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Allison Gray Costa
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Breccia Cressman (dorkson1@hotmail.com) spent the Colorado winter snowboarding, teleskiing, and back-country skiing with husband Mark and their dog Penny. A substitute teacher, Breccia works with a nonprofit for a new regional energy economy in the Roaring Fork Valley and enjoys playing lots of fiddle and belly dancing with a local troupe.

Ben Diamond lives with fiancé Eniko Zikely in the Houston, TX, area, where he recently started a position in the legal department of an international environmental-consulting firm. Eniko is a consultant and project manager at the same firm. Ben and Eniko are the proud parents of Nilla, a white Chow Chow mix.

Liz Byrne Feeney and husband John moved from NYC to Rye in 2006 and welcomed daughter Ann on June 23, 2007.

Tara McMillen is back in Pittsburgh from Lake George, NY, to begin a new career in management with Enterprise Rent-a-Car. She enjoyed her first visit to Disney with her girlfriend and her two kids. Tara now sees fellow Pittsburgh residents Mary Patrick-Smith and her baby boy, Marshal. She also keeps in touch with Dara Meinerth, who lives in San Diego, CA.

Mimi Refici married Mike Buhr in Syracuse, NY, on August 18. Kristen Muller was maid of honor, and Ingrid Phillips was also there to help celebrate. The newlyweds live in Wisconsin, where Mimi does cancer research at Abbott Laboratories.

Megan McGilloway Almond and Lou Almond welcomed daughter Caroline on August 10. They live in Hoboken, NJ.

After living in Boston for seven years and working at various nonprofit organizations, Tiffany Lyman-Olszewski (ladyorale26@ yahoo.com) moved to western Massachusetts, where she is a development and communications assistant for Mass Humanities. She makes time for her creative writing whenever possible, hoping to publish at least a slim book of poetry or a novella some day. Her partner, Blair Winans, runs his own graphic-design business, Winans Creative. Tiffany keeps in contact with Emily Oliapuram and Christine Fischer.

Tina Chan Sweenie and husband Brian announce the birth of their first child, Leila, on June 23, who arrived with a full head of hair! Tina is taking time off to be with her while continuing her studies in child and adolescent development.

Amy Tricoli and husband Mike welcomed their first child, daughter Ayla, on February 8. “She is a bundle of energy!” says Amy, who is a part-time school psychologist in Winchester, MA.

In November physician Maggie Bertisch Natale lectured at Skidmore about her work in a medical clinic in Orissa, India. The presentation was part of Skidmore’s First-Year Experience series on volunteerism, social responsibility, and citizenship.