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CONCORD ACADEMY MAGAZINE SPRING 20081988 20th reunionClass Secretaries: Jay Golden,jaydgolden@yahoo.com; Katharine H.Hammond, khammond11@msn.comCorwin Alston writes: “Things aregoing well. No new news to report here.Just chuggin’ along.” He talked to KeithGelb before Thanksgiving. SusannahSchmitz Amiteye and her husbandWilliam welcomed their first onDecember 18, Ellis Isabel Amiteye. “Weare thrilled, if somewhat bleary-eyed!”Claudia Bernheim says hello. “BeckyManzer Chandler and her husband Ronare enjoying the expansion of their healingpractice, R&R Wellness RejuvenationCenter, having moved it into a largerclinic closer to home, on the northwestside of Tucson.” George Chang saw HKPark and his wife Sarah in Tokyo lastsummer. George and Marcel plan tocome back to Concord for the 20threunion. Samara Berk Fangman andher husband John “moved from Bostona little over two years ago, to the ‘upand-coming’city of Milwau kee, whereJohn took a job as medical director of anHIV clinic. “We have an 8-year-old girlnamed Sophia and a 2-year-old boynamed Eli. I used to work in managementconsulting — which meant I traveledall the time — but after having achild, I left consulting and started doingdesign projects for friends and family.Since moving to Milwaukee, I have beenworking very slowly toward doing anMBA, but mostly arranging play dates,baking chocolate chip cookies, helpingout in my daughter’s classroom, drivingto soccer games, and other stereotypicalMidwestern mom activities.” JamesGeary writes: “After many years comingand going from Taiwan, Christine andI made a move to Phuket, Thailand lastsummer. I’m teaching literature and writingclasses at a small internationalschool that has an incredible array ofstudents from all over the world. I loveit. I ask myself regularly if my classesare as interesting as the classes Ienjoyed at CA, holding myself to thatmark. Who knows? It’s a bunch of fun,anyway. As always, if there are CA folksscampering around Thailand, I’d love tosee some of the old faces and have achat. I live in a beautiful village calledKamala, on the Andaman Sea, continuallyamazed by my good luck in life.”Jay Golden welcomed AlexanderGolden to the family this year and washappy to serve as class secretary again.Jared Green writes: “I don’t think Ihave anything newsworthy to reportexcept perhaps that we now live inConcord, where my wife Laurenceteaches French at — where else — CA! Ithas been an odd shift, but so far sogood. Otherwise, I continue teaching74Avery Hammond, daughter of KateHammond ’88modern literature at Stonehill Collegeand I’ll be going on sabbatical in the fall,when I’m aiming to complete a novelI’ve been working on for several years.”Kate Hammond “added a kid to theuniverse this year — Avery Hammondwas born on November 3. She’s a cutie!My husband Geoff and I are still inWashington, DC, in the second year ofmy two-year legislative fellowship withthe National Park Service. It’s been interestingseeing how Congress works, butI look forward to getting back to a fieldjob.” Deborah Bailey Herrmann is“looking forward to the reunion thisspring . . . nothing new here, still live inWellesley with my two daughters andmy husband Mark.” Stacy MarkisHorne has been busy since she had hersecond daughter, Natalie, in August.Joanna Coolidge reports from near theequator: “I think we have moved fromthe rainy season to the dry season, butI’m not sure. School is going along fine.I haven’t failed anything yet, but there ismuch work to be done to keep thattrend going. It’s a long way to our nextbreak in May. I won’t be returning to theStates, so I will miss our reunion.Maybe next time.” Julie Boyer Hickeywrites: “We are all well here, my ownkids older and increasingly independent,which is a whole new feeling. I don’tknow whether I will be able to come tothe reunion, but I hope it will work out.”John Maffei is in Seattle, where helives with his wife of 10 years and histwo boys Alex, 6, and William, 3. Johnruns an online gaming content network,zam.com, and is looking forward toseeing everyone at reunion. AaronMcClennen has “so far survived thepurchase of BellSouth by AT&T thatoccurred at the end of 2006.” He andEve still live in Decatur with their twokids, Veronica, who is in second grade,and Gillian, who is in first. Havingrecently decided to grant herself a sabbatical,Caragh McLaughlin writes fromSE Asia: “I’m in the middle of almosttwo months of travel throughout SE Asiaand already feel like I need at least twomore months over here to do it justice.However, at some point the Colorado skiseason will pull me back and then I’llhave to go back to the world of theworking. My last job gave me thechance to catch up with DavidGoldberg in