2008
Sarah Haney Koons
301.992.5149
sarah@sarahkoons.com

Katlin Hassell celebrated her fourth year as a Correctional Officer and recently got engaged to the woman of her dreams. Lenae Franey King is expecting her fourth child (a girl!), due September 23rd. She also signed the lease for her third business, Imaginarium Indoor Playground, which will be located in Solomons, Maryland. Elizabeth Thompson, was promoted to Director of Events and Alumni Engagement at The Lab School of Washington. Additionally, her niece Yolanda-Elizabeth will be attending Hood in the fall. Charly Mulligan Culler celebrated the high school graduation of her daughter, Katelyn Culler, who is also the granddaughter of Hood Alum, Joan Kaufman Culler M.A.’78. Jason Ruvinsky is getting married to his finance, Teresa, on June 14 in a small ceremony. They are planning a honeymoon in Japan next year.

2007

Amanda Earp Hayes and her husband, Toby, have just begun the process of building a new home by the Chesapeake Bay near St. Michaels, MD. They also celebrated 10 years of marriage this past August and held a Battlestar Galactica-themed vow renewal for their closest friends and family members (including their amazing 7-year-old, James). Amanda works as an editor, teaches classes on nonfiction writing at various colleges throughout the Northeast, and is soon to embark on a career change as a licensed and board-certified trauma therapist.

2005
Leslie Beck Hughan
410.303.2208
lhughan@gmail.com

In spring 2019, Judie Evans became an editor at the National Museum of American History. She works down the hall from Indiana Jones’s leather jacket, and says she gets to see cool things all the time. Ja’Bette Brown Lozupone is a doctoral candidate at Hood College, Cohort 2020. Andrew Noll and Lauren Sebald Noll moved. They purchased Lauren’s parents’ house as they downsize. Lauren also is the director of the newly named Reverend Monsignor Lloyd Aiken Student Support Program at The Sacred Heart of Gylndon Catholic School. Sarah Robinson Rathbun became an entrepreneur, launching her own business this summer. Sarah developed a new product to repair ripped clothing, and customize clothing and accessories. She calls her product Patcharoos and you can find them online at Patcharoos.com. After more than 13 years of working as a production editor at Rowman & Littlefield, Patricia Stevenson graduated to working on some of the top-tier trade titles published by the company. She recently finished working on Peary’s Arctic Quest, by Susan Kaplan and Genevieve LeMoine, a fully illustrated exploration of the North Pole expeditions of the early 1900s. Patricia encourages everyone to check it out. Amanda Wilber Thompson is living in Louisville, Ky., and part of an operation management trainee program at Ryder Trucking. She has a son, Emmett Dean, who was born in April 2014; and he starts kindergarten in August. Joanna Grauel Zeisser welcomed a second daughter, Madeleine Hope Zeisser, on Aug. 20, 2018.

2003
Leah Giambarresi MacDonald
macdonaldleahg@gmail.com

Hi everyone!  Welcome to this edition of the 2003 Class News! Julie Sirak Pacilli began 2 new jobs in June. She started with the LRAP Association as the Director of Client Service and has launched her own travel agency! It’s called Four Mountains Travel Company, and while she specializes in Disney vacations, she can help plan trips all over the world. I can vouch for how awesome she is – she’s helped my family plan more than one Disney trip already! Her website is 4mtravelco.com, or you can find her on Facebook. Taryn Chubb has decided to add another degree to her name!  She started law school at the University of Oklahoma earlier this year, with plans to graduate in 2022 and work in intellectual property, art, and cultural heritage preservation law. I, Leah Giambarresi MacDonald, had a baby!  My husband Matt and I welcomed Nicholas James in March.  His big sister Abigail is very excited to have him around – well, as excited as any two-year-old can be with the arrival of a younger sibling! That’s it for this season – don’t forget to join the Hood College Class of 2003 group on Facebook, and to send me your news for the next column!

