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CLASS NOTES Chris Warren traveled with Steph Curry on the basketball superstar’s seven-day Under Armour tour of Asia, including stops in the Philippines, China, and Japan. Chris is an Under Armour employee and is part of the team that works to brand and market the Steph Curry name and line of apparel. He also works with other athletes such as Bryce Harper, Cam Newton, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Anthony Joshua. 2008 In January Robert Carter was promoted to partner at Hertzbach, an independent, full-service accounting firm. He joined the firm in 2007 and manages the Litigation, Forensic, and Valuation Department. His areas of expertise include business valuations, litigation consulting, forensic accounting, fraud investigation and exit planning. Jessica Hoffman Murphy is working at The Johns Hopkins Hospital as a Pediatric Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse Practitioner. 2010 Our condolences to Alix Sandler on the passing of her father, Dave, on March 14. 2012 Ronnie Lordi is making a name for himself in the world of stand-up comedy in New York City where he performs at clubs six or seven nights a week. For the past three years he has been producing and hosting “Live at the Barbershop,” an offbeat comedy club in the East Village. During the day it is a traditional site for a shave and haircut but is transformed into a small club for evening events. Ronnie usually performs a quick opening set before introducing five or six comics a night. Lynn Walters and Justin Roberts ’12 are engaged and planning a June 29, 2019 wedding. Kayla Wilson passed the Maryland bar exam after graduating from the Michigan State School of Law in May 2018, and was sworn in as an attorney on Dec. 12. 34 | VENTURES/SUMMER 2019 2013 Abbey Degitz and Adam Bosse ’12 are engaged and plan to be married on June 1, 2019. School of Education alumnae Kelsie Rites ’13, Sally Dawson ’18, Becca Jenkins ’18 and Megan Madigan ’18 returned to campus recently to meet with current senior interns to provide job interviewing practice and advice. Maura Kovalcik Winebrenner is the digital media specialist for the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland. She designed the graphics and content for an email marketing and social media campaign that earned an Award of Excellence from the Public Relations Society of America, Maryland Chapter. The campaign supported the 25th anniversary of the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program. 2014 Linda Goodman is the co-founder of ReaLifeSim, a small women-owned business that was named a 2018 Top 10 Healthcare Simulation Solution Provider by Healthcare Tech Outlook. The company’s products provide safe, repeated skills practice on a live person, allowing the learner to interact as they would in a real life situation, creating a “train the way you treat” learning experience. Morgan Leepa began a new job at the Community College of Baltimore County as Marketing Coordinator, Enrollment Communications. Previously she served as Acquisitions Creative Manager at NewMarket Group, an Agora company. Morgan is engaged to Brian Hushour ’14 and the couple is planning to marry on Nov. 9. Joseph Leif Lott is working as an MDS Coordinator in Seattle. MDS Coordinators, also known as nurse assessment coordinators, use results from the Minimum Data Set as a key tool in assessing the functional capabilities of residents of certified nursing facilities to formulate and implement individual care plans for residents. Ricky Ruszin has completed his second novel entitled Showtime, a suspense thriller available on inkshares.com. Dan Scotten is the Director of Museum Education at the National Electronics Museum in Linthicum, Md. He is also enrolled in the Master’s in Public History program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 2015 Chris Ambrose is a residential life professional at The Johns Hopkins University, and in November he was honored as the Outstanding New Student Affairs Professional of the Year. He is the President-Elect for the Maryland College Personnel Association, which brings together student affairs professionals from across the state. Andrew McGregor ’15 ’16M recently collaborated on an article published in the Journal of Forensic Science International: Synergy. The article was a result of his thesis work under Dr. David Rivers of Loyola University Maryland. Kathryn Merrick married longtime boyfriend Casey Jendras on Sept. 1, 2018. She also completed her doctorate of physical therapy degree at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and is now a practicing physical therapist at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. She has also served on alumni panels for Stevenson Future Scholars Day. In July 2018 Gail V. Tucker was appointed Executive Director of the Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors for the Maryland Department of Health. In addition to ensuring high quality standards and best practices in the death care industry for Maryland consumers, Gail is also in the final phase of writing a book. 2016 Safietou Monica Dao is a pharmacy technician at a CVS Pharmacy in Baltimore. She writes that she misses being at SU and wishes she could come back as a freshman.