Class of 1994

Madelyn Postman writes: “My story collection, Staring into the Sun: Stories from a Chinese American Family 1895–2015, will be published in May 2026 by Ten16 Press. It links memoir and narrative nonfiction about my family.”

Andrew Shelden writes: “It’s been 20+ years since I’ve submitted a class note. Since then I’ve gotten married, moved back to near my home town in Vermont, celebrated 25 years of marriage to my wife, Marcy (UVM ’95), and raised a son, Ethan (SDSU ’24), to at least adulthood, if not yet independence. I’ve stayed in touch with my roommates Eric Humke and David Bowsher ’95, with whom I get together almost every year for a weekend of  fun, reminiscing, and acting like we’re still living in Young O 30 years ago. I also have been a board member of our regional alumni club, the Brown Club of the Upper Valley (NH/VT), where Barbara Smith Langworthy ’63, Sara Lightner ’98, Lys Ray ’92, ’93 MAT, Todd Taska ’81 and I attempt to cajole area alumni to various events with highly suspect success rates. With all of that, my best alumni moments have been reconnecting with former Brown Ultimate players. I reunited with many beginning in 2022 at USA Ultimate College Nationals in Milwaukee with a crowd led by David Stevenson ’96 cheering on the ’22 Brownian Motion men’s team to a second-place finish. I returned again in ’23 with a smaller group to Cincinnati (Austin Lear ’97, Ben Saper ’07, and Ben Galeota-Sprung ’05) and most recently to Madison, Wisconsin in ’24 with fellow 30-year reunion classmate Jeff Albenberg and another 30 alumni to cheer on BMo to their fourth national championship win. On the heels of that fantastic experience, David Stevenson, John Toupin ’85, Kyle Weisbrod ’02 and I  organized an amazing celebration of 50 years of Brown Ultimate, which just wrapped up over Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend with over 250 participants filling Sayles Hall with absolutely fantastic energy.” Contact Andrew at [email protected].  

Marco Fernandez writes: “I never set out to become an advocate, but years in medicine showed me how corporate consolidation was changing the profession I loved. As an anesthesiologist, I watched decisions drift farther from the bedside—shaped less by physicians and more by shareholders. That experience led me to help found the Association for Independent Medicine (AIM), where I now serve as president. AIM brings together physicians, policymakers, and economists to confront the forces undermining patient-centered care and to champion transparency, accountability, and professional autonomy. From national panels to the American Economic Liberties Project’s Anti-Monopoly Summit in Washington, D.C., we have become a leading voice for independent, physician-led medicine. Our mission is simple but urgent: to restore balance in healthcare and return medicine to those who practice it.”

Jen Corn writes: “In addition to my new role as an elected school board director in Berkeley, California, and my work as director of school improvement for Oakland Public Schools, I have been volunteering with Stand Strong Brown because I’m furious about Brown’s recent agreement with the Trump administration. We aim to keep the pressure on Brown to mitigate the harms in its recent deal. I’m particularly focused on protecting transgender students and the free speech of students and faculty. You can join us at standstrongbrown.org or find us on IG or FB. Oh, and I’ll be at reunion this May, even though it’s not our year, because my daughter will be graduating! Will anyone else from the class of ’94 be around?” Contact Jen at [email protected].

Eli Motycka writes: “An old saying advises that the best time to plant a tree was yesterday—and just like the Main Green’s mighty canopy, Brown’s Ultimate Frisbee program showed off its extensive network of branches on College Hill in October after five decades of care and nourishment. More than 250 alums poured in from all corners of the globe to mark the program’s 50th year, meet current players and relive their playing days over the long Indigenous Peoples’ Day weekend. Since its founding in 1975, the Brown Ultimate program has spawned five teams consisting of men’s squads Brownian Motion, Polyester Funkadelic and Mothership, as well as the women’s and gender expansive teams Shiver (founded as Disco Inferno) and Cosmic Rays  within the University’s club sports department. Six players have won the college MVP recognition, called the Callahan Award, and Brownian Motion has taken home four national championships, most recently in 2024. This year’s golden anniversary included various social gatherings, an all-alum game at Brown Stadium on Saturday, and a Saturday evening banquet, where a packed Sayles Hall heard from founding team members Ron Kaufman ’78 (who addressed the gathering via video message from Singapore), Jacques Lord ’79, Peter Norvig ’78, and Alan Winson ’75. Josh Ziperstein ’05, one of Brown’s four Ultimate Hall of Fame inductees alongside Ron Kaufman, Billy Rodriguez ’85, Fortunat Mueller ’99, ’00 ScM, and Katie Yezzi ’94, ’94 MAT, spoke about Brown’s different ultimate chapters through the years. Equal parts reunion and celebration, the weekend was blessed with perfect Providence weather and lasting inter-generational connections.”