1999
Anne Hambrick-Stowe Rankin
717-945-4585
annehambrickstowe@gmail.com
Hey there Class of ’99!  For some of us, the summer of ‘19 kicked off with our 20^th class reunion.  From the pictures and posts I saw on Facebook, it was definitely a special time to reconnect and reminisce with long-lasting friendships from our Hood days.  Even if you couldn’t be on campus in person to catch up, at least we can stay somewhat connected through sharing news in this column and reading about what is happening in the life of the College in the other articles and announcements in this magazine.  Thanks to those who have contacted me with the latest updates in their lives; it’s always fun to hear from Hoodlums!  We have several among us who have taken on new jobs or positions that are impressive and noteworthy.  Marissa Vigneault’s big news is that she will be an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 2019 through August 2020.  Christina Tindal recently took a job as Director of Psychiatry for the Henry Ford Health System.   She and her family are living the dream on a beautiful all-sports lake in Michigan…sounds like the ideal work-life balance!  Shawn Ramsey also has moved up the professional ladder having accepted a position as the Chair of Robotic Surgery at Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, FL.  And, one more: Allison Bell Barrett is now the State Association Meetings Manager at the National Pest Management Association in Fairfax, VA.   Super big congratulations to all of you on your professional achievements!  On the more personal-life front, this past May, Sarah Sweet Knudsen moved her family from Houston, Texas back to the Columbus area in her home state of Ohio.  Her new address is 7431 Cottonwood Dr., Plain City, OH 43064.  Sarah would love to connect with any alums in the area so feel free to reach out to her!  Johanna Lane Nathanson’s son, Samuel, graduated from Drexel University with a degree in Computer Science this past June.  The funny this is, Sam attended our Hood graduation when he was just 3 years old to see his mom get her diploma!  Johanna remembers him all dressed up and enjoying the graduation events; she is glad it was finally her turn to get all dressed up and enjoy his graduation events.  As for me, Anne Hambrick-Stowe Rankin, last August (2018), I underwent a completely successful kidney transplant (donated to me by my brother); now, one year later, I continue to be so grateful for the new life that I was given and the medical expertise & advancements that make such a procedure possible.  I hope this fall is a great one for us all, and, please continue to be in touch with me about your work, your family, your sports, your travels…anything you want to share with the rest of us!  Until next time- take good care.

1996
Tanya Sander- Marks
tsmvacation@gmail.com

Hello, this is Tanya Sander-Marks, and I am the new class reporter for the Hood Magazine. Many thanks to Jewel Smith for her 20 years of coverage. It’s a tough act to follow! I heard some great updates when connecting with fellow Hoodlums this summer. Alesia Gallego Brand has been traveling recently, with trips to Disney World, Austin and Dallas, TX. She works as a care team coordinator with the Board of Child Care in WV. She and her husband share seven children and three grandchildren, with four of them (aged 21, 15, 13 and 11) living with them in Inwood, WV. Alesia invites Hoodlums who are going to be in nearby Harper’s Ferry, WV, Hagerstown, MD, or Winchester, VA, to connect with her at aluckybrand96@yahoo.com. Rachael Miskill Brown is currently living in London, England, and she and her husband regularly spend weekends in Wales with her father-in-law. They have a cruise planned for August. She is also enjoying watching her two goddaughters grow up. Quicha Tresvant Jones works in commercial property management for the real estate firm that owns and manages the NASA headquarters building in DC. She and her husband live in Silver Spring, MD, and have three boys aged 20, 15 and 8 in their combined family. Christie Spencer Katora earned her Master’s in Comprehensive Special Education and a special education certification in 2018. She is a secondary learning support teacher for the Big Spring School District in Cumberland County, PA. She is also the assistant coach of both the high school swim team and the local aquatic club. She lives in Newville, PA, with her 11-year-old son and husband. Chris Laborde and her wife recently moved back to Frederick after spending the last 10 years in Anchorage, AK, and Vacaville, CA. They are in the process of building a home. She works for a consulting firm based in Sacramento, CA, developing emergency management exercises primarily for the healthcare industry and is an adjunct instructor for FEMA. Their older son married last year and lives in Texas, and their younger son lives in Anchorage. I, Tanya Sander-Marks, live in Mt. Lebanon, PA, with my husband and 10- and 13-year-old daughters. I am a vice president of marketing at a national bank based in Pittsburgh, where my team handles marketing for out of branch activities and the bank at work program. My volunteering now centers around my daughter’s PTA and sports. We will be stopping at Hood’s campus while driving to the beach this summer as we always do. Walking under the pergola can instantly take you back!

