2010s

New submissions for Fall 2025: Becky Muller and her wife, Nicole, finalized the adoption of their daughter Louisa Myrakle, who goes by “Mira,” in Nov. 2025. Mira joins older brothers Jeremiah (6) and James (9). Together they have settled into life as a family of five and ended their decade-long journey as foster parents, officially closing their home.

From Leigh Bullion ’10 for Spring 2025: Life has taken Nick Ruocco west to the Front Range in Colorado. His wife is a surgeon at CSU Vet School and is back in the Reined Cow Horse Arena. They have a 2-year-old son who already swings the bat better than his dad ever did. Nick just opened his second Coyote Ridge Veterinary Clinic and has plans to build the third. They are on that Rocky Mountain high! ✹ Jessica Williams got married Sept. 2, 2023, and finished a pediatric nephrology fellowship at Stanford in June 2024. She started a position as a pediatric nephrologist at Kaiser Santa Clara in November 2024. ✹ Jess Levasseur completed her Ph.D. from Duke and now works for the U.S. EPA as an exposure scientist. She spent a weekend kayaking in Maine with Emma Gildesgame in the fall of 2024. Jess still lives in wonderful Durham, N.C., with her husband and two kiddos. ✹ Will Price lives in a serious, practical home in North Carolina, where whimsical things very rarely take place with his wife, Adrienne, dog Rosie Lou, cats Georgia May and Frederick Bones, and fresh new human Laurel Gray. He continues to work for the state doing environmental work and reflects fondly on his decision to stop being a sad lawyer. When Will thinks back on the Northern People he went to college with, he has unanimously positive recollections and cannot recall ever once being annoyed by a thing that a Northern Person did or said. ✹ Sarajane Blair and her family live outside of Philly, in Ardmore, Pa. She is the general manager for CIC, a full-service lab, office, and coworking space provider. And now, this human development major uses phrases like “Zeiss Microscopy Solutions Center” and other science words she never expected to know. She recently read the Southern Reach books (all four) and loved them. If anyone wants to talk about how wild, trippy, creepy, and amazing they are, reach out! ✹ Nick Tucker and his wife welcomed Liliana Aug. 26, 2024. They are enjoying bonding with her and watching their son, Kenzo, grow into a puzzlingly caring big brother. ✹ Emily Barlow Darrow started a new job in November as director of development and external affairs for College Visions, a nonprofit that supports college access and persistence for first-generation and low-income college students. She lives in Rumford, R.I., with her husband and two kids, Sam, 3, and Ellie, 5, and is looking forward to the reunion in June! ✹ Patrick Findaro moved from Miami Beach, Fla., to Bordeaux, France, with his French wife and two kids. He enjoys long walks with his family around the historic city center as well as frequent surf trips to the coast. ✹ Dan Nolan and Elise DeSimone Nolan ’12 live in Quincy, Mass., with their 1.5-year-old son, Bode. Their golden retriever puppy, Wally, is 53 pounds at 5 months old, which means he fits in nicely with their 99th-percentile-sized family! ✹ Coyne Lloyd is all right, but he got hit by a car in Brooklyn while on a Citibike. He encourages you to wear a helmet, even if you’re on a bike share! He was wearing one that cracked through—potentially saving his life, and definitely saving him from worse injury. If you live in a major city that has bike shares, get a helmet! ✹ Leigh Bullion and Ross Nehrt are looking forward to spending more time in their small garden this summer at their house in Portland, Maine. They are growing some new-to-them flowers (leaving one bed empty for exclusive mud play for their 6- and 4-year-old sons, obviously). Defying all millennial stereotypes, they place MANY phone calls to their senators.

New submissions for Spring 2026: Derek Wise published his first book, Wise’s Historical Fencing, a few years after completing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience.

