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magazines. Trevett has won numerous awards for his work in design and art direction. He will be a featured speaker at the 2012 Magazine Conference in Copenhagen and Oslo this fall. Jordan Dann has been living in Brooklyn since ’09, where she works as a freelance theatre artist and educator. Jordan runs a year-long rehearsal, comprehension, and performance program with the Shakespeare Society and just directed her third production with the project, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Last fall, Jordan employed Todd Sutler’s knowledge and passion for education to lecture and coach the team of teaching artists she manages for the program. She has taught for NYU, at Stella Adler Studios, and she is the artistic director of Mud/Bone Theatre Collective. In ’11 Jordan cowrote and directed two site-specific productions: 233A Play was performed by 13 actors in her eight-bedroom brownstone for an eight-night-run, and Star Alarm was based on singer/songwriter Chris Taylor’s music. Max Ranall lives in Brisbane, Australia, where he works for the Univ. of Queensland as a research scientist doing “high throughput cell biology, biochemistry, and a bit of microbiology. In my spare time I mountain bike and scuba dive. My most recent exploit is an epic island holiday in the Yasawas archipelago of Fiji. Other recent adventures have included a couple of dive trips to Espirito Santo in Vanuatu, and the 2010–11 season snowboarding and skiing at Jackson Hole, Wyo. Any and every NMH alum passing through Brisbane should contact me for a cultural liaison/place to crash.” Jean Billings Sanchez moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, in summer ’11 and started a new consulting business—Green Mountain Learning—in spring ’12. Jean says she loves the freedom to build her business around her three young children. “I can’t wait to see everyone at the next reunion.” George Tiggle is the director of Sage Partners Program at the Sage Colleges in Albany and Troy, N.Y. He is looking forward to our 20th reunion. Looks like we already have people planning for our 20th reunion. I know I am. From the Alumni Office: Yudha Kartohadiprodjo married Ranita Angkosubroto on
Yudha Kartohadiprodjo ’94 married Ranita Angkosubroto in Jakarta in January ’12.
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Joyce Wang Simons ’94 with husband Don and their children Declan and twins Rose and Riley.
Will Slocum ’95, wife Zoe holding Rory, Ben Schuman ’95, and wife Anne in California in ’11.
1/8/12. NMH friends who came to share in the celebration at Jakarta’s Hotel Mulia included Gregory and Alex Mak, Perry Wang, Chang Lieu, Warren Liu, Jong Yoon “John” Kim, Dennis Rahardja and wife, Dickie Widjaja ’95 and wife, Tony Taniwan and wife, Hendrik Wiyono ’95 and wife, Hardian Lorens ’93, Seng Ho Ong, Won-Goo Jung ’93, and Kartini Tanoto ’93. Yudha was the cofounding editor of Men’s Health Indonesia and launched a number of publications and media brands. He now works with the family company media group.
new disc ‘The Crux’ by the band Hurt, who are old, dear friends of mine. I’ve sung with them onstage before, but I’m now on the actual album, name credit and all.” Ben was nominated for a Colorado Broadcasters Association award and has been working on projects with Jonathan Kesselman, the writer/ director of the cult hit movie The Hebrew Hammer. Last August, Ben and Anne spent time with Will Slocum, his wife Zoe, and child Rory. Ben still talks to John Doyle and Ben Shippee, and a few years back saw Adam McOwen, as he was playing fiddle for Hank Williams III’s band.
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From the Alumni Office: Ben Schuman lives in Colorado with wife Anne, who is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army. They were married in Savannah, Ga., in ’09 by David Burstein ‘85. Ben is a DJ at an alternative rock radio station (KRXP 103.9, www.1039rxp.com) in Colorado Springs doing the 7 to midnight shift. Ben writes: “After 14 years of playing songs on the air, I am actually making my singing debut on a record. I’m featured on the
Kahlil Lozoraitis ’94 with Violet Bayne Lozoraitis.
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From Jon: Acadia Wallace Roessner and Michael welcomed twins Archibald “Archie” Lawrence and Amos Warren born three minutes apart on Father’s Day, 6/17/12. “Big brothers Gus and Asa are excited for Archie and Amos to come home from the NICU to join the family in their posh new digs on Capitol Hill.” Acadia promises to post some photos on the 1996 Facebook page. Angus Morrison and wife Lisa welcomed a second child, Colin James Daly Morrison, on 5/12/12. Jehanzeb “J.Z.” Ilahi lives in Bahrain with his wife and daughter while running a consulting company and traveling regionally for client engagements. Heather Cook O’Donnell is busy in the Hudson Valley area of New York with husband Michael, son Quinn (3), and daughter Molly (1), and is thinking about returning to teaching one day. Elida Salcedo married Shanil Vitarana in N.Y.C. on 6/17/12. Lorie Gumbs-Tyler and Florangel Collado attended. Elida will move to Dubai with her husband and join the legal department of