
Bob Berg P’95, Hal Cogger P’80, ’87, ’89 and trustee Ted Ober P’12, ’16. 3. Dan Beckman P’17, Head of School Tim Johnson,
trustee Mike Patrican P’12, ’13, ’16, and trustee Bink Shorts P’95, ’00.
Alumni happenings
Students Share School Day
With Grandparents and
Special Friends
Nearly 150 grandparents and special alumni guests
were on campus to visit classes, enjoy student
performances and see the newly-premiered video
about Pingree’s Campaign for Arts, Athletics and
Access on October 4. Our annual Grandparents and
Special Friends Day is one of the highlights of the
fall. Students from all four grades were able to share
their school day and let their guests experience a
little of the Pingree magic.
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1. Proud grandmother Erasmina Piccirilli, Josh Rucker ’16, Jessie Rucker ’14
and grandfather Giuseppe Piccirilli. 2. Jonathan Jalajas ’17 and grandfather
Robert Blackmore compare notes. 3. Grandparents Ray and Sharon Folkerts
with senior Dylan Wack. 4. Abby Dirks ’17 and grandmother Roberta Dirks
pause for a picture on the way to class. 5. Morgan Cusack ’15, grandmother
Barbara Cusack and Liam Cusack ’17 share a smile. 6. Lawrence and Cynthia
Guay enjoy lunch with granddaughter Hannah Tymann ’15.
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Alumni happenings
An alumni campaign fundraising event was held at
Post 390 in Boston on October 17, 2013. Tim Johnson
updated the spirited guests with the latest construction
progress and thanked Chris Himmel ’96 and his staff
at Post 390 for their generosity and attention to details.
Specialty cocktails the “Highlander” and “Pegasus”
along with delicious food, drink and great company
made for a memorable and energized event.
Thank you for joining us!
Jeff Avallon ’02
Harrison Bane ’04*
Gretchen Berg ’95*
Kirk Bishop*
Kristin Brown
Steve Carey
Christopher &
Blair Connolly ’97
Donna Di Lillo*
Kathleen Dyer ’02
Steve Filosa
Michael & Jessica Geraty ’96*
Anna Geraty ’98
Brendan Greelish ’97*
Danielle Harsip ’02*
Ryan Hendrickson ’03*
Jeremy Hood ’95*
Amanda Jackson ’96*
June Jeswald
Tim Johnson
James Kellogg ’85
Di Mathey
Samantha Markowski ’93*
Peter Mason ’96
Christopher McCarthy ’88*
Alan McCoy
Ethel Mickey ’08*
Kim Moore
Stephanie-Lee Morgan ’00*
Skip Mullen
Michael Nelligan ’02
Taylor Patten
Laurie Polese ’84
Elizabeth Shanahan ’06
Alex Shorts ’00
Julie & David Smail ’86*
Elizabeth Stracher ’87*
Ailsa Steinert
Richard Tadler*
Buddy & Liz Taft ’73
Sam Taylor ’08
Elissa Torto ’95
Dillon Vassallo ’08
Andrew Vassallo ’06*
Shelley Vassallo ’76
Jefferson Willets ’07
Anna Wistran-Wolfe ’95
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Member, Alumni Leadership
Board Member or Alumni
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Alumni happenings
Homecoming
Concord Day
Saturday, October 19, 2013
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Buddy and Liz ’73 Taft opened their home to
alumni and families following the Concord
Day Games. Prior to arriving for some
refreshments and conversation alumni
enjoyed hard hat tours of the new Arts and
Athletic facilities. Thank you, Buddy and
Liz, for your heartwarming hospitality.
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1. Buddy Taft, Wendy Vincent Fox ’86.
2. Liz Taft ’73, Laura Crook Waxdal ’84. 3. Sam
Taylor ’08, Tom Smith ’08. 4. Brooke Boncher
’02, Liz Taft ’73 5.Paul ’00 and Gretchen ‘01
Knight with their young daughters.
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There are lots of ways to keep in touch!
ALUMNI EVENTS 2013 – 2014
More details on the Alumni Webpage – www.pingree.org/alumni
Nov. 1 Campaign Reception – Washington, DC
Nov. 27 College-Age Brunch – Classes 2010 – 2013
Dec. 4Holiday Party – BC Club, Boston
Dec. 22Open Skate and Men’s Alumni Hockey
Jan. 22 Campaign Reception – Los Angeles, CA
Jan. 23 Campaign Reception – San Francisco, CA
Jan. 29 Celtics Outing
Our Social
Media Network
is growing too!
Join us
“Pingree School Alumni”
on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Follow us
@pingreealumni
on Twitter and Instagram
Apr. TBD Professional Networking Event – Boston area
May 21 – 29 Senior Projects – Alumni Internships
OCTOBER 4, 2014
Alumni Gala Reunion and 50th Reunion Celebration
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Alumni
Leadership
Board
The Pingree School Alumni Leadership Board (ALB) is dedicated
to making the Pingree experience stronger for past, current, and
future students. The Board fosters interaction and communication
by creating a network among alumni, students, and prospective
members of the Pingree community. Above all, the ALB strives
to keep the Pingree School community informed, involved, and
appreciated to ensure the continued success of all its constituents.
Current officers are Brendan Greelish ’97, president; Justin Parker ’02,
vice president; and Mike Nelligan ’02, secretary.
New members in 2013 – 2014 are Keri Barrett ’03, Danielle Harsip ’02, Jimmy Henderson ’06, Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93,
Chris McCarthy ’88, Michael McCarthy ’97, Ethel Mickey ’08, and Beth Levitsky-Stracher ’87.
Front row, L–R: Samantha Drislane Markowski ’93, Patty Morrison ’03, Brendan Greelish ’97, Keri Barrett ’03. Middle row
L–R: Laurie Harding Polese ’84, Samantha Taylor ’08, Ethel Mickey ’08, Michael Nelligan ’02, Beth Levitsky Stracher ’87,
Gretchen Berg ’95, Stephanie Morgan ’00, Katie O’Hara ’01. Back row L–R: Michael McCarthy ’97, Tom Belhumeur ’04,
Justin Parker ’02, Jimmy Henderson ’06, Andrew Vassallo ’06, and Chris McCarthy ’88.
Missing: Harrison Bane ’04, Danielle Harsip ’02, Ryan Hendrickson ’03, Cara Angelopulos Lawler ’01, and
Shelley McCloy Vassallo ’76.
Alumni
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Thank you for your submissions!
50 YEARS
50 Very Special Women
Are you one of them?
Do you remember …
Lunch in the Alumni Room?
Skirts of an “appropriate” length?
Tea with Mrs. Pingree?
Bowling?
Dances with dance cards?
Skiing on Hamilton Hill?
Pingree’s first undefeated
hockey team?
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE,
SO COME BACK AND
CELEBRATE WITH US
THE CLASSES
OF ’64 & ’65
All-Alumnila
Reunion Ga
SATURDAY
, 2014
SATURDAY,
october 4
OCTOBER 4, 2014
We are those
special women.
Pingree’s
First 50th
1964
CLASS
A G EN T
Save the date:
Reunion
Merrilyn Clay Belliveau
[email protected]
SATURDAY
october 4, 2014
Suzanne McAleer Morrison Wolski
[email protected]
Reminisce – Celebrate – Details coming soon.
Anne Keefe was honored as one of ten
“Women of Voice & Vision” at the Connecticut
Women’s Hall of Fame Induction ceremony
in 2012. She received the award for Theater at
the Westport Arts Awards Ceremony in 2012.
Lee Harris Humphrey writes, “This summer
I taught for the fourth year in the English
immersion program at the Penobscot School in
Rockland, ME. We head back to Mexico in early
October. I have a new granddaughter, Josie Lee,
six months old.”
Cindy Ogden Fant reports, “Still working
part-time as an ER nurse and snowboarding. I
was diagnosed with breast cancer this year but
stage one grade ( just on Tamaxifers for five
years). I took hormones for over six years for
hot flashes and I suspect this is probably why
it developed. No history in family. Please be
careful! I am doing fine and have four nurses at
our small hospital who also had breast cancer so
I have a good support system.”
1965
CLASS
A G EN T
Susan Oliver Schneider
[email protected]
Susanne Grant MacDonald
[email protected]
Susanne Grant Tupper MacDonald
reports, “I loved the North Shore this past
summer: sun, sea, swimming and sand! I
took up tennis again and I’m getting back in
the game. A yoga fanatic, I am at hot power
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Sue Ayres Pendleton, Sue Grant MacDonald, Susie Smith Talbot
and Kay Gamage Green enjoyed a summer lunch together.
non-sectarian, human services organization. I
do meals on wheels once a week and also work at
the walk-in center which includes a food pantry.
My stepdaughter is getting married at TweenWaters on Captiva over Thanksgiving weekend,
and I am having fun helping plan the wedding.”
Sue Grant MacDonald’s daughters, Kim & Alexa.
yoga most mornings these days, with Pilates
reformer running a close second. My small biz,
SGM Communications, works with companies
on PR and communications with a focus on
authors’ book strategies and tours; I also cohost a Boston Cable TV show, The Literati
Scene, interviewing authors and city celebs for
on-air production. I am writing a series of short
stories (listen up, Mr. Keegan and Mr. Rogers!)
via writing workshops and still love crafting
words pen-to-paper. Daughter Kimberly is an
interior designer with a wonderful husband
and family in Washington, DC, and Alexa, a
graphics designer, skis her heart out in Jackson
Hole, WY. We rollicked in the fabulous ‘reunion
luncheon’ shared with Sue, Susie and Kay this
past summer, and are looking forward to getting
other classmates on board next year. Can’t wait
for the October 4, 2014, 50th reunion with our
first two classes – WW’64 and ’65!”
Heidi Knights Adams writes, “I live in
Sarasota, Florida, and I love it. Sue Ayres lives
only two hours away in Sanibel, and we visit
often. Sally Stronach is in Bonita and Judy lives
in Naples, enabling us to get together, especially
for the fireworks at Thanksgiving. Kay Green
and I exchange visits annually. I missed last
summer’s luncheon with Susie Mac and Susie
Talbot. I keep in touch with Falda (Bimbo) Carey
by phone in Houston. I have two wonderful
sons, one in Boston, one in New York, and I look
forward very eagerly to our 50th!”
Jody Franklin Burrows reports, “Although
I’m not currently working, I keep busy
volunteering in three areas: tutoring in
elementary school in low-income neighborhood;
helping out at a food pantry; and as a friend/
advocate and support for an immigrant detainee
at Hudson County Detention Center. I have
learned much about the Homeland Security/
ICE ‘system.’ Jails make tons of money off these
individuals who enjoy few rights, have no access
to fresh air, and enjoy bologna sandwiches as
their regular meals. I try to do as much as I legally
can. My husband, Leyn, and I are expecting our
fifth grandchild in January! Leyn continues to
work full-time, and we enjoy most weekends
at our summer home in the Berkshires. My
interests are gardening, walking, swimming
Sue Ayres writes, “I am enjoying retirement.
My husband Les and I are traveling more,
including a cruise to the Southern Caribbean
and two weeks in Marblehead in July. I enjoyed
a fun lunch with Sue Grant MacDonald, Kay
Gamage Green, and Susie Smith Talbot while
in Marblehead. We are planning a winter minireunion in Sanibel in March or April. I also often
get together with Heidi Knights Adams who
lives in Sarasota. I am volunteering for F.I.S.H.
of Sanibel and Captiva which is a nonprofit,
Good friends Sue Ayres and Heidi Knights Adams
enjoy spending time together.
Jody Franklin Burrows’ children, Matthew, Joanna and Sarah.
and, most joyfully – singing! My group, The New
Jersey Choral Society, performed John Rutter’s
‘Mass of the Children’ last June in Newtown,
Connecticut in memory of the children of
the tragedy last December. This summer, my
youngest, Joanna, and I drove her car out to San
Francisco on a 10-day road trip of adventure
and discovery across Canada and northern US.
Joanna enrolled at the Esalen Institute in Big
Sur. Really, really looking forward to next year’s
gathering and seeing my classmates again!”
