CLASS OF 2003 | 2026 | SPRING ISSUE

Charles O’Connell married Robyn Swift this past June and had a celebration in October. In attendance were Lucy O’Connell ’06, Jason Scott ’04, Andy Casden, and Ellen Jewett ’81. Charlie and Robyn are living in San Francisco, California.

Samantha (Gillombardo) Larson is the attorney manager of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association’s newly minted Non-Profit Legal Resource Center. She provides free legal education and representation to nonprofits in northeast Ohio, 96% of which lack in-house counsel. Sam counts herself exceedingly lucky to remain connected to so many Wesleyan friends and cherishes her weekly phone dates with Emily Teitsworth.

Joey Wender now serves as executive director of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition. He still lives in the D.C. suburbs with his wife, son, and daughter. 

Julie Stankiewicz will begin a new role as an instructor at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology. Julie will be teaching a course that she created—Understanding the Experience of Chronic and Invisible Illness—to clinical psychologists, who will receive formal continuing education credits for completion of the program. In the near future, Julie plans to offer this course to social workers, nurses, and physicians through additional departments at Rutgers University. This course was created to fulfill the mission of the nonprofit organization that Julie founded and leads—CARE for People with Chronic and Invisible Illness. Julie has been happily married to Ben Teaford for more than 11 years. Ben owns his own videography business and enjoys the creativity of his work. Together, Ben and Julie enjoy spending time with their cat, Vespurr, long walks in nature, and travels to the mountains and coastlines of New England.

AMY TANNENBAUM GOTTLIEB | atannenbaum@wesleyan.edu