Powell,  John Conway, and Kristen Vogel 
Blabey all met at Benchmark Eatery. We were 
joined by many wonderful current and former 
teachers including Peter “Ace” Angeloff, Paul 
Chiment, Dave Morris, Dana White, Trish 
McHale, and Arthur Merovick. During the 
planning, it was great to hear from so many 
classmates including Nathan Welton, Siri 
Harrison, Claudia Fuentes, Ryan Morris, 
Mike Skrzynski, Jeremy Manalis, Summers 
Case, Sol Poyorow, Linnea Hanson Haddock, 
Jessie Powell, Yasmine Mohseni Zodeh, and 
Sean Copeland.  It was wonderful to catch up 
and hear everything that people had been doing, 
where they were living, and to share many fun 
stories and memories of our time at Laguna.” 

 
SEAN COPELAND shares, “Things are pretty 
nice on the Copeland household front. I am 
currently residing in Goleta, CA and I'm loving 
life. I have two wonderful little girls-Chloe (7) 
and Sophia (9). I graduated from West Point 
with a computer science degree and left the 
military as a captain in 2004. I did various jobs 
in sales and management and moved around 
the country before finally coming back to Santa 
Barbara in 2011. I was able to be a stay-at-home 
dad for almost six years, which was awesome. 
Currently, I am the operations manager at a 
local non-profit called Direct Relief. Life is 
good here in Santa Barbara and I hope life is 
good for all of you out there in the wild and 
crazy world.”

BLAKE DORFMAN and wife Laura 
welcomed new daughter Emiko “Emi” 
Wooster Dorfman on February 25, 2016. 
She weighed in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 
measured 19.5 inches long. Emiko’s cousin 
Jack, son of Marc Dorfman '97, was born 
February 29, 2016 in St. Louis. 

 
CHRIS  TAMAS recently joined the 
University of Nebraska volleyball staff as an 
assistant coach in May 2015. He came to the 
Huskers from Cal Poly, along with his wife, 
Jennifer (Joines) Tamas, who is a volunteer 
assistant for the school. Chris’ impact on the 
program was felt immediately, as the Huskers 
won the 2015 NCAA Division I National 
Championship in his first season. Chris is 
a former U.S. Men’s National Team captain 
and had Big Ten experience before joining 
Nebraska. He was a 2003 graduate of Pacific 
University with a degree in sports sciences. 
Chris spent four years with the United States 
Men’s National Team, including a year as 
national team captain in 2003 when he helped 
lead the United States to a bronze medal at 
the World University Games in Daegu, South 
Korea. Chris competed for six years overseas 
with clubs in the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, 
Turkey, Cyprus, and Finland. 

 
 
MARC DORFMAN ’97 and his wife 
welcomed their son, Jack, on February 29, 
2016.

 
KRISTEN BLABEY shares, “The class of 
1995 celebrated its 20th reunion in October 
2015 in Santa Barbara! While we missed our 
classmates who were unable to join us, there 
was a great turnout! Adam Franklin, Jason 
Eldred, Melissa Kasch Pease, Devon Grandi 

1997

1995

Congrats to Laguna alums Alex Harmer ’09 and 

Tatyana Parsons ’08 who are planning their wedding 
to take place at the Santa Barbara Polo Club!

Tatyana attended high school at Laguna after 

moving back to the states from Moscow, Russia 
where she was raised with her two older sisters. She 
met Alex in her senior year, and the couple started 
dating after a pumpkin carving party in her backyard.

Tatyana attended and graduated from Gordon 

College in Boston, MA. Alex attended Wheaton 
College (MA) for two years but returned to California 
to finish his last two years at St. Mary's College in 
Moraga, CA. He is a ninth generation Santa Barbarian. 
(His great uncle, another Alexander Harmer, was the 
architect for 22 homes in Hope Ranch, including the 
home of Marilyn Honea who is hosting their rehearsal 
dinner.)

Tatyana currently works at Disney Corporate 

with their social media interactives department. 
Alex is working for Viacom with their sports sales 
department team. The couple is currently living in 
the Los Angeles area and will make their residence in 
North Hollywood after the wedding. 

Some 300 guests are expected to attend the 

couple’s wedding, including many from Russia, 
Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia, England, 
Canada, Australia, and throughout the United States.

Congratulations to the beautiful couple!

LOVE @ LAGUNA!

1999

Chris Tamas ’99

Emi, daughter of 

Blake Dorfman ’02

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