Kay Gamage Green shares, “It was
wonderful the last two summers to get together
with a few classmates from our class! We all lived
in Marblehead at the time we went to Pingree
and, while we all have lived in various places over
the years since then, we all came back together
in Marblehead! Great fun catching up on each
other’s lives and sharing so many fun stories
about the years when we formed the rules at the
school. We are all looking forward to our 50th
with the Class of ’64 in October 2014!”
Kathy Nelson Greene says, “Great to hear
about October 2014! I am still working for
VNA Hospice in Manchester, NH as a certified
hospice and palliative care nursing assistant.
Met Lisa Fay Shields for lunch last May in
Falmouth, Maine, and again in July during a
stopover in Pulpit Harbor.”
Kristine Swanson shares, “I have wanted to
write for a long while, and to show up at school
events, but my follow-through on plans hasn’t
been stellar. It’s National Recovery Month,
so here’s the backstory. I have had lifelong
problems, caused by ADD, that were finally
diagnosed five years ago, when I was 60. Anyway,
I’ve suffered several major depression episodes
(as we now lovingly call nervous breakdowns)
which, as you might imagine, have disrupted
my life and those of the martyrs (my sister
Vicki first among them) who have taken care
of me. Blessedly, after decades of therapy, five
and a-half of them with the greatest therapist
ever and a psychopharmacologist, I’m restored
in mind and spirit and again feel I might
accomplish something grand. To other people
with terrific brains and imperfect minds: Take
heart. Get help. You can be ok. I live with my
sister Vicki in an 1848 house in Danvers that
we like very much. Vicki’s daughter, Kristine
Swanson Donovan Taylor (named after me,
don’t you know), lives in our cottage with her
husband, Paul. I’ve been retired for three years.
I had a long and successful career, including a
few years in politics in Boston and Washington
and many years in mutual fund marketing. I’ve
done a good deal of travelling. My enthusiasm
for fine and performing arts, plus reading and
writing, has sustained me through the years. I
wrote a bunch of children’s plays, three of them
musicals. And, soon I will start The Lappin
Foundation’s course, Introduction to Judaism.
Since I graduated Pingree I’ve seen some
schoolmates, Patricia Piper first among them. I
hope to see the ’64’s and ’65’s soon.”
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Pingree today. Please send updated
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x310 or [email protected].
Patricia Piper Robert reports, “After many
years spent in France, Iife brought me back to
Essex, MA where I have been for more years
than I care to count. I have two lovely daughters,
and a baby granddaughter who joined the family
in May. It’s hard to think back to the early days
of Pingree, 50 years and several lives ago. Nice
that some of you have stayed involved!”
Susie Smith Talbot writes, “My daughter,
Samantha, and Lilly, her beautiful three-monthold baby girl, spent a September weekend visit
with me. It was such a treat! My son, Charlie, who
just graduated from Cranbrook with an MFA,
is currently working in southern California. My
business, ‘Forget-Me-Not’ Garden Services, is still
going strong after 20+ years of landscape design
and organic gardening on the North Shore. I
try to travel from January through March when
business is slow. This is a good time too for
getting stuff done around my place in Essex that
I’ve owned for over 30 years and always needs
‘something’. Have been out on the high seas
sailing in the sun this summer. My Facebook
postings include segments of the timeline ‘I
Require Art’ – check it out! Keeps me and others
educated on classic painters’ most engaging
works. Will look forward to next year’s ’64 and
’65-only Reunion and reading how fellow Pingree
classmates have been doing all these years!”
1966
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Bette Yozell and grandchild.
1965: Mrs. Patricia Warnock Burke
Ms. Kristin Magnuson Horowitz
Ms. Susan Kaye
1966: Dr. Joyce L. Peabody
Ms. Sarah Day Richard
1967: Ms. Florence Pearson
Ms. Catherine Shepard Picariello
Ms. Susan Smith
1968: Dr. Anne C. Kossowan, DDS
1969: Ms. Madeleine Chesney
Ms. Julia M. Johnson
Ms. Kathleen Parker Kucera
Ms. Deborah Norton
Artwork by Bette Yozell.
1967
C L A S S A G EN T S
Dale Grant Dick
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Karen Durkee Heywood
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Bette Yozell welcomed her newest
grandchild in September. She and hubby
Richard Epstein live in Santa Fe, NM. Bette
retired from teaching and is now full time in her
art studio. See her work at byozell.com”
1970: Ms. Betsy Works Cooke
Ms. Deborah Epstein
Dr. Wendy Holloway
Ms. Hallie Kaiser
Ms. Linda Shepley
Ms. Constance Jones Telek
Ms. Jo-Allison Valentine
Ms. Ellu Virkkunen
1971: Ms. Clara Arena
Ms. Hollis Wykoff Loring
1972: Mrs. Sian Britten McDermott
Christopher M. Sanders
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1964: Ms. Julia C. Hammer
Ms. Linda Holgerson Herrick
Ms. Charlotte Warren Oostmeyer
1973: Ms. Margaret Haydon
Judy Adamson writes, “No plans to retire
yet! Research for Action has quadrupled in size
in the past three years; so much more fun being
the CFO!”
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october 4
1974: Mr. Timothy Mathey
1975: Mr. Michael Abbot
Dr. Anthony Allan
Ms. Pamela Long
Ms. Edith M. Phippen
Ms. Gillian Rome
1976: Mr. Robert M. Nippe
Ms. Jane Banash Sagerman
1978: Mr. Richard Gray
Ms. Maggie Cotreau Harenberg
Mr. Brian R. Walsh, Jr.
Ms. Caroline Wilson
Robin and Marcia Rogers enjoyed a summer lunch with Donna Gilton.
Sally Haug Murphy with granddaughter, Maxine.
Sally Haug Murphy reports, “I’m happy
to still be skiing and spent a week with my
granddaughter, Maxine, at Sugarloaf where
we skied black diamond trails for six days last
winter.”
Mary Posie Means Mansfield says, “In
May, I was awarded the Gil Adrien Award for
Outstanding Advocacy by the Independent
Living Center of the North Shore and Cape
Ann. Over the summer I was skydiving, rock
wall climbing, kayaking, cycling, surfing,
waterskiing and spending time with my family.
I serve on a couple of local boards as an advocate
for people with disabilities, and I continue to
lead a very active support group for amputees
based out of Beverly. I am taking training to
become a Stephen Minister through Christ
Church in Hamilton. I have worked with some
of the Marathon bombing survivors, which
has been so rewarding. I have been blessed
with a supportive and loving family, who have
seen me through the darkest of times when
their dad died so tragically and suddenly in
November of 2010, and with their constant love,
encouragement and support, they have given
me the strength, courage and motivation to
accomplish more than I ever thought possible. I
Mary “Posie” Means Mansfield waterskiing! Way to go, Posie!
continue to train EMTs, and I still teach CPR to
local groups. I have seen fellow ’67 classmates
Karen Durkee Heywood, aka Duffy, Dale
Grant Dick, Joie Mayo, Sally Haug Murphy,
Barbie White Tilley, Leli Carey Simpson, and
Stephanie Gowens Shelley. I also have been in
touch with Twinkelle Thompson Wilkinson.
All in all, a great summer! And looking forward
to continuing my busy life! Life is full of choices.
You can either choose to sit back and watch your
life go by, or you can take charge, move forward,
and take on life’s challenges with strength,
courage and grace. I have chosen this last route.”
1968
Betty Wheeler Raymond
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Ann Woodard
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Ann Woodard shares, “The occasion of my
brother’s daughter’s wedding took me to the
Napa Valley in California in September. Abbie
Smith Meeks drove over to visit me while I
was there. We spent a lovely afternoon together,
catching up, after not having seen one another
since our 40th Pingree reunion. I am now
living in Laguna Beach, having moved to the
west coast for a new marketing position. The
weather is fabulous here, and I am enjoying the
adventure of it all. One of my work trips recently
took me to Florida where I was able to spend
a weekend with Connie Davis Cederholm and
her husband, David. So, the only Annisquam
classmate I have not seen, recently, is Trina
(Kathy) Ross. My eldest daughter, Elizabeth, and
her husband have just moved to Rhode Island. I
hope that on my next trip east in October, I will
get to see Trina and a few other classmates in RI,
Donna Gilton, Posie Cutler, and Lisa Burrage.”
Ann Woodard and Abbie Smith Weeks enjoyed lunch together in Napa Valley.
Q&A: SCHOOL NUTRITION
Lisa Newmann
Lisa Newmann founded Cookiehead Snacks, Housatonic, MA,
in 2007 with the idea to revolutionize American snacking.
Cookiehead’s cookies, brownies and muffins are formulated on
sound science without sacrificing taste by using naturally healthful
ingredients such as whole grains, seeds, nuts, dark chocolate and
fruit. A graduate of Bard College and the Institute of Integrative
Nutrition, Ms. Newmann opened her first baking business in
1980, selling it to an international baking company in 1985. Before
founding Cookiehead, she successfully ran several other bakeries
and production facilities in the Northeast US. Ms. Newmann has
also done work as a food business consultant.
This summer, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
issued its final interim rule Smart Snacks in Schools — guidelines intended to help schools provide healthy snack options
for students throughout the school day. USDA will accept comments on these guidelines through Oct. 28, and even companies providing nutritionally responsible snacks may have some
things to say about the new dietary restrictions in US schools.
In this exclusive Q&A with Baking & Snack, Ms. Newmann
addresses some of the difficulties bakers now face in creating baked foods and snacks that meet nutritional needs in the
school cafeteria.
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Founding Head of School Robin Rogers and
his wife, Marcia, shared summer lunch in Rhode
Island with Donna Gilton. Diana Mathey and
Laurie Polese ’84 arranged the lunch to catch up
and share the exciting updates on the current
Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access.
Save the date:
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Kathy E. Bradford
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snacks are designed to satisfy
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A summer of love! Liz Taft and husband Buddy celebrated two weddings this summer! Daughter Elsbeth Taft ’01 (bride) married Ryan Flanagan on
July 6. Daughter, Hope Taft ’05 (left) married Ryan Lucky on August 3. Both weddings took place on the Pingree school grounds.
The wedding ceremonies were in front of the main house and the receptions were in the Hedge Garden.
1973
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1974
CLASS
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Emily Perkins Rees
[email protected]
’84, Director of Alumni Relations, 978 468-4415 x310
Emily Perkins Rees writes, “I had a
wonderful visit with Farrah Davis Adams this
past February. We reminisced about Pingree
and our unforgettable visit with her in Greve
during our senior trip to Italy with her dear
father, Fellowes Davis. Our classmates on this
trip were Hilary Purington Salmons, Catherine
Gibbons, and Leslie Lyon.”
1975
Frederick J. Fawcett III “Sean”
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Catherine Thenault
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Catherine Thenault shares, “I had some
sad news this year. My husband Ernie Kemp
passed away in June at the age of 62. Campbell
Seamans ’75, Jon Reardon ’75 and Dale Hawkes
Seamans ’77 all attended the memorial service.
I am focused on staying healthy and sane by
riding my bike as much as possible. In June, I
completed the MS150, a two-day, 150-mile bike
ride through RI and MA to benefit the MS
Society. This past weekend, I completed the
Seacoast Century where I rode 100 stunningly
beautiful miles along the coasts of MA, NH
and ME. My children are growing and flying
the nest. Elizabeth is a software engineer for
Google in San Francisco; my daughter Emily
is a senior at Hobart and William Smith in NY
studying in Brussels this semester. Son Spencer
is a sophomore studying computer science at
Stetson University in Florida.”
Ren Robb reports, “The Ren Robb family
enjoyed another nice summer in Pocasset on
the Cape. As I begin my 25th year of teaching
Economics at Vero Beach High School, I’m
grateful for the opportunity that education
affords to recharge one’s batteries and
regenerate the soul. The summer included a
trip to Hamilton to scatter some of Mike Robb’s
ashes at the Hamilton Cemetery where a new
stone at the Robb family plot commemorates
him, and Pingree, where his peaceful garden
memorial remembers him. I am struck by just
how much Pingree has changed/grown since
my graduation in 1975! It was always a beautiful
place and still is with many more amenities.
I’m hoping to see more of my classmates next
summer.”
