Class Notes

ClassNotes

1960s

MARJORIE CREWS TELERSKI ’62 was honored for her work as a board member of the Bishop Griffin Resource Center and Food Pantry by the Columbus, Ohio-based Spirituality Network. Telerski has managed the food pantry garden for more than a decade, providing much-needed and hardto-find produce for people in the area. She also started a day care center and more to serve working mothers in her community.

1970s

1 MABEL COBB ’75 is a retired flight attendant and community volunteer. After 22 years of traveling the world for Northwest/Delta Airlines, she retired from the skies and is working toward her real estate license in Atlanta, Georgia. Her greatest passion is volunteering, including with Habitat for Humanity, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

2 DR. CHRIS BENZ SMITH ’72,

Director of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing, was featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press for guiding the campus response to the COVID-19 outbreak. She serves as Chief Health Affairs Office and led the university’s COVID-19 Campus Support Team. Smith and her high school sweetheart and husband, Trip, were also featured in a spring edition of CityScope magazine.

U.S. Bankruptcy JUDGE SHELLEY D. RUCKER ’76 was appointed as the chief bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Judge Rucker served as a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee since 2010. Prior to that appointment she practiced bankruptcy law with Miller & Martin, PLLC for 27 years.

3 LYN HARRIS ’79, the national archivist for Chi Omega, was named the 2020 recipient of the Chi Omega President’s Award, the organization’s highest award. This recognizes extraordinary service to Chi Omega. After graduating from Mercer University,

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Harris earned her master’s degree in history at Georgia College & State University. A former high school history teacher and nonprofit executive, today Harris is involved in local nonprofits and serves on the foundation board for Cempa Community Care.

4 CAROL KILLEBREW ’79, the current Assistant Head of School at Saint Mary’s School, was named Interim Head of School at the Raleigh, North Carolina, school. Killebrew, who has more than 35 years of experience in all-girls education and six years as a head of school, was a natural fit, according to the current head of school. She has been at Saint Mary’s since 2020 after serving as head of school at Salem Academy (2018-20) and The Ursuline School in New Rochelle, New York (2014-18). Killebrew also served at GPS in various capacities for 28 years (1986-2014).

1980s

ANNE EVANS BAYS ’81 is a farmer and entrepreneur-owner of Moonlight Meat, a local meat and food shop in the heart of downtown Williamsburg, Kentucky. The Moonlight Meat Shop and Moonlight Meat Processing, a USDA-inspected meat process plant, were two out of 108 markets across Kentucky accepted into the 2021 Kentucky Farm Bureau Certified Farm Market Program.

5 ROBIN STILL WINTRINGHAM ’81

recently graduated from Elon University School of Law. While she does not know the specific type of law she will practice, Wintringham has a passion for public interest law. Presently Wintringham has a fairly keen interest in practicing bankruptcy law. In summer 2020, she served as an intern for the Honorable Shelley D. Rucker ’76 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

1990s

6 NEDRA CAMPBELL ’90 is an attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She’s litigated more than 100 cases in federal and state courts and serves on the State Bar of Michigan’s Labor Employment Law Section Council. She published a book, More Justice, More Peace: The Black Person’s Guide to the Legal System.

7 MARY WILLIAMS GADD ’93, Executive Director of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, received the international Defense Research Institute State and Legal Defense Organization Executive Director award for successfully fostering a relationship between her SLDO and DRI, and for demonstrating exceptional service to the cause of the defense bar and her state organization. Gadd has served as the ED with TDLA since 2015. She joins fellow alumna Jennifer Davis ’84, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Executive Director, who won this award in 2016.

DR. APRIL JEWELL ’98, microdevices engineer III at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, spoke with her former teacher, Keith Sanders, and members of the GPS Science Club about her work with ultraviolet detectors for astronomy and physics. Today she works with the Advanced Detectors, Systems and Nanoscience Group at the JPL in Pasadena, California.

8 DR. TIA GUSTER ’99 is the OB-GYN Chair at Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Newnan, Georgia. She attended Emory University for her undergraduate degree and completed medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

2000s

DR. MAITHILEE KUNDA ’02 was featured on a recent “60 Minutes” segment. Dr. Kunda, a computer scientist at the First Cen-

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ter for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University, led Anderson Cooper through a Block Design Test that measures a person’s visuospatial abilities. These abilities are one of the several areas in which people in the autism spectrum show strengths and talents.

9 LAUREN E. FISHER WHITE ’03

has been elected a partner of Christian & Barton, L.L.P., a civil practice law firm in Richmond, Virginia. She focuses her practice on labor and employment counseling and litigation.

10 PRIYA BOYINGTON ’07 is a consultant for retail tech startups. After igniting her love for startups at GoldieBlox, a company that creates STEM-themed toys for girls, Boyington earned her MBA at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. From there she launched her first product, Stitch Fix Kids, and went on to serve as Vice President of Brands at arfa, a company that develops personal care brands based on close relationships with the people who use them.