Diane Johnson Grant and Joseph Grant ’95 eloped in July 2024 and had a church wedding in Manning Chapel on Feb. 7, 2025. There were several Brown alums in attendance including Brown Corporation members Joelle Murchison ’95 and Kwame Campbell ’92, and Brown’s VP for Campus Life Patricia Poitevien-LeBlanc ’98 MD. Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson was the officiant.

Jon Cole and Greg Fritz have been fly-fishing and/or bird hunting together for more than 50 years and are still at it, sometimes with decent success as documented in the photo taken on the Missouri River in MT last summer. Meredith Cole Shaughnessy ’94 and Mark Shaughnessy ’94 rounded out that trip. In March, they had a memorable dinner in Palm Beach that also included Bob Clark and their respective spouses: Pat Cole, Nancy Fritz, and Toni Allen.

Jody Buckley Keating writes that some Brown women’s basketball teammates reunited in Iceland in October, including Jen Shaw Finch, Ellen Lenihan Fleherty ’96, Jenn DeLucia Garofolo ’95, Michelle Pagliaro Haywood, Martina Jerant ’95, and Carol Ryan Livingood ’93

Akiko Ichikawa presented five iterations of her performance Limited, Limited Edition in Harlem and Woodside, Queens, for NYC Summer Streets, Flushing, and the South Bronx funded by Korea Art Forum, a NYC-based art nonprofit. She received a Puffin Foundation grant to further her ongoing piece, Sometimes They Listen. Akiko attended the 30th class reunion and was thrilled to catch up with Jessica Arons, Class President Haru Okuda and his wife Hemie, Jen Corn, and Matt Zaklad. Akiko writes: “I was dismayed when the corporation of my beloved alma mater chose not to divest from Israel in October.” Akiko works four days a week as a case manager at Cypress Hills, Brooklyn’s men’s shelter for an organization overseen by NYC’s Department of Homeless Services.

Mark Joseph writes: “This past May I attended the graduation of my granddaughter Sylvie Weiman ’24. Her mother—my daughter, Cara Weiman ’92—graduated from Brown as did her husband, Bob Weiman ’91. My younger daughter, Kippy Joseph ’94, attended this wonderful University as did Bob Weiman’s sister, Pam Thiessen ’90. Their stepfather, David Good ’52, also matriculated at Brown. Now my grandson, Theodore Weiman ’28, is a freshman. Blessed by Brown, I graduated a long time ago.”

Roku announced the original series Tracee Travels, helmed by award-winning actress and Pattern CEO and founder Tracee Ellis Ross ’94 and due to debut on its channel in 2025. “A champion of solo travel, Tracee invites viewers on her journey as she meticulously, laboriously, and sometimes ridiculously prepares for and travels solo to spectacular locations,” says Roku’s press release. “Tracee charts her own path as she explores the intersection of beauty, fashion, design, food, and culture at each stop.” 

Greg Retsinas has been named president and general manager at KGW, the NBC affiliate serving the Portland area and southwest Washington, effective June 3. He will be responsible for the station’s operations across all platforms, as well as community outreach efforts and driving results for advertisers.

