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Vickie Sessions is an associate director of have two sons, Nicholai and Dominic, and live alumni relations at the College. She and Jim Hutto in Charleston. Allen is an occupational therapist were married in October. at Roper Hospital, and Shannon is a third-grade teacher at Mary Ford Elementary School. Beth Guerard is the corporate communications manager for Sallie Mae in Washington, D.C. Kimberly Dixon Harkins is a financial analyst for the Computer Sciences Corporation in Charleston. Heather Tripp Henderson is a resident physician at the University of Alabama’s Department of Pediatrics in Birmingham. Dorothy Hoffman-Ballard (see Brian Ballard ’97) Andrew Johnson is a product manager for Pilgrim’s Pride in Duluth, Ga. Jan Neil Johnson is the communications coordinator for MUSC Women’s Health in Charleston. Tara Killian (see Blaise Fitzgerald ’96) Heidi Schwartz Levy is an account development manager with PrimePay of Georgia. Alicia Lutz is the associate director of college publications at the College. She and David Watkins were married in October. Jamel Major is a reporter for WVTM in Birmingham, Ala. Molly McBride is a compliance officer with BB&T Investments in Charlotte. Tim McManus works for the Peninsula Media Fishing Magazine in Charleston. Stephone Mickler lives in Willingboro and works for the New Jersey state government. Shane Mull (see Liz Page Mull ’91) Lili Rossi is an international development fellow Jamie Browder (see Jennifer Sohn Browder ’95) Susanne Buck and Willis Cantey were Amy Rush Sheppard (see Greg Sheppard ’97) Arly Slepski is a pricing analyst for Pearlstine married in November. Their wedding party included the following CofC alumnae: sara Distributors in Charleston. Will and Molly Grant Waring announce the birth of a son, William “Wiley” Hayne Waring IV. Scott Warren is a vice president and commercial loan officer with the Daniel Island loan production office of First National Bank. Katie White is the director of publishing at Arcadia Publishing in Mt. Pleasant. She and Graham Kellett were married in February 2005. Richardson Adams ’00, Elizabeth Gilchrist Ames ’03, Mary Ruth Sharpton Blair, Susanne Wolf Wimberly, Margaret Anne Florence Siachos ’01, Niki Taylor Davidson, Julie Johnson Hudson, Tiffany Lollis Boggs ’98 and Katherine Austin Vest Smith. Amy Maroulis Carroll received her master’s degree from Regent University in 2001 Amy Anderson Wise is an attorney with and is an adjunct professor of psychology for Aiken Bridges Law Firm in Florence, S.C. Regent. She and her husband, Todd, live in Suffolk, Heather Woychick and Kris Niemi were Va., with their three children. Laura Rutherford Crisp is a PhD married in June and live in Charleston. Erik and Amy Sunshine Younginer student in educational psychology at the announce the birth of their second child, Harrison. University of Tennessee. Nicole Bannister Davis is a graduate 1999 research assistant at the University of Washington’s Jennifer Mertes Ash is an accountant for Department of Cognitive Studies in Education. Michael Dennis owns a private painting the Hearst Corporation in Charlotte. Brittany Ashworth is a nurse case business in Charleston. In October 2005, he manager with Nationwide Better Health completed a cross-country bicycle ride to raise in Maryland. $11,000 for Habitat for Humanity. Charleston Jason and Kimberly BeattyStubbings ’98 announce the birth of a Mayor Joe Riley declared February 2, 2006, “Michael Dennis Day” in Charleston. second child, Kaytlin. Kimberly, a former teacher, is a stay-at-home mom, and Jason is a retirement planning consultant for A.G. Edwards in Charleston. Griffin and Jaime Gauthier Bettencourt announce the birth of a son, Liz Price Dixon (see Kevin Dixon ’92) Catherine Sandlin Dority (see Roland Dority ’91) Amanda Heller Farnum is a program officer for the Virginia Health Care Foundation Cohen Megeath. They live in Charlotte. in Richmond. Nancy Bradham Bright is the director of Steve Frappier is a sales executive with the for Catholic Relief Services. She currently works telecommunications at The Citadel. She completed Molecular Imaging Group of Siemens Medical in Zambia. her master’s degree from The Citadel in 2005. Solutions USA, Inc. He lives in the Chicago area. Making a difference, one gift at a time The College of Charleston Foundation would like to thank all of our alumni, family and friends who generously gave back to our students, to our campus and to education in 2006. Special thanks to all of our 1770 Society members who gave leadership support to the CofC Fund. OFFiCe OF AnnuAl GivinG FOUNDATION 42 | COLLEGE O F C HAR LESTON www.ia.cofc.edu 843.953.7362 [ how to ... ] Chasing the Crown (or How to Win Miss USA) What would you do for $250,000 in cash and prizes? I know what I did. I stood onstage, halfnaked, in front of a viewing audience of 300 million people. At the time, some might have said I’d lost my mind. Maybe I had, but once you enter the world of national pageant competition, a certain amount of sanity is thrown out of the window, and what becomes foremost in your mind is winning the crown. But strutting my stuff onstage in a hot-pink bikini didn’t win me the title of Miss USA. No such luck. In fact, I had to speak. Imagine that. I had to be up on current events. I also had to be interviewed by celebrities, and I had to make sense. Most people think pageants are all about exposing skin, donning big hair and giving lip service to saving the world. Maybe in some cases, but overall it’s a tough business. If you’ve ever dreamed of competing in a pageant, get ready for the ride of your life. If you’re going to give it a try, here’s the inside line on how to succeed – begin with a clear focus. You can’t go in “half-bootie”! (Diction altered to earn “G” rating for this magazine.) You have to create a plan of action. And when you think about it, that’s actually a good lesson for life. How many of us really know what our goals are and have a concrete plan set up to achieve them? Forget about comparing yourself to the other contestants, find out what makes you unique. In the pageant world, there are three facets of competition. These are evening gown, swimsuit and interview. You have to nail all three categories to win. As in life, if something is off kilter, like your physical well-being or your spiritual side – even your morals – then your focus gets out of whack, right? The same theory applies to pageants. Get in physical shape, and you’ll knock ’em dead in swimsuit and evening gown competition. But the most crucial part of Illustration by Steve Stegelin Allen and Shannon Chesnut Gonzaga competition is by far the interview. Have you ever seen a beautiful woman from afar, only to hear her open her mouth and think, “Ugggh!”