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It: Profiles of New Orleans Entrepreneurs. Mr. Perkin is co-
MarketWatch Editor-in-Chief David Callaway ’82 was
New Orleans–based finance company providing the world’s
interviewed by finance blog Wall St. Cheat Sheet in November.
first online marketplace for real-time trading of accounts
For the full interview, please visit page 58.
receivable. TRE was recently featured on CNN after the
Nicholas G. Kotsonis ’84 was featured in a NY Daily News article in March. The article refers to Mr. Kotsonis as “the angel
founder and president of the Receivables Exchange (TRE), a
company raised $17 million in financing from Bain Capital, one of the world’s largest private equity groups.
of Park Slope,” for his involvement in coming to the rescue of a local dance company that was ripped off by a travel agency on its way to performing at an arts festival in Scotland.
1990s
Mr. Kotsonis, owner of Slope Health & Fitness in Brooklyn, pledged to donate $10,000 to the dance troupe if the group could first raise $10,000 to fund travel to the Scotland festival on its own. Last week, the group exceeded its $10,000 fund raising goal, and Mr. Kotsonis will soon be delivering on his matching pledge. For the full article, please visit page 61. Craig A. Mooney ’88 was one of seventeen featured artists in DFN Gallery’s “New Landscapes” exhibition, which took place in New York from December 9 to January 30.
In January, Adeo Ressi ’90 (known as Greg Ressi di Cervia while a student at Browning) was featured on one of the Wall Street Journal’s blogs in an interview titled “The Trouble With Venture, Through Adeo Ressi’s Eyes.” Francisco J. Estrada ’93 was featured in Prep for Prep’s 2009 annual report for his role in securing internship opportunities with the New York Mets for two fellow Prep for Prep alumni. Mr. Estrada is director of workforce strategy for Major League Baseball.
Weston M. Almond, III ’89 recently shared the following news with us: “My wife, Pippa, and I just had a baby girl on March 4, Catherine (Cate) Sara Meredith Almond. Our son, Teddy, is very excited to be a big brother. I'm still video producer at Mediabistro where I produce and direct all the video content for the company.”
Seagram M. Villagomez, M.D. ’95 recently wrote to us: “Since the last update I got engaged on November 11, 2009, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Kelly Crotty, M.D., M.P.H. We plan to get married in Daytona Beach, Florida, on October 9, 2010. Also, I was recently the best man at the wedding of Christopher McLeod ’95 and Kimberly Perkins in Nassau, The Bahamas, on February 27,
Nicolas R. Perkin ’89 was one of seventy entrepreneurs
2010. Also in attendance was John Ray ’95.”
featured in a newly-released book titled How They Did
Greg Hewett ’93 (far right) and family.
Browning alumni at Nobu as part of a Ties & Tenderloin event in February. Top row, L to R: Stuart Orenstein ’00, Andrew Ponzo ’98, Andrew Gamache ’97, Eric Lustgarten ’81. Bottom row, L to R: Nelson Chan ’96, Evan Levey ’00, Gene Prentice ’03, and Jon Cohn ’01.