Class Note 1998
Issue
Hi, ’98s! It’s been a busy few months and it’s been wonderful to hear from so many of our classmates about what they’ve been up to. To start things off, my law school classmate Adam Siegel checked in from Washington, D.C., where he just recently joined the National Parks Conservation Association as associate general counsel. Adam and his wife, Rachel, also welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Evie, this past May. Speaking of new additions to families, Jamie Bedrin and her husband, Scott, welcomed their second boy, Owen, this past July. Kara (Josephberg) Paldino was in my neck of the woods (the New York area) back in August, when she caught up with a number of fellow ’98s, including Ali (Jacoby) Abrahms, Susanna McFadden, Angela Scott and Kate Nugent. Kara also had the pleasure of catching up with Katie (Malone) Weiss and Kate (Knaus) Galston earlier this year on a work trip to Los Angeles. When not traveling, Kara lives in Miami with her husband and children Livia and Jackson and works as vice president of production legal for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment. And Kara was hardly the only ’98 getting together with classmates. Molli (Hamermesh) Hourihan recently wrote to share her wonderful experience renting a house for a few days this past summer in Naragansett, Rhode Island, with Katy (Bieneman) Romita and Jamie (Udler) Koplan along with their respective families, including six kids among them! Molli, who lives in Southport, Connecticut, was happy to report that Katy has recently moved closer to her, as Katy now resides in Westchester County, New York. Doug Young also dropped a note to say hi from his job as director of communications and development for the Lower Merion (Pennsylvania) School District. While Doug had a pretty busy 2012—including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and accompanying some students on a trip building a school in Haiti—2013 has been relatively quieter. Doug spends a few weeks each summer in California helping to run the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy and recently told me he has just been “enjoying life and keeping busy.” Also keeping busy has been Gabe Galletti. When I checked in with Gabe a couple of months ago he was nearing the tail end of a six-month sabbatical from his job as an attorney at Bernstein Liebhard in New York, and he and his wife (who also took a sabbatical) were traveling through and volunteering in Asia. Among the places Gabe and his wife saw were Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia and Vietnam. Gabe said the entire experience was a “dream come true.” Last but certainly not least, I had the great pleasure of catching up with fellow fall of 1994 Russell Sage resident Michelyne Pinard, who checked in from Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she is in her 11th season as the head coach of women’s soccer at Williams College. Micheylne and her partner, Dave Johnson, have two girls, Elle (age 2 1/2 years) and Maeve (9 months). That’s the latest and greatest. From my family (including my two sons Charlie and Simon) to yours—a very happy holidays and a happy New Year to everyone! Here’s hoping for a great 2014 for everyone in the class of 1998. As always, please send me any news or updates; your fellow ’98s are out there doing great things—let’s get the word out! —Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; (973) 267-6914; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com
Jan - Feb 2014
Hi, ’98s! It’s been a busy few months and it’s been wonderful to hear from so many of our classmates about what they’ve been up to. To start things off, my law school classmate Adam Siegel checked in from Washington, D.C., where he just recently joined the National Parks Conservation Association as associate general counsel. Adam and his wife, Rachel, also welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Evie, this past May. Speaking of new additions to families, Jamie Bedrin and her husband, Scott, welcomed their second boy, Owen, this past July. Kara (Josephberg) Paldino was in my neck of the woods (the New York area) back in August, when she caught up with a number of fellow ’98s, including Ali (Jacoby) Abrahms, Susanna McFadden, Angela Scott and Kate Nugent. Kara also had the pleasure of catching up with Katie (Malone) Weiss and Kate (Knaus) Galston earlier this year on a work trip to Los Angeles. When not traveling, Kara lives in Miami with her husband and children Livia and Jackson and works as vice president of production legal for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment. And Kara was hardly the only ’98 getting together with classmates. Molli (Hamermesh) Hourihan recently wrote to share her wonderful experience renting a house for a few days this past summer in Naragansett, Rhode Island, with Katy (Bieneman) Romita and Jamie (Udler) Koplan along with their respective families, including six kids among them! Molli, who lives in Southport, Connecticut, was happy to report that Katy has recently moved closer to her, as Katy now resides in Westchester County, New York. Doug Young also dropped a note to say hi from his job as director of communications and development for the Lower Merion (Pennsylvania) School District. While Doug had a pretty busy 2012—including climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and accompanying some students on a trip building a school in Haiti—2013 has been relatively quieter. Doug spends a few weeks each summer in California helping to run the Kobe Bryant Basketball Academy and recently told me he has just been “enjoying life and keeping busy.” Also keeping busy has been Gabe Galletti. When I checked in with Gabe a couple of months ago he was nearing the tail end of a six-month sabbatical from his job as an attorney at Bernstein Liebhard in New York, and he and his wife (who also took a sabbatical) were traveling through and volunteering in Asia. Among the places Gabe and his wife saw were Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia and Vietnam. Gabe said the entire experience was a “dream come true.” Last but certainly not least, I had the great pleasure of catching up with fellow fall of 1994 Russell Sage resident Michelyne Pinard, who checked in from Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she is in her 11th season as the head coach of women’s soccer at Williams College. Micheylne and her partner, Dave Johnson, have two girls, Elle (age 2 1/2 years) and Maeve (9 months). That’s the latest and greatest. From my family (including my two sons Charlie and Simon) to yours—a very happy holidays and a happy New Year to everyone! Here’s hoping for a great 2014 for everyone in the class of 1998. As always, please send me any news or updates; your fellow ’98s are out there doing great things—let’s get the word out! —Jeffrey Beyer, 25 Aspen Way, Morristown, NJ 07960; (973) 267-6914; jeffrey.beyer@gmail.com