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ALUMNI UPDATES
This is a new feature for the OS Newsletter. We asked our alumni to share some updates since
graduation and we got some great stories!
2004
Jeannette Gessler’s, formerly Jeannette
Dupure, husband founded a tech company
10 years ago, and along with their 1-year
old daughter they are “living the San
Francisco dream.”
2005
Jeff rey Kominsky married in 2015, has a
new 10-month old girl, and was recently
announced as partner of a national law
firm.
2006
Last year, two of our 2006 alumni, Rebecca
(Becky) Eisen and Gina Valo, were
asked by the OS Director to join our OS
Leadership Committee meeting! Since
then, we learned that Gina recently got
married. Becky celebrated a promotion
to Senior Customer Product Manager at
McCormick and Company, and gave birth
to her second child, Isaac Eliezer Kutcher.
2007
Daren Martin is a regional director for a
tech firm and was married a year and a
half ago. Lauren Moloney-Egnatios also
recently married and is working her dream
job at UC Berkeley’s International House as
a trainer/consultant/coach.
2008
Jenna Brubaker completed her Master’s
and received an Organizational and
Leadership Coaching Certification from
Northwestern University. She is now
working at YMCA of the US leading teams
whose focus is strengthening communities
through youth development, healthy
living and social responsibility. Bradley
Stulberg authored a book called PEAK
PERFORMANCE.
Congratulations
to
Patricia Theokas on getting married this
year! Rachel Welford joined American
Airlines as Director of Security and
Regulatory Aff airs.
2010 2015
In the last couple of years, Danielle Bulger,
formerly Danielle Wright, was married and
graduated from law school. Congratulations to Jenna Fiore who was
married this past June. Grace Gale will be
attending law school in the fall. Julia Kehoe
and Katie Larin both completed a year of
service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and
now live around the corner from one another
in Boston. Catherine Spevak just started a
new job as a Financial Operations Associate at
a hedge fund in the Bay Area.
2011
Mitchell Crispell received a Masters in City
Planning.
Caroline Rooney launched a
menswear and style company in the San
Francisco Bay area last year and was married
earlier this year. Juleah Szopo is PHR certified
and working in the energy field.
2012
Maor Cohen will be attending Columbia
Business school this coming fall. Jonathan
Hulting-Cohen co-hosted the 35th Annual
New England Saxophone Symposium this
past March and Cassandra Mills was recently
engaged.
2013
Joi Claiborne is a program specialist and
manager for the Skills for Success program
at KIPP Houston. Jack Duiven is working
for New Life Church and leads their summer
leadership program for students on Mackinac
Island. Michelle Rubinstein and Eric Stulberg
are back to school, with Michelle at Columbia
for an M.S. in Nutrition and Eric returning to
pursue a degree in the healthcare field aft er
spending a year in Spain.
2014
Eli Burstein was honorably discharged from
the Peace Corps aft er serving in Costa Rica.
Emily Leff erts, formerly Emily Zacek, was
married this past June and received the honor
of being named the Center for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE)’s District V
Vaughn Dann Development Newcomer Fellow.
Ashley Reid is back in Ann Arbor to complete
her Master’s in Health Services Administration
at the School of Public Health.
2016
Nathan Novaria is a member of the UM LSA
Dean’s Young Alumni Council and a host com-
mittee member for the Chicago Children’s
Museum’s Hide n’ Seek fundraising event. Aft er
graduation, Madison Romney traveled solo
for a month across Europe.
2017
Vivian Chiang just completed a 3-month
cultural immersion program in Israel-
Palestine, which had her living with 3 diff erent
host families from the 3 dominant faith
communities there (Muslim, Jewish, Christian)
and volunteering with local organizations.
Please continue
to send us your
updates throughout
the year! You can
send your updates
to org.studies@
umich.edu.
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