Class Notes

60Betty Harlin King ’66 is the proud grandmother of two Harpeth Hall middle school students, Margaret Moore ’26 and Mary Waits Moore ’28. 70Lisa Morrissey LaVange ’71, Ph.D. serves as a professor and associate chair of the Department of Biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and is a member of the Therapeutics Clinical Committee to help identify effective treatments for COVID-19. Leslee Bibb ’76 is the current Chairman of the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability, a PAC Certified Dementia Caregiver Trainer, owner of Comfort Keepers in Jackson, Tennessee, since 2003, and a breast cancer survivor. Walton Estes ’77 closed her beautiful home décor store and retired after 20 years as the owner of Harpeth Gallery. Jeannette Charlet Goddard ’77 of ChefWorks and Lee Phillips Oakley ’79 of Oakley’s Southern Delights have released a new book entitled, Tried and True: A Celebration of Food and Friendship. It includes recipes, both old and new, as a distillation of their life and knowledge.

Lisa Hooker Campbell ’78 is a 2020 Academy for Women of Achievement Honoree for the YWCA Nashville and Middle Tennessee. The Tennessee Wildlife Federation announced that from the 3,400+ photos submitted for the 6th annual Wildlife and Landscape Photo Contest, 50 were selected

to compete to become this year’s People’s Choice winner. Mary Glynn Williamson ’78 had two entries that made the top 50. 80Dr. Mary Laird Warner Stewart ’82 is a Physician in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Swedish Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. A local newscast from April 17 featured her, as well as one of her former COVID-19 patients who is now recovered and at home. Bethany Erwin Owen ’83 was elected CEO of ALLETE, Inc., located in Duluth, Minnesota, by its Board of Directors. She previously served as ALLETE’s first woman President, Senior Vice President, and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer. Lela Hollabaugh ’85 was selected for Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar honoree list, and she was named chair of the 2020 Campaign for Equal Justice of The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Additionally, Lela was named to Benchmark’s Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation 2020. Jacqueline Saturn Dakar ’86 was featured in Rolling Stone as a part of its series “At Work,” where it explored the fast-changing music business from the perspective of a different industry leader each week. Shan Overton ’86 is the founding Director of the Center for Writing and Learning Support at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where she also created and now leads the first Doctor of Ministry program in Creative Writing and Public Theology in the United States. The new and trendy Scünci ColorMatch One PC Multi-Strand Ponytailer was co-created by product and marketing developer Karen Dismukes Cooper ’89. The product is now available in Walgreens, CVS, and Amazon, as well as independent specialty stores nationwide. Scünci is the leading global

hair accessory company and is part of the Conair family of personal care, health, and beauty products. 90Holly Sears Sullivan ’90 delivered the guest commencement speech for the University of Tennessee Haslam School of Business in May. Holly graduated from the Haslam School of Business with an M.S.P. in Urban and Regional Planning in 1998. Emily Haynes Huff ’91 is a member of the faculty at Seattle Pacific University and was honored as the Graduate Professor of the Year in spring of 2020. Emily is in her ninth year training teachers at SPU in the School of Education, and she serves as the Director of Field Placements, setting up teaching internships for her candidates.

Tara Scarlett ’91 was featured as one of the Nfocus magazine’s 2020 Model Behavior honorees for her dedicated service to the Nashville Zoo.

Ginna Maxwell

Rauls ’92 has been working with members of her church in Memphis to create homemade face masks for neighbors and friends who work in the healthcare industry. They were responding to the shortage of face masks for doctors and nurses in the spring during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, Ginna and a team of volunteers took 30,000 N95 masks with defective elastic bands found at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and repaired them. During the summer of 2020, Naomi Limor Sedek ’92, who was the Assistant Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Nashville, started as the CEO and President of the Tidewater Jewish Foundation in Virginia Beach. Naomi stated, “This is a new opportunity to help secure the future of the Jewish community in a new city. It helps me fulfill my passion for connecting people to their Judaism.”

