Many thanks to Ed Ratinoff for conducting a workshop on real estate financing and investing for Webb students during Unbounded Days. Four students visited Ed’s Century City office, where they examined the process of researching, buying, renovating, managing and selling large apartment complexes using investment pools such as pension funds. Ed was joined by Webb parent Alex Garcia (Alyssa ’15). - 16 Christopher Riggio and his wife, Jean Bodeau, have moved to China, where they expect to live for the next three years. Jean accepted a Chevron job transfer to Chengdu, China, to become the environmental team lead on the Chongdongbei natural gas projects. Chris will continue his work as contractor on the Wheatstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project, working remotely from Chengdu. Eventually, he plans to change to a rotational position on the same project, with a month-on/month-off at the project site in Western Australia. He and Jean are looking forward to exciting adventures hiking and traveling in Asia during their time off, and also to reconnecting with Webb classmates living in that region.
1984 • Christina Mercer McGinley is the proud mom of a WSC graduate. Tim graduated in May and he is now heading to UC Berkeley. In August, Christina’s daughter, Corinne, will be attending Vivian Webb School as a freshman.
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It was great to see Rick Wang and his family on campus in March. They were in town touring colleges for Rick’s daughter. They visited the new Hall of Life display and had a chance to see the fossil “Linda,” which Rick’s father, James Wang ’51, discovered on a peccary trip as a student at Webb. Rick also met up with three Webb students in Shanghai over spring break. Many thanks to Rick for his hospitality. - 17
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The Board of Trustees welcomed Janel Henriksen Hastings as its newest member at the February board meetings. Read about Janel’s commencement address to the VWS Class of 2012 on page 20. In March, Paul Lai met up with Mike Kwon and Darren Liang in Shanghai. Paul and his wife, Madeline, are living in Hong Kong. Mike and his family relocated from Portland, OR, to Shanghai last year, and where Mike continues his work as senior designer for Nike. Darren is the director and CEO at International Wood Products Co., which produces furniture. - 20 It was great to see Rob Lawrence and Natasha Kordus back on campus. They came to campus to hear John Scalzi speak. - 21 Many thanks to John Scalzi, who spent a day at Webb on April 19. John was in town for the LA Times Festival of Books. He spoke with students from AP Language & Composition and Honors English classes about the role of the artist in society. During lunch, he met with about 50 alumni, students, and teachers. He shared stories about his life as a writer, and gave a reading from his new novel, Redshirts.
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