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2010
Marc and Erin Souza Dreyfuss can’t believe they’re celebrating nine years in the D.C. area! Note: If you’re interested in serving as a class correspondent for the Class of 2010, please contact Jennifer Gallas at jgallas@knox.edu
2011
Kim Krogull and her husband became foster parents in July 2021, fostering 15-year-old twins, a boy (O’Marion) and a girl (Arrian). They’ve been with them since then, and the twins just turned 17. They are super excited to announce that they have begun the adoption process! ❯ Calvin Zirkle maintains an active lifestyle and has lots of fun in San Francisco, even though his stand-up comedy isn’t going as expected. ❯ Akiba Bradford received her master of professional studies in applied intelligence from Georgetown University in spring 2022. Soon after, she founded Lightheart Solutions, a public safety firm providing strategic, operational, and technical assistance to law enforcement agencies. Akiba also turned her love for candle and soap making into luxury e-commerce brand Lightheartcandles.com. ❯ Joe Kozlowicz and Dave Kurian moved to historic Trinidad, Colorado, to become entrepreneurs and open a bicycle sales and repair shop. If you ever find yourself in Southern Colorado or Northern New Mexico, swing by Tarantula Cycles! ❯ Hannah McMahon and her husband Colin welcomed their first child, a daughter, in November. They’re soaking up every second with their sweet girl. ❯ Carol Egan ’72, a fellow Pi Phi sister, came to Spain and stopped by Barcelona to catch up with Nea Larson Fernandez. ❯ Tomilola Olotu graduates from her MBA program in May 2023 and will move to Minneapolis over the summer.
❯ Cole ’13 and Brigette Atcheson-Demke bought a condo and have spent the past six months painting and replacing everything while wishing they could go back to renting. Brigette is now working at Evanston Hospital as a clinical coordinator
(charge nurse) and plans to finish her M.S.N. in 2023. ❯ Josiah and Chloe Bohm are exhausted but happy because son Ben turned one in January. He’s growing just right and getting very close to walking. ❯ Ariana Tuckey embraced the single millennial woman stereotype and adopted two adorable cats. She started a new job at the White House as a digital services expert with the U.S. Digital Service. Ariana joined Kelly Wiggen, Hannah Buckland, and Kathleen Kellett on a reunion trip to San Diego, which was amazing. Kelly and her husband are expecting a tiny human to join them in March 2023. A little girl! Class Correspondent: Tim Schmeling trschmeling@gmail.com
2012
Lauren Greve is looking forward to a year of transition and travel in 2023. She works for Spotify on their audiobooks team and will be moving to Cleveland next year. Prior to moving, she will be spending time traveling and working in Europe. ❯ Stephanie Sorensen is making magic at Disney in corporate alliances and illustrated a kids’ book called The Giving Giraffe Jude with all proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She’s raised over $30K with her doodles for donations and is running the London Marathon in April as a St. Jude Hero. Check her out @donationdoodles on Instagram. ❯ Monica Prince is living her best polyamory life, having recently married her beloved, Robert Barkley II, and convinced Adam al-Sirgany ’11 to move closer to her in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Her fourth book, Roadmap: A Choreopoem, will be published in July 2023, receiving a full production in June as part of the Hamilton Arts Festival in Paterson, New Jersey. ❯ Magdalene Linck has been working at the Missouri Historical Society’s Library and Research Center where she focuses on St. Louis’ musical heritage and foodways. She’s working on writing her first book, focusing on J.W. Postlewaite—an African-American composer working in St. Louis in the 19th century. ❯ Krista Anne Nordgren: “I just graduated from
North Carolina Central with my master’s in clinical mental health and started a job as a couples’ therapist. Martin Yeager and I walk in our neighborhood with our wiggly prancy pitbulls, who are best friends.” ❯ Rachel (Clark) Cole is contemplating the next career move, and it looks like she and her family will be heading north! Time to get some snow pants and ice skates. A more official update next time, after job offers are signed.
Class Correspondent: Aparna Kumar Boehm aparna.kumarboehm@gmail.com
2013
Lotte Vonk Kaniewski: Lotte has done what she swore she never would—moved to the suburbs. There she welcomed her second daughter and subsequently decided to (finally) change her last name to match her family’s, so will now be known as Lotte Kaniewski! Lastly, by the time this goes to print she hopes to have been sworn in as an American citizen after passing the test early December 2022. ❯ Cole Atcheson-Demke and Brigette Atcheson-Demke ’11 keep moving onward and upward in life, having bought a condo in April. Cole now also works in game development officially (QA and community relations) after MassVR shifted to solely being a game development studio at the end of July. He also still uploads video game let’s plays and narrative analyses to his YouTube channel, the Game Professor, as much as he is able.
Class Correspondent: William Budding, williambudding@gmail.com
2014
Olivia Barnett: “I earned my LCSW and am getting married in November 2023.” ❯ Samantha Huebner: “I got my dream job at Indiana Legal Services and am working as a nonprofit attorney. I’m focusing on domestic violence family law and low income tenant services.” ❯ Chelsea Embree: “I moved to Olympia, Washington! I’m working in communications for the state’s educa-