1988

Hope to see you at our 20th reunion.

David Garrity and I linked up on Plaxo. He joined The Dinosaur Group in April 2006. This firm was founded in 2000 by Cantor Fitzgerald alumni, and now has six offices (NYC, London, Zurich, Sao Paolo, Istanbul, Riyadh) and 65 employees. David's focus is putting higher-margin activities into the business mix, so he's raising capital and providing advice on strategic transactions. You can go to dinogroup.com and see his strategy reports on equity strategy and the tech sector.

Mary Kay Boitano-Nelson wanted us to know that after eight years as a stay at home mom and dabbling in a variety of part-time projects, she's baaaack...full-time in the business world. She's in the client services/analysis department of ForeSee Results, Inc., which does satisfaction research on Web sites using a proprietary methodology out of the University of Michigan called the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI.) Their attitudinal data is a great compliment to Web analytics, which is behavioral data. Working with many national clients across many fields provides great variety, and she's loving being out at it full-time again. Husband Steve, twin girls (8), and other daughter (12), are "adjusting" to this new chapter.

Mike Wapner is still enjoying his role as director of finance with Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA). They promote energy efficiency through programs and education. His wife, Lan, daughters Julie and Anna are adjusting fine to him returning to the workforce after a hiatus (maybe they've been talking to Mary-Kay's family for support?). Last year the family traveled to Hong Kong and Macau, where Julia and Anna could meet their large extended family, and some Disney magic, Hong Kong style. Mike's also a trustee at their synagogue and is volunteering on an environmental task force for the Chicago park district.

Mara Salz Einstein has published a new book, Brands of Faith. She was on a big blowout promotion tour for her book in January/February, including radio interviews, book signings. "You can keep continually updated on my thinking about marketing and religion and any future events at brandsoffaith.com."

Fred Nelson still owns his own consultancy firm,Nelson Healthcare Consulting, where business is picking up sufficiently, just in time for college tuitions. He's also into fly fishing, and tags along to enjoy his son Connor's traveling hockey team's games. Other son Erik is now at Boston University, studying engineering.

	Jacqueline Celestin-Andre '88, husband Gil Andrè, son Max, daughter Tiarè, Sharon Frazier and Tony Overton '88 with son James Ellis
	Sally Sharp Lehman '88

Tom and Diane MacDonald are raising their four kids in Oregon. Now its one highschooler, one junior highschooler, and two grammar schoolers. Tom still manages Intel's server and storage components business. Challenges with high tech have not missed Tom, but he's helping Intel work through business resizing and integrations. Diane is busy volunteering at grammar school and managing the logistics of this big family.

Amy Walhert Principi enjoyed a lot of travel in '07. The family took a trip to Italy in June, including Rome, Florence, Orveito and Venice. She went on a cruise with her mom and sisters for spring break, visiting Belize, Key West and Mexico. Daughter Molly is 16 and son Nick is 12.

Dennis Sheehan is working for SiRF in San Jose, a big supplier of components for Global Positioning, location services. Raise your hands if you got one  of these devices at the holidays. The rest of us are still getting lost on the way to grandma's. He's officially old now, has a daughter in college, along with two in high school. Kids are active in swimming and jazz ensembles.

Mark and Hanne Proudfoot have moved to Denmark, expanding the European operations of their company. Kids are Danielle, Thomas, Steven and Kristin.

Brent Koehler continues to develop his firm, Summit Hill Consulting, helping clients grow their businesses, one at a time. He always enjoying an annual fly fishing expedition, this year in Missoula, Mont.

Pat Ciriaks and family enjoyed a trip to Las Vegas and Sedona (we took the same trip). Las Vegas wasn't costly, thanks to wife Kelly's luck on the slots at the airport leaving town. Pat found a couple of acquisitions for his firm Creation Technologies, an electronic manufacturing service (EMS) provider focused on manufacturing complex electronics for businesses in the industrial controls, instrumentation, medical, wireless and other communications, safety and security, aerospace, and transportation markets. Now he's got the opportunity for the next step, integrating them into the company. Daughter Jenny is into volleyball, and son Kevin is giving up volleyball to pursue his medical degree.

Jacqueline Celestin-Andre is married to Gil, a Frenchman, and they children are Max (4) and Tiare (1). Jackie's been in Paris for more than 10 years and loves it there, but maybe someday NYC will call her back again. She loves that NYC pace, just needs the Parisian museums. They plan to raise kids to speak both American English and French, with English being the challenge, as Jackie works/speaks in French all day, working for L'Oreal for 8 years. With L'Oreal, she's working in the Africa, Orient and Pacific zone management team. Its allowed her to visit some fascinating places, like Dubai, Lebanon, South Africa, Niamey, India, and she loves the diversity in how you "get it done" in these varied cultures.

The Jane Goodall Institute has announced the appointment of Sally Sharp Lehman as New England regional director of Roots & Shoots. Roots & Shoots works with more than 100,000 young people in nearly 100 countries to connect youth who share the desire to make the world a better place. Sally will be responsible for providing strategic direction for the growth of the Roots & Shoots youth network in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.