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C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y M A G A Z I N E S P R I N G 2 0 1 0Chambliss Giobbi ’82, with his wife Laine and children Valentino and Gigi,exploring Central Park last summerquite ready for Led Zeppelin. She’s livingin MA and would love to see and hearfrom more CA alums in 2010. DavidSwaebe is happy to have survived 2009and feels badly for those who sufferedfinancial hardship. His professional highlightwas the move of his company, theamazing Mullen Advertising, from amanor house in Wenham, MA to hisfather’s old office building on BroadStreet in downtown Boston. David is incharge of business development, publicity,social media, and community relations.He has been participating in asocial justice program called LeadBoston, which has been both enlighteningand psychologically challenging. Heand his (very cool) wife Connie have twoboys, Dylan, 15, and Carter, 13. David islooking forward to an upcoming 25threunion with the McGill Redmen basketballteam, which won the Quebec championshipin 1985 and went to theCanadian National Tournament. All is wellwith Deborah Bernat in Boston. She isselling real estate with Hammond Residentialand is keeping very busy (probablyan understatement given that hermother miraculously survived a rupturedbrain aneurysm last July). Debbie reportsthat her mom is recovering beautifullyand that the family is celebrating the miracle.David Greene is working hard onhis new venture, Greene Means Go Consulting,but is also on the staff of petconnection.com,writing two columns aweek for their blog (more when themood strikes). His pet-related newsroundups appear on Mondays and Thursdays,while his wife’s first full-length studioand live album, Sweet Ride, wasreleased in September. He noted that64the summer of 2009 probably wasn’t thebest time to become entrepreneurial forthe first time, with a tanking economyand pressing finances, but he had tostart some time. He has since learned allabout paperwork, bidding, contracts, andinvoicing. The gray hair is advancing atgreat speed, making him an officialentrepreneur. Nadia Belash McKay runsthe Boston region for Mom Corps,where she serves a wide range of companies,matching their nontraditionalstaffing needs with top-tier talent. She isa frequent speaker at educational forumsand working mother networking groupsand has appeared on cable TV, speakingon topics such as returning to the workplaceduring a difficult economic climate.She also moderated a panel on work/lifebalance at this year’s MassachusettsConference for Women. Nadia, her husbandJim, and two sons Henry, 9, andOllie, 6, traveled to Paris for April vacationto celebrate Jim’s 50th birthday,their 10th wedding anniversary, and theboys’ hard work in their French immersionprogram at Glover School in Milton.Cynthia Gorey reports that her familybought a townhome in Sunapee, NH in agreat lakefront community called Granliden.They are a few minutes from MtSunapee, and the whole family loves theskiing and water access. Her children,Liam (7th grade), Catherine (5th), andBrian (2nd) are healthy and busy andlooking forward to creating many happymemories there. Cynthia’s husbandSteven left Lehman Brothers for a newjob at a private equity real estate fund inNew York. Cynthia still leads the NewCanaan Community Foundation, whichtook over the work of the local UnitedWay in 2009 in their CT town. CalvinGreen chimed in from his home inQueens. He’s been dealing with adversity,but finding faith and resilience afterhaving lost his eyesight a few yearsback. He is a true NYer at heart—misseshis independence to ride the subwayalone, but has made progress relearningthe skills we take for granted. Calvinfeels he still hasn’t opened all the doorsof his learning experience from his yearsat CA. He realizes there is a balancebetween what he is going through nowand his CA life and would love to hearfrom people. It was great speaking withCalvin and learning more about his upsand downs—he certainly has had astruggle, but also has a very positive outlook.He’s limited to phone contact, soplease ping me for his cell phone number.Tara O’Brien Pride took her familyon a marvelous tour of the Andean highlandsand Galapagos Islands of Ecuadorthis past summer. They also visited thePanama hat factory. Yes, Panama hatsare made in Ecuador and always havebeen; the name stemmed from stampson the shipping crates. For those of youwho relish trivia—thank Tara. TimBergreen is still my favorite for politicalcontent and creative rants. He