Alumni News

services, but still serve on the Endowment Committee at Good Shepherd (Episcopal) Church Hilltown.

My sister, Nancy, BFS 1957, is still living near Pasadena, CA and is well.

1960s

Mahlon Lovett ‘64

Following eight grades at BFS (‘64), I went to George School and Carnegie Mellon University (‘72), where I met my wife, Heather. After taking a year to figure out ‘what to do,’ I designed books at Princeton University Press for four years, and then moved to the University Communications Office where I chiefly designed publications...for 44+ years; I retired early in 2022! Older son, Frank, is a professor at Washington University in St Louis, and younger son, Nathaniel, works for a major NY music publisher managing digital archives.

1970s

Jim Bumgardner ‘76

After living for 53 years on Ridge Road at the edge of Bedminster Twp. near Perkasie, it was necessary to move in 2021. I had retired in 2020, at 75-1/2, from working at Vita Education Services, assisting in adult education programs, including ESL, plus added 2 years volunteering, mostly proof-reading lesson plans. Through my working life the reading/ grammar/spelling/writing/foreign language skills learned at BFS and added to in high school & college served me well. In the Fall of 2021, I moved about 8 miles southwest to the Lutheran Community at Telford, a 50-acre graduated mix offering various stages of living for seniors (not just Lutherans) with a strong caring for the well-being of every resident. I have not met a single resident or staff person who is not pleasant, caring and respectful. I am in an independent living apartment building - 3rd (top) floor large apartment with balcony porch and great view, with a full course dinner served every day - 4 people per table with interesting discussion.

I’m enjoying my neighbors and I participate in some of the many activities offered, including Great Courses lectures. However, I have developed osteoarthritis which hampers my movement and requires using a cane. There are some 90-yr-olds here who move better than I can now, approaching 81 in May. I did attend an arthritis activity class earlier this year. Hard to do the activities, but I still manage to drive to a chiropractor bi-weekly and do local grocery shopping. I mostly Zoom my church

Tom Richie ’66 Nancy, my wife of 24 years, and I live in Glenelg MD, a small town not much different from Holicong where I grew up. We have four grown children and five grandchildren. One son and his wife live nearby and our other son and two daughters and their families / significant others live in Southborough (MA), San Francisco and Boulder. I continue to work as chief medical officer for a biotech company, Sanaria Inc., developing malaria vaccines. One of our vaccines recently showed significant protection against malaria during pregnancy in young women in Mali. We hope to obtain FDA licensure for vaccine against the most deadly malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, in the next three to four years.

Phil Garrett-Engele ’68 55 years in 5 seconds? After BFS, GS and Haverford College. Moved to Oregon and worked in a steel foundry, then a stint as a house framer. Returned to school for a science degree and a succession of academic, biotech and Pharma positions. Met my wife at U of Oregon, moved to Palo Alto for her PhD, then Seattle with our three very young daughters and surprisingly, after 30+ years on the west coast, we were relocated to Boston for my job in 2009. Retired 3 years ago and we plan on moving back to Oregon next year.

It was George Rowe who instilled in me a lifelong love of birds and birding. I remember his excitement at spotting an Osprey at Wallops Island. The attached photo was taken at my daughter’s wedding, just last weekend. The New York Times has been running my “Two Not Touch” puzzles in the print edition, Monday thru Saturday, since 2020. Currently working on improving technology for the State of California, and having fun with my modular synthesizer and other nerdy stuff. I’m still in touch with Regan Perry ‘76, and a few others occasionally on Facebook. Hit me up! Twitter: @jbum, Facebook: @krazydad krazydad.com

Matt Lindley ‘77

In the subsequent 40+ years I moved to Boston, got married, had kids, and pursued a career in advertising. At the tender age of 52 I joined Google where I still find myself today.