Happy Birthday to Dear Mrs. Steinert. Posted May 17, 2013
Received 76 likes and 6 comments!
Lisa W. Parker Loved the old round room and
Mrs. Steinert’s classes, her poetry, her humor
and all the stories about Arthur when he was a
little hellion. She could have been a professor so
we were lucky to have her in high school. Happy
Bday!
Joe MacLaughlin 3200 Happy Birthdays to you!
John Persinos I remember her! A wonderful English teacher and a very nice woman. Best wishes
from a Pingree alumnus who went on to become
a professional writer and who still harbors warm
memories of your wit, kindness and insight.
Michael Updike Best Wishes to the Best English
teacher I ever had.
Darlene Wooster Mrs. Steinert taught me how to
write an essay:) Thank you and Happy Birthday!
Kathleen Langone So classic a pose! All the best.
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1976
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Shelley McCloy Vassallo
[email protected]
Martha Ostheimer is the assistant director
at the STEM Learning Center at the University
of Arizona. STEM education will provide
students with core skills they need to be
successful individuals in today’s workforce. The
STEM Learning Center in Southern Arizona
hopes to expand its practices across the state and
provide an example for other states to follow.
1977
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Kemp Stickney sends greetings from South
Florida! Kemp writes, “We are looking forward
to our daughter Eliza’s graduation from the
University of Miami in December. I am stepping
down as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at
the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach
after three years in that role. I will continue
on the Board as the Head of the Investment
Committee. My wife Edith and I spend as much
as we can in the French countryside in Southern
Burgundy near Cluny and enjoy being some
place where there are more cows than people! I
am still working as Chief Fiduciary Officer at
Wilmington Trust and enjoying the challenges
of the job. I travel extensively but don’t make it
to Boston as much as I would like. If you get to
Miami, we are in the phone book!”
Jane Blake Riley’s daughter, Page Riley ’05.
Jane Blake Riley announces, “We celebrated
two graduations this spring. Page graduated with
honors in June from DePaul University with
a Master’s in early childhood education. Blake
graduated from UVA with a BA in History and
earned ACC academic honors for his last four
semesters at Virginia. After living in Chicago for
four years (with Jillian Price ’05 and Caroline
Kennerson ’05), Page has moved to Seattle, WA.
She is teaching at The Academy for Precision
Learning, a school that includes typically
developing students as well as students across the
autism spectrum. Page is loving Seattle! Blake has
returned to UVA to pursue graduate studies and
is a redshirt senior on the men’s lacrosse team.
Tom and my weekend travels to Charlottesville
continue for one more year!”
1978
Marion Hewson Knowles
[email protected]
Tom Ellis
[email protected]
Lili Winslow writes, “It is my second year
back in alpine coaching after 20 years and loving
it. Working with the Manchester Essex Regional
High School is a real honor as the skiers are
dedicated, enthusiastic, and want to learn.
Working with 7 – 12th graders boys and girls
today is a lot different then back in the ’80s in
Stowe, Vermont at the Mt. Mansfield Ski Club.”
Russell Steinert shares, “Still living in
Brooklyn, NY, with my wife, Janis Stemmermann,
and daughter, Odette, age 14. Our eldest, Beatrice,
wrapped up her freshman year at Brown and
worked at the New York Stem Cell Foundation
in Manhattan over the summer. Odette started
high school in the fall at the Chapin School in
Manhattan.”
Bob Weatherall reports, “I’m working on
our new barn, juggling a few boat building and
restoration projects, making some paddles,
playing in the ‘Over-the Hill’ soccer league,
recently retired from a long stint on the Ipswich
Planning Board but joined Design Review to
stay involved. Our daughter, Grace, is in her
second year of college. We also have a fifth
grader, Carolina and, in the middle, high school
freshman Hayden. We’re always busy with the
design/build company, which is prospering with
Sandy managing the business side. Not getting
out on the water nearly enough, but relishing
the times watching the childrens’ sports and
music performances.”
1979
Jane Pirie traveled to Rwanda on an exchange
trip to visit the FAWE School. The Educator
Exchange program has established pathways of
communication and connected students and
teachers to one another all toward boosting
experiential problem-solving for authentic
common purposes.
Emily Batchelder was named BOMA
Boston Property Manager of the Year. She is
the Vice President and General Manager at
One Boston Place, a premier 800,000 SF office
tower in Boston and the first LEED EB O &
M Gold Building in the world. Emily has been
a member of BOMA Boston for over 15 years,
and has her RPA designation and LEED AP.
Emily is involved with other local organizations,
including the New England Women in Real
Estate association (NeWire); she is the past Chair
of the NeWire Education Foundation, which
provides scholarships to women looking for
careers in real estate.
Save the date:
Reunion
SATURDAY
october 4, 2014
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Katharine Thayer writes, “I just got back from
rafting the Grand Canyon. WOW! It is astonishing
to look up at nearly a mile of rock formations
billions of years old. We watched waterfalls start
from the south rim and cascade down. Saw lots
of big horn sheep. Hiked up Havasu Falls – So
beautiful! Nothing I’ve done to date including
animals in Africa, Yellowstone, Tetons, Yosemite
compares to being in the canyon.”
1982
Nanny Pope Noyes
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Cid Johnson Rogers
[email protected]
Julie Jackson Flynn, and Beth Pruett Herbert ’79.
Julie Jackson Flynn and Beth Pruett
Herbert ’79 enjoyed spending time together
recently at a luncheon hosted in Julie’s home.
Beth’s mother, Mimi Pruett, came along, too.
1981
Geoff Alexander reports, “The Alexander
household is getting a bit quieter these days.
Will (19) is a sophomore in college at University
of Maine Engineering and middle son Curtis
(16) is a sophomore at Deerfield. If I ignore the
dog, that leaves Garrett (12) as the remaining
noise maker for our house. I don’t think that
I am going to be crazy about being an empty
nester. Too much peace and quiet.”
1983
Tennille Treadwell announces, “On October
13, 2013 I will be participating in the Bermuda
10k SWIM for the third consecutive year! My
husband, Tim, joins me in this endeavor in
addition to half dozen of our avid swimming
friends. We embrace the challenge of swimming
the perimeter of the Harrington Sound each
year for the intrinsic value of achievement and
the celebration of friendship, in a place we
affectionately refer to as Paradise!”
1984
Bill McGrath
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Sigrid Barton Orne
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Michelle Guzowski Litavis
[email protected]
Tennille Bistrian Treadwell
[email protected]
Elizabeth Dana Parker
[email protected]
Gail Cairns Steele’s daughter, Eliza,
and Ariella Salter with their player partner, Jacob.
Gail Cairns Steele shares, “My husband Jack
and I, along with our three kids, Jackson, Eliza,
a Pingree junior, and Dylan, started a Special
Olympics soccer program for kids a few years
ago, the North Shore Rovers. The players range
in age from 3 to 16 and are the most amazing
group of kids – so fun to be with, inspirational,
and great athletes. We call them ‘rock stars on
the field.’ As part of the program, we are lucky to
have 11 current Pingree students as part of our
volunteer crew. Each volunteer is matched with a
player for the season and in most cases they stay
together for several years. Pingree hosts one of
the tournaments every year and makes it a very
memorable day for the players and their families.
If anyone is interested in the program you can
email me at [email protected].”
Claudia Reshetiloff is cruising the Caribbean, homeschooling her
children, and still maintains her health coaching business.
Jonathan Epstein’s sons Mathias and Noah
during their family trip to Spain.
Claudia Reshetiloff writes, “We have been
living on our boat for over a year now and are
quickly approaching our one year anniversary of
untying the dock lines (Nov. 1) and cruising. We
had an amazing trip down the Caribbean Island
chain and have now settled in Tortola (still on the
boat) for a bit. It’s great being someplace where
a weekend away can be Anegada or The Bitter
End and a week’s vacation can easily be a sail that
includes Dominica or Antigua. My husband is
working for a local yacht management company,
and I am relaunching my health coaching
business (www.HealthThatFits.com) down here.
In addition, we are homeschooling our two kids
(Max, age 10, and Anya, age 8). We are loving
island life and hope that any alumni that book
BVI vacations reach out so we can say hello in
person!”
Jonathan “Juan” Epstein shares, “Greetings
to all of my classmates from 1984! Lots to share
with all of you. Linn and I are busy raising our
two boys. Our oldest boy, Mathias, will be 13 in
December while our little wild man Noah is
now a fourth grader (see photo above). This past
summer we had the chance to visit Linn’s family
who recently purchased a home in Marbella,
Spain. We spent 10 days hitting the beach as
well as doing a few day trips to Malaga and
Rhonda. We were fortunate enough to be able
to find time for a four-day visit to Paris which
we all enjoyed, although my kids hated all of
the walking! Now that we are back in Medfield,
both Linn and I have been driving hither and
yon transporting our offspring to soccer and
lacrosse games as well as to evening basketball
practices. The Epstein taxis are often filled to the
brim with local boys singing along to the latest
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Andrew Stavisky, far right with wife, Nora Memmott, and their blended family of five children.
top 40 songs as we burn rubber across Metro
West trying not to be late for a practice or game.
My wife continues to grow her interior design
business. If you are ever looking for an interior
designer, I suggest you go to www.houzz.com
and review her most recent project. LME
Designs is growing quickly. Her most recent
projects include homes in Brookline, Wellesley,
Medfield, and New Seabury. I am continually
impressed by her design esthetic and drive to
create the perfect spaces for her clients. I have
no idea how she handles our two rambunctious
boys and still manages to work 60 hours a
week. My company continues to develop Planet
Fitness health clubs across the state. We hope
to open four more clubs within the next twelve
months. Being involved in the ‘health and
wellness’ business keeps me young as I try and
exercise five times a week at one of our clubs.
I hope that all of my classmates are doing well
and I send my best wishes to everyone in the
Pingree family for a wonderful, healthy 2014.”
Andrew Stavisky announces, “I got
remarried earlier this year (we eloped to Vegas)
and now have close to a full-on Brady Bunch
family (minus Alice). Kids range in age from
19 to 10 and we love having so much activity
going on in the house all the time. I really
enjoyed hosting my second consecutive Pingree
senior this year at the GAO in Washington
DC for her senior project, Alexandra Wilcox
’13. My Pingree senior from last year, Bianca
Capone ’12, currently a sophomore at Columbia,
came back this summer for a full summer
internship. I was incredibly impressed with
both Alex and Bianca and both were able
to do substantive work for their projects/
internships. Bianca will be listed as an author
on the report she worked on, an evaluation of
the Veteran Administration’s Military Sexual
Trauma training program when it’s published
next spring. I would encourage anyone to bring
Pingree seniors to your organization for their
senior projects or even for a summer internship.
On another note, I saw Brian Abraham several
times in the spring and summer when he was
visiting DC while his daughter Eliza was playing
in a hockey tournament in DC. Later, his son
Conner played in a lax tourney at the University
of Maryland. It’s good to see they both got their
mom’s athletic genes.”
Laurie Harding Polese shares, “This past
year has been memorable, with my daughter
graduating from Pingree and starting college.
As an employee, I was able to hand her her
diploma which was special and emotional.
Madeline Polese ’13, is happily settled and
thriving at Colorado College. My daughter,
Susie, is a sophomore at Pingree and looks
forward to trying ice hockey this winter with
Coach Jay Esty. My son, Josh, is an eighth
grader who loves football and is considering
his high school options. My hubby, James, is
doing great. He also loves his work at Morgan
Stanley; volunteers for town sports and several
non-profit organizations; and spends as much
time as possible on the golf course. My work at
Pingree continues to be rewarding and fun. I
now share an office with Samantha Taylor ’08
who is working part-time in alumni relations.
It’s great working closely with a bright and
energized 23-year old. The Pingree campaign
and all the alumni programs keep my days
and nights full and busy. I wouldn’t have it any
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1981: Mr. Kevin M. Hanson
Mr. Geoffrey Seager
1982: Mrs. Anna Thistle Brecher Miller
1983: Ms. Lee Goldsborough Cramer
1984: Ms. Heidi Goehring,
Ms. Caroline Suozzo
1985: Ms. Elam Miriam M. Radebe
Ms. Sheena C. Simpson
Ms. Susan M. Tierney
1986: Ms. Linda Furey
1987: Mr. Timothy K. Hollander, Jr.
