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for pdf 2/10/05 1:41 PM Page 43CLASS NOTESSIPAWolfgang is coordinator forWorld Economy in the GermanParliament (Bundestag). He isworking for the SPD-Parliamentary Group, the leadingparty group of ChancellorGerhard Schroeder, and frequentlyvisits New York andWashington as part of hisduties. Since the Bundestagmoved from Bonn to Berlin, helives in Berlin-Spandau. Thispast June, Wolfgang got married.His wife, Anke, a lawyerfrom Hamburg, also works inBerlin.Kellee Tsai, MIA, Ph.D., ’99ktsai@jhu.eduKellee and her husband, Davis,are happy to announce thebirth of Felix DeSaussureBookhart-Tsai on July 2, 2004.They are all doing well.1992Christin M. Driscoll, MPAchristindriscoll@hotmail.comIn the summer of 2003,Christin accepted a position assenior director of public policyat the Association for Careerand Technical Education—anorganization that deals with arange of education and trainingissues. Christin directs theAssociation’s government relations,grassroots advocacy,research, and media activities.Alfred LaSpina, MIAajl115@columbia.eduAlfred and his wife, Audrey,welcomed a new daughter, MiaGrace, on September 18, 2004.Mia is their second child; theirfirst, Isabella Noël, is almosttwo years old. Alfred is thedirector of marketing for KazIncorporated, a consumer productscompany involved in thedesign, manufacture, and marketingof air purification products.They live in Arlington,Massachusetts, and welcomee-mail from SIPA friends.Julie McCormack, MIAJulie@wwescapes.comJulie McCormack has operatedher own international adventuretravel business, WorldwideEscapes, for the past six years.She lives in Orinda, Californiawith her husband, Michael, andtheir two children, Conor (4)and Erin (2).Ann J. Morning, MIAann.morning@nyu.eduAnn is back in New York, havingreturned this past fall tobegin teaching at NYU as anassistant professor of sociology.In spring 2004, she finished herPhD at Princeton, as did herhusband, Andrea Tambalotti,an economist who now worksat the Federal Reserve Bank ofNew York.1993Lyn A. Hogan, MPAlyn.hogan@yale.eduLyn recently accepted a positionas a senior associate atYale University’s Center inChild Development and SocialPolicy. She has held positionson the White House DomesticPolicy Council under PresidentClinton, at the DemocraticLeadership Council, on thestaffs of Senators EdwardKennedy and Barbara Mikulski,and, more recently, as a seniorprogram officer at the SmithRichardson Foundation basedin Connecticut. Lyn lives inWestport, Connecticut withher husband, business authorStephen Diorio, and her son,Robert. Lyn can be reached atthe e-mail address listed above.William Wechsler, MPAWechsler@greenwich.comOn October 6, 2004, William’swife, Helaine Klasky, gavebirth to their second child,Daniel Reid Wechsler. Twoyear-oldAlexander HaydenWechsler is enjoying his newstatus as the big brother.1994Charles Green, MIAcharles_green@msn.comCharles Green is the new chiefoperating officer of Hisense,USA, located in City ofIndustry, California. Hisense isChina’s third largest producerof appliances and consumerelectronics. Those interested inlearning more about the companycan find information atwww.hisense.com.1995Elena Crescia, MIAelenacrescia@yahoo.comAfter graduating from SIPA,Elena received a postgraduatedegree in Financial Evaluationfrom the Sorbonne’s Institutefor Economic and SocialDevelopment Studies. Duringher time in Paris, her daughtersVictoria (8) and Sofia (6) wereborn. The family then movedto Buenos Aires, Argentina,where, for three years, Elenaworked for NGOs and started amicrocredit project. In June2002, the family relocated toSão Paulo, Brazil, where Elenais now working for the Institutefor Social InvestmentDevelopment. She reports thatshe loves her work.1996Andrew Mwaba, PEPMa.mwaba@afdb.orgAfter graduating from SIPA,Andrew completed a doctoralprogram at Manchester. InAugust 2004, he was appointedadviser to the vice president atthe African Development Bank(ADB). In this position, he isable to make a positive contributionto the bank’s membercountries by advising them onthe ADB’s operational program.Cristina Seckinger, MPAcristinaseckinger@msn.comCristina and Ian Watson(Columbia College ’89;Columbia Business School ’98)welcomed their second child,Nathaniel (“Nate”) HolbrookWatson, born May 13, 2004.They currently reside inArlington, Massachusetts.columbia universityschool of international and public affairsThe Earth Institute at Columbia UniversityEarn your MPA inEnvironmental Science andPolicyThe Master of PublicAdministration Program inEnvironmental Scienceand Policy combinesColumbia University’shands-on approachto teaching public policyand administration withpioneering thinking aboutthe environment.Thistwelve-month program takesplace at Columbia University’s New York campuses.For more information,please call 212-854-3142, e-mail: lar46@columbia.edu,or visit our Web site.www.columbia.edu/cu/mpaenvironment1997Krista (Eilhardt) Birenkrant,MIAkrista26@yahoo.comKrista and her husband, Marc,welcomed their first baby, EllaJanine, in January 2004. Kristais now consulting for the RaoulWallenberg Committee of theUnited States.Jennifer Chang, MIAJennifer.Chang@ap.jll.comJennifer, who is living andworking in Hong Kong, gotmarried on October 23, 2004.Recently, she received sponsorshipfrom the Hong KongJockey Club to compete in aseries of international showjumping competitions in anticipationof the Asian Games inQatar in 2006.Carl Haacke, MIAcarlhaacke@yahoo.comCarl misses the “good old days”when he was in the ClintonAdministration, as a member ofthe White House NationalEconomic Council and ChiefEconomist’s Office of the LaborDepartment. Now he is consultingfor businesses and isexcited about the release of hisfirst book, Frenzy, by Palgrave,St. Martin’s Press in December2004. The book, which isabout investment decisions andstrategy during speculativebubbles, has already receivedterrific feedback from notablebusiness leaders. Carl is evenmore excited, however, abouthis two 18-month-old sons,Evan and Matthew.Tim Sunwoo, MIAtimsunwoo@bigpond.comAfter working for the managementconsulting firm A. T.Kearney in its Sydney and NewYork offices and with a start-upin Silicon Valley, Tim has relocatedto Sydney, Australia,where he is now a principal inGroup Strategy of InsuranceSIPA NEWS 43