Nashville Scene featured Marcie Allen Van Mol ’92 and her husband, Derek, owners of the coffee and CBD shop, Anzie Blue. The article entitled “Belle Meade’s Anzie Blue Says No to the Down Market With Explosive Growth” discusses how Anzie Blue has experienced 700% growth since March. Emily Hatch Bowman ’94 was selected to Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar honoree list. FOB&BOH’s Halle Hayes ’94, with Mary Pillow Kirk Thompson ’94, worked alongside Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s team as a part of rebuilding the Nashville restaurant industry. FOB&BOH stands for Front of House & Back of House. Reese Witherspoon ’94 graced the cover of the April 2020 issue of Vanity Fair magazine and was the feature story entitled “The Book of Reese.”

Sarah Taber Englert ’95 returned to campus this fall as a teacher’s aide in Joan Curry’s art class. She received her Bachelor of Arts from

Belmont University with a focus on

Studio Art. Formerly a professional ballet dancer, Sarah has taught Ballet,

Modern, and Jazz at Harpeth Hall for the past seven years

Colleen White Blanchard ’96 is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in

Education at Interamericana in Puerto

Rico. She started a reading program at an inner city school in Santurce. Colleen is focusing on teaching and curriculum development. She is also the marketing director for an international language company called Inlingua, based out of

Bern, Switzerland. Her family helps teach Puerto Rican children English and cultural classes. Mary Morgan Blackburn Ketchel ’96 has penned a historical fiction book for children bringing to life the excitement of the day women won the right to vote. She is joined by her mother, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, in writing “Camilla Can Vote,” an intriguing story of the suffrage movement through the eyes of a precocious child.

