2011-2012 International House Resident Directory and Addendum

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Resident Member: It is my fervent hope that you enjoy this /nternational House Directory! \n addition to serving as a handy reference for our large and diverse community, it describes our mission or purpose, our 87-year history, our profile, our distinguished Board of Trustees, our World Council of Alumni and the endowed scholarship funds that are provided by supporters of the House to help resident members and achieve greater diversity. Perhaps most importantly, it is a keepsake of your participation in our |-House community. We know that former resident members save their Directory throughout their lives as a way of recalling their life and prompting memories when contacting old friends. Inevitably, they hae are brought out at informal gatherings of alumni members for lengthy and enjoyable sessions of “whatever happened to...?” and “do you remember when...?” | often refer to the directories provided when | was a resident member at I-House during my graduate studies. It is for these reasons that we have continued to print the Directory rather than move it onto our website as we have done with most other publications.

The Directory is not a “year book” nor, since it is published each fall, a reflection of a year gone by. Rather, it anticipates a year to come and, significantly your future lives as |-House alumni and world citizens. We hope that you will find it useful throughout your resident membership to help knit our global community together, and that in the coming years, as you peruse its pages, you will remember with fondness your experience here, and be encouraged to contact an old friend or acquaintance, as well as support the House. Lifelong friendships and cross cultural interaction are at the heart of the |-House community experience, and this visual record —a “snapshot” of our community in 2011-12— forever preserves a time and place in our lives.

Midway through the year, an addendum will be published containing photos and information about resident members who arrive mid-term. In the back of the Directory you'll find printed the pledge, which is recited at the Candlelight Sunday Supper at the end of each academic year. This moving ceremony marks in an unforgettable way the passage of resident members from this unique community experience into your roles as global citizens. In the years to come, | hope that you will read these words again from time to time as a way of renewing your International House experience and its mission in your daily lives.

Sincerely yours,

Dane X banse Donald L. Cuneo President

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Mission Statement

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President’s Message 2 History 4

Resident Member Statistics 6 Board of Trustees 8 Women In Leadership 10 Resident Member Gift Campaign 13 Annual Fund 12 Resident Members 18

Staff Members 74 international House Alumni 84

Candlelight Pledge 86

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CONTENTS

On

a

frosty

autumn

morning

in

1909,

Harry

Edmonds

(pictured at left), secretary of the Upper

Manhattan

Y.M.C.A., was walking up the steps of

the Columbia Chinese

University library when

student

coming

down.

he passed a

Edmonds

said

“Good morning,” and continued walking until he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the young man had stopped. “Thank you for speaking to me,” he said. “| have been in New York for three weeks and you are the first person who has spoken to me.”

Deeply affectedeby this encounter, Edmonds andshis wife, Florence invited a, group of foreign students to their country home for simple suppers Of sandwiches

and

coffee.

These. gatherings

continued,

and in the winter of 1910-11, the Edmondses held the Tirst series of

Sunday Suppersin Earl Hall at Columbia University.

The tradition of Sunday Supper continued from the opening of International House in 1924 until today. Held four times during the

academic year, the all-house suppers celebrate the spirit of friendship and good will among the 7/00 residents from nearly 100 counth

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COUNTRIES & REGIONS OF BIRTH OF RESIDENT MEMBERS FALL 2011

Countries Represented 96 The following chart shows the country of birth of resident members for the fall 2011 semester organized by region.

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Canada 16 United States 162

Andorra 1 Austria 7 Belgium 6 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Bulgaria 1 Croatia 1 Denmark 3 France 21 Georgia 5 Germany 22 Greece 6 Hungary 1 Ireland 3

Italy 10 Macedonia 1 Netherlands 5 Norway 4 Poland 5 Portugal 1 Romania 2 Russia 5 Serbia 2 Spain 11 Sweden 1 Switzerland 3 Turkey 14 United Kingdom 9

CARIBBEAN 0.59% Cuba 2, Guadeloupe 1, Jamaica 1 NORTH AFRICA 1.02% Egypt 1, Morocco 5, Tunisia 1 OCEANIA 1.61% | Australia 7, Guam

1, New Zealand 3

CENTRAL AMERICA 1.76% El Salvador 1, Mexico 11 SOUTH AMERICA 2.64% Argentina 3.

