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CLASS NOTES
1985
Patricia Reinhardt
145 Plain Road
Wayland, MA 01778
preinhardt@comcast.net
Sidney Griffith Keith teaches earth
science in Jacksonville, Fla., for Duval
County Public Schools. She lives in
St. Augustine, Fla., with her husband,
Mark. He travels the state educating
parents, teachers, and school districts
on how to help children – especially
those with sensory impairments –
receive services under IDEA. Their
son, Ian, is in 10th grade, is working on
his Eagle Scout project, and is active in
church, track, and typical 16-year-old
activities. Sidney’s father and her
mother, Jolene Moyer Griffith ’57,
relocated to Jacksonville nearly two
years ago.
Patrick Tormey and Cheryl Fare
live in Ashland, Va. Patrick works in
software development, and Cheryl
continues the work she began at UMW
in performing arts. The greatest joys in
their 20-plus years of marriage come
from their children – Denise and James.
1986
Lisa A. Harvey
88 Highwood Drive
Franklin, MA 02083
lisharvey@msn.com
1987
René Thomas-Rizzo
13608 Nubian Court
Herndon, VA 20171
Rene.Thomas-Rizzo@navy.mil
1988
Amy Bachman Keller
295 Schoolhouse Road
Pottstown, PA 19465
randakeller@aol.com
Lisa Boyd Nesbit
lisabnesbit@comcast.net
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Cheryl Woody Danielson
370 Madeline Drive
St. Leonard, MD 20685
cheryl.danielson@earthlink.net
1990
Shannon Reynolds Torbett
13330 Thornhill Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63131
shannon.torbett@gmail.com
1991
Shannon Eadie Niemeyer
36 Scotland Circle
Stafford, VA 22554
sfniemeyer@comcast.net
Greetings, fellow 1991 grads! I am happy
to say that I have heard from quite a
few of our classmates over the past few
months. I have enjoyed receiving your
updates. Please keep them coming! I
hope to hear from many more of you in
the future.
Frank and I
still live in Stafford,
Va., and have been
keeping busy with our
8-year-old son, Jake,
and his activities. Frank
coaches Jake’s soccer
and baseball teams,
is a den leader for his
Cub Scout troop, and
commutes to Northrop Grumman in
Washington, D.C. I volunteer at Jake’s
school and work on a few projects for the
Newspapers in Education department of
The Free Lance-Star. We still see fellow
1991 grads and Stafford residents Dana
Scarponi Petto; Todd Spangler; Todd’s
wife, Nicole Franchois Spangler ’92;
and Mark Mesterhazy on a regular basis.
Dana and husband Joe have three kids:
Sam, 11, Rachel, 8, and Molly, 5. Todd
and Nicole also have three children:
Emily, 10, Madison, 7, and Andrew, 3.
Mark and wife Kim have a 2-year-old
daughter, Morgan. In February, we saw
George Asiello, his wife, Beth, and their
2-year-old daughter, Rylee.
Gina Haney lives with her husband,
Glenn, and daughters, Ella, 3, and
Matilda, 2 months, in Charlottesville,
Va. She is a consultant for economic
development initiatives involving
cultural resources.
Cheryl Dyer Klassa and husband
John have been married for 15 years.
They live in Cary, N.C., and have three
children: Katie, 13, Hannah, 10, and
Matthew, 7. Cheryl home-schools them
and is active in several church ministries
– Sunday school supervisor, pastoral care
coordinator, and prayer team member.
Cheryl also coaches her daughters’
soccer team and ran her first marathon
at Disney World in January of 2007.
Stephanie Myers Michalowicz
runs her own coaching business,
ABCoaching, in the Richmond area. She
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focuses on helping families, kids, teens,
and parents reach their personal, social,
and academic goals. She describes the
business as being similar to counseling.
Lizzy Freeman Stell and husband
John welcomed their new little girl,
Avery Caroline, last summer. Madison,
5, loves having a baby sister. After
working for more than 15 years, Lizzy
left her job to stay at home with her
children. In addition, she works parttime
from home for Arlington Travel
Soccer Club.
