Sharon while the kid was at camp. Now that the kid, aka Phoebe, has started eighth grade, we are smack in the middle of the whole high school application process: tours, tests, and interviews, preparing auditions and portfolios. I tell ya, there are a BUNCH of great high schools out there. It has been quite an adventure so far. I’m staying pretty busy at Brown Harris Stevens. Brooklyn really does just keep getting better and better! So if you have a dog I might see you in the Park sometime—we still have Scout (14) and a new little guy, Dusty (one) so we’re getting to the dog runs a lot more often.”
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Class Captains John G. Knight J. Douglas Schmidt Josh Greenberg has been promoted to vice president of Government Relations for Children’s Hospital Boston. As the hospital accelerates its efforts to build a local and national reputation for delivering cost effective, innovative care, particularly on Beacon Hill and in Washington, the role of Government Relations has become increasingly important. Josh has been tasked with leading Children’s response to the constantly evolving external environment of health reform and cost containment, as well as continuing to set the hospital’s public policy and legislative advocacy
agenda that is central to their ability to provide the best care to children in need. Josh has been with Children’s for eight years, most recently serving as director of Government Relations. In that role, he’s led hospital efforts and provided strategy for city, state, and federal fiscal and public policy issues, including helping to advance the hospital’s agenda on Medicaid/CHIP, pediatric quality, child/public health concerns, research, and medical education. Prior to joining Children’s, Josh served as manager of the Children’s Division at Health Care For All, where he was the Massachusetts director for the national Covering Kids Program. His dedication to child advocacy has led him to involvement in numerous projects on health quality, teen health, and mental health, including the founding of an innovative legal aid program, now known as the Medical-Legal Partnership, at Boston City Hospital’s Department of Pediatrics. Josh is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Northeastern University’s School of Law. Hardie Jackson writes, “Hello all—I feel bad that I have been out of touch with the Deerfield community for so long. My re-entry has been helped by having two nephews now attending DA, Mac ’11 and John ’14. My family and I are still in Atlanta. Left the agent world two years ago as my quality of life traveling 200 days a year
Nantucket hijinks abounded when the Class of ’83 foursome of Knight, Wareck, Clark, and Suher got together in late July. Jim had the house, Nelse cooked the food, JK brought the booze, and Eric . . . well, Eric was the entertainment!
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we are very happy. I commute by bicycle and ferry to work every day. If you are in the area, please look me up.” Thomas Mezzetti writes, “We’re still living in the Pacific Northwest, dividing our time between Washington State and Alaska. We’re very happy here, particularly in Alaska, which we call home. My family is doing well. I continue to practice pathology, largely in small community hospitals. I very much enjoyed my time in New England recently; I worked in the Department of Pathology of Yale University at various times between 2006 and 2009. It allowed me to spend time in the land where I grew up and to reconnect with old friends and family. It was while I was living there that I attended my 25th Deerfield Reunion in 2007. I was also able to spend precious time with my Mom and Dad toward the end of my father’s life. It was very providential that I was able to be there during that time. I hope all of you are well. “ Andrew VanDusen commented, “Maybe it’s all those years of schooling but I always feel like the year really officially starts in the fall. So here I am getting a fresh start this year (!!!), dropping a note to check in and say “Hi.” I had a pretty good summer—little visits here and there and a little trip across Mexico (from Mexico City west to Punta Mita on the coast) with the family and then some lovely stay-cation with my wife
A team well-connected to Deerfield placed 19th out of 43 in the Club 8+ event at Head of the Charles this past October (the others were mostly college crews). Rowers were: Jess Hoy ’03, James Canning ’05, Mike Snyder, Zach Gazzaniga ’05, David Wagener P’10, Wayne Berger ’84 (current faculty), Booth Kyle (former faculty), Keith Burgoyne (coach), and Kent Correll.
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