Ms. Emily J. House
Mr. Matthew D. Saucier
Mr. David W. Sauer
1988: Mr. Austin P. Manchester
1989: Ms. Merete Thorsvik
other way. I love my work and I’m grateful for
my wonderful family. I hope this message finds
you all doing well. I do enjoy reading everyone’s
posts on Facebook! Save-the-date, Class of 1984,
for our 30th Reunion – Saturday, October 4,
Laurie Harding Polese celebrates her daughter Madeline’s graduation from Pingree, June 2013.
(L to R) Susie ’16, James, Madeline ’13, Laurie ’84 and Josh.
2014! Cluster reunion format with a huge gala
celebration in the school’s new field house! See
you all then. In the meantime I send all my best
to friends near and far.”
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1985
Christina Clifford Comparato
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Marc A. Steinberg
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Christina Clifford Comparato shares, “Dear
friends, I write this note with a heavy heart. So
sorry about the death of one of our wonderful
classmates, Gretchen Flynn Messer, who battled
cancer for the last few years. Gretchen was a
special girl. I have gotten many emails from
you all in the last few days regarding her. Most
reminisce about her kindness, her humor and
her gorgeous long, blond hair. Gretchen was at
Pingree with us for freshman and sophomore
years before attending The Gunnery School.
She will be sorely missed by many of us,
especially her adorable, small, blond boys and
her husband, Charlie. I am trying to find solace
in the fact that her suffering is over.”
“On a brighter note, it has been wonderful
hearing from so many of you. We have a reunion
coming up – our 30th – to be shared with the
Class of 1984 and all alumni – October 4, 2014.
Look for the announcement in this bulletin. On
the home front, all is well with the Comparato
clan. Our oldest, Carly, is an eighth grader at
the Waring School and is loving it. She is her
mommy’s daughter, an enthusiast of music,
sports, and friends. Ella and Soph are third
graders at the Winthrop School in Hamilton.
They are also into music and sports. They are
sweet, happy girls. We spend lots of time with
my sister Julie’s three daughters. Loved an
afternoon with Stuart Johnson in the summer.
I also got to see Judy Adams Richardson as she
passed through. I received a nice email from
Julia Wenniger regarding Gretchen and I see
Stephanie Scola and Jennifer Linehan on a
regular basis. Maybe one of these days they
will send in news! Ramsay Gifford Trussell is
doing some exciting stuff with yoga and her new
studio. That’s it for now from me. Save the date
for October 4, 2014!”
Joe MacLaughlin gratefully announces,
“September 17, 2013 marked my one year
anniversary as cancer free. I wish to humbly
thank all of my classmates, former teachers, and
other alumni, for their support and generosity
in assisting my family and me through a very
difficult time. I received cards, e-mails, facebook
posts, and posts on my Caring Bridge site which
always made me smile. I enjoyed hearing from
or seeing so many members of the Pingree
community. Time may pass but the spirit of
Pingree stays strong. The past two years were
tough, both physically and emotionally. The
correspondences I received from Pingree
friends were eagerly anticipated and always
uplifting. Through this forum, I hope to thank
each and all for their acts of kindness and words
of encouragement on my behalf. I am fortunate
to be a part of the Pingree School family and
proud to be of the Class of ’85. I am looking
forward to thanking many of you in person at
our next reunion. Until then peace and love to
you all.”
Sheena Simpson shares, “My husband,
Andrea, and I will celebrate 17 years of marriage
on October 12 of next month. We met in
Florence, Italy on October 14, 1995 and we
married on October 12, 1996. I’m still madly in
love with him. We have two boys. Alessandro will
be 14 on Halloween and Massimo will be 7 on
February 27. They’re awesome kids. I am a wife, a
mom, and a chef! In my spare time (ha, ha!) I am
a financial representative for a major financial
services company. I hope all of you are enjoying
the journey as much as I am. I would love to
hear how all of my classmates are doing. I really
wish that I had kept in touch over the years, but I
believe it’s never too late to reconnect!”
Dana Limanni Tarlow writes, “Drake is now
in first grade at Pike. I am still with Entercom
(WEEI/WAAF/WRKO/ESPN). Between work
and kid and hubby, we are running around as
I’m sure most of you are doing. I just spent the
weekend with Marc Steinberg and his family
at their summer house in the Hamptons. I am
heading to California in October for Lori Dine’s
daughter’s Bat Mitzvah!”
Paula Alex Soteropoulos says, “Hi, Pingree
classmates! I’m happy to share some updates.
My 15-year-old daughter, Alexia, is just starting
her sophomore year at The Governor’s Academy.
I have enjoyed coming back to the Pingree
campus during her sports games, although I
am rooting for the other side. I left my previous
Paula Alex Soteropoulos with her husband, Taki,
and daughter, Alexia, on trip to Tanzania.
Zebras on Paula Alex Soteropoulos’ recent trip to Tanzania .
company after 21 years and decided to take four
months off. I enjoyed some much needed family
time, including our annual trip to Greece as
well as a family adventure to Tanzania. We had
the privilege to help a secondary school of 900
students with no electricity or running water.
It was a wonderful experience for us. We were
able to support them with much needed school
supplies, and we are also funding the building
of a rainwater catch and storage system so they
can have accessible water during the 100 days of
dry season in Tanzania. We saw more wildlife
than I expected while on safari: elephants, lions,
cheetah, leopards, rhinos, gazelles, wildebeest,
zebras, giraffes, and many more. I have recently
taken on two new career opportunities, firstly
joining the board of directors of a European
gene therapy company, uniQure, and also joining
the executive team of Moderna, a venture backed
start-up focused on transforming cancer, genetic
and cardiovascular diseases. Cheers to all!”
1986
Leah Cataldo
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Julie Clifford Smail
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1987
Josh Sostek
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Page Cogger Sostek
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Josh and Page Sostek send a big hello to
fellow alumni! Josh shares, “Page and I are
proud Pingree Parents! Our oldest son, Bailey,
is a junior at Pingree this year and he is loving
it. He is a true Pingree purebred. Page and I just
celebrated our 20th anniversary as well. I am still
the Senior Developer at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, so if you are in town, come on by!”
1988
Kerri Goddard Kinch
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Joe Capprini was named to the Babson
Athletic Hall of Fame. Joe was a legendary
hockey goaltender at Babson, leading his team
to four straight trips to the NCAA semifinals.
As a collegiate goalie, Joe collected 2,389 saves,
seven shutouts, and was named an AHCA
All American. In 1988, Joe was drafted in
the 12th round to the New York Islanders.
Congratulations, Joe!
Patti Pruett Trow continues to work at
Media Networks, a division of Time Warner,
as Director Multimedia based in Atlanta. As
of press time, she and her husband Brian
were expecting their second child, a baby girl,
on October 25. Their son Leighton (already a
Patriots fan) is 2.5.
Cover of Melissa Brooks MacVicar’s new book
Georgia Stokes Shuwall and fiancé Philip John Clarke.
Sally Wigglesworth Cioffi announces, “After 15 years of being home
with the kids, I am now working full time at Northshore magazine
as an advertising manager and loving it! If you would like
to promote your business on the North Shore,
please email me at [email protected].
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Georgia Stokes Shuwall is engaged to a
wonderful Englishman, Philip John Clarke,
whom she met through a mutual friend’s
introduction on Facebook while he was working
in Honduras as a MSDT Scuba Instructor. Next
spring 2014, they will have an intimate wedding
and honeymoon – just the two of them spent
scuba diving and relaxing in the Maldives.
Simultaneously this year, Georgia designed,
opened, and is managing the newest showroom
for Mission Tile West in Newport Beach, CA.
It has and will continue to be a great year –
moving to Newport, finding her true mate, and
being back by the water where she belongs.
Congratulations, Georgia!
Congratulations to Melissa Brooks
MacVicar, our classmate and first-time author!
Melissa has just published her first book, titled
Ever Near. Melissa writes, “I write young adult
romance with paranormal and historical twists.
My debut novel, Ever Near, has just been released
by Red Adept Publishing. I have lived most of
my life on Nantucket Island and my stories
usually take place here. In addition to writing,
I’m a full-time teacher, a busy mother of two,
and a devoted wife of one. I can’t wait for my
novel to be out in the world for people to enjoy.
1989
Rosette Cataldo
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Kelli Duggan
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Penny Killebrew, boyfriend Johnnie Cross,
and their son Finn, at home in Kenya, Africa.
Rosette Cataldo and her family coordinated
a family fun walk to support cancer research and
the city of Revere on September 15, 2013. The
3+-mile walk was in honor of Rosette and Leah
Cataldo’s ’86 mother, Rosemary, who, as many of
you know, died last year of pancreatic cancer at
age 68. More than 250 people walked, including
Joe MacLaughlin (celebrating his one-year
anniversary of being cancer-free), his wife, sister
Kathy ’89, mother Helen, and father Lester.
Rosemary volunteered endless hours to the City
of Revere and it is Rosette and Leah’s goal to
keep Rosemary’s memory alive by dedicating the
annual upkeep of flowers at two public schools
in her name as well as donating the majority of
funds to cancer research in Boston. All the event
details, which included a dedication by the mayor
in honor of Rosemary, and more information
can be found at www.steps4cancer.org.”
Penny Killebrew reported “I had been
living in NYC working in PR, marketing and
event planning, and moved to Kenya in 2007.
My boyfriend, Johnnie Cross, and I have an
18-month-old named Finn who was born
in Nairobi. We manage camps and lodges
throughout Kenya and are currently on the
southern coast, managing a coastal property
called Kinondo-Kwetu. Prior to moving to the
coast, we were in the African bush managing
properties in the Masai Mara, Lewa, and
Samburu. We love life in Africa. It is home now,
so please come and visit us.”
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Though Rebecca Monahan, Ron and their
nine-year-old twins (Fiona and Riley) live in a
neighborhood in Boulder, CO that was severely
affected by the flooding, they are grateful that
they were able to stay in their home. Rebecca
continues to work as a small animal veterinarian
with a special interest in acupuncture and laser
therapies. In her free time, she tries to keep up
with her kids on skis and bikes.
Kristyn Burtt at the Oscars!
Kristyn Burtt is still living out in Los
Angeles working as an entertainment reporter
and host. She’s currently hosting the “Dancing
With the Stars” after show for Maria Menounos’
network, AfterBuzz TV. Tune in to watch Kristyn
in action!
1991
Logo created by Cazzie Smith ’87 and technical web site
guidance by Josh Sostek ’87.
Shannon Patti Yates
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Pam Torto Sinclair
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Classic Coaching Moment with Alan McCoy and Buddy Taft.
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Patricjk Murray Classic shot!!! Two of the best
… anyone know what year this was? ’Cause that
looks like Bruce Hebble in the background!
Jamie Craig Circa 1980?
Josh Sostek looks like Erin Brown in the background, 85ish
Gretchen Knight This is great!
1990
Jennifer Riley Desmarais
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Molly Northrup Bloom
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Kristyn Burtt
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Samantha Dery and Beth Edwards in photo taken
by Laura Kozlowski ’90.
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Samantha Dery shares, “On Sept 15, 2013,
we celebrated Beth Edwards’ marriage to Tom
Goulet in Charlestown.”
Life is soon to become even more interesting!
I continue to pursue my opera career with
a recent audition for the incredible Marilyn
Horne. Having been taken under her wing, and
working with a new teacher she’s recommended,
we anticipate some successful auditions in the
new year. Perhaps I will finally find the success I
have been searching for for so many years. Life
begins at 40 … right?
1993
Jayne Seekins Lee
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Samantha Drislane Markowski
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Keith Wasserman’s newly released “Tickle Machine” album cover
was designed by classmate Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo.
