Hey, ’04s—I hope 2013 is off to a fantastic start for all of you! Our class presidents hosted an awesome virtual mini-reunion on Facebook this December. Below are some highlights from those of you I had not yet heard from, as well as a few additional tidbits of news.


Steven Zyck recently left his post at NATO, where he had been serving as the lead analyst with the NATO crisis identification group. Steven publishes on international development in violent contexts and co-edits a peer-reviewed academic journal, Stability, www.stabilityjournal.org. Steven will be starting a small firm in either Boston, the United Kingdom or Beirut.


Sarah Glazer works in New York City for the Bridgespan Group doing nonprofit consulting (as does Allison Kelly!). Sarah moved to New York City after finishing her M.B.A. at Tuck along with Rachel Ringel and Joan (Kearns) Hafner. 


John Turner founded an Internet marketing agency called Half Dome Partners—check it out at www.halfdomepartners.com. 


This summer Damon Grant married Hanover-area native Rowan Driscoll (Davidson ’00). Damon teaches at a public charter high school (Unity High School) in Oakland, California.


Alex Price lives in Palo Alto, California, and works at Lockheed Martin’s solar and space physics lab.


Arjun Ponnambalam spent several years working at the World Bank and is now pursuing a public policy degree at Harvard. 


Stephanie Movahhed moved back to San Francisco to join Boston Consulting Group, after receiving her M.B.A. from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Stephanie spent the summer working with Brazilian entrepreneurs at the New York-based nonprofit Endeavor Global.


Rebecca Leffler moved back to New York after spending eight years in Paris as France correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter and film critic/TV host on French television. Rebecca completed her first novel (in French), which was recently optioned for a television series in France. She has just signed a two-book deal with another French publisher. Amazing!


Phil Peisch won a seat on the Washington, D.C., Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Phil will represent the residents of Ward 6B03 on issues including crime, education and business development. Go, Phil! 


From Hanover to Silicon Alley—Jack Downey ’03 and Melissa Penn Post ’03 have gone into business together! In November they launched weeSpring—a Facebook-integrated social website for new and expecting parents to share trusted advice about essential baby products. If you know someone who is expecting or has a baby or young child, please encourage them to check out weeSpring (www.weespring.com), and help support a great company with Dartmouth roots! 


And with that, some exciting baby and engagement news: Jaclyn Murphy Harper and her husband, Jake (Middlebury ’07), welcomed their beautiful daughter Lily Jane into the world on November 5. Liz Bultman, Blair Dickinson Schroeder, Cliff Campbell, Paul Bozzello and I could not be more excited for the Harper family! 


David Hofteizer and his wife had much to be thankful for—the arrival of their baby Lia—this Thanksgiving day. David is an anti-corruption attorney and lives in Washington, D.C. 


Isabel Caraiego Bober and her husband, Mike, had their baby Molly this November. It seems like yesterday that I ran into Isabel on the Green this summer—congratulations!


Sam Valverde and his wife, Maddy, became proud parents this fall. Sam has been working at the Treasury Department for the past two years.


To close out the news: Johanna Willer became engaged to Rhonda Pacheco this fall. The beautiful couple met while pursuing their M.B.A.s at Duke University and live in Alexandria, Virginia.


—Jess Leinwand, 1440 S St., NW, Apt. 2, Washington, DC 20009; jess.leinwand@gmail.com