70 | Summer 2018 CLASSNOTES Caitlin Burroughs King ’09 with husband Christian King 2010 Brandon Dorsett was featured in the NC Education Lottery commercials during the holidays! Brandon Dorsett ’10 Mike Hayes, under the artist name, HEYZ, dropped his debut EP titled, ‘Schedule 1,’ in February. HEYZ produces an eclectic style of techno that fuses dark, driving rhythms with melodic electronica. HEYZ is signed to deadmau5’s widely acclaimed imprint, ‘Mau5trap.’ For more information, visit http://smarturl.it/schedule1 Mike Hayes ’10 Mike Hayes ’10 debut EP, ‘Schedule 1’ Mark Mitchell and Michelle Murray were married on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Alexander Homestead in Charlotte, NC. The wedding party included Alan Mitchell ’08, Kyle Arnold ’10. Tyler Mohr ’08, William Morris ’10, and Madison Lewis ’10 were in attendance. Robert Mimms and Eric Shilling were also there. They honeymooned in St. Lucia and reside in Blacksburg, VA. Mark Mitchell ’10 with his wife, Michelle 2011 Liz Obermeyer and Dave Carley were married on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Park Tavern at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA. The wedding party included Katherine Obermeyer Ector ’07. They honeymooned in St. Lucia and reside in Atlanta, GA. Liz Obermeyer Carley ’11 with husband, Dave William Hudson and Tosha Boyd were married on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at the Hampton Cove Wedding Plantation in Gurley, AL. The wedding party included Matt Hudson ’16. They reside in Huntsville, AL. William Hudson ’11 with wife, Tosha Jennifer Delman graduated from Emory University with her Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She is working at Physiotherapy Associates in Atlanta at the Executive Park Location with a focus on general orthopedics as well as neurorehab and amputee rehab. Jennifer Delman ’11 2012 Madhu Cornelius was hired by the California State Park System as a Visitor Service Aid at the Ano Nuevo State Park. Dixon Crews and Sara Owens were married on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, NC. The wedding party included Connor Crews ’09. They honeymooned in London and Paris and reside in Raleigh, NC. Dixon Crews ’12 with wife, Sara 2013 Aditya Badve is the CEO of NanoVest.co, a financial technology company which offers a suite of specialized products that focus on encouraging more investment in startups and small businesses. Their products cover the investment cycle of a company from pitch to acquisition with Ali Standish spent several years as an educator in the Washington, DC, public school system. She has a BA in English from Pomona College, an MFA in children’s writing from Hollins University and an MPhil in children’s literature from the University of Cambridge. Ali’s first book, The Ethan I was Before, was published in 2017. This book was selected by the American Booksellers Association as one of their ten Indies Introduce children’s titles for winter/spring 2017. It has also received numerous other awards. Her second book, August Isle, will be published in early 2019. For more information about Ali, please visit her website: https://www.alistandish.com/ GDS 2018 Writer in Residence Ali Standish ’06, served as the GDS Writer-in-Residence in April. She spent 2 days working with upper school students through selected English classes, including all of the ninth grade, the creative writing students, and the 11th grade American Voices students. Upper School students interested in having a one-on-one writing conference with Ali had that opportunity throughout her visit, and there were lunchtime discussions with students interested in learning more about writing as a career. Ali spent a day with Mrs. Stephanie Sutter-Shoaf’s fifth-grade English classes, and had a special lunch discussion with students who read her first novel, The Ethan I Was Before.