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From the May/June 2008 IssueJim Ancone '04 (see Anna Murphy Deutmeyer '99). Whitney Brim-DeForest returned in November 2007 from serving three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal. She married Hamady Balde on December 15, 2007, in Ashland, Ore. A reception for all of their friends and family will be held this summer. Alejandro G. Mendoza and Angela C. Dunn '03 were married in Girdwood, Ala., on June 23, 2007. In attendance were Brown alumni Fernando Mendoza '91, Anselm Sauter, Eric Sumberg, Ethan Thompson, Dan McElligott, Kate Coward '02, Aneal Helms '03, Ceneca Calvert '03, Adriana Lopez, Diane Schneider, Sophie Branson Gill, Anne Schoknecht, and women's varsity volleyball coach Diane Short. Maude Murphy '04 (see Anna Murphy Deutmeyer '99). From the March/April 2008 IssueJonah M. Cohen released his new album, Harboring the Day, which was three years in the making. He is currently living in Bethesda, Md., and doing a fellowship in cancer research at the NIH. Lorin Fries is moving to Uganda to manage a food security program with Save the Children after working for several years with USAID. Contact Lorin at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Eric Snyder '04 and Cara Zeldis Snyder '04 (see Coleman Sachs '72).
Cara Zeldis married Eric J. Snyder on September 2, 2007 after meeting their sophomore year at Brown and dating for six years. Over 40 Brown alumni attended the wedding, including both the bride and groom’s fathers Jerome Zeldis ’72 and David Snyder ’71, ’75 MD. In the wedding party was the groom’s brother, Jeffrey Snyder ’02. Also in attendance were Hilary Ross Salk ’63, ’65 MAT, Coleman Sachs ’72, Bonnie Saks ’72, ’75 MD, Mark Zeldis ’00, Samuel Ginsberg ’00, Mayu Sris ’01, Adam Fox ’01, Daniel Ko ’01, David Goldberg ’01, Michael Teitelbaum ’02, Alexis Scholl Teitelbaum ’02, Daniel Weisholtz ’02, LeDon Wilson ’02, David Flink ’02, Jon Purow ’03, Jon Segal ’02 AM, Andrew Golodny ’03, Matthew Haicken ’02, Joshua Lessing ’04, Jamie Hyman ’03, Sheryl Shapiro ’03, Rachel Ezrine Wasserman ’03, Daniel Wasserman ’03, Katharine Lampen-Sachar ’03, Caren Lee Caplan ’03, Ilana Ruff ’04, Laura Epstein ’04, Miles Betro ’05, Joshua Troy ’04, Jaron Zitrin ’04, Natasha Trentacosta ’04, Stephanie Harris Singer ’04, Brian Singer ’04, Adriane Berman ’05, Leah Oppenheim ’06, David Snitkof ’05, Shana Gotlieb ’05, Tucker Peck ’05, and Philip Kalisman ’06. Cara is a fourth year medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Eric is the business development coordinator for EuroRSCG Life in New York City. They live in the Bronx and can be reached at
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From the January / February 2008 IssueCelinda Gourd and Michael Kofron were married on June 2, 2007, in West Warwick, R.I., at St. John the Baptist Church, where Celinda’s parents and grandparents were married. The wedding party included best man Jason Donahue ’05, maid of honor Linda Yeh ’04, ’05 MAT, groomsman Stephan Fabregas ’05, and bridesmaid Katie Ahmann. They celebrated and reunited with their roommates, friends, and teammates from their undergrad years, including Alexander Bowman ’05, Lauren Brodsky, Benjamin Galeota-Sprung ’05, Mark Glennon ’07, CJ Hoppel, Petra Jarolimova ’07, Jon Jay, Jennifer Kim, Laura Leonetti, Kristin Loening ’05, Daniel Macarthur ’05, Elisabeth Marlowe, Maureen McCamley ScM ’04, Craig McGowan ’07, Annie Murray ’05, Josh Novick, Cate Oswald, Dan Pastula ’03, Alyssa Ricker ’07, Andrew Schwartz ’07, Blake Spitz, Julie Stein ’05, Michael Tan ’03, Eileen Wang ’07, and Shirley Wu. They also shared their union with David Durfee ’80, ’92 PhD and Diane Hoffman-Kim ’93 PhD, Michaela Andrews ’03, ’06 MAT, William Brown ’83, ’87 MD, Mara Coyle ’86 MD, Elizabeth Deweerd ’05, ’06 ScM, Nicholas Goldberg ’05, Sonia Gupta ’06, Gerald Patterson ’07 PhD, and current Brown students Jan Bruder ’03, Kate Burgess, Julie Caplow, Molly Cohen, Brian Holt, Grace Li, and Roshni Patel. The couple is living in Albion, R.I., while Celinda works toward her PhD at Brown and Mike works at Bay