As a Remedy to Global Warming, As a Remedy to Global Warming

ClassNotesMary Alice and Rob Lamb and Megan Sutton arehoping to do great things for land protection in theSouthern Appalachians. Rob is doing stewardshipwork at Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy inHendersonville, N.C., while Mary Alice and Meganare working together at the Southern AppalachianHighlands Conservancy in Asheville. Mary Alice isworking on public outreach and Megan on conservationplanning and stewardship for WesternNorth Carolina.Maura Leahy writes:“I’m working for theHarvard Green Campus Initiative and willcoordinate a campus energy reduction program.The premise is that people will be more likelyto change their behavior if they’re presentedwith concrete ways to do so in interesting ways(www.greencampus.harvard.edu).”maura_leahy@harvard.eduVirginia Lorne writes:“I’m back in Tahoe workingon land acquisition and public access projects for theCalifornia Tahoe Conservancy. I have been runninginto Betony Jones ’04. My husband, Matt, and I areexpecting a little Lorne in mid-December.And Mot,the dog, is happy to have his paws back in LakeTahoe, his favorite swimming hole.”Joe MacDougald writes:“I’m working as mycompany’s chief operating officer, and am chair ofmy town’s planning and zoning commission. In thespring, I’ll teach an advanced land-use law course asan adjunct law professor.”Sarah Matheson writes:“I am doing environmentalsustainability work for the World Bank andreside in Arlington,Va.”Alex McIntosh spent the summer creating anenergy conservation program for Yale College,working for John Pepper, vice president for financeand administration. Now Alex is interviewing withThe Nature Conservancy for conservation jobs inthree states and had hoped to have something linedup by end of September. He also volunteered inLouisiana with the American Red Cross to help thevictims of the hurricanes (see story on page 49).alexmcintosh@aya.yale.eduRolando Mendez-Treneman writes:“I designedand implemented an applied ecology workshop for ahigh school ecology class. The students learned andpracticed cross-country navigation (use of compass,aerial photography, topographic maps), forestmeasurement methodology (use of relascope, anglegauge, clinometer, Spencer tape) and teamwork.”Azalea Mitch writes:“I’m still looking into thecauses of marsh loss along the Connecticut coastwith Shimi Anisfeld. My husband and I just cameback from our first Engineers Without Bordersassignment in Honduras.We stomped and hackedour way through subtropical wet forests with amachete, looking for water sources that we couldtap into to help some of the local villages incentral Honduras.”Matt Muspratt writes:“I’ve just finished my firstterm of law school at the University of Michigan. I’vehad one visitor, Sharon Gulick.”Justin Pollard writes:“Since graduation I have beenliving in Portland, Maine, where I have been a builder,and founded a sustainable building and designcompany called Pollard Builders. I volunteered withthe Red Cross in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort inMontgomery, Ala.”Rebecca Reider writes:“I have been wanderingaround Ecuador and Peru. For a month, I mothered 18goofy gringo teenagers around Ecuador as a tripleader for Global Routes. I also spent some time in therainforest with the communities where I did mymaster’s research last summer, visiting Kichwafriends, trying to support their battle for title to theirancestral territories and living the good junglelifestyle eating roasted ants and caterpillar soup.”Michael Ritger writes:“I am a financial analyst for asmall research and investment firm in New York,specializing in natural resources companies.”Amy Shatzkin is a transportation planner in Seattle.Emily Shelton writes:“I am a global sustainabilityanalyst with Mattel (Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher Price),based in Los Angeles. My work deals with environmentaland social performance of licenseemanufacturing facilities worldwide.”emily.shelton@aya.yale.eduDan Stonington writes:“I’ve had a great summer inthe Pacific Northwest.After graduation, I drove backto Seattle via Colorado, Utah and California, stoppingto visit relatives and F&ESers along the way. I’mhoping to get a position in Olympia, either workingfor the legislature or staffing an environmentaladvisory council to the governor.”Jonathan Strunin writes:“I’m interning at theAssociation of Bay Area Governments (ABAG),a regional governmental planning organization.I am developing and writing a report updating theexisting land-use map for the entire region, whichwill be used in ABAG’s regional projections that theyput out every few years to help local governmentsmake planning decisions. I’m also assisting in thepreparation of the multijurisdictional local hazardmitigation plan (always a huge issue in California)by writing a piece on past, present and future landusedevelopment in hazard areas.”Hannah Stutzman writes:“I spent the summer atthe David and Lucile Packard Foundation in LosAltos, Calif., doing research on marine ecosystembasedmanagement initiatives. It was fun to spendthe summer on the West Coast, and now I’m lookingfor a full-time position in Colombia.”hannah.stutzman@aya.yale.eduVictoria Thompson writes:“Earlier this summer,I met briefly with Alex Pannock and Kyla Dahlinin San Francisco, and made some ‘educational’ visitsto Napa Valley wineries. I started my new job at ICFConsulting in D.C. on August 1, and have beenspending my time settling into my new apartmentwith Lisa Patel and going to various office socialevents. Liz Martin works in the same office as me.”Jennifer Vogel writes:“I am communicationscoordinator for Rainforest Alliance in New York. Mywork is mostly writing, editing and media outreach.I’ve also started a small business, marketing wildAfrican silk as an NTFP.”Huiyan Zhao writes:“I am in Rhode Island, andam happy to be an environmental analyst for thenext few years.”Kate Zyla writes:“Brian and I got married inOctober in New York. I’m living in D.C. and workingat the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.We’retaking our honeymoon in Hawaii!”From Kathleen Schomaker ’96, Director of Alumni/ae Affairs:Thank you for your submissions to Class Notes—we hope you enjoy reading this section of themagazine, along with all the rest of Environment:Yale.Please note the following procedures for Class Notes: Class secretaries try to contact classmates,generally in February and August, to remind you to send notes. If you do not hear from a secretary, wemay no longer have your e-mail address or other contact information. Please update your information atwww.alumniconnections.com/yale or alumni.fes@yale.edu or by calling 203-432-5108.If your note misses the deadline, we will save it for the next issue. Should you choose to update your notebefore the following issue, simply let us know.We publish e-mail and website addresses as part of Class Notes, but we do not publish mailing addressesor phone numbers. However, we appreciate receiving your mail and phone updates as well.As always, we enjoy hearing from you!Fall 2005 45