Terrific Pingree teamwork!
titled ‘Tickle Machine’ and I played all summer
at farmers markets, music festivals, and on the
streets of Salem, and Cambridge. While the
album was produced in a studio with other
musicians – when I play out of the studio, I’m a
one man band! Guitar or banjo, harmonica, and
drums I play with my feet. The songs are rootsy
and folksy, with a great beat, and lyrics both funny
and poignant. You can see my website at www.
theWhirlyGigs.com in addition to my Facebook
page by the same name. The album is available
on iTunes, Amazon and elsewhere. It was such
a blast to work with Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo
on the cover art! Such an easy collaboration
– knowing full well Barbara’s immense talent –
and how perfectly the artwork brings the songs
to life before you even hear the tunes!”
Katherine Armstrong Layton’s son Benjamin.
Katherine Armstrong Layton writes, “My
husband Tim and I are expecting our second
child in December. Baby Layton will join big
brother Benjamin, who will be 20 months
when baby brother or sister arrives – just before
Christmas! We will have a lot to be thankful for
as this year comes to a close and we welcome
2014 as a family of four!”
Amy Morton manages her own art gallery,
Morton Fine Arts, in Washington, D.C.
1992
CLASS
“Girl on the Rocks” by Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo.
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Diana Benton
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’84, Director of Alumni Relations, 978 468-4415 x310
Diana Benton reported in late summer, “My
husband, Michael and I are currently closing on
a house in the beautiful town of Eastchester, NY.
We hope to move in early September in time
for our eldest daughter, Eva, to attend the local
kindergarten. Our youngest daughter, Georgina,
is getting ready for preschool in our new town
and both girls eagerly look forward to moving
into a new bedroom with bunk beds! Everyone is
also very excited for the December arrival of #3!
Barbara Willcox DiLorenzo shares, “Fellow
alum Keith Wasserman and I collaborated on a
project earlier this year. He started a new band
called ‘The WhirlyGigs’ and asked if I would
do the artwork for the cover. After meeting
up in person, and watching our children play
together, I decided to paint one of the photos
from the day. The painting (of Keith’s daughter)
came out better than I expected, so I submitted
it to the 2013 New England Watercolor Society
Exhibition. Happily, it got into the exhibit – 80
out of 400 were accepted.” The exhibit was at the
Plymouth Center for the Arts, from October 18 –
November 14. The reception was on October 20.”
Keith Wasserman adds, “On June 1, 2013
I launched ‘The Whirlygigs’ – music for kids
that parents can love! I released a four song EP
Adam Norris says, “Time is flying by. My
wife Dawn, our twin girls (who are now 7) and
I, continue to make Newburyport our home,
for over the last 10 years! Two years ago, my
partners and I left my longtime employer and
began Tritower Financial Group, a new real
estate investment company in Burlington, MA.
We’re off to a great start in 2013, and I am really
enjoying a bright outlook and having a real
impact in our new business. I also recently began
playing in the ONELL Men’s Lacrosse League,
for the local team. The bumps and bruises are
worth it to feel young again and bring back the
memories of old. Lots of fun to be had, even
when one is pushing 40! Looking forward to
continuing to see many Pingree alums when
we can!”
1994
Rebecca Symmes Lee
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Marcel Faulring
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Barbara Morton is an attorney for the Board
of Appeals at the U.S. Department of Veteran
Affairs in Washington, D.C.
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1995
Allison DeNapoli Schill
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Lauren Hintlian ’94, Elizabeth Moody Zschau, Sarah Bartlett,
Ann Marie Sheehan Baker, and Samantha Drislane Markowski
at Sarah Bartlett’s wedding on August 10, 2013 in Essex.
Melissa Mantzoukas McAllister shares,
“I am still living in Scarborough, Maine with
my two daughters, Metea (10) and Chloe (8).
The girls have kicked off third and fifth grades
and are my favorite two people in the world. I
have just started my own business as a personal
trainer. I became certified back in March and
started Melissa McAllister, LLC. I go into
people’s homes and train them one-on-one in
an environment that they are comfortable in.
Really excited about this new phase in life. Have
found myself nostalgic for Pingree lately. Some
good years for sure!”
Michelle Marks Esaias
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Heather M. Fisher
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Elissa M. Torto
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Last June, Jason Galui returned from a
year in Afghanistan and was honored to be
recognized as a 2012 – 13 White House Fellows
National Finalist. Jason currently works in the
Pentagon where he serves as a Special Assistant
to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Jason and his family enjoy the national capital
region and welcome Pingree alums to visit them
when in the area.
Allison DeNapoli Schill’s child, Mason at four weeks.
Allison DeNapoli Schill announces, “Our
big news this year was the birth of our first baby.
Mason James Schill was born on January 10,
2013 at 10 lbs. 4 oz. and 21-1/2 inches long. He
is now eight months old, and the time has gone
by so fast. We had Mason’s baptism on June 23.
My family also spent a week in the Outer Banks
in July, and Mason loved trying to keep up with
his cousins.”
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Melissa Mantzoukas McAllister’s daughters, Metea and Chloe.
Marcel Faulring announced at press time,
“My wife, Megan, and I are expecting our first
little one somewhere around October 18. Our
new arrival is a boy (Tristan Edward Faulring).
We live in southwestern Virginia (in Roanoke,
VA) where I am still an airline pilot and she
is still working as a high school teacher. We’re
excited to be able to send some family pictures
with baby Tristan for the next Bulletin.”
Allison DeNapoli Schill celebrated her son Mason’s baptism with the whole DeNapoli family. Pictured L-R: Gary DeNapoli, Rose Morris,
Alanna DeNapoli Morris ’97, Vaughn and Mason Schill, Connor Morris, Allison DeNapoli Schill, Jud Morris and Betsey DeNapoli.
1996
Kate Lockwood Bracken
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Laura Winthrop
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Katie Hopping Small writes, “My husband
Chris and I would like to announce the arrival
of our fourth son, Ellis Christian. He was born
on May 18, 2013, and joins big brothers Calder
(8), Sebastian (5), and Jude (3).”
Amanda Crawford Jackson’s children, Nate and Cole.
have brought about for the sponsored children.
His current research is focused on preparing
U.S. physicians for work in developing countries.
Rumford, RI with my husband Jud and our two
kids who are getting more and more fun as they
get older. Connor is now 4 and Rosie is 2.
1997
Amanda Crawford Jackson and husband,
Ned, announce the arrival of Cole Crawford
Jackson, born September 18, 2013 weighing in
at 7 lbs. 9 oz. and 20" long. Big brother, Nate,
snuggles with his newborn baby brother in
photo. Welcome Cole!
Charles “Chaz” E. Crosby
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Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen
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Allison Charles
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Katie Hopping Small’s sons (top to bottom)
Calder, Sebastian, Jude, and Ellis Christian.
Kevin Schwartz, MD is a pediatric
emergency physician in Boston, MA. He cofounded “The Child is Innocent” in 2004 and
has served as a U.S. executive director since.
Kevin has spent months working in Uganda
visiting the children in this program where
he has witnessed firsthand the remarkable
transformation that donations to the program
Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen’s children, Henry, James, and Teddy.
Kasie Jacobs VanFaasen welcomed to her
family, James Raymond. James was born on
August 1, 2013 and weighed 9 lbs. 9 oz. Pictured
above: Big brothers, Henry (4) and Teddy
(1.5) cuddle with their baby brother, James.
Congratulations, Kasie!
Dr. Kevin Schwartz with children in Kenya.
Alanna DeNapoli Morris writes, “This year
I became the Dean of Students at Providence
Country Day School in East Providence, RI. I
continue to teach history and coach the girls
lacrosse team. This is my ninth year at PCD and
I am enjoying this new position. I still live in
Meghan Settelmeyer Finkle and husband, Travis, welcomed
a baby girl, Eleanor, on March 19. Eleanor joins big brothers,
Ryan and Bailey. Congratulations, Meghan and family.
1998
1999
Laura Coltin Ogden
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Kimberly A. Baker
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Kara Tanzer
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Heather Horne Fraelick
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Jamie Merriman shares, “I received an MBA
from Wharton five years ago, and I’ve been living
in London for the past three years, where I’ve
been working as an equities analyst covering
the European retail sector for a company called
Sanford Bernstein. Basically my job involves
telling investors which stocks I think they
should buy and talking about shopping, which
is pretty fun. Living in London has been an
adventure, with lots of opportunities to travel
around Europe. So far in 2013, I’ve been to Paris,
Madrid, Croatia, Athens, Bordeaux, Stockholm,
Istanbul, Frankfurt, Prague, and a few others!”
Patrick “PJ” R. Lee
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Jessica Lockwood Hyde
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Alicia A. Vitagliano
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Ruth Grainger Wadsworth writes, “Graham
and I are still living in Bristol in the UK and our
son, Luke, is now 10 months old. He had a bit of
a shaky start as he was born with a heart defect
and had to have open heart surgery at eight
days old but he’s been given the all clear and is
a very happy, healthy baby for which we’re very
thankful. We’re just about to buy a new house
which needs complete renovation so that should
keep us busy for a while! We’ll hopefully make it
over for the 15-year reunion next year so will see
some of you then.”
Rachel Hoy Deussom’s little girl, Angèle Sophia.
Jess Lockwood Hyde’s children, Camilla and Lockwood.
Amanda Weber’s daughter, Violet Weber Angelli.
Amanda Weber and her husband Peter
Angelli welcomed their first baby, Violet Weber
Angelli, (Class of 2030!), on August 5, 2013. She
was a healthy 8 lbs. 1 oz. at birth and has since
been gaining strong in preparation for the 2014
soccer season! She enjoys spending her days
eating, sleeping and bouncing up and down.
Nathanael Howland and his wife Eva
Liuping welcomed their daughter, Clara June
Howland, on July 8, 2013. They are living in
Shenzhen, China where they run a surf Hotel/
Cafe at Xichong Beach.
Jess Lockwood Hyde and husband, Jon, and
son, Lockwood (3) welcomed Camilla “Millie”
Frances in March. “Millie has been a complete
joy and we have loved spending the summer in
Marblehead where we have finally settled into
a new home.”
Tamar Salter Frieze writes, “I hope all of
my classmates are well! My husband Ken and
I welcomed identical twin girls, Marin Brae
and Avery Gordon, on March 21, 2013. Big
sister Sloane (3) loves her little sisters, and is
a good helper. We still live in Boston. I have
stopped working as an event planner for now,
but have begun to blog on my same website
(www.salterfrieze.com). The blog is called ‘Merit’
and it focuses on sharing and referring different
top-notch resources on everything from
products and services to children’s activities and
restaurants in Boston.”
Rachel Hoy Deussom announces, “In May,
we welcomed Angèle Sophia to the world. She’s
truly a joy! This summer we had the chance to
dip our toes in the ocean at Crane Beach with
Melissa and Alice Schwab, Sarah and Gracie
Garnett, and Char Glessner. Otherwise, we’re
enjoying the end of the summer in DC.”
Alex Neefus married Katy O’Connor last
September 8 in Nantucket. The wedding was at
The White Elephant. It was gorgeous. Alex is the
Director of Systems Engineering for Melinox.
He and Katy are now living in Washington, D.C.
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Sophie Smith shares,”I relocated to sunny
Los Angeles in the spring of 2012, and am
currently at the Concord Music Group, where
I’m working on projects like the new Paul
McCartney album! Aside from the label, I’ve
been doing some freelance marketing and
consulting work. I’m also settling into the
awesome So-Cal lifestyle – palm trees, beaches,
mountains!. I spent July 4 weekend back on the
beaches of the North Shore, and caught up with
Nikki Early Stahnke, and was thrilled to see
Tsering Norpa at my going away party in NYC
last year.
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Pamela Moryl is living in Colorado and
hanging out in the mountains!
Char Glessner’s son, Henry David Monie, born September 21.
5 oz. on September 21, 2013. Everyone is doing
great and we are happy to be home with our
new little man!”
Lelsey Keegan shares, “For the past couple
of years, I have been living in Melrose with
my husband, Tom, and daughter, Lily. We
recently welcomed a new addition to the family.