Jessica Strom Rutherford writes: “Earlier this year, I joined Meister Seelig & Fein as a partner in the Intellectual Property and Commercial Litigation Groups. I continue to work with creatives and entrepreneurs to protect and enforce their intellectual property rights. My husband Jason (Grinnell ’93), our girls Melanie (Northeastern ’26) and Nina (American ’28), and I still live in Wilton, Connecticut. We visited my mother Jane Golin Strom ’67 in Tampa, Florida.” Contact Jessica at [email protected].

Marc Kolb writes: “Life has certainly been interesting over the past 16 months in Northfield, Vermont. After 28 years of being a college football coach, I decided it was time to hang up the whistle and became the director of athletic communications at Norwich University. A year later, I took on the combined role of director of campus and athletic communications. My wife Lisa continues to do great work with Vermont Emergency Management as a hazard mitigation grants manager, especially considering the flooding Vermont has sustained over the past year. As we reflect on the whirlwind of recent or upcoming activity, including our youngest son earning valedictorian at his high school graduation last May, our daughter and oldest son both graduating from Norwich, and two weddings (December 2023 and April 2024), we appreciate the journey.” Contact Marc at [email protected]. 

Jason Perkel and Lindsey Fyfe Perkel were married Feb. 24. Jason writes: “An amazing group of Brown alumni, along with family and other friends, made the trek to the Litchfield Hills in Connecticut to help celebrate a beautiful winter weekend. Those in attendance included Matthew Crowe ’94, David Gordon, Mark Marinello ’91, Quinn Moore, Joshua Perkel ’96, Jon Richter ’94, Karen Richter ’94, Jeremy Rothfleisch, Christopher Starr ’93, J. Doyle Walton, and David Westreich.” Contact Jason at [email protected]. 

PR Newswire reported that Douglas Mitchell ’94 has been appointed chief growth officer—a new position—at Polyconcept North America, a provider of promotional products. Most recently, he served as vice president of performance marketing for the online retailer Chewy; he was also general manager of supplier advertising and retail media at Wayfair.

Katie Silberman writes: “After nearly a decade in Brown’s Office of Government & Community Relations, I am thrilled to join the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) as director of strategic operations. I encourage classmates in town for our 30th reunion to stop by IBES’s office at 85 Waterman Street, say hi, and enjoy the greenhouse and lovely Maya Lin fountain. Outside of work, I’m a busy soccer mom to two teenage boys and enjoying the charms of life in Little Rhody.” 

Harold Demopulos celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends at the Rhode Island Veterans Home. Brown alumni in attendance included George Petropoulos ’50, Amelia Demopulos ’90 and Abigail Demopulos ’94.  Harold maintained season tickets near the 50 yard line to Brown football games for decades until age impeded his attendance. 

Matt Meyer announces his candidacy for the Delaware gubernatorial election in 2024. He previously served as the county executive for the largest county in Delaware, has served as a diplomat in Iraq, created a community-based enterprise in Africa, and started two small businesses. 

Doug Greco writes: “After graduating from Brown I taught in an inner-city high school in Austin, Texas, for five years, and for the past 20 years I have been a grassroots community organizer in Texas and California. I also hold a master’s in public policy from Princeton and a master’s in professional writing from USC. My book To Find A Killer—The Homophobic Murders of Norma and Maria Hurtado and the LGBT Rights Movement was released by Gaudium Publishing/Histria Books. The book starts with a retelling of the tragic 2011 murder of a former student I taught in high school, along with her mother. This was among the record 27 anti-LGBT murders nationwide that year. Using this tragedy as a lens into the intersectional nature of the challenges that members of the LGBTQ community face, the book outlines pragmatic organizing strategies and public policies to prevent these types of hate crimes from happening again.” 

Suzanne Y. Kao writes, “I moved to Australia and am settling into a new life here in the Gold Coast with my new Australian husband and new family. I would love to connect with alums in Queensland. Please reach me at [email protected].”

Alissa Quart’s book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, was published on March 14 with Ecco.

Tamara Gould started a new job as chief content officer at Public Media Group of Southern California, which encompasses KCET, PBS SoCal and LinkTV. She is married to Alex Thier ’92 and they have two children.