Bev Statland Klau ’96 is launching the app Verbina that makes it easy to gather stories and build community. Verbina is a safe and private way to host conversations that matter. Leslie Caldwell Severns ’96 returned to Harpeth Hall this fall as a teacher's aide. She co-owns a small business that provides birth and lactation support to growing families. Leslie has a B.F.A. in Painting from Birmingham-Southern College and is a mother of three children. Anne Elizabeth McIntosh Tachek ’96, former Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, recently re-entered the world of entrepreneurship and started Host & Toast LLC, a culinary concierge offering custom cheese and charcuterie boards, homemade meal delivery, entertaining assistance, and visitor concierge services. Lola Blackwell Chambless ’97 M.D., FAANS was inducted as a member of the Society of Neurological Surgeons, the oldest professional society in neurosurgery and an illustrious, inspirational group. Lola is an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery and Neurosurgery Residency Program Director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dwyla Beard ’98 returned to Harpeth Hall in August as the Director of Human Resources. She was previously the Director of Human Resources at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. Formerly working as a construction lawyer with Shell’s Projects Legal Team, Meghann McConnell Myers ’98 joined Shell’s Upstream Legal Team supporting the deepwater business in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Meg Milam Chamblee ’99 joined UDig, a firm with nearly 20 years experience in delivering tailored technical solutions to clients through software engineering, data enablement, and data science. She is overseeing the strategic direction of the Nashville office and its operations. Additionally, Meg is the President of Women in Technology of Tennessee (WiTT), co-founder of the Emerging Leaders in Technology (ELITE) Program at the Greater Nashville Technology Council, and serves on the Board of Directors for Williamson, Inc. and the Greater Nashville Technology Council. Lindsay Voigt ’99 returned to Harpeth Hall in March prior to the campus closure for COVID-19 to speak with the Global Scholar students about her experiences with the Peace Corps in Pingliang, Gansu, China and WaterSHED Asia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 00Reed Harrison Nirula ’00 has lived in India since 2012. Because of COVID-19, she is based in New Delhi. Reed heads development for Andolan Films, which is a Mumbai production house. She primarily creates films and television shows. Currently, Reed has a series in development with both Legendary Pictures and Netflix. She and her husband, Arjun, are members of the board of an non-profit called Wildlife SOS that helps rescue distressed Indian wildlife and promotes education for local populations to mitigate man/animal conflict. Nashville Business Journal named Michelle Gaskin Brown ’01 as one of its 40 Under 40 recipients for 2020. Her surprising fact in her interview was that she was a proud member of the Harpeth Hall bowling team. Hannah Galbraith Wright ’01 worked at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center as a nurse practitioner in its cancer survivorship clinic from 2012 to 2018. After her third child was born in December 2018, Hannah decided to stay home full-time with a plan to return to work in the next few years. She is involved with the Nashville Neighbor’s program through Siloam Health. Nashville Neighbors connects newly arrived refugee families with volunteers who teach them basic health lessons and guide them through their first six months in the United States. Hannah Reed ’02, a child psychiatrist in New York City, transitioned to New York City Presbyterian Children’s Hospital to help assist patients. Vanderbilt Baseball Coach Tim Corbin featured Hannah on his #HeroStartingLineUp Twitter series. Kendra Abkowitz Brooks ’03 received her Master of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University in May 2020. She will continue her role as Director of Policy and Sustainable Practices for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Laura Lea Bryant ’04 recently launched her Simply Balanced Meal Plan Community with the goal of solving the never-ending “What’s For Dinner?!” stress. With the onset of quarantine and the resulting financial impact on countless families, Laura Lea wanted to create recipes and meal plans that are affordable, accessible, and healthy. Laura Lea also released her second cookbook “Simply Laura Lea” in April. Ellen Green Hoffman ’04 started a new position as Senior Wealth Strategy Associate at UBS Financial Services, Inc. in Nashville. Ellen’s Winterim internship host, Mimi Wallace ’75, reached out to Ellen and invited her to join her team at UBS. Ellen also spoke to the Class of 2020 on the topic of financial wellness as a part of the Senior College Transition Series for the third year in a row. StyleBlueprint featured Laurie Spradley ’07 in a July article entitled “History, Family & an All-Woman Team: Goo Goo Clusters’ Recipe for Success.” Laurie is the Director of Brand Development at Goo Goo Clusters, LLC. Idealist featured Ellen Thomas ’09 in an article entitled ”Work with a Purpose: From Desk Job to Animal Sanctuary.” She works as a farm caretaker for the nonprofit, Goats of Anarchy, in Hampton, New Jersey. 10Anna Crawford ’10 revisited Guatemala and spent time studying Spanish and volunteering with various ministries and organizations. She recently moved to Hillsborough, North Carolina, to begin her career as a family nurse practitioner at Piedmont Health, Scott Community Health Center. Hannah Claybrook Gibbs ’10, a captain in the Tennessee National Guard, is currently serving to combat the spread of COVID-19. She is commander of the Middle Tennessee unit of the task force. Hannah’s day-to-day job focuses on wedding and event sales, but now she is leading the medical task force to establish and run testing sites throughout Tennessee. Hannah has served with the Guard for six years and attained the rank captain last year. The Tennessean featured an article about Hannah that also mentioned her sister, Molly Claybrook Newell ’12, serving as a nurse in New Orleans, Louisiana. Additionally, Hannah was featured in HHFocus as part of the October edition of Nfocus. After working for three years in management consulting at PwC, Kiki Bandlow ’11 decided to pursue a career change to become a veterinarian. She is now attending a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at the University of California, Davis. Lexi Mossman ’11 was a 2020 Success Awards finalist for Young Professional of the Year. The award recognizes individuals for their commitment to the Vail Valley community in Colorado.

ALUMNAE RETURN TO HARPETH HALL THIS FALL TO HELP DURING COVID-19

Ellen Smith Simpson ’82 returned as a before- and after-care staff member. Sarah Taber Englert ’95 returned as a teacher's aide. Leslie Caldwell Severns ’96 returned as a teacher's aide. Meredith McDonald Stewart ’96 returned as a substitute teacher. Anne Elizabeth McIntosh Tachek ’96 returned as a teacher's aid. Laura Cade Flippo ’00 returned as a teacher's aide. Jean-Marie Bibb Clark ’04 returned as a teacher's aide. Meggie Hill ’13 returned as an after-care staff member. Emily Stewart ’14 returned as a teacher's aide. Catherine Baker ’16 returned as a teacher's aide. Gabby Kapanka ’19 FALL 2020 returned as an after-care staff member. 57

