Classes & Obits

Class Note 1995

Issue

November-December 2020

Happy fall! As promised, here are some updates from other members of our new class executive committee. Vil Ramos currently lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his wife, Daphne, and his daughter, Gabi (10). He enjoys kayak fishing for striped bass and learning the ukulele with his daughter, among other hobbies. For work, he is a founding partner at the private equity firm, Constitution Capital Partners. He enjoys going back up to Hanover for Dartmouth and Tuck reunions whenever he can and is excited to be part of the executive committee to stay connected with friends and classmates.

Jonathan Weinberger is in Connecticut and has been (except for a few years) for two decades. “I work for a French bank in New York, but 2020 has taught me that the home office is great. Once we get a handle on Covid, I’ll resume my best efforts to spend as much time in the mountains as I did when we were all in Hanover.” Steve Tseng is also in Connecticut, where he lives with his wife, Anne, and son Ethan (13). “We moved to Connecticut in 2013 after spending four years in Europe and eight years in Asia as expats.” Steve is a super Dartmouth volunteer! “A couple of highlights of my recent Dartmouth engagements include serving on the Alumni Council and organizing our class mini-reunions in New York City with Tara Gulla at the American Museum of Natural History. Currently, I am serving on the board of advisors for the Hood Museum at Dartmouth. I chair the Asia Pacific Council for Tuck as well as serve on Tuck’s board of advisors. I also co-chair the Asia regional campaign committee for A Call to Lead. Look forward to reconnecting with as many classmates as possible!”

Lisa McGill is the founder and principal of a philanthropy consulting firm. She lives right outside of Chicago with her dog, kid, and spouse, and reflects: “Dartmouth has always been one of my favorite places, so this was a great opportunity to reconnect.” In Los Angeles, Kent Dahn works at GfK, “where I’m responsible for identifying global sales opportunities and servicing the research and consumer data analytics needs of leading technology and media clients (such as Google). Married to a Yalie and have a doggie.”

Ray Wadlow still lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with spouse Jessica ’96 and three children: Emily (16), Colin (14), and Grace (10). “Last month I left my private practice and took a job as a gastrointestinal oncologist and hematology-oncology fellowship program director at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute.” Susan (Warhover) Buckheit moved to Colorado on a whim in 1996 with Hillary Agnew Cecil and another friend and 24 years later, she’s still there (aside from a two-year stint in Boston for graduate school). “I am a part-time freelance manuscript editor, and I love to keep busy with what my state has to offer: outdoor fun and good people. My husband and I have three kids: boy-girl twins, age 12, and another girl, age 9. We consider ourselves exhausted and lucky. I think back on my time at Dartmouth and marvel at all of the adventures I had there, and I’m excited to join the class of ’95 executive committee to give back some time to a superb group of people.”

If you’d like to give some time to this superb class, there are plenty of opportunities: writing content for the class newsletter, organizing a virtual (or in-person when safe) mini-reunion, planning a public service project, guest-writing this column, and more. Email me to learn more, and keep your news coming!

Kaja (Schuppert) Fickes, 2 Bishops Lane, Hingham, MA 02043; kaja.k.fickes.95@dartmouth.edu