From Sarah Janes Bien ’12 for Spring 2025: Meg Kruithoff will complete her IM chief resident year at the University of Rochester Medical Center in June 2025. She will then trade snowy Rochester for sunny Philadelphia, where she will begin a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is looking forward to living near her nieces and exploring a new city. ✹ Aileen Evans and Ben Grimmig welcomed their son, Rory James, in 2023. They live in Salt Lake City and love adventuring in the mountains with their dog, Colby. ✹ Caitlin Burchill got hitched in the Floridian sunshine in April with Colby women’s volleyball teammates Maggie Taylor ’13, Emily Varni ’13, and co-captain Anne “Mackie” Sewall by her side. The dance floor wouldn’t have been the same without them. ✹ Andy Estrada lives in Seattle with his wife, Andie, and recently celebrated his eighth anniversary with the Gates Foundation. A regular highlight is hopping onto Discord every Thursday night to check in with a rotating cast of great fellow Mules, including James Hootsmans ’13, Nate Katsiaficas, James Lasher, Gabe Lerner, Nathan Lord, Tendai M’ndange-Pfupfu ’13, Dave Oxnard, Jason Parrett, Jon Riesenbach, Trip Venturella, Dave Wollin, and Mike Zarfos. ✹ In August 2024 Abbey Wallace Eddy welcomed her second son, Webster, who joins big brother Gust, 3. She lives in Park City, Utah, and works in development at the Park City Community Foundation. In December she and Webster traveled to San Francisco to visit Gemma Yie and Katie Ricciardi and Katie’s new baby! ✹ Sarah Janes Bien (yours truly!) and her husband, Alex, moved to Northborough, Mass. They welcomed their daughter, Willa “Willie” Frances Bien, in October 2024.

From Sarah Lyon ’13 for Spring 2025: It’s always great to hear from so many 2013ers around the country! Here’s what those who wrote in have been up to lately. ✹ Pasquale and Georgie Hurst Eckert welcomed their first child, Graham, in June last year! The three now reside in Concord, Mass. ✹ Chelsea Tyler married Ryan Stephansky in Vermont last June. Mules in attendance included fellow ’13ers Evangeline Condakes, Ellie Kidson, Debbie Amato, and Emily Barr, as well as Kelsey Tyler ’12. The couple will honeymoon in Norway this year. ✹ Kristina Haney lives and works in Boston. ✹ Jessica Pires Brown was recognized as one of Boston’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders for 2024. She is currently the diversity, inclusion, and belonging leader for Brown & Brown, Inc. ✹ Hilary Barr married Matt Mantikas at Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont last fall. ✹ Cassady Roberts is enjoying life in Steamboat Springs, Colo. After teaching for 10 years, she is now an assistant principal at an elementary school. Working in education continues to be challenging yet so rewarding, she says. Cassady loves to catch up with other Mules when they come through Steamboat, so reach out if you find yourself in northwest Colorado! ✹ Holly Mawn still lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, Austin Sutherland ’11, and their 2-year-old, Camden. Holly writes, “I stepped back from teaching third grade this year and have been enjoying a different pace of life, spending more time at home with Camden and teaching after-school enrichment classes and spin classes at a few studios around town.” Last fall, Holly enjoyed catching up with Hillary Sapanski in D.C. and with Rachel Rosenbaum, who stopped in Pittsburgh on a cross-country road trip. Holly adds, “It’s amazing how many more people have made their way through Pittsburgh over the past few years. I’m always happy to catch up with fellow Mules when they do!”

From Kayla Lewkowicz Voigt ’14 for Spring 2025: Najah Magloire graduated with her master’s degree in rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University last spring. ✹ Shannon Kooser Miller welcomed a new baby girl, Reagan, in summer 2024. She joins older brother Walter in their new home in Chicago. ✹ Torie Palffy had a wild 2024 in Colorado, bringing home a dog, getting married, and starting her own marketing company, Freeline Digital Marketing. She writes, “I’ve had the pleasure of both reconnecting with old Colby friends and meeting new alumni in the marketing or outdoor space. I’m excited for more Colby weddings in 2025!” ✹ Angelica Bishop English took a trip from Massachusetts to rural Virginia to visit Katie McDonald Millette so the next generation of Mules could meet. Natalie and James (future Colby Classes of ’45 and ’46, respectively) know the Colby bond runs deep! ✹ Camille Inman Gross had a very busy May 2024, welcoming her second baby boy, Atlas, the same month she completed her master’s in mental health counseling at UNC Chapel Hill. He joins big brother Elian in North Carolina. ✹ Sarah Large Sullivan is enjoying married life as a newlywed in Dover, N.H. She recently became a NH certified wetland scientist, which she’s been working toward for the last five years. She writes, “I am truly so grateful for such a wonderful year, both personally and professionally.” ✹ Kelsey Cromie got engaged to Jordan Lorenz ’15. They can’t wait to celebrate together this summer with lots of Mules in attendance. ✹ Lindsay Jarrett Potter welcomed a baby girl, Josie, last summer. They go on regular stroller walks with me, Kayla Lewkowicz Voigt, and my 2-year-old, Teddy, in central Massachusetts.