Ecuador 1 Brazil 7 Peru 1 Chile 1 Uruguay 1 Colombia 4 Cambodia Indonesia

Singapore 8 Thailand

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Malaysia3 Philippines 4

Vietnam 2

Cyprus 1 lran 3 Iraq 1 Israel 8 Jordan 9 Kuwait 1

Lebanon 1 Palestinian Territories 2 Saudi Arabia 3 Qatar 4 United Arab Emirates 2 Yemen 1

Angola 1 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2.

Ethiopia 3 Ghana 4 Kenya 3 Liberia 1 Nigeria 5 Republic of the Congo 1

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Frank G. Wisner Patton Boggs LLP

Kathleen Burns Leah Rush Cann*

Ross C. Youngman* Five Oceans Asset Management

Paul D. Carter Sharda Cherwoo Ernst & Young LLP

Kashif Zafar Barclays Capital

Mary Wadsworth Darby Columbia University

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John F. Crawford, At large

Paul D. Downs Jones Day

Mark Eyskens*,

Joan R. Gregory*

Walid Ahmed

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Klaus P. Moessle*, Germany

Thomas P. Hirschfeld Halcyon Asset Management

Yuzaburo Mogi*, Japan

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Robert J. Krefting The Krefting Group, LLC

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Blaise Halluitte*, France

Barbara G. Heyman

D. Taylor, Canada

Adrian G. Looney* Pfizer, Inc.

Tatsuro Toyoda*, Japan

J. Kevin McCarthy BNY Mellon

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Karin Zinkann*, Germany

Joseph T. McLaughlin,

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Mary Fitzhugh Miller*

Patricia M. Cloherty*

William S. Moody

Mrs. Daniel P. Davison

Peter M. O’Neill*

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Brian H. Polovoy, Esq. Shearman & Sterling

Gordon W. Evans,

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Susan Lee Stupin The Prescott Group,

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Karen E. Sutton Sotheby’s, Inc. Frederick M. Van Sickle Columbia University

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WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

2011-2012 grantees with program sponsor Bayer HealthCare

he Women’s International Leadership (WIL) Program is now entering its twenty-first year at International

House. What

began as a seed grant from the Kellogg Foundation initiated by former Director of Programs & Resident Life, Ellie Spiegel, has grown to support over 300 women

leaders across the globe.

Each year, the WIL program seeks to prepare a select group of internationally-minded women for the challenges they will face as future leaders. Grantees are selected through a competitive process from a wide variety of backgrounds, cultures and disciplines that allows participants to gain unique and distinct perspectives on leadership.

This merit-based program is designed to offer practical training that will enhance graduate study focusing on special areas such as cross-cultural communication, identifying leadership styles, conflict management, multicultural team building and public speaking. Each grantee is challenged to find a mentor who will support her during the process and the program culminates with a week-long series of events in March that allow the women to use their leadership skills and engage the wider International House community.

Ultimately, the WIL Program strives to assist each grantee gain a clearer vision of her own abilities, and the skills and strategies necessary to effectively lead others particularly in cross-cultural environments. Once the program is completed, grantees are encouraged to continue their involvement in the program through alumnae networking activities and the mentorship program allowing the supportive network to continually grow.

Recognizing the strong value of the WIL program, Bayer HealthCare is sponsoring the program for the 2011-2012 year. Previous program sponsors include Merrill Lynch and Bank of America.

RESIDENT MEMBER GIFT CAMPAIGN

The 2010-2011 RMGC Committee, led by Vineet Dhindsa, present the check to the President of I-House.

he Resident Members through

which

Gift Campaign

residents

provide

(RMGC)

financial

is a vehicle

support

for a

scholarship, program or project that will benefit future residents. The campaign Is an opportunity for current residents to help Shape the I-House community and to leave a legacy.

The Resident Members Gift Campaign, led by now alumna Vineet Dhindsa 711 and a team of resident members from across the community raised $8,235 including $3,000 in challenge grants from the |-House Trustees to support programs and scholarships and other core resources at International House. These service areas are at the heart of the |-House experience and impact each and every current and future resident.

Unlike past campaigns that spanned the entirety of the academic year, the 2010-2011 RMGC was conducted in just one month. The Trustees challenged the residents to raise $3,000 from 300 residents in just 30 days. The residents met and exceeded that challenge.

