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Last updated: July 21, 2003

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Holly MacArthur
mcholly31@aol.com
I'm married to Ed Hill and we have a 3 month old baby girl named Heather Maria MacArthur Hill. We live in Portland, Oregon, where I work as managing editor of a small, national literary journal called Tin House. I guess that's about it. Nothing too dramatic.

Nancy Mandell
imacalgirl2@yahoo.com

Brian (McClellan) Dunning
brian@briandunning.com
Brian peaked in high school and has been going downhill ever since. He changed his last name from McClellan to Dunning: the official line is that it had something to do with parental divorces and stepfather names, but the truth has more to do with several visits he made to Colombia in the late eighties, some late-night business meetings under the Brooklyn Bridge, and seventeen tons of Romanian smoked oysters. The Witness Protection Agency provided him with a wife Lisa, kids Andrew and Erika, and a home in Orinda where he was relocated after 17 years back home in southern California. He is an author and software executive, and provides videos and other entertainments at http://www.briandunning.com.

Marianne (McCord) Hornbeck
mariannemc@yahoo.com
I'm back living in Orinda in the same neighborhood I grew up in which is good, but weird at times. My neighbors include two others from the class of '83 – Katherine Wilson and Tim Southwick. My husband Chris and I have been married 5 years and have a son who is 3 and a daughter who is 2 months old. I work as a labor and delivery nurse at CPMC in San Francisco, which I really enjoy, although it's nice being off so I can be Mom full time with my kids.

Jim McGill
JMcGill028@worldsavings.com
My wife Susan and I married in ’89 a while after graduating from Cal together. We spent a lot of time traveling (all fifty states, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Hong Kong, China, Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Jamaica, Bahamas and much of Canada, along with most of the National Parks and 24 baseball stadiums). We still love to adventure, but have slowed down a bit now that we have kids; Paige (’97), Ryan (’99) and Drew (’01). We’ve settled down in Moraga and really enjoy raising our kids there.

Janet Mehlhop
janetmehlhop@yahoo.com

After graduating from MHS, I was an exchange student in a tiny village in Switzerland for a year through Rotary. This experience changed my life as it opened my eyes WIDE after living in sleepy-town, sheltered Orinda, gave me the traveling bug and sparked my interest in languages and multicultural communications. Upon return top the US, I spent four great years at UCLA, studying hard, partying up a storm and soaking in the LA scene (great, but I'll ALWAYS be a Northern California girl). Two weeks after graduation I took off for Europe again for two years to visit my Swiss family, to trek from Sweden to Morocco and every country in between and to land a job to pay for it all in Chester, England.

Back home, I worked in sales for the SF Chamber of Commerce - great job but was soon hit with the traveling bug. In 1993, I left for the South Pacific and South East Asia for a year where I tried to experience everything from bungy jumping in NZ to orangutan rehabilitation in Sumatra to elephant trekking and Buddhism in Thailand to networking for a job in Hong Kong and Vietnam... The money ran out so I went back home to the US and worked for a cool multicultural communications agency for three years.

At 33, I decided it was then or never and went back to school to the University of Michigan to get my MBA. GREAT time but butt cold and way too much work... Back in the US again, I worked in sales and marketing for Schwab, got laid off with a very nice package and spent 8 months as a woman of leisure, getting my ESL./EFL teaching certificate, traveling to Turkey and just enjoying a life without work... Reality does hit, though: I just landed a new job in sales/bus, dev for a cool shop that brokers high-end consulting called Msquared, in SF. I'm loving life in the city, still singing up a storm in professional and amateur groups and weddings, spending lots of time in the mountains and enjoying a very special man in my life. Still reading? Good on ya! See you at the reunion!!!!

Jeff Michels
JeffandLara@yahoo.com
I'm an English Professor these days. I earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Brandeis University. I married an historian and librarian, Lara, and our first baby is due in July, 2002. We live outside of Madison, Wisconsin, but we've been applying for work out West and are hoping we may make a move summer 2002.

