Carolina Alumni Review - September/October 2011

Meghan Kehly Wyrick (’07 BSCH) of Durham is a new club co-leader for the GAA’s Orange/Durham Carolina Club. ■ marriage Rachel Elizabeth Heckner (’07 ABJM) and John Andrew Hardin (’07 ABJM) of Raleigh. ■ obituary Susan Maureen Bieber (’07 ABEd), 25, of New York; May 1, 2011. Bieber, formerly of Greensboro, worked in investor relations in the hedge fund industry. She moved to New York after graduation to accept a dance scholarship. She was a life member of Girl Scouts and received its Gold Award, and she was active in charitable work, especially through ZogSports, called “play for a cause.” At UNC, she was in Pauper Players and on the Dance Marathon committee. Her family has established a scholarship in her memory at UNC.

’08 Anoop Manoj Desai (’08 AB) of Atlanta has released a second album, Zero.0, a collection of original songs. In an unusual move to spread the word, Desai offered free downloading of the album for a month prior to the April 20 release date. ◆ Jake Southern Potter (’08 ABJM) of Raleigh has been named an account executive and social media strategist at MMI Public Relations. ◆ Kayla McCall Tausche (’08 ABJM) of New York has joined CNBC as a correspondent. Tausche, who covers mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance, is the network’s youngest on-air reporter. ◆ Sarah Ann Walters (’08 ABJM) of Philadelphia is a new club co-leader for the GAA’s Philadelphia Carolina Club. ■ marriages Andrea Lynn Ide (’08 ABJM) and Henry Arthur “Hank” Saye III (’08 BSASC) of Cary. ◆ Robert Johnsey Peterson (’08 AB) and Laura Isabel Lopez (’ 10 ABJM) of Chino, Calif. ◆ Cristina Jeannette Qubein (’08 BSBA) and S. Cole Buckfelder (’08 BSBA) of Charlotte.

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’09 Courtney Annette Knowling (’09 AB) of Charlotte is the new club leader for the GAA’s Charlotte Carolina Club. ◆ Matthew W. Modell (’09 JD) of Arlington, Va., has been named an associate on the competition team at Hunton & Williams LLP in Washington, D.C., focusing his practice on antitrust and trade regulation. ◆ Andrew Sy Pham (’09 AB) of Baltimore has received a master’s degree in teaching social studies from the Johns Hopkins University. Pham is an upper school humanities teacher at Baltimore Freedom Academy.

’ 10 Joy Lynne Messinger (’ 10 MPH) of Chicago has received a master’s degree in social work, concentrating in community health and urban development, from the University of Illinois-Chicago. Messinger received the Jane Addams College of Social Work Dean’s Award and a graduate assistantship at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum. ■ marriages Wilbur Shelburne Brannan III (’ 10 MBA) and Tiffany Nichole Coldron (’06 ABJM) of Cary ◆ Laura Isabel Lopez (’ 10 ABJM) and Robert Johnsey Peterson (’08 AB) of Chino, Calif. ◆ Anne Maureen McKibben (’ 10 PD) and Colin Sage Holbrook of Avon, Ind.

Join Carolina Clubs around the world to watch the
rematch of the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball
Championship Game. This never-before-seen basketball
experience will be played aboard the USS Carl Vinson.

More than just a game-viewing — Carolina
Clubs also will take this opportunity to reach
out and give back to the local community as
part of our national Tar Heel Service Days.