Class Note 1988
Issue
March-April 2023
Greetings, ’88s.
As I begin this first column written in 2023, I wish you all a Happy New Year and am excited to share some terrific updates from classmates who are leaders in their fields and face varied and interesting challenges:
Betsey Cuervo Tilson has served as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services chief medical officer and state health director since 2017. In this role she promotes public health and prevention activities and provides leadership and oversight on the state’s top priorities. Of late her work has involved the Covid-19 pandemic response, the opioid epidemic, early childhood issues, and Medicaid transformation. Betsey is board-certified in pediatrics and preventive medicine and, in addition to receiving her medical degree from Johns Hopkins, she earned a master’s in public health at UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to her current role Betsey had various leadership roles at Community Care of North Carolina, while also providing primary care services at Wake County Human Services. Betsey remains connected to Dartmouth as a member, and past co-chair, of the friends of Dartmouth cross-country and track and field alumni advisory council.
Tim Ambrose writes: “I’m starting a new professional and personal chapter in the form of public interactive conversations targeting emotional and relational challenges. Drawing on my experience, my passion for communication, and nearly three decades in the field of clinical psychology, my hope is that through these conversations people will gain practical insights into themselves and the human experience. Since childhood my desire has been to reduce emotional pain in the world. I hope this new vehicle allows me to do that and reach many more people. I also hope that this chapter creates opportunities for more travel more and connection with friends old and new, including my Dartmouth family.” I know many of us look forward to the opportunity to connect with Tim as he embraces this new venture.
Jere Mancini, who preceded me in the role of class secretary and author of this column, is in her 24th year as in-house counsel at Pearson and is experiencing her first year as an empty-nester, after her only child started college last fall. She writes: “I’m working in the higher education and direct-to-consumer spaces, learning lots of new things, but dreaming of the end of tuition bills and retirement, I hope in the not-too-distant future.” Jere reports that they are adjusting to the empty nest and look forward to as much skiing as possible this winter. The family recently traveled to Norway and Jere and her son toured Iceland with friends just before he started college. Finally, Jere mentioned she is already looking forward to our next reunion in 2024 and looks forward to seeing classmates then.
Wishing you all the very best. Please take a moment to drop me a line with your news. I look forward to hearing from you!
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com
As I begin this first column written in 2023, I wish you all a Happy New Year and am excited to share some terrific updates from classmates who are leaders in their fields and face varied and interesting challenges:
Betsey Cuervo Tilson has served as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services chief medical officer and state health director since 2017. In this role she promotes public health and prevention activities and provides leadership and oversight on the state’s top priorities. Of late her work has involved the Covid-19 pandemic response, the opioid epidemic, early childhood issues, and Medicaid transformation. Betsey is board-certified in pediatrics and preventive medicine and, in addition to receiving her medical degree from Johns Hopkins, she earned a master’s in public health at UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to her current role Betsey had various leadership roles at Community Care of North Carolina, while also providing primary care services at Wake County Human Services. Betsey remains connected to Dartmouth as a member, and past co-chair, of the friends of Dartmouth cross-country and track and field alumni advisory council.
Tim Ambrose writes: “I’m starting a new professional and personal chapter in the form of public interactive conversations targeting emotional and relational challenges. Drawing on my experience, my passion for communication, and nearly three decades in the field of clinical psychology, my hope is that through these conversations people will gain practical insights into themselves and the human experience. Since childhood my desire has been to reduce emotional pain in the world. I hope this new vehicle allows me to do that and reach many more people. I also hope that this chapter creates opportunities for more travel more and connection with friends old and new, including my Dartmouth family.” I know many of us look forward to the opportunity to connect with Tim as he embraces this new venture.
Jere Mancini, who preceded me in the role of class secretary and author of this column, is in her 24th year as in-house counsel at Pearson and is experiencing her first year as an empty-nester, after her only child started college last fall. She writes: “I’m working in the higher education and direct-to-consumer spaces, learning lots of new things, but dreaming of the end of tuition bills and retirement, I hope in the not-too-distant future.” Jere reports that they are adjusting to the empty nest and look forward to as much skiing as possible this winter. The family recently traveled to Norway and Jere and her son toured Iceland with friends just before he started college. Finally, Jere mentioned she is already looking forward to our next reunion in 2024 and looks forward to seeing classmates then.
Wishing you all the very best. Please take a moment to drop me a line with your news. I look forward to hearing from you!
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com