is stillworking in DC as chief of staff for a Californiacongressman and reports nonews. “As John Lennon said, I’m justsitting here watching the wheels goround and round.” Don’t believe him fora second. David Kukla, our esteemedex-class president, has nothing but theminutiae of daily life to share, and occasionallywonders what the job of kittenherder would really be like and what theuniform would look like? Let’s hopethere are epaulets! He was thrilled tohear that Laura Newbern won the 2010Kore Press First Book Award. “Woot. GoLaura go!” Laura Newbern is at GeorgiaCollege. In the last four years, she haspublished poems in Poetry, Black WarriorReview, Stand (U.K.), the Best NewPoets anthology, and elsewhere. Lastsummer she was invited to read in theWord-for-Word poetry series at BryantPark. Kudos to Laura on the Kore Award—it’s a major accomplishment. SusanArmstrong Mueller and her husbandPeter have hit two big milestones thisyear. Their eldest son Tyler graduatesfrom high school and will be attendingLehigh University in the fall. He will berunning cross-country and track and fieldwhile studying bioengineering. Theiryoungest son, Nathan, is a sophomore inhigh school and just got his driver’slicense. These milestones mean they arefeeling very old. Sue also indicated thather healthcare IT consulting businesshas been very busy while her husband isstill working for Siemens. They alsoenjoy playing tennis in their spare time.Helen Bird Guidotti is still in Coloradowith her husband Tim, who is playingmusic in Telluride while Helen is wishingit were a bit warmer. Their two labs,Noah and Puja, love the snow. As Helenso aptly put it, they get to “hike all overcreation.” She is still in touch with SusanArmstrong Mueller and enjoyed theflashbacks as Susan took her eldest ontheir college road trips. Abigail Fisherwrapped up 2009 by chanting Torah infront of 3,000 people at the Union forReform Judaism and Women of ReformJudaism joint biennial assembly inToronto in November. Next fall, she willbe installed as president of Women ofReform Judaism’s northeast district. Thisspring she will receive her master’s inJewish studies from Hebrew College,where she focused on the Jewish ethicsof public health care spending. In her“spare” time, she’s raising her two children—Jamieis a junior year at BelmontHigh, and Valerie is in 7th grade atBeaver Country Day. As if this were notenough, Abby is also finding the time toplay bassoon in a trio, a duo, and anoctet, as well as some solo work. CarolMallard and David Kaufman deservesome special recognition. They starteddating senior year and actually got marriedin 1986—so for high school sweetheartsand CA love stories they willactually be married 26 years at our 30threunion! They say it all seems like yesterday.2009 was a year of changes andshuffled responsibilities/schedules, asDavid joined a small health care softwareconsultancy, while Carol ramped up hermusic teaching at a small private highschool in downtown Boston. Carol isalso singing in choruses with the Handeland Haydn Society as well as recording anew opera with the Acting Singers Project.David completed hiking the 48peaks over 4,000 feet in the WhiteMountains of NH this summer (slacker!).Their son Nathan is a 6th grader at LexingtonMontessori, where he is thriving.Their daughter Miriam is in the specialeducation program for children on theautism spectrum in the public schools.She enjoys her piano lessons and singsall day long. Andrew Kripke is enjoyingmarried life in CT while working in NYC.He has two growing daughters whom headores. Sung Kim is working on his PhDin management information systems atthe University of Oklahoma—he’s finishinghis course work this semester andwill be preparing for his comprehensiveexams. He’d be happy to hear from CAfriends. Chambliss Giobbi lives in NYwith his wife Laine and children,Valentino, 7, and Gigi, 5. I, for one, losttouch with Cham and asked him for aquick rundown. After getting his BA fromBoston University in music composition,Cham moved to NY, where he wrotemusic and became a high-endwelder/fabricator as well. About ten