Colin Thomas was born September 7. We are all
doing great! “
1992: Mrs. Elizabeth Ring Beltran
Ms. Sarah J. Ford
Mr. Davide Gonzalez
Mr. Jim O’Hara
Mr. Randy Ward
1993: Dr. Lindsay F. Pearce
Mr. Courtney M. Souza
1994: Ms. Alexandra M. Corwin
Ms. Becca P. Feldman
Dr. Jay W. Patti
Mr. Christopher Pollak
2000: Ms. Kathleen E. George
Mr. Gustavo T. Rojas
2002: Mr. Samuel L. Schwartz
2004: Ms. Foloshade T. Bello
Ms. Soo-Min Jenny Ha
2005: Mr. Harry J. L. Ingram
2006: Mr. Zachary S. Pliner
Lesley Keegan and her family welcomed baby Colin in September.
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Rob Houston “I am working in Technology
Sales for Oracle and have been living in South
Boston for the past three years. This summer, I
completed my MBA at Boston College. When I
am not working, I am typically playing golf or
hockey with fellow Pingree alums and friends.”
Char Glessner is living in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, while her husband is on a two-year
work contract. Char announces, “We welcomed
our beautiful son, Henry David Monié, 7 lbs.
1991: Mr. Lucas D. Shelley
Mr. Eric C. Stapfer
1995: Mr. Charles A. Davis III
Ms. Andrea E. Logan
Rachel LoVerme Rosenfeldt’s daughter, Ella Grace.
Rachel LoVerme Rosenfeldt reports, “Marko
and I are still living in South Boston. I am
working in Business Development for strategy
implementation firm Kotter International. We
welcomed our daughter, Eleanora ‘Ella’ Grace
Rosenfeldt, on May 9, and have been enjoying
every minute with her. We even got to have a
play date with Rachel Hoy Deussom and her
daughter, who was born just four days before Ella,
while they were visiting from Washington, DC!”
1990: Mr. Brian Jewell
Mr. Carl H. Lackey
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Lesley Keegan’s daughter and baby.
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Cara Angelopulos Lawler
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Sarah Fitzgerald
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Alicia Vitagliano with her husband and baby, Amelia Parker Vitagliano-Hill.
Sarah McGuire Edie and son Booker.
Alicia Vitagliano announces, “On July 3,
2013, I graduated with my Ph.D. in Psychology
with a specialization in Media from Fielding
Graduate University. Shortly thereafter, on July
18, 2013 my husband and I welcomed our first
child, Amelia Parker Vitagliano-Hill to our
family.” Congratulations on the arrival of the
newest Bruins fan!
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Amy E. Briggs
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live in New Hampshire. After teaching first
grade for seven years, Alyssa is taking some
time off to be with her son.
Caitlin Doran-Serafino shares, “Still living
in Andover with my husband, Tom. Our fouryear- old, Charlotte, was very happy to welcome
a new baby sister, Antonia, born April of 2013,
now five months old. Keeping busy with two
kids and a business. Hoping everyone is well
and having as much fun as we are!
Ryan Nugent
[email protected]
Tina Wadhwa and her husband recently
moved back to the east coast from San
Francisco to take jobs at New York University.
Tina is working at NYU’s Student Health and
Wellness Center as a therapist. Next year, she
and her husband will embark on an adventure
to the Middle East where she will be working as
a therapist at NYU’s University in Abu Dhabi.
Wally Mears writes, “I have two children,
Laila and Cody, and one on the way in 2014. I
work with Ryan Monetcalvo in Ipswich.”
Sarah McGuire Edie writes, “On July 17,
I gave birth to my son Booker. He was 19-3/4
inches long and 7 lbs. 1 oz. My husband Chris
Walter Mears
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Tina Wadhwa
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and I are super thrilled. It’s been a fun and
exhausting two months but we couldn’t be
happier. We are still in Baltimore for at least
the next six months while I finish my degree
and then who knows.”
Allison Cassidy Freeman is a secondyear Family Medicine resident at Sutter in
Sacramento, CA.
Krissy Sanborn Temple married Mark
Temple on August 30, 2013 at a vineyard in
Sandown, NH. They plan to honeymoon in
Hawaii this winter.
Dan Nagler writes, “I am engaged to Abigail
Waldman, a fifth grade teacher originally from
Potomac, MD. We are getting married in Miami
Beach, Florida, where we reside. My website,
InvolvedFan.com, was recently featured in The
New York Times special section on the US Open,
and also received ink in The New York Post.”
Alyssa Freeman married Garrett Bailey in
2010 and in September of 2012 they welcomed
their son Knox William Bailey. They currently
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Alyssa Freeman with husband Garrett Bailey
and son Knox William Bailey.
Tina Wadhwa and husband.
Former School President Benjamin
Zanfagna pours love and life into the community
via his Boocha Kombucha, a lightly fermented
probiotic elixir brewed locally and available
at The Natural Grocer & Joppa Fine Foods in
Newburyport, MA, Heron Pond Farm Store,
Kensington, NH, and Blue Moon Evolution
Restaurant & Good Karma Café in Exeter, NH.
Ben is also the Northeast-based Rep for Ultimate
Superfoods – a wholesale supplier of organic
Superfoods supporting indigenous farmers in
unadulterated regions of The Americas, Africa,
Europe and the Far East through fair-trade
agreements, which make exotic, nutrient-dense,
Steve Lewis CEO, Johanna Weigelt, Harley Blettner COO, and John Godlewski, VP Corporate Development.
mineral-rich foods available to you. In his free
time, Ben continues to create and perform
original music with collaborator and alumnus
Alex Sandman and their band, Red Tail Hawk.
A self-titled EP is available on iTunes; LP record
in production.
Katherine Vytal and Alexander Watts.
Katherine Vytal and Alexander Watts were
married on June 8, 2013 in the Atlanta Botanical
Garden. Jennifer Bertolon Card was one of the
bridesmaids. Much fun was had in the gardens
that day!
Johanna Weigelt shares, “I am living in
Porto Portugal, where I have been for the past
five years. I am head of Legal and Corporate
Affairs including Human Resources for Living
PlanIT. Living PlanIT is a privately held software
company headquartered in Switzerland,
recognized globally for its leading research
and development of technologies synonymous
with the industrialization of the Internet. The
company has recently won the Frost & Sullivan
2013 European Smart City Growth Excellence
Leadership Award. The awards ceremony was
in San Jose, California on September 11. I have
been with the company since it started so am
personally very proud and excited to receive
such recognition.”
Jennifer Bertolon Card and Katherine Vytal.
Elsbeth Taft married Ryan Flanagan on July
6, 2013. The wedding ceremony took place on
Pingree’s front lawn with the reception following
in the school’s Hedge Garden. Congratulations
Elsbeth and the entire Taft family.
Elsbeth Taft and Ryan Flanagan on their wedding day.
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Elsbeth Taft and her new husband, Ryan Flanagan, are surrounded by friends and family following their wedding ceremony.
Pingree alumni and faculty in this photo: L-R: Caroline McCoy, Anna McCoy, Charlie Taft ’10, Hope Taft Lucky ’05, Elsbeth Taft Flanagan, and Will Taft ’08.
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Zachary B. Chase
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Ryan Serhant is still working in real estate
for Nest Seekers International in NYC. He is
about to start shooting season three of “Million
Dollar Listing New York” for Bravo, which will
air in the spring of 2014 and will co-star with
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts in While We’re
Young, directed by Noah Baumbach, which will
come out in 2014.
Justin J. Parker
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Elizabeth L. Reichert
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Jessica Seymour
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Liz Jose shares, “I just got profiled in
Bicycling Magazine (biggest cycling magazine
in the country!) for the women’s cycling
organization I founded in New York City. The
goal of the organization is to get more women
on bikes and to create a community in what can
be a really isolating city. We do everything from
group rides to a Spanish Language Earn A Bike
program for low income mothers to a Moms on
Wheels component for families. Here is a link to
the article: http://www.bicycling.com/news.”
Liz Jose profiled in Bicycling Magazine.
Pingree friends celebrating at Daniella Irvine’s wedding were (L-R) Zack Foley, Kathleen Dyer, Justin Parker, Elizabeth Reichert, Mike Nelligan,
Matt Harrington ’00, Jeff Avallon, Tova Kaplan, Tom Salter, Jess Corvinus. Center Daniella Irvine and Daniella’s new husband, Jay Gates.
Todd Myers is still working at Google in
Boston and just recently moved into a condo in
Brookline.
Congratulations to Daniella Irvine who
married Jay Gates this fall. Daniella is back in
Boston teaching English at Winthrop High.
Elizabeth Reichert graduated from the
University of Rhode Island in May with her
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She is currently
completing her Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC
Davis Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics,
in Sacramento, CA.
Jessica Seymour reports, “I am still living in
Boulder, CO and loving it! I teach middle school
Spanish at a Charter school. This past summer I
led a trip to Costa Rica with a friend of mine who
owns an adventure travel company just for girls
called One Heart Adventures. We repelled down
waterfalls, white water rafted, learned to surf, and
zip lined. I will be chaperoning a trip to Spain
in November, as well. So I’m loving the travel
opportunities that have come my way this year.”
Jessica Corvinus, Kathleen Dyer, Daniella Irvine, Elizabeth Reichert
at Tommy Salter and Tess Stern’s Wedding.
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Jessica Corvinus says, “I started a new job in
May; I went from social sciences to social media!
I started a job in sales and account management
for a social media marketing start-up. It’s a nice
change of pace. I am learning all sorts of new
things and enjoy working with a variety of local
businesses. The other big event is the adoption
of my potcake puppy, Reggie, all the way from
Grand Bahama! He is becoming a true Colorado
dog and loves hiking! All in all, life is good and
Colorado is treating me well.”
Tommy Salter writes, “It’s been a pretty big
year for me. I got married to Tess a few weeks
ago in Lake Tahoe. I’ve also now been owning/
operating Firehouse Subs – Copley Square
now for over a year and am looking for more
locations. I’ve also enjoyed playing in a Monday
Night Coed Soccer League with a bunch of other
Pingree alums. Justin Parker is the only person
who has struggled to find the back of the net.”
Pingree friends also celebrated at Tommy Salter’s wedding! (L-R, Back to Front): Justin Parker, Kathleen Dyer, Elizabeth Reichert,
Jessica Corvinus, Michael Nelligan, Kristie Hambrecht, Thomas Salter, Tess Salter, Daniella Irvine, and Jeff Avallon.
Kathleen Dyer and Justin Parker will be
married on Saturday, December 14, at Sacred
Heart Italian Church in the North End.
Kathleen’s sister, Beth ’98, will serve as the Maid
of Honor and Michael Nelligan ’02 will serve
as Best Man. Also in the wedding party will be
Jessica Corvinus, Daniella Irvine, and Tom
Salter, all members of the Class of 2002. The
reception will be at the Parker House in Boston.
Kathleen is a third year litigation associate in
the Boston office of K&L Gates LLP and Justin
is a Senior Operations Analyst at Eze Software
Group’s Boston office. Best wishes, Kathleen
and Justin.
will be pretty fun. Sam Schwartz and I worked
a vineyard in France for a couple months and
now I’m headed back to Boston to have some
holidays. Then I’m off to New Zealand with my
fiancée, Shayla, for full emigration. I may not
come home again for a great many years, so if
anyone wants to get together over the holidays,
look me up!”
Justin Parker is living in Boston and working
as a Project Manager at a software company.
He has enjoyed attending a number of Pingree
weddings as well as playing alongside alums
Mike Nelligan, Tom Salter, Kathleen Dyer,
and Daniella Irvine in a coed soccer league.
The league has served as a brutal reminder of
why he chose to run XC rather than play soccer
at Pingree.
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The George Washington University Law School
and Amy was a graduate student at Georgetown
University. Brad is currently working as an
attorney with the Federal Communications
Commission in Washington, D.C. He and Amy
are living in Arlington, Virginia.
Robie Logan writes, “I recently got engaged
to Sarah Dwyer. We met through work six years
ago and couldn’t be happier. Still brokering
structured credit products at ICAP North
America, but recently took the GRE and
pondering over grad schools.”
Irene Callahan welcomed her daughter,
Sophia Irene Callahan, on November 7, 2012 and
is expecting her second child in early 2014!
Keri A. Barrett
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J. Bradford Currier
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Kate L. Hoenigsberg
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Rowan (Michael) Meyer
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Kathleen Dyer and Justin Parker will marry in December.