1980s

Chris Chandor Jr (Toby) ‘82

I’m living in Weston, Massachusetts with my wife Wendy. We met in grad school and have been married since 1999. We have two boys: Peter is a junior at Furman University and Ryan will be a freshman at Villanova this fall. I’m SVP of Development at a real estate private equity firm based in Boston, where I’ve worked since 2010. Prior to that, I spent five years working for the Boston Red Sox. Wendy and I enjoy traveling and recently visited Iceland, which is amazing. I became an avid cyclist during COVID and have completed the Pan Mass Challenge (a 2-day, 192 mile charity bike ride) for the past two years and plan to ride again in 2023. own. The oldest Bella, a Junior at George School, is preparing for the SATs and the College hunt. Our youngest Gigi, will begin her career at GS in the Fall. This is a real mind blower for Prescott and I since we met here 36 years ago!! I am looking forward to an exciting Spring Market in Real Estate and will continue teaching Zumba whenever I am asked. I see classmates like Lexi Lowe-Logan ’87 often and enjoy the occasional walk with classmate Sarah Crofts ‘87. I have also been known to run into Ana Pearson ’87 in our local Giant or on the sidelines at GS cheering on her oldest who also attends GS in the same class as Bella. It’s an unbelievably lovely life!!! I will be joining my siblings Jaime (’91) and Josh (’01) Ginsberg, both who attended BFS, this summer in Cancun for a multifamily, multi-generational vacation. We plan to get silly, laugh a lot, and have an incredible time.

Laura Swanstrom Reece ‘87

My horse, Danash’s Northern Tempest, a Friesian Appaloosa mare, was selected as the 2021 BreyerFest Celebration Horse and immortalized in an official Breyer Horse model. Due to the pandemic, BreyerFest 2021 was fully virtual, so we were invited to meet fans and perform at BreyerFest 2022 at the Kentucky Horse Park July 15-17. Dani is stabled near Wellington, Florida and we compete yearly at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Hunter classes. You can learn more about “Dani” at http://www. danithewonderhorse.com and on Instagram @ danithewonderhorse like getting paid to learn! My second child, 18, is getting ready to graduate high school this year and I cannot believe how quickly this time has gone. She’s helping me write a trio of books that we’re hoping to finish soon and start shopping around (so if you know anyone in the publishing industry... drop me a quick note! hawkecho@gmail). My youngest, 16, is a sophomore this year and is the super talented illustrator for those books. They’ve also recently dipped their toe into the world of acting and I’m excited for them!

We just returned from our second trip to IchibanCon in Concord, NC and as last year we can’t wait to go back. My kids are into anime, manga, and CosPlay so it’s a fun convention for us as a family. They even got their dad into costume this year. He went as Vander from the show Arcane.

While I no longer live in Bucks County, I enjoy returning to its back roads and rolling hills when I visit my family and memories of BFS are part of the kaleidoscope of experiences that comprise my sense of home in Pennsylvania. When it comes to the Class of ‘84, I’ve enjoyed seeing Tami Spackman ‘84 (nee Zaroff ) in Portland, ME as well as on my phone screen, as she’s one of my tried-and-true Words With Friends competitors over the last five years. Steph AuWerter ‘84 and I are in touch, and I wish my travels took me to San Francisco more often to we might cross paths. I divide my time between Seattle, WA and Portland, ME, and look forward to raising a glass for Mr. B this coming May.

Charles King ‘85 (Charlie) lives in Geneva, New York (upstate) with his wife Erika and their three children (11, 14, and 16). Charles has run a small publishing services company editing, typesetting and indexing books for small publishers, since 1999. A semiprofessional singer, he serves as artistic director for an a cappella group in his hometown. He has been in several dozen local plays, musicals, and operas. He is involved in local politics and recently helped establish a police accountability board for his community. He visited BFS this past summer with his daughter and enjoyed showing her where the French room and the giant strides used to be.

Corissa (Ginsberg) Seraydarian’87

My family continues to enjoy life on campus at George School. This is our 5th year in the dorm where my husband Prescott and I are dorm parents to 23 firstand second-year students. We have 2 teens of our

Stevi Wright ‘87

We’re at present a Great-grandfamily with 4 generations living under one roof. As many of you have seen & followed our saga on Facebook in 2015 we bought an old bar / restaurant (c 1749) to renovate into a home mostly because it had enough space to house us all. We originally gutted the 2nd & 3rd floors and finished them first so that we could move in and finish the rest while living here. We’ve ripped off exterior sections and rebuilt them. Added a garage and attic, neither of which came with the building, and I’m happy to announce that after 7 years we now have a complete kitchen again! I could hug those cabinets and counters! (Pam and I may have actually done so....)