1995
Jacki Resop Amato
jresop@yahoo.com

“Hello Hoodlums!  Next year is our big 25th reunion.  I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since we graduated.  Seems just like yesterday!  Hope to see you all there!  In June, my daughter Julianna (Class of 2030) and I helped out at Reunion Weekend.  We had so much fun at the Alumni Lunchoen and driving alumni around campus in golf carts.  We chatted with many alumni and their family about their time at Hood and what they have been doing since graduation.  It is always a pleasure and rewarding experience.  Being on campus brings back so many fond memories!  So, if you have any news for me, please feel free to e-mail any time of the year!  I’d love to hear from you!”

1986
Alison Drum Althouse
804.814.0470
alison.althouse@gmail.com

Sue Auger Manory started a new job this spring at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY as an academic advisor in the undergraduate school of business.  Both her boys will be in college this fall: Will is a senior at St. Lawrence University and Drew will be a freshman at the University of Dayton. She hopes to visit with Lucy Noepel ’87 while in New England this summer. Shantih Clemans is the director of the Center for Mentoring, Learning and Academic Innovation at SUNY Empire State College, working with faculty all over New York State.  She and her partner Julie have 2 daughters 12 and 10, and have adopted a puppy, adding to the craziness! Shantih is close friends with Nina Banks ’85. Kellye Greenwald loves being back in Maryland and feels so lucky to call Frederick home again! Sue Hastings started a new job in February with R.H. Sheppard in Hanover PA as an automotive Material Planner/Buyer. Martha Hearn Shimano, who recently finished her two four-year terms on Hood’s Board of Trustees, is excited that her new home is slowly coming together but says she won’t be ready for visitors until sometime in 2020. Chrysti Hogan began her summer break spending a long weekend with my mother, Edee Howard Hogan ’59 at her beach house in Bethany Beach DE. She was also able to catch up with Stacey Collins ’89 and RaeAnn Butler ’89 while there. Dana Humphreys-Acock is still in private practice as a mental health therapist in Columbus.  She’s working part-time as she cares for her Mom who is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s been a long, sad journey for her, but she’d like to offer support, wisdom, or just an ear to any Hood sisters who are going through this currently with their loved ones.  She and Mitch celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and plan a trip to Italy this year. Their older son just finished his freshman year at Ohio State (Go Bucks).  Their younger son is going to be a high school junior and keeps them busy with soccer and his college search. Marcia Menihan Kodlick lives near Harrisburg, PA with husband Jim and younger son, William (age 17).  Both are archaeologists working for different engineering and environmental firms in the area. Older son James (age 20) recently finished his US Army Combat Medic training and is currently awaiting orders to see where this adventure will lead him.  Will is a rising high school senior and is taking a planned gap year to travel after graduation. Marcia’s dad recently moved in next door and they love sharing their lives across generations.   Marcia is in regular contact with Heidi Schwab-Jurmala (in Stockholm Sweden with husband Peter), Kathrine Anderson Cicala (back in MA with family), Kellye Greenwald, and sees Anne Lamoureux frequently.  I also recently re-connected with Sooz Edmiston ’87 and visit her, her wife Cat, and their two boys in Frederick as often as possible. Lisa O’Brien Baio shared that on June 9, 2018, she married William (Bill) Baio in a beautiful vineyard wedding on Long Island.  Hoodlums in attendance were Audrey MacDonald Wilcox, Gretchen Miller–Anderson, Debbie Daly Louis, and Robin Samuelman Kalfaian ’87, as well as their husbands.  On June 15, 2019, Lisa’s daughter Elisabeth married her partner, Victoria, with Audrey, Debbie, Gretchen and their husbands in attendance. Lisa reports that she retired this year from teaching after 33 years in the same school. She’s looking forward to an Alaskan cruise in August, and a trip to Malta! As for me, our older son, Drew Althouse ’12, is an athletic trainer at a small Catholic university in Michigan while our younger son, Evan, lives in DC working for the Mitre Corporation as he finishes a Masters from Georgia Tech.  Michael took a new job with Barclay’s bank in Wilmington, DE and we now live in Avondale PA. I continue my work for Boordy Vineyards and am the sports photographer for The Mid Report, shooting Navy football, lacrosse, and occasional basketball games.  I hosted a visit with Teresa Martinez-Rivera Bean ’87, Janet Drogin Wilson, and Marcia Groobert Ortiz this spring and was privileged to attend the Memorial service for Dr Martha Church, where I had the opportunity to visit with classmates, too many to mention without leaving out someone.  I’m always happy to host HoodLums, if any classmates are traveling… as long as it’s not a Navy home football weekend!

