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Alumni News, Winter 2022

Editorial Staff
What have our esteemed alumni been up to recently?

Alumni Births

William and Emma Williams Decker ’10 
William Shannon Decker V “Finn” on July 22, 2021 
 
Ronald and Caroline Hart Cubillo ’09
Gabriel “Gabe” Hart Cubillo on July 23, 2021
 
Elliott and Molly Nesbitt Warren ’08 
Anne Hamilton Warren on July 26, 2021
 
Gray and Bentley Hammet Palmer ’08 
Cecilia “Rainer” Palmer on July w, 2021
 
Logan and Kitty Ganier O’Connor ’97  
Emerson Wiley O’Connor  on August 2, 2021
 
Aaron and Meghan Stallworth Schneider ’10 
Elizabeth “Bee” Parker Schneider on August 6, 2021 
 
Kyle and Maggie King Rynd ’09 
Robert “Davis” Rynd on August 8, 2021
 
Jennifer and Daley Hill ’10 
Amelia James Hill on October 6, 2021
 
Mike and Nina Gokhale Squitieri ’10 
Riya Parker Squitieri on October 6, 2021
 
Grace and Matt Reed ’09 
Thomas Michael Reed on October 28, 2021
 
Coleman and Katherine McDonald Breland ’09 
Coleman “Raines” Breland on November 1, 2021
 
Christopher and Anna Russell Kelly Friedman ’97
William Kelly Friedman “Will” on November 2, 2021 
 
Trey and Margaret McDonald Talley ’09
Patrick Albert Talley IV, “Ivey” on November 11, 2021 
 
Wirth ’11 and Kat Braswell Campbell ’08 welcomed Chandler Keith Campbell on November 19, 2021
 
TJ and Morgan Whitson Dixon ’16 
Tyler James Dixon on November 22, 2021
 
Leigh and Miles Karro ’11 
Grace Yvonne Karro on December 13, 2021
 
Ben and Millie Chapman Long ’08 
Penelope Willow Long on January 3, 2022

Miller and Olivia Carmichael Fitts ’10 
Charlotte Morris Fitts on January 8, 2022
 
Jordan and Richard Bowers ’09  welcomed 
James “Barrett” Bowers on January 13, 2022

Alumni Weddings

Arun Gokhale ’09 married Hannah Bielski on November 28, 2020
John Roland Burch ’03 married Tracy Hodgson on May 29, 2021
Audrey Nelson ’09 married Lawrence Smith on July 23, 2021
Kelsey Thomas ’10 married Gunnar Kohl on August 7, 2021
Charlie Geny ’11 married Julie Clayton on August 14, 2021
Charlie Cooke ’11 married Molly Henderson on September 4, 2021
Lee Srebnick ’11 married Allison Gordon on September 4, 2021
Watson Sweat ’09 married Kristen Katich on September 10, 2021
Curtiss Telfer ’11 and Kylie Chase on September 18, 2021
Diana Wallace ’02 married Brandon Perdue on September 19, 2021
Cosley Pulliam ’09 married Christopher Graham on September 19, 2021
Whitney Haley ’01 married Zach Kalb on September 25, 2021
Morgan Francy ’10 married Max Rockwell on October 2, 2021
Caroline Deaton ’12 married Nick Sabourin on October 2, 2021
Sarah Enoch ’11 married Austin Bolen on October 2, 2021
Faith Sanford ’08 married Rodrequez Watson on October 9, 2021
Chandler Hotchkiss ’09 married Jessica Paul on October 23, 2021
Callie Estes ’12 married Reed Cook on October 30, 2021
Avery Graham ’02 married Jim Browne on November 13, 2021
Cooper Powell ’13 married Dawson Ogletree on November 13, 2021
Molly Vaughn ’10 married Thomas Norwood on December 11, 2021

In Memory

William “Darr” Hall ’68 
September 22, 1954-July 1, 2021
 
Drew Alexander ’84 
September 21, 1969-December 31, 2021

Class Notes

Reuben “Robby” Bueno ’82  is serving as Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Surgery, and a founding faculty member for the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University.
 
Rashed Fakhruddin  ’83 co-chaired the American Cancer Society’s Real Men Wear Pink last year and had 60 men wear pink every day in October to raise awareness and funds to fight off breast cancer through research, education and survivors support. He collectively helped raise around $150,000. Rashed has also put together an annual Fitness Crawl to Fight Breast Cancer by partnering with 17 different studios of varying workout styles.
 
Jeff Jackson ’85 wrote the critically-acclaimed Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked their Lives to Defy the Nazis in 2020 which is now out in paperback by Algonquin Books. The book was longlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, named as an Honor Book for the Stonewall Book Awards-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award by the American Library Association, accolated by Booklist as an Editor’s Choice “Best of the Best” for biography and memoir, listed as one of the Best Books of 2020 by The Art Newspaper, included as one of the Best Biographies of 2020 by The Archive, and recognized as one of the five Best Books on Art and Culture in Occupied Paris by the Wall Street Journal. 
 
Bryan Picklesimer ’95 has started his own home inspection company called Picklesimer Home Inspections LLC.  He serves the entire middle Tennessee area and, in addition to residential inspections, he offers radon testing and termite/pest inspections. You can learn more about his company at www.picklesimerhomeinspections.com.
 