years ago he switched from music tovisual arts. I still remember Cham onstage as a talent, so I wasn’t surprised tohear that he still does voiceovers forTV/radio. Google him to see his awesomeart work—very unique. I am sad toreport that after years of quiet gardening,perfectionist carpentry, and a sick fascinationwith large American retro cars likethe Crown Vic and Mercury Marquis,Warren Ford finally went berserk . . . hebought a Honda. The scary thing is thathe looks good in it. Marion Odence-Ford and her husband Ray live in Cambridge,where Ray is still in the specialtyfoods business and spends time concoctingunusual ice cream flavors, suchas Chocolate Mint Chili (for a Boston arearestaurant), Buttered Toast, and Bacon.For a nominal consideration, he “wouldcome up with a flavor for the name ofGordon’s company, Humble Monkey(good name for an ice cream).” Marionwas recently promoted to vice presidentof Charles River Associates, where shehas been the associate general counselfor the past four years. In addition toworking full-time and trying to keep upwith their 8-year-old girls, Abigail andMadeleine, Marion is still enjoying interviewingprospective students for ConcordAcademy. As for the Gabbay family,we will hopefully have a new addition inthe form of a baby girl. Both of my sons,Joshua, 11, and Jamie, 6, are thrilled.This birth is a bit of a miracle for us sowe are grateful on many levels, especiallyfor my wife Jennifer’s health. Wecontinue to have wonderful summers inGloucester, MA—seeing lots of CAalumnae/i from all years and gettingsome balance away from the NYC life.I’m always humbled by the small thingsin life—when they collect together tocreate big things, what could be better.And Marion, what about marzipan andvanilla with a sour cherry swirl for theHumble Monkey flavor?1983Class Secretaries: Adam Ford, Puttyhead@aol.com;Katrina B. Pugh,katepugh@aol.comConcord Academy, puddin’ and pie/Taught its boys and girls to fly/ Whenthey all reflected back/ They sent theirClass Notes to a hack.Daphne Amory lives in Sonoma/Daphne Amory loves the aroma/ Of soilsand vineyards, organic grape squeezins/Kids’ journeys and farming and all of theseasons.Grattan Baldwin, have you any news?/Yes, sir, yes, sir, all that you can use/Princeton, NJ is where my new home is/Working on a PhD and teaching is mybiz.Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,Brooks Beisch’s life is the same old,same old.Eeny, meeny, miney, moe/ Sarah HebbCarpenter, what do you know?/ Californiato Maine every summer you go/ WithLiam and Janae and husband in tow/Social work is what you know/ eeny,meeny, miney moe.The itsy bitsy spider, climbed up thewater spout/ Jen Miller Clarke’s alwayssinging her heart out/ A song of hers on“Rescue Me,” as is her husband Len/ Insummer she’ll be out upon her fishingboat again.Rub-a-dub-dub, three kids in a tub, theoldest one does get annoyed/ But DougClowes, the dad, doesn’t let them getmad/ And right now he’s underemployed.Louis Crosier, with composure, lives lifein a fog/ Texts are merry, from Blackberry,now he’s got a dog.Jonathan Campbell, never does ramble/He’s learned how to fillet somefishes/ The fish he’s filleted are with himunder radar/ And that’s just as sweet ashe wishes.Ding dong bell, Jamie Flicker’s well/What do you bet? Still loves Ultimate/Where can he be? He visits NYC.Adam Ford lives in Vermont, his classmateshe sometimes will taunt/ Hi-hothe derry-o, he’ll take his dogs out for ajaunt/ Adam Ford still tries to rhyme/ Andwrites when he can find the time/ Hi-hothe derry-o, seven books and he ain’tmade a dime.This little stepkid went to college/ this littlestepkid’s leaving home/ this littlestepkid’s getting married/ and TriciaBrown Fugee is crying waa! waa! waa!I’m getting old!A diller, a dollar, an Oregon scholar, whatdoes Michele Gamburd opine?/ It’s grayand it’s wet, but I don’t get upset, for mylife is both busy and fine.Hi diddle diddle, Cat Gund likes to fiddle/with films with a fork and a spoon/Her kids ask a riddle and help out a little/See What’s On Your Plate? really soon!Old Polly Hubbard went to the cupboard,but many things fell through thecracks/ Reduced work and crying at hermother’s dying/ a bad year and those arethe facts.Miss Aeron Mack Hynes has a shack inthe pines that she’s trying to fix on thedouble/ She’s sanding and gutting andbuilding and cutting/ and trying to stayout of trouble.It’s raining, it’s pouring, these ClassNotes are boring/ They came out of myhead when I got out of bed/ And now Iam going exploring.Thanks to Bliss Freytag Smith for helpraising ’83 response rates!Tilia Klebenov Jacobs won two nonfictionliterary awards: runners-up in theLinda Joy Myers Memoir Competition,part of the Soul-Making Literary Competition,and the National Novel WritingMonth, having written an entire novel inNovember (minimum 50,000 words). Herbook is a hostage drama set in a fictionalizedversion of NH’s White Mountains.To factcheck she got an interview withthe Violent