Class Notes

1960s Congratulations to alumna Susan Willingham Simons ’60 and her husband, Luke, who were awarded the Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Susan and Luke are civic and community leaders known for their generous philanthropy in the arts and health care in Nashville and beyond. They were honored at the annual luncheon on Dec. 2, 2021, at the Music City Center. Susan and Luke have served as Harpeth Hall trustees, and Susan served as board chair from 2004 to 2008. They both currently serve as honorary trustees. G’anne Harmon ’61 launched her own website that features poems, essays, and fiction writings. Visit www.georgeanneharmon.org to read her work.

1970s Kathy Herbert Granger ’76 recently retired from 36 years in public education, most recently as the superintendent of schools for the Mountain Empire Unified School District in San Diego, California. Kathy and her husband, Rob, relocated to Rancho Mirage, California, and are looking forward to traveling and visiting with children and grandchildren. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame included Amy Grant Gill ’78 in the class of 2021 inductees alongside Rhett Akins, Buddy Cannon, Toby Keith, and John Scott Sherrill. Lisa Ward-Smith ’78 moved to East Texas and is acclimating to country life. She has a new position as the finance secretary at First Baptist Church in Van, Texas. Nicki Pendleton Wood ’79 won a first place Tennessee Press Association award in the Coronavirus Features Coverage division for her story “Old skills revived for a strange new world.” 1980s Classmates Nancy Graves Beveridge ’80 and Andree Akers LeQuire ’80 attended the Women’s Suffrage event at Centennial Park. Nancy represented the Joe C. Davis Foundation and Andree honored her featured-artist husband, Alan LeQuire. Penelope Logan Furry ’83 was reelected as board president of the Coppell Arts Center Foundation. The new arts center is in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and houses three performance spaces, a gallery, an artist studio space, and a reception hall. The center opened in September 2021. Elizabeth Hightower Allen ’85 developed a website for Hightower Creative. She is available for contract editing for magazines, book publishers, nonprofits, and individual writers who want coaching, manuscript editing, or a second eye. She does everything from whole book edits to magazine packages and would love to hear about your project. Her work since leaving @outsidemagazine has been very rewarding, and you can see her work at hightowercreative.com. Nashville Business Journal named Lela Hollabaugh ’85 on its Best of the Bar honoree list, and she was also named chair of the 2020 Campaign for Equal Justice of The Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands.

Nashville Business Journal also named Nancy Wood Stabell ’88 on its Best of the Bar honoree list.

1990s Beth Rather Gorman ’90 is the new chief development officer at Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., which is the largest social service provider in the area, second only to the government. For more than 90 years, the organization has been committed to providing access to those in need, particularly the homeless, at-risk immigrants, and persons with mental and developmental disabilities. Tara Scarlett ’91, Lissa Smith ’91, and Marcie Allen Van Mol ’92 are among 10 Nashville leaders tapped for a Harvard Business School leadership program. The Young American Leaders Program is a national project aimed at improving

shared prosperity and inspiring collaborative innovation in American communities, according to a news release. The program includes 10 representatives from 14 U.S. cities. Participants are chosen by senior leaders in their communities. Global Action Platform, a Nashville-based organization focused on creating abundance in food, health, and prosperity, selected the representatives from Music City who will engage in a case study on urban and rural regional collaborations and strategies for economic resilience. Tara is president of The Scarlett Family Foundation; Lissa is the associate for pastoral care and cathedral life at Christ Church Cathedral; and Marcie is the president and founder of MAC Presents.

