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working this summer with FINCAEcuador, a commercial bank affiliatedwith the program, carrying out asocio-economic survey of clients todetermine the range of programeffects on clients.” Farrell Frankelmoved from Colorado to Brookline inFebruary. She is working as a therapeuticmentor at Arbour Counselingin Alston. Pino’s Pizza continues to bea stomping ground for her and therest of the Class of 2002. SamHawkins is a project engineer forSea-Dar Construction in Boston. Hehas aspirations of returning to Parkand rekindling the spirit of GregCope’s “Bafana Bafana.” Lee Rotenbergis spending the year in Tel Aviv,Israel. Julia Spiro is an assistant to anagent at United Talent Agency in LosAngeles. Hidde Tonegawa is currentlyworking for DeNA Co. Ltd inTokyo. Soon he is moving to SanFrancisco to head up its marketingdivision for the smart phone market.After a short pursuit of a semi-probasketball career in Europe, MattWeinberg moved to Washington,D.C. to live with Nathan Kellogg.Matt works as the coordinator of governmentrelations for the U.S. TravelAssociation, while Nathan teachesreading to middle-school-aged specialeducation students.2003Class RepresentativeDiana Rutherforddrutherford@berklee.net617-731-43742004Class RepresentativesMolly Lebowmlebow@tulane.edu617-965-3161Steven Foxsteven.fox@richmond.edu617-983-0208Gabe Saltzman ’05 and friends posefor the camera on a service trip toRwanda this summer.Anne Wernikoff and Annabel deBraganca are currently spendingtheir summer in Paris and then willbe senior-year roommates at GeorgeWashington University.2005Class RepresentativeLily Bullittlily_bullitt@yahoo.com617-734-8841Daly Franco writes, “Although it’sbeen five years since I graduated,Park still remains in my heart! Currently,I am entering my junior year atBarnard College of Columbia Universityin N.Y.C, where I have been pursuingmy love for neurons as aneuroscience and behavior major(with a concentration on behavior).This summer, I’ve been doing neuroscienceresearch with my adviser (aprofessor at the College). Thisupcoming fall, I will serve the Collegeas an upper-class (wo)man R.A.”Gabe Saltzman is a junior at TuftsUniversity and just got back from anincredible service trip in Africa. “Iwent with a group of 20 studentsfrom Tufts to a youth village inRwanda. We stayed and worked atthe Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village.Agahozo means ‘where tears are dried’in Rwanda’s native language, Kinyarwanda,and shalom means ‘peace’in Hebrew. The village is for Rwandanorphans from the genocide whoare in the most need from all differentvillages throughout Rwanda. Weworked on building stadium seatingfor a soccer field that will be inauguratedin quite the grand fashion: theRwandan national team will comeplay against the students. The village,which works in a similar system to anIsraeli kibbutz because of draught andno means of planting sheaths of grassand cultivating the seeds, had to planteach blade of grass (it was an incredibleamount of work!) by hand. We atethree times a day with the kids (agesfrom 15-20) and went into their classroomsand participated in servicework with them; we went to helpbuild a mud house for an HIV-positivewoman in the community wherethe gated village is located.” Gabelearned a great deal on this trip. “Ihad been many times to impoverishedplaces in the world and have done afair number of service trips to SouthAmerica, where my mother is from,but never have I seen poverty to suchan extreme degree.” Gabe goes on tosay that he first learned and performedcommunity service and was amember of Helping Hand. For moreMiddle Division Head Jon Ross Wiley with his wife, Sahar,daughter, Soraya and son, Zia.Jenny Walton Burke ’91 brought her kids, Phoebe and Peter.Alumni Volunteer DaySaturday, April 24ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY IN APRIL, alumni, families, andfriends gathered in Concord for the second annual Park VolunteerDay at Gaining Ground. This organization relies onthe help of hundreds of volunteers to grow 20,000 pounds oforganic vegetables and fruit, which is donated to area mealprograms and food pantries. It was great day of planting,tilling, watering, and giving back to the community. Join usnext April in Concord as we continue our tradition workingwith Gaining Ground!The Park Bulletin | Fall 2010 51