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“After nearly three years as Executive Producer of ABC News Nightline, I have traded the late night for the early morning with a move to become Executive Producer of Good Morning America.” – ROXANNA SHERWOOD
’91 school for girls with learning differences. I was a learning specialist at Chapin School in NYC for several years before joining Purnell as Academic Dean. I have always been a strong advocate for students with learning differences, and have worked to optimize access to curriculum and engagement for all learners. In addition, I have been an ardent supporter of single-sex education for young women and girls for many years. It is gratifying to me to play a role in creating an environment in which our students are encouraged to grow and wonder and find their unique voices.” Zen Honeycutt aka Mignon Zen LaBossiere writes, “I hope all alumni and CRH students are staying healthy! I am happy to share the debut of my first documentary, Communities Rising: A Story of Courage, Creativity, and Contribution Across America. It can be seen on our website, www.momsacrossamerica.org.” Dana Pounds celebrated the 10th anniversary of Nature’s Academy, the non-profit environmental education company based in Bradenton, Fla., that she co-founded with her husband, Jim. She received the National Wetlands Award for Education, given by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) on May 18 in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Botanic Garden. The next morning, Dana boarded the first flight for Boston where she received the Lifetime Achievement Award for a Hero Who has Dedicated his/her Life to Green Education, given by Project Green Schools. The award ceremony took place at the Massachusetts State House. Dana has also been awarded the EPA’s Gulf Guardian Award for an Individual. The citizen science database which Nature’s Academy co-launched will receive the 2nd place Gulf Guardian Award for a Partnership. You are invited to visit Nature’s Academy’s Facebook page to watch video clips from the ELI and Project Green Schools award ceremonies. You can follow Dana’s personal story on her blog, www.danapounds.com.
Righteous Ghost (facebook.com/witchghost), with my boyfriend, Niveous. After singing all my life and years of performing covers, I’m so excited to finally be writing my own music for the band. As for my instrument, I play the Omnichord, which is essentially an electronic autoharp. Lucky Witch put out our debut album on Valentine’s Day of this year, entitled Spiderdust. You can find it at lwrg.bandcamp.com or anywhere music is sold online. The band also appears at open mics in the East Village, Mondays at Sidewalk Cafe and Tuesdays at Under St. Marks Theatre. Would love to see NYC Choaties stop by sometime! I am still writing poetry, which I publish at brookesmckenzie.com. Finally, I write music reviews for a bimonthly arts newsletter out of Staten Island called Boog City (boogcity.com).”
Adam Orman opened L’Oca d’Oro in June 2016 with Chef Fiore Tedesco in Austin, Texas. He says, “The restaurant is doing well, as is my family. Sarah is a lawyer for the Texas Association of School Boards and both my children, Sander (8) and Lyla (6) are in the public school system, where they are lucky to be a part of a Vietnamese dual-language program.” Garrett Soden was recently appointed President and CEO of Africa Energy Corp., a Canadian oil and gas exploration company listed in Toronto. Africa Energy is part of the Lundin Group of Companies where Garrett has worked for the past decade. He is a board member of several publiclytraded natural resource companies, including Etrion Corporation, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., Panoro Energy ASA, and Petropavlovsk PLC. Garrett lives in Madrid with his wife and three children.
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Brookes McKenzie writes, “A lot has happened in 25 years! I had a 13-year career designing software for Medicare HMOs, but that’s all behind me now. Currently I am very happy living with my two cats and playing music in my band, Lucky Witch & the Jonathan Rebell ’93 married Noah Levine on March 11, 2017. In attendance from Choate were Dan Zalcman and his wife Laura, Sameer Khaliq, Susan Kurien, Kristen Clarke, NT Etuk, Tak Murata, and Jinho Yim and his wife Loretta.
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