Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Spring 2019

44 SCOPE SPRING 2019 Allison’s theater company, Second Bolt, celebrated its ninth year. In fall 2018, Chris McGrath joined the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as head of the strategic communications and outreach division in the Washington regional office. He is responsible for oversee- ing agency communications in the U.S. and for launching an outreach campaign to raise awareness of global refugee issues. Nancy Magnus magnusnancy@gmail.com ’00 Ginger Zielinskie is president and CEO of Benefits Data Trust, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that helps low-income residents obtain essential benefits like food, health care and housing. (Read her profile in this issue.) Ginger lives outside Philadelphia with husband Jonathan Woodring . Composer and pianist Joachim Horsley’s new album, “Via Havana,” dropped in February. The first song, “Amadeus Guanguanco,” sets the first movement of Mozart’s “40th Symphony” to a Cuban Rumba beat. Horsley, who has been infusing classical music with Afro-Caribbean styles for years, also arranges for vocalists including John Legend and Michael Bublé. Last year, the Los Angeles-based Horsley performed with the National Symphony Orches- tra at Kennedy Center. He and his band are currently touring in Paris. Eve Brown joined the Barton Gilman law firm as an “of counsel” member of its intellectual property practice. The veteran IP attorney built a career and her own firm, Bricolage Law LLC, to serve business clients in the arts, craft food and beverage and product innovation industries. She is an assis- tant professor in the School of Justice Studies at Roger Williams University, where, in addition to her specialty area, she teaches courses in legal ethics and “Shakespeare & Law.” Artist Sarah Meyers Brent has two spring exhibitions this year. “Into the Fold” is a mixed-media installation displayed April 4-28 at the Coastal Contemporary Gallery in Newport, R.I. In May, Sarah’s work will be in- cluded in the Chase Young Gallery’s “New Member Show” in Boston. Sarah is the 2016 winner of The Improper Bostonian’s Natural Talent category. For more information, visit sarahartist.com. Lauren Granahan lauren.granahan@gmail.com ’01 Christine Bouyea married Sanjiv Gajiwala on June 23, 2018. The ceremony and celebration were held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Ill. Classmates Hilary Redman, Amanda Hemley Paulino and Amy Durning were on hand to cheer on the newlyweds. Chrissy and Sanjiv reside in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago with their beloved dog, Chicken. Janine Geller Jones JRgeller@hotmail.com ’03 Tal Chitayat is the co-founder and CEO of Full Circle Brands, parent company of Full Circle Home (fullcirclehome.com) and Soma (drinksoma.com) . Tal previ- ously worked in consumer product development, supply chain manage- ment and manufacturing. In 2009, he and his partners created Full Circle Home to bring environmental responsibility to the creative process for the consumer products market. Manuella de Barros married Fernando Lamas in Sintra, Portugal, on June 9, 2018. Skidmore friends in attendance were Mara Mornaghi and Kendra Pariseault ’04. Missing were Risa Whipple ’04, Amanda Kennedy-Stults, Adriana Picariello and Bridgette Barres Cahill . The newlyweds honeymooned in Tanzania and the Seychelles. They reside in NYC but plan to relocate to San Francisco. Scott Calka and three partners launched a company that provides advertising sales across multiple platforms for media personalities and content providers. Crossover Media Group Sales enables clients, including Sirius XM program hosts, to generate revenue on television, video, podcasts and terrestrial and satellite radio channels. An industry veteran, Scott has managed sales for Comcast Spotlight, DirecTV and Madison Square Garden. Bridget Cummings Dorman bcdorman09@gmail.com ’04 REUNION ’19 Emily Tisch Sussman has a lot to say about the political chops of contenders for the 2020 presidential race. Senior adviser at progressive group Swing Left, she appeared as a panelist on “Up with David Gura” on MSNBC. Molly Dyson-Schwery is a licensed social worker, esthetician, life coach and entrepreneur. An executive and board member for private investment firm Dyson Kissner- Moran, she serves as director of the Dyson Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports educa- tion and health care in New York’s mid-Hudson Valley region. A Spanish and psychology major, Molly enjoys international travel. Jacqueline Vernarelli jvernarelli@gmail.com C L A S S N O T E S Manuella de Barros ’03 married Fernando Lamas in Sintra, Portugal, on June 9, 2018. Pic- tured, from left, are Mara Mornaghi ’03, Kendra Pariseault ’04, the bride and another friend.