Class Notes

Nancy C. Waters notes that September 2021marked the 60th anniversary since she was a freshman at The Ursuline School, where she met so many young women who remain her cherished friends to this day. Barbara Mary Kane O’Neill is one of them, and the route between Bronxville and Rye, NY, is well traveled. Nancy is thrilled to share the news that Barbara’s cousin, Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, won two silver medals in Swimming at the Tokyo Olympics on behalf of Hong Kong, where Maureen Fath Sabine resides.

Siobhan became the first Hong Kong swimmer and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals!

Agnes Schipper has written a book about her mother, titled Sabine’s Odyssey, A Hidden Child and Her Dutch Rescuers, that was published in May by a small publisher that specializes in Holocaust memoirs. She wrote the book to preserve and share her mother’s story of survival during WWII and the terrible toll of antisemitism, a prejudice unfortunately on the rise again. While the story has its tragic parts, it also has uplifting parts about courageous Catholics who risked their lives to hide and save her mother and her parents. Agnes hopes that the book can be used for Holocaust education and her intent is that profits, if any, be donated to Holocaust education programs and museums. https://amsterdampublishers.com/books/sabines-odyssey/

Lisa DelPriore Hannan ’81 and Cathy McCabe ’81, both members of Chief, invited Angela Rella Manning ’81 and Cathy Fay McCarthy ’84 to the organization’s NYC office for a fun night of catching up and networking. Chief is a women’s club specifically designed for senior executive women to support and strengthen their leadership, magnify their influence, and pave the way to bring others with them. It is a private network built to drive more women into positions of power and keep them there.

Congratulations to Jennie Benza, her husband, and big brother Theodore, who welcomed baby girl Theadora Helen to their family. It has been pure joy for them watching Theo and Thea get to know each other. Baby Thea has also had the great pleasure of meeting Koalas Liz Collins ’01, JoAnna Lou ’01, Lauren Lou ’03, Marisa Moore ’01 and Lindsey Pinto Olbrecht ’01 and she is still making the rounds!

Francine Civitano Wolff and her husband, Brian, are thrilled to share the news of the birth of their son, Mason James Wolff. Mason was born at White Plains Hospital on November 6, 2021, at 2:57am. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20.5 inches long! Congratulations to all.

Jhanay Harris Abrams and her husband welcomed beautiful Ava Grace Abrams to their family on July 7, 2021. Ava has kept their hands full in all the best ways and makes them so happy!

Micaela Keane Billings and her husband, Jireh, welcomed their first child and future Koala, Montana Keane Billings! Montana was born on June 4, 2022, at 10:29pm at Greenwich Hospital, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. and was 21 inches long. Baby Montana is being well cared for by her doting aunts Deirdre Keane ’10 and Keira Lyn Keane ’13. Micaela and Jireh are over the moon!

Jena Fabry Goetze, Sarah Stipicevic Higgins, Katherine Ali Dooley and Joan Maybury Kaine enjoyed a great backyard playdate with their children in July!

Caitlin Johnson Studdard has had quite the year! She, her husband, Adam, and their son, Gabriel (3), welcomed their daughter Cecilia Joan in February 2021. A few months later, they purchased their first home in South Burlington, Vermont, where Caitlin is excited to start teaching middle school math and science at Christ the King School.

Alyssa Tenore ’06 and her husband, Rob Mansfield, welcomed their baby boy, Brendan John Mansfield on July 27, 2022, weighing 7lbs, 1oz and he is 19.5 inches. Alyssa and Brendan are doing well. Congratulations!

Bringing a long-time passion to fruition, Lauren Sepe is excited to announce the launch of her nutritional wellness service, The Sepe Signature. Lauren has dreamed up and designed her program over years of dedicated research and certifications in Integrative Nutrition and Health Coaching. The Sepe Signature is founded on ingredient integrity — that what you put into your body determines how you are able to show up to your life, both mentally and physically. Lauren incorporates the latest advancements in nutrition education and intuition guidance with hands-on practices. The impact Lauren hopes her approach brings to clients is empowerment — to leave them feeling empowered to light themselves up from within, empowered to show up as their best, brightest selves. To learn more visit www. thesepesignature.com or @thesepesignature on Instagram.

After graduating from Cornell University in 2016, Daniela Leuthold was fortunate enough to attend The Royal Veterinary College in London, from which she graduated in 2022. She had an incredible time traveling to different countries and experiencing different cultures prior to the COVID lockdown. Daniela visited France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Spain!

Currently, she is completing a Small Animal Rotation Internship at the Animal Medical Center in NYC and hopes to pursue a residency in either Medical Oncology or Critical Care.

Congratulations Daniela!

