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Kevin Berrey teamed up with Travis Mitchell ’02 to found Screaming Panda, “a digital storytelling shop” based in NYC that helps develop “eye-popping” video content for marketing campaigns. Kevin is chief creative officer; Travis is executive producer. For more information, visit http://screamingpanda.com.

Jillian Mariani Rettig earned a master’s in education in school counseling from Boston University in 2009. Also, she and husband Chris moved into their first home in Framingham, MA, shortly before welcoming son Gabriel. They enjoy visiting Skidmore friends in the area.

Nicole Hemmett Griffiths and husband Erik welcomed son Gavin into the world at a home water birth on July 23. He joins brothers Wesley, Evan, and Matiss.

In Boston Jessica Zambarano is a personal coach who works primarily with busy working moms, helping them create balanced and fulfilling lives. Jessica keeps in touch with Crista Cavicchio, Elaine Boyd ’01, Damion Grasso, and Sarah Bergh, who are all chasing their dreams.

Scott Backer and wife Jessica Backer-Wilde ’99 welcomed daughter Marin on July 25. The family lives in West Hartford, CT. Scott is assistant director of student life at Wesleyan University.

Athena Kolbe spent this past summer conducting research in Haiti through the Small Arms Survey, a research project located at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. It serves as a resource for governments, policymakers, researchers, and activists. Athena is a student in the joint social work and political science PhD program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Debrina Washington has started a virtual law firm. DL Washington Law provides New Yorkers affordable legal-document preparation services. She specializes in helping single parents with legal issues.

Eve Sandler Brown, a professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University, has designed an intensive freshman seminar course called “Shakespeare and the Law,” in which students argue the guilt or innocence of characters from Hamlet and Macbeth in murder trials. Eve was inspired by her experience in Skidmore’s Shakespeare Programme in London during her junior year. The English major and law-and-society minor wrote a paper defending Claudius for the murder of King Hamlet. Eve says, “It was the first time I had the opportunity to merge both of my interests, law and literature, and it lit a fire under me that never went away.” The unique course has been featured in the Indy Star and Chicago Tribune.

Bernadette McHugh married Daniel Scully on August 22 in Brooklyn, NY. Abigail Witt, Michael Comey, Emily McNamara, Joe Leone, Richie Kern, Ria Bitong, Jill Stutzbach, Anne Watters ’99, Matthew Cosby, and Gwen Dobson ’99 attended the wedding. Bernadette is an academic advisor in undergraduate drama at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where she is finishing her master’s in higher education and student counseling.