? The key here is to know your stuff. Share your views on current events, but don’t cram your opinions down someone’s throat. Some people may have a different view of the world than you do. Ask yourself what makes you tick. Who or what do you love, dislike and even admire, and why? “Why” is the question that will get you every single time. Last, but not least, listen. Interviews are not meant to be one sided. You have to listen and share. Again, it’s sort of like normal life: you’ve got to give to get. And, oh yeah, don’t forget to suck it in, and smile. — Lu Parker ’90 Parker was crowned Miss USA in 1994. Her final question: do you feel an athlete who has been accused of a crime but not found guilty should be able to compete in the Olympics (asked in light of the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding controversy)? She currently works as a news anchor in Los Angeles. S P RING 2 0 0 7 | 43 Jim Frysinger (MS) retired as physics lab manager and lecturer at the College. He and his wife, Sally, moved to Tennessee to build a new farmstead on family land – the fulfillment of a 33-year-old dream. Donnetta Grays received her MFA from the University of California at Irvine and is a managing director for Coyote REP in New York. Tara Parnell Guérard, an event planner in Charleston, has written Southern Weddings: New Looks from the Old South. William Hart is a financial specialist with Stein Financial Group. He lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, Shayna. Brad Libertore received his MBA from Northeastern University and works in marketing for Myriad Genetic Laboratories in Boston. Seth Lockard is a sales associate with Runan Engineering in Ludlow, Ky. Tree Martschink is in Bangalore, India, helping to start a legal process outsourcing company called iDiligence. Joshua Mayes earned his JD from Cornell Law School and is an attorney with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in Atlanta. Stephanie Heape Reller and her husband, Jason, live in Virginia Beach with their daughter, Quinn. She is a member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Michele Knaggs Reneau is a realtor for Prudential Carolina Real Estate in Charleston. Lee Robinson is a production editor for McGrawHill Companies in Columbus, Ohio. This year, Lee plans to pursue a PhD in Anglo-Irish literature at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. TJ Sack and Lauren Howell ’00 were married in November. TJ is an account executive with Allbritton Communications WCIV ABC News 4 in Charleston, and Lauren is a licensed associate with Clement Crawford and Thornhill commercial real estate services. Mike Smith acquired Healing Enhancements, a surgical recovery solutions company. Melissa Stickney is a science and policy program coordinator with the Department of Health and Environmental Control. Sarah Boatrite Stocker is a hospital administrator at The Highlands Living Center in Pittsford, N.Y. Chris Adcock received his master’s in political Billie Jean Murray is a PhD candidate in communication at UNC-Chapel Hill. Kirk Perrow received his JD from Florida State University in 2003. He is an associate with Stiles, Taylor & Grace in Jacksonville, Fla. He is actively involved with with Ethicon Endo-Surgery. He and his wife, Stacy, editor of Sociological Abstracts. the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville live in the Washington, D.C. area. Charles Ailstock owns Artizom Frame Gallery in downtown Charleston. Tim Angelos is an agent with New York Life. He and Adrienne Parker were married in September and live in Charleston. Kate Howard Arnold is the College’s director of stewardship. Senaca Baines is a teacher at Latta Middle School in Latta, S.C. Michael Bender received his JD from Mercer University School of Law in 2004. He is an attorney with Moore & Van Allen in Charleston. Michelle Blakeley is a counselor at Laurel Hill Primary School in Mt. Pleasant. She and Clinton Cole were married in October. Duccio Brandonisio is account supervisor for BMW with Grey Advertising. Trey Bunch is an attorney for Burleson, Pate & Gibson in Dallas, Texas. Elizabeth Mulvaney Conley received her MEd from Providence College and is a Spanish teacher at Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School in Rhode Island. Kate Creech is a new homes counselor with Beazer Homes USA in Charleston. Kimberly Scoggins Donaghy is a realtor with Asset Realty in West Columbia, S.C. Raul Estrada is a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati. Adam Ferrell is the publications editor for the Medical University of South Carolina. Ashley Harris is an account supervisor for Bradley Reid & Associates, an advertising agency in Anchorage, Alaska. She and Bill Warnock were married in October. Catherine O’Connor Heitz is a senior financial specialist with Wachovia National Bank in Atlanta. Corie Hipp is the hospitality coordinator for Young Lawyers and the Jacksonville Bar Association. Christi Roe is a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in