Congratulations to Emily Hatch Bowman ’94 for being selected to Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar honoree list for 2021. Mary Beth Scherer Thomas ’96 is the first executive director of the Sports Wagering Advisory Council, a gaming council which recently became an independent entity. Mary Beth was previously general counsel in the Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office that oversees fantasy sports and other charitable gaming in Tennessee. Tallu Schuyler Quinn ’98 is the recipient of the inaugural Woman of Purpose award from Les Dames d’Escoffier International. The award recognizes an exceptional woman who has made a positive impact in a local or global community, incorporating the important and complex realms of global sustainability, food justice, and public health. Tallu is also one of three recipients of the Luminary Award for Community Service, which is co-sponsored by Family & Children's Service and the Young Leaders Council. This award is given each year to up to three young professionals whose service to others has had a significant impact in our community. Tallu recently signed a book deal with Convergent Books, a division of Penguin Random House. 2000s Nashville Business Journal named Michelle Gaskin Brown ’01 as one of its 40 Under 40 recipients for the second year in a row. Lindsay Owens, Ph.D. ’02 is the executive director for Groundwork Collaborative. She previously held senior roles in both the United States House and Senate for Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Keith Ellison. Prior to relocating to Washington, D.C., she worked as an award-winning sociologist who published widely on the economic consequences of the Great Recession. When she has the time, she teaches an undergraduate seminar on poverty and inequality at Georgetown University. Caroline Moses Sprouse ’02 took the role of senior director of communications at the Brookdale Senior Living community after almost a decade at Nissan Motor Corporation. Kendra Abkowitz Brooks ’03 received her Master in Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University in May 2020. In October 2021, Nashville Mayor John Cooper named Kendra as his chief sustainability and resilience officer. She previously served as assistant commissioner and director of policy and sustainable practices at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). Allie Bohannon ’04 was accepted into Class I of the Southeast Fellows Institute. The Institute was created by Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, to develop future leaders through a series of in-depth educational presentations led by outstanding subject matter experts in each field. Allie was also selected for the second edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in tax law, trusts, and estates. Kim Hogg Massey ’04 left Kimberly-Clark Corporation in June where she served as category manager for several divisions and joined Lifeway Christian Resources as its first chief marketing officer. She is responsible for the strategic direction, development, and execution of Lifeway's brand and marketing strategy. She will partner with other executive leaders to influence sales and e-commerce strategies and to improve the customer experience. Emily Crowell ’05 was promoted to an assistant executive director at TSSAA and is the first woman in the organization to reach that level in the association's 96-year history. After initially joining the TSSAA in 2010 as an administrative assistant, Crowell was later named director of championship events and placed in charge of middle school and high school tournaments. She will continue working with state championships, overseeing bid processes, contracts, event preparation, and event management. Additionally, she will continue to supervise Unified Sports as well as eligibility concerns at the middle and high school levels. Ana Nettles ’05 was finally able to celebrate with many Harpeth Hall friends and family at her postponed wedding in August. Pictured left to right are Aidan Nettles ’13, Sarah Dolan Kaldor ’09, Lauren McKinney ’05, Ellen Hammer Stroop ’05, former Head of School Ann Teaff, Ana Nettles ’05, Ellen Byrd ’05, Sabin Nettles ’09, and Anne Laurence Johnson ’06. Not pictured but present in celebration are Tori Patterson MacDougall ’05, Morgan Stengel ’05, Mary Lindley Carswell ’05, Cameron Sweeting '05, Alice Campbell ’05, and Betsy Shapiro Silverman ’71.

