2011
Megan Dancause
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mdancause@comcast.net

It’s crazy to think that eight years ago we left the comforts of Hood and began facing the real world. The class of 2011 is always making the most of life! Kristina Coggins made the jump from hotel events to academia events in Fall 2018.  With that transition, Kristina also left the 100+ degree North Texas weather to more temperate Colorado weather.  In October 2018, Kristina moved to Colorado Springs to pursue a position at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS).  As the Manager of Chancellor and University Events, Kristina works on UCCS’ VIP and donor events.  This position allows Kristina to continue practicing her love of events with a little more work / life balance.  No more 1 AM events and she even experienced three snow days this year!  On August 2, 2019, Kristina will marry her fiancé, Daniel Heck in Pine, Colorado.  In 2020, they are looking to purchase a home in Colorado Springs.  If anyone is ever passing through Colorado Springs, please reach out!  Megan Dancause is recently engaged and an October 2020 wedding is planned. Jess Miller Kehler recently got her Maryland home inspection license and started a new job with US Inspect. Her family also grew in March as she adopted a rescue dog, Opal, a pit-bull mix. Chelsea Bosch Perry and her husband welcomed their first son, Andrew James, on May 24^th. Emily Cucchi Raines and her husband welcomed their first child, Jace Allen Raines, on May 6^th. Dan Rocker bought a house in Pasadena, MD this past year and also took a new job with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise as a Partner Business Manager covering MD, DC, VA and NC. John Stiles started a new job in December as a Post Producer for DAZN, a sports media company. Ysabel Suarez is recently retired but has started a home-based business which produces personalized books for children. The business is books4youandyours.com. In addition, Ysabel received a Master’s degree from Hood College in 2011. Krista Zerby-Campbell got married in October 2018. Krista also graduated with her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northcentral University this past winter. She will be joining a private practice.

2011
Megan Dancause
717.682.5267
mdancause@comcast.net

Kudos to the Class of 2011 as they continue to achieve great things! The years since our departure from Hood College are growing and without a doubt the achievements and life milestones continue to impress!
Kristan Hawkins Vermeulen welcomed a baby girl, Elayna Mae, on April 15, 2018! She was born in Portland, ME and weighed 8 lbs 13 oz.
Kathleen Grombacher-Irwin Jurek and her husband, Daniel, welcomed a daughter, Genevieve Celine, on January 31, 2018. They cannot wait to bring her along with them as they hike and camp in the Cascade Mountains this summer!
Eve Maryn will be starting her fourth year of teaching in Phoenix! She will be completing her Master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in September.
Kristen Harris obtained her LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker)! Kristen and her husband are relocating to Maryland and plan to build a house after living in West Virginia for almost four years.
In January, Nickolas Spicer accepted a new position as the Assistant Dean of Students at Susquehanna University.
John Boasi is still working for the Social Security Administration. This year John has helped found a non-profit, 627 Stomp, which will be dedicated to preserving and maintaining the legacy of Kansas City’s jazz heritage. John will serve as the Vice-President and is among its first director!
Monique Sledd is recently engaged and is in the process of purchasing her first home!
In late 2017, Kristina Coggins moved from Houston to Dallas, TX for a promotion with Marriott. In her current role, Kristina is an Event Manager at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center. Kristina started her journey at the Gaylord Texan Resort back in the fall of 2013.
Christi Campbell is celebrating her fourth anniversary at the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission in Portland, OR. Christi also became recently engaged to Daniel Smith.

Megan Dancause
717.682.5267
mdancause@comcast.net

Kudos are in order to the class of 2011; they continue to achieve as the years increase since our time at Hood! Chelsea Bosch Perry completed her Master’s Degree. She received a MAED in mathematical leadership from UMBC. Megan Oliver Crane and her husband welcomed their third child, a son, Daniel Charles, on September 29^th. Megan Dancause is now the Assistant Director of Admissions at Thaddeus Stevens College in Lancaster, PA. Sasha Speakman Lear was married to Andrew James Lear on August 12, 2017. The two were married in Wrightsville, PA and met while attending Hood College! Dana Martindell Perry and her husband, Gregory, welcomed their first child, Dove, in July.

