Ryan and Andrew Petrush.
Adam Cohen ’96 and Heather Lynn Headlee.
Jesse was home visiting his father from medical school in New York and Shane was home visiting his mother from his position with Adobe in San Jose, CA. They are thrilled they decided to attend the event as that alumni party brought them back together, and they’ve been with each other ever since!
Jesse Levin ’98 and Shane Plossu ’96.
Riley Lavi Simon and Jodi Garber-Simon ’96.
Lola Lucia Dunigan. Chris Holden ’96 and baby Alex.
dogs moved to Copenhagen, Denmark in January where her husband is the spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly. She started a communications com- pany, Bighorn Communica- tions, specializing in communications strategy, design and video production. Jodi is exploring parenthood and living abroad simultane- ously and chronicling it on her blog:<http://denmarksimons.bl
ogspot.com/>.
Christopher Holden ’96 Chris and his wife, Sarah, wel- comed their first child, Alexander Everitt Holden, on May 10, 2011.
Ira Thorpe ‘97 and (James) Parker Thorpe.
Jodi Garber-Simon ’96 Jodi Garber-Simon and her hus- band, Neil, welcomed Riley Lavi Simon, who was born on June 27, 2010. “He’s a real cutie and we’re having a blast being par- ents.” Jodi, her family and two
Shane Plossu ’96 This past spring, Shane Plossu moved to a new apartment with his fiance, Jesse Levin ’98. The two were engaged on Feb- ruary 21, 2011 on a beautiful beach in Santa Barbara. They reconnected at the Prep Alumni Holiday Party in 2008 while
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Mia Richkind ’96 Mia moved to Seattle in the fall of 2009 to start her graduate program at the University of Washington. She had to put singing on the back burner for a bit, but she’s graduating with her MA in Speech-Language Pathology, in August 2011. “I’m looking forward to starting my clinical fellowship in the fall doing speech therapy with chil- dren with autism, cerebral palsy, mental retardation, trau- matic brain injury, language delay, and other motor speech impairments. Additionally, through the rehabilitation cen- ter I’ve been interning at this summer, I’ll have the opportu- nity to start building my case- load doing voice therapy with transgender clients going through transition. And, I’m going to start singing again this fall. I’m looking forward to per- forming with the Gilbert & Sul- livan Society and Seattle Musical Theater Co. in the upcoming year!”
Liza (Abeles) Lutzker ’97 On May 24, 2010, Liza and Bobby welcomed Hazel into their lives. “She is an incredi- bly sweet and fun-loving baby, and she can’t wait to get back to Santa Fe soon for a break- fast burrito.”
Tommy Dunigan ’97 Tommy and Johanna are happy to announce the newest addi- tion to the family: Lola Lucia Dunigan was born on April 29, 2011, 8 lbs, 5 oz. She and her brother, Liam, are exactly two years and one day apart (they were coincidentally born at the exact same time, 8:04 am)! Tommy has been in the tech- nology sales field for the last five years and is the senior sales representative for MICROS, which is the leading restaurant point-of-sale software company
in the country. He sells high- end computer systems to restaurants, bars, and clubs. Tommy’s wife, Johanna, is an attorney specializing in per- sonal injury and immigration issues. She is also a fan of CUTCO cutlery.
Megan (Lujan) Fonseca ’97 Megan announces, “Class of 1997: Let’s celebrate our 15- year reunion next year (per- haps around Fiesta time)! You may contact me at meganfon-
seca@hotmail.com for more information.”
Joseph Lewis ’97 Joe, Matt Lewis ’99, Michael Brito Stamm ’05, and Mike Lewis, competed in the Tough Mudder event in Austin, TX on January 29, 2011. They raised $4300 for Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for sick and terminally ill kids, for which Matt and Mike work. They fin- ished the run in 1:56 and had a Texas BBQ 30th birthday bash for Matt following.
Jose Lopez ’97 Jose started a new job recently with an agency called AWS, which provides a variety of services for individuals with developmental disabilities, resi- dential services, community- based integration services, adult rehabilitation and sup- portive employment. “We are a for-profit and a non-profit: we take all profits from the for- profit aspect of the company and donate them to the greater foundation, which is non-profit. We intend to expand our serv- ices in Santa Fe and Albu- querque, and aspire to go statewide at some point. For details, email:
jlopez@awsusa.com, 505-424- 1326, cell 505-428-8320.
Ira Thorpe ’97 (James) Parker Thorpe was born on May 15, 2011 and weighed in at 7 lbs. 1/2 oz. and 21” long. Mom and Dad are sleep-deprived but loving every minute of it. “We’re calling him by his middle name since that’s what my parents did to me.”
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