Nicole Barrick writes: “I graduated with a double major in visual art and American civilization. In March of 2022, my partner and I opened a restaurant in Philadelphia. He was previously a chef and I am an artist/more front of the house. I painted several large murals in the restaurant and was integral in the design and vibe. The restaurant is called Wilder, check it out www.wilderphilly.com.”

Gregory Smithsimon, a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate College of Brooklyn College, published his third book, Liberty Road: Black Middle-Class Suburbs and the Battle Between Civil Rights and Neoliberalism.

Licity Patterson Collins writes: “I am excited to announce a new release of spoken word stories scored by several solo musicians to make a strange and beautiful dialogue of word and sound. The Flower in the Mirror was Dead is out and can be heard on my website, LicityCollins.com, and on all streaming services. The collection is an inquiry into grief, love, loss, longing, frustration and neglect, sorrow and misunderstanding. There is no false hope. It is deep with honesty, beauty, and discovery. It has sounds that range from bassoon to violin to electric guitar. Sounds from classical to jazz to punk rock. Musicians ranging from Washington, D.C., to California, to Paris, France. This work is special. It will have an important meaning to those who connect with it. I am looking forward to people telling me what their experience is with it.”

Eleana Kim published Making Peace with Nature with Duke University Press in July. Eleana is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging, also published by Duke. Her new book shows how a closer examination of the Demilitarized Zone area in South Korea reveals that the area’s biodiversity is inseparable from scientific practices and geopolitical, capitalist, and ecological dynamics.

Rachel Harper’s third novel, The Other Mother, named a Time Best Book of the Month, was published by Counterpoint Press in May. Much of the story takes place on the Brown campus and follows three generations of a Black family and their unique relationship to the University.

Carlos Lejnieks writes that there was a great Brown attendance at the late Vartan Gregorian’s memorial service in New York City in April. In addition to Carlos, several current and past corporation members attended, including Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, Harold Bailey Jr. ’70, Angelique G. Brunner ’94, Thomas G. Catena ’86, Ron Margolin, Russell E. Marlborough ’98, W. Lynn McKinney, Joelle A. Murchison ’95, Alice M. Tisch, and Thomas J. Tisch ’76.

Caty Burgess and Anna Joy Springer ’02 MFA were married in Las Vegas on April 3 in a surprise ceremony best described (in the words of the immortal Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick) as “kinda subversive, kinda hegemonic.” The couple splits their time between Los Angeles (where Caty is a television exec) and San Diego (where Anna Joy is an associate professor of creative writing at UCSD).

Yale News reported that Jennifer Richeson ’94, the Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed by the Biden Administration to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The panel advises the president and the White House on issues related to science, technology, education, and innovation policy. Jennifer was one of 30 leaders in science and technology to be named to the council. She is director of the Social Perception and Communications Lab at Yale and the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship.

Meredith Persily Lamel coauthored Six Paths to Leadership: Lessons from Successful Executives, Politicians, Entrepreneurs, and More with Palgrave Macmillan. She is CEO of Aspire@Work, an executive coaching and leadership development firm in Bethesda, Md. She also teaches leadership for American University’s Key Leadership Programs.

Akiko Ichikawa writes: “I was included in this year’s ‘Art in Odd Places,’ a weekend of performances in Manhattan. I performed Konnichiwa Shiba Inu, a work that employed Japanese animism to address Asian/immigrant alienation. I identified New Yorkers walking the breed and engaged with their pets in Japanese. I also read and tore pages from Ivanka Trump’s books and handed them to dog owners and walkers to use to collect their pets’ excrement in a ritual cleansing of the U.S. streets from an ex-president’s legacy and the possibility of his issue ever garnering the job. I was quoted in AMNY.com about the work. I also received a Cultural Solidarity Fund grant in June, administered by the Indie Theater Fund in New York City.”

Abby Rosin McCreath writes: “When I graduated from Brown my passion was preventing domestic abuse, gang involvement, pimping, depression, and other women’s issues. I started Groove With Me in 1996, a free dance school and youth development organization. Amazingly, it is celebrating 25 years in June.”