I have three kids and they are some of the most amazing people I know. My oldest, 22, is working at a tech company that he interned for during high school and is learning about and working on cutting edge communications tech. There’s nothing

Susan Crosman Waterhouse ‘88

I’m working as Upper School Math Department Chair at Westtown School, where I have been in various roles since the fall of 1999. My younger child is currently an 11th grader, boarding at Westtown, and my older child is a second-year college student at RIT. I am always glad to see BFS folks around at Westtown School, and would always be happy to chat with families that are considering Westtown School as a high school choice. Outside of school, I am working on a project with the Leadership Forum Community, to develop tools to bring leadership training to children and schools everywhere. I think of this project as striving to answer the question “how can we build tools so that students can begin to think of themselves as leaders the way students are given the tools to at BFS and other Friends schools?”

Jen Parks ’89

My family and I live in Boston, where I continue to work for the MA Dept of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services supporting the workforce and people in recovery, and my wife, Haidee, works for the MA Dept of Environmental Protection on increasing electric vehicle infrastructure. Our kids are Josten, 14, and Quinn, 12. We had a chance to visit Portland, OR this summer, where

Haidee and I met and lived many years ago. We went to the park where we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our first* wedding (*it was a commitment ceremony because same sex marriage wasn’t legal back then - in fact it took us two more times before it stuck, in MA, where we have lived now for the past 14+ years).

1990s

Dan Holton-Roth ‘91

Dan is a lawyer and CEO of UMBO, a functional mushroom company. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his two daughters, Kenya (17) and Bedloe (14). He recently joined the BFS Board of Trustees, and has enjoyed reconnecting with the School through service. He is a member of Brooklyn Monthly Meeting and practices yoga and jiu jitsu.

Lloyd Moyer ‘92

I am currently the proud parent of two awesome BFS kids: Penny in 5th grade and Natalie in 2nd. My wife Tina and I love being a part of the current BFS community. We are active in PTAC, I am currently in my 3rd and final year as a PTAC clerk and Tina has been class parent several times. We live nearby in Doylestown, and I work in Peddler’s Village, so we’re never far from BFS. It’s been great to stay in touch with a few BFS classmates and schoolmates and has been even better to see a few familiar faces in the ranks of upcoming parents!

Josh Lipes ‘93

I’m living in Washington, DC with my wife Samantha and our five-year-old son Everett. We’ve been here since moving back from Beijing in 2008, except for a year-long stint in Mumbai in 2017. I’m a reporter writing for Radio Free Asia, mostly about the conflict in post-coup Myanmar. Luckily, my job allows for some flexibility, so we spent the summer in Portland, OR last year and are planning another couple of months abroad in Oslo in July.

While I haven’t had much of a chance to catch up on the goings on at BFS, we take Everett for walks at the campus every once and a while when I’m visiting my folks and it really fills me with a sense of peace being back. I’m excited to see the changes you have planned!

Kate T Benson ‘94 is devoted to helping bring enlightenment to a general audience by working as a spiritual teacher. She lives in Colorado.

Anna Chung ‘95

At this stage of life there aren’t too many frequent updates. That said, I did start a new job this past Sept with RLJ Lodging Trust as a Vice President of Asset Management. I’m always happy to see old BFS friends when I’m home visiting my parents.

Betsy Renzo ‘96

My older daughter, Evelyn, is in 7th Grade at Wilmington Friends School, and Amelia (5th Grade) will be joining her next year. They’d be excellent students anywhere, but we really wanted them to be good humans too, so we sought out a Quaker education. We’re happy and healthy and enjoying life in the First State. My brother Nick Cepparulo ’94 is also doing well. He and his wife Stephanie have an 8 year old son, Harrison, and a 2 year old daughter, Sofia. They live in Titusville, NJ. Nick works for Hunterdon County and spends a lot of his time walking around in the woods (all of that outdoor lunch time at BFS may have influenced him). He is an amazing mushroom hunter, if you ever want to go for a hike! Our mother, Deb Cepparulo, lives in Lambertville and is the best Noni in the whole world.