Computer Associates in Cranston. Gayle MacDonald Shanley writes: “On July 28, 2007, I married Rick Shanley (Emory ’01) in my beautiful hometown of Peterborough, N.H. It was wonderful to have Cari Cymanski, Vanessa Gonzalez, Erica Saleh, Nina Mamikunian, Allison Carter, Mike Ferguson, Elizabeth Forsyth ’06, Kate Brackney ’05, Ben Asriel ’03, Adam Griska, Joseph Blodgett ’03, Josh Loh ’03, Tracy Hadden, Chris Randall, Kerry Ryan ’02, and best man Sam Kusnetz ’02 celebrate our wedding with us. Rick and I bought a house in Portland, Ore., where he is working and pursuing an MBA and I am happily freelance-teaching math and drama in home schooling circles.” Contact Gayle at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 2007 IssueKristin A. Sinclair earned a master of education degree in Risk and Prevention, Adolescence from Harvard on June 7. She lives in Cambridge, Mass., and has started work toward a certificate of advanced study in counseling at Harvard. Plern Suraphongchai (see Celia Wu Sophonpanich ’83). From the September / October 2007 IssueRebecca Birnbaum is at 86, rue de la Federation, 75015 Paris, France; This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Grace Cheung writes: "I missed the coup in Thailand, but I'm back in New York after a year working at the International Herald Tribune-ThaiDay, an English-language newspaper in Bangkok. Now I work as communications-program manager at the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. I deal with the situation in Darfur on a daily basis. It's been a great learning experience! I'd love to hear what everyone else is up to." Reach Grace at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Anne Rabbino (see Robert Rabbino '72). Martin Sañudo writes: "I set off on a yearlong round-the-world trip with two friends last January. Our project involves interviewing locals on current issues and writing our own articles. By the time this is published, I should have reached India. Up to now it's been an incredible experience. Follow my adventure/journey at www.papierlibre.fr." Hannah Seligson published her first book, New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches, on May 29. The book is a career guide for young women based on more than 100 interviews Hannah conducted with women on all rungs of the corporate ladder. Reach her at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ; www.hannahseligson.com. From the July / August 2007 IssueNadav Carmel writes: “On Sunday, March 4, Aaron Sokoloff enjoyed the opening of his first exhibition of post-modern digital art. In attendance were Ari Adland, Robin Amer, Nadav Carmel, Ian Gray ’05, Winston Groman, Michael Klein, James Ollen-Smith, and Seth Pipkin ’02. Despite the absence of a string quartet, it was still a classy affair.” Emily Falk and Karina Leal report that they had a rockin’ good time over spring break in northern Calif. and the Pacific Northwest. They saw Mike Lesnick ’03, and Colin Harris ’03. Karina also saw Alessia Cook, Leda Marritz, Amanda Watts, Alekist Quach, and Zachary Markovits. Emily and Karina write: “Not in attendance were Brett Hemenway (who was stuck at home studying for a PhD qualifying exam), Skyler Ng, Diana Fishman, Kevin Loo ’03 (all of whom have real jobs and don’t get spring break), and Nikil Mehta ’03, who is in school and does get spring break, but just didn’t come.” Marcy Feibelman (see Melisa W. Lai ’94). Jane Couto Porricelli writes that she, her sister Audrey Couto McClelland ’00, and their mother, Sharon Couto, have launched a family lifestyle Web site and free daily e-mail newsletter called Pinks Blues (www.pinksand blues.com). “Pinks Blues is the ‘you’re lucky to know’ one-stop resource for every-perfect-family-thing that people just don’t have the time to find themselves,” Jane writes. She can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Heng E. “Eric” Shih has been promoted to senior associate consultant at Mars & Co. From the May / June 2007 IssuePamela Dubyak is not married or engaged, but is still enjoying graduate school in Florida and is looking forward to starting work in the psychology