Classes & Obits

Class Note 2004

Issue

May - Jun 2017

Hello, ’04s. Thanks for the updates. Please keep them coming!

After almost 10 years (and many frequent flier miles) consulting with cities, states and universities at Deloitte Consulting, Julia Richman left the firm to become the chief innovation and analytics officer for the city of Boulder, Colorado.

Tsering Kheyap and her husband, Ben Cornell (Cornell ’01), welcomed daughter Tenzin Donsel on December 8. Ben is still a software engineer at the University of Washington. Tsering is now working at the Washington State Office of the Secretary of State, serving as director of the corporations and charities division.

Rob Daly recently had a second daughter on January 17, Avery Grace. Mom, Dad, Avery and big sister Emma are all doing well.

Nicole Drezner and her husband in October welcomed Sage Elizabeth, who joins big sister Sahar. The family has settled down in southern Maryland, where Nicole works for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration as a medical officer.

Brittany (Copenhaver) Davi and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second daughter, Alice Marie Dobi, on January 27. The family lives in the suburbs of Dallas where Brittany is an OB/GYN in private practice.

The Runner, an award-winning short film written, directed and produced by L.A.-based filmmaker Justin Berardi screened at film festivals around the world after premiering at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris in April 2016. The 12-minute film, which does not have any dialogue, is about a recovering alcoholic who turns to running as a way of confronting his past and seeking a deeper, unknown purpose. Learn more at TheRunnerShortFilm.com. Berardi is currently in pre-production on his next project, to be shot in L.A. this year!

Catherine Buck Le writes,My husband, Chau, and I own Krav Maga Seattle (kmseattle.com) and we were chosen to receive the 2016 School of the Year award from Krav Maga Worldwide. We won the award out of more than 150 schools, mostly across North America and Europe. I passed my StrongFirst (strongfirst.com) Level 2 kettlebell instructor certification a week ago so I am now a StrongFirst Level 2 kettlebell instructor as well as a StrongFirst bodyweight instructor.” Congrats, Bucky!

Nick “Bear” Danoff has been working in business strategy consulting for the Cambridge Group in Chicago since 2012. He married Carol Lu Danoff in 2015, and on October 28, 2016, became the proud father of an impossibly cute baby girl named Jordan. Nick encourages any long-lost Dartmouth connections in the area to drop him a line to catch up and maybe provide a little free babysitting if they’re so inclined.

Jon Wakelin was recently promoted to principal at Altman Vilandrie & Co., a strategy consulting firm focused on the communications, media and related technology sectors.

Kendall (Adams) Bartholomew writes, “My husband, James Bartholomew ’05, and I welcomed our first child, Lillian, in January. We’re looking forward to introducing her to the great outdoors around our home in Bend, Oregon, this summer.”

Simon Weber and his wife, Nicole, welcomed a baby girl, Chloe, in December.

My esteemed predecessor Jess Leinwand and her equally esteemed husband, Sam Stein,welcomed their baby, Jamie, into the world on January 3. Everyone is doing well despite Jamie’s lack of appreciation for sleep!

Thanks!

Cliff Campbell, 203 Baltic St., Apt. D1, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (917) 345-6494; cliff.campbell@gmail.com