Margaret Anne Pendleton ’12 was voted the Knox County Schools 2020 Teacher of the Year. She teaches kindergarten at Farragut Primary School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Madison Shankle ’12 completed a M.S. in Physical Oceanography last summer at Bangor University, Wales, and started a Ph.D. in geochemistry and paleoceanography this fall at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. An article in Tufts Now entitled “They Go Where They Are Needed” features Leah Shaw ’12. It discusses medical student volunteers fighting the pandemic from behind the scene. Leah is a data manager at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Ellen Matthews ’13 is a Judicial Intern with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond. Ellen is pursuing her J.D. at William & Mary College. Meg Mitchell ’13 finished her M.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in the spring of 2020 and Master of Health Professions Education from MGH Institute of Health Professions. She started her otolaryngology head and neck surgery residency at Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston this past summer. Caroline Grace Williams ’13 graduated from Miami University of Ohio with a M.Ed. in Transformative Education in 2020. Emily Stewart ’14 returned to Harpeth Hall this fall as a teacher’s aide for Dr. Leslie Chamberlain. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018. Emily enjoys taking dance classes at Nashville Ballet, swimming and teaching lifeguard classes at the Green Hills YMCA, and playing the harp. Maggie Johnson ’15 has become a food social media influencer on Instagram and TikTok (@magsmeals) with her charcuterie boards, and she turned it into a business. Last spring, she was featured in an article for People Magazine for “All of the TikTok Chefs and Food Stars You Should Be Following Right Now.” Catherine Baker ’16 is back on campus this fall as a teacher’s aide. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the spring of 2020 where she double majored in Psychology and Religious Studies with a concentration in Jewish Studies. Catherine plans on pursing a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology. Kate Capizzi ’16 received the Dr. Richard A. Neville Distinguished Student Award at Villanova University, which recognizes a select number of students from the graduating class for leadership, service, and intellectual success. Kate also is a part of the McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership, which works to promote gender equity and create positive change on campus. She will continue to be a part of the Institute as she goes on to Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law.

Katherine Coode ’16 graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering as a Scarlett Foundation Scholar and was named to the President’s List. Margot Dupuis ’16 graduated in May from Washington University in St. Louis with a B.S.B.A in Operations and Supply Chain Management and Marketing. She now is an Advanced Staff Internal Auditor for Nestlé Purina North America. After completing an Amazon internship and graduating from Southern Methodist University in 2020, Laura Catherine Harrell ’16 is now working for tech start-up Plutoshift in Denver, Colorado, serving as the Customer Engagement Manager. Plutoshift is an artificial intelligence company working to transform industries to reduce resource consumption and operating costs. Hannah Huth ’16 graduated as a Wells Scholar with honors from Indiana University in May 2020. Over the past four years, she had conducted research in medical informatics at Vanderbilt University, Regenstrief Institute, and Wake Forest Center for Healthcare Innovation. She is now attending medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and she hopes to become a physician-scientist. Abby Skinner Miller ’16 graduated from Centre College in December 2019 with a degree in history. She graduated Summa Cum Laude, was on the Dean’s List, and received the David D. Graybeal Prize in Education awarded to an outstanding senior student pursuing a minor in education and a career in teaching. Abigail is an assistant kindergarten teacher at Oak Hill School in Nashville. Abby Sparrow ’16 graduated from Duke University in May as a Scarlett Foundation Scholar. With degrees in both Economics and Mathematics, Abby will now take her skills to Wells Fargo in New York City, where she will work in Equity Research. Claire Temple ’16 received her bachelor’s degree in Recreational Sports Management with minors in Spanish and Business from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She now is a Development Assistant for the Tennessee Fund in the University of Tennessee Athletics Department.

Washington University featured Karen Dordor ’17 in its recent newsletter answering the question, “Why WashU?” Karen stated, “I wanted a school where I could turn to any of my peers and/or professors and know that they have my best interest at heart. I wanted a school where students are willing to work collaboratively inside and outside the classroom to help each other achieve one’s fullest potential. And I found both of those things at WashU.”

