2009

Liz Lopez writes: I am graduating this August with my masters in school counseling and have accepted a position for this coming school year at a high school

2009
Christie Fincham Flora
christiefincham@yahoo.com

Lillian Dean Miller was married to Chris Miller in June 2013. She bought a house in Mount Airy, Md., in May 2014 and works as the regional wellness merchandiser for MOM’s Organic Market, an independently owned organic grocery store with 11 locations in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Rebecca Hunter earned a doctor of philosophy degree in analytical chemistry from the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in July 2014. She is moving to Charleston, S.C., where she will be an assistant professor of chemistry at The Citadel. Danielle Lee Sgro is starting a new job as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in the environmental tort litigation section on Sept. 8. She is currently a law clerk at the United States Court of Federal Claims. Andrea J. Raffauf lives in Denver, Colo., but got engaged on April 30, 2014, to J. Garrett McGinnis with a planned wedding for May 2015. She is working as a medicolegal death investigator for the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner in Colorado. Andrea is certified on a national level and a diplomat with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators. Amanda “Mandy” Bunting, C’11 earned a master’s degree in applied sociology at the Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County and is enrolled at the Univ. of Kentucky’s sociology doctoral program for the fall. She lives in Lexington, Ky. Katelyn Vaughan has two children Romand, 4, and Hadrian, 1. She started working in the finance department for Legal and General America, America’s third largest and most successful life insurance company. She is raising her boys and finishing the final part of her master’s degree at Hood. Kinsley Wilde is engaged and was getting married on Sept. 27, 2014, to David Bowman and working as a child and youth program coordinator for the Maryland National Guard. Andrew C Weiss is working on special government projects for The Johns Hopkins Univ., Applied Physics Lab and he owns and operates REDRHINO, an epoxy flooring company providing floor coatings to five states. Kathryn Anne Thomas Yager graduated from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in May 2013 and graduated with a master’s degree in public health from Virginia Tech in December 2013. She married Cody Yager (a classmate from veterinary school) Jan. 4, 2014. She also bought a house in Ohio in April 2014 and has been working as an associate veterinarian in Ohio since October 2013. A year after graduating from Hood, Tracy McIntyre Leach married her wonderful husband and obtained her master’s degree in public health. Her second son Levi was born June 20, 2013. Her first born Quayden is already 5 years old! She works for the State of Maryland as a licensed environmental health specialist and with her husband owns a family business, Xtreme Liquid Designs, LLC. Samantha Henderson Lowery married Michael on April 12, 2014. After five years of teaching special education, she now teaches sixth grade language arts. Ilyse Kaplan celebrates five years with the Social Security Administration as a performance management specialist. She is certified in human resources through the USDA Graduate School. She bought a house on Rosemont Ave. in Frederick and is learning to grill and garden. She recently finished building a bamboo fence in the backyard.Christie Fincham Flora is the mid-Atlantic training store manager for Columbia Sportswear and is working on a master of business administration degree at Mount St. Mary’s Univ.

• Lillian (Dean) Miller, Got Married to Chris Miller (June 2013), bought a house in Mount Airy, MD      (May 2014), Working as the Regional Wellness Merchandiser for MOM’s Organic Market, an independently owned organic grocery store with 11 locations in MD, VA, and PA.
• Rebecca Hunter, Earned Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill      (July 2014), Now moving to Charleston, SC to start as an Assistant  Professor of Chemistry at The Citadel
• Danielle Lee Sgro, starting a new job as a Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice in the Environmental Tort Litigation Section September 8, Currently, I am a law clerk at the United States Court of Federal Claims
• Andrea J. Raffauf, I’m still living in Denver, but got engaged on April 30, 2014 to J. Garrett McGinnis with a planned wedding for May 2015, Still working as a Medicolegal Death Investigator for the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner in Denver, CO. I am now certified on a national level and am a diplomate with the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
• Amanda (Mandy) Bunting, Masters of Applied Sociology at UMBC, Enrolled at University of Kentucky’s Sociology doctoral program (fall 2014). Living in Lexington, KY
• Katelyn Vaughan, two children Romand (4) and Hadrian (1). I also started working for Legal and General America. America’s third largest and most successful Life Insurance Company in the Finance Dept., currently working, raising my boys and finishing the final part of my Masters Degree at Hood College.
• Kinsley Wilde, Engaged, getting married Sept 27 2014 to David Bowman, Working as a Child & Youth Program Coordinator for the MD National Guard
• Andrew C Weiss, Working on special government projects for Johns Hopkins university Applied Physics Lab and own and operate REDRHINO The Epoxy Flooring Company providing floor coatings to five states
• Kathryn Anne (Thomas) Yager, Graduated from Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine May 2013. Graduated with a Masters in Public Health from Virginia Tech December 2013. Married Cody Yager (Classmate from veterinary school) Jan. 4, 2014. Bought a house in Ohio April 2014. Been working as an Associate Veterinarian in Ohio since October 2013.
• Tracy (McIntyre)      Leach, A year after graduating from Hood I got married to my      wonderful husband; I obtained my MPH; and my second son, Levi, was born on      June 20, 2013. My first born, Quayden is already 5!, Working for the state of Maryland as Licensed Environmental      Health Specialist; own a family business with my husband, Xtreme Liquid      Designs, LLC.
• I am Samantha (Henderson) Lowery, married to Michael on April 12, 2014. After 5 years of teaching special education, currently teaching 6th grade language arts.
• Ilyse Kaplan, (2014) Celebrating 5 years with the Social Security Administration as a Performance Management Specialist, (2014) Certified in Human Resources through the USDA Graduate School, I bought a house off Rosemont Ave., am learning to grill and garden, and recently finished building a bamboo fence in the backyard.
• Christie (Fincham) Flora, Mid Atlantic Training Store Manager for Columbia Sportswear, working on an MBA at The Mount

Monique House graduated from Towson Univ. in January with a master of science degree in health science with a concentration in school health education. In October, she passed the national exam to become a certified health specialist.

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