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The 2020s
2020
Nick E. Bouffard has relocated to Bristol, U.K. for continued work with Epic. Nathan Raike has joined the non-profit association RENEW Northeast as manager of state and local affairs to lead advocacy and policy engagement related to advancing clean energy development across New England.
2021
Arianna Belfield is teaching K–4th-grade general music at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vt. and says, “I have a lot of fun with my students, who are positive, curious, and open to trying new things in my classroom.”
2023
Class Secretary Han Naung Tun is now working as an M.D. Research Program Specialist at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. Charlotte Frances Crum graduated with her M.S. in historic preservation from Columbia University in May 2025 and is looking forward to the opportunities that come next! Since receiving her degree in environmental studies, Christine Elizabeth Fleming recently started a job as a wildland firefighter in Price, Utah, and sent a note as she had just got off her first large fire. (See a photo of her on-site here.) Grace Kreitler has been working with Boston’s non-profit The Food Project, which specializes in sustainable urban farming, youth leadership development, and community food justice. They steward over 70 acres of farmland throughout Eastern Massachusetts, hire 120 teens each year to farm and grow their leadership skills, and annually yield 100,000 pounds of fresh produce for local distribution. She encourages any Catamounts who find themselves in Boston to check out their work. Katie Loalbo is teaching band at Milton Middle School in Milton, Vt. She says she loves teaching middle schoolers. “They are so much fun!” After graduating with a B.S. in Forestry from UVM, Catherine Rose earned a Master’s in Forestry (MF) at Duke University in May, 2025, and in June began working as an Urban Forest Planner in the Forestry Division of the City of Raleigh, N.C. Caroline Platt will soon begin Peace Corps service in Morocco. She says, “Through my UVM studies and then through two terms as an AmeriCorps VISTA in Knoxville, Tenn., I witnessed first-hand the possibilities for positive change and development through localized, community-driven initiatives.” As a youth development facilitator, she’ll collaborate with community members to assess youth needs and design empowerment programs.
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2025
Noah James Dreifus wrote as he was preparing to attend Carnegie Mellon University for a M.S. in biomedical engineering. Olivia McLean has been named assistant coach for Saint Michael's women's ice hockey.