Megan Dancause
717-682-5267
mdancause@comcast.net

As our years increase since graduation from Hood, so do the accomplishments of the class of 2011! Emily Cucchi Raines is working as the Marketing Manager for Cetrom, which is a leading Cloud computing company. In addition, Emily has recently adopted a Shiba Inu named Luna. Phillip Yerby was recently promoted to Group Manager with Weber Shandwick. Julie Shenk is currently working at Mount St. Mary’s as the Information Technology Librarian. Julie is in the midst of planning a November 2017 wedding to Alexander Loy. The couple plans to wed in the Coffman Chapel on the Hood College campus. John Stiles was recently promoted as a Post Production Manager with Vice Media in Brooklyn, NY. Kristan Hawkins married Kipp Vermeulen and is currently working for Rinck Advertising based in Annapolis, MD as a Content Producer. Caitlin Salovich married in 2011 and purchased her first home with her husband in Orlando, FL in 2013. Caitlin accepted a position in 2015 as a Social Media Manager for an Internet Marketing Company. The couple welcomed their first son, Omar Gabriel, in September 2016. Prior to her son being born, Caitlin accepted a new position as an Email Marketing Manager where she is able to work from home. Sarah Mecklenburg is working for Montgomery County Public Libraries focused in outreach.  Sarah and her fiancé, Andy Polack, will wed this year on June 11. Shawna Lentz M.S.’16 is preparing for a job shift next year! Shawna will become a Math Content Coach at Twinbrook Elementary in Montgomery Public Schools. Shawna’s focus will be working with staff to build their capacity in teaching mathematics. In addition, she will be working with administration to analyze data and create professional development plans aligned with school improvement plan. Sasha Speakman received her MSW from the University of Southern California in 2015. Shortly after graduation Sasha joined Operation Progress to help with operations and run their LAPD mentorship program which pairs high-need youth in South LA to committed LAPD officers. Sasha recently became a field instructor for the MSW program at the University of Southern California. Sasha will marry her best friend this summer; August 2017. Elizabeth Arsenault recently moved to Raleigh, NC for a new job as a Video Product Strategist with McClatchy. Monique Sledd recently received a promotion as a School-Linked Mental Health Therapist and is on her way to becoming a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor where she lives in Minnesota.

2011

Megan Dancause
717-682-5267
mdancause@comcast.net

The five years since the class of 2011 graduated Hood College have flown by, but we haven’t wasted any time in accomplishing many things! Kayla Murphy Caw and husband Mat welcomed a baby girl, Elizabeth Murphy Caw, on Nov. 2! Katelyn Horn accepted a biologist III positon with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at the Okaloacoochee Slough WMA. Kathleen Grombacher-Irwin married Daniel Jurek in a private ceremony near their home in Seattle on July 30. The couple plans to settle in the Pacific Northwest after living in four cities across the country over the past three years. Morgan Lyons Kelley is currently teaching art to students with profound, multiple disabilities within the Baltimore City school system. She is expected to graduate in the spring from Johns Hopkins School of Education with a Master of Science in Special Education with an emphasis on severe disabilities. Morgan is also the mother to two little boys and she and her husband recently celebrated their one-year anniversary! Alexander McDuffie is teaching fifth grade science at Mater Academy of Nevada. In his spare time, he is coaching fifth and sixth grade flag football, where his team made it to the championships this month. He is also an adviser for the student council where he oversaw a trip to Washington, DC, to speak with senators about funding. Over the summer, Alexander has plans to travel to Ndola, Zambia, where he will volunteer with Northrise University in their Impact Ndola program. Dana Martindell Perry and husband Gregory celebrated their first wedding anniversary in August. Dana also started a new job as an MDS coordinator at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation in Shrewsbury. Emily Cucchi Raines moved back to Frederick with her husband this past spring. Emily also started a new position as marketing manager for Cetrom; a local cloud solutions provider. Kelsey Blackwell Roberts, MBA’13 and her husband welcomed a son, John James “JJ” Roberts, on March 17. Kelsey was recently promoted to marketing and business development manager at A2LA where she has worked since 2012. In her spare time, Kelsey is volunteering on several committees with Celebrate Frederick! Meghan Tomlin celebrated five years at United Healthcare and recently bought a house with boyfriend Andrew Bush.

2011

Megan Dancause
717-285-7056
mdancause@comcast.net

It’s hard to believe that it has been five years since the class of 2011 left Hood College. What isn’t hard to believe is that the class continues to achieve and strive for great things. The class of 2011 has been keeping busy, as usual. LT Shane Brady, fighter pilot in the US Navy, is attached to the world famous VFA-151 Vigilantes providing a blanket of freedom while deployed on the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) in the Western Pacific.  LT Brady flies the Navy’s premier Strike Fighter aircraft, the F/A-18E Super Hornet. Kayla Murphy Caw married Matthew Caw in October 2015 at Shade Trees and Evergreens in Frederick, MD. Sarah Johnston Comer, M.B.A,’14 earned a Master’s of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Human Resources from Hood College in May 2014 and was inducted into the Delta Mu Delta business honor society. She began a career in Records Management in November 2014 and married Matthew Comer in September 2015 amid the beauty of the New York Adirondack Mountains. Juliana Eaton Cooney and her husband are expecting their first child this fall, a girl due October 5^th. Megan Dancause earned her Master’s in Business Administration from Lebanon Valley College in May 2016. Lauren Dods is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree at UMUC for Management, with a specialization in Emergency Management. Jessica Miller Kehler married Garrett Kehler on November 7, 2015. In attendance were Hood graduates Jennie Huntoon ’10, Katie Bergin ’09, Maggie Paulk ’11, Anna Kovacsics ’15, Stephanie Hanthorne Miller, M.A.’14, Ashley Eaton ’10, and James Taylor ’12. Eve Maryn relocated to Phoenix, Arizona where she has been teaching kindergarten for almost a year. Whitney Plummer has been working at Experient-inc for three years and is getting married in October 2016. Emily Cucchi Raines and her husband purchased a home and moved back to Frederick. Emily also accepted a new job working as a Marketing Manager for a Cloud-based IT company. Reco Siler, M.S.’16, C’16 earned his Master’s in Information Technology with a Cyber-security certificate. He has been working at ORACLE as a Support Analyst for three years. Victoria Utoh ’10 was recently accepting into the PhD program at Seton Hall University where she will be studying higher education. Victoria will begin this fall!