Cathy Miller
camiller@ucdavis.edu
We live in Davis, CA where I work half time in the Biotechnology Program at UC Davis as a budget analyst. I am married to Dan Tanner who is an analyst at ETrade Financial. Our children are Erika, born in 1988 (age 13) and Kyle, born in 2001 (age 6 months). Between Erika's entertaining junior high life and Kyle's happy babyhood, we are constantly on the go. Our interests include everything involving our kids, the outdoors and exercise, working on our house, travel and going out to eat.

Paul Minney
pminney@smymlaw.com
I am living in San Ramon with my wife Valerie and my six year old daughter Jordan. After graduating from Cal I worked as a paralegal for two years and then attended law school. I graduated from Seattle University SOL in 1993 and passed the California bar the same year. I have been specializing in the representation of charter schools and other education reform entities and now have my own practice in Sacramento (I only commute 3 days a week). I stay in contact with a number of our fellow grads and look forward to meeting everyone at our 20 year reunion!

Jennifer (Mitgang) Vigo
vigo4@pacbell.net
Hello all! I am not sure which is most interesting - the fact that I did go to college and even hold two degrees, or that I am blissfully married to Mike Vigo (for 10 years, although together for about the past 20). We have 3 daughters: Natalie 7, Olivia 5 and Morgan who is very 2 1/2! I guess I should be proud to say we live back here in Orinda and are re-living everything - please don't tell our kids this come 10 years, okay? As for myself, when I was two years into college I became a flight attendant for Republic and Northwest Airlines. I did some great traveling for pennies and even pretended to be married to Mike so we could go to Cancun for his graduation. So as not to have a brain full of mush for the rest of my life, I went back to school and now have a BS in Nutrition from Cal Poly (SLO) and a Master’s in Health Administration from St. Mary's. I worked as a Dietitian at Summit Medical Center in Oakland for 7 years, but stopped when the family started. I still do nutrition talks a couple of times a year, just finished teaching an art class for preschoolers at the Community Center and do volunteer work there as well. It will be fun to see everyone else that I don't run into here!

Leslie Adam Morris
leslie.morris@us.army.mil
After leaving Miramonte, my life only accelerated and is only now slowing to a fast pace. I have lived in Wisconsin, Texas, Indiana, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and currently in Virginia. After college I settled in Wisconsin, where I went through several corporate jobs before going back to school and going into Law Enforcement and the military. I am currently in the US Army. I am an Intelligence Analyst working for the Army's Crisis Action Team at the Army's Operations Center in the Pentagon. (Yes we are very busy right now) I have been married and divorced and thinking about it again. I have a twelve year old son and fourteen year old daughter.

Alice (Murray) McNelis
bmcnelis@earthlink.net

Greg Nagle
ganagle@yahoo.com
After high school, 2 years at DVC, 1 year at SDSU, 2 years surfing Ocean Beach in San Diego. A year in the East Bay with a visit back at DVC. Moved to 16th & Mission in S.F., car salesman, quit and caused Loma Prieta quake. Bike messenger, Valet, City College San Francisco, Sacramento State, Marriage, Graduation, Moved to Portland, Design Engineer, Procreated. Short enough. Hope life has treated everyone well. What I remember was fun and what I don't was even better.

Michelle (Notkin) Rosen
pumpkinsz@aol.com
I have been living in Los Angeles for 12 years and have a 7-year old son named Zachary. I have been working in the advertising world on and off for 15 years. I am currently freelancing for an ad agency located in San Francisco.

Dena Odell
dena_o@yahoo.com
I attended Colorado College for two years, then I took a year off living in Seattle before returning to college with the Audubon Expedition Institute, a traveling environmental ed program. After earning my BS, I worked for Laguna Farms, an organic farm near Sebastopol. Then I moved to Missoula, Montana. I helped start a nonprofit group, the Missoula Urban Demonstration Project, which works with low income residents on self-reliance in building, gardening and energy. I loved Montana, but I broke up with my partner of 7 years, and one of us had to leave! After a year back in Seattle, I got together with Steven Yanoff, a classmate from Audubon, and we moved to New Mexico. After completing a teacher licensure program, living briefly north of Arcata, CA, and then teaching sixth grade for 6 years in Socorro, New Mexico, we finally found our dream (as close as we are going to get) property near the ghost town/artist's colony of White Oaks, New Mexico.