Brad Currier was married to Amy Lynne
Freeman on October 7, 2012, at the bride’s family
home on Ono Island, Orange Beach, Alabama.
Brad and Amy met while he was a student at
Colin Davis ’03, Jay Henderson ’02 and Alex
Thompson ’99 recently launched a company
called Something GUD; a weekly home delivery
service for produce, meat, fish, cheese, breads,
snacks, prepared meals, etc., all sourced from
local family farms and small businesses. Reach
out to [email protected] for more
information (and a special Pingree discount on
first time orders) and help them spread the word!
Tommy Papows shares, “Life is good.
I’ve been working as a River Guide in Alaska
rowing boats down rivers and pointing out
bears, moose and eagles to tourists. To cap
it off, earlier this year I spent 25 days rowing
down the Colorado River through the Grand
Canyon which is by far the greatest adventure
of my life to date. Following that I’ve been
working on a documentary about ghost hunters,
demonologists, and exorcists which I hope
Tommy Papows and fiancée Shayla.
Irene Callahan’s daughter, Sophia Irene Callahan.
Brad Currier married Amy Freeman last October.
Keri Barrett reports, “I am currently living
and working in Boston. I started working at Gilt
City Boston (www.giltcity.com/boston) as a sales
curator in March. Gilt City is a local lifestyle site
from the Gilt Groupe (www.gilt.com) that offers
memorable adventures and exclusive offers, all at
insider prices. If you know of a top local business
interested in being featured on Gilt City Boston,
please contact me at [email protected]. I
decided to close my brick and mortar store, First
Date Boutique, but I still have the online store
so don’t forget to visit www.shopfirstdate.com
for our cute wedding gift ideas! I’m excited to be
at Gilt City and I am having a blast. I also have
my holidays and weekends back to enjoy some
free time with my family and friends. Lastly, I
recently joined the Pingree Alumni Board. I am
happy that I get to reconnect with fellow alums
and give back to Pingree.”
Morgan Atkins reports, “Courteney Riedell
and I are living in Beacon Hill and still loving
Boston and the opportunity to see lots of other
Pingree alums. This fall, I’m headed back to
graduate school for one more year to complete a
Certificate of Advanced Study in education, and
I’m focusing on school counseling.”
Caroline Basile says, “After a whirlwind 2012
in Boston working at Romney headquarters
as the Surrogate Travel Coordinator for all
campaign surrogates nationwide, I happily
returned to DC. This January, I accepted the
position of legislative manager at TwinLogic
Strategies, a lobbying firm specializing in tech,
telecom, and Internet policies for clients like
Amazon.com, Pandora, and Yahoo! Now, if I’m
not camped out in hearings on Capitol Hill, you
can find me hiking some of the local trails or
helping out on Baptism Nights at my church,
DCmetrochurch.”
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Morgan R.H. Baird
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Jacqueline Grady and husband Greg Smith.
Jacob J. Marvelley
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Elizabeth F. O’Hare
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Nicholas N. Pratt
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David Blatt reports, “This past year I have
been busy living in South Boston with several
other graduates of Pingree’s Class of 2004. I’ve
continued to build my real estate portfolio and
successfully completed the purchase of two
additional rental properties in the greater Boston
area. In September, I made the move out to
Utah to join Brett Leve and Jeremy Schwartz in
building a real estate development community,
‘Summit Eden’ on Powder Mountain. We are
completing roads and beginning construction
of home sites and our village next summer. If
you’re around and would like to come ski and
check it out, drop us a line!”
Elizabeth O’Hare moved to Chicago about
a year ago from Wisconsin to help start up a
medical consulting practice at a consulting
company.
James Murray writes, “I spent the past
four years working in wealth management
and corporate treasury at Morgan Stanley in
New York. As of next week, I will be making a
significant career transition. I will be operating
BE LLC, an entertainment and digital media
startup that I co-founded in 2009, while working
on the digital strategy team at HOT97.com.”
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Henrik Lampert writes, “Hard to believe
this marks my eighth fall in Colorado. Coming
up on three years with Freeskier Magazine,
and absolutely loving it. I spend the majority
of my time keeping freeskier.com up to date,
but have plenty of time out on the road, too.
I skied in Chile this September, and will be
covering freeskiing’s Olympic debut in Sochi
this February.”
Hope Taft married Ryan Lucky on the
Pingree campus over the summer with many
Pingree faculty, staff, and alumni in attendance.
Henrick F. Lampert
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Johnna E. Marcus
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Alex Chase
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Ryan Cleary writes, “I’ve been living in
Chicago since 2009, working at a small start-up
and living my dream of chasing the almighty
dollar. In rare moments of lapse and weakness, I
also perform improvised theater with the house
ensemble ‘Meridian’ at Chicago’s iO Theater
(formerly Improv Olympic). And I was in the
first run of a play that you can now buy copies of
on Playscripts.com (I receive no royalties). These
humiliating gum-ups aside, I am well on my way
down the cash turnpike and streaking towards
that proverbial palace of cold hard coin.”
Hope Taft and Ryan Lucky.
Pictured here on Hope’s wedding day: Charlie Taft ’10, Buddy, Liz, Hope Taft Lucky ’05, Ryan Lucky,
Elsbeth Taft Flanagan ’01, Ryan Flanagan, and Will Taft ’08. Congratulations to the proud parents and beautiful brides.
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Sam Logan
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Jill Cappucci
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Andrew Vassallo
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Kathleen Whalen
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Juliet Jacobs is working at the Harvard
Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge
as a Program Coordinator in Executive
Education, and living in Amesbury, MA.
Susie O’Hare reports, “I am in Hong Kong
and have been here for about three years now!
I moved here after graduation to take a job in
investment banking and did that for around
two years. Following two years in finance, I
made a 180-degree turn in terms of career and
joined Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts. I started
in a rotational program at one of the hotels
L-R Andrew Vassallo, Ethel Mickey ’08, Sam Stelk, Adam Rimmer ’09,
Dillon Vassallo ’08, Liza Richardson ’08, Brendan Rimmer ’07, Mikey
Saughnessy ’08, Michael Lamothe ’09, Andrew Castraberti ’08,
Anthony Sardo ’09, Sam Taylor ’08, and Ben MacLaughlin ’08.
here in Hong Kong working in operations. I
worked in pretty much every department in
the hotel – housekeeping, kitchens, front desk,
finance, you name it! Now I have moved to the
corporate office and am working in corporate
sales at a group level. I am quite happy with
the new position as I am getting much more
opportunity to meet clients here in Hong
Kong and travel to China.”
Nicole Panico writes, “My big news is that I
got engaged to Peter Krensky, a classmate from
Amherst. We’ve been dating for four years, and
we’re getting married in Boston next October!”
Kathleen Whalen says, “I finished my
Master’s in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
from Northeastern and have begun working
at Cubist Pharmaceuticals in Lexington. I now
live with Heather McLeod ’06 and a Colby
friend in South Boston!”
JPM Morgan Corporate run with colleagues from Eze Software
Group and Pingree alumni Justin Parker ’02, Caroline Lubbock ’08,
Matthew Filosa ’06.
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Pingree alumni, faculty, and staff at Hope Taft’s wedding last summer. L-R, front row: Susan Esty P’16, Beth Savarese ’99, Jill Cappucci ’06, Charlie
Taft ’10, Anna McCoy, Gino Khachadourian P’14,’16, Caroline McCoy ’01. Second row: Frank Bonaiuto, Dean DeCoste, Donna Maggio P’05, Liz Taft
’73, Elsbeth Taft Flanagan ’01, Elisa Maggio, Hope Taft Lucky, Ryan Lucky, Page Riley, Jill Price, Caroline Kenerson, Ted Kettenbach ’04, Jay Esty P’16.
Back row: Jock Burns, Jim MacLaughlin P’08,’17, Ned Jackson, Buddy Taft, Mat Perry, Will Taft ’08, Alan McCoy P’00,’01, Steve Carey P’08, Dan
McCoy ’00, and two photo bombers (Buddy’s lifelong friends).
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Elizabeth Barthelmes
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Dillon Vassallo
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Bridget McGinn
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Liza Richardson
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Amalia “Pip” Owen
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Caitlin Shelburne
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Jonathan Salter
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Sam Taylor
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Bridget McGinn writes, “I am living in
sunny Austin, TX. I live with two of my Pingree
classmates, Macy Webster-Ramirez and Kara
Seigal. If you are ever visiting the great state
of TX, please contact us for a visit! I thought
of Pingree when I went out to Marfa, TX this
summer. I remembered Mr. E having had an
exhibit out there when I was at Pingree and
wondering where exactly it was. The Ballroom
Marfa, and the whole city, was very cool! I have
been teaching chemistry the past two years, but I
am now teaching middle school math at a small,
project-based school.”
Tedi Begaj says, “Hope everyone is well! I
am in my second year of medical school. I just
recently went and saw Jay Serebrenik who is
getting his PhD in Molecular Biology at Yale. It’s
still fun talking to him about science.
Elizabeth Mainiero is living and working
in New York City for the Baseball Tomorrow
Foundation at Major League Baseball. She sees
her classmates Liz Barthlemes and Bridget
Duffy often.
Will Taft and Lindsay Thompson
graduated together from Bates, spring 2012.
New York City. She has been lucky enough to
work on projects for the City of New York, The
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), iRobot, and
is currently working as a motion designer at
Landor Associates, an international “branding”
company in New York City. She is also
freelancing as an animator and designer and
resides in New York City.
Dale Bishop writes, “I spent my first year out
of college living out west – first working on a dude
ranch in Saddlestring, Wyoming, and then at a
boutique hotel at the bottom of Vail Ski Mountain
in Vail, Colorado. Two months ago, I moved to
Washington D.C. to try out the city life and am
currently working at POLITICO, a political news
organization. Hoping all is well with ’08 – let me
know if you find yourself in the capital!”
Taylor Halstead enjoys rock climbing.
Taylor Halsted is happily at work in Bain
Capital’s education-tech venture, Penn Foster
Inc. Now a Senior Associate in Strategy &
Finance, he partners with key business owners to
drive profitability, process efficiencies and ROIoptimization. Over the past year, he commuted
from Manchester-by-the-Sea while finishing
renovations on his condo in South Boston. Now
settled in, he can dedicate more time to strategy
and fundraising for the junior board of Mass
General Hospital’s Vaccine & Immunotherapy
Center – a philanthropic organization he cofounded alongside a fellow Pingree/Brookwood
alumnus in the fall of last year. In his free time,
Taylor enjoys rock climbing, biking, camping,
and visiting his girlfriend in New York City.
Anne Di Lillo graduated in May 2012 from
the School of Visual Arts in New York City, with
a BFA in Graphic Design and Advertising. With
her advertising partners, John Allen and Chris
Nelson, she won a Silver Pencil in the 2012 One
Show Young Ones Awards, an international
advertising competition. Her work with
“type design” won a gold from Graphis, an
international journal of communication design,
and was published in their 2012 New Talent
Annual. Her work also won a scholarship from
the Type Directors Club of New York and has
been exhibited at the Art Directors Club in
Alex St. Pierre was a Presidential Medalist at Sweet Briar College.
Alex St. Pierre writes, “I am currently in my
first year of veterinary school at the University
of Pennsylvania after taking a year’s deferment
following my graduation summa cum laude
and as the Presidential Medalist from Sweet
Briar College. During my deferment, I was
able to qualify for the American Eventing
Championships and finally got to travel to Italy
(Rome, Tivoli, and Florence.) Best wishes for
all the ’08s as they enter into their first jobs or
postgraduate studies!”
Kelsey Klibansky is vagabonding in 2013.
She graduated from Northeastern University in
May, backpacked solo in Europe for the month
of June, completed an arts fellowship at the
Burren College of Art in Ireland in July, and then
returned to the states in August to teach Drawing
& Painting at Pingree, whitewater guide in
Maine, and call her car a temporary home. This
fall, Kelsey is going to the Punta Mona Center
for Sustainable Living and Education in Costa
Rica for yoga teacher training, then on to work as
an art designer, yoga instructor, and farmhand at
an off the grid permaculture farm in Guatemala.
She is currently writing Journal #34.
