Class Notes
Meredith Evans Raiford ’90, Ann Sullivan, Nicole Davis ’90, Ed Randolph and Evan Raiford Amy Leshanski (CA)
Joshua Wachs (CA)
Indira Wiegand (CS)
1990 Lateef Bost (CA)
Nicole Davis (CS)
Daphne Dufresne (CA)
Jennifer Frangos (CS)
Todd Solomon (CA)
Nicole Davis writes: “Hello Class of 1990. Well, it seems that somehow we all survived our 20th high school reunion! Not quite sure how that
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happened exactly, but I do know it was wonderful to see so many folks, especially those who made it to reunion for the first time. The Saturday afternoon school-based activities were a lot of fun. Many folks came, some with partners and children in tow. Those who were there included Justine Bellows Sears (first time reunion attendee!), Amie Steir, Elizabeth Wolff, Nico Marcellino, Meredith Evans Raiford, Todd Solomon, Susie Matthews, Belkis Talarico, Tico Taussig-Rubbo, Fabian Ruiz and (albeit REALLY late) Lateef Bost. Apologies to anyone I might have forgotten. Many of us stayed to attend silent meeting, likely for the first time in 20 years. It was quite moving to be in the Meeting House again and to hear so many other alums share what an amazing connection they still have to the space. And then we got a tour of the School! I won’t go so far as to say it’s totally unrecognizable, but let’s just say Friends has definitely come a looong way in 20 years. I felt bad for the poor student who had to listen to us walk down memory lane on each and every floor. Special congrats to Ariella Ben-Dov and her girlfriend Rebecca on the birth of their lovely daughter, Barzel Noa Fantini Ben-Dov. Barzel was born at their home on March 11 and made her Friends debut at the reunion! I see a member of the class of 2028 in our midst. And Elizabeth Wolff was kind enough to write in: “Nick, Hugo and I are enjoying our new place in Brooklyn and trying to stay cool in the hottest July on record! Hugo is growing up and seems to have a new trick every day. His latest is running around the house
yelling, “Fast! Fast!,” which makes us laugh heartily. We recently got back from a trip to LA where we had a chance to catch up with Amie, Matt, Oak and Zella. They hosted a great brunch in their lovely home in Venice Beach. I had a fabulous time at our reunion seeing everyone and look forward to the next!!!” And then it was off to the class party! Unfortunately we lost Meredith along the way. She had to go back to DC to attend the GW University graduation the next morning where Michelle Obama was the keynote speaker. None of us could blame her, but of course we were still disappointed. I managed to sneak in some quality time with her tooadorable baby boy, and her husband Matthew is a sweetheart. I was thrilled to have more first-time reunion attendees at the class party that night, including Adam Kreisel (up from DC), Edie Faggen and Amanda Peet. Edie lives quite the jet-setting life, traveling between NYC, New Orleans where she owns a house and a men’s clothing store, and Las Vegas where she also has a home and a new business. I don’t know how she keeps track of it all! Amanda gets special props for coming to reunion barely a month after the birth of baby girl #2, Molly. She was quite the trooper. I’ll try to remember everyone who came to the class party, but since we were super lame and didn’t actually take a class photo (woops!) it’s hard. But, in addition to everyone from the lunch, attendees included: Sarah Lippin, Karen Jordan, David Hunt, Maisha Yearwood, Irv Santana (whose wife gets kudos for listening to MANY stories which must have bored her near to tears), Steven Bass, Mike Rosaly (shout out to Lateef for getting Mike to come at the last minute!), and Sam Schonzeit who made in from Texas despite a crazy flight delay. Nina Pozzi unfortunately couldn’t make it to reunion since she lives in MEXICO (lucky girl) but is visiting NYC this summer and I hope to catch up with her in person. Nina writes, “I’m still living in Oaxaca, Mexico. My newest (pipe) dream is to open a new progressive elementary school there with an emphasis on the arts, environment and social justice. I love having visitors, so class of ’90 please come on down. My kids, Inoa and Caio, are 9 and 5 respectively. They are both bilingual and have adapted pretty well, but both say they’d rather live in New
York...because there’s so much to buy.” Jennie Mangin Vang will also be coming to NYC this summer from Sweden where she’s a doctor and mom to I don’t even know how many kids (and one more on the way!). Fabian and his wife are also getting ready to welcome another child, a girl who’s due in early September. Congrats to all. There it is for now. A special thanks to Nico and Belkis for all their help planning reunion, and a thanks to everyone who attended, especially those of you who came from so far. The 25th is coming up and I expect even better attendance, so get ready!
1991 Joy Rivera (RC)
Nicholas Testa (CS)
Diana Sherman Whittles (CS, CA)
1992 Alexandra Zissu (CS)
With sadness, we report the death of Brian Mullan. Please visit the Tribute section to read more.
1993 Sandra Jelin Plouffe (CS)
Helen Rhim (CS)
1994 Jodyann Blagrove (CS)