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Jennie Cocchiaro Labranche ’01 with her children Lily and Philip, and
Kristin Ozana Doyle ’01 and her daughter Abby in front of Colgate Hall in
October 2010.
Kim Morrison Miller and her husband, Jay, with their son Peyton and
daughter Paisley.
Fagan and Matt Ferguson ’03!
Grace Gravelle writes, “I left my
corporate office job in Dec. so I
could focus on teaching yoga full
time around Cincinnati! I write
about my yoga journey on my
website www.frontporchyoga.
com. Also honored to contribute
to Taber Lightfoot’s master’s
project at http://myyogastory.com/myyogastory/grace/.
Reconnected with Aurora Merry,
Heather Thomson Arrighi and
Cheryl Lecesse ’02 over the
holidays while visiting family in
NH.” Jeff Silvia graduated from
nursing school in 2009 and has
been working as an RN in the
Cardiac Surgical ICU at Mass
General Hospital in Boston. He
bought a condo and is living in
Rockland, MA. Sarah Outten has
left the Big Apple and recently
bought a house in Northampton,
MA, where she lives with her
boyfriend, Mike, and 2 dogs,
Hudson and Ava. She is currently
enrolled in the MBA program at
UMASS Amherst. In her spare
time, Sarah has been traveling
to Colombia, HI, Puerto Rico
and St. Thomas in the past year.
Tracey Guarda Perkins is still
wandering the halls of Colgate
Hall as the director of admissions
counseling. She and Keith
Perkins ’99 and daughter Abbey
are taking full advantage of the
brand new Windy Hill School on
campus. She has frequent girls’
weekends with Taber Lightfoot
and Mandy Eaton Casey.
Although she has not ridden a
horse in 3 years she is hoping
to get Abbey on one soon to
start the tradition all over again.
Sara Hammond is still practicing
law in Boston and is looking
forward to seeing everyone at
our reunion this fall! Katrina
Ryan shared that the Hurricanes
hosted the 2011 NHL All Star
Game in Jan., which she was a
part of. She had never worked so
much in her life—90 hours in 1
week! Fellow NC resident Kim
Morrison Miller writes, “Peyton
welcomed a baby sister in July
2010; Paisley completes our family
of 4. Peyton is playing ice
hockey and starts kindergarten
this fall. Jay is still working for
the Dept. of Commerce and I’m
enjoying being an at-home mom.
As a family we are enjoying
traveling, raising chickens and
attending local sporting events.
It’s nice having fellow alumna
Erik Rocheford ’01 and Katie Lynch
Rocheford ’02 taking in the scenery
on a weekend getaway to Napa.
Katrina Ryan only 5 minutes
from us in Raleigh, NC.” Brooke
Morin Black is still teaching history
and coaching girl’s lacrosse
and soccer in NY. She and her
husband celebrated their son’s
1st birthday this Mar. She is traveling
to Japan this summer with
some of her students to learn the
history and culture firsthand.
Kristin Ozana Doyle writes,
“My husband and I welcomed
our 1st child, Abigail Victoria
Doyle, on June 25, 2010. After
my maternity leave, I returned to
my 10th year of teaching social
studies at Raymond High. I have
been enjoying spending more
time with Jennie Cocchiaro
LaBranche now that she and
her family have returned to
NH.” Megan McCarthy Brodeur
and her husband are living
in Sturbridge, MA, with their
daughter, Riley, who will turn 3
in June. Megan completed her
master’s in special ed. and loves
(L to r) Erik Rocheford ’01, his father Mark Rocheford and Brendan Carney
’02 spent a day on the slopes with their homegrown Savant skis. Jacob Jarvela ’02 with his son Peter.
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