Three hundred sixty-four residents (52% of the House) and scores of friends, alumni and staff participated in the Campaign, donating gifts ranging from $1 to $100 with many more participating in fundraising events like the annual fridge sale and the firstever estate jewelry sale featuring pieces from the estate of Richard and Edith Pohl ’42.

The Resident Members Gift Campaign, like Sunday Suppers and the All Nations Celebration, is an |-House tradition which is sure to endure and will benefit all future generations of |-House residents.

If you would like to get involved with the 2011-2012 Resident Members Gift Campaign, please contact Director of Alumni Programs Nicole Davidson at ext. 8425 or ndavidson@ihouse-nyc.org or visit us online at htto://residents.ihouse-nyc.org/ RMGCHome.

Information about gifts may also be found on the website or by contacting Nicole.

International House greatly appreciates and proudly recognizes the hundreds of residents and donors who supported the 2010-2011 Resident Members Gift Campaign. A list of contributors will be published at www.ihouse-nyc.org/honorroll.

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THE ANNUAL FUND CAMPAIGN he International

House

Annual

Fund

Campaign

is sup-

ported by the contributions of the network of alumni and friends comprising this unique community. the House and dedicated

its residents is buttressed

The health of

by the support of these

individuals, corporations and foundations.

Contributions

to the Annual Fund enable the House to subsidize the expenses of every resident member

by about $2,500 and to provide $400,000

in scholarship and fellowship aid annually.

Contributions to the Annual Fund Campaign are made in as diverse forms,

intents,

backgrounds.

and

denominations

as

our

alumni

and

residents’

While some donors’ gifts support particular scholar-

ship funds or program areas, others contribute to offset the general costs of operations. gifts of securities,

And while some contribute cash, some make and

others

establish

planned

gifts to support

International House in perpetuity.

In addition

to subsidizing the residents’

scholarship

and

expenses

and

providing

fellowship aid, donations to International

House

also support: e Internet access in resident rooms and wireless internet service on the C Level in the Map Lounge, Study Center, HR Commons, and the Pub;

e Events organized to celebrate the diverse cultures comprising the International House community Cultural Hours, Salon Nights, and International Festivals;

e The Four annual Sunday Suppers which over the past 80 years have served to unite the International House community in the spirit of brotherhood; e Speakers’ Forums providing the opportunity for a lively interchange between resident members and such distinguished visitors as

Nelson

Mandela,

Colin

Powell

and

Madeline Albright; e Specialized training sessions for participants in the International Leadership Program, Program Fellows, and Resident Fellows; e Community outreach programs, such as the ongoing International House

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The Annual Fund supports activities such as Community Weekends, cultural nights, Sunday Suppers and many other programs held through the year.

e A series of day trips and community weekends for residents to get to know one another, as well as New York City and the surrounding areas.

Whatever their area of interest or means of support, all those who contribute and donate to the International House are united by their strong belief in the value of the International House experience and its capacity to inspire cooperation, understanding and, peace despite diversity. cecarmaucoceess

Tutorial Program that pairs resident members with local schoolchildren for tutoring and mentoring, including educational field trips and other learning experiences;

Resident Members

Naomi Zumstein NS/Social Research, Anthropology e Switzerland

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STAFF MEMBERS

Admissions Office

Kelci Koonce Office Assistant

Megan Amouzou Director

Stacey Wiedaseck Admissions Assistant

Development & Alumni Relations %

Daniel Blakemore Assistant Director

Phil Greven ih Assistant Director

Lisa Mirabile Database Manager

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Nicole Davidson

Assistant Director

Carey Tan .

Development Coordinator

John Wells Director

Facilities Management Salwa Ali

Office Manager

Gloria Almonte Facilities Attendant

Kenny Andrew Maintainer

Luz Aristy Facilities Attendant

Jose Castellanos Facilities Attendant

Eric Cella Construction Manager

Grand Diaz Maintainer

William Douglas Maintainer

Staff Members

Maria Pichardo Facilities Attendant

Mario Rosario Facilities Attendant

Eduardo Santos Facilities Attendant

Noemi Isabel Assistant Accountant

Rose Nanavati Assistant Accountant

David Tofani

Buildings Superattendant

Finance

Office

Jaya Thumma

Assistant Receivable Manager

Min Zhang

Director

Staff Members

President’s Office

Donald Cueno President & CEO

Sandy Hardina

Sarit Abramowicz Bello Assistant Director

‘Astraea Augsberger Resident Social Worker

Human Resources Manager

Maxine Wright Executive Assistant

Programs

& Resident Life

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Amber Liang Senior Programs Coordinator

