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husband live in Williamsburg , VA as he completes his Masters at William and Mary to become a counselor .
Grace Mayernick Hackett ’ 14 works for Love One International as Director of Engagement . She and husband Davey live in Franklin and had their first baby in July 2022 . He is a realtor with Village Real Estate . They love to travel and spend time with friends and family .
Jessie Omer ’ 14 graduated with a masters from Vanderbilt last May and is currently working at Nashville Counseling Associates as a mental health therapist . She loves her job and spends her free time traveling .
Olivia Poston ’ 14 is a Master of Design Studies candidate at Harvard ’ s Graduate School of Design , and is on track to graduate in May 2023 . She recently returned from a fellowship with the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid , Spain . The focus was the global energy crisis and the challenge of decarbonizing cities . From 2020 to 2021 , she was a visiting lecturer at the University of Tennessee , Knoxville as an architectural studio professor . This past summer , she was the Community Engagement and GIS Fellow with the Livable Streets Alliance in Cambridge , MA .
Shannon Ryan ’ 14 moved to Chicago , IL to start her career after graduating from Auburn University . After three years in software consulting at Oracle , she pivoted to Meta ( Facebook ) to work as a paid media strategist . She now lives in San Francisco , CA and is passionate about her career and travel .
2015
Carris Campbell ’ 15 is working at The Factory in Franklin as their resident historian using her background in the adaptive reuse of historic structures to help maintain The Factory ’ s defining features .
Samantha Mote Cottrell ’ 15 married husband Jack in May 2020 . They live in an apartment in Franklin with their dog . She started a business in 2019 , selling lightly used and new secondhand women ’ s clothing . They give a portion of sales to families in need in Sonora , Mexico . As of January 2022 , she is a vendor at Painted Tree Marketplace .
Rev . Micah Davis ’ 15 leads a community of high school students at Northview Church in Carmel , IN . He regularly speaks at churches , businesses , and conferences across the Midwest . Micah believes written and spoken words are a medium to elicit heart change and life transformation and has committed his life to using words for good . He is working on his first book to be published with Tyndale House Publishers . He lives in Indianapolis with wife Rylei and their Australian Kelpie , Leo . He enjoys playing basketball , hiking , and reading .
Emma Evans ’ 15 is a cardiac nurse in the LVAD / Heart Transplant Unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center . She is engaged to Michael Langreck and they plan to marry in September 2022 .
Ruth Fleenor Garner ’ 15 is a graphic designer for Dogwood Hill , an online stationery company . She owns her own business , Wildflower Paper Co ., where she designs wedding stationery .
Holly Hill ’ 15 graduated from The Hartt School . She lives in LA to pursue acting opportunities and has been tapped to direct her first musical this summer , You ’ re a Good Man Charlie Brown .
Kenzie Ross Nichols ’ 15 and Houston Nichols ’ 15 welcomed Lincoln Luke in September 2021 . Houston is entering his second year teaching economics and coaching football at CPA .
Anna Koonce ’ 15 lives in Nashville where she teaches third grade at Tusculum Elementary School .
2016
Josh Betts ’ 16 wrapped up a year of teaching in the upper school at CPA and began Vanderbilt ’ s Medical School in July . He and wife Olivia celebrated their second wedding anniversary .
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