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Cate Connery Bury ’99 started a new position as board treasurer at Tennessee Professional Photographers Association.

Kelleigh Bannen Grossman ’99 was nominated for the CMA Broadcast Awards’ Weekly National Broadcast Personality of the Year. Kelleigh is the host of Apple Music Radio’s “Today's Country with Kelleigh Bannen.” The CMA Broadcast Awards are among the most prestigious awards given in the field of country broadcasting. The categories are established by market size based on population as ranked by Nielsen. Entries for Broadcast Personality of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement, and biographical information. CMA members who are full-time, on-air personalities are eligible. The entries are judged by a panel of distinguished broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.

She joined NPEF to judge its inaugural Teacherpreneur pitch event. Michelle also co-chaired the Nashville Public Library Foundation’s Library Literary Award Gala in November.

Grace Clayton ’01 co-chaired the 33rd celebration of Sunday in the Park, which is sponsored by the Friends of Warner Parks, an organization dedicated to the preservation, stewardship, and protection of Percy and Edwin Warner parks.

EA Manier Homans ’02 reunited with friends Katie Howell Fayard ’00, Jessica Turk ’02, Audrey Ball Guest ’02, Ellen Fort ’02, Alice Fort Shearon ’02, and former faculty member Janette Fox Klocko at the fall musical “Into the Woods” at Harpeth Hall.

Margaret Riley King ’03 received a heartwarming acknowledgement from author David Magee in the back of his book “Dear William” that read: “I should also mention Margaret Riley King, a renowned literary agent who was not involved in this book via representation, yet she, as a friend, provided valuable help early in the process. A powerhouse known for her work with Glennon Doyle and notable authors, she took a look when I was stuck, unsure of the shaping, offering direct and honest insight that helped me forge a new and better path.”

Margaret returned to the Harpeth Hall campus in October as a keynote presenter with Dani Shapiro as they discussed Shapiro’s new book “Signal Fires” at the International Coalition of Girls Schools’ fall symposium.

Bahar Azhdari ’00 was included in the Nashville Business Journal’s Best of the Bar honoree list for 2022. She is the corporate counsel for Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Michelle Gaskin Brown ’01, manager of public policy at Amazon, was appointed to the board of directors at the Nashville Public Education Foundation (NPEF).

Raleigh Anne Blank Gray ’03 launched a new venture called Forward Fertility which simplifies communication between patients and clinics with an easy-to-use mobile solution that enhances clinical bandwidth, gives patients, partners, and agencies a superior experience, and eliminates stress on everyone, putting the focus firmly on more successful outcomes. She left her 15-year career at the intersection of sports and technology to dedicate her expertise to building solutions that simplify fertility and help clinics and patients move forward.

Abby Sinks Spaulding ’03 and her company Continuum Planning Partners was a finalist for The Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s NEXT Awards. The NEXT Awards and Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame is an annual event celebrating Nashville’s unique entrepreneurial past, present, and future. From the city’s pioneers to today's visionary changemakers, this event honors the life of entrepreneurs.

Victoria Schwab ’05 was the creator of “First Kill,” a Netflix show based on the short story she wrote also called “First Kill” in the anthology “Vampires Never Get Old.”