In November 2021, Alexandra Frank Marshall was appointed Deputy Village Manager for the Village of Scarsdale. Previously she was the Assistant Village Administrator at the Village of Rye Brook, where she had been employed since 2016. Alexandra is President of the Municipal Administrators Association of Metropolitan New York, and an Executive Board Member of the New York State City/County Management Association. She is also active in the International City/County Management Association, through which she completed the Emerging Leaders Development Program. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Fordham University, and a Master of Public Administration from the College of New Rochelle.

Evie Clapp received her MBA from the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business where she focused on finance and strategy. She is an Investment Banking Associate at Citi in New York City. Evie volunteers throughout the city with the New York Junior League. Evie is excited to be back in New York and looks forward to connecting with her Ursuline classmates.

Mara Brockwell graduated from the University of St Andrews with a Master of Arts Joint Honours Degree in Management and Philosophy. She has loved living in Scotland and being able to travel all over Europe (30 countries) despite the pandemic. It has been a wonderful growth experience and she will always be grateful for her time there. For her next chapter, she is delighted to announce that she will be moving back to her home in New York to pursue a Master of Social Work at Columbia University. Go Lions!

Congratulations to Angelina Campanile for receiving two National SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) Awards for her work in radio. The Mark of Excellence Awards honor the best in student journalism. Angelina graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in June 2022.

Sarah Flynn continues to live the Serviam motto as a student-athlete at Boston College. This past spring, she received two prestigious service awards. The Welles Crowther Award recognizes one athlete per team who embodies selflessness, service and sacrifice. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Top Six for Service award is given to six student-athletes from each ACC school who have gone above and beyond in serving their communities.

Josephine Panitz ’19, a member of Ohio State University Women’s Swimming and Diving team, was named the Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Week for the week of January 26, 2022. Way to go, Josie!

Courtesy of Ohio State

Tyler Washington ’19 has held the motto of Serviam in her heart, mind and spirit. As a senior at the University of Connecticut, majoring in Computer Science Engineering, she serves her campus community. For the third consecutive year, Tyler has been a Resident Assistant, dedicated to the wellbeing of the student body. She is also lead photographer for Nutmeg publishing, capturing moments and history for UConn’s archives. A second year Communications intern, she is focused on UConn’s Sports Media, documenting the lives of D1 athletes. As a member of the illustrious sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority incorporated, Tyler holds the distinction of Parliamentarian to her newly chartered Upsilon Mu chapter. In the past year, her career as an advocate and photographer has flourished. In 2019, Tyler was honored as an Anne Ford scholarship recipient through NCLD. She is serving her third year as the youngest member of the scholarship nomination committee. From the iconic courts of women’s basketball to the fiery ice of men’s hockey, Tyler is one of the handful of students who has the ability to capture the athletes’ momentous actions in real time (memorialized on her business Instagram shutter_ fox2.0). This love and dedication to her craft afforded Tyler the opportunity to be an apprentice to Christopher Pope of Pope Photography for a third summer. Tyler cannot wait to see where her passions lead her and the continued good she can do for her communities.

Sarah Carr, an engineering major at Manhattan College, and her college team were among the eight finalists in the NASA Blue Skies: Airports of Tomorrow Forum, hosted at NASA’s Langley Research Center on June 2-3, 2022. The Forum was judged by subject matter experts from NASA and industry. Each team presented their ideas for future airport design updates needed to accommodate climatefriendly aviation advancements. Sarah and her team focused on alternative fuel sources, new plane designs, electric aircraft, and the overall layout. Two of the panelists noted that this team addressed the safety and noise issues well. Sarah said, “I enjoyed seeing how other teams interpreted the challenge and portrayed their ideas. I also got to hear from people working at NASA and in the aviation industry. The competition was definitely challenging, but also fun. The other teams were very friendly and showed support for one another.”

Alice Hodge ’20 led the Florida State women’s golf team to victory at the NCAA Division I Tallahassee Regional Women’s Golf Tournament on May 9-11, 2022, at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course. Alice shot a 7 under par 65, her career best. Courtesy of Her score of 65 is Florida State the Florida State Women’s program record, the collegiate record at Seminole Legacy and the Seminole record for a round in NCAA Championships play. She had 7 birdies on top of two eagles. The Seminoles then advanced to the match play portion of the 2022 NCAA Championship Finals.

Sofia Coppola (far right) is rowing at the University of Virginia. She was named Freshman of the Week six times. Rowing from the bow position, Sofia was a member of the Varsity Four boat that defeated Duke to win the ACC Varsity Four Championship and help lead her team to a 12th consecutive ACC Rowing Championship on May 14, 2022. She is also a member of the ACC All-Academic team.

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