2000s

Kim Sorensen ‘00

I’m working at Phillips Auctioneers in New York City as a specialist in the 20th Century Design department. In my work it’s especially gratifying when I have the opportunity to handle pieces by local makers such as George Nakashima and Paul Evans, which now have a very international market! I also recently completed the Paris Marathon.

Michael Bernardini ‘01

Hi Everyone! I am currently residing in Watchung, NJ with my wife Danielle. We were recently married at the end of August 2022. We have two dogs, Riley (French Bulldog) and Delilah (Cocker Spaniel). I have been working in NYC at Indeed in sales and am coming up on my 10-year anniversary there in July. Hope everyone is doing well!

Nico Mihalich ’05 got married in June 2022 and lives outside of Boston with his wife Sophie.

Kathryn Tanner ‘08

I’m in my 7th year of living in Brooklyn, where I moved immediately after graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in Advertising. After working at various ad agencies across brands like Amazon, Lego, Converse, Unilever, and many more, I made a bit of a career change in 2021. I’m now the Head of Operations & Marketing for a Brooklyn based fine jewelry brand called Fewer Finer. I’ve always loved jewelry and couldn’t be happier spending my days getting to work with beautiful, sparkly, and sentimental treasures! Since becoming the first full-time hire, the company has grown to a team of 5 wonderful women. We have a collection of our own signature designs that we produce right here in NYC, a thoughtfully sourced vintage collection, and do loads of custom work, including heirloom redesigns and engagement rings. On a less professional and more personal note, I got engaged myself this past summer to my boyfriend of 5 years, Max, who I met at my first agency job. We’re currently planning a backyard wedding for July and look forward to welcoming his Australian friends and family to Bucks County to help us celebrate!

Skyler

My oldest son Bodie just started Kindergarten this year…and…he is a total science nerd. He wants to know EVERYTHING, and it has been so fun sharing my interests with him. The younger two are now 4 and almost 2, so we are very busy with them at home!

I am finishing the last year of my doctoral program and will officially be a pediatric acute care nurse practitioner! I have been working in the pediatric emergency department and really love it, so I will probably end up there after graduation. We still live in Maryland and are surrounded by many great children’s hospitals, so it’s hard to decide!

Adam Mihalich ’09 is in Portland, Maine and is enjoying life in the beer brewing industry.

2010s

Scarlet Waldman ‘10

I’m currently living in San Diego, where I am in my third and final year of graduate school at Pepperdine University, studying clinical psychology in the online program. Five months ago I began an in-person internship providing individual and group therapy to clients at an LGBTQ+ rehab nonprofit. It has been a wonderful and difficult experience in which I’ve grown so much!

Other updates from me: I have a fiancé named Ethan, I’m still best friends with Madison and close with Flannery, I have a three-year-old chihuahua/ poodle mutt named Bert, I make music produced by my dad, and I feel a lot of excitement about the present and future. All of the Waldmans, my parents and siblings, are doing well. I have 12 nieces and nephews now!

Ava Helmer ‘15

This Spring I am graduating from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a BS in Public Relations and minors in English and Marketing. After graduating, I will be traveling around Europe with friends to places like Paris, Rome, Budapest and Prague. Then it’s off to the real world! I am currently looking for communications strategy positions in New York City.

My brother, Jonah Helmer ‘13 is working in beautiful Puerto Rico as Head Grower of a hydroponic lettuce start-up called Campo Caribe. My family visited him in Puerto Rico over the winter holidays.

Trey Dusek ‘16

Currently I am finishing up my junior year of college and enjoying every step of the way. I am headed to intern at a wealth management firm for the summer and am excited to learn about the profession and what is involved in managing money and interacting with high-networth individuals. Outside of the classroom I have been focusing my attention on historic auto racing with my father and we have an event filled summer ahead. We will be racing up and down the east coast and I will finally get to check the box for my first international race this year up in Canada. I have been fortunate enough to go on a trip to The Goodwood Festival of Speed this past summer, as well as schedule trips to the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps to support a close friend racing in Europe and to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for this coming summer. I am greatly looking forward to the sights and sounds that these events and their host countries have to offer.

Pictured is myself getting a last minute pep talk from my drivers coach “Batman” before heading out on track in my Shannon 94PS-004 down at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta for the Vintage Sports 2000 North America feature race this past summer.