Crimes/Major OffendersUnit of the FBI. In the fine tradition ofcoffee-shop composition (rememberHarry Potter?), she did most of her writingat Starbucks—the inspiration forher intrepid fictional FBI agents “Via”and “Tazo.” Tilia and husband Doug continuewith the Worcester Fencing Club(classes, camps, and student-actedmovies with sword fight scenes). AlexisKraft has seen Lisa Moricoli Lathamtwice this past year. Both attended a CAscreening of Catherine Gund’s film at theTribeca branch of the 92nd Street Y,“then decamped to Catherine’s for anappropriately hearty, family-style meal.”Alexis attended a CA event at Vino andsaw Jamie Wade Comstock ’82 for thefirst time in at least 10 years. Alexis’teaching and designing continue in spiteof the crippling recession (60 percent oftrained architects, he says, are currentlydoing something other than working asan architect). “Teaching is amazing; I cansee myself immersing full-time into thatworld, but I don’t want to lose touchwith designing and making.” For LisaMoricoli Latham, this is an amazingtime of renewal and enthusiasm (divorcingafter 24 years). She continues toenjoy her writing, and the loves of herlife are her boys, Ian, 10, and Jamie, 7.“We’re reading Homer aloud, blastingmusic, and chasing each other aroundthe kitchen, dodging Legos.” Sheenjoyed seeing Chambliss Giobbi ’82and Alexis Kraft while in New York. Havinghad her first encounter with today’scollege application process, AudreyNoonan Nohre warns us, “Treat yourkids kindly; it really is a far more horribleprocess than we endured.” Audrey’s eldest,Alex, got his drivers’ license in fall’09 and admission to Oxford. Meanwhile,her youngest, Catherine, qualifiedfor Youth Nationals in the “2x” (sculling)last June. Audrey’s husband Carl is turning50, “and I, unsurprisingly, haveacquired a smattering of white hairs.”(You are not alone, Audrey!) Ed Nicolsonwas sitting in a video conference withpeople in four different locations whenhe wrote his news. Ed’s daughter Ellajust finished applying to high schools; CAwas not on the list, regrets Ed. “Dependingon the results, I may be financiallymuch poorer, but she will be richer forthe education. While we were evaluatinghigh schools, it was hard to find a literatureprogram like we had with Dr. Teichgraeber.”Tony Patt was featured in theWinter 2010 CA magazine (online only atconcordacademy.org/magazine), discussinghis efforts to leverage solarpower in Africa to electrify Europe. Tonyis very humble about his work: “Anotheryear doing the same old, same old: livingnear Vienna, working on climate policyresearch, wife and two kids. We got acat.” Katrina Pugh is still engaged toPeter Van Walsum. She is running Align-Consulting and has a book deal withJossey-Bass (in early 2011, look out forsomething like Putting Knowledge toWork, about surfacing the tacit knowledgeof experts and teams). In startupphase, Katrina says sanguinely, “This hasbeen a year of growth for me . . . andgetting to know my boyfriend’s cat, whohas been an ever-present companion inmy home office.” She’s enjoyed comparingexperiences about getting acquiredwith Dean Forbes, doing business planningwith Tilia Klebenov, and joking about“bridezilla” wedding plans with LisaMoricoli Latham. Susana (Suzanne)Ottowitz had lunch with Garrett Eastman.andsays it was “so great to reconnectwith him.” Living in Miami, she hasbeen connecting with CA classmates viaFacebook. Scott Winslow writes fromthe Vermont wilderness, where beingsuccinct is a necessity with a dial-up connection,“Still employed. No major healthissues.” Scott’s family moved to a differenthouse around the corner. For sixyears, the Winslows have hosted anexchange student—this year they havea young man from Afghanistan. CarlaMcElroy Vivar “alohas” us from Hawaii.She has two teenage daughters. Thoughretired from the Navy last year as a commander(after 20 years of honorableservice), she was sucked back in, personallyrecruited by one of the admiralsto be his protocol officer. She jests, “Ihave been lucky though, and have hadno incidents of any uninvited guestscrashing into my parties or events, unlikethe White House.” She gloats, “Hawaiihas no snow! Mahalo, Carla.” JessicaRosenfeld Yiskah won the Anna DavidsonRosenberg Award for poetry thisyear. New poems appeared in Lilith magazineand Maggid. Jessica also sharedthe exciting news that she is expectingher first child in August.For more Class Notes, go toconcordalum.org.65C O N C O R D A C A D E M Y. O R G S P R I N G 2 0 1 0
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