clinic at the hospital this summer. Pamela can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Michael Kofron and Celinda Gourd are engaged and will be married on June 2, 2007. Ryan Levesque and Tylene Bautista write: “After falling in love during our years at Brown, on June 30, 2006, we returned to Providence to get married.” It was an exciting year in which Tylene earned an MA in the history of decorative arts and design from Parsons New School for Design/Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, and one that featured an across-the-world move to Shanghai, China, where Ryan serves as American International Group’s China expansion manager. Tylene is establishing several art-related ventures, including ArtToursChina. The couple would love to hear from classmates, especially those with China travel plans on the horizon. They can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the January / February 2007 IssueJen Bain (see Diana Lamb Bain ’68). Talisman Brolin (see Melisa W. Lai ’94). Pamela Dubyak just started her doctoral program in clinical psychology at the University of Florida. She can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the November / December 2006 IssueChristine Anneberg has been appointed as an assistant coach for Dartmouth’s women’s lacrosse team. Jonah Cohen writes: “I just graduated in May and I already miss Brown! I am enrolled in the PLME program but decided to take time off to pursue my career as a singer-songwriter. All during my time at Brown I played solo concerts (when I wasn’t singing with the Jabberwocks) around the Northeast, and now I am continuing that path. On Sept. 7, my new album, Flashback, was released. You can check out tracks from the new record at www.jonahcohenmusic.com. So far the buzz has exceeded my expectations about this album and I can’t wait to share it.” Sangeeta Tripathi was chosen to participate in the second Oxfam International Youth Parliament 2004 in Sydney, Australia, from July 5 to July 12. Sangeeta worked with the Friends Committee on National Legislation on antiwar, antimilitarization, human rights, immigration, and HIV/AIDS issues. From the September / October 2006 IssueJeremy Adams will be attending the Missouri School of Journalism for a two-year master’s program beginning in the fall. Kristen Mercado has completed her master’s in social work at the Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice. She moved to New York City in August and began her work as a school social worker in a new charter school. From the March / April 2006 IssueNoah Alireza married Lema Alireza in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 12. They celebrated with their alumni friends at a dinner held at the Grosvenor House in London in January. Lema can be reached at lema. This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Yann Danis became the sixteenth goalie in NHL history to record a shutout victory during his first start; he plays for the Montreal Canadiens. Winfield Wilson writes: “I’ve been traveling the world with my trombone since graduation, looking for a patch where I can sow my seeds. I’ve dabbled in house painting, philosophizing, community theater, and auto mechanics. My next great adventure will be to climb the mighty peaks of Namibia. Wish me luck.” Winfield can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the March / April 2005 IssueWilly Joy writes that his Jewish hip-hop parody group, the Ju-Tang Clan, was featured in the Nov. issue of Heeb magazine. “We’re online at jutangclan.com.” Willy can be reached at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it From the September / October 2004 IssueLiz Daniels has qualified to participate in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials for the 50- and 100-meter individual medleys. She began swimming at age six and coaches youngsters at her club. This is the second time Liz has been the only Ivy League representative at the Olympic trials. From the July / August 2004 IssueLauren Kupersmith (see Stephen and Eileen Schwartz Kupersmith ’73).
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