Class Note 2006
Issue
July-August 2024
Hi, ’06s. Congratulations to Eduardo Bertran, who was elected our new class representative to the Dartmouth Alumni Council, beginning in July. Eduardo lives and works in south Florida. He shares, “I have my own firm in Miami with two other lawyers, one of whom is Francesco Zincone. We like to say we are the only majority Dartmouth alum-led firm in all of south Florida. Other than that my life is full of Little League games and ballet recitals!” Eduardo takes over this councilor role from Alison Reed, who previously represented our class. Thank you, Alison!
In February Vivek Tata launched a trial and arbitration firm, Elsberg Baker & Maruri, PLLC (www.elsberglaw.com), with partners from Selendy Gay and Quinn Emanuel and LTL Attorneys. He shares, “We focus on high-stakes complex commercial litigation and already have a number of trials lined up for this year.”
A Dartmouth Los Angles startup event held in April featured Darnell Nance as a speaker. He is the cofounder of the startup Serve Club, which connects tennis, pickleball, and padel players and coaches and facilitates court bookings. The Serve Club app can be downloaded from the Apple store. If you have feedback or investment inquiries, contact Darnell at darnell@serveclub.net.
This spring Ricky Cole released an album you can find on major streaming platforms. His artist name is also his given name: Adamah. You can learn more about his album on Instagram and at the website adamahmusic.com.
Congratulations to Sarah Emel and her husband, Jason. They welcomed their first child, Katelyn Soll, in February. The family currently lives in the Pittsburgh area.
For those of you who have not yet turned 40, you can take birthday celebration inspiration from seven of our classmates: Libby (Hadzima) Perkins shares, “Cate (Birtley) DeJulio, Natalie (Allan) Teear, Susan (Gordon) Horrell, Tara Seethaler, Erin