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Keith Davis '56 said goodbye to his beloved wife of 66 years 2 years ago, but since then, he has been traveling around the country playing in pickleball tournaments. He hopes to defend his gold medal in the United States Open Pickleball Championships in April 2023 (hosted in Naples Florida), and will be playing in the National Senior Games in Pittsburgh in July 2023. If any classmates from the class of 1956 would like to connect, please email alumni@stlukesct.org for updated contact information!

David Tunick '61 completed an 8 week solo trip across the Atlantic Ocean, sailing from A Coruña, Spain to Stamford, Connecticut on his sailboat Night Watch. Despite an array of equipment failure that forced him to make stops in two ports along the way for repairs, he made it safely to his home port on Long Island Sound. He completed a similar trip two decades ago, sailing from England to Connecticut.

Peter Konigsbacher '69 is currently living in Indianapolis. He does financial planning, annuities, and life insurance for Transamerica. If any classmates from the class of 1969 would like to connect, please reach out to alumni@stlukesct.org for updated contact information!

Leslie Carney Johnston '75 was only at St. Luke’s for 2 years but she describes that time as “the best 2 years of my school career”. After graduating, Leslie was a pediatric nurse for 43 years and retired in January of 2022. She has been married for almost 40 years and has 3 children and 3 grandchildren. She lives in York, Pennsylvania and enjoys horseback riding, yoga, and being involved with her church. She recently reconnected with fellow alumni, George Schimenti '75 and Judi Blumenthal '75 on Facebook.

After over 30 years as an attorney in the Federal Defenders Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, (the last 13 as the Chief of the office), Leigh M. Skipper '79 entered the challenging and exciting big law environment at the Duane Morris Law firm. His practice is in the Trial Group White Collar Section.

Andy Whitcomb '83 enters her 25th season as the head field hockey coach at Mount Holyoke College during the 2022-23 academic year. During her time as head coach, she has led the Lyons to numerous championships, maintaining an overall record of 255-174-1. Andy is also a senior lecturer in the College's Department of Physical Education.

In late May of 2022, TaShun BowdenLewis '90 was appointed Connecticut’s sixth Chief Public Defender by the Public Defender Services Commission. She is the first person of color to hold the position in the state. Prior to this role, TaShun served as a public defender in New Haven’s Superior Court, and then worked for the Waterbury Judicial District for 15 years.

Pound Ridge Veterinary Center, co-owned by Hillary Schilke '96, was voted “Best Veterinary Center of Westchester 2022” by Westchester Magazine.

Greg Guidotti '88 was recently interviewed on the Today Show with Al Roker, where he gave a behind the scenes look at how candy corn is made. Greg graduated from St. Luke’s and started a career in marketing and management. For the past 4 years, he’s been the Chief Marketing Officer at the Ferrara Candy Company, where he’s led an incredible candy portfolio–about 30 iconic and beloved candy brands like Nerds, SweeTARTS, Brach’s, Trolli and Laffy Taffy.

Dj Wolff '03 and his wife Kristin welcomed their second son, Fynn Cooper Wolff, on April 22, 2022. He has already started sporting some SLS swag and he and his older brother Beckett (3) are fast becoming best friends. The family’s moderately controlled chaos is based in Boston where Kristin works as the head of market access at bluebird bio and Dj as a partner at Crowell & Moring.

Sarah Mitnick '04 graduated in May 2022 from Boston University Questrom School of Business with her Masters in Business Administration with a focus on Leadership and Organizational Transformation. While participating in the Professional Evening MBA program, she continued to work fulltime at Fenway Health in Boston, where she helps lead the Division of Education and Training. She hopes to use her education and professional experience to continue to make an impact in workforce culture, employee experience and diversity, equity and inclusion.

Laura Howells '16 joined Upper School History Teacher Hunter Martin’s Advanced European History class in the spring of 2022, to talk about her experience as a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia, and share her perspective on the situation in Ukraine. Laura studied comparative politics and Russian in college, and is currently at Princeton University working on her Ph.D. in political science.

Omar Fortt '17 signed with the CFL’s BC Lions as a linebacker, coming from a successful career at the University of Connecticut.

Juice, the six-piece band out of Brooklyn, NY featuring Kamau Burton '13, recently went on the road for The Fall Tour 2022. They will be touring again in 2023 with The Dip.

Walter Whyte '17 was named to College Insider’s Lou Henson Player of the Year Watch List. This award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college basketball.

In the spring of 2022, Dom DeMarco '18 was presented with the Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award for distinguished academic performance at Stanford University. This prestigious award is presented to the top 5% of the senior engineering class. Dom invited St. Luke’s World Language Department Chair Jon Shee to join him in California for this special recognition. There, Shee literally sang the praises of DeMarco by singing his own lyrics to "Le temps des cathédrales" from DeMarco’s favorite musical, "NotreDame de Paris."

After Georgia Nelson '17 graduated from Bryn Mawr in May 2021, she headed to Taiwan for the Fulbright US Student Program. STEM is her passion and she began pursuing a PhD in environmental engineering at Rice University in 2022.

Jack Thies '18 recently graduated Cum Laude from the University of Richmond where he majored in Business Administration with concentrations in International Business and Marketing with a minor in French. He is now working for Basis Technologies, a global provider of workflow automation, intelligence, and programmatic trading software as a Digital Media Associate and lives in the Washington D.C. area!

After Tamia Fulton '19 completes her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University, she will join the 2023 Teach for America corps in New York, and teach for two years while pursuing her Master’s degree in Education.

Former SLS softball players Riley Page '19 (attending Clarkson) and Noelle Ruschil '18 (attending Middlebury) played against each other in the spring of 2022.

NEWMAC championship. She was awarded NFHCA FH Academic All-Conference and NEWMAC All-Academic team.

The Summer Theatre of New Canaan featured two familiar faces in July of 2022–Cam Tyler '21 and Henry Jodka '20, who played the Cowardly Lion and The Wizard of Oz. The two were cheered on by fellow alumni Connor Rosow '20, Max Gifford '20, Nick DiCorpo '20, Will Chuhta '20

Tyleigh Zammit '19 is currently pursuing a degree from the University of Richmond, with a major in Rhetoric and Communications and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Upon graduation in May 2023, she will be moving to New York City to start her career as a buyer for Bloomingdale’s.

Abigail O’Meara '20 was awarded a summer undergraduate research fellowship in a marine ecology lab at Smith College this past summer. This semester she worked in a lab at Smith and for the EPA, focusing on climate and energy policy, while also working in a marine climate lab at UMass Amherst. Abbey contributed to her field hockey teams’ successes as a starter. The Pioneers advanced to the semifinals in the

Lea Panagiotidis '20 received All-CAA Third Team honors alongside one of her University of Delaware soccer teammates.

Koy Price '21 was recognized as Second Team All-New England Small College Athletic Conference, along with 3 of his Bowdoin College teammates. Koy was second in the league with nine pass breakups and two sacks.

We are always thrilled to see alumni back on the Hilltop in a new role—St. Luke’s parents! Recently, we added a few names to this list of alumni and current parents: Erica Killon Van Wyck ’89 P ’28 , Amy Gabriele Owens ’94 P ’24, ’24, '27, Nicole Martocci ’98 P ’30, and Robert St. Cloud ’99 P ’29

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