McLean, Va. Kandace Salter is a memorial counselor with Carolina Memorial Gardens in North Charleston. Maryellen Seplavy is a nursing student at Stony Brook University in New York. Alicia Smith (see Travis McCory ’97) John Tramel received his master’s degree from Clemson University and is an engineer with GE Energy in Greenville, S.C. He is a member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Gerret Van Duyne works in investments with JP Morgan in New York City. Chris Williams is an attorney with McNair Law Firm in Myrtle Beach. Melissa Salter Yarochowicz is an art instructor for the Arts Council of Greenwood, S.C. She and her husband, Gene, have two daughters, Lyles and Julia. with I’On Group in Mt. Pleasant. executive for Blackbaud in Charleston. Kathy Young Marshall received her Ministries in Charleston. Amy received her MPA from master’s in accountancy from the University of South the College. Carolina. She is a manager for Elliott Davis, LLC in 2000 Marvell Adams received his master’s in public health from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a licensed 44 | COLLEGE O F C HAR LESTON Greenville, S.C. Ainsley Mitchum is a PhD student in the teacher at Bethel Elementary School near Coastal Houseworks in Charleston. Wyndall Henderson (see Jason Ferreira ’94) Aaron Hite is the online media director for 360i in Atlanta. Lucas Hitt received his master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and is the vice president and director of business development for the Rhoads Group in Washington, D.C. Carly Howard is an estate-planning attorney for Kennedy Covington in Charlotte. She received specialist for Standard in Nashville, Tenn. Lauren Bunch is a registered nurse at Palmetto Greenville, S.C. Dale Savage earned his JD from Golden Gate University School of Law and is a contract attorney were married in September. J.P. Davis earned his JD from Duke Law School in with Motley Rice in Charleston. Francis Shealy is a staff optometrist for the 2005. After clerking for the Honorable Graham C. Mullen, J.P. is an attorney with James, McElory and U.S. Air Force in Tampa, Fla. Shana Thomas is a therapeutic specialty Diehl in Charlotte. J.P.’s fiction writing has been published in Shimmer Magazine. Daniel Dupuis is a financial consultant for AXA representative with Pfizer in Atlanta. Emily Watts is the public relations and publications manager for the Charleston Metro Advisors in Mt. Pleasant. Ryan Eleuteri is the financial services director Chamber of Commerce. for Rick Hendrick Dodge in Charleston. He is a both her JD and LLM from the University of Miami 2002 School of Law. Lucy Barna has been traveling around the member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Brian Fachada is the assistant front office Jason Hunsinger is a second-year student at world since she graduated. She went to graduate the University of South Carolina School of Law. school for Buddhist studies at Naropa University Keiron Kennedy completed medical school Health Baptist in Columbia. She and John Coggiola manager and training manager at the Wynn Towers Suites in Las Vegas. Rick and Sara Rhudy Foreman announce in Boulder, Colo. She then moved to Hawaii to the birth of a daughter, Caroline Elizabeth. Sara is a special education teacher at St. Andrew’s Middle the Lee County (Ala.) Youth Development Center. Ala. Keiron was selected as the Young Alumnus songwriting. She now works with Backroads, a School in Charleston. 2001 Lisa Bellil is an internal medicine resident at the Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia. Mark and Kimberly Magee Benyak announce the birth of a daughter, Emily Kate, born August 2005. They live in Houston, Texas. Kamee Bendt Bowlin received her MBA from of the Year for 2006 by the College’s Young Alumni Committee. Matt Klein is an enterprise account executive with Benefitfocus in Mt. Pleasant. Janine Ladson is a surveillance officer with the Georgia Emerging Infections Program. Blair Cox Lambert (MAT) is a third-grade teacher at Mountain Park Elementary School in The Citadel and is a tax accountant with Pratt-Thomas Dobson, N.C. She received the Marcellus E. Waddill Gumb and Company. She and her husband, Allen, Excellence in Teaching Award from Wake Forest have one daughter, Savannah. Lara Caulder Byrd is the associate pastor at Carteret Street United Methodist Church. She and her husband, Russell, live in Beaufort, S.C., with their two labs, Ellie Mae and Cooper. and is a registered nurse with MUSC’s pediatric Amy Zeigler is an employer liaison with Crisis and the Franke Home at Seaside in Mt. Pleasant. First National Bank in Greenville, S.C. Melissa Brabham is an employee benefits From there, she moved to San Francisco to pursue member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Scott Lawrence is an enterprise account Melissa Santiago received her MEd from Furman University and is a third-grade Services in Charleston. Ellis Bleakley is an assistant vice president at Atlantic Island Properties in Charleston. work in the kayaking and eco-tourism industry. in Chattanooga, Tenn. Michael Wooddy is the vice president of finance ceremony. Amy Sams is a rental and property manager for designer and a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity Owen Gregory is the project manager for met another CofC graduate, Amanda Jernigan ’02. Elizabeth Berry owns Landmark Landscaping surgeon for the U.S. Air Force in Montgomery, from the Medical University of South Carolina the birth of a son, Grayson Calhoun. Jennifer Beck Gibson is an interior worldwide active travel company, where she at the University of South Carolina and is a flight on TLC’s Flip This House this coming season and is a Lauren Howell (see TJ Sack ’99) Jimmy and Regina Calhoun Jones announce Jay Feinstein is a bariatric account manager Alicia Chandler Hutto ’95, Thomas Weber ’01 and Chris Mercer ’03 were part of the wedding degree from