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Angeles so he moved his family east to New York Institute of Photography and son Tommy is a senior
a few years ago. “I fell into the exciting world of at Hebron Academy.
online advertising and marketing, where I work
today for Media Holdings in the financial district of Jamie Hill is the founder and CEO of admarketplace.
Manhattan.”
com “I’m still not married but have been dating the
same wonderful girl for the past two years.”
Geraldine Griffin is a former criminal defense
attorney who is now a professor of legal writing at Joy Lambert lives in St. Maarten where she teaches
Suffolk Law School in Boston. She and husband Tom art and works as the college counselor at the
have two daughters, Caroline, 7, and Jane, 4. Tom is American school on the island. “There isn’t much
an attorney and a writer.
time to develop my own art, and I’m not painting
every day as I’d like. I can’t complain, life is good, and
Lucy Hartford has been working in the private jet I have a fantastic view of the beach from my porch.”
industry since 2007. “Amidst all my different careers,
I’ve traveled the world from Mumbai, India, to Matt Libby lives in Florida where he started a tile
Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the coast of northern and marble company. He has twins, a girl and a boy.
Africa. In my spare time I raise funds for Children’s
Hospital in Los Angeles.”
Jon Linde and Sara (Merrena) Linde were married in
1998 and live in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Jon is
Chip Haselton and wife Pam have two children. “I an attorney, practicing antitrust and transportation
worked for Sears for 20 years, leaving when Sears regulatory law. Sara is a senior marketing analyst.
merged with Kmart. Worked for Best Buy until I They have two children, Teddy, 8, and Caroline, 6, and
started my own company five years ago.”
a geriatric mutt, Prudy.
John Heyl lives in the Wolfeboro area. “I’m trying
to slow down in masonry as it accelerates the Valerie (Norfleet) McMorrow writes, “I’m loving
aging process. Considering writing or teaching.” Vermont and our snowy winters and skiing and
His daughter Ashley, 21, is a graduate of Hallmark snowboarding with my three beautiful children.”
Dave Merrill lives
in Neptune Beach,
Florida, and writes: “I
graduated from Eckerd
College, got married,
had four kids, started a
company, got divorced,
played some golf, got
fat, got skinny, got fat
again. Got married last
May to a wonderful
person. Now I spend
time running my
company, traveling,
and hanging out with
my kids.”
John Burfeind ‘91 and former faculty member Barbara Douglass.
William Merrill lives in Lafayette, California,
northeast of San Francisco. He is married with two
children: Jared, 3, and Sylvie, 1. “I work as a senior
vice president of trading at First Republic Securities,
a broker-based dealer in San Francisco.”
Bjorn Otterness lives in Ledyard, Connecticut, and
earned an MBA in Organization and Management
from the University of New Haven in 2000. “A fluke
accident occurred in the summer of 2002 when I
fell 50 feet onto an incline and some bushes. When I
woke up the next day, I learned that I was paralyzed
from the waist down. I have since adjusted to life
in a wheelchair. I drive my own car and returned to
school to receive my BS in accounting from Eastern
Connecticut State College. I do taxes three months
of the year, and I enjoy traveling.”
Bruce Pennypacker works in information technology
at Tufts University. “I’ve helped run five statewide
and regional theater festivals. I’m currently on the
board of directors of a community theater and
also the executive vice president of the Eastern
Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters.
Lastly and most importantly, I’m engaged to a
wonderful woman, Heather.”
Dennis Phipps lives in New York City where he started
DKP Media Group (www.dkpmg.com) “It has been a
really adventurous 25 years working with some fun,
talented, difficult, insightful, … world renown artist/
performers, along with a few business mavens.”
Susan (Janfaza) Poverman has a master’s in
severe special needs and worked in the Lowell
(Massachusetts) public schools for seven years
before taking time off to raise sons Max, 9, and
Adam, 6. “I changed careers three years ago, and I am
now a weight loss consultant with Jenny Craig.”
Trey Rhian and wife Stacy live in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi, with their three children: Regan, 13,
Alden, 10, and Jillian, 10. Trey and his brother run
Parthenon Envelope Company. He also owns the
recycling company Renewable Options.
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