Yvette Herbert Hayes and husband
Paul are doing well as they continue in
their careers at Bank of America. Paul
recently launched P@H Photography
and has really been enjoying
photographing all sorts of events,
from weddings to portraits to political
debates. Yvette had the pleasure of
mentoring high-potential managers who
participated in the WOMEN Unlimited
Inc. TEAM Program, which is dedicated
to developing women leaders. Last year,
Yvette and Paul celebrated their 13th
wedding anniversary in Myrtle Beach,
where they enjoyed a family reunion
with Paul’s family. They also took a trip
to the Caribbean in November.
Michael Tao ’92 and wife
Valerie celebrated their 10-year
anniversary at Sandals in St.
Lucia, where they went scuba
diving and explored the rain forest.
Leanne Driscoll Carico works
as a clinical system IT manager in her
hometown of Roanoke, Va. She and her
husband have two daughters, three dogs,
two cats, a horse, a donkey, and a goat.
Leanne says that she misses and fondly
remembers the gang from Randolph
dorm from 1987 to 1988.
Susan DeBruhl Crites and husband
Jeff, married for 13 years, live in
Warrenton, Va. Her most recent news is
that her first children’s book, I Love You
More Than Rainbows, for ages 3 to 10,
has been published and was due on store
bookshelves in January. She hopes this is
the first of many books to be published.
Lisa George Blanchard lives in
Manassas, Va., with husband Mark and
their three boys, Collin, Garrett, and
Evan. She works full time as a business
analyst for the Department of Energy’s
Office of Aviation Management. When
they’re not working, Lisa and her
family spend most of their time at their
lake house in Louisa, Va. Lisa and her
husband also enjoy watching the boys
play sports.
Nicole LaPorte Parker has
lived in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of
Cincinnati, since May of 2003. She is
a stay-at-home mother to son Chase
and daughter Emma, who are 2 years
old. Nicole’s husband, Carl, who works
for a Canadian company, recently got a
promotion, and they planned to move to
Toronto this summer. Nicole and family
visited her parents in Fairfax, Va., last fall
and enjoyed getting together with fellow
graduates Laurie Johnson Chidlow,
Karen Clegg Blocker, and Amy Rose
LaPierre and their children.
Brian Basil is in his 13th year
as a high school math teacher on
Long Island, N.Y. His wife, Lisa,
teaches special education in the same
school. They have three children: Ryan,
4, Anna, 3, and new daughter Isabel, 6
months. Brian stays in touch with Mick
Philp, Tas Philp, Mike Lysaght, Patrick
Dunne ’93, and Joseph King ’92.
Stan Gallagher-Smith and
family live in Elm City, N.C. Stan and
wife Kellie are both clergy. Stan has
served at Elm City United Methodist
Church for the past five years. Kellie
is the associate pastor at Bailey United
Methodist Church, which is in another
nearby small town. Their oldest child,
Dottie, is 10. Her little brother, Wilson,
is 8. Their newest family hobby is
camping. Stan’s newest personal hobby
is motorcycling. He bought an 800cc
Suzuki Boulevard cruiser last July and
can’t get enough of it.
Megan Donnelly Cyr lives in
Arlington and has been a dental
hygienist for Fairlington Dental for
more than 12 years. She works part
time, so she can spend more time with
her daughter, Maggie, who is 2. Megan
is involved in several Irish-American
organizations in the Washington, D.C.,
area and is also the treasurer of the D.C.
St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Laura Hilton English has been
in the Seattle area for the past two
years with husband Ed and children
Devin, 8, and Nolan, 6. Ed works at
Microsoft, and Laura has been busy
being a mom and running a side
photography business. Laura and her
family have been enjoying hiking,
camping, and exploring Seattle. Laura
earned her master’s degree in industrial/
organizational psychology and worked
in several consultancies through the
years before having kids. She has
lived in many different places since
graduation, including London, San
Francisco, Raleigh, and Charlotte. She
keeps in touch with several friends from
her Caroline Street house, including
Amy Goulstone Gronlund, Elizabeth
Greene, Julia Booth Burkett, Liz
Baumgarten Heagy, Andria Kushan,
and Lizzy Freeman Stell.
Julie Booth Burkett has lived
in Roanoke, Va., for about two years,
having previously lived in Raleigh
and Richmond. Julie has worked as
a paralegal off and on for the last 10
years. Husband Matt’s latest business
venture is a retail shop in Roanoke
called Chocolatepaper, which
specializes in gourmet chocolates
and fun paper goods. Julie’s daughter,
Olivia, is 4.