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William Givens Guzman, son of AnnGivens ’91and husband Eric also welcomed a babyboy, Whit Thielscher, on December 9,and have already enjoyed play dateswith Ben Conway’s little Greta andStephanie’s little William!1992Class Secretaries: Sarah Hsia,hsia@alumni.brown.edu; Adria A. Linder,linderadria@yahoo.com; Meredith R.Sterling, meredithsterling@yahoo.comNathalie Kim moved to San Franciscoand is running marketing for a smallhealth care products company calledCarex. Her new consumer target is theexact opposite of Mattel’s, but actuallyreally fun. She is “LOVING the Bayarea.” She joined a ski share in Tahoeand is eating very well! Nathalie wouldlike to reconnect with Concord classmates,so if you’re in town, please getin touch. Charlie Grandy and his wifeare enjoying life in Ridgewood, NJ, withTheodore “Teddy” Davis Grandy, 1, andhis sister Annabelle. The adventures ofPeter Maxfield continue: He and hiswife Andrea “spent two months last falltouring China, Turkey, and Greece.”They only wish they could have stayedlonger! Peter writes “it was quite anexperience. We are still living inPortland. Everyone’s invited to visit andtaste the best beer on the planet.” A bigcongratulations goes to Yves Mantz! Hecompleted his doctorate and continuesresearch as a physical scientist at theNational Energy Technology Laboratoryin Morgantown, WV, where he beganlast September. He writes: “Myresearch is the application of advancedcomputational/theoretical methods tounderstand better and, eventually,improve solid oxide fuel cells for cleanenergy production, in collaboration withexperimentalists working here. Life inMorgantown is pleasant — I have a shortcommute to work from my apartmentand enjoy socializing with my lab colleagues.You have to be here in the fallto experience and appreciate the WestVirginia Mountaineers football mania.”Stefanie Riego Bester is very happy inColumbus, nearing the end of her secondyear as a general pediatrician in theambulatory department at NationwideChildren’s, splitting her time betweenseeing patients in clinic and training/supporting physicians on a newly implementedelectronic medical record -keeping system. She and her husbandMatt still sing in a church choir andjoined a newly formed group, the NewWorld Vocal Consort, for a two-weektour in Italy last summer (“outstanding”).Stephanie is “slightly embarrassedto say” she’s “addicted to Facebook,Guitar Hero, and fantasy baseball.”Thanks to her Facebook addiction, wealso learned that Lauren Moffa just gotengaged! Sarah Cross is in Brighton,England, on a one-year creative writingfellowship. She is enjoying her studies,but finds her “writing is constantly interruptedwith little visits to London (theTate and the British Library), walks in therolling hills and along the tidal river Ouse(pronounced ‘ooze’ — where VirginiaWoolf washed up), and social eventswith the incredible group of very internationalpeople” she’s gotten to know.“I’m co-teaching a class at the Institutefor Develop ment Studies (IDS) at theUniversity of Sussex on reflection andsocial change, which is exactly what I’mabout! It’s a huge opportunity — IDS is avery respected place for studying propoor,participatory, international developmentwork, and it’s the kind of workI’ve been doing one-on-one withactivists but now have the opportunityto do with a large (26) group of peoplefrom many regions of the world.” Sarahkeeps in touch with Caroline Kelley,who is living in Santa Monica doing apost-doc at UCLA. Caroline defendedher doctoral thesis in modern languagesat the University of Oxford in January.So far she is really loving the WestCoast. Several CA classmates were onMartha’s Vineyard in September 2006when Jake Cumsky-Whitlock marriedhis wife Nadia; they live in Brooklyn andkeep in touch with old CA friends. Jakeis working for Basic Books, editing nonfiction,and Nadia is a lawyer. “Alex andI are having fun with our sweet babyboy, Gabe,” says Emily Potts Callejas.“He’s 6½ months and a riot — oftenmaking us laugh as he attempts to crawland talk to us. I’ve returned to workpart-time, still doing mental health consulting(classroom, teacher, and familysupport) in Head Start preschools. Werecently played karaoke on PlayStationat Mette Aamodt’s house with JessErdmann-Sager, Sara Langelier, MikeSandler, Eddie Peselman ’91, RyanBarrett, and significant others. Thatgroup can sing!” Mark Mullane, “theCowboy,” sends regards from BostonCollege, where he earned his PhD inmedieval studies in October. He is a“visiting professor of early modern,modern, and Viking history” in BC’s historydepartment. Zandy Mangold’sflashbulb continues to go off! He isworking as a freelance photographer inNew York, and his work has appeared insuch places as the NY Post, NY Times,Penthouse, and Rolling Stone. JenniferNeal works at Bloomfield High School inBloomfield, CT, still teaching Spanishand traveling every summer. “Thissummer I will be in Spain, France, andIreland, so if anyone wants to meet up,I am always willing.” Simon Takashinais now based in Shanghai, handlingproduction for his family’s company. “Imoved here with my wife and son(8 months!) at the end of 2007. So far,we’ve enjoyed the great restaurants intown, but it never gets as good as itis in Japan. I miss Osaka, but newchallenges are always needed to keepmoving forward!” Bizzy Glasser Rileylives outside Seattle in a little towncalled Issaquah, in the foothills of theCONCORD ACADEMY MAGAZINE SPRING 2008Emily Potts Callejas ’92 holding Gabe, with her husband Alex76CA classmates celebrate the wedding of Jake and Nadia Cumsky-Whitlock ’92on Martha’s Vineyard.