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Nicole Dispenziere-Pitcher ’95 with daughter Ella
Keith Loughlin ’96
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Keith Loughlin was recently appointed chief counsel for the New Jersey General Assembly, Republican office. In his new role, Keith will oversee the Assembly Republicans’ legal staff and provide counsel to the Assembly Republican Caucus on ethics, conflicts of interest, and employment and personnel matters. Keith also serves as a councilman in Westfield.
15th Reunion
1998 Playwright Thomas Bradshaw’s new play, Intimacy, premieres in January 2014. The play will be performed by The New Group theater in New York.
Contact: Asha Talwar ’99 asha.talwar@gmail.com John Gregory ’99 Jcg681@gmail.com
Lillian Ball and husband Arthur Council welcomed a daughter, Pearl, on June 27, 2013. Lillian and Pearl visited NA in October and watched as proud grandfather Joe Ball introduced Pearl to the NA community. Kumi Dikengil and Michael Kay were married last June at the Central Park Boathouse. Stan Hsuing ’00, Adam Kaswiner, Jay Jones, Jackie Ko Dillon, Allegra Baldwin and Stacy Rapacon were all
Stan Hsuing ’00, Adam Kaswiner ’99, Joe Ball, Michael Kay ’99, Kumi Dikengil ’99, Jackie Ko Dillon ’99, Allegra Baldwin ’99, Stacy Rapacon ’99, Jay Jones ’99
in attendance. Faculty member Joe Ball was a guest at the wedding as well. David Green and his wife, Sara, live in the western suburbs of Chicago and recently welcomed their first child, Matthew Benjamin. William ’69 and Barbara Green are proud grandparents. Sean McGaughan is a producer in the Digital Technology and Innovation Group at the Estee Lauder Companies. His wife, Susannah Gersten, is program director at the Henry Street Settlement in lower Manhattan. Sean and Susie, who live in Brooklyn, recently celebrated their adorable son Eli’s second birthday.
A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS Members of the Newark Academy community have collaborated on and published their first book together, “Mentoring for School Success: Creating Positive Changes.” Julie Madison Jacoby, former NA faculty member and founder of the consulting firm Adolescent Mentoring, combined her expertise, talent, warmth and humor with the skills of educational consultant Lisa Podell ’98 to create a valuable resource for parents, students, teachers and learning specialists. The book is filled with innovative strategies and educational tools that have helped many adolescents and adults create positive changes in school and in other areas of their lives. Edited by NA Humanities Chair Jeffrey Vinikoor, with assistance from Eric Fattakhov ’08, the book is now available at www.adolescentmentoring.com.
2001 Danielle Schwartz Auerbach and her husband, Jon, are thrilled to announce the birth of their twins, Robert and Allison, on March 29, 2013. Brian McGaughan is a project manager and certified relativity administrator for Evidence Exchange in New York. His wife, Mary, earned a doctoral degree last spring and is the school psychologist at Robert Louis Stevenson School. Brian and Mary live in Brooklyn, not far from Sean McGaughan ’99, and still see Ben Loesser, Tom Hartley, Colin Griggs and Michele Scotto on a regular basis.