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Elected in AprilTwo new trustees join the boardEmma Clippinger ’04 A NewKind of Student Activism: Lessonsin Social Entrepreneurship fromRwanda Ms. Clippinger is thefounder of Gardens for HealthInternational. GHI is partneredwith the Rwandese Network forPeople Living with HIV/AIDS(RRP+). Established in 2003, theRRP+ coordinates the activitiesof Rwanda’s nearly 1,000 communitygroups of HIV+ individuals.GHI works with the RRP+to mobilize associations of HIV+individuals around enhancednutrition through sustainableagriculture training and nutritioneducation.Eli Wolff ’95 Disability in SportsMr. Wolff is the manager ofresearch and advocacy at theCenter for the Study of Sportin Society at NortheasternUniversity and works to supportand enhance student and facultyresearch and advocacy initiativesat local, national and internationallevels. He has encouragedthe application of the scholaractivistmethodology with respectto sport and social issues; hewas also a member of the U.S.National Soccer Team from 1995to 2004, and a member of theU.S. Olympic Team in the 1996and 2004 Paralympic Games.Ian Cheney ’98 King Corn andThe Greening of Southie Aftergraduating from Yale University,Mr. Cheney—along with his bestfriend from college—moved tothe corn fields of Iowa, and withthe help of friendly neighbors,genetically modified seeds, andpowerful herbicides, planted andgrew a bumper crop of America’smost-productive, most-subsidizedgrain. This experience ledto his co-directing the acclaimeddocumentary King Corn. Morerecently, he directed The Greeningof Southie, a documentary aboutthe construction of the first“green” residential building, theMacallan, in South Boston.Robert Radtke ’82 MalariaPrevention at the End of theRoad Dr. Radtke is the presidentof Episcopal Relief andDevelopment (ERD), an organizationthat responds to humansuffering around the world,providing emergency assistanceafter disasters, rebuilding communities,and helping childrenand families climb out of poverty.Arnold Saltzman GP’09Did We Win or Lose the ColdWar? Perspectives from a FormerAmbassador Mr. Saltzman servedthe United States under fivepresidents in a wide range ofpolicy-level diplomatic and economicassignments in EasternEurope, Latin America andwithin the United States. Healso served as a naval officer inWorld War II. He was recentlyawarded the Order of Honorfrom the Republic of Georgiaand has received a PresidentialCommendation for his effortson the International NuclearNonproliferation Treaty.Patrick Cook-Deegan Burma:What You Can Do? Mr. Cook-Deegan was an All-Americanlacrosse player at BrownUniversity and has traveled andcycled through New Zealand,Australia, Southeast Asia andthe Middle East. He founded theCycle for Schools project and isworking with a grassroots advocacyorganization called the U.S.Campaign for Burma, a groupthat promotes freedom, democracy,and human rights in thecountry.Erika Mobley ’86Erika Mobley ’86 was electedas a member of the Board ofTrustees in April 2008. Activein global business developmentat Apple, Inc., Erika recentlymoved back to California fromAustralia, having just completedan international assignmentas senior product marketingmanager, iTunes for Australiaand New Zealand. In her workwith Apple, RealNetworks,Amazon.com and Palm, Erikahas had extensive experiencein legal matters, global businessstrategy and deal-making,international law, global productmarketing, strategic branding,anti-piracy and copyrightlaw enforcement in the musicindustry, from the traditionalthrough the digital era.Erika is a graduate of YaleUniversity and GeorgetownUniversity Law Center. A memberof Milton’s Head of SchoolCouncil, Erika has also servedas a class agent and a reunioncommittee member, andhas faithfully attended manySan Francisco Milton events.She lives with her husband,Andrew Speight, and theirchildren, Colin and Avery, inBrisbane, California.V-Nee Yeh ’77V-Nee Yeh ’77, one of the firststudents to enroll at Miltonfrom Hong Kong, was electedto the Board of Trustees inApril 2008. V-Nee is the founderand director of CheetahInvestment ManagementLimited. Cheetah is a HongKong–based investment advisoryfirm that specializes inabsolute return strategiesand hedge funds. With extensiveexperience in corporatefinance—including roles withthe Lazard Group in London,Hong Kong and New York—V-Nee has held positions onthe Listing Committee of TheStock Exchange of Hong KongLimited and on China’s CSRCListing Committee. Accordingto Cheetah’s Web site, V-Neeis a “pioneer in applying valueinvesting in Asia, having beena co-founder of one of the largestvalue fund managers inHong Kong.”V-Nee is a graduate of WilliamsCollege and ColumbiaUniversity’s School of Law.He is an active volunteer forMilton’s admissions effortsin Hong Kong and in 2007established the Yeh FamilyScholarship Fund, whichassists students from GreaterChina. He and his wife, Mira,have one daughter, Nadya.Milton Magazine 67