Megan Dancause
717-285-7056
mdancause@comcast.net

With endless accomplishments under their belts, the class of 2011 continues to strive for more! As the years grow greater in time away from the college, so do the many milestones the classmates are achieving. John Boasi is still employed by the Social Security Administration. He has been appointed as a Key Representative to assist the SSA in his region’s Combined Federal Campaign. Emily Cucchi Raines has been promoted to Senior Marketing & Communications Program Coordinator at the ARDMS, a global nonprofit organization that administers examinations and awards credentials in Sonography. Emily and her husband, Kyle, celebrated their first wedding anniversary this year! Lauren Dods is working as an Administrative Associate II for Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management at Frederick Community College. Juliana Eaton was married last year. Travis Harrant is currently stationed at USARAF Italy – Vicenza. Tiera Hawkes graduated from the University Of Baltimore School Of Law with her J.D. and is currently awaiting her bar results. Dana Martindell was married on August 29 to Gregory Perry in Bay Head, New Jersey. Kayla Murphy Caw was married to Mathew Caw on October 10 in Frederick, Maryland. Nickolas Spicer started a new job at Washington College as the Director of Student Engagement. Yana Schick is enlisted in the U.S Army Reserves. She spent a year in Italy and then ventured off to D.C for graduate school. She holds a Masters in International Relations with a concentration in International Economics and American Foreign Policy from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. In addition, she completed an internship with the Department of State over the summer and now works full time as a program assistance at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Victoria Utoh is working at Seton Hall University as a Senior Assistant Director of Admissions Operations, where she resides in Union, New Jersey. Victoria will be graduating from the University of North Texas with her Masters in Educational Leadership. In 2014, Morgan Wright graduated from the University of Richmond School of Law and passed the bar exam in Virginia. In 2015, she started working at Fastcase, a small legal software company in downtown D.C, as a customer outreach manager and reference attorney. Fastcase produces the most popular mobile app among lawyers, in addition to many other products, and has partnerships with 28 state bar associations to provide small and solo firms with free access to the law. Phillip Yerby has been promoted to account supervisor at Weber Shandwick where he works out of its Baltimore office.

John Boasi graduated in May with a master of science in global affairs. He is currently working at the National Field Network in Howell, NJ.

Chelsea Bosch is recently engaged and a May 2014 wedding is set! Chelsea is currently in her third year of teaching in AACPS and is working on her masters in Leadership in Mathematics at UMBC.

Nicholas Case is currently employed by AAI Corporation in Hunt Valley, MD as an Information Assurance Engineer.

Emily Cucchi got engaged to Kyle Raines and a June 2014 wedding is set! Emily is an Assistant Account Executive at DPR Group.

Travis Harrant received a promotion in May 2013 to 1LT. He is now the Maintenance Control Officer for a Field Artillery unit in Fort Stewart, GA.

Briannica Harper, now Briannica Harper- Sampson, is an IT Programmer Technician at Cinetic Landis Corp. Since graduation Briannica has welcomed three children into the world; two daughters and one son.

Kristen Harris is currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work with a concentration in clinical and a specialization in mental health specialization from the University Of Maryland School Of Social Work in Baltimore.

Tyler Hislop is a Licensing Specialist with mortgage company, NewDay USA.

April Hoffman is a first year medical student at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. April will graduate in 2017.

Morgan Lyons is in her third year teaching with Baltimore City. Morgan is currently educating kindergarteners with autism at The William S. Baer School in Baltimore City.

Kayla Murphy is recently engaged to Mathew Caw while in San Francisco. A fall 2015 wedding is planned!

Ken Rupert received Board Certification as Mater Christian Life Coach and founded The Vita-Copia Group; which provides life coaching for care givers of children with special needs and disabled seniors; specifically including financial mentoring and estate and life management planning. Ken is also an author of four books; Planned Excellence: How to Achieve Greatness through Strategic Planning, Strategic Goals: The DNA of Personal Success, The Dynamics of Abundant Life: Living a Life of Purpose and Meaning, and 10 Ways to Improve Your Retirement Planning: Behavioral Changes that Make a Difference. Ken also has plans of writing five additional titles in 2014! He is currently blogging for The Frederick News Post and Carrol County Times. On top of those additional responsiblities, Ken writes a monthly column for the Hampstead Life magazine. Ken is a member of both the International Chritian Coach’s Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Melissa Wedlock married Nicholas Burdette ’10 on June 1, 2013.

Phillip Yerby was recently promoted to Senior Account Executive at Weber Shandwick.

Patrick Yoo is currently a Program/Project Control Analyst at STG, Inc. in Reston, VA. Patrick is also the assistant varsity basketball coach at JEB Stuart HS in Falls Church, VA.