takeaway:
PHYLLIS GRABER JENSEN
Ben Schippers ’04
media outlet: Inc. Magazine
headline:
5 Rising Stars of America's Startup Scene
date:
November 2015
takeaway: Prioritizing happiness, in life and at work Profiling five young CEOs, Inc. Magazine asked Ben Schippers ’04 for his take on what makes a productive company. “The notion of happiness is really, really important to us,” he says. He and HappyFunCorp co-founder Will Schenk work hard to make happiness a priority for themselves, their software engineering company, and, importantly, their employees. “We provide a lot of flexibility,” he says. “We encourage employees to take their meetings outside on a nice day, work from home when necessary, and get whatever head space they need, whether it's a vacation or a sabbatical. I encourage people to put no more than three items on their to-do lists each day." It works, he says. “If you aren't overwhelmed, you're going to function much better at work.”
Now he coordinates the private university’s volunteer mentorship program, which matches freshmen with returning students — 65 percent come from outside Spain and represent 100 nationalities — to help them integrate into university life. “This program is a tool of socialization, adaptation, and integration that facilitates the transition of our new students to life in Segovia and the university in particular,” Taiki said, stressing that “the biggest benefit is the creation of new friendships.”... Erin Moore joined the Healthline.com editorial team in San Francisco as copy editor....Tsering Norpa and Ethan Middlebrooks were married July 4, 2015. She works as the senior real-estate paralegal at the Manhattan law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel. He’s an associate at the Anderson Kill law firm....Raj Saha, visiting professor of geophysics at Bates and a climate scientist, gave a talk at the college on “Mathematics, Climate, and the Earth System.”... TheStreet talked with David Weliver about young investment trends and student debt. A nationally cited authority on millennials and money, he’s the founding editor of the financial blog MoneyUnder30.com. Although some advise millennials to be frugal, David advises, “Listen, get the good beer if you go out — don’t get the bad beer. Frugality is one path forward, but don’t forget to enjoy yourself, because quality of life is just as important as achieving an aggressive financial goal.”
2004 Reunion 2019, June 7–9 class co-presidents Eduardo Crespo eduardo.crespo.r@gmail.com Tanya Schwartz tanya.schwartz@gmail.com Justine Cohen-Bolduc and Jeff Bolduc welcomed a son, Andrew, last year....Isabel Galassi and Antony Slokar were married June 20, 2015. She earned a master’s in childhood education from the Bank Street College and teaches third grade at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York. He’s a senior consultant in the New York office of Backstop Solutions Group....Holly Shaw and Seth Karpinski were married July 25, 2015. She’s a dentist at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York. He’s a physics teacher at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, N.Y....Katie Trautz, a native Vermont fiddler, is the new executive director of the Chandler Center for the Arts in Randolph, Vt.
2005 Reunion 2020, June 12–14 class co-presidents Larry Handerhan larry.handerhan@gmail.com Sarah Neukom sarah.neukom@gmail.com
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Kathryn Rice Duvall and Sam welcomed Charlotte Grace Duvall on May 16, 2015....Margaret Haskell and husband George Roca welcomed a son on Sept. 8, 2015....The Boston Globe asked James Kenly to look back on his soccer success. At Phillips Andover, he helped backstop the boys’ team to an undefeated regular season. Better yet, he was part of a program that took a similar path at Bates. “We went 10-4-1 and had one of the best seasons in Bates’ program history. And we had gone from one of the worst seasons the year before.” James, a goalkeeper, was a captain at Bates. He and his wife, Kristen Johnson Kenly, live in Denver with Emma (3). He works in software development and co-founded Home Vibe Presents, which puts on shows in the Denver and Boulder areas.... Angela Knox-Pyaesone is now clinical project manager at New England Research Institutes Inc. She enjoys married life with husband Aung....Kevin Madden and other players on Concord (N.H.) High’s state football championship team in 2000 were honored last fall. “We don’t shut up about it when we run into each other,” Kevin, a team captain who later played at Bates, told the Monitor. He’s now an associate in the Business Law Department at Goodwin Procter in Boston.... Luis Martinez is the new director of admissions at San Francisco’s Archbishop Riordan High School....Scott Ross earned a second degree in design and now works as an industrial designer at a small consultancy in San Francisco designing everything from wearables to furniture to headphones. “Loving my work,” he says. He and Sarah Goodin (Harvard ’06) were married in August 2015....Juyoung Shim is in the Ph.D. program of molecular and biomedical sciences at UMaine....Chris and Laura Gross van der Lugt started new jobs in Boston. He’s associate director of strategy and analytics at DigitasLBi, a global marketing agency; she’s director of policy and strategy for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department....Blake and Katrina Bergevin Wayman welcomed a daughter, Macy Adele Wayman, on April 14, 2015. Dean is 3....Lanie Davis and Rob Weller were married Aug. 22, 2015. She works in New York as a director at Warner Brothers’ Alloy Entertainment division. He’s a senior director on the leasing team at Tishman Speyer Properties....Emma Zisser Bloch and Jason welcomed their first child, Caleb Bloch, on Oct. 6, 2015. They live in New York City.
2006 Reunion 2016, June 10–12 class co-presidents Chelsea Cook chelsea.m.cook@gmail.com Katharine M. Nolan knolan06@gmail.com John Ritzo johnnyritzo@gmail.com