We live on an old homestead in the mountains in a 107 year old adobe, far away from anything civilized, or anything resembling a big body of water, unfortunately. We do have a creek and spring, fossils, potsherds, views, snow in winter, and I take care of 54 fruit trees and a small truck farm. People who visit say it is like the PBS show Frontier House as we have nothing anyone would call a bathroom (yet), we chop wood for heat, and I can and preserve from the garden. I also work at the small local school in Carrizozo 1/2 hour away, am a volunteer firefighter, and help promote tourism for White Oaks. Steven is a conservation biologist/computer GIS specialist, and sometimes we do field work together. We have four dogs and a lot of wildlife including bears, mountain lions and rattlesnakes. I am nearly complete with my Master's in Science Teaching through New Mexico Tech in Socorro. I was able to travel to China on a Fulbright through that program in 2000, but usually we travel in the west for camping vacations, and to Philadelphia to visit Steven's family. I'm planning on going to the reunion... see you there.

Amy (Oliver) Cullen
a.cullen@sbcglobal.net

Tracy (Olson) Santoro
tracysantoro@cs.com
After Miramonte, I attended UC Irvine where I met my husband Ken. We are approaching our 15th anniversary and have lived north of Houston, Texas since 1989. Our sons are 12 and almost 9 and keep me busy with their activities and the challenges of raising responsible young men. After 11 years as a volunteer and stay-at-home Mom, which I loved, I have returned to work and cut all but one volunteer commitment. This followed the demise of the oil company that Ken was Director of Information for (No, not Enron...) and our subsequent experience with a Internet Start-Up company. We've missed California, but make frequent family visits, travel as often as possible with the boys, and have grown to love Texas and the outstanding friends we have made here.

Julie (Parodi) Guaspari
jaajje@earthlink.net
After graduating from Berkeley in 1987, I earned a Masters in Special Education from St. Mary's College. In 1990, I briefly married the "wrong" guy. Fortunately, in 1996, I married the absolute "right" guy. AJ and I live in Redwood City, CA. We have an amazing 4 1/2 year old daughter named Jamie, an equally amazing 2 year old son named Jason, and a soon to be amazing baby #3 due in October. I feel extremely lucky to basically be a full-time mom. However, I do consult about 8 hours a month performing cognitive and behavioral assessments for the Children's Health Council Agency in Palo Alto. (Just enough time to stay connected without the politics!) In 1997, I began a doctoral program, which at the rate I am going, I will be lucky to complete when my children graduate form college. We will be at a wedding on the East Coast on July 26th, I hope the next 20 years brings continued health and happiness to the class of 1983!

Annie Pedron
annie.pedron@bankofamerica.com

Vic Rago
victor_rago@hp.com

Karen (Ramsey) Rovner
imoved2much@comcast.net
I currently live in (I use the term loosely) Highlands Ranch, CO, a suburb of Denver. After finishing school at St. Mary's College, I went on to a career in the Oil and Gas industry. I have been married 8 years to Steve, who I met through my future sister-in-law and Margaret Rubey Rust at a Junior League meeting! We have lived in Hershey, PA (Steve's w/ Hershey Chocolate), Richmond, VA, & Southern CA. We have a vivacious daughter, Hannah (1999),a chocolate lab named Reese (go figure) and 2 cats. I recently started my own marketing company and travel quite a bit to the Bay Area. We miss the great restaurants and Peet's Coffee.

Sue (Reich) Haenny
SHaenny@Walnuts.org
After a short-lived, stress-filled career in advertising, I earned my MBA from Santa Clara in 1993. My husband, Tim, and I ended up moving to the Santa Cruz area for six years. When Tim could no longer stand the fog, we moved closer to family and have lived in Granite Bay, which is near Roseville, for the past two and half years. It is a great place to raise a family and nice to be close to Tahoe. I am currently the marketing director for the California Walnut Commission and manage eight international marketing programs (think: Got Milk? in German, except for walnuts). Tim and I were married in 1989 and have two great children: a girl, Summer, who is seven, and a boy, Christopher, who is five.