11 KATHERINE CHERRY ARNON ’07

and CHRISTINE ANDERSON COOPER ’09 recently graduated from the same executive MBA program at Georgia State University. They celebrated their graduation in April together.

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12 KELVINA SMITH ’09, a respiratory therapist at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, traveled to Texas to help with the COVID-19 emergency response. She graduated cum laude from the honors program at Tennessee State University, earning a bachelor’s degree in cardiorespiratory care sciences.

2010s

13 NORQUATA ALLEN ’10 is a quality engineer with GE Renewable Energy. She graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a leader within the National Society of Black Engineers.

LESLEY BROCK ’10 accepted an offer to join the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s MPH cohort this fall. She looks forward to continuing her research surrounded by such a wonderful group of dedicated public health researchers/advocates. Brock is grateful to her family, friends, recommenders, professors, and the entire Fletcher School at Tufts University community for making this possible.

AILEEN JOHNSON ’10 was named April’s AWS Research Resident of the Month by the Association of Women Surgeons. Johnson is a PGY-3 general surgery resident at Emory University, currently in her first year of a research fellowship in transplant immunology. The focus of her research is bringing a systems biology approach to a dimensionality reduction, and multiplex imaging methods to analyze changes in the microbiome, transcriptome, and proteome of kidney and pancreas transplant recipients. Her project characterizing the metagenomic landscape of pancreas transplant recipients was selected for the ASTS Jon Fryer-Natera Resident Research Scholarship. Johnson is also developing a software package to facilitate analysis of HLA matching at the eplet level.

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PLATING ’10 graduated from Covenant College with a degree in biology. She worked at the Early Learning Center at Siskin Children’s Institute and was inspired to pursue her doctorate degree in occupational therapy from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She works as an occupational therapist at Children’s Hospital at Erlanger.

JORDAN LEVESQUE ’11 was promoted to Senior Design Engineer with the Amazon Logistics Engineering team. Over the past few years, Levesque has designed some of the most challenging buildings and designed the most Delivery Stations in AMZL history. She says this position gave her the opportunity to push and challenge design limits, think creatively, and work cross-functionally with some amazing teams.

HANNAH BADGLEY ’12 was promoted to Principal Consultant at ACA Group.

DR. CHADARRYL CLAY ’12 served her community in Durham, North Carolina, administering doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. In addition to in-office vaccines, Clay gave COVID-19 vaccines to homebound individuals with Central Pharmacy, where she works through the UNC Independent Ownership Residency program. She graduated with her doctor of pharmacy degree from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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15 RAEWYN DUVALL ’12, Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, spoke to the GPS Science Club via Zoom. Duvall works with planetary micro- and nano-rovers and is the Deputy Program Manager for Carnegie Mellon University’s Iris—a nano-rover headed to the moon next year. As well as managing the project deadlines, budget, and team, she will be the Mission Director leading their exploration of the moon in late 2021.

CAROLINE HOLLOWAY ’12 started a new position as Coordinator of Creative Service at Bain & Company.

KATHERINE NANNEY ’12 joined Merritt Group’s government practice—again! Nanney will be returning as an account manager to the company that gave her a start in public relations. She was most recently a senior account executive at Finn Partners, where she worked with the exceptional Higher Ed team and the college, university, and #edtech clients. At Merritt Group her clients will include Deloitte, Elastic, Qlik, and ASRC Federal.

16 DR. ANKITA SHETH ’12 graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, fulfilling her mom’s lifelong dream of having a doctor in the family! Her journey is not over yet though. Sheth matched into a residency program in Charleston, South Carolina.

ALEXIS CRUTCHFIELD ’13 joined Miller & Martin PLLC as an associate in the Chattanooga office. Crutchfield concentrates her practice in the firm’s litigation department, primarily working on business litigation and labor and employment matters. Crutchfield holds a law degree from Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., and is a member of Miller & Martin’s Women’s Network, a network of attorneys within the firm focused on initiatives that support and elevate women in the legal profession and the communities they serve.

MORGAN YATES CARDWELL ’13 started a new position as Managing Partner at Priority Legal Group.

17 JAZELYN HOGG ’13 is a mental health therapist in Chattanooga who is also working to complete her doctorate in education and leadership at Trevecca Nazarene University.

18 SADIE LETT ’13 has spent the past year working in the COVID ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

19 JALESA POINDEXTER ’13 earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Kentucky. She’s a nurse in the pediatric intensive care unit at Erlanger Hospital.

20 SHARRON BOCKMAN ’14 is the Assistant Brewer at True Respite Brewing Company in Rockville, Maryland. Bockman says her GPS experience gave her confidence to start in a heavily male-dominant industry. She’s a member of the Pink Boots Society, an organization for women in brewing, and this spring brewed a pink, sparkly beer inspired by women in the industry and Dolly Parton. Part of the proceeds will support PBS and Parton’s Imagination Library. As Bockman says, “GPS is the reason I feel secure being the only woman on the production team and also pitching a beer idea that is totally, unabashedly feminine.”