Taylor Farrington ’17 interned with Paige Duke Landscape Architects in Nashville this past summer. Hannah Hayes ’17 interned with Bank of America virtually this summer. She originally planned to be in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sadie Paezosa ’17 interned with Bites Media in Los Angeles, California, this past summer. Lorna Ramage ’17 interned with Modern Luxury in Atlanta, Georgia, this past summer. Amber Steigelfest ’17 wrote and self-published the poetry book, The Oldest Twenty Year Old in the World. It is illustrated by classmate Mary Blake Graves ’17 and is currently available for delivery and curbside pickup from Parnassus, and on Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Meredith Welborn ’17 worked at Oui Please as their Summer Creative Director Intern. Her position combined three of her biggest passions: graphic design, French language and culture, and fashion and beauty. Meredith also is Editor in Chief of the SMU Look Magazine. Emma Wise ’17 interned with Deliotte Consulting virtually this summer. Originally, she was planning to intern with their Washington, D.C. office. Emma Downey ’18 and Browning Clark ’19 returned to Harpeth Hall during the summer of 2020 as volunteer interns in the Advancement and Alumnae Relations Office. Because of COVID-19, their experience was a combination of online work and research along with “in person” tasks once it was safe to work on campus. Emma is a junior at the University of Georgia majoring in Public Relations, and Browning is a sophomore at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville majoring in Accounting.

Lia Hayduk ’18 and Caroling Kiesling ’18, both students at Vanderbilt University, launched a charitable organization called Fuel Our Heroes Nashville to raise money for Vanderbilt University Medical Center to use for COVID-19 efforts. The mission is to help medical professionals by providing food, fuel, and PPE. Bushra Rahman ’18 is a rising junior at Emory University studying Anthropology, Spanish, and Portuguese. At Emory, she is involved in research with the Anthropology department and has ample experience in observational study and data analysis. She is also a copy editor of the Undergraduate Medical Journal, is involved in Residence Life, and volunteers for an interpreting service in Atlanta. She interned at Nashville Sites this past summer and assisted in editing tours, planning tour routes, and managing metadata that will be used to create maps. Stella Vujic ’18 wrote a piece for the Yale Daily News entitled “A generation lost, and found” about the feelings of loss and grief during COVID-19 but the belief that good times will roll again. Kaili Wang ’18 is majoring in Computer Science at Stanford. Not being allowed back on campus due to COVID-19, she decided to take the fall quarter off and extend her software development internship at Amazon. Madeline Cummings ’19, a current student at Sewanee: The University of the South, spoke to the Class of 2020 on the annual Alumnae Panel via Zoom held May 12 about what to expect during college life. Bonner Kirkland ’19 won the First Year Physics and Engineering Award at Washington and Lee University.

CLASS NOTES Millie Kirkland ’19, a current student at Georgetown University, spoke to the Class of 2020 via Zoom on May 12 about college life for the annual Alumnae Panel.

Olivia Olafsson ’19 is a rising sophomore at Tufts University, studying History and Religion. Olivia interned this summer with Nashville Sites where she created and edited tours and managed metadata. She previously interned at the Holburne Museum in Bath, England. At Tufts, she is an editor of the Tufts Historical Review and is part of an organization that promotes civil engagement and assists in supporting voters. Bianca Sass ’19 wrote an article for Chapter 16 published August 21, 2020, entitled “Throwing Scissors: When Safety Feels Like Suffocation.” Bianca is a sophomore at Amherst College and a former intern for Humanities Tennessee.

KK Savage ’19, a current student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spoke to the Class of 2020 on the annual Alumnae Panel via Zoom held May 12 about what to expect during college life. She also received the Summa Cum Laude award both semesters this past school year. Caroline Spindel ’19 received a fellowship in Lehigh’s TRAC (Technology, Research, and Communications) program and will be published soon for her nanoparticle project with Vanderbilt University. Zora Young ’19, a current student at New York University, spoke to the Class of 2020 on the annual Alumnae Panel via Zoom held May 12 about what to expect during college life. Rebecca Viner ’20 was elected as a Freshman Senator to the Student Government at Colgate University. Alex Massey ’20 and Alex Walsh ’20 along with current senior

Gretchen Walsh ’21

were named NISCA High School All-Americans for the 2019-2020 season. Alex and Gretchen were also featured on the May/June cover of Swimming World magazine.