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SPRING 2012

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classnotes 24 22 neer. I have two children, Kailyn Amirah Rogers (5) and De'Juan Alexander Rogers (3)." Katie Wheeler '02 enjoyed a West Coast road trip last sum- mer, including a visit with Katie (Gagnon) Chenu '01 and Laura (Domey) Kern '01. The autumn wedding of Elisa Baker '02 brought her to stunning New Mexico, along with friends, including Andrew Oleson '03. The previous sum- mer, the trio explored Berlin together for the wedding of Jamie Stern-Gottfried '02. "As much as I enjoy getting away from it all," she writes, "I'm happy to call Brooklyn, N.Y., home." Katie continues to work in environmental health epidemiology and plays with the Brooklyn Conservatory Com- munity Orchestra (bcco.info). Katherine (Mirtle) '03 and Michael Bender '02 wel- comed their first child, Ellie, to the world on Feb. 2, 2012. Scott Bentley '03 says, "After working for Fidelity Invest- ments from May 2002 to August 2011 as a senior systems engineer, I've returned home to Worcester and am now an infrastructure architect for The Hanover Insurance Group." 24 Chris Cammack '03 is living in Northern Virginia with his wife, Jaime, and their 2-year-old son, George. Following three tours of duty in Iraq with the Army, he is now working as an engineer for the Marine Corps on a contract to improve the survivability of MRAP vehicles in down-range blast scenarios. His work includes projects on enhanced gunner protection and advanced tie-down designs. Abiche Dewilde '03 and Berk Akinci '02 are thrilled to announce the birth of their twins, Kaan and Laura, on Dec. 12, 2011. They join big sister Kiara, 3½ . 23 Andrew Keefe '03 has just taken a position with Vecna Robotics as an electrical engineer working on QC Bot, a hos- pital courier, tele-presence, and patient self-service robot. Ashley Mossa '03 and Jeremy Lindeman '05 were married on Nov. 2, 2011, and honeymooned in St. Lucia. Jennifer (Persico) Rohleder '03 joined the law firm Patton Boggs LLP in Washington, D.C., in January. Her prac- tice is focused on energy issues such as electric generation and transmission, renewable energy development, and regu- latory compliance. She has been a practicing attorney for four years and is a member of the D.C. and Virginia bars. She and husband Kevin Rohleder '04 welcomed their first child, Marcus, in July 2011. John Baird '04 was invited to speak at SXSW Edu in Austin, the national conference on education paired with South by Southwest. He also has been chosen as a mentor for SXSW Interactive, one of five individuals selected from an interna- tional pool of candidates to participate. The new mentorship program is specifically aimed at bringing in well-established industry leaders, and John was chosen for his background in education. Pamela Comey and Alex DiDonato '04 are getting mar- ried Aug. 25, 2012, in Boston. She is a test engineering at Jacobs Technology in Bedford; he is an audio power hard- ware design engineer for Sonos in Cambridge. Pam and Alex recently purchased a house in Belmont. Kristopher Gaewsky '04 writes, "I've been in Northern California for eight years, working in Intel's Flash Memory Division. I bought a home in 2009 and enjoy driving my '02 Subaru WRX! I am recently engaged and will be married in June 2012." Frank Gerratana '04, '05 (MS CS) is practicing intellectual property law at Fish & Richardson, PC, in Boston. Andrea Johnston '04 writes, "My son, Dylan Thomas Bris- sette, was born in 2010. I currently live with my fiancée, Thomas Brissette, in Norwood, Mass., and I work at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital." Since joining Booz & Company two years ago, Gregor Kro- nenberger '04 has advised clients in consumer and retail space on moving to a new IT platform. "I'm excited to be get- ting married—the date is set for June 2012." Nicole (McMahon) and Mike Orrell '04 recently wel- comed their second son, Braydon. Big brother Jack can't wait to teach his baby brother everything he knows. Erik Ross '04 says, "I earned a master's in aeronautical en- gineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2010, and one in mechanical engineering from WPI in 2011. I started a new job at Baldwin Filters in Kearney, Neb. And I rescued a yellow lab, named Conrad, from an animal shelter." LT JG Michael Schwartz '04 writes, "I just 'winged' as a naval aviator helicopter pilot. I am stationed in Norfolk, Va., flying the MH-53E." Daniel Wallace '04 recently graduated from MIT, where he was a System Design and Management Fellow. He earned a master's degree in engineering and management from the Sloan School of Management and MIT's School of Engineer- ing. While there he studied entrepreneurship and technology strategy at Harvard Business School. He is an associate at Booz Allen Hamilton in the firm's New York office. Spring 2012 81

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