Auburn University and is a therapist with Elizabeth Kidd Yost received her master’s telecommunications specialist with Erlanger Hospital the College’s Philanthropy Council. Young Clement Rivers. politics from San Diego State University. He is the Laura Calcutt received her nursing degree Mullins law firm in Columbia, S.C. He is a member of Charleston office of the construction law group of science with a concentration in Latin American Trademark Properties in Charleston. She will appear Derrick Williams is an attorney with the Nelson Alison Durgee is an associate in the gastroenterology department. She and Randy Bates were married in November. Gretchen Connelly works for SCANA. She University, where she did her undergraduate work. Allison Milling received her nursing degree in August and is a registered nurse at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Carolyn Park is a manager with SmithGeiger Media Research & Consulting. She and Dominique Louette were married in July and live in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sarah Piwinski is the education director for S.C. Maritime Foundation, which built the Spirit of South Carolina. She has spent five and Todd Pool were married in August and live in years working on tall ships as a marine biology Chapin, S.C. educator and as an education administrator for James Curry works in national sales for the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, D.C. Auriely Cuvin is a programmer analyst for Atlas Technologies. Ashton Dillard (MAT) is a special education Department of Cognitive Psychology at Florida teacher in Orangeburg, S.C. She and Thomas Gue State University. were married in October. Dbudi!vq!xjui!pme!gsjfoet/! Nblf!ofx!poft/ Fwfojoh!Voefs!the!Pblt dmbtt!sfvojpot!Ò!Nbz!5!'!6 boovbm!bmvnoj!nffujoh!Ò!Nbz!6! qiztjdjbot!bvejupsjvn-!7;41q/n/! boovbm!bmvnoj!sfdfqujpo!Ò!Nbz!6! djtufso!zbse-!9;11q/n/! ! Gps!npsf!jogpsnbujpo!ps!! up!sfhjtufs-!hp!up!! iuuq;00bmvnoj/dpgd/fev!ps!dbmm!! Bmvnoj!Sfmbujpot!! bu!954/:64/2944! ps!fnbjm! ipmnftsAdpgd/fev/! sea programs. Melissa Pluta is an account executive with E. Boineau & Company, a strategic marketing communications and public relations firm in Charleston. Drew Radeker and Adriane Livingston were married in November and live in Columbia. S P RING 2 0 0 7 | 45 Dedrick Siddall is a budget and profit analyst Jason Elrod is a flight surgeon for the U.S. from Webster University and is a territory salesman for Chevy Chase Bank in Bethesda, Md. He received Army and is stationed in Hawaii. He received his for Advanced Neuromodulation Systems. his MBA with a specialization in finance from the master’s of public health from East Tennessee State Kogod School of Business at American University. University in 2004 and another master’s degree Ryland Hudnall and Shannon Johnson were married in October. Ryland is an account executive for Document Technologies, Inc. in San Diego. Allison Hudson is the owner of Cutting Board PR, a public relations firm in San Francisco. Adam Huneau is a partner in the Carolina Wings restaurant in Charlotte. He lives in Lexington, S.C., and is a member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Susanne Karpick and David Hicklin were married in August and live in Columbia. Matt Lattanze is a writer for the Office of the Executive Secretariat in the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C. Misty LeClerc teaches advanced placement U.S. government and politics at Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant. William Lindsay and Shannon Bruce ’03 were married in November. William received Megan Savage Utech received her MEd from Georgia State University in 2005 and is a teacher in Decatur, Ga. Megan Vaughn is the team leadership manager for Chick-Fil-A in Greenville, S.C. She received her MBA from The Citadel last spring. Emilee Armour Ware is a fourth-grade teacher at Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, N.C. She and her husband, Joey, live in Fort Mill, S.C., and have one child, Marshall. Christine Wright and Scott Fournier were married in May and live in Savannah, Ga. 2003 Ana Angelova is a research analyst for Widmeyer Communications in Washington, D.C. Luke Bergamini is an environmental studies graduate student at Colorado State University. from Baylor University in 2006. Amy Falkingham received her JD from Mercer Law School. She and Shaun Pillé were married in May. Meredith Farnham works for Seaside Wine & Spirits in Old Saybrook, Conn. Courtney Feaster works for Streetman and Jones in Charleston. She and Hap Pritchard were married in November. Melissa Matthews Hager (MPA) is the early literacy coordinator for Trident United Way’s Success By 6 initiative in Charleston. Mary Claire Hall is a student at the Charleston School of Law. Before law school, she taught English to middle and high school students in Austria and was an administrative assistant and translator for a German automotive company in Charleston. Bridget Bettelli is a development coordinator Maggie Hanley works in the Women’s of South Carolina and works for Edens and Avant for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Trident Area Designer Collections at Bloomingdales in Columbia. Shannon received her master’s of in Charleston. his master’s of human resources from the University rehabilitative sciences (specializing in occupational Meredith Blakeslee is a nursing student. She therapy) from the Medical University of South and Chris Wilson were married in August and live Carolina and works for Palmetto Richland Hospital. on James Island. Ed and Ashley Canup Love live in Florence, S.C., with their son, Andrew. Mindy Moore Martin is a PhD student at the University of Virginia. Sarah June McCoy works in student support services at Franklin High School in Franklin, Tenn. Christine Miller and Jesse Mead were married in September. Christine is a teacher in the Charleston County School District