Elliot Pinsly ’97, Behavioral Health Foundation President & CEO, received the prestigious national Mental Health America 2021 George Goodman Brudney and Ruth P. Brudney Social Work Award, which recognizes significant contributions made to improve the care and treatment of people with lived mental health experience by practicing professionals in the field of social work. In 2020, Elliot founded the Behavioral Health Foundation, a nonprofit policy center in Nashville dedicated to creating meaningful systems and policy changes that make it easier for people to access mental health and addiction care when and where they need it.
 
Brittany Mitchell ’00 and mother, Rita Mitchell’s, art was featured at Cheekwood’s inaugural African American cultural family celebration in August.  Spoken Art was a one-of-a-kind memoir of art and poetry created by the dynamic mother-daughter duo. Through this book, Rita and Britt share the connectivity between life and art with 3 Spoken Art poems, 30 affirmations, and 20 years of art. This unique exhibit inspires the viewer to seek out the words, phrases, images, and art that affirm who you are as a person. 
 
Eliza Morgan Coode ’09 graduated with a Healthcare MBA degree from Belmont University. 
 
Michael Dunn ’09 was selected to the USA mens national flag football team. This was the “World Cup” of flag football hosted by IFAF (International Federation of American Football) in Jerusalem, Israel as the first run of putting Flag Football into the 2028 Olympics. Michael’s USA team went 7-0 and won the tournament beating France, Chile, Spain, India, Germany, Panama, and Mexico in the finals where Michael had the game winning touchdown. Michael remarks that the tournament was “without a doubt the most amazing football experience of my lifetime.” Birmingham hosts the IFAF’s 2022 World Games which includes flag football.
 
Jonas Hill ’09 has started a new adventure travel company Blue Sky Trekking and Travel offering multi-day hiking trips for adults, families, and couples in some of the world’s most awe-inspiring places.  Jonas and his fiancee Mimi have been working in the adventure travel business since graduating from Sewanee. “After a combined 13 years of guiding for Moondance Adventures,” he shares, “we are excited to start our own travel company! We have been planning for the past year and can not wait to host our first season of trips.” The summer 2022 trips include Mont Blanc in France, the Pyrenees mountain range on the border of France/Spain, and the Picos de Europa in Spain.
 
Laura Barrier Slaughter, CPA ’09 was promoted to Vice President of Finance at PhyNet Dermatology LLC.
 
Kelsey Bairnsfather Collie, CPA ’10 started a new position as Operations Finance Manager at Bojangles Restaurants, Inc.
 
Alyssa Patel ’10 is getting her MBA at Vanderbilt University-Owen Graduate School of Management as a Forte Foundation Fellow.
 
Kirby Wiley ’10 started a new position with the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security as Deputy Director of Communications.
 
Ford Garrard ’12 is a vocalist and bassist member of a five-piece country band, Boy Named Banjo. He was a member of both the jazz and rock band during his time at Ensworth. Last year, his band signed their first major record deal with Mercury Records Nashville. They wrapped up their first headlining tour, The Where The Night Goes Tour in Nashville on December 23. 
 
Jack Alcott ’15 stars as Harrison Morgan in the Dexter revival, Dexter: New Blood. He joins the Dexter universe as Harrison Morgan, the son Dexter abandoned in the 2013 series finale. In this series, Harrison is looking for his dad. The series is about their relationship. Click here for more information on the series
 
Preston Johnson ’15 is a guitarist in the band, 87 Roots. All the band members are alumni of College of Charleston and formed their band out of the mutual love of music. Their most popular song, “ I Ain’t Your Man,” has accrued over 500,000 plays on Spotify.
 
Lauren Lewis ’16 is a Yale School of Nursing Orientation Leader for the 2021-2022 school year.
 
Coleman Goodwin ’16 graduated with his Master of Accountancy in August.  He has completed all of the CPA exam and began working for Ernst & Young in September out of the Indianapolis, Indiana office.
 
Andrew Halloran ’16 accepted a job with a company under Technicolor doing visual effects in Montreal, Canada. He’s currently working on several movies with the specialty of Lighting and Rendering film.
 
Brock Ochsenreiter ’16, a 2-time golf state champion while at Ensworth, finished his collegiate golf career at Indiana University with the 5th lowest scoring average in school history.  Brock graduated in May and now works full-time in a cybersecurity role in Orlando.
 
Hannah Smalley ’17 graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in May 2021 and was the recipient of the Spanish Department’s award for best overall academic excellence by a graduating senior.  She majored in Spanish with minors in Latin American Studies and Computer Science. She is currently working in Nashville at Worker’s Dignity (Dignidad Obrera) as a language justice fellow and community organizer.
 
Jake Finlay ’19 is studying Pre Med at Belmont University. Jake was awarded the Presidential Volunteer Service Award in August having volunteered over 160 hours in hospitals in Louisville and Nashville. This summer, Jake is planning to spend several weeks volunteering at Cambodia’s Chenia Children’s Hospital which provides free service to the children of poor Cambodian families.
 
Evan Petty ’21 was one of fewer than 100 USA Swimming high school student athletes in the country to achieve all 4 high school years on USA Swimming’s Scholastic All-American list of athletes.  To achieve this honor, a high school student must not only swim a Junior National qualifying time but also maintain a minimum 3.5 GPA for the academic year.  Evan is currently swimming for the University of California, Berkeley where he is studying engineering.
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