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Herman Rottenberger Performing Arts Foundation

Tait Tait Kellogg Programs Coordinator

Staff Members

Susan Storms Director

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Public

Safety & Reception Services Fatima Acosta Desk Attendant

Braulio Calderon Supervising House Manager

Silvana Campos | On-Call Desk Attendant

Rosie Carmona : On-Call Desk Attendant

Gabriel Elie-Pierre Lead House Manager

Seydou Fall House Manager

Alicia Garcia House Manager

Anthony Gordon Operations Manager

Staff Members

(Public Safety & Reception Services Continued)

Ashwini Kumar On-Call Desk Attendant

Sheila Haddok On-Call Desk Attendant

Jacqueline Johnson Desk Attendant

Youry Larosiliere On-Call House Manager

Virgil Marina Director

Alf McBride Desk Services Manager

Isabel Morales On-Call Desk Attendant

Alfred Rios Desk Attendant

Calvin Rose Desk Attendant

Shaun Santana On-Call House Manager

Marshall Swiney Desk Attendant

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Luis Sailema

Leonard Stiff Manager

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Raymond Wilks

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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE ALUMNI pon

leaving International

65,000

remarkable

men

House,

you will join more than

and women

who

have

benefited

from the |-House experience and have carried the spirit of international

understanding with them

throughout their lives. We

hope you will stay in touch with |-House and your fellow alumni long into the future.

Once you leave International House, the Development & Alumni Relations Office offers several ways to help keep you connected to the House. The Alumni Online Community (www.ihouse-nyc.org/alumni) enables alumni to keep in touch with

former

I-House

friends

through the use of the directory,

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groups and blind email services. We also offer online mentoring, photo galleries and Class notes. The World Newsletter, published twice a year, as well as our quarterly enewsletter, will keep you informed of |. House programs and alumni activities.

International House, in part through its local and regional alumni chapters and led by the World Council of Alumni, also offers numerous social and networking events throughout the year in locations worldwide. |-House has active alumni chapters in New York City, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom and has a strong presence in other areas of large alumni concentration around the world.

The World Council of Alumni is the umbrella organization of the alumni program and consists of voting representatives in over 30 countries worldwide. The Council engages in recruitment, networking and fundraising activities to promote the House’s mission and advises the President on issues relating to the alumni program. A list of council members can be found at www.ihouse-nyc.org/worldcouncil.

Alumni can also stay involved with the House by assisting in resident recruitment, participating in networking opportunities with resident members through Professional Interest Night and alumni dinners and supporting the scholarships, programs and facilities at |-House by financially contributing to the Annual Fund.

For information about alumni activities and the services International House provides for its former residents, please contact: Development & Alumni Relations Office

Phone: (212) 316-8425

International House

Fax: (212) 316-8416

500 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10027-3916

e-mail: alumni@ihouse-nyc.org website: www./house-nyc.org/alumni

CANDLELIGHT PLEDGE

As light begets light, so friendship and goodwill are passed from one to another.

We who have come from many nations to live in one fellowship at International House promise one another

to pass the light wherever we go.

Residents’ Council members

lead the Candlelight Pledge at the Farewell Sunday Supper

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2011-2012 International House

Resident Directory Addendum

Resident

Directory Addendum

Resident

Members

Staff Members

RESIDENT MEMBERS

Tristan Agaesse Columbia University, Mathematics e France

Tarik Alaca New Amsterdam Trade & Consultancy, Business Management © The Netherlands

Mohammed Omer Almoghayer Columbia University, Journalism @ Palestinian Authority

A Meshal Ailshammari e Saudi Arabia

Salma Alshammary CUNY/Baruch College, English Language e Saudi Arabia

Nischinta Amarnath Columbia University, Journalism e India

Rehman Azhar Fordham University, Law e Pakistan

Mohammad Bastaki New York University, International Relations e United Arab Emirates

Pauline d’Annoux Pace University, Communications & Media Studies ¢ Belgium/France