and is working on her master’s degree in math and science. Summer Moorer received her doctor of optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry. Devetta Myles and Melvin Greene were married in March 2005. They announce the birth of a daughter, Senai A’nia. Phu Nguyen is the archivist for the University of South Carolina’s Newsfilm Library. Elizabeth Smith Owen received her JD from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2005. Mandy Owens is the marketing manager for Stelligent Incorporated in Virginia. Jordan Pieper is an online new home consultant for Lennar Corp’s Charleston office. Amy Rosato is a dental field sales representative for Philips Oral Healthcare in New Orleans. Leigh Scoggins works for Historic Preservation Shannon Bruce (see William Lindsay ’02) Tammy Moore Bryant is a technical assistant for Heritage Community Services. Marcy Buckner is a student at the New England School of Law in Boston. Alyson Burch is a legal assistant for American Media Services in Mt. Pleasant. Gregory Butler is an associate planner for the City of Shenandoah, Texas. Olga Chajewski is a student at the Medical University of South Carolina. Aparna Choudhury is the affiliate coordinator for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in Charleston. Spencer Collins is a chemist and team leader for the GEL Group in Charleston. Kristen Crowson is the executive office administrator with Legacy Wealth Management in Mt. Pleasant. Ashley Davis and Sean Nelson were married in October 2004 and live in Jacksonville, Fla. Sarah Drew is a project coordinator for Contemporary Productions, an event production company in St. Louis, Mo. Greg Eck (MA) lives in San Diego and has written a cookbook, Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Cooking but Didn’t Know How to Ask. Tamara Edrington is a human services in Manhattan. Allison Hicks is the senior special events manager with Special Olympics Georgia. Charlene Hughes is the office manager for Low Country Flooring of Pawleys Island. Dusty Hughes is the co-owner of 360 Financial Partners. He and Meryl Florance were married in September and live in Mt. Pleasant. Kristen Johnson received her master’s in mass communication from the University of South Carolina. She is an exclusive buyer’s agent with Keller Williams Realty in Charleston. Bobby Kean is a partner in institutional sales for W. Quillen Securities in New York City. Leigh Ann Kennedy is the office manager for Tickets Alternative in Atlanta. Elizabeth Lyons is the director of the Academic Resource Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Amy Potter McDermott is a medical social worker for Davita in Charleston. Brooke Minick is a real estate agent for the Sandlapper Real Estate Group in Charleston. John Orak completed his master’s in international affairs at American University. He interned for AMIDEAST in Lebanon. Neesha Patel is the program director for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Trident Area. Sarah Permenter and Joshua Hays were married in October. Sarah received her MBA from UNC-Charlotte and is the assistant director of international trade education for S.C. World Trade Center. Joshua is a senior Consultants in Charleston. She and Hugh Scott coordinator for the S.C. Department of Mental programmer for Automated Trading Desk were married in August. Health. She lives in Blair. in Mt. Pleasant. 46 | COLLEGE O F C HAR LESTON Catching a Break Photo by Guy Roberts Matt Griesemer received his master’s degree José Lemos ’01 lowers himself into another large pot. His job is simple: clean the insides. As he scrubs away sticky pasta residue, he softly sings to himself, enjoying the unusual acoustics of his metallic environment. That enjoyment, however, is fleeting. While Lemos appreciates his job at the pasta factory, he dreams, not surprisingly, of performing in venues larger than a man-sized pasta bin. What got Lemos into that pasta bin to begin with also got him out: talent and a little luck. As a child growing up in Bagé, Brazil, Lemos did not start out as the best singer in the children’s choir, but he was the loudest. His music teachers often rewarded his enthusiasm by giving him the solos. As his voice matured, so did his music appreciation. While other kids clamored for pop music acts such as Boy George and Duran Duran, Lemos browsed a different section of the local music shop. At age 12, he purchased his first cassette – international opera sensation Maria Callas’s selected arias. “I wasn’t surrounded by opera at home,” Lemos admits. “My mother listened to Elvis. But when I heard opera in town, it just spoke to me. It was so beautiful.” And then began a series of happy accidents. After buying that cassette, Lemos landed a spot in an adult choir. Then, after the choir’s performance of Lehár’s opera The Merry Widow, a vocal coach in the audience took note of his strong voice. For an entire year, Lemos worked with that music teacher on his vocal technique, singing only two songs from an Italian book of arias. Prospects for a full-time musical career in Bagé were bleak, so after graduating from high school, Lemos taught at a local elementary school. But, he still practiced and performed in various evening recitals. Then came The Break, Part I. In the audience one night was a most unlikely patron of the arts. Impressed by Lemos’s countertenor range, he offered Lemos a job in his pasta factory in Montevideo, a city with greater musical opportunities. The job cleaning pasta bins eventually turned into a waitstaff position at the factory owner’s new restaurant, where Lemos served and sang to the customers. [ alumni profile ] During this time, Lemos continued to perfect his technique with more evening lessons and performances. Then came The Break, Part II. Music chair Steve Rosenberg was in town for a concert, and at the afterparty, he heard Lemos singing a few Baroque arias. “Steve asked