Justin Batoff ’03, Gerry Brewster ’75 and Jeremy Batoff ’05.
A handful of alums are in the Big Apple. Darryl Jordan continues to live the Gilman ideal of serving others and was ordained as a Pastor of Worship at the New Song Community Church in the Christian Reformed Church. Kenny Kang lives in N.Y.C. and in March launched a new hedge fund, Clearline Capital, with his portfolio manager. Blake Morrison is now in his ninth year with Lanx Management. Fellow Gilman alum Brian Goldman ’81 runs the firm. Blake notes he has no wife, engagement or kids just yet, but he encourages classmates to stay tuned. California is another hotspot for Greyhounds. David Lerner lives in Los Angeles and just finished a Ph.D. in critical studies at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He is now teaching film and television classes all over the area (at USC, Chapman University and Loyola Marymount University). David is also contemplating how to turn his dissertation into a book. He also married in October 2012 in Seattle, from where his wife hails. Evan Bedford continues to do freelance photography in Los Angeles and loves SoCal life. He is planning a trip to Brazil next year for the World Cup with college buddies, which has piqued the interest of several ’99 Greyhounds. He encourages anyone from the school to get in touch with him if they want to get after it in Sao Paulo; no word yet on his photograph publication policy for the trip. Fellow L.A. resident Michael Rogers just moved back to the City of Angels after a year in San Francisco. Mike is a sales rep for the start-up Ticketfly, which is the ticketing company for a lot of venues and events in Maryland like Preakness, Merriweather, 9:30 Club and Rams Head Live. Chris Hoffberger is also in the entertainment business. He founded AgencyDJs, a national booking agency specializing in corporate events and music supervision. In addition, Hoff works on various music production projects.
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Several classmates are in unique spots in the U.S. Ryan Ariano lives in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where he crushes backcountry powder daily. When Ryan’s not snowboarding, he works as a marketing coordinator. Ryan and his wife are expecting their first rugrat in September. Brian Lewis just had his second little girl in October. When he’s not building his softer side with the girls, Brian trains the country’s soldiers as a drill sergeant at Fort Benning. Jordan Clark lives in Nashville with Megan, his wife of 2.5 years. They are in a historic neighborhood on the east side of town with Enzo, their Italian greyhound, who wears a Gilman cape on the weekends. Jordan is a partner in a small general construction firm that focuses on new construction, additions and renovations, as well as on investment properties. He served as the president for the Middle Tennessee chapter of Home Builders in 2011. Jared Kohn and his wife are expecting their first child, a boy, in June. They live in Tampa where Jared is a general manager for a car dealership. Mrs. Kohn is the director of finance and student services for the University of Phoenix’s West Florida campus. Two alums sent updates from far abroad. Wes Michel lives in the mountains of Java doing translating/ editing work and studying the local languages. Albert Lee lives in Korea and recently quit his job at LG, where he worked on smartphones and smart TVs. Albert’s plan is to recover, then study for the GMAT and apply for business school in the fall. He intends on coming back stateside with his newlywed wife (married last June), ending his eight-year stay in Korea. Albert notes that he had a blast learning about his roots and living in one of the major tech meccas of the world, but he misses the stars and stripes.
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