From Molly Nash ’15 for Spring 2025: Katrina Belle is CEO and president of Maine Passive House, a construction company working to improve the built environment and reimagine the role of business in society. Over the past year, she and her business partner transitioned the company from an LLC to a worker-owned benefit corporation. She also serves as president of the board for passivhausMAINE, a nonprofit working to decarbonize the built environment. ✹ Sam Glaisher graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2024 with Alpha Omega Alpha honors and was nominated as the Class of 2024 graduation ceremony class speaker. He matched into the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency at the University of Pittsburgh. ✹ Gregory Naigles lives in Concord, N.H., and works for the New Hampshire DOT. In his spare time, he continues to enjoy epic adventures in the mountains, from steep and rugged climbs to remote wilderness treks. He has nearly completed his goal of hiking every trail in the White Mountains and hopes to finish this year. ✹ After teaching kindergarten for nine years, Molly Nash transitioned to the nonprofit field and is executive director of Teton Valley Community Recycling, a small nonprofit that advocates for waste reduction. She lives in Teton Valley, Idaho, with her partner and cat, and she enjoys gardening, community organizing, and walking in the woods. ✹ Haley Oleynik married Nick Warner ’14. They live with their dog, Bella, in Vancouver, where Haley is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, focusing her research on exploring drivers of Pacific salmon population declines and identifying novel management actions to conserve wild salmon. ✹ Ronnie Vesnaver works for a small environmental nonprofit, Upstream Alliance, which mostly works in Camden, N.J., on the Delaware River on public access and clean water issues. Upstream Alliance is preparing for the launch this summer of the Firefly, a solar-electric catamaran for environmental education programs on the Delaware. If approved by the Coast Guard, it will be the first passenger-carrying vessel to run on lithium batteries. Ronnie will build out the curriculum for the boat, which will be aligned with the school curriculum in the area, and will oversee the program.

From Holly Bogo ’16 for Spring 2025: Hope everyone is doing well! Here are some updates from Mules in the Class of 2016! ✹ Katie Southworth is happy to share that she has successfully published her first book, Dr. Roy G. Biv: Healing from Trauma One Colorful Painting at a Time. It is an abridged memoir and collection of her most impactful art and writing over the past three years as a full-time artist. It’s currently available on Amazon in hardback and paperback. ✹ John and Erin Trainor Morrow moved to York, Maine, in July 2024 and welcomed their daughter, Vella Faye, in August. Bode, 3, is proving to be a wonderful big brother! ✹ Caroline Tegeler married Brooke Green in August 2024 in New Gloucester, Maine. In attendance were Cassandra Biette, Spencer Jeffrey, Parwana Ayub, Chloe Geffken, and Grace DiBari. ✹ Meg Giblin Upton will graduate from Tufts University with her doctorate in occupational therapy in May 2025. ✹ Emily Sapoch and Jonathan Matamoros were married June 15, 2024, in Belfast, Maine. They celebrated with close friends and family, including maid of honor Emily Berry and bridesmaid Grace DiBari. Jon and Emily live in Dallas with their dog, Ella.