Cyndi (Robinson) Mathews
HippoEar@aol.com
After Miramonte, I attended Cal Berkeley where I met my future husband RHP (that stands for right handed pitcher) Mike Mathews. We've been married nearly 12 years, and have two fabulous girls, Kate and Emily. We are currently living in Southern Oregon where I work at home as a contributing writer to ePregnancy Magazine and as a jewelry maker. We enjoy gardening, outdoor recreation and traveling.

Gina (Rogers) Sheehan
gina@sheehan7.com
Haven't fallen far from the apple tree. I've been married now for 3 years to a Piedmont native and have a beautiful 14 month old daughter Morgan (November, 2001). After a long career in non-profit development & events, I switched over to corporate events and now have my own successful event planning business that I run from my home office. I try to limit my work days to two and spend the remaining time being a stay at home Mom. Best of both worlds! My husband, John, and I keep up with many of our fellow graduates especially in the summer on our co-ed softball team in Orinda.

Margaret (Rubey) Rust
mrust@protectedinvestors.com
After graduating from UC Davis, I worked for Nordstrom as a dept. mgr. until I met my awesome husband, Harrold Rust on a blind date. We married in 1992 and have 3 kids: Megan-8, Spencer-7 & Ashton-4. After going back to school to study finance, I founded "Rubey & Rust Capital Management" with my father. (My parents are still in Orinda) We have survived the stock market bubble and I feel fortunate to be self employed and have a high tech executive husband who has a good job :)

Val (Schmidt) Maio
Maio109@pacbell.net
I am married to Ronald Maio, we have two children -- Mackenzie is four, and Connor is one month old. We live in Benicia. I work at Contra Costa Country Club in Pleasant Hill part-time as a golf professional.

Wendy Sihner
wsihner@msn.com
I am living in Rockwall, Texas approximately 20 miles east of Dallas. I am working as a Paramedic and Respiratory therapist, and I am taking pre-med courses at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Sheryl Slakey
sslakey@lvcm.com
I'm living in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1994. I am a school counselor at two elementary schools with approximately 700 students at each school.

Harry Smith
hrscars@yahoo.com
After Miramonte I went to Columbia College for several years and studied business. I then got into the metal refinishing business in 1987 and bought Famco Industries in 1995. I am currently living in Walnut Creek with my daughters Mary (12) and Cyerra (2). Famco Industries is a metal and marble restoration company in the Bay Area. I am divorced but my girls keep me busy. In my spare time I like to motocross in the national forest. I coach girl's basketball for OYA - what a blast that is. I also restore classic cars. I look forward to seeing everyone in July.

Andrew L. Sorenson
als@sorensoneye.com
We've moved back into Orinda, I am married to Riki from Campolindo, and we have three children, Zachary 8, Kacey 6, and Michael 4. I work in Berkeley as an ophthalmologist (which I learned how to spell just recently),where I do cataract, refractive and corneal surgery. Riki is the parents club president at Glorietta this year, and we're having a wonderful time being back in California. Lots of camping, golf, swimming, tennis and church activity.

Claire Stoermer
stoermer64@yahoo.com
I am married to Kazembe Ajamu, and we have a daughter named Zendaya. She is 6 year old and very tall! She loves basketball, and we plan on having our own WNBA star one day since there was no WNBA when I was playing basketball! I teach 5th grade in East Oakland, and during the summers I manage the house at the Californa Shakespeare Festival in Orinda. I'd love to get a reunion of our 1983 basketball team - known as Miramonte's best team ever in the local papers!

