Ryan Davey
daveyr@avonoldfarms.com
Virginia Russell
virginia.w.russell@gmail.com
Will, son of Lucy Chapin ’02, with big sister Sadie.
From Lucy Chapin: “One blessing of this wild and crazy year is that we welcomed Will in April. He was born at home with big sister Sadie serving as our unofficial doula and helping the midwives. We live in the Mad River Valley of Vermont, where I work as a midwife, and my partner, Andrew, is a professor at UVM. Our doors are open to SPS visitors once the coast is clear.”
Evan Seely
Evan.seely@gmail.com
My wife, Jess, and I welcomed our second child, Matilda Ruth Seely, on December 22, 2019. We, including big sister Augusta, were thrilled to get to celebrate the holidays together.
Ellie McLane shares: “It was great catching up with Macy Radloff ’02 at the Meet the Rector reception in Boston in October 2019. We discovered that we were both about to travel to Barcelona. Happy coincidence that our trips overlapped. Alex and I really enjoyed sharing some great tapas, wine, and conversation with Macy and her husband, Jordan.”
Jenna Lloyd-Randolfi sends this quick update: “I relocated to the Bay Area (Oakland) in April 2019 to work as a process development engineer at Amyris.”
Eli Mitchell writes: “I’m moving back to Africa. I’m transferring to the BCG Lagos office at the end of January, so please let me know if you’re in the area! (Or plan a visit!)”
Molly Mitchell reached out with the following: “Having just surpassed five years in L.A., I finally scored a few TV writing gigs (shout out: Fifth Form humanities, Mr. Cahill, and Harkness Tables everywhere). In October I wrapped on season three of Grown-ish (out by the time you read this) and have recently joined the writing team on The Late Late Show with James Corden (out every night). In L.A., I have the pleasure of hanging with Paulies such as Nick Dierl ’07, all four Stockman sisters, and Austin Earl ’97, to name a few!”
Steph Sorowka writes: “After a wonderful summer and fall road-tripping across Canada and spending ample time in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, I finally started my first real job – I’m a ninth grade teacher at John D’Or Prairie School in the Little Red River Cree Nation, waaaay waaaay north in Alberta, Canada. I’ve been thrown into the class partway through the year, and am looking forward to getting a handle on Canadian social studies.”
Peter Harrison
peter.harrison.g@gmail.com
I’ve made the transition back out West, teaching and living in Seattle. It’s my second go ‘round in the Pacific Northwest, and self-care this year has taken the shape of escaping screens to get out on hikes and trail runs in just about every National Park that I can access. Should any of you venture out this way, please look me up.
Katharine Verville writes: “Our son, George Gottfried (born May 6), was baptized at the Old Chapel in October. We were joined by George’s grandparents, Mike Verville ’74 and Lee (Addington) Verville ’74. Charlotte Hickey ’07 was also in attendance as George’s godmother.
Mary Gamber shares: “I am excited to share that Robby Bitting and I were married on August, 22, 2020, in a small, family-only ceremony in our shared hometown of New Canaan, Conn. While we couldn’t celebrate with all our Paulie friends as planned, my brother, Peter Gamber ’08, did a beautiful reading of both the Philippians verses from the School Covenant and the School Prayer. We are grateful for joy in these difficult times, and hope to see many of you soon.”
Emily Jacob shares: “I got married to Kevin Schwarz in July. We had to cancel our May wedding but were able to get married privately in Somerville, Mass., once restrictions eased up over the summer. No one was present due to COVID-19 restrictions, but Daneeka (Abellard) Abon and Helena Bonde would have been bridesmaids. We rescheduled our reception to this May and are excited to see if we will be able to host it.”
Ki Hong Kim writes: “I recently received a Ph.D. in industrial management engineering from Korea University.”
A note from Helen Burdett: “Hi from Switzerland. Logan and I moved again in January so I could take a two-year position at the World Economic Forum. Halfway through and it feels like we’ve lived here forever and haven’t really gotten to live here at all yet.”
Emily Jacob ’07 married Kevin Schwarz in July.
Mary Gamber ’07 with her husband, Robby Bitting, at their August wedding.
George Gottfried, son of Katharine Verville ’07 and Edward Gottfried, was baptized at the Old Chapel at St. Paul’s School in October.
Dorothy MacAusland
dmacausland@gmail.com
Benjamin Karp writes: “I completed my master’s of international relations with dissertation Summa Cum Laude from the Geneva School of Diplomacy in Geneva, Switzerland. It was an amazing experience being in the heart of one of the most diplomatic areas in the world.”
Alex Wood served on the frontlines of the pandemic as a resident physician in the medical ICU and ER of the University of Florida (Gainesville) and urges all of his fellow Paulies to follow CDC guidelines, practice harm reduction when risk is unavoidable, and support the countless frontline workers who still lack adequate protection (via GetUsPPE.org) as well as any efforts aiding those put at risk by avoidable congregate settings (especially homeless shelters, jails and prisons, and psychiatric hospitals).
