CLASS NOTES
ELLEN WALTHER SOUSA published her first
to this picture by Photoshopping the University’s
with which Shifrin is intimately familiar. A school
book “The Green Garden” (Bunker Hill, Nov. 2011)
seal on his iPad.
psychologist for the South River, N.J., public
for New Englanders looking for ways to “green”
schools, Shifrin specializes in learning disabili-
their home landscapes. Ellen is a garden coach
1993
and ecological landscaping instructor based on a
LYNNE WILLIAMS and her husband, Steve
Disorders, and has led presentations on the
small farm in Central Massachusetts, and speaks
Swift, are thrilled to announce the birth of their
subject of ADHD. “I haven’t seen many books
regularly across New England about earth-friendly
son, Griffin Williams Swift, on Dec. 20, 2010.
with an emphasis on the underlying difficulties
landscaping.
Griffin was born at home, in front of the family’s
associated with a learning disability,” he says.
Christmas tree, and weighed in at 8 lbs., 2 oz. He
Shifrin’s other books include “101 Incredible
joins big brother Phoenix Williams Swift, who was
Moments in Tennis” and “Study Tips 101.” He
Members of the class of 1991 came together
born on Sept. 4, 2006. Lynne lives with her family
lives in West Caldwell, N.J., with his wife and two
to participate in the Seacoast Half Marathon in
in Charlotte, N.C., and works ’round the clock as a
children.
Portsmouth, N.H., on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. From
stay-at-home mom. She was previously employed
left: KRISTEN FOOTE, FRANCESCA MAFFEI-
by Microsoft Corporation as a software support
1994
LAZEV and KERRI (SMITH) SINGH.
engineer (from 1999-2007). Lynne also ran her
LAWRENCE NORMAN ’94, M.B.A. ’95, a member
first half marathon (Thunder Road, in Charlotte)
of the GSOM Advisory Council and vice president
in November 2011 and can’t wait for the next one!
of global basketball at Adidas, participated in a
1991
NINE CLARKIES gathered on Manhattan’s Upper
West Side on Aug. 4 to catch up. (Standing, l.
ties, has published in The Journal of Attention
panel discussion on “Developing the Athlete’s
to r.) Steve Eliau, ’91, Mark Perilstein, ’91, Dan
JOSHUA SHIFRIN, Ph.D. ’93, has written three
Brand” at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics
Weiss ’91, Jamie Markovitz Hoffman ’90 and
books, the most recent published by Old Line
Conference.
Stephen Bandler ’91; (seated) Kathleen Brennan
Publishing. Set on the campus of Yale University,
’90, Adam Bacall ’91, Matthew Levine ’91 and
“Chasing Victory” is a psychological thriller with
DARIUS SHIRAZDI is executive director of
Josh Eisenman ’91. Bacall added a bit of Clark flair
an emphasis on learning disabilities, a subject
Project GOAL, which has teamed up with the SportsCorps group and Sport and Development Project at Brown University. SportsCorps is composed of Brown students who wish to volunteer for sport-for-social-change initiatives. Project GOAL Inc. (Greater Opportunity for Athletes to Learn) is an after-school initiative that partners with the Central Falls School Department, SCOPE/Central Falls School District, and Rhode Island College’s M.Ed. in Reading program. The mission is to facilitate the development of New England’s disadvantaged inner city youth through after-school tutoring, health education, and soccer-related programs. AVI Z. WEIDER’s feature documentary film
“Welcome to the Machine” is premiering in competition at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Only eight out of more than 800 submitted films were selected for this prestigious position. Produced, directed and co-edited by Avi, “Welcome to the Machine” explores our human relationship to technology through the personal experience of the filmmaker — the father of triplets. Avi also is the producer of the feature
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documentary film, “Danland,” which premiered in January 2012 at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film, directed by Avi’s wife, Alexandra Berger, follows amateur porn producer Dan Leal, aka “Porno Dan,” and his search for inti-