1985
Susan Povich DelConte
ahoodlumof85@hotmail.com

Hello Hoodlums!  It has been far too long since I was able to get a column together, please send news when it comes up so I don’t have to hound everyone at the last minute! Kimberly Kieffer Brown was the first to respond: “Hood news for me: My husband Bob and I have entered semi-retirement and have relocated from central PA to Lewes, DE. We are enjoying beach living and looking forward to our next chapter!” Cathy Diem sent loads of news: “Hi!  I am enjoying 6 years with Hilton as Director of Insurance Industry Sales, traveling about 50% of the time and loving it. My son Will was married earlier this month.  Son Matt graduated from Ithaca College and is pursuing his Masters in Taxation. Was lucky enough to see Robin Schneider Mahoney ’84 and her parents earlier this spring.  Looking forward to catching up with everyone at the Reunion next June.” Greetings were sent from Marsha Evans: “I got together with Hood classmate Deborah Crawford-Reynolds and husband Dale Reynolds in Bethany Beach last month. Always fun sharing laughs and memories, not to mention enjoying the beach!” Her posting was noticed by Krista Stone Steiding, who added “We got together with Deborah Crawford-Reynolds and Trish Wilson-Wisner for Martha Church’s memorial service and had dinner at Cacique in downtown Frederick prior to the service. I have had the pleasant experience of reconnecting lost Hoodlums several times- most recently for Margaret Oliver. If you are missing a member of the class of ’85 let me know and I will act as a middle man for you! Thanks to everyone who responded so quickly- please consider adding something next time and sending it to Margie or me!

1983
Mary L. Townley
804.307.3608
hoodmlt@aol.com

I heard from our classmate Shelley Wagar this time around and she had lots of awesome news to share! She writes, “Dave and I moved to South Carolina in May so we could be closer to my daughter, son-in-law and our new grandbaby, Madelyn.  She was born in December and brings us so much joy with her smiles. I retired in early May and recommend it to all. Love the free time to work outside and do whatever pops into my mind. Dave has been retired for 12 years so we are busy planning some camping trips out west. Our goal is Alaska next summer. And to top off what has been an awesome year so far is that Dave and I got married at the end of May. Very simple ceremony in our backyard. Life is very, very good and I am blessed with all that has taken place. I hope all is well with the rest of the Class of ‘83!” Life with me, Mary Townley, is going well.  I’m still running a non-profit (www.thenextmoveprogram.com) and Carol is happy working at Virginia Commonwealth University running the Autism Center for Excellence.  Our daughter, Emily, enters her senior year at Roanoke College this fall with a Psychology Major and an Art History Minor.  She was lucky to spend two weeks in Kenya in mid-May as a part of her college coursework after spending the fall semester in Perugia, Italy.  Yes, she has the travel bug! Take care everyone!