www.andover.edu/intouch as he said that the name and face came together: Jon Pedicino, who was both ’87 at Andover and ’91 at Dartmouth with me.” Saving the best for last, Chuck Chung let me know that he and Doug Henderson were officially wed and that Irene Hsieh ’88 was in attendance and celebrating. Congrats to you both! In totally unrelated news, Chuck also let me know that he won a Gates Foundation grant to engineer nanotextured surfaces, so double congrats are in order. And what he is working on sounds pretty cool—especially when you consider that what he is attempting to improve upon apparently has (1) been in use for about 400 years, yet has undergone very little technological improvement in the past 50 years, (2) has 750 million active users, (3) has a global production rate of 15 billion units per year, and (4) is recognized and available almost everywhere on earth. Curious? Follow the link and scroll down until you find “nanotextured”: http://tinyurl.com/ PACurious. Hard to top that, eh? Peace. —Dave
1988 Terri Stroud 800 4th St. SW, Unit N418 Washington DC 20024 202-486-4189 terri.stroud@gmail.com Laura Cox 21 Merced Ave. San Anselmo CA 94960 415-302-7709 laurajeancox@gmail.com Matt Lavin 1203 Constitution Ave. NE Washington DC 20002 202-365-8593 mattlavindc@yahoo.com Heather Ross Zuzenak 16 Essex St. Medford MA 02155 781-874-1747 hrzuzenak@yahoo.com
Not too long ago, I had lunch with Kristin De Vivo at Skywalker Ranch, in California, which was a blast. Kristin was enjoying her one-year anniversary at the George Lucas Educational Foundation. As the executive director of a new division called Lucas Education Research, she is responsible for building out the research program focused on the identification and evaluation of transformative practices in K–12 education, starting with rigorous project-based learning. She and her family have made a good transition from life in Manhattan to Marin County, and they are loving the fantastic weather and outdoor accessibility!
Also working in education, Jim Dand started a new job last summer as director of educational technology for Walch Education in Portland, Maine. He’d love to hear from any educators in our class to discuss how they use technology to educate our future leaders. Shoot him a note at jim@jimdand.com. Another Down Easter, Jill McElderryMaxwell, reports that all is well. She’s still farming alpacas, with more than 50 suris currently on the farm (numbers fluctuate with sales and births). She was recently elected to the board of trustees of the Suri Network, a national breed organization, and it has proven an exciting challenge helping to move the industry forward. She spends a lot of time consulting on alpaca health issues and has had writings on the topic published in Canada, Germany, and Australia, as well as the U.S. The farm also has guardian burros adopted from the Bureau of Land Management, chickens for meat and eggs, heritage breed pigs and turkeys, dairy goats, and calves being raised for the freezer. Jill’s son is a junior at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics, and they will begin the college search this summer. Jill writes, “Between that and lifting hay bales every day, I’m starting to feel my age! Were we really this young when we went off to college?” Allison Picott was elected to the board of directors of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. The board chair is Ray Lamontagne ’53. At on- and off-campus events and activities last fall, Allison saw several classmates, including John Kline, José Díaz Hernández, Aisha Jorge Massengill, Sue Dumas Miller, and Lisa Lopardo Welch, among others. She also ran into Tucker Levy at a coffee shop in their old South End (Boston) neighborhood. Allison reports that Tucker is doing well, hasn’t aged a bit, and is living with his wife, Victoria, and their daughter in Charlestown, Mass. Dan Koontz is still living out in Sag Harbor, N.Y., on Long Island, where he bumps into Chris Wiedemann from time to time. Dan gets to make regular trips up to Montreal, where his son Bo is now in his second year at McGill. And this past August, he had the great thrill of playing a short set on the Hammond B-3, warming up for the legendary Booker T. Jones, at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, N.Y. Chris Sapuppo is still in Austin, Texas, and recently went back to school to study building technology. While in school, he’s interning as a construction coordinator. He’s curious to see where this will take him on his journey. Cheryl Coutre Kellond relocated her family—husband Steve, kids Ben (15), Grant (13), and Anna (9)—from Manhattan Beach, Calif., to Boulder, Colo., last summer. She went out to Boulder for the very first time on June 1 for work, then called her husband instantly to tell him they were moving. She gave her kids a heads-up by using the hashtag #BoCoRelo on all her social media accounts. To celebrate her 15th wedding
anniversary, she had planned a July triathlon road trip from her home in LA to Vineman 70.3 in Sonoma and then Ironman Canada in Whistler, B.C. Instead of a casual post-race drive back to LA, she hightailed straight down the coast, frantically packed the moving van, and had moved to the base of the Flatirons by August. The first 3-degree day with snow was an educational experience for her family of Californians, but they are all loving it now. Cheryl’s startup, Bia (www.bia-sport. com), is still moving along. The product has been getting great reviews and has a loyal fan base, but, she says, bootstrapping is exhausting in a competitive market. Cheryl’s oldest son, Corey (Rateau Jr.), is still in Chicago, but she hopes he’ll relocate to Denver. Congratulations to dads Rani Ali-Ahmad and Jed Gore! Rani recently married, and he and his wife, Abby, just welcomed baby boy Dany. Rani runs a secondary venture fund called VenVest Capital, based in LA. Jed and partner Vanessa Avery welcomed a baby daughter, Jacqueline Alexandria, in October. Jacquie joins big sibs Ivy and Grady Gore. Tom Pollock notes that though Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Ireland, he pulls his kids from school every year for the holiday. This year, they went to London to have a turkey dinner with Joe Proctor and his family. Tom also met up with Nick Hofgren. Also across the pond was Heather Ross Zuzenak. She met Joe for a drink after work and caught up on the past 25 years or so. Heather reports that Joe is very involved in Earthwatch Institute, to which he was introduced by Roddy Scheer’s mom. All is well with Sarah Perkins in DC. She still works in the development office at her son Kadin’s Chinese immersion public charter school, Washington Yu Ying PCS. A highlight of the year was a visit from First Lady Michelle Obama before her trip to China. Sarah’s daughter, Sofia, is now in middle school at the newly formed DC International School, which is a joint middle and high school formed by five immersion elementary charter schools and which offers French, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. Sarah is busy taking the kids to soccer, volleyball, and basketball. She occasionally runs into Leila Finucane ’89, when their daughters play soccer against each other. Tory Stewart lives in LA with her husband and children, Silas and Madeline, and she’d love to see any Andover folks living in the area. She has a TV pilot in development at Fox and is polishing up a screenplay about money in politics to go out soon. The big news is that her play Rich Girl is going up at the Old Globe in San Diego May 23 to June 21. (There’s an Andover reference in the play, and Bill Mann gave advice about how to make the main character, a financial guru who resembles Suze Orman, sound more realistic!) Arthur Bradford has written a short-story collection, Turtleface and Beyond, which will be out by the time you’re reading these notes. Check it out! Love and peace to all. —Laura Andover | Spring 2015
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