Scott Tielemans
mstielemans@earthlink.net
I currently live in Beaufort, South Carolina (location of films such as Forrest Gump, The Big Chill, and The Great Santini) after living in San Diego and Quantico VA. I graduated from Berkeley in 1988 and spent some time after graduation working at a bank and living in San Francisco. I left CA in 1990 and became an officer in the Marine Corps. Afterwards I spent two of the hardest years of my life earning my wings in Pensacola FL at naval flight school. More importantly, I met my beautiful bride Martha in Pensacola and have been married for eight years. Our 6 year old son, Kenneth, is a brilliant, energetic boy (no thanks to daddy's genetic contributions). My family and I try to live a quiet, normal existence as a military family; not always easy. I've been flying the F/A-18D Hornet for about 9 years and have been fortunate to see much of east and south Asia, Australia, Alaska, and the Pacific. In 2003 I'll take a break from the cockpit for a year and attend a Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. A quick update on my end: in late May, I returned from Operation Iraqi Freedom (stationed in Kuwait). Good to be home and look forward to the reunion.

Karen (Tom) Smidt
I graduated from Sacramento State with a B.A. in Art with a concentration in graphic design and a minor in communication studies. I met my husband Mike Smidt (a 1980 grad from Campolindo) there and have been married for 15 years. We have 3 children, Andrew age 12, Matthew age 9 and Jenna age 3. Due to my husband's job, we have just moved from Irvine, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Before that we had homes in Sacramento, Pleasant Hill, Dallas, TX, and Danville, CA. Between chauffering children around to all of their activities, I try to swim, kickbox and play tennis every chance that I get. I am also looking forward to returning to college to obtain my Master's in architecture.

Beth (Trost) Marks
marybethmarks@hotmail.com
Living a 'charmed life' in Orinda (a fact my husband likes to remind me of). Married a great husband and father, David (a fact my mother likes to remind me of) in 1993. We have 2 incredible and beautiful children, Meghan (1995) and McClain (1997). I've been a stay-at-home mom for about 7 years. I have a passion for great food, cooking and entertaining, Peet's Coffee, gardening, lounging poolside thinking of ways to simplify life, Bay Area road trips, and being a great wife and mom. David has an engineering firm in Alameda (but he's not a nerd) and has a passion for me, making our kids laugh, and planning an early retirement. We're looking forward to seeing everyone.

Brian Tseng
The4Tsengs@peoplepc.com
I'm back in the Bay Area after living away for almost 12 years. My wife Cindy, 6 yr old Gregory, 3 year old Anna and I live in Alamo, CA. I'm a commuting fool, working at UCSF as a pediatric neurologist and trying to be a good husband/father. Some days are clearly better than others ...

Mike Vigo
MVigo@033growth.com
I graduated from Cal Poly, SLO in 1988, married my gorgeous wife, Jennifer Mitgang in 1992, have 3 wonderful daughters, Natalie (7), Olivia (5) and Morgan (2 1/2) and I couldn't be happier. Currently I work for a hedge fund in San Francisco and we live in Orinda.

Jane (Vinzent) Nylund
jnylund@sbcglobal.net
After graduation, attended Tufts University in Boston and received degree in chemistry. Spent a few years developing soap for Unilever Research (someone has to do this!), then went back to grad school at UC Davis for my MBA. Met my husband there and have been happily married for almost 9 years. Have a beautiful 3 year old son, Christopher. Recently laid off from my last job as a web architect for an antique business in San Francisco, but those are the breaks, I guess. My husband Erik and I currently live in Montclair.

Marina (von Schottenstein) Dugan
dugans@worldnet.att.net

Joe Wahrhaftig
joew@artwitness.net
After Berkeley, did graduate school in Engineering up at the University of Washington with a focus on computer graphics. Spent the last few years doing animation for TV commercials and interface design for web sites. The recession happened. No wife or 2.2 kids to speak of. Like most geeks, not much time for a personal life. I live in a funky old warehouse in Oakland where my housemates are a muralist and a 28-pound cat. You can read a little about our tragically hip bachelor pad at http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/18/HO154515.DTL

Scott Walker
scottewalker@netzero.net

Stephanie Walters
BayMarrones@attbi.com

Barbara Wander
barbwander@aol.com
I graduated from Chico in 1988 with a degree in nursing. That career choice has led me all over the country, 5 years in Park City, Utah, a few short stints in Upstate New York and the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, a brief stay in Orinda, and now my own home in Roseville, CA. Presently I am working at the UC Davis Medical Center as the nurse educator for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. I am recently engaged to the man of my dreams, with a wedding planned in May. We both enjoy being outdoors, skiing in the winter, kayaking in the summer.

