AndoverMagSpring2015

www.andover.edu/intouchas he said that the name and face came together:Jon Pedicino, who was both ’87 at Andoverand ’91 at Dartmouth with me.”Saving the best for last, Chuck Chung let meknow that he and Doug Henderson were officiallywed and that Irene Hsieh ’88 was in attendanceand celebrating. Congrats to you both!In totally unrelated news, Chuck also let meknow that he won a Gates Foundation grantto engineer nanotextured surfaces, so doublecongrats are in order. And what he is workingon sounds pretty cool—especially when youconsider that what he is attempting to improveupon apparently has (1) been in use for about 400years, yet has undergone very little technologicalimprovement in the past 50 years, (2) has 750million active users, (3) has a global productionrate of 15 billion units per year, and (4) isrecognized and available almost everywhere onearth. Curious? Follow the link and scroll downuntil you find “nanotextured”: http://tinyurl.com/PACurious.Hard to top that, eh? Peace. —Dave1988Terri Stroud800 4th St. SW, Unit N418Washington DC 20024202-486-4189terri.stroud@gmail.comLaura Cox21 Merced Ave.San Anselmo CA 94960415-302-7709laurajeancox@gmail.comMatt Lavin1203 Constitution Ave. NEWashington DC 20002202-365-8593mattlavindc@yahoo.comHeather Ross Zuzenak16 Essex St.Medford MA 02155781-874-1747hrzuzenak@yahoo.comNot too long ago, I had lunch withKristin De Vivo at Skywalker Ranch, inCalifornia, which was a blast. Kristin was enjoyingher one-year anniversary at the George LucasEducational Foundation. As the executivedirector of a new division called Lucas EducationResearch, she is responsible for building out theresearch program focused on the identificationand evaluation of transformative practices in K–12education, starting with rigorous project-basedlearning. She and her family have made a goodtransition from life in Manhattan to Marin County,and they are loving the fantastic weather andoutdoor accessibility!Also working in education, Jim Dand starteda new job last summer as director of educationaltechnology for Walch Education in Portland,Maine. He’d love to hear from any educators inour class to discuss how they use technologyto educate our future leaders. Shoot him a noteat jim@jimdand.com.Another Down Easter, Jill McElderry-Maxwell, reports that all is well. She’s still farmingalpacas, with more than 50 suris currently on thefarm (numbers fluctuate with sales and births).She was recently elected to the board of trustees ofthe Suri Network, a national breed organization,and it has proven an exciting challenge helpingto move the industry forward. She spends a lot oftime consulting on alpaca health issues and hashad writings on the topic published in Canada,Germany, and Australia, as well as the U.S. Thefarm also has guardian burros adopted from theBureau of Land Management, chickens for meatand eggs, heritage breed pigs and turkeys, dairygoats, and calves being raised for the freezer. Jill’sson is a junior at the Maine School of Scienceand Mathematics, and they will begin the collegesearch this summer. Jill writes, “Between that andlifting hay bales every day, I’m starting to feel myage! Were we really this young when we wentoff to college?”Allison Picott was elected to the board ofdirectors of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Theboard chair is Ray Lamontagne ’53. At on- andoff-campus events and activities last fall, Allisonsaw several classmates, including John Kline,José Díaz Hernández, Aisha Jorge Massengill,Sue Dumas Miller, and Lisa Lopardo Welch,among others. She also ran into Tucker Levy ata coffee shop in their old South End (Boston)neighborhood. Allison reports that Tuckeris doing well, hasn’t aged a bit, and is livingwith his wife, Victoria, and their daughter inCharlestown, Mass.Dan Koontz is still living out in Sag Harbor,N.Y., on Long Island, where he bumps intoChris Wiedemann from time to time. Dan getsto make regular trips up to Montreal, where hisson Bo is now in his second year at McGill. Andthis past August, he had the great thrill of playinga short set on the Hammond B-3, warming upfor the legendary Booker T. Jones, at the SuffolkTheater in Riverhead, N.Y.Chris Sapuppo is still in Austin, Texas, andrecently went back to school to study buildingtechnology. While in school, he’s interning asa construction coordinator. He’s curious to seewhere this will take him on his journey.Cheryl Coutre Kellond relocated herfamily—husband Steve, kids Ben (15), Grant(13), and Anna (9)—from Manhattan Beach,Calif., to Boulder, Colo., last summer. She wentout to Boulder for the very first time on June 1 forwork, then called her husband instantly to tell himthey were moving. She gave her kids a heads-upby using the hashtag #BoCoRelo on all her socialmedia accounts. To celebrate her 15th weddinganniversary, she had planned a July triathlon roadtrip from her home in LA to Vineman 70.3 inSonoma and then Ironman Canada in Whistler,B.C. Instead of a casual post-race drive back to LA,she hightailed straight down the coast, franticallypacked the moving van, and had moved to thebase of the Flatirons by August. The first 3-degreeday with snow was an educational experience forher family of Californians, but they are all lovingit now. Cheryl’s startup, Bia (www.bia-sport.com), is still moving along. The product has beengetting great reviews and has a loyal fan base,but, she says, bootstrapping is exhausting in acompetitive market. Cheryl’s oldest son, Corey(Rateau Jr.), is still in Chicago, but she hopes he’llrelocate to Denver.Congratulations to dads Rani Ali-Ahmadand Jed Gore! Rani recently married, and he andhis wife, Abby, just welcomed baby boy Dany. Raniruns a secondary venture fund called VenVestCapital, based in LA. Jed and partner VanessaAvery welcomed a baby daughter, JacquelineAlexandria, in October. Jacquie joins big sibs Ivyand Grady Gore.Tom Pollock notes that though Thanksgivingisn’t celebrated in Ireland, he pulls his kids fromschool every year for the holiday. This year, theywent to London to have a turkey dinner withJoe Proctor and his family. Tom also met upwith Nick Hofgren. Also across the pond wasHeather Ross Zuzenak. She met Joe for a drinkafter work and caught up on the past 25 years orso. Heather reports that Joe is very involved inEarthwatch Institute, to which he was introducedby Roddy Scheer’s mom.All is well with Sarah Perkins in DC. Shestill works in the development office at her sonKadin’s Chinese immersion public charter school,Washington Yu Ying PCS. A highlight of theyear was a visit from First Lady Michelle Obamabefore her trip to China. Sarah’s daughter, Sofia,is now in middle school at the newly formed DCInternational School, which is a joint middle andhigh school formed by five immersion elementarycharter schools and which offers French, Spanish,and Mandarin Chinese. Sarah is busy taking thekids to soccer, volleyball, and basketball. Sheoccasionally runs into Leila Finucane ’89, whentheir daughters play soccer against each other.Tory Stewart lives in LA with her husband andchildren, Silas and Madeline, and she’d love to seeany Andover folks living in the area. She has a TVpilot in development at Fox and is polishing up ascreenplay about money in politics to go out soon.The big news is that her play Rich Girl is going upat the Old Globe in San Diego May 23 to June 21.(There’s an Andover reference in the play, andBill Mann gave advice about how to make themain character, a financial guru who resemblesSuze Orman, sound more realistic!)Arthur Bradford has written a short-story collection,Turtleface and Beyond, which will be out bythe time you’re reading these notes. Check it out!Love and peace to all. —LauraAndover | Spring 2015107