70 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES personalized, two-way online interviews that feel just like talking to a real person who’s done their homework. We started signing up paying customers in April 2024, and we’re on track to achieve significant revenue by the end of the year! If you’re in talent acquisition and hiring for multiple positions, check out Talent Llama or connect with me directly on LinkedIn.” Congrats to Adam and best of luck! If you’re not receiving email updates from me a few times each year, please email me so I can add you to our list. We have a lot of missing emails or old emails that bounce back. ’07 Brian Roth, Lehighclassof2007@gmail.com Congratulations to Meghan DeSanto and Dan Norelli ’06, who welcomed their second child, Ella Rose, in February. Dede Ayite won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play for her work in “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding.” Congratulations, Dede! ’08 Olivier Lewis, olivier.lewis@alum.lehigh.edu This newsletter is short and sweet, focusing on the most recent happy events in the Class of 2008. In April 2024, Emily (Mason) Larkin’s first child, Bertie Van Dyke Larkin, was born. A month prior, Emily and the family celebrated the upcoming arrival of their girl with a baby shower. Many Lehigh friends attended: Megan Hess Haley, Katie Schwenk, Michaela (Cooney) Guariglia, Allison (Johnson) Shaw, Brittany Hamilton, Matthew Gingher and Dana Ryan Kelly. Andrew Kelsey announces the birth of his daughter, Scarlett. On the professional side of life, Katie (Freda) Noonan informs us that she recently joined J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Summit, N.J., as vice president and banker. Before this, Katie was with Goldman Sachs. In February 2024, Sarah Silverio was promoted to partner at Summit Trail Advisors. And in May 2024, Dr. Calvin John Smiley published “Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition” with Haymarket Books. The manuscript presents a “collection of illuminating interviews with leading abolitionist organizers and thinkers, reflecting on the uprisings of summer 2020, the rise of #defund, and the work ahead of bridging the divide between reform and abolition.” ’09 Bobby Buckheit, lehighclass2009@gmail.com Hello and thank you for the updates for the most recent edition of the class column. As usual, please send any future updates to LehighClass2009@ gmail.com! Congratulations to Corey Luthringer and Jordan Smith ’10, who welcomed a second baby boy, Rowan Grey, on November 8, 2023, joining big brother Callum. Gihan Jayasuriya shares that they graduated from family medicine residency and will begin practicing as a family medicine physician in Pittston, Pa. Allison Porman Swain and her spouse, John Swain, welcomed their daughter Esther on March 26, 2024. Allison also started as an assistant professor of chemistry at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where she will teach both general chemistry and biochemistry and perform research on the RNA modification N6-methyladenosine. In other academic news, Andrew Mastbaum was promoted to associate professor with tenure in the Rutgers University Department of P hysics and Astronomy. Finally, Garrett Smith was promoted to senior management in procurement at Boeing at the beginning of the year and, with wife Lauren Anderson-Smith ’09 ’10G and 3-yearold son Enzo, welcomed baby Lachlan to their family on July 11, 2024. ’10 Nick Anderson, Nick.Anderson@ alum.lehigh.edu Here are a few updates from your classmates: In baby news, in March 2024, Brooke Blythe and husband Max Herman ’11 welcomed their second child, Maxwell Dane Herman. Big sister Willow is already his biggest fan. Adriana (Brizuela) Gindlesperger welcomed her third baby, Esme Vivian Gindlesperger, in June. Clinton Botway and wife Jen (Ginsburg) Botway ’11 welcomed their daughter and future Lehigh alum, Elaine Juliette Botway, to the world in June. John Lalomio and wife Maggie welcomed a daughter, Lark Alice Lalomio, in April. She is the happy recipient of more fun and love from big brothers Niall (6) and Otis (2) than she can handle. Finally, Ivy Stepan and her husband welcomed their first child, Logan, in July. Congratulations to all these new members of the Lehigh family! In career news, Cali (Roth) Spota was recently named the practice management partner for the Intellectual Property Department at Fox Rothschild LLP—big congrats! As always, keep the updates coming! Stay safe, Nick ’11 Sri Rao, sridevi211@gmail.com Hello, Class of 2011! I hope everyone is thriving and finding joy in life. Here are a couple updates from classmates: Ross Parks and Ally (Furie) Parks welcomed their first child, baby girl Lily Aviva Parks, on November 28, 2023. Jacqui (Snyder) Maguire and husband Chris Maguire welcomed their second child, Noah Justin Maguire, in April 2024. Emilia Kubo Kirschenbaum and husband Ben Gitis welcomed baby Elliott Aki Gitis to the world and cannot wait to show him around Lehigh. Elysa (Lomangino) Raschiatore and Jason Raschiatore ’12 were married in September 2019 and had two kids: Emilia in November of 2020 and Leo in December of 2023. They moved to Nutley after living in Hoboken/NYC after graduation and renovated a 1920s home. They both have been working in the City since graduation. Elysa works for a developer and builder based in Harlem, and Jason works for an HVAC contractor based out of Brooklyn. Samantha Narins has just returned from an eight-month solo backpacking trip around six countries in South America, completing her second year of full-time travel. She completed the five-day W Trek in Chilean Patagonia, finished the four-day Inca Trail to Machu Pichu in Peru, visited the impressive Iguazu Falls in both Argentina and Brazil, and so much more, while simultaneously working part-time to build an international therapeutic and executive function coaching private practice online. She will continue traveling full-time, beginning again with summer in Europe, working up to a multi-country cycling trip to celebrate the 2024 Summer Olympics, fall in New Zealand to soak up some more worldclass mountain scenery, and festival season in South Africa to reconnect to her wild side. Sami is single and very happy living the minimalist, adventure-filled and value-driven lifestyle she’s always dreamed of! When not working or planning where to sleep and explore next, Sam inspires herself through reading, training, writing, connecting with fellow travelers, and appreciating the rainbow of culture and art around her. Congratulations on all the life updates, Class of 2011! If you still have not submitted an update in these 13 years, now is the time! We want to hear what you are doing, and all life updates are worthy. Please send me updates throughout the year at
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