Isheeta Ganguly writes: “One of my Mumbai-born theatrical productions (Shakuntala Awaits) has just gone off-Broadway in New York City, which has been covered by a number of prestigious publications in India. The HERE theatre in New York City ran the play virtually until April 3. My two brilliant and widely known actors, Purva Bedi and Samrat Chakrabarty, both Hollywood and theatrical talents, showcased in diasporic American mainstream shows and films, give the show its power. I have rewritten the play to include a COVID thread in one of the lead character’s narratives and audiences in New York City thus far have found that very moving. The piece is a dram-com love story set within the backdrop of love and loss all too present for all of us in varied shades amidst this pandemic.”

At press time, these alums were appointed or awaiting appointment to the Biden administration: Jennifer Daskal ’94, deputy general counsel (cyber & technology), Department of Homeland Security; Elisabeth Donahue ’86, chief of staff, Council of Economic Advisers;  Marc Etkind ’87, associate administrator for communications, NASA; Ruby Goldberg ’17, special assistant, Office of Land and Emergency Management,  Environmental Protection Agency; Suzanne Goldberg ’85, deputy assistant secretary for strategic operation, U.S. Dept. of Education ; Roberta Jacobson ’82, coordinator, U.S. Southern Border, National Security Council; Jennifer Klein ’87, cochair, White House Gender Policy Council; Daniel Kohl ’87, director of government relations, AmeriCorps; Letise Houser LaFeir ’00, senior advisor, NOAA, U.S. Dept. of Commerce ; Emma Leheny ’92, principal deputy general council, U.S. Dept. of Education; Suzan Davidson LeVine ’93, interim political head, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Dept. of Labor; Sean Manning ’18, press assistant, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Commerce ; Ben Miller ’07, senior advisor to the chief of staff, U.S. Dept. of Education; Melanie Nakagawa ’02, senior director, climate and energy, National Security Council; Victoria Nuland ’83, undersecretary of state for political affairs, State Dept.; Daniel Parnes ’10, special assistant to the ASD for energy environment & installations, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Tanya Sehgal ’06, special advisor and senior counsel,  U.S. Dept. of Personnel Management; Stefanie Tompkins ’93 ScM, ’97 PhD, director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Christina Tsafoulias ’04, supervisory congressional liaison specialist, Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs, USAID; Janet Yellen ’67, Secretary of the Treasury; Todd Zabatkin ’10 MPP,  deputy director for research (White House Communications Dept.) ; and Maria Zuber ’83 ScM, ’86 PhD, cochair, President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Mark Marino published Critical Code Studies with MIT Press. The book lays a foundation for a field of study that invites people to use the critical methods of the humanities to interpret computer source code, an idea that Marino first proposed in 2006. He credits his course in hypertext theory with George Landow as an undergrad for inspiring him to see the links between the lessons of the humanities and the domain of computers. The book won the N. Katherine Hayles Prize for Criticism of Electronic Literature. 

Dr. Peter Lee ’94, ’05 MD, ’15 PhD, the new cardiothoracic surgeon at Southcoast Health and assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Brown, is the recipient of the Grand-Cross of the Royal Equestrian and Military Order of Saint Michael of the Wing—the highest award bestowed by the Portuguese Roman Catholic dynastic order. He is also a flight surgeon with the U.S. Air Force and cofounder and chief medical officer for the innovative medical device company STARK Industries, LLC. He conducted three experiments that were sent to the International Space Station as reported in the Herald News.

Lisa Levenstein published They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties in July with Basic Books. 

Heather Seal Breslin (see Susan Seal ’66). 

After serving for 15 years on the faculty at the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Shira Epstein will become the first female dean of the school. Shira writes: “I’m in my 25th year as a New York City dweller and have lived for the past decade with my son in Harlem.”

KGW, the NBC-affiliated television station in Portland, Oregon, announced that Greg Retsinas has been named news director, effective May 31, 2019. Greg had been regional digital director at TEGNA, which owns local broadcast stations around the country. In that role, he managed digital strategy for stations in the Western U.S., including KGW.