Elizabeth Bohannon ’06 was named one of Indiana University's 20 under 40 list. Maggie McCain Bradley ’07 was named as one of the 2021 Women Leaders in Technology by Consulting Magazine for excellence across three categories: leadership, client service, and innovation. Winners were celebrated during a virtual program that emphasized women’s contributions to technology consulting. Maggie is a consultant with North Highland, bringing a strong background in technology expertise to help clients propel their organizations forward. Lauren Quinn Barnacastle ’08 is the development director for STAIR Birmingham, an organization focused on students in the Birmingham community who struggle with literacy. Through one-on-one tutoring, the organization empowers students with the tools to read better and dream bigger, because every child deserves to read on grade level. Lisa Carson ’08 was featured in Sewanee’s alumni magazine highlighting her business Occo, a one-of-a-kind online business that provides spices in convenient, half-teaspoon portions, delivered in airtight pods to keep them fresh until they are used. Recently, Occo has paired with “top chefs” like Mei Lin, Adriana Urbina, and Nina Compton to develop co-branding deals. Alex McLure Colvin, Ph.D., ’08 received the 2021 Outstanding Young Alumna of the Year from her alma mater, Samford University. Alex is the curator of public programs for the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH). In this role, she has worked on the Alabama Women’s Suffrage Centennial Committee, a group that commemorates the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution federally guaranteeing American women the right to vote. She graduated magna cum laude from Samford in 2012 and earned her Ph.D. in history from Auburn University in 2019. Channing Garber Brown ’09 completed her residency in internal medicinepediatrics and was named assistant program director of the University of Alabama Birmingham Internal MedicinePediatrics Residency Program in September 2021. Congratulations to Sabin Nettles ’09 for receiving the Washington University Society for Neuroscience’s Pre/ Postdoctoral Next Generation Award. This honor recognizes the outstanding efforts of individuals who have introduced neuroscience to young

students through outreach or communication efforts. Sabin leads the Brain Discovery initiative, which brings scientists from Washington University into fourth- to sixth-grade classrooms for a six-week hands-on course in neuroscience. She is a graduate student in the lab of Harrison Gabel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the neuroscience department at Washington University School of Medicine and a recipient of the Lucille P. Markey Special Emphasis Pathway in Human Pathobiology Fellowship. Molly Saint Sung ’10 was promoted to director of marketing at Chainalysis, Inc., a $4 billion cryptocurrency investigations and data company with a mission to make the cryptocurrency ecosystem safer. She oversees a team of 10 field marketers around the globe. Maddie Shankle ’12 completed her Master of Science in Physical Oceanography at Bangor University, Wales, in the summer of 2021. Last fall, she began a Ph.D. program in paleoclimatology at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Maddie was part of a multi-institutional research team led by Yale and the University of St. Andrews to confirm a major finding of climate models regarding changes that may occur to Pacific Ocean currents — including those that drive El Niño events — with just a few degrees of global warming. The findings were published in the journal Nature. Kathleen Lang ’13 relocated to London in October 2021 for a two-year secondment with the advisory firm Brunswick Group. She was formerly based in Brunswick’s New York office for four years. At Brunswick, Kathleen also completed a four-month client assignment with oil giant Saudi Aramco in spring 2020, during which she split her time between Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Bonnie Scott ’13 is finishing her final year at University of Chicago where she will earn a Master of Divinity in June 2022. She will pursue ordination as a priest in the Episcopal Church. Isabel Kennon ’15 was profiled by the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago highlighting her years of community service and the importance of helping others. She is currently in her first year of graduate school earning her Master of Public Policy and hopes to ultimately leverage that degree towards work in housing policy. Helen Mistler ’15, Abby Anderson ’16, and Corinne Brien ’17 are in medical school at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine as part of the class of 2025. Grace McCaskill ’16, a Scarlett Scholar at Auburn University, earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and is pursuing a career in neuro-nursing in Nashville. Kelly Short ’16 graduated from Auburn University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She is an inpatient psychiatric registered nurse in Franklin, Tennessee. Caroline Daniel ’17 received the graduating senior Academic Achievement Award at Belmont University as a scholar athlete on the cross country team.

