Lots of classmates in the news recently!


Recently profiled in an article for Forbes.com, Keith Dunleavy is using big data to help improve our healthcare system. Keith is founder and CEO of Inovalon, a fast-growing, 2,500-person company based in Bowie, Maryland, that provides healthcare data analytics designed to change the role data plays in care quality, effectiveness and efficiency. After earning his M.D. at Harvard (where he also met his wife, Katherine) Keith moved on to a residency at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, where the idea for Inovalon was born. In the article Keith talks about how his studies at Dartmouth shaped the direction he took (major in biology modified with engineering with an emphasis on neuroscience and computer science) and states, “My ultimate dream is that analytics and information should inform, empower and enable the point of care.”


The Dartmouth recently profiled Tricia Paik as she prepares to take on a new role as the contemporary art curator for the Indianapolis Museum of Art this summer. In the article Tricia talks about her Dartmouth experiences working on set design, stage tech and technical production, as well as participating in the art history foreign study program in Florence, Italy. As for her new position, “I’ll oversee the collection of art that they have from about 1945 to the present, predominantly paintings, sculptures and video. There’s a big audience for contemporary art, so it’s going to be a really great opportunity to work there.” Tricia is currently the associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the St. Louis Art Museum and has previously worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Morgan Library and Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.


A recent article published by Women’s eNews (womensenews.org) focused on the work of classmate Emily Nielsen Jones. Emily is the president and cofounder of the Imago Dei Fund (www.imagodeifund.org), a Christian-inspired foundation providing grants and support to a broad range of religious organizations around the world. Emily and her husband, Ross, established the fund in 2009, and in her role at the fund Emily is actively engaged in supporting women-led philanthropy and working to transform women’s and girls’ rights through religion. After Dartmouth Emily earned a graduate degree in educational policy from Boston University and she has also completed the Selah certificate program in spiritual direction.


Manish Kejriwal lives in Mumbai, India, and is a founding partner at Kedaara Capital, but was recently profiled in The Economic Times for his love of skiing. Having learned to ski as an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Manish now does most of his skiing in Europe and Japan. Manish is just one of a group of Indian CEOs featured in the article for their love of this sport.


Lastly, a news submission from Andrew Field, who wrote in about his new book. “I’m about to launch my second book, on the 1930s Shanghai writer Mu Shiying. The book features translations of several of his short stories as well as an appreciation of his life and times. Mu was one of the great modernist writers of his age—not just in Shanghai, but worldwide. He is under-appreciated and I hope this book will bring more attention to him and his writings. See my website www.andrewdavidfield.com for more details.”


Can you believe that our 25th reunion is just two years away? Mark your calendars now—the tentative dates are June 16-19, 2016. Look for surveys and mini-reunions as we count down to the big event!


—Sara Burbine Potter, 108 Hillcrest Road, Fairfield, CT 06824; sara_burbine@yahoo.com