Class Notes

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 068Reconnecting in ChapelJamie Klickstein ’86 is director of marketing operations forOliver Wyman, a Boston consulting firm. Because he works somedays from his home office in Carlisle, Massachusetts, he startedattending an occasional student chapel talk before getting hismorning coffee in Concord Center. That got him hooked onreconnecting to CA. First, he interviewed applicants in a pilotalumnae/i admissions program, which led to the chairmanship ofthe Alumnae/i Admissions Committee and efforts to recruit andtrain interviewers. Because his marketing instincts became clearat alumnae/i volunteer meetings, he also was tapped in 2008 tobe vice president for outreach of the Alumnae/i Association.In this capacity, he sits on the Steering Committee of the Alumnae/iAssociation, where he not only enjoys regular updatesabout the school but is able to brainstorm with other alumnae/ivolunteers about how to engage CA graduates in activities thatwill keep them connected, to each other and to the school.Above, Jamie with his children, Lindsay and Ethan.“I’ve also become quite politicallyinvolved in the patient advocacy movement,having been diagnosed in 2007with LAM (lymphangioleiomyomatosis),a rare genetic, multisystem disorder thatalmost exclusively affects women, isincurable, and eventually terminal.” Youcan read more at Jocelyn’s advocacyblog at lamchop.wordpress.com. Finally,I, Martha Leggat, continue to enjoy lifein Maine with my husband Steve and ourthree kids, 10, 7, and 4. Our gardenexpands every year, as do our bee hivesand fruit trees. This is in part due toSteve’s zealous nature, but I love theprocess and enjoy living in as sustainablea way as possible. I feel fortunate for therichness but (relative!) simplicity of life. Itwas great to hear from so many of you,and it sounds like people are on boardfor reunion in June. I hope to see youthere!1986Class Secretaries: Madeleine R. Blanz-Mayo, madeleineblanz@aurean.com;Melanie Campbell, otters@rcn.com;Julia B. Foster, juliadance@aol.comEmily Coleman Anderson is director ofadmission and financial aid at the nursery–8Gordon School in Providence, RI.She says that it is a “mini Concord Academy,”and is happy that her two sons(first and fourth grade) are able to attendsuch “an academically challenging,creative, diverse, and fairly progressive”school. She welcomes calls and visitsfrom any interested parents near Providence.Randell Drane is doing consultingwork for American Biomass andwoodpellets.com, developing their bulkpellet fuel systems. Jessica Putz Farrellyis still subbing at her boys’ K–12school, teaching anything from first gradeto eighth-grade music to high school PE,or even helping in the cafeteria. She alsoworks with the wellness team and runsthe middle school cooking club. Shespent a weekend on the Cape with ElizaVaillant and Meredith Strawn Sudboroughlast spring. Eden Parker Graceand family still live in Kisumu, Kenya,where Eden works for Friends UnitedMeeting, coordinating Quaker missionwork in East Africa. Meanwhile, constructionhas just finished on their beachcottage in Maine, which burned down inAugust 2007. Eden is still very involvedwith the World Council of Churches, andthe family enjoyed a holiday in Genevalast August while Eden was doing someconsulting work for the Council. JuliaBaumgarten Foster has been promotedto director of major gifts at the OrangeCounty Performing Arts Center, while herhusband Greg started a new positionwith IQ Risk Insurance. Her family loveslife in Southern California. “I can’t believeour son Logan is already 3!” Jen Nadelson-Glebahad the pleasure of hostingSam Tarlton O’Neil, Lisa Brenner Shay,and David Marlin at a party. “Everyoneis doing great and busy with their kidsand life.” Jen’s husband Mike is stillpracticing law and she works at Brighamand Women’s Hospital in health careadministration. Their kids, Sarah, 7, andTeddy, 4, keep them very busy. NancyReynolds is still living in Chicago andpracticing union-side labor law. Herdaughter Zoe “proudly tells everyonethat she is 2-and-a-half.” Peter Yeomansand his family have returned to Philadelphiaafter two years in San Francisco.He is a psychologist in the PTSD programat the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.His wife Kate gave birth to their thirdchild, Levi, in September. In addition togetting married in November, Liz Weirand Garth, along with their daughterMatilda, are now small business owners.“There is a lot of work to do to thefacility—a long-time boarding kennel—so this first year has been, and will continueto be a doozie, but we are veryexcited and enjoying our new digs inShelburne, VT.”1987Class Secretary: Kerith Gardner, Concord1987@yahoo.com2010 has resulted in a very lightresponse from the class of 1987 as weembark on our fourth decade, but thanksto those of you who replied. MarinaBurke is now “frighteningly, but happilyensconced in the NYC suburbs with twosmall children, after living in Manhattansince starting college.” Alexis Goltrawrites, “Lynne and I had our second childin May, a girl named Josephine Zoe. Herbig sister Charlotte, 2, has handled itvery well, and we are just trying to keepup. Lynne is still practicing medicine atMGH, and I am still working at Oracle inprivacy and information security law.”John Newcomer reports, “I completedmy MBA in technology management inJune 2009, capping a three-year journeyjuggling school, full-time work, and family.My wife Jennifer is quite relieved.Our daughter Julia, 5, has finished readingall three volumes of Mary Poppins,an insurmountable feat for me at thatage. My son Benjamin is 2 and reallycoming into his own. He’ll be ready tojoin his sister on the ski slopes in late2010.” Hilary Price (the classmate who Ithink has the coolest job) was CA’sDavidson lecturer in March (see page28). She sent a lovely report about hertravels. “I spent a week in Cuba with agroup of cartoonists as part of a culturalexchange spearheaded by the CharlesM. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, CA.The Cuban cartoonists we met werefriendly and talented and delighted toshare their stories and work with thisgroup from los Estados Unidos. Whenone of the Cuban animators learned thatCharles Schulz’s widow, Jeannie, wasthe leader of our group, he lifted his pantleg to show us a tattoo of all the Peanutscharacters circling his calf! We touredcigar factories and watched them beingrolled by hand by the thousands. Wewalked on cobblestone streets throughthe city of Havana in its sometimesrestored, sometimes dilapidated beauty.Our mornings were fueled by strong,sweet, black coffee and our nights werefueled by exceedingly smooth rum. Ihope more people from the U.S. will getthe opportunity to visit.” Jill SawdonSmith “is still happily living in the DCsuburbs of Maryland with her husbandJohn and enough pets to make peoplewonder. She will be finishing her master’sin library science at the University ofMaryland in August, hoping to make hermother very happy by finally using herJD in an obvious way by being a lawlibrarian. She stays in close touch withMelanie Simpson ’85, who lives onetown over, and was lucky enough to seeMarie Richardson and Ben SlossTreynor ’86 and their families for all-toobriefvisits this past year. Aram Zadowwrites, “All’s been well in the Zadowhousehold. Remaining employed overthe past year has been a significantaccomplishment. However, it’s only halfas cool as being named the town ofNatick’s latest pee-wee hockey coach.The simple pleasures of suburban life,indeed.”For more Class Notes, go toconcordalum.org.