From Cecil Brooks ’17 for Spring 2025: Greetings 2017 Mules! As your class correspondent, I seek to uplift your stories and provide exciting updates. 2025 has carried many of us into exciting new chapters as we figured out what it means to finally “go back to normal.” Those of us in New York City toasted to Colby’s successful Dare Northward celebration a couple of months ago. I sampled champagne and took selfies with Amar Šehić, Burcu Sagiroglu, Duncan Gans, Sonita Hav, Tommaso Montagni, and Yannik Büchi, among others. On Mayflower Hill, I visited students with my fellow Alumni Council member Matt Hawkins as we offered career coaching and the SGA gospel to ambitious seniors. ✹ What are other classmates up to? Jenner Foster makes a splash as our newest executive director of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus, while Kadish Hagley rounds out his first year as a financial analysis manager at Jefferies. Both are enjoying each other’s proximity as neighbors in the buzzing city of Richmond, Va. ✹ My first-year Foss neighbor Sam LeFeber keeps busy in the Portland (Oregon) area as a real estate broker and ski patroller. ✹ Gerald Owusu showed me how bowling is done during a “guys night out” with fellow SOBHU alumni Carlvin Sanon ’15, Chy Ward ’15, Fabrice Charles ’15, and Omari Matthew ’14. ✹ Larry Patrizio zoomed past my window in style during the 2024 New York City Marathon with a run time of under three hours! ✹ John Kensinger completed his master’s in business management at Wake Forest University before beginning a two-year physician’s assistant (PA) program at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He will wrap up the first year of PA school before beginning a year of clinical rotations across a variety of specialties through the following summer. We are rooting for his wife, Natalie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2024 and continues to prove just how resilient she is. Natalie has completed chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. We wish both continued health and stability. ✹ Cara Goldfarb moved from San Juan Island in Washington State before hiking for two months along the scenic Pacific Crest Trail last summer. She then traded in her trail shoes for law books and began her first year at the University of Oregon School of Law based out of Eugene. ✹ In other legal headlines, Caroline Ferguson was named lead spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts, as well as chief of the office’s Public Affairs Unit. She was also honored to receive the 2024 Excellence in Justice Award. Fun Fact: Caroline grew the office’s social media following by 10,000+ in 2024 alone! She finds it incredibly rewarding to play a part in such important work. ✹ Aremi Tapia leads students into fulfilling careers and a supportive environment as an associate college counselor in Naples, Fla. ✹ Mardene Haskell approaches her second year as an investment banking associate at Barclays in New York City, while Kai Frankville approaches his third year as an associate analyst at Voya Investment Management. ✹ Talia Richkin serves the states of New York and Maine by analyzing timely data on mental health trends among Middle Eastern migrants. ✹ Thank you to all who took the time to share your stories. Two years into my term as an Alumni Council member, I hope to continue repping our class well while visiting campus or setting up Zoom calls at home. We have a DavisConnects Committee ready to support each of you in your next steps. Consider visiting Waterville or one of our True Blue Mixer events in a city near you. In the meantime, you can stay involved between columns by updating your contact info at alumni.colby.edu. I am always happy to discuss ideas or make introductions throughout the Colby network. Reach out anytime for a snack or drink when you are in DC or New York!

From Spring 2025: Merrill Read lives in Boulder, Colo., with her fiancé, Tom Feenstra. Tom proposed Feb. 1, 2025, at the top of the Sapporo TV Tower in Sapporo, Japan. She first met him while living in Portland, Maine, the summer after graduation. “So, our love traces back to Maine,” she said. She enjoys skiing and running with Amy Tournas and Avery Gibson ’20 out West. Both she and Amy completed their first marathons this past fall. ✹ Tenzin Passang Lim landed in the San Francisco area after an eventful 2024. Now married to Albert Lim, she earned her Ph.D. in oncology and cancer biology from Emory University in Atlanta last spring. In November, she started working for Genentech as a scientist 3 in translational oncology. She loves her job and is settling into the Bay Area, where she looks forward to hiking and savoring the warm Californian air. ✹

• Samuel E. Funderburg ’19, May 12, 2024, in Chicago, Ill., at 27. An economics major at Colby, he moved to Chicago after graduation and worked in consulting and software sales. He started playing competitive golf in high school and continued at Colby on the golf team. He also enjoyed ping-pong, the outdoors, long walks, reading, and watching sports and documentaries. His travels included to Argentina, Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, and Mexico. He leaves his parents, three sisters, and extended family.