me if I would be willing to learn Renaissance music, his particular area of interest. And if so, there might be a scholarship,” he remembers. “Without hesitation, without even knowing the particulars of Renaissance music, I told him, ‘Of course, I would.’” One scholarship, one summer-long crash course in English, a few tearful goodbyes and nearly 5,000 miles later, Lemos was in Charleston – a place he had never heard of before he met Rosenberg. “The College was great. Every music major gets an opportunity to perform here,” he explains. “You can study and practice all of your life, but if you don’t perform, you don’t really know the music. More than half of what you do you learn while doing it onstage.” After graduation, Lemos completed a master’s in vocal performance at the New England Conservatory, and then, The Breaks came in quick succession. He was a soloist with the Boston Symphony and also won first prize and an audience prize at the 2003 Baroque Singing Competition in Chimay, Belgium. More doors began to open. He performed at the Tanglewood Festival in 2004 and was featured in The New York Times for his role as Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. “This is what I am meant to do,” Lemos says with a smile. “Performing … connecting with an audience … creating that energy … telling a story through music.” Today, Lemos has “told stories” on three continents and counting; he serves as the main guest artist with the Baltimore Consort (a touring early-music ensemble); and he garners praise from audiences and critics alike for his voice and stage presence. Most recently, he sang at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and then played his favorite opera role, Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea, to packed houses at the Seattle Center’s Intiman Playhouse. Not a bad step up from a pasta bin. – Mark Berry S P RING 2 0 0 7 | 47 Will Glasscock is working on a master’s Allergan, Inc. in New York. Trey and his wife, Lisa, in political management at George Washington have a two-year-old daughter, Ashley. University. Susan Polk is the editor of The Berkeley Herald in Moncks Corner, S.C. Chrissy Roof is a small business consultant with Paychex, Inc. in Charlotte. Jess Schwartzkopf works for Sandlapper Real Estate Group. Fernando and Caroline Hornby Serna announce the birth of a son, Aidan Lochridge. Laurel Stephens Shaler received her master’s in social work from Florida State University and is a licensed master social worker with veterans affairs. Tameka Martin Greene is a staff accountant for the U.S. Air Force. Michael Hart is a financial representative for Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. Marissa Hockenberry is the event manager for the San Ramon Marriott Hotel in California. Ryan Hosey is a graduate student at the University of Louisville studying clinical psychology. Margaret Jurewicz works for DuBose Middle School. She and Matthew Earnest were married in October and live in Summerville. Jenifer Kampsen lives in downtown Atlanta Megan Shea works for the Ross County and is a law student at Georgia State College of Prosecutor’s Office in Chillicothe, Ohio. Law. She externs for the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Joanna Gong Shepard is a pharmacy student at the Medical University of South Carolina. Amy Sottile is the owner relations manager for Wild Dunes Resort on Isle of Palms. Stephen Southerlin is an account executive for Pearlstine Distributors in Charleston. Sarada Wilson is the eighth-grade dean of discipline and academic intervention specialist at Luisa Dessus Cruz Middle School in the South Bronx. She received her MAT from Pace University in 2005 and is working on a master’s in administration and supervision. 2004 Meghan Byrnes is the director of public relations, marketing and design for the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry. She is a member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Tara Campbell is a JD candidate at the University of South Carolina School of Law. She interned with the Honorable Margaret B. Seymour of the Federal District Court, volunteers with the Peer Mentor Program and is active in the Student Bar Association and Women in Law. Erika Carasik is a third-grade teacher with Broward County Schools in Florida. Meghan Chafee is a graduate marine science student at UNC-Wilmington. She researches biological oceanography. Cissy DeLuca is a Peace Corps volunteer working in health education and community development in Ghana. Johann Dinoso is a student at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He is involved with the Southeast Asian Political Forum and recently worked in a family business in the Philippines. Kaycee Ebeling is a student at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Rachel engle is the production coordinator for Waterway Guide in Annapolis, Md. Melea Gibbons is pursuing an arts career in La Jolla, Calif. 48 | COLLEGE O F C HAR LESTON and volunteers for the Truancy Intervention Project by Kids in Need of Dreams, Inc. Erin Kreutzer is a professional sales representative for medical devices with Infinity Medical in Virginia. Michael Leitman is a graduate student at the London School of Economics. Troy Lesesne is an assistant coach for the men’s soccer team at the College. Rachel Meuser is the director of annual giving at Franklin College in Sorengo, Switzerland. Lindsay Moon is an administrative assistant for the S.C. Senate Finance Committee. Storey Retail Group, a commercial real estate firm for 24 Hour Fitness, a West Coast fitness chain. He lives a block from Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. 