Class News

Ashley Evron Machala and Eric Machala ‘00 welcomed baby Bradley Matthew Machala, born November 27, 2015 at 12:41 a.m., 6 pounds 9 ounces. “Thankful for all the blessings and our baby boy!” product development. This includes initial ideation for product, concept models, consulting with licensors, cost engineering, presenting products and ideas to internal company management, creation of art and decorations for product, designing new parts, instructions, evaluating engineering samples. It is a fast-paced environment but a fun and exciting place to work.”

2004 Scribes: Kristin Kacewicz Clarke, kskacewicz@gmail.com; Kathryn A. Donnelly, kathryndonn@gmail.com

2005

Allison Friedman : “I got engaged to Ian Horowitz during our holiday trip to Disney. I am working as the advertising operations manager for an ad agency in Boca Raton called Cendyn/One, and Ian is a tax attorney for a firm in Fort Lauderdale. We are planning our 2017 South Florida wedding.” in Ghana to now playing in Yankee Stadium for New York FC. You can view Austin’s work at www.austinahlborg.com Photo: Camping by Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon.

2006 Scribe: Laura Verardo-Goodrich, Laura.verardogoodrich@gmail.com

2007

Shalaine Fradette Zamfotis and her husband, Gregory, are thrilled to announce the birth of their son, Haiden Zamfotis. He was born at Mt. Sinai Hospital on July 22, 2015 and weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz.

2005 Scribe: Kate Corvese, kate.corvese@gmail.com

2006 - 10th Reunion Year

Owen Perkins : ”I will be going to Tahiti to surf Teahupoo as I said I would under “what I would be doing in ten years” in my 2006 senior yearbook. Then flying to New Zealand to explore the South Island.”

Samuel Alexander Skeen works in New York City as a Digital Content, Documentary, and Feature Film Producer. His digital series for WIRED Magazine, What’s Inside, won the 2014 Producer’s Guild of America award, and his documentary, Casualties of the Gridiron, was a nominee at the 35th Annual Sports Emmy Awards. His other clients include Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, W Magazine, Glamour, and NPR. Samuel is currently developing his first feature film.

Max Sackett is a product designer at Hasbro on the Kreo line of construction toys. “I have worked on lines such as Transformers, GI Joe, Battleship, Dungeons and Dragons, Star Trek, and Cityville in every aspect of

Austin Ahlborg works as a cinematographer in LA shooting commercials, documentaries, and music videos. Recently he’s developed his own niche of combining documentary style filming with commercials to shape the vision of a brand around a real story. This has led to him shooting projects for Jeep in Paris, Bud Light in Cancun, DJI in Peru and a documentary on World Cup Soccer in Brazil. Austin works in other roles around the camera department as an IATSE Local 600 Cinematographer’s guild member so that he can continue to learn from his peers. He recently worked on Taylor Swift’s music video “Style” as the 1st AC. Austin’s latest project was a mini documentary for Major League Soccer that involved two pro soccer players returning to their roots in Ghana, Africa. They documented Kwadwu Poku, who came from nothing playing barefoot on dirt fields

Jesse Davis-Allison is the newest member of the Portsmouth High School family as the boys’ varsity lacrosse head coach. He couldn’t be happier about the position.

2007 Scribes: Patricia L. Capuano, pcapuano@gmail.com; Courtney Lada, courtney.e.lada@gmail.com

2008

Sarah Knowles : “At the end of my second year as the coach for the girls’ varsity lacrosse team for Falmouth Academy, I was named

REUNION

Cape and Islands Girls’ Lacrosse Coach of the Year. The Falmouth Academy girls team finished 14-0 during the regular season.”

Photo: Sarah, Jane Knowles ‘81 and Hannah Knowles ‘08.

(Header photo-class of 2008): Remy Corvese, David Curtis, Brendan Schultz, Jacqueline Weixel, Ted Broderick and Allison Rooney

2008 Scribes: Hannah C. Knowles, hannahcknowles@gmail.com; Sarah L. Knowles, sarahlknowles@gmail.com; Allison E. Rooney, allisonerooney@gmail.com

2009

Rachel DePasquale is starting a nonprofit in Coventry called Ground Works, which will offer opportunities for integrated and adaptive equine activities, sustainable agriculture/farming, and environmental education. She is looking forward to sharing more news and information with the RHS community as the program develops further.

Walmen Dumaliang was chosen by his professor of furniture design to represent Wentworth at the National Industrial Design Conference in April 2015.

Ellie Sharpe is a product marketing lead at Wellframe, a healthcare tech startup that delivers a platform for nurses to keep in touch with patients in between visits. Ellie focuses on understanding the end users, the needs of client stakeholders, and overall market trends to inform product direction and message.

2009 Scribe: Ellie Sharpe, eleanor_sharpe@alumni.brown.edu

2010

Breanna Lynch spent last year teaching English in Bolbec, France. She is currently finishing up a Master’s in teaching at Smith College while student teaching French at Northampton High School. Breanna will be looking for a full-time job teaching French.

Adam Simas and wife, Amie, welcomed to the world Stone Foster Raul Simas, born June 4, 2015 at 12:02 a.m., 7lbs., 13.6 oz., and 19.5” long.

Celebrating

Medelise Reifsteck is finishing her first of three years teaching English in Thailand.

Chelsey Frost : “I am nearing the end of a five-month road trip around Australia and New Zealand. I paid for the trip by working for locals in exchange for housing and food. Bungee jumped on the South Island of NZ, surfed Byron Bay and surrounding beaches, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef, explored the rainforests up north, and spent many nights sleeping in the back of my car, eating canned beans for dinner! I’ll then be moving to Alaska for six months to work third-grade classroom at the International Charter School in Providence. She will graduate from Brown University this May.

Ben Malin writes: “After graduating from GW in May, I spent some time in Rhode Island before returning to live in Washington, D.C. full-time. I work as a senior management analyst at Duty First Consulting, a consulting firm in Vienna, VA.”

2011 Scribe: Stephanie Mattioli, smattioli@my.uri.edu

2012

Cooper Robinson is now a senior at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, majoring in business and minoring in computer science. Last summer, Cooper interned at Brit Insurance at Lloyd’s of London and at Pfizer in Memphis. He is currently interning at Raymond James, an investment bank. Cooper is readying himself as captain for the 2016 Rhodes lacrosse team.

for a charter fishing company. I’m learning the value of hard work and what it means to veer from the 9-to-5 work path. It’s very stressful at times, but also affords me the most rewarding experiences I could have ever imagined.”

Tory Dumas is a bridge designer with CDR Maguire Inc., a leading architectural, engineering, planning, and construction management firm with locations throughout the Northeast and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tory and Sarah Taylor live in Providence; Sarah works at RHS as Admissions Assistant and was elected secretary of the RHS Alumni Association this past June.

2010 Scribe: Sarah Taylor, staylor7@conncoll.edu

2011 - 5th Reunion Year

Hayley Greene currently attends Brown University’s Master of Arts in Teaching program in elementary education. In May of 2015, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island with a double major in elementary education and English and was awarded the University Excellence Award for her work. As part of her Master’s program, Hayley is student teaching in a

Simon Winokoor is moving to New York City this spring to start a career in finance with Barclays Investment Bank.

Maria Charbonneau : “I am in my fourth year at URI in the College of Pharmacy. Here’s to my RHS classmates who are graduating from college this year—so proud of you all! These past four years have flown, or as Mr. Gnolfo says, “Tempus fugit!” It feels like just yesterday I was back in the halls at The Hill. I think of you all often and I hope all is