MALYNN BERGER ’16 graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with a bachelor’s degree in biosystems engineering. She recently interned with Signal Energy as a solar estimator and was offered an opportunity to continue her career with Signal as a full-time estimator.

LOTTIE SMALLEY ’16 shared her experience in communications as a guest GPS IMPACT speaker, encouraging girls with best practices about developing a personal brand, maintaining a responsible social media presence, and how to overcome failure. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s in public relations and works as a digital workplace intern and contractor for Coca-Cola.

EMILY BALLENTINE ’17 graduated from Clemson University with a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and a minor in management.

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BAILEY BRYANT ’17 was promoted to Project Manager at Douglas C Davis & Associates.

BENNETT CAROLINE BURNS ’17 graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a bachelor’s degree in writing, literature, and publishing.

LAUREN TAYLOR WRIGHT ’17 graduated from University of Memphis with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. In 2020 she was an intern for Literacy Mid-South, where she specialized in community outreach and data analysis.

AMELIA LAND ’17 graduated from Baylor University in Texas with a bachelor’s degree in health science studies with a focus on premed.

21 HANNAH PRESCOTT ’18 was elected to serve as the Chapter President for Sigma Kappa at the University of Alabama.

22 PHOEBE-AGNÈS MILLS ’18 was accepted into and attended the Summer Residency Program at New York Academy of Art and was one of three recipi-

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ents of a full scholarship in the form of tuition remission. Acceptance into the program is highly competitive and based on portfolio review.

23 TATIANA POGGI ’18 is an Altman Scholar at Tulane University, pursuing legal studies in business and the international political economy. This summer she will be an intern with the New York City Export Assistance Center, a subunit of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service. She will conduct market research and other tasks that support the Export Assistance Center’s mission of helping small- and medium-sized businesses reach international markets. This opportunity will allow Poggi to gain hands-on experience in the field of international trade that she also can apply to her senior thesis on U.S. value chains in Mexico and China.

2020s

EMALEE NIX ’20 was selected as a recipient of the MaryEllen Locher Scholarship Fund.

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Athletics

MAEGAN GOSSETT ’08 served as the interim GPS Head Rowing Coach for the 2020-21 seasons and also added LINDSAY WATTS MAUNEY ’05 to her staff as Assistant Rowing Coach. She also worked as an on-campus art teaching partner with Debbie Glasscock. Next year she will serve as the GPS | McCallie Rowing Center Coordinator.

SARAH EVANS ’10 joined GPS as Assistant Director of Tennis and also as an on-campus PE teaching partner to Susan Crownover.

LILLIE NOLES WOLF ’13 serves as Head Varsity Cheerleading Coach after coaching the Middle School cheerleading team.

KIMBERLY REID ’13 took over as the Middle School Cheer Coach and will assist Lillie on the varsity Blue Crew next fall.

KELBY CROWNOVER ’14 joined GPS as Assistant Middle School Softball Coach in the fall.

APRIL FORSTHOFFER ’15 joined GPS as Middle School Swim Coach in the fall.

CASEY CALDWELL SANTOS ’08

served as an Assistant Coach for the GPS Middle School Cross Country team under the direction of Head Coach ANNE KEMERER ’01.

BRIELLE LEARY ’08 served as an Assistant Coach on the Bruisers’ Varsity Soccer team that reached the Division II-AA State Championship in Murfreesboro in the fall.

LAUREN LAWRENCE SWANSON ’09

was an Assistant Coach for the GPS Middle School Basketball team in the winter. During the same season, DEBBIE BOHNER YOUNG ’79 was an Assistant for our Middle School Volleyball season.

24 CHELSEA JACKSON ’15, a graduate of and cheerleader for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, was selected to join the 2021 cheerleading squad for the Tennessee Titans.

LEA MULLIGAN ’17 was named AllSportsmanship by the USA South Athletic Conference. The Maryville College Women’s Cross-Country standout placed eighth in the West Division Final.

Three GPS graduates played college softball on teams in the NCAA Division I Tournament:

HANNAH KINCER ’19 with UNC Greensboro

SHELBY WALTERS ’18 with Duke University; named All-ACC First team, ACC Pitcher of the Week, and pitched Duke’s first no-hitter in March

ELIZABETH WARWICK ’20 with Southern Illinois University Four former GPS rowers’ teams were selected for the NCAA DI Rowing Championships:

25 LARKIN BROWN ’19 with University of Virginia; ACC Champion (V4) 26 KATIE NASH ’20 with Duke University (V4) 27 REAGAN LONG ’19 and LIZZY WALLEY ’19 with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Both 2V8)