NYC last year, and I’m stillmad at Kate Hammond for leavingColorado for DC. I do see Laurie WhiteEnsley when I’m visiting my mom inConcord. Looking forward to seeingeveryone at our (say it isn’t so) 20threunion in June!” Rebecca StiritzMoore and husband Caleb are living inGreen wich, CT. Caleb finished his residencyat Yale and started his internalmedicine practice this fall in Darien, CT.Rebecca continues to work in her clinicalpsychology practice in Greenwich parttimeand spend the rest of her time withtheir girls, Ella and Natalie, who are now4 and 2. From David Oppenheimercomes word: “Home ownership is mybiggest report. Still in Brooklyn — onlymoved five blocks — couldn’t managemore than that. And watching my businessbecome ‘big news’ is interesting —climate change/environmental financekeeps being in the headlines.” KatiePakenham has been working on astartup nonprofit search firm calledCommongood Careers for several yearsnow with a great and growing team ofpeople that includes the fabulous LauraMcConaghy ’01. Todd Pearce and wifeEmily welcomed their second child,Lucas, in August 2007. Todd writes that“older sister Mira is crazy about him, asare we.” Jen Schmitt has experienceda lot of changes in her life: “In the lasttwo years, I left my job at MIT anddecided that doing web design workwasn’t what I wanted to be when Igrew up. I discovered woodblock reliefprintmaking in the fall of 2006 and havebeen making my way into the world asan artist ever since. I work part-time atthe DeCordova in Lincoln and the restof the time work on art, do shows, andrun my online Web site business atAzureGrackle.com.” Doug Stewart andhis wife Diane welcomed their thirdchild, Henry, on December 8, 2007.Doug writes that “we cannot decide ifhe will have red hair like his two oldersisters. I am in the midst of a 5-yearopportunity at the National Institutes ofHealth to run my own lab and clinicinvestigating the genetic disorder neurofibromatosistype 1. I enjoy the mix ofseeing patients and (trying) to solve aset of interesting problems.” AmyWilensky and her husband welcomedtheir second daughter, Annika, inSeptember. Amy notes that “two kids isa little nuts, but then again, so was oneuntil I had two.”For more Class Notes, go towww.concordalum.org1989Class Secretaries: Andrew Heimert,ahonline@heimert.org; Mike Romano,remylacha@yahoo.comThe Class of 1989 appears to remainfocused on careers, kids, and/or a mix ofthe two. Liza Walker is working as aregional director for the Vermont LandTrust, a nonprofit organization protectingland from development. She marriedMike Brouillette in 2000, and they live atthe end of a long dirt road in Waitsfield,VT, with their son Leif, 4, and daughterJuno, 18 months. Liza hopes to make itto Concord for the 20th class reunion.Tracy Welch is pleased to announcethat her family got a bit larger with theaddition of their third child (first boy!),Bradford Welch Adams, on January 26,2008. Tracy, her husband Steve Adams,and Bradford’s older sisters Tory andMandy are all very excited. SarahCosgrove Stoker is still living inManhattan Beach, CA, and is working asa clinical psychologist in private practice.She and her husband Dave “have twoincredible daughters, Annabelle, 5, andWhitney, 3.” Deb Bailey Herrmann ’88came out to visit, and Sarah reports thatit was “a trip” to see Deb’s older daughterBailey, 5, playing with the Stokergirls. Meanwhile, Mike Romano is backin law firm life in DC after selling his lastcompany in late 2006. His wife Gaby isworking for the Pan-American HealthOrganization in DC, and they live justover the river in Virginia with their twosweet little troublemakers, Simo, 4, andMateo, 2. John Carter receivedhis PhD in counseling psychology fromUSC and is assistant professor of psychologyat the University of WestGeorgia. Kaya Adams remains in theDemocratic Republic of Congo, headingup the democracy and governance teamof USAID. She’s very excited to be onthe ground floor of establishing a newgovernment and helping citizens take anactive role. When she was home at herparents’ over the holidays, she receiveda call from Lauren Victor, who was inSouth Carolina campaigning for BarackObama. Kaya’s other big treat wasmeeting up with Martina Falter in Parislast June to taste-test chocolate forMartina’s shop in Berlin. Elise BillingsDe and her husband Arup live on theirfarm (a longtime dream) in Chatham, NY,with their two children, Diba, 5, andJaidev, 2. They both work at a rural academicmedical center, where they’rehappy, but their agrarian side of tendingfarm they hope to improve (althoughthey have cows!). John Faigle movedto Hong Kong last June with his fiancéeKimberly on a two-year assignment forFidelity Investments. They’re reallyenjoying the new culture and are taking