Rachel Hagan ’17 graduated from Florida Southern College with a Bachelor of Art in Political Science, and she is working towards her Master in International Relations at American University. Eliza Hawkins ’17 graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a double major in medicine, health, and society and psychology. She received the C.W. Kempkau scholarship, which is awarded to an outstanding pre-specialty student at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She began nursing school at Vanderbilt during the fall of 2021. Janet Ann Horner ’17 graduated from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business with a degree in finance. Sophia Howard ’17 graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, with a degree in comparative women's studies and philosophy. Sophia worked on the research team for HBO Max's Hallowed Ground Educational Toolkit last summer and authored the “Movement Toolkit” and “You Matter and We Need You” sections. She was a Yale Law School undergraduate summer fellow, interning with RestoreHER, while making plans to attend law school. Sophia moved to South Africa in January for six months to work with a non-profit focused on providing preventative HIV/AIDS education through comprehensive sex education. Sadie Paczosa ’17 graduated summa cum laude as a Trustee Scholar from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and a minor in business from the Marshall School of Business. Sadie interned with Bites Media in Los Angeles last summer. Karin Scott ’17 graduated from The George Washington University in December 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Communication from the School of Media and Public Affairs. Karin graduated summa cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Karin is a strategic communications associate with the Washington, D.C. firm Narrative Strategies. Emma Wise ’17 graduated magna cum laude from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology and a minor in international business. She is continuing her career as an analyst for Deloitte Consulting in Arlington, Virginia, after completing two prior internships with the firm. Lady Frances Hamilton ’18 was honored as Miss Homecoming at Auburn University. She was elected by Auburn’s student body and crowned by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. Miss Homecoming runs a campaign based

on a platform that impacts and benefits Auburn University or a surrounding community in some way. Students are encouraged to explore the candidates’ platforms and vote to build awareness about and to impact a particular platform. Lady Frances’ platform was “We Can with Lady Fran,” which promoted inclusivity and a sense of belonging by developing ways for incoming and current students to feel at home while at Auburn.

During the summer of 2021, Emily Vandewater ’18 interned on Capitol Hill for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for the Minority Staff. When the House was in session, Emily’s day-today tasks included setting up events, researching background information for certain employees, and attending hearings and think-tank events. During legislative recess, Emily took part in research opportunities.

Anne Earthman ’19 provided a picture of three generations of Harpeth Hall girls at Camp Illahee — Emma Downey ’18, Kelty Jones ’26, Gretchen Strayhorn Greene ’86, and Anne Earthman ’19. San Francisco Alums Shirley Li ’02, former Head of School Ann Teaff, Caitlin Casey ’12, and Maggie Waltemath Ash ’03

Stefanie Chuguluri ’20, Keona Dordor ’20, Amy Gilmore ’20, and Rebecca Viner ’20 spoke to the senior class on April 28, 2021, about their college freshman experience as part of the Senior Transition to College Series. Rebecca was also elected as a freshman senator to student government at Colgate University. Ainsley Hanrahan ’20 made the Dean's List during both semesters of her freshman year at Washington University in St. Louis. Annie Taylor ’20 completed her plebe year at the United States Naval Academy in May 2020. She received The Carl Vinson Leadership Award for plebe leadership. She was first in her class and set a new school record in the pentathlon. In her final appearance as a high school swimmer and Bearacuda, Gretchen Walsh ’21 came within .02 seconds of her national independent school record in the 50-yerd freestyle, winning the event with a time of 21.61 seconds. It was Gretchen’s ninth sub-22-second performance and her fourth fastest time ever. Gretchen also produced the fastest 100-yard freestyle time in the combined results, going 47.55 seconds. She set the state record a year ago with 46.98 seconds. She also contributed to Harpeth Hall winning the 4x50 free (21.65 seconds leadoff for her 10th sub-22 race) and 4x100 free (47.14 seconds as anchor) relays. Gretchen joined her sister, Alex Walsh ’20, on the University of Virginia roster this fall. Alex won an Olympic silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Her time of 2:08.65 was 0.13 seconds behind Japanese gold medalist Yui Ohashi. The Walsh sisters were featured on the May/June cover of Swimming World magazine: CHASING THE ULTIMATE DREAM TOGETHER by David Rieder. “Alex and Gretchen Walsh have worked their way up the pecking order of American swimming,” Mr. Rieder wrote, “and in 2021, the talented sisters from the Nashville Aquatic Club and two-time national champion Harpeth Hall School in Nashville, Tenn., will get their shot at their greatest goal: the Olympics!”

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