Class Notes

Cassandra “Casey” Jensen graduated with her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Alabama in August 2026 after six years of graduate school! Cassandra specializes in the overlap of psychology and the legal system, and also providing treatment to those with severe mental illness (SMI; e.g., schizophrenia). Currently, Cassandra is completing in her postdoc fellowship at Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock, AR. Afterwards, her and her husband plan to return Portland to settle down.

I graduated from St. Helen’s Hall in 1956 and from Smith College in 1960. My husband and I have spent many years here in Hutchinson, Kansas, with my career in aviation as a commercial pilot and flight instructor, while my husband had a busy career as an orthopedic surgeon. We have four children who have interesting careers in various fields, but live too far away!

This year I started in a new position as chief of staff at Perimeter Institute, where I have been for more than three years. Perimeter is a research institute for theoretical physics with (among other things) an outreach program that engages high school physics teachers. I love telling our teachers that my own high school science teachers changed my life! I also got married this year to my partner Kendrick (also a physicist). We live in Waterloo, Ontario with our corgi Delta. I remain deeply grateful to my OES education for setting me up for success and I feel like I use the skills and knowledge I acquired at OES almost daily.

Unlike most OES kids, I never wanted to play soccer or lacrosse. My entire life is about racing. While studying Motorsports Engineering at Purdue, I won a National Championship in WRL, placed P2 in the longest race in the world: the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. I also built my own spec racecar in my apartment garage and landed a full-time job as a racing technician at AR Motorsports. OES, on paper, prepared me for none of this. Yet I owe everything to the faculty that always let me be (somewhat) delusional.

Jacqueline Youm ’04 is back on the West Coast, working with Island Shakespeare Festival on Whidbey Island in Washington state. She is acting in repertory on two shows: Macbeth and Robin Hood. She would love to connect with OESians on the West Coast this summer or with OESians on the East Coast when she goes back home to Washington, DC in the fall.

I wrote a story about OES alum Kaitlyn Casimo ’09 and her love of both science and theater for Pomona College, where we are both also alumni.

Check out the article here.

 

I had an amazing time celebrating our 25th reunion at OES this May with an epic showing from the class of 2001. Quite possibly the best class OES will ever have.

I look forward to celebrating our 30th!

In May 1993, Tom Tewksbury '93 took me to prom. Thirty-two years later, with four extraordinary teenagers between us, we were married in Mexico (May 2025).

After the Peace Corps and working as a teacher in rural Mississippi and New Orleans, I came back home to Portland. I’m now an attorney, pro tem judge, and mom. I’m currently running for judge in Multnomah County, so look for me on your May ballot! You can learn more at savageforjudge.org.
 

It was another win for Simon Hatcher ’19 and the Cambridge University Boat Club in the 171st Boat Race, making it four consecutive wins over Oxford in the storied race on the River Thames in London. Cambridge beat Oxford by three and a half lengths in a time of 17:57.

“It was such an honor to get to race and win this historic event again,” Hatcher said. “I am so grateful to my teammates, coaches, friends, and family for their support.”

Simon began rowing in sixth grade and joined the Oregon Rowing Club Unlimited for training in seventh grade. After attending Brown, he went on to pursue a master’s degree in nuclear engineering at Cambridge, where he has rowed with the Cambridge University Boat Club since his first year.

I’m currently in Boston pursuing an MBA at MIT Sloan before returning to Bain & Co. I’m also taking flying lessons and just did my first solo!

I moved from Santa Monica, California, to my hometown of Grants Pass, Oregon about a year ago. Started a marketing business, Bells & Whistles Agency. In my spare time I help the animal shelters and volunteer at various community events. Four grown children and six grandchildren, all very busy! Hoping to travel this summer.
 

After a career in marketing and community development, I am currently a freelance writer in Nashville, Tennessee. I’m enjoying reconnecting with classmate Valerie Samuels ’78 (at center in photo), who recently moved to the area.

In the fall of 2025, Hannah Huston married Daniel Marshall. Five of Hannah’s bridesmaids were OES classmates: Sara Eaton ’13 (MOH), Erica Massaro ’13, Anastasiya Chevtchenko ’13, Hannah Rudoff ’13, and Anna Rischitelli ’13. In attendance were multiple other OES friends, including Hannah's brother (Reed Huston ’17), Zoe Rischitelli (OES middle school ’13), Sam LeFeber ’13, Rachael Nedrow ’13, and former OES instructor Coleen Davis.

Since my last update, in 2023, quite a bit has happened! I got married on August 6, 2023 to my wife Amna Ali, who is from Toronto. OES alumni, including my cousin Imran Ahmad ’00, along with Will Meade ’00, Devin Huseby ’00, and the one and only Father Corbet Clark and his wife, Myra, attended the reception in Salem! Over Thanksgiving, we moved into our first home, in the greater Seattle area in Covington, WA. I’m now 3+ years into my life as a family physician for Optum and enjoying it greatly!

I have lived in many places since I left St. Helens Hall. I now live in the small town of Schertz, Texas. It is close to Randolph Air Force Base and San Antonio.

I miss living near the West Coast. When I lived in Boise, Idaho I met a former SHH boarder. We attended the same church and by fate we discovered we were at the Hall at the same time. I was in the Upper School and she was in the Lower School. We were both boarders. Small world!

Four friends from the class of 2020 joined together in New York City last month to celebrate Isabelle Torch '20, who competed in the 2025 New York City Marathon. They even made a sign recollecting when Isabelle chose to walk the OES Middle School mile!

Left to right: Alexa Tsai '20, who works in San Francisco and was in New York for business; Isabelle Torch '20, who works in New York City; Harper Hummelt '20, who is attending grad school in New York; and Sophie Chen '20, who also works in New York City.

Hello, fellow OESians! Have you ever wanted to taste figgy pudding? I can help! I started a small business that makes Figgy Pudding Baking Kits. These kits make great gifts and the pudding is absolutely delicious.

Please check out my business at figgypuddingkit.com. I hope these kits will find their way into many families’ homes and create special holiday memories.

Chandler Hatton ’02 just hit the one-year mark as CTO of Fairphone, a consumer electronics company committed to fighting planned obsolescence with repairable, long-lasting smartphones and headphones. Since 2023 she’s also been serving as non-executive director at Refuels, a renewable bio-methane supplier for the UK’s commercial truck fleets. Chandler has been living in the Netherlands since 2006 and is based in Rotterdam with her partner and their two children.