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New submissions for Spring 2026:  Peter Hans and longtime travel partner Michael Siegel recently traveled to Hokkaido, Japan, to cheer on dear friend Ross Frankenfield as he competed in the International Yukigassen World Championships. Though relatively new to competitive snowball fights, Frankenfield competed with the heart of 1,000 samurai. While traveling home, Siegel bumped into Eric Saucier in a Haneda Airport men’s room. It remains unclear if Saucier washed a full 20 seconds.

New submissions for Fall 2025: Danielle Fornes Quinlan recently transitioned into the role of Operations and Advancement Manager for the Foundation, the fundraising arm of Northwestern Michigan College, in Traverse City, Mich. She can’t wait to see everyone at the 25-year reunion in June!

New submissions for Fall 2025: As the VP of Marketing for ModelOp, the leading AI lifecycle automation and governance software for enterprises, Jay Combs recently launched a new podcast “Good Decisions,” where he sits down with bold thinkers, mission-driven experts, and enterprise leaders navigating the human side of AI. If you’d like to be considered as a guest, reach out! ✹ In May, Nicole (Russo) Evans and her husband, Pat, accomplished their goal of hiking the Grand Canyon from the South Rim to the North Rim. The trip was incredible and they experienced all the elements from over 100 degree temps to snow! ✹ Garrett Kephart and Amy (Lansdale) Kephart celebrated their 15th Wedding Anniversary in Seoul, South Korea, on Amy’s 45th birthday in Dec. 2025.

New submissions for Spring 2026: Kaitlin McCafferty was recently on campus for Alumni Council meetings with fellow ’04 Aimee Jack, AVP of Alumni & Donor Engagement. She was thrilled to hear about the investment in the sciences, see the progress on the new dorm, and connect with current students. On her way home, Kaitlin stopped to see Maura and Jared Bisogni and their family. Kaitlin is working in marketing at a fintech start up, OnePay, and living in Hamilton, MA. ✹ Lauren Henderson and Brad Seymour are still living in Andover, Mass. with their two children. She recently bid a bittersweet goodbye to commuting to the other side of Boston to take a position as Blackbaud Implementation and Configuration Consultant at Phillips Academy.

New submissions for Fall 2025: Tim Smith-Gerding is running the America Votes Campaign for Voting Right in New Hampshire through his social impact consulting firm, Granite Impact. ✹ B.L. Lippert just finished his 21st year as a football coach at Cony High School in Augusta, Maine. His Rams lost in the state championship game after entering the game 10–0. He also teaches AP Government, AP US History, and Geography at the school. He’s married and has two sons, Case and Lincoln. ✹ John A. Tyson was awarded tenure at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, where he teaches modern and contemporary art history. He recently caught up with Mary Phelps, a fellow former cross-country runner, at a Colby Alumni in the Arts event in New York City.

New submissions for Spring 2026: Steph Pierce Sheline writes, “Cheka (Francesca) Gage, Carreau Mueller Ryder, Heather Hansman, Nicole Wessen Cushman, Katie Lucas Geant ’06, Maureen Sherry Lynes, Courtney Morris Drauschke, and I all got together in Boston in late February for a girls weekend. We laughed way too much, had an epic dance party in our own private karaoke studio, and my face hurt from smiling at the end of it all. The only thing that would have made it better was if Melissa Plante Dubois had been able to join us.” ✹ Peyton McElyea was installed as Fleet Captain of the Los Angeles Yacht Club at its 125th opening day ceremony. He will lead the club as Commodore in 2029 and looks forward to welcoming international sailors to the Port of Los Angeles for the LA28 Olympic Games.

Submissions from Spring 2026: Jess Seymour Wood is living in Boulder, Colo., with Anders Wood ’07 and their three children. She recently went back to school to get a second Masters degree in Educational Leadership. They continue to enjoy the mountains and community in Colorado, and love seeing Colby friends when they get the chance. ✹ Caitlin Peale Sloan is still loving environmental and energy law at Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, an environmental nonprofit serving all of New England. In January, Caitlin moved into the role of Vice President for Climate and Energy at CLF.

New Submissions for Spring 2026: Finn Teach is excited to be moving from Maine to the Azores, Portugal this spring, perhaps permanently, and would be happy to help others navigate an international move.

Coming Soon—submit your own Class Note!

• Katherine “Kathy” Rittner ’05, in Northampton, Mass., at 41. She pursued her lifelong dream of becoming a physician by graduating from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine in Worcester in 2010 and completing her “med-peds” residency in four years at Baystate Medical Center. She thrived in the world of primary care and over the course of her career served Native Americans in Arizona, New Mexico, and Alaska, as well as Indigenous people in Australia. She also served at a Christian clinic in Honduras, and for the last several years, she worked in clinics in Colorado and South Carolina. Her last position was at the Federal Prison Hospital in Devens, Mass. She had a passion for traveling, accomplishing her goal of doing some type of activity in each of the 50 states, and also visited England, continental Europe, Africa, Central America, and India. Other interests included chocolate, ice cream, ballet, and being outdoors. Living in a social world was a lifelong struggle, and she died after a long battle with depression. She leaves her parents and many friends.