Class Note 1994

Earl Plante has been appointed the new chief executive officer of San Francisco Pride (SF Pride). Earl joins SF Pride from the Latino Commission on AIDS in New York City, where he served as director of development.


Earl relocated from New York to the San Francisco Bay area this past December. In his new role with SF Pride Earl will oversee the annual production of SF Pride Celebration & Parade, one of the world’s largest. He will also serve as a key fundraiser for critical community based organizations and services that SF Pride supports as well as act as the organization’s main link to the media, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the general public


Earl said he is “honored and humbled by this exciting opportunity to serve as CEO for SF Pride, a truly groundbreaking, inclusive organization in the forefront of progressive social and economic justice for LGBT equality. I look forward to working closely with SF Pride leadership, sponsors and the diversity of community stakeholders as we continue to build upon SF Pride’s mission and visionary legacy.” Congratulations on this wonderful new appointment!


Hugh Carspecken wrote in with an update from Dallas, where he has been living for the last few years. “In fact, I live just down the street from Glenn Ingram. We represent Dartmouth proudly as the boat anchors for the annual holiday neighborhood party boat race. You would be surprised how scared some of those big Aggies and Longhorns get when you mention ‘boat race’! I’ll let Glenn share who has taken the title the last couple of years...I have two little girls, 6 and 4, on whom I try to dote, when they’re not bossing me around. But, my wife, Cassie helps me keep them in line. Have recently started another company in the technology space, which looks promising but will require more working and less doting. There is always an open door policy to any alumni passing through Dallas!” Thanks so much, Hugh, both for the update and the invite.


Jennifer Zepralka has rejoined the law firm WilmerHale as a partner in the transactional and securities departments. Jennifer rejoined the firm from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she was the first Linda C. Quinn Attorney-Fellow and also served as senior special counsel to the director of the division of corporation finance since 2009. Jennifer focuses her practice on corporate finance, federal securities law compliance, governance and business transactions. Jennifer is a former counsel in the corporate practice at WilmerHale, having advised public companies and financial institutions on compliance with corporate and federal securities laws.


Frida Polli has started blogging for Forbes online; you can check it out at www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs.


And Jess Andre and her husband, James Heugas, welcomed daughter Juniper this February, and from Facebook it seems like everyone is doing just fine. I also heard that Elise Wellford Tillinghast made her daughter Lucy a big sister when she welcomed son Turner Everett Tillinghast on February 27. Congrats, mamas!


—Suzie Fromer, 26 Irving Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591; suziefromer@gmail.com