Audrey Wilson is currently pursuing her
Master’s of education at UPenn and hopes
to continue her educational research in race,
private education, and diversity.
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Colin Desko graduated this past spring
from Hobart College with a B.A. in International
Relations and Asian studies. He has just started
working for Fidelity Investments as a Financial
Representative.
Colin Desko
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Amanda Nasser
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Meg O’Hare graduated cum laude from Yale,
with a BA in Modern Middle Eastern Studies,
earning distinction in her major. She is now
working as a Teaching Fellow in Madaba, Jordan,
teaching tenth grade Middle Eastern History at
the King’s Academy, a boarding school founded
in 2004 by King Abdullah II of Jordan. Although
most of her time is spent trying to figure out how
to plan an effective history lesson on par with the
Pingree History Department, she is also helping
organize an a cappella/glee club at the school,
and, ironically, coaching girls JV soccer. In her
free time, she is learning colloquial Arabic and
traveling around the country.
Elizabeth Pruett graduated from Emory
University in May 2013 on the Dean’s List, and is
now living and working in Atlanta as a consultant
at Digital Scientists, a mobile innovation firm.
She lives with Caitlin Ryan, a fellow Pingree and
Emory graduate.
Andrew White reports, “I have recently
graduated from Wagner College on Staten
Island with a B.A in International Affairs and
a minor in Economics. My senior thesis on
globalized justice was accepted at a “Global
Studies” conference taking place in India.
I took advantage of technology and made a
virtual presentation, which can be viewed on
YouTube. During my senior year, I also interned
at an election office on Staten Island for Mark
Murphy working as a field manager intern.
Continuing my journey in understanding global
affairs, I studied in Paris, France for my junior
spring semester as part of the IES business and
international affairs program while also enjoying
the food and culture of Paris. Throughout my
four years at Wagner, I continued to work for
a brief while on the student events board and
continually volunteered and helped with the
technical side of Wagner’s theater productions.
My plan now is to work for a couple years
before heading to graduate school and getting
a Master’s degree.”
Holly Noyes collected several accolades in her
final lacrosse season at St. Lawrence. She served as
team captain and led the team in draw controls.
In her four years at St. Lawrence, she had 31 goals,
6 assists, 110 ground balls. 136 draw controls and
45 caused turnovers. Holly was named to the
second team all-conference team and selected as
a Regional All-American. She graduated from St.
Lawrence with a degree in Sociology.
Allen Williamson is playing for Etzella Ettelbruck in Luxembourg.
Allen Williamson graduated from Amherst
College in May with a decorated basketball
resume. The Amherst basketball team won the
NESCAC Championship as well as Division
III NCAA Championship. Allen was named
NCAA Tournament MVP and was also given
the Amherst College Eugene Wilson Award.
Allen is now playing professional basketball in
Luxembourg for Etzella Ettelbruck.
Katie Milachewski graduated from
Providence College in May. She is now studying
to become a Family Nurse Practitioner at
Simmons College.
Addie Davis recently graduated from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree
in History and African Studies. After spending
the summer coaching sailing in New York,
Addie recently moved to Washington, D.C.
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Three happy Pingree alums, Lyndsey Shepard ’10, Haley Thompson
’09, and Liv Whitney ’09, were NESCAC lacrosse champions for the
third straight year.
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CLASS
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Welcome New Class Agent(s)
Nora McGinn
[email protected]
Cara Blackman
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Lacey Allis
[email protected]
Kyle O’Donnell
[email protected]
Save the date:
Reunion
SATURDAY
october 4, 2014
Kristin Skelton writes, “This past summer, I
had an internship at a Northeastern psychology
lab (the IASL-Interdisciplinary Affective Science
lab), studying emotion. I am applying to grad
schools with the ultimate goal of getting a
2011
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Chris Muise
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Gabi Geiger
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Jennifer Mannion
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Kristin Skelton with new friends on a term abroad in Chile.
Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology. I’m also
applying for a Watson Fellowship which grants
money to college graduates to explore a passion
abroad for a year. My passion is theater and
psychology, so I’m thinking of proposing mine
to be about drama therapy in other countries.
The fellowship is pretty competitive, so here’s
hoping all goes well! I also studied abroad in
Chile last fall. It was amazing! My Spanish
improved tremendously! I’m double majoring
in Psychology and Spanish.”
Kyle O’Donnell serves as Director of
Uncommon Grounds, a coffee shop service
under the Corp, the world’s largest completely
student-run company. Although he doesn’t
drink caffeine, he has a newly found appreciation
for coffee. Since interning with Guest of a Guest
DC, one of DC’s premiere lifestyle blogs, since
April of 2012, Kyle was named Associate Editor
over the summer. He still sings with the Capital
G’s, Georgetown’s all-male a cappella group.
Colleen Maher spent fall of 2012 in Madrid
and declared Economics as her major.
Pingree lacrosse alums joined forces on the “Salty Dogs”
lacrosse team in the recent tournament held at
Raymond Fields, Ipswich to benefit the Metro Lacrosse program.
(L to R: Jack Williamson, Kyle Lange, and Charlie Taft.)
who have distinguished themselves through
sportsmanship and ethical behavior. These
student-athletes must also be in good academic
standing and have demonstrated good
citizenship outside of the sports competition
setting.
Emma Johnson received a Community
Matters in Maine Fellowship from Bowdoin
to work for Preble Street, a Portland-based
organization fighting hunger and homelessness.
Emma is an anthropology major and gender and
women’s studies minor. She said that just three
weeks into her job she has become even more
certain she will dedicate her career to working
in the nonprofit sector and helping people.
All-Alumnila
Reunion Ga
SATURDAY
, 2014
october 4
Veronica Corning has been making
quite a name for herself on the tennis scene
at Big 10 Northwestern University. In April,
Veronica was one of three Northwestern tennis
players to represent her school on the AllBig Ten women’s tennis teams when she was
selected for the second team. Corning was also
recognized as the team’s recipient of the Big Ten
Sportsmanship Award. The student-athletes
chosen to receive the honor are individuals
Veronica Corning and the 2013 Northwestern Tennis team
at the Big 10 Championship.
Jamie Cappucci ’10 (Bates College) and Ari Twomey ’11 (Amherst
College) playing soccer against each other on September 29.
Priya Donti was awarded the Dean Chris
Sundberg Prize at Harvey Mudd College. The
Dean Chris Sundberg award recognizes a rising
junior who demonstrates exceptional leadership
and makes a positive impact on the HMC
community. She was also prominently featured
in the Fall/Winter 2012 issue of the Harvey
Mudd College Magazine. She is currently a
junior joint Computer Science/Math major.
In her free time, Priya participates in Mudd’s
environmental club, a cappella, improvisational
theater, and Science Bus (an elementary school
outreach program). She also works as a Writing
Center tutor and completed an internship at
Google last summer.
Liliana O’Donnell is enjoying the challenges
of college life at High Point University in North
Carolina.
Elizabeth Stankus is in her junior year
at Parsons New School for Design in New
York City. As a communication design major,
she focusses on computer based graphic
design, branding, web design and coding. she
is especially interested in branding and web
design and applies what she learns at school
outside of the classroom. Head of Creative,
Co-Social Chair, and Founding Junior Board
Member at Massachusetts General Hospital’s,
VIC, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center, she has
helped re-brand the non-profit which is focused
on accelerating the best medical discoveries out
of research labs and into patients. Participating
Elizabeth Stankus is enjoying life at Parsons New School for Design.
2012
CLASS
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Katie Ober
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Olivia Miller
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Rachael Berman
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Reinhold Willcox
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Sami Halloul
[email protected]
Carolyn Attenborough is on the Bates College equestrian team.
on a Board with young professionals, (four of
them Pingree alums). For more information on
VIC, please visit AdvancingCures.org, and stay
tuned for the next event!
Katie Pruett is spending the semester in
Adelaide, Australia on a Pitzer exchange. She
wants to be a livestock veterinarian so she chose
to go there because the program has an animal
science and veterinary program that includes
daily, direct work with animals. On the campus,
there are cows, pigs, chickens, alpacas, dogs
and a variety of facilities so all of the practicals
are hands-on. On her break from class, she is
traveling up to Brisbane and meeting Maddie
Stephens ’11 who is also studying in Australia
for the semester. Then, Katie is traveling to
Cairns to see the Great Barrier Reef, and down
to Melbourne. She is really excited to explore
other parts of Australia outside of the Adelaide
area. After the program ends, Katie and Maddie
have a trip planned to Sydney and New Zealand!
Ian Shain was named the Best Young
Performer of 2012 by The Independent
Reviewers of New England (IRNE) at a
special ceremony in Boston on April 29. The
IRNE awards recognize exceptional talent
in the Boston theater community. Ian was
acknowledged for his performance in the
world premiere of Reflections of a Rock Lobster
Dylan Taylor and Alexandra Sardo ’13 enjoyed a good time
out on Maura Grady’s ’13 boat this summer.
produced by the Boston Children’s Theatre, in
which he portrayed Aaron Fricke. Ian is now
studying theater at the University of Southern
California. This summer he was an apprentice
at the acclaimed Williamstown Summer
Theatre Festival in the Berkshires.
CLASS
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Currently Seeking Class Agents!
Welcome new class agent!
Emily Scott
[email protected]
Emily Scott writes, “Hope all is well!
Thought I’d update everyone on my new life in
South Carolina. I’ve been in Columbia, South
Carolina for a little over a month and it has not
cooled down below 80 degrees since I moved
in. Most days are in the 90s. The days are hot,
everyone walks and talks a little slower, and we
drink lots of sweet tea. I’m staying busy with
classes, clubs, new friends, my new sorority
sisters, and, of course Gamecock football.
Football games are weekend events and it seems
the whole city shuts down on game day. Girls
get all fancy in their game day dresses and
cowboy boots and boys in their button downs
and we cheer on our Gamecocks to victory at
Williams Brice Stadium, which holds almost
11,500 more fans than Gillette. It’s absolutely
incredible and so much fun. Hope all is well in
South Hamilton. I miss my Pingree family so
much! Sending love from down here!”
Bianca Capone writes, “I hope you are well!
I just completed an internship in Washington
DC at the Government Accountability Office.
Alum Andrew Stavisky arranged and supervised
the internship. I really appreciate the time
and effort he put in to assure I had a fantastic
experience.”
Emily Scott at a game day in South Carolina.
Jimmy O’Hare spent the summer “off
the grid” teaching at the YMCA Camp in the
Berkshires. She is in her sophomore at Pitzer.
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Kevin St. Pierre and Kyle Jameron at Bentley University after the
Assumption vs. Bentley football game, Friday, September 13.
2013
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Alex Kruck (far left) and “The Purple Team” made a generous
donation to the Jimmy Fund - Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Pingree parent Maureen Sabino P’14, writes, “On
September 13, 2013 the Topsfield Women’s Softball
League presented the Dana Farber Institute with
a check for $4,451 in honor of Karen Kruck. Karen,
parent of Alex ’13, Lindsay ’07, and Lauren ’05, lost her
battle to the rare soft tissue cancer Leiomyosarcoma
in 2012. Karen played softball with me for a few years
prior to her getting sick and this year our team, The
Purple Team, raised money at the Topsfield Women’s
Softball League end of season banquet/auction for the
Dana Farber Cancer Research in Karen’s honor! We
were thrilled that Alex could be there too, it gave the
donation so much more meaning!”
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
PINGREE
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Pingree’s First 50th Reunion
1964 and 1965 (gold)
Cluster Cocktail Parties by Decade
Alumni Gala Celebration
OPENING OF THE NEW
ARTS & ATHLETICS FACILTITES
Reunite and Reminisce with Alumni
from the classes nearest yours
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Pingree alumni relations staff, faculty members, and
administrators will be traveling this year to meet with
alumni and spread the word about what’s new at Today’s
Pingree. They’ll bring news of Proudly Pingree: The
Campaign for Arts, Athletics, and Access, with the
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To find out where we’ll be, or to invite us to your
neck of the woods, contact Director of Alumni
Relations Laurie Polese at [email protected] or
978-468-4415 ext. 310, or go to www.pingree.org and
click on Alumni.
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