Alexander Borthwick United Nations, Languages e Canada/United Kingdom

Patricia Boyallian Columbia University, Banking & Finance e Argentina/Greece

Ricardo Brito Columbia University, Finance & Economics e Brazil

information Key: Resident Member Name Institution, Major ¢ Country of Birth/Citizenship

Resident Members

Ryan Cannon | Columbia University, Actuarial Science e United States

Michelle Chan New York University, International Education e United States

Subin Cho Columbia University, International Social Welfare Policy © Republic of Korea

Christina Chong StoryCorps, Anthropology e United States

‘Bugra Cirika Fordham University, Marketing © Turkey

American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Acting e Canada

Jessica de Bruyn

Anna Deems New York University, Psychology e The Netherlands

Brandon Discenza PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Professional Studies © United States

Rebecca Doherty Columbia University, Education Curriculum e Nigeria/United States

Stephanie Ezeoba Columbia University, Postbaccalaureate Studies e United States

Charlotte Fenioux Columbia University, Biology e France

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Nathaniel Danon Columbia University, Mathematics © France

Resident Members

Frances Koncan

Mikolaj Koscinski

Dimitrios Krietsepis

Creative Writing e Canada

Nanotechnology e Poland

Business Management © Greece

CUNY/Brooklyn College,

CUNY/City College,

NYU-Poly,

Vinay Krupadev Columbia University,

Michal Kryczka Columbia University,

Felix Kuechler DZ Bank,

e United States

e Poland

© Germany

Sustainable Development

Computer Science

Business

Mitchell Lee aes Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering e United States

Lauren Legette : Food Network, Media & Television e United States

Chang Liu Columbia University, Architecture ¢ China

Carlotta Malavolti Columbia University, Civil Engineering e Italy

Hashem Mardini e Jordan

Maximilian Matschke Columbia University, MBA/Research e Germany

Resident Members

Lena Meari Columbia University, Anthropology e Israel

Jaimy Meeuwissen NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Forensics e The Netherlands

Diogenes Mejia

Yumna Mohamed Columbia University, Journalism © South Africa

Zanele Moloi Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Law e South Africa

Cecilia Moura Sales © Spain

Mario Miller Bayerische Landesbank, Risk Controlling Department e Germany

Christoph Neyer Columbia University, Business/Finance e Germany

Pascal Nolle Columbia University, Technology Management e Germany

Anan Odeh e Palestinian Authority/Jordan

Ryo Ogawa Fordham University, Law © Japan

Olufunmilola Olojo Columbia University, Law

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information Key: Resident Member Name Institution, Major ¢ Country of Birth/Citizenship

Morgan Stanley, Finance ¢ Dominican Republic/ United States

e Nigeria

Resident Members

Daniel Paarlberg

Kaushik Reddy

Anuya Patil

Business Administration .© The Netherlands

Columbia University, Operations Research © India

Psychology e India

Evandro Patricio Columbia University, Business Administration © Brazil

Diane Pierret New York University, Economics e Belgium

Mareike Popp DZ Bank, International Business Management e Germany

Patricia Quintana Gonzalo United Nations,

Morgan Radford Columbia University,

Sandra Rieger Goethe Institute,

e Spain

e United States

e Germany

Columbia University,

Journalism

Mara Robertson The Clinton Foundation, International Policy & Welfare

¢ United States

Pamulaparthy

Broadcast Journalism

Ruben Rodriguez Pace University, Economics

e Spain

Columbia University,

Culture Studies

Manuel Rodriguez Caballer Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Law & Business

© Spain

Resident Members

4 Pooja Todi Columbia University,

Lars Alexander van Amsterdam

e India

¢ The Netherlands

Business

Columbia University, Law

Mar Velarde-Rodriguez Columbia University,

Public Health Spain

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Aaron Voloj Yale University, Law e Germany

Can Wang Columbia University, Actuarial Science e China

Yanging Wang Columbia University, Statistics e China

Belinda Whiteman NS/Parsons, Design e United States

Joke Wils United Nations, International Affairs e Belgium/Luxembourg

Shuheng Zheng Columbia University, Computer Science e China/Canada

Richard Zimmerling Commerzbank, Law e Germany

STAFF MEMBERS

La-Trinnia Braxton Database Manager

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Twan Claiborne Admissions Assistant