Licity Collins writes: “I am so excited to announce the release of my live album LOVE COURAGE YES, recorded at Ojai’s Underground Exchange. The release was featured on NPR’s Here & Now in a fun 10-minute interview with Lisa Mullins, which meant I got to actually interact with one of my favorite NPR voices. The album is full of rocking band sounds, as well as touching acoustic moments and personal spoken word readings. The Reply was written about a Brown friend I fell in love with long ago, and then again not-so-long ago. It’s wonderful to share the music and stories. Videos from the LOVE COURAGE YES show are up on YouTube and the album is available everywhere and on licitycollins.com.”

Andrew Hoppin is living between Brooklyn, N.Y., and Portland, Ore., building CoverUS, a new startup helping fill financial gaps in healthcare. He’s also spending ample time in Wellington, New Zealand, as an Edmund Hillary Fellow mentoring impact entrepreneurs.

Suzanne Immerman Hajjar-Nejad and her husband, Mehdi, opened www.HafezRugGallery.com, a Persian and modern rug company specializing in high quality, handmade rugs from throughout the Middle East and Asia. Suzanne writes: “Personalized service and unbeatable prices are our hallmark. Special discounts for Brown alumni.”

Nicole R. Clement joined the faculty of Roger Williams School of Law in January as an adjunct professor teaching housing law and policy.

Jennifer Reid writes that she enjoys expanding the worldviews and sociolinguistic skills of middle-school students by teaching them to speak French. Her specialty is transforming shy seventh-graders into gabby eighth-graders by embracing the awkwardness and silliness inherent in learning to talk like a toddler when you’re 12. Jen writes: “My husband, Luis Andrade (Columbia ’90), and our seven-year-old daughter and I moved from Oakland to the suburban wilds of Lafayette, Calif., and are still searching for decent pizza and Mexican food. We went on a holiday lunchtime adventure with Amy Jervis, Raymond Ku ’92, Charlene Ku ’94, and Tim Smith ’93, and frequently see Triane Chang, Rachel Leventhal, and Kitty Vieth ’93.” 

Darcy Leach writes: “After getting a PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2006 and teaching in the sociology department at Boston College from 2006 to 2009, I began a tenure track as assistant professor at Bradley University in 2009 and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2015. I was recently elected chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Social Work.”
 

Tom Atwood’s second photography book, Kings & Queens in Their Castles, won first place in the book category of the International Photography Awards, as well as an award at the Lucie Awards.

Class of 1994 Leaders & 25th Anniversary Reunion Committee report: “We are putting the finishing touches on our 25th reunion, which is right around the corner. We hope you have all made your plans and booked your lodging, but if not, it isn’t too late. For information, please go to: https://brunonia.brown.edu/alumni/events/info/travel-and-housing. The more of us who come back to College Hill, the more exciting and memorable the weekend will be. We can’t wait to get back to campus to see you all.”

November saw Tracee Ellis Ross ’94 on the cover of InStyle Magazine’s “Best Dressed” issue and moderating an “intimate discussion” at the LA Forum with former First Lady Michelle Obama. The event was a stop on the book tour for Obama’s recently published autobiography, Becoming.  

Leni Zumas ’94’s third book, Red Clocks (Little, Brown), was a New York Times Editors’ Choice and a Time magazine “Best Novels of 2018 So Far” selection. Her website is lenizumas.com.

Class co–vice president of communications, Kehli Harding Woodruff ’94, reports: “Please save the date for our 25th reunion May 24–26, 2019. Brown has always been a very special place and as each year passes we realize how rare it is to share so many common values as we do with friends and classmates from our alma mater. Return to campus to celebrate 25 years since we walked out of the Van Wickle gates and joined the great procession of those who went before us. We hope to see you there!” 

Greg Smithsimon writes: “My most recent book, Cause… And How It Doesn’t Always Equal Effect, was published by Melville House Press. I draw on my own field of sociology and other parts of the social sciences to offer unexpected answers to pressing questions; What works in the fight against terrorism? Why did the pregnancy crisis end? And was Ronald Reagan bad for your health?” This is his third book.

