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Peter Murphy Lewis ’02
Tourism entrepreneur • Chile Closest companion: 1st Nikon DSLR
It’s bold to let customers pay what they want—but it’s working for Peter Murphy Lewis and his business partner in Tours4Tips. com. Backpackers rarely stiff him after walking tours of Valparaiso and Santiago that feature street art, old trolleys, and alfajor cookies baked by his “adopted father.” Peter (at left in photo) and his partner also lead award-winning bike trips. With a master’s in politics from a Chilean university, he appears on Chilean TV discussing U.S. politics or cultural influences—gun rights, the Tea Party—but has largely shelved his academic aspirations. Ten years in Chile have changed him. “On a daily basis, Chilean culture and values have made me question my own culture and values,” he says. “In the U.S. we try to live every moment by taking pictures of ourselves so we can remember it. Living in Chile has taught me a lot about just being present. But I still carry two cellphones.” www.labicicletaverde.com | www.tours4tips.com
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M. Eric Mollenhauer ’93
Investment management • Boston Favorite leisure activity: Watching his kids’ athletics
After graduation, Eric Mollenhauer went to work for Fidelity Asset Management, and the fit was right. Twenty-one years later and now a chartered financial analyst, he manages retail, institutional and collaterized loan obligation portfolios in the firm’s Boston office, with a focus on the leveraged loan market. “The markets continually present new challenges,” he says. “You get a scorecard every day as to how you are doing versus your competition.” One of his earlier roles at Fidelity was research analysis of industries including entertainment and leisure, gaming and lodging, homebuilding, and printing and publishing. From 2003 to 2006 he was the Director of High-Yield Research, overseeing Fidelity’s high-yield research professionals and resources and managing a number of high-yield bond portfolios. Eric and his wife, Beth (Baril) ’94, have five children ranging from ages 8 to 19. Beth directs Teachers Training Teachers, a training program for Haitian teachers.
22 STILLPOINT | SPRING 2014
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Melissa Florer-Bixler ’02
Mennonite pastor • North Carolina Dream: To help develop a L’Arche community in North Carolina’s “Triangle region”
“I love preaching,” says Melissa Florer-Bixler (at center in photo). As a Mennonite, she understands the work of interpretation as an act of the church community discerning the Holy Spirit; her role is to make way for the gospel using the gifts she’s been given. “It’s a vulnerable exercise,” she says, “and a sacred duty.” Her wide-ranging preaching reflects passion for the Word, the world, and the Kingdom. In “Why We Sing, A Sermon on Psalm 96,” she invites the congregation to consider the eschatological implications of worship: