Class Note 2006
Issue
March-April 2022
Happy 2022, ’06s. I hope everyone was able to see family and loved ones and enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday. Along with the world, our class continued to pivot last year and held a number of different virtual gatherings, including music nights, a mixology session, our entrepreneur panel, and an author interview. As a result, we were one of only 13 classes recognized at Dartmouth’s Volunteer Officer eXperience for creative class events, classmate involvement, and leadership. We look forward to continuing to engage with you all in 2022 and leading up to our reunion.
During our virtual gathering with P.J. Scheufele and Andrew Caspary lastyear, they alluded to a project they were working on together. P.J. and Capurro Pisco/The Craft Spirits Cooperative are working with Death & Co (the famed New York City bar with additional locations in Los Angeles and Denver) to make original, ready-to-drink cocktails using their portfolio of spirits and are producing at Ventura Spirits with Andrewand Henry Tarmy.The launch was covered by The New York Times. For a special discount, use code “gobiggreen” when purchasing at https://drinkfellows.com, which can now ship to most states.
Anna Cates got a rare chance to visit some Dartmouth friends in Oregon in December. Anna and her youngest, 6-month-old Ted, stayed with Erin Fifield ’05 in Eugene for several days. Erin lives a couple of blocks from Tom Bonamicci ’07, so the group had a wonderful coffee and visited Tom’s pop-up market, where Anna bought a spatula Tom made in his garage for a Christmas present. Anna usually stays in Minneapolis working on soil health with the University of Minnesota Extension, and it was lovely to see Oregon’s green in December. Her other kids are 5 and 3 and had to miss the trip this time.
Cory Claus recently became a twice nationally recognized, award-winning writer. Two years ago, he entered a short story, The Bay-Facing Window, in the Writer’s Digest competition, which is the largest in the country. The story was chosen as a Top 10 award winner. Last year Cory entered his debut novel, Surrounded by Chu Songs, in the Digest’s Self-Published Novel competition, where it was named a finalist. He is currently finishing his follow-up novel, When the Devil Drops By (set in Woodstock, Vermont), with high hopes of finding an agent and publisher.
Cary Telander Fortin cofounded a startup called goodbuy (www.trygoodbuy.com). An easy button for conscious shopping, the initial offering is a chrome browser extension that appears when shopping on a mega retailer’s website and redirects you to the same or similar product from a small, values-aligned business. A big shoutout to Dean Drizin,who was at Green D Ventures at the time and was an invaluable resource. Other Dartmouth supporters and investors include Laura Rippy, Sam Carpenter, Barbara Li, Allen Morgan, and Abbeygale Anderson (who is starting her own venture fund, Cross Impact).
After a great run at Cooley LLP practicing law representing startup companies and their investors in the Bay Area, Libby Hadzima Perkins joined SignalFire, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco redesigning the venture model. She will head up the legal function as the firm’s first lawyer. Maxwell “Max” Geo Perkins was born last July and joins big sister Josie.
You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.
—Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com
During our virtual gathering with P.J. Scheufele and Andrew Caspary lastyear, they alluded to a project they were working on together. P.J. and Capurro Pisco/The Craft Spirits Cooperative are working with Death & Co (the famed New York City bar with additional locations in Los Angeles and Denver) to make original, ready-to-drink cocktails using their portfolio of spirits and are producing at Ventura Spirits with Andrewand Henry Tarmy.The launch was covered by The New York Times. For a special discount, use code “gobiggreen” when purchasing at https://drinkfellows.com, which can now ship to most states.
Anna Cates got a rare chance to visit some Dartmouth friends in Oregon in December. Anna and her youngest, 6-month-old Ted, stayed with Erin Fifield ’05 in Eugene for several days. Erin lives a couple of blocks from Tom Bonamicci ’07, so the group had a wonderful coffee and visited Tom’s pop-up market, where Anna bought a spatula Tom made in his garage for a Christmas present. Anna usually stays in Minneapolis working on soil health with the University of Minnesota Extension, and it was lovely to see Oregon’s green in December. Her other kids are 5 and 3 and had to miss the trip this time.
Cory Claus recently became a twice nationally recognized, award-winning writer. Two years ago, he entered a short story, The Bay-Facing Window, in the Writer’s Digest competition, which is the largest in the country. The story was chosen as a Top 10 award winner. Last year Cory entered his debut novel, Surrounded by Chu Songs, in the Digest’s Self-Published Novel competition, where it was named a finalist. He is currently finishing his follow-up novel, When the Devil Drops By (set in Woodstock, Vermont), with high hopes of finding an agent and publisher.
Cary Telander Fortin cofounded a startup called goodbuy (www.trygoodbuy.com). An easy button for conscious shopping, the initial offering is a chrome browser extension that appears when shopping on a mega retailer’s website and redirects you to the same or similar product from a small, values-aligned business. A big shoutout to Dean Drizin,who was at Green D Ventures at the time and was an invaluable resource. Other Dartmouth supporters and investors include Laura Rippy, Sam Carpenter, Barbara Li, Allen Morgan, and Abbeygale Anderson (who is starting her own venture fund, Cross Impact).
After a great run at Cooley LLP practicing law representing startup companies and their investors in the Bay Area, Libby Hadzima Perkins joined SignalFire, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco redesigning the venture model. She will head up the legal function as the firm’s first lawyer. Maxwell “Max” Geo Perkins was born last July and joins big sister Josie.
You can always view the Class Notes online with photos at 2006.dartmouth.org/classnotes. On our class website you can also pay class dues, learn more about class efforts, and read about other ’06s who have been featured in the news.
—Cindy Tsai, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; cindaaay@gmail.com