Randolph Eddy coauthored Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes, with Richard Clarke, published by HarperCollins.

Karen Loggia (see Elizabeth Glass Loggia ’65).

Licity Collins announces the release of her debut album, One Girl Town. Licity writes: “Deeply rooted in folk foundations overlaid with classic rock bravado, the album is intimate yet rocks. The record was a journey in the making, with the final remixing happening while evacuating to three different locations during the Thomas Fire in California. It all came together with the help of tremendous musicians who play with titans of folk and rock. Layered with raw vocal and candid lyrics, One Girl Town is a vivid, heart-wrenching adventure with a vintage vibe. Listen at licitycollins.com.”

Elizabeth Glass Loggia writes that she enjoyed a triple celebration last summer with her entire family, including daughter Karen Loggia ’94. The celebrations consisted of her 50th wedding anniversary, husband Tom’s 80th birthday, and her retirement from law practice.

According to CNN, when Tracee Ellis Ross ’94 won the NAACP Image Award’s Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series award in January for black-ish, she wasn’t the only alumna to stand out. The ceremony opened with a moment of support for #TimesUp, at which Ross and Angela Robinson ’92, writer and director of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, urged people to vote in this year’s midterm elections.

Matthew A. Carvalho ’94, of Seattle; May 1. After Brown, he earned his law degree from Columbia Law School. He spent the first two years of his legal career in Washington, D.C., as a law associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. In 1999, he moved back to Seattle and following his U.S. District Court clerkship, was an attorney at Heller Ehrman, Yarmuth LLP, Calfo Eakes, and Morgan Lewis, during which time he was repeatedly recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in Washington Law & Politics magazine. He started his own firm in 2023. He was passionate about the arts, serving on the board of  trustees for the Henry Art Gallery, and was a past board member of Richard Hugo House. He is survived by his parents, two brothers and sisters-in-law, a niece, and three nephews. 

Milica G. Kastner ’94, of London, U.K.; Mar. 14, of colon cancer and uterine sarcoma. The daughter of the late Hollywood producer Elliott Kastner and interior designer Tessa Kennedy, she was an actress and producer best known for The Dark Backward, Yesterday’s Hero, and Papadopoulos & Sons. She wrote about her terminal cancer battle in a Tatler magazine article, where she wrote she was “choosing not to be a victim.” Her brothers posted tributes online about her capacity to care for others over herself, how she always looked for the good in people and made them her friends, and of her infectious laugh. She is survived by Alex Corcoran; a daughter, a son; and four brothers, including Dillon Kastner ’92.  

Paul C. Bozzuto ’94, of Alpharetta, Ga.; Jan. 28. He was employed at KeyBank in Cleveland, Ohio, then joined Franklin Templeton in California before working for the Federal Reserve in Virginia. In 2006, he moved to Alpharetta to be the leader of Invesco’s Continuous Improvement Division. A former member of Brown’s baseball team, he played, coached, and umpired baseball games, as well as coaching youth basketball. He is survived by his wife, Megan; three sons; two brothers; and numerous family members. 

Michael J. Poorman ’94, of Scottsdale, Ariz.; Jan. 17, after a year-long battle with acute myeloid leukemia. He spent 25 years working in Internet technology sales, initially as a rep and eventually as an executive. He worked with such companies as U.S. Robotics, Cisco, EMC, Emware Technologies, AppDynamics, and Oracle. His fondest memories were times spent with his football brothers and his founding of the Brown-Fish Company Alliance. He is survived by his wife, Sara; three daughters; a son; two grandchildren; and two brothers.

Richard E. Salisbury ’94, of Austin, Tex.; Apr. 28. He began his law career in corporate law and moved on to complex civil litigation. After clerking for a federal magistrate judge in Florida, he worked in private practice in Dallas and later spent ten years as an assistant attorney general at the Texas Attorney General’s Civil Medicaid Fraud Division. He enjoyed the opera, skeet shooting, and yoga. He is survived by Elizabeth, mother of his twin daughters; his parents; a sister and brother-in-law; a niece; and two nephews.