Diane (Ward) Huie
p.huie@attbi.com
I remarried in 1997 to a great guy named Phil Huie, and we are self employed - we own a Real Estate and Mortgage company in Fair Oaks, CA, love our jobs and family. I have 2 boys from a previous marriage, the boys live with me full time(Steve Collins - also went to Miramonte for a time was my first husband - everyone is entitled to one mistake :-)), the boys are now 13 and 14 and doing great. We own a home in Citrus Heights and the 4 of us travel quite a bit.

Edward Westmoreland
walnutcreek@pfchangs.com

Michael D. Weyeneth
mhsdebrisbox@netzero.net
After graduating magna cum laude from the Hauling Academy, I went on to become the CEO of my own hauling business, Mike’s Hauling Services, a debris box service serving the greater Lamorinda and adjacent cities (925-254-4444). Life has been interesting and exciting. I live in Concord with my two dogs, Inyo and Shasta. I have a girlfriend, Lisa, going on two years together. We haven’t tied the knot yet, and we haven’t brought any new life into the world either, but the best is yet to come. I see many of our old classmates around the area and some have even been my customers. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the reunion!

Steve White
svdwhite@yahoo.com

John Whittington
jwhitt1@sbcglobal.net
I am currently living in Walnut Creek with my wife Tina (Deffner, Class of 1982), two boys (Jeremy 10, Christopher 2), and our two black labs, also boys. Tina is outnumbered around here. I am back in the old community as a firefighter/paramedic fir the Moraga-Orinda Fire District. When we are not working, in school or remodeling the house, we enjoy family, friends, neighbors, Tahoe, boating, dirt bikes, camping and when Tina lets me ... hunting. See you all soon!

Jamie Williams
James_Williams@providian.com
I guess the most relevant news for this audience would be that Carol Lieske and I got married about three and half years ago. After remaining friends through all the years, we started hanging out together again in our thirties, after Carol had returned from a seven year stint in Seattle. And the next thing you know... We recently had our first child, Isaiah James, on March 13, 2003. After Stanford, and her Seattle years, Carol returned to the Bay Area to study Traditional Chinese Medicine. She now sticks needles in people for a living. After UC Davis, I decided to go to law school, and I now manage the litigation for a large credit card issuer. Needless to say, Carol's job makes much better dinner conversation than mine. We live in San Anselmo with Isaiah (of course), a Boston
Terrier named Pluto, and Ella, the black cat.

Katherine (Wilson) Dureault
dureault@pacbell.net
After graduating from UCLA, I was a tailored finance banker for 10 years. I married Bob in 1996, moved to Orinda in 1997, had my first daughter, Julia, in 1998 and a second daughter, Caroline, in 2001. I am currently a full-time mom and thoroughly enjoying it.

Dale L. Yoders
Yodeda@sbcglobal.net
After school, I moved to New Orleans for a couple years. I lived in the French Quarter and worked on the steam boat, Natchez, up and down the Mississippi River. After that, I moved to Hawaii where I lived for about 8 years. I started my own carpentry business and became an avid scuba diver. I moved back to the Bay Area in 1992, where I met my girlfriend Jolene McAtee. We have been together for almost 11 years and have no children. We live in a 100 year old Victorian house in downtown Antioch, where I am continuing my carpentry buisness. We love to travel alot,when we get the chance to. We are just taking life as it comes. The only people I still keep in contact with are Brian Ramsey, Mike Weyeneth, Kevin Gerson, Lisa Lang, and Scott Smith. I have talked to Samantha Wilbur and Margy Lunstrom a couple times, as well. It is nice to see that all of you are doing well. Would love to see you all and I hope that some of you will get in touch with me. I will try to make it to the reunion. Hope to see you soon. :^)