CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2026 | 57 organize team activities and make sure everyone feels included. She has even won a couple of tournaments at Reserve, bringing the same competitive spirit and positivity to the court that she brings to her career. While at Lehigh, Danielle was deeply involved on campus. She served as the finance chair of Pi Beta Phi sorority and was an active member of both the Finance and Consulting clubs, building early leadership and analytical skills that continue to shape her career today. ’20 Evan Choy, egc320@alum. lehigh.edu Happy spring, Class of 2020! It was a great 2025 celebrating our 5-year reunion with you all. I had such a pleasure catching up with some of you at Reunion, LeLaf and some of the NYC alumni events. As mentioned in my last note, I’m happy to share the news of the wedding between Kayla Rabin and Conor Leahy! In October 2025, Kayla and Conor were surrounded by friends, loved ones and fellow Lehigh alums. The two now reside in NYC. In catching up with Kayla at Reunion, she recollected great memories of LeLaf and the Halsey and Louis the Child concerts on the Front Lawn. Kayla graduated Lehigh as a marketing and management double major with a history minor. She now works as a customer strategist at Medici Next. When she’s not working and now that she’s not planning a wedding, you’ll find Kayla running around Manhattan, at a local Rumble class or playing bar trivia with friends. As we approach the spring of 2026, I’m also able to share some great news. I’m finally graduating! For those of you who see me over this summer, you should probably ask why I’m not in the library studying for the Bar Exam. Despite graduating though, I’m happy to continue writing these notes and hearing from all of you. Since you’re not me, luckily you get to enjoy the summer. I can’t wait to hear of all your travels this summer. Enjoy it and see you back in the fall! ’21 Eve Freed, evefreed1@gmail. com and Skyler McCabe, skylermccabe1@ gmail.com Emily Ferrara recently launched The Forward Bar, a plant-based, whole-food protein bar made without protein powder. The bars contain no seed oils, no refined sugar and no so-called “natural flavors.” Instead, they’re crafted from real ingredients your body can recognize. Emily received a minor in entrepreneurship at Lehigh and always knew she wanted to follow in her dad’s entrepreneurial footsteps while channeling her passion for health and wellness. She was the student who spent hours in grocery aisles turning packages over, comparing ingredient labels and hunting for the newest clean snack option, such as chocolate sweetened with dates instead of refined sugar. After graduating from Lehigh’s business school, Emily worked in financial consulting, then transitioned to become a health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where she saw firsthand how hard it was to find truly clean protein options. Most bars were either low in protein but made with cleaner ingredients, or high in protein and ultra-processed with unpronounceable additives. The Forward Bar was her answer. There are four flavors: chocolate chip, mint chip, lemon coconut and vanilla chai, each delivering whole-food protein without the junk. Launched in September, The Forward Bar can be found on Instagram @theforwardbar and at theforwardbar.com. We wish Emily great success and can’t wait to try the bars! ’22 Clare Fonstein, clf222@alum. lehigh.edu Hi, Class of 2022 peers! My sincere apologies for missing the last two columns, though I will say it was encouraging to hear from some of you that it was missed. I’m excited to highlight one of our classmates, Giana Jarrah, in this edition. Giana founded her own company, With Meraki Co. (WMC), which creates products focused on vaginal health. Giana said she was inspired to start her own company by her personal experience with recurrent UTIs. As a biomedical engineer, she said she felt there had to be a better way to address the root causes. Giana went “all in” around June 2024, leaving her engineering job to run WMC full-time. At that point, the business had traction and secured early-stage funding. Giana said the company is growing and expanding its product line beyond probiotics, adding supplements to the lineup. Giana’s big-picture goal is to make WMC the trusted, research-driven brand for rootcause reproductive health and to keep breaking taboos around conversations in women’s health, she said. I am wishing Giana the best of luck as she tackles important topics in health! As always, please reach out if you have news you would like to share with your Class of 2022 peers. ’23 Declan Coster, declanmcoster@ gmail.com Hello, Class of 2023! I know you all have so much going on in your lives, so please reach out to me so I can include those updates in the next write-up. Specifically, I’d love to highlight personal events such as engagements, marriages, relocations and anything else you would like to share. Sending my best to everyone! This column will focus on a group of Sigma Phi Epsilon brothers. Kieran O’Connor and I both lived in Williams and quickly became friends and then radio show co-hosts. Kieran recently moved out to Wilmington, Del., with his fiancée, Ashley Lindsay. Since graduating, Kieran has been working as a data engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton. Over the past year, Kieran has been training for the 2025 Chicago Marathon, which he successfully completed in October. In his free time, Kieran tries to play as much music as he can while still making time to plan out his wedding. At some point during my time on South Mountain, Kieran introduced me to his Sig Ep brothers, Liam Fager and Thomas Petz. Liam moved back to Long Island to attend law school at Hofstra University, where he is now in his second year. Last summer, Liam worked at an immigration law firm that helps people apply for status and defend their removal cases. Most recently, Liam has been managing the local Sunday morning softball team that he started and trying to home in on an area of law to pursue for the long term. After graduating, Thomas moved out to Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, and started working for Elsevier, where he now works on their Osmosis app. During his time off, Thomas has been able to travel to Amsterdam, France and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. When he has some free time, Thomas takes rides on his road bike. ’24 Kyra Boston, kruthb11@ gmail.com Happy spring, Class of 2024! And just like that, we have successfully made it through another year of post-grad! As time passes and we continue growing in our personal and professional lives, it’s been such a joy seeing your updates roll in—new jobs, cities, adventures and milestones. I am truly grateful for this opportunity to continue sharing these moments and helping our class stay connected. Speaking of milestones, I’m excited to share one of my own: I got engaged this past September! Amid all the happy chaos and excitement, I experienced another fun surprise at work—
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