2005 with Liberty Mutual in Columbia. Catie Atwater (see Jay Whitt ’04) Emily brown is an innovation assistant with the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. Henry Brown is an accountant for Hagemeyer North America in Charleston. Matthew Carrow works for Media Edge in New York City. He was a finalist in the Cosmo Magazine Man of the Year Contest. Katherine Charles is the marketing coordinator for FAS ALC in Mt. Pleasant. She received her master’s degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. Cortney Gehrke Christmas is a teacher for Lamar High School in South Carolina. St. Claire Clinkscales is a realtor with Prudential Carolina Real Estate in Charleston. Sydney Cummins is the weekend assignment editor for News 19 WLTX in Columbia. Caraline DiNunzio is a subcontracts administrator for Advanced Technology Institute in Charleston. Glynnis Dolbee is an administrative assistant the AmeriCorps in Washington, D.C. He is a law for the president and vice president of the Pollock- Rachelle Olden is back from the Peace Corps Krasner Foundation in New York City. Devin Eakes is a safety investigator with the and is a project development consultant for Caring Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and Hands, Inc. in Columbia. lives in Columbia. He is a member of the College’s Ben Phelps is a structured finance analyst for the U.S. Bank Corporate Trust in Charlotte. Katie Redfearn is an account executive with Vista Staffing in Charleston. Katie Robertson is the operations manager for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Trident Area. Melissa Shultis works for KB Home. She and Gregory Satterfield were married in July and live in Goose Creek, S.C. Allison Tankersley is the membership and Philanthropy Council. Trey Eppes is a project assistant for the Republican Policy Committee in the U.S. Senate. Graham Ervin is the events coordinator for the Charleston School of Law. Rachel Garrett is a field manager and teacher for Once Upon a Ballet in Charleston. Nick Glover works for NASDAQ in New York City. He received the NASDAQ President’s Award for exemplary employee performance and visitor services coordinator for the Gibbes Museum contributions that are beyond one’s normal scope of Art in Charleston. of responsibility. Specifically, Nick’s diligence Shaunieka Taste is the city clerk for the City of Avondale Estates in Georgia. Jim tunnesen is the district manager for Gold’s Gym International in Arlington, Va. Claire Marie Turner is a scientist for PBS&J Engineering and Consulting in New Orleans. Ann Ward is an events coordinator for the College’s alumni relations office. She is a member of the College’s Philanthropy Council. Jay Whitt and Catie Atwater ’05 were married in June. Jay is a leasing agent for Hull Where Sea Meets Sky Dream Job: Professional Kitesurfer Stuart Arrington is a sales representative Tim Mullins finished up his second year with student at Duke University. [ dream job ] in Augusta, Ga. Herb Wilson is the assistant operations manager helped his department reach one of its year-end strategic imperatives. Elizabeth Hayes lives in New York City and is the director of special events for 16W Marketing. Megan Huffman and Brice Ricker were married in November and live in Charleston. Cathy James is the group sales coordinator for Wild Dunes Resort on Isle of Palms. Laura Johnston is an eighth-grade science teacher at C.E. King Middle School in Houston, Texas. It’s tough not to envy Julie Simsar ’02 her job. As a professional kitesurfer, she works in some of the world’s most exotic seaside destinations, and “work” itself may be a relative term, here. Whipping through the surf, skating across the air – acrobat, sailor, dancer – Julie does for a living what the rest of us might do for fun. Of French and Turkish descent, Simsar grew up in Paris but spent most of her vacations on the water. She was athletic from the get-go, learning to ride horses, water ski and snow ski at a young age. She discovered windsurfing in Corsica, and she learned to sail sloop-rigged boats here at the College, where she took beginner’s and advanced classes, worked at the College’s marina and sailed often with friends. Shortly after graduating with degrees in international business and German (truly a citizen of the world, she now speaks German, French, Spanish and English), Simsar gave kiteboarding a try. “It looked like a blast,” she says. “And it was.” Simsar found what she was born to do, and she hasn’t looked back since. Sailing high above the swells, with the instincts of a pilot and the finesse of a kestrel, Simsar toys with gravity. She hangs there, suspended, then alights and jets across the water. Trailing wake, she carves and shears; she swerves; she switches back; she launches off a crest to upend everything again. Now avian, now marine; now pelican, now dolphin … Simsar doesn’t have a problem with workplace morale. Her dedication to the sport is paying off. As she has made a name for herself, sponsors have taken note: Liquid Force now sponsors her gear; Musiltin Zone, her clothing; Ozone Travel, her trips; and Smith, her sunglasses. Their support makes it possible for her to travel to competitions and explore new kiteboarding destinations. These days Simsar calls San Juan, Puerto Rico, home – that is, when she is home. Last year she competed on the Kitesurf Pro World Tour, which found what you love and love what you do, if you are talented and determined enough to make an occupation of your passion, work and play can start to look a lot alike. After the tour, Simsar kept going, traveling to Brazil and then the southwest of Turkey – to explore new cultures, surf new waters and, she says, “to have some fun.” All of which begs a question: Is there anything about her life that isn’t fun? “Traveling the globe on a tight budget, with 130 pounds of gear, can present its challenges,” she says. One of the tougher “commutes” she made on the circuit last year involved getting from the small Greek island of Parros to Essaouira, Morocco – in a rather roundabout way. Because all jet and boat traffic had been cancelled in the Mediterranean (thanks to high winds, ironically enough – maybe she should have surfed over?), Simsar had to first take an eight-hour boat ride across the Aegean to Athens, then fly to London (precisely the wrong direction). After an 18-hour layover in London, she was able to fly down to Marrakesh, where she had to then make a two-hour midnight cab ride by herself to Essaouira. The competition was set to begin in a few short hours. After a taxing itinerary even by contemporary standards of travel, Simsar overcame her travel fatigue and managed to finish second in freestyle and first in hang time. As she waits for this year’s tour to gear up, Simsar is working on two new tricks: the Blind Judge and the Powered Mobe. The tricks involve “back rotations,” “fast double-back rotations” and “airpasses.” That is, acrobatic wonders – and certainly fitting additions to the repertoire of someone who is an acrobatic wonder in her own right. – Charlie Geer ’94 Photo by Carlos Delicado Trey Pittman is a senior territory manager for her plying the waters of France, Italy, Morocco, Greece, Venezuela and New Caledonia. By tour’s end, she was ranked first in long distance, first in hang time, first in best trick and second in the overall women’s freestyle world ranking. With these successes under her kite belt, Simsar might have taken a break. Certainly she deserved one. But if you do S P RING 2 0 0 7 | 49 Larry Long is a sales manager for the Nasar Siddiqi is a second-year medical Batterymarch Conference Center at Northeastern student at the Medical University of University in Boston. South Carolina. Alice Lowndes works for Riverwinds Marina. She and Bradley Taylor were married in November and live in Gilbert, S.C. Lauren Miller is the guest services coordinator for Wild Dunes Resort on Isle of Palms. sarah neely is the program coordinator of the Asheboro/Randolph Juvenile Restitution Matt Slechter is the vice president for sales and marketing at Atlas Worldwide Syndications in Charleston. relations for Sunrise Senior Living at Brighton Gardens in Winston-Salem, N.C. Joseph VanLandingham is a student North Carolina Association of Community and mary frances thornhill were Restitution Programs. married in July and live in Ada, Ohio. tourism consulting firm. Nate Patterson is a graduate student at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. September and live in Norfolk, Va. Adam Benson is a day manager and events manager at Tomasso Tratoria, a Tuscan-style Nikki Tsunemori is the director of community at Ohio Northern University School of Law. He office of HVS International, a hospitality and Atkinson Pools and Spas in Mt. Pleasant. Jane Baker and Ryan Birkelbach were married in Program and is the vice president of the Heidi Nielsen works at the Fort Collins (Colo.) Joshua Atkinson is a sales manager with Colby Wright is a residential contractor with the Wright Company in Columbia. restaurant in Southborough, Mass. Sarah Boling is an English language assistant for Lycée Alphonse Daudet, a school in Tarascon, France. Sarah Brasell is the media coordinator for Rawle Murdy in Charleston. Erika Bullock is the food and beverage manager at Patriots Point golf course in Mt. Pleasant. Nicole Capalbo is a cover representative for Fusion Solution and Stryker Spine in New York. 2006 Lindsey Coates is a marketing and Tara Arsenault is a teacher for Newington Elementary School and lives in Summerville, S.C. communications intern for the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. Katherine Dangerfield is a registered sales assistant with Carolina First in downtown Charleston. Miranda Dynes is a law student at the University of South Carolina. Kristen Elmore is a medical assistant for Germain Dermatology in Mt. Pleasant. Timothy Ferguson is a mortgage loan officer for Coastal States Bank on Hilton Head Island. Claire Gatlin is the office manager for Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy in Charleston. LaToya Harris is the assistant director of summer conferences/housing in the College’s residence life and housing office. Amanda Joyner works for Gosnell Insurance. She and Bruce Redick were married in November and live in Cottageville, S.C. George Kablick and Meredith Frandino were married in August and live in Tallahassee, Fla. Annie Kadala is a graduate student in library science at UNC-Chapel Hill and is a graduate library intern in the University Career Services Office. Laura Kallmeyer is a guest services supervisor with Great Wolf Lodge near Cincinnati. Kassia Kowalick is a teacher with Wake County Public Schools in Raleigh, N.C. Bree Laughrun is a first-year law student at T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Holly Miller is the web editor for the Family Education Network in Boston. Biz Mitchell is a concierge at the Holiday Inn, Historic District in downtown Charleston. Alana O’Reilly is the assistant sailing coach at Georgetown University. Amanda Pittman ran the Myrtle Beach Marathon as part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team. Richard Reddick is a graduate student at the Emily Shalosky is a research coordinator for the Medical University of South Carolina. Christina Shockley is a math teacher at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Md. Chris Teerman is a customer service representative for Musicorp, a Kaman Company, in Charleston. Samantha Test is a community relations and marketing assistant with the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. Jackie Titus works for Clear Seas Communications and splits her time between Charleston and Washington, D.C. Jacqueline Trudell is a management trainee for Enterprise Rent-a-Car in Charleston. Takeya Green White is a warehouse and production manager for Bath Bloomers in Summerville. Misty Shively Young is a claims Moore School of Business, University of representative for Fidelity International in South Carolina. Omaha, Neb. 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