medicaL marveL Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe ’99, M.D., M.S. Nesochi Okeke-igbokwe is currently a clinical instructor of medicine at Nyu School of medicine and a hospitalist attending physician at Nyu’s Langone medical center. She received a medical degree from Georgetown university School of medicine and completed her residency training in internal medicine at New york Presbyterian/Queens. Nesochi holds a master’s degree in clinical evaluative sciences with a concentration in epidemiology/biostatistics from Dartmouth College, where she received training in health services research and also conducted analyses of the quality of data in contemporary medical literature. She completed her undergraduate degree in biology with honors at Boston University. She is also a member of the inaugural class of Bill and Melinda Gates Scholars. She has been featured and quoted in numerous media outlets including Forbes, Vogue, Better Homes & Gardens, CBS News, Glamour, Teen Vogue, InStyle, Self and Today. Nesochi says, “While I was at Newark Academy, it was truly a blessing to be taught by phenomenal teachers like Mr. Joseph Ball and Mlle. Kareen Obydol. Both teachers were incredibly inspiring and continuously encouraged me to pursue my dreams. I am forever grateful for their mentorship, guidance and support.”
1995 CONTACT:
Kathleen Mangunay Pergament katmango@aol.com Nicole dispenziere-Pitcher lives in Brighton, England, with her husband, Robbie, and their daughter, Ella (3). Nicole is still not used to England’s unpredictable weather (sunny one day, freezing the next) and always misses the beautiful fall season in New Jersey. chris Jenkins and his wife, Lauren, welcomed their first child, Jackson Steven Jenkins, on May 20, 2016, in Buffalo, NY. In 2006, Jillian Northrup started an architecture and design company with her husband in Oakland, CA, called Because We Can (www.BecauseWeCan.org). They had a baby two
years ago and now shuffle parenthood with business ownership.
1998 CONTACT:
Jack A. Hyman jahyman@gmail.com
1996 CONTACT:
Lauren Jacobs-Lazer laurenjacobslazer@gmail.com
Jason S. Granet grizo1222@yahoo.com
Jenna Smith Schwerdt jenna@smithdesign.com
Andrew Slutzky andrewzky@gmail.com
evan michelson recently published his first book, Assessing the Societal Implications of Emerging Technologies, published by Routledge. He is currently a program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in New York City.
1997 CONTACT:
Amanda Rubinstein Black amandahblack@gmail.com In July, after four years working at Temple Sinai, a Reform synagogue in Washington, D.C., adrian Hilliard Graham began serving the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, MD, as their director of communications and membership. She commutes from Baltimore.
1999 CONTACT:
John Gregory Jcg681@gmail.com Asha Talwar Coco asha.talwar@gmail.com
david Green and his wife, Sara, are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Charlotte Rose, on February 24, 2016. david millman recently moved to Montana, where he is a tenure-track professor in the computer science department at Montana State University. Jodi Schiele arden moved to New York from Atlanta with her husband, Matt, five years ago. She works in marketing at NBCUniversal, as vice president for brand marketing and promotions for USA Network and Syfy. She recently spearheaded the promotional campaign for the show Mr. Robot. In October 2012, asha Talwar coco was part of a crowd of people who got stuck in an elevator on their way to a rooftop club. Little did she know, another person in
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