From Cecily Sackey: “Hey, formmates! I hope everyone is happy and safe wherever you are. I’ve been living with my family for the past few months in New Jersey. It’s definitely weird to be 30 and feeling like in some ways you’ve reverted back to being a teenager. My big news is that I stared a hair care company with some business school friends called Oemi Botanicals (oemibotanicals.com). I’d love to hear from others in the form who’ve started businesses.”
Liza Rollins
Lizarollins91@gmail.com
An update from Jody Gowen: “This past July, I got married! My wife, Lindsey, and I re-planned our wedding on the fly, cutting our guest list down to a very intimate group of family and close friends (including the one and only Stu Lovejoy) and switching venues at the last minute. We handed out custom masks and champagne-scented hand sanitizer, and moved all activities outside into the windy Cape Cod air. In retrospect, we wouldn’t have had it any other way.”
Noah Elbot writes: “For now, I have left N.Y.C. and joined an education startup called A Place Beyond. We’ve transformed summer camps into COVID-bubbled nature campuses for college students who are taking their classes online, while blending in NOLS/OB-style outdoor education. Our end goal is to provide a new model of education that emphasizes community and socio-emotional development. Come say hi in the Prescott National Forest of Arizona.”
Josh Lesser shares: “My wife, Joanna, and I got a puppy, Wellington, and a house in Houston in 2020. I am practicing bankruptcy and restructuring law and have been involved in some pretty cool bankruptcy cases this year, including J.C. Penney and the XFL (opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). If anybody is in Houston, let’s catch up.”
Coleman Saunders writes: “Compelled by circumstance, I’ve found myself really leaning into the Zoom lifestyle this year. Whether graduating from Harvard Law in my pajamas, eloping before the watchful eyes of my geographically distant family, or sitting for the bar in the confines of my bedroom, I’ve seamlessly managed the transition to purely digital interaction. It’s been an eventful, albeit odd, year and I’m hopeful that 2021 will allow all of us to spring forth from our digital cocoons and enjoy physical interactions again. Drop me a line if you find yourself in Dumbo ’gramming the Manhattan Bridge.”
And from Benjamin Walsh: “I’ve been helping Skip Hobbs ’65 manage his Belted Galloway farm in Sheffield, Mass., since the onset of the pandemic. This Scottish breed of cattle has an ‘Oreo’ color pattern and its coarse outer coat helps shed the rain, while its soft undercoat provides insulation and waterproofing, enabling the breed to spend winter outside. After the holidays, I will be heading inside to continue my studies in the Columbia University Sports Management Program.”
Alex Wood ’08 takes a selfie before starting a shift at the University of Florida’s ICU.
Jody Gowen ’09 and his wife, Lindsey, at their July wedding.
Sterling Kahn
kahnsk@gmail.com
Cara Zydor Fesjian’s composition, Ode to Ode, was commissioned and premiered by the Perth Festival on February 14, 2020, as part of the global Beethoven 250 celebrations. The piece, written for eight choirs of five singers that combine to form two choirs of 20, was programmed alongside Thomas Tallis’s epic Spem in Alium and was praised by Western Australia’s premier online arts magazine, Seesaw, as ‘stunningly crafted . . . an absolute banger.’”
After adequate COVID-19 testing and other precautionary measures, Duncan Lindsay, Dylan Lovett, and a few non-SPS associates gathered for two successive weekends of absolutely charging downhill at Vail Ski Resort. SPS stories were swapped during hot tub soaks of a medically inadvisable length.
Former roommates and lifelong friends Tyler Bembenek and Sterling Kahn were lucky enough to be able to spend a few afternoons in Cambridge, Mass., this past October, enjoying the fall leaves, sharing stories of Millville, and catching up on old friends.
Pieter Fossel co-founded Hydrosat, an infrared satellite company building a heat map of Earth. In December, Hydrosat announced an agreement to launch its first satellite mission in 2022 on a SpaceX rocket. The mission will provide the first commercial space-based thermal imagery to track water stress, assess wildfire risk, and support agricultural and climate change monitoring. Since Pieter co-founded the company in 2017, Hydrosat has grown to two offices in Washington, D.C., and Luxembourg and has contracts with the European Space Agency, US Air Force, and Department of Defense. Pieter has served as the CEO of Hydrosat since September 2020. https://spacenews.com/hydrosat-signs-with-loft-orbital.
Olivia Dickey
ocdickey@gmail.com
Faith Collins married Scott Shellhammer on November 2, 2019, in Northern Virginia. Faith met Scott while swing dancing in D.C. The two are now happily living in Denver. Paulies in attendance at the wedding were Steph Neul, Ali Carter, and Renzo Falla.
Paola Tabet
Tabet114@gmail.com
Josh Lesser ’09, his wife, Joanna, and their puppy, Wellington.
Three generations of Peter Paines (‘15, ‘81, ‘53) bird hunting in Willsboro, N.Y.
Paul-Alexandre, son of Jaclynn Cousins ’10 and Paul Plaisir ’11.
Pieter Fossel ’10, co-founder of Hydrosat company.
Tyler Bembenek ’10 (l.) and Sterling Kahn ’10 enjoying the fall leaves in Cambridge, Mass.
Newly married Nikki Modica ’11 (c.), with bridesmaids Meridith Foote ’11 and Samantha Cutts ’11.