Joshua

Eisen ‘16

After I graduated from BFS in 2016, I went to Abington Friends School. During my time there, I continued my passion for sports by playing soccer and baseball, and I further fueled my interests in mechanical things by captaining the robotics team. I am now in my third year at Drexel University, studying real estate management & development and minoring in consulting. I commute by train every day (ugh) from Doylestown, which takes about 2 hours each way, but I love spending time with my family, my friends, and my dogs at home in Doylestown. I work part-time when I have off from school at CTI Technical Services and at Cyber Defense Systems, as well as for the New Hope Auto Show, learning lots about business along the way. Trey Dusek ‘16 and I have been on the board of the New Hope Auto Show for the last few years, which holds local car shows and car events to raise money for local charities during the spring and summer. In our off time, we can be found riding motorcycles or driving sports cars around Bucks County. I very much miss my time at BFS, but it will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always come back to visit when I can!

Claire Schmucker ‘16

I’m currently a junior at Cornell University where I study Environment and Sustainability. My focus is the intersection of environmental and social justice. In Ithaca, I spend my free time rock climbing, taking aerial circus classes and I’m a part of Outdoor Odyssey, a group that leads students on backpacking trips throughout New York State. Last fall I began doing research and documentation in the herbarium, a library of preserved plant specimens on campus. Related to that, this semester I’m spending three weeks doing plant taxonomy and ecology research in Patagonia.

Lexi Alloway ‘17

I am well into my sophomore year at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and I am on the preveterinarian tract. I am playing softball at UMass, and I am involved in a lot of other new and fun activities. I love coming back to BFS to see familiar faces and have old memories come up. I hope all is well with BFS, teachers, and students that are still dear to my heart.

Mike Cook ‘18

Since I’ve graduated from BFS, I went to Solebury School and made some real genuine friends there, done well academic wise, and continued to learn about my passion for film. During that time, I started learning guitar and haven’t stopped playing since. After I graduated from high school, I turned nineteen (yikes) and am now a student at Rider University. I’m writing scripts and sometimes songs, while working on becoming a better student and a better man. I’m also working on staying fluent in my speech, as I’ve had some bumps in the road, but I’m going to get there.

Claire Roche ‘18 is doing well at UCLA. She joined a sorority called Gamma Phi Beta. She is still undecided as to her major. Over the Christmas break, she went on a ski vacation with fellow BFS graduates Owen Yerkes ‘18, Tori Gallagher ‘18, Zane Wasicko ’18 and Sam Mottershead ‘18. In the new year the kids along with their families went to Mexico for a few days.

2020s

Declan Roycroft ‘20

Gabriella Harris ‘21

I’m almost halfway through sophomore year and very anxious for a relaxing holiday break. In the fall, I played varsity tennis, with training that began halfway through August and continued until late October. Our season was very successful and we ended up making it to the finals of the FSL playoffs, which we unfortunately lost. Currently, I’m managing boys basketball for the winter season, and I hope to play lacrosse in the spring. We’re beginning to talk about course selections for next year, and I’m looking into the IB program. I’ve really found my place at George School and I’m very happy to be there. I still remain close with my BFS friends and we often have class reunions! I really enjoyed the recent alumni gathering held at the Jane Jackson house and it was so nice seeing everyone again!

Zane Wasicko ‘18

This year I started college at Western Colorado University and it has been great. I am studying geology here and competing on our trail running and skimo teams. I spend any time I get outside of the classroom deep in the mountains.

There really aren’t many days that go by without me reminiscing over my experience at BFS…The teachers, the environment, the students, and the overall community of the school really helped me when looking back on how I have gotten to where I am today. Going into my 3rd year of high school (almost halfway done with it though, wow time flies fast...) I would say I’ve been pretty successful at Solebury School. Even though the school is larger than BFS, it’s still small for a high school. Being able to continue that experience of a smaller community has definitely helped. I’m still learning and improving on things, but that’s all part of the school experience, no matter what grade. Although I didn’t keep in touch with all of my classmates, the experiences at BFS at least helped me to find my place in high school and make some new friends…I wish the BFS community a bright future! You’re part of a community with a uniquely terrific school, don’t lose sight of that!