Class Notes

that ’09 was a busy one for her and herhusband Jon. They ended city living indowntown Boston and moved to Newton,then had a baby four days later.“Good thing we didn’t move further thanthat because I almost had the baby inthe car . . . arriving just 11 minutes afterwe reached the hospital!” Lauren hastwo girls, Lila, 3, and Orly, sevenmonths. Lauren still works at the HarvardMuseum of Natural History, whereshe designs their adventure travel tripsand then travels to all corners of theworld. She just returned from remoteislands off Papua New Guinea and hopesto head to arctic Canada this summer.Charles Collier looks forward to our25th reunion, though he finds it hard tobelieve we have gotten so old! Theirdaughter Sarah is in kindergarten andtheir son Ben is in preschool. Charles is asenior partner at the Lucas Group, a corporatestrategy firm founded by someformer Bain Consulting partners. ShaneCurcuru’s daughter Roxanne, 5, takesYamaha piano classes and apparentlyalready understands music far betterthan Shane ever will. He says working atIBM might be boring, but it’s nicelysecure. He spends his “fun” professionaltime volunteering at the ApacheSoftware Foundation, writing the ASF’strademark policy. Cullen Curtiss starteda new job in January as the developmentdirector for the Santa Fe Girls’ School, aprivate institution for 6th–8th grade girls.“Late last year, I joined the Society forChildren’s Book Writers and Illustratorsand expect to shop my two booksaround to publishers shortly. My son Gusis nearly 4 and operates mostly underthe alias of Super Kitty, who has varyingpowers, all aimed at good.” Cullen tookgood advantage of New Mexico’s plentifulsnow to snowboard this winter. While“officially enjoying the single life in SanFrancisco,” Katharine Daugherty continuesto work at the San Francisco DaySchool. “[I] feel grateful everyday to livein such a wonderful city . . . You knowthe crazy cat lady? I’m turning into thecrazy art lady. Looking, collecting, lovingit all.” She hopes to see everyone atreunion. Alex Dichter is still a partner atMcKinsey, still living in Atlanta, and stillflying around the world. He, too, hopesto make it to CA for our 25th. AlexMcClennen Dohan has been catchingup with many CA folks via Facebook andshared a great “small world” story. Anold friend of Alex’s is now a partner in anart gallery in Belfast, ME. One of theother partners is Abby Read, Alex’sdrawing teacher and x-country ski coachat CA! Jennifer Dorsen writes: “Mydaughter turned 5 yesterday, so now Ispend a ridiculous amount of time frettingabout kindergarten. It does not helpthat I work with teachers, mostly scienceteachers, and so I know how goodMatilda, daughter of Liz Weir ’86(and how disappointing) schools can be.”Jennifer’s current project is with theBoston Science Partnership, supportingexcellent science in Boston at all levels.Lisa Dreier continues at the World EconomicForum, where her work on foodsecurity and economic developmentissues has her traveling worldwide. Havingtransferred to NY in early ’09, sheenjoys being closer to home and looksforward to connecting with CA alums.Nooni Hammarlund is the proudmother of four: Elijah, 8, Shiloh, 6, Zuki,19 months, and Levi, 19 months. “I’mofficially divorced, and glad to be out theother side. Still working as a labor anddelivery nurse and living in the same bigfarmhouse. Feeling excited about mylife.” Julia Hubbard still lives in Sag Harbor,NY, at the end of Long Island. “Harlan,9, is way into Legos and iscampaigning for a trip to Denmark tovisit the Lego factory. Lucy, 7, enjoys scienceand sticking all manner of thingsunder a microscope.” Julia’s husband Billdesigns two big houses a year, whileJulia still designs gardens, focusing moreon native and sustainable gardeningwhile keeping her Hamptons’ clientshappy! Sadly, Julia’s mother passedaway last fall after a long battle with cancer.Matthew Laurence writes, “2009was about as good for us as it seemedto be for most people—we survivedwith our house and family intact, ifbarely.” After being laid off in November2008, Matthew worked freelance untilhealth care costs became prohibitive. InJanuary 2010, Matthew began full-timework as senior interactive designer at acompany in Newton, MA. Mary HelenGunn ’87 is in her final year of seminary.George Chang, Marcel Russell, and H.K. Park, all Class of ’88ersTheir daughter Sophia Rose will be 4 inFebruary and loves ballet. Jennifer RussellMahoney reports that in the pastyear she has collected a few more chickensand bees. She’s having fun with herthree kids, who are constantly moving inall different directions. Jennifer hopes tocatch up with more classmates at our25th this spring! This has been a year ofchanges for Jill Conway Mehl. “Adamjoined our family in May, about 20 minutesafter we arrived at the hospital. Heis an easy baby, and his big sister Sarah,2, is enjoying him a lot. We moved intoour new home on the Upper West Sideafter two years of planning . . . life isstarting to come back into focus as wesettle in to having two kids in diapers.”Jill looks forward to being part of aschool community next year, when Sarahstarts preschool: “I’m starting to feelhungry to learn something again, maybein the world of pregnancy and childbirth.”Helen Kaufman Minkes says sheis enjoying more time in her studio, tryingto focus on her painting and photography.“Just feeling very blessed that myfamily is healthy and happy.” RandyPaynter reports, “Life has settled into acomfortable, but rewarding, routine. I’mhaving great fun with my children, nowin kindergarten and first grade. We havea small garden (we replanted in January—I love the Bay Area) and a few chickens,so I’m creating as much pastoralsplendor as fits in a small urban backyard.The Web site I run, Care2.com,continues to grow, helping individuals tolive a more sustainable lifestyle and supportcauses they care about most. I don’tthink it gets much better than this.”Anne Pfitzer wrote her Class Note fromHaiti, days after January’s earthquake:“Left home last Wednesday and cameoverland (quite an adventure with rentedcar, flat tires) and arrived on Friday andwent straight to work. Already we’vesigned an agreement with the universityhospital to support maternity servicesand talked to the Haitian society ofob/gyn’s to mobilize volunteers to treatobstetric emergencies referred frominformal settlements that have sprungup. We’re also looking long-term to makesure maternal mortality is not neglectedin reconstruction.” (See page 22.) JessicaPrice writes, “I haven’t had manygrand travel adventures in the past year,but did have a baby boy, so essentiallyembarked on the biggest journey of mylife.” Logan Tucker Price was bornAugust 12, 2009, arriving early at 34weeks. He was only 3 lbs., 14 ounces,but is thriving and healthy. “He melts ourhearts daily with his little smile and bigpersonality. We love parenthood!”Aimee Reveno has landed her “dreamjob” as a business analyst supporting agroup of developers of clinical applicationsat Children’s Hospital in Boston.“Easy commute, great mission, andreally nice people.” When not at workshe lives in her Cambridge condo withtwo wonderful cats. After taking severalyears off to stay home and raise her twowonderful children, Jocelyn RisebergScheirer was hired last year to head thenew company Affectiva, Inc. They makeemotion-sensing technologies, whichhave extremely broad applications butgrew out of an autism initiative, whichremains one of the strongest drivingforces behind her company’s mission.Jocelyn lives with her family in Newton:67C 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