Alumni
Class Notes
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On February 1, Trinity alumni and their parents were invited back to Trinity for an exclusive Alumni and Parent of Alumni Cocktail Hour prior to the start of Cocktails & Canvases, one of Spotlight on Art’s signature evening events. Former classmates and their families enjoyed catching up over wine and cheese in Trinity’s Idea Lab and iHub. What a fun way to begin the evening before everyone browsed the Artists Market! In September 2019, celebrity chef and event designer Alex Hitz ’81 released his second book, The Art of the Host: Recipes and Rules for Flawless Entertainment. The Wall Street Journal calls Alex “the very best host in the world,” and his first book, My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with a French Twist, was published in 2012. Nathaniel Turner ’84 returned from Kuala Lumpur in 2019 and is living in the Washington, D.C., area temporarily in order to take Arabic training for his next diplomatic assignment to the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
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Gina Mooney Jones, MD ’91 was featured as one of Atlanta’s top doctors in the July 2020 issue of Atlanta magazine. Gina, who practices at OrthoAtlanta, is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery. She lives in Morningside with her husband, Ryan, and son, Wyck.
Harriott Kelly ’00, who currently lives in New York, competed in the US Olympic Marathon team trials in Atlanta on February 29, and placed in the top 100. Jillian O’Donnell, MD ’01 is a secondyear fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Claire Chambless ’02 received her Master of Fine Arts in Art from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and is living and making sculptures in Los Angeles. Jake O’Donnell ’03 works at United Enertech in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the field of manufacturing efficiency. He served previously as an Army Airborne Ranger based at Fort Benning, Georgia, with additional service in Afghanistan. Singer-songwriter Maria Coyne ’05 recently released her debut album Forward with her alt-pop band Maria and the Coins. The album release took place at the historic venue First Avenue & 7th St Entry in Minneapolis on March 4. Forward is available on all platforms for streaming and download. For more information, visit www.mariaandthecoins.com. Carter Maguire ’07 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School this past spring and has moved to New York City to work for international law firm White & Case LLP.
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Margaret Draper ’08 is moving to England to study Victorian literature and earn her master’s degree at Oxford University.
Katie Crowe ’00 works at Marist School, from which she graduated in 2006. Katie is the Alumni Engagement Coordinator
Josh Dolan ’09 graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2019; worked for a year at Peachtree Orthopedics in Atlanta, gaining invaluable knowledge and skillsets; and is now a
Emily Nolan Vavrichek ’96 and her husband, David Vavrichek, welcomed their son, Brooks Wallace Vavrichek, on June 2. Brooks joins big sisters Eliza and Lily.
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and was recently named the Head Girls Varsity Lacrosse Coach.
first-year medical student at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
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Collins Speed ’09 graduated from Army Ranger School in June. He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon his 2019 graduation from Washington and Lee University and will be stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Following his 2019 graduation from Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a Bachelor of Arts in Brand Management, Jake Walton ’09 moved to live and work in London. Josh Doman ’10 graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in May with dual degrees in Finance from the Wharton School of Business and Computer Science from the School of Engineering. Josh is a private equity analyst with Bain Capital in Boston. Clare Draper ’10 graduated from the University of Virginia and is headed to Oxford University to pursue a master’s degree in Classical Languages and Literature. Blake Gillikin ’10 was named to the National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society. In order to be considered for membership, a player must be a starter or significant contributor in his final year of eligibility and must maintain a cumulative 3.2 grade point average or higher throughout the course of his undergraduate study. Blake, with a 4.0 GPA in Kinesiology was named a twotime first-team Academic All-American. He’s the only player in Penn State history with seven punts of at least 65 yards and the only one with four punts of at least 70 yards. He holds the school record for best punting average in a season (43.95), which he set in 2018. Max Walton ’10 graduated this year from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, with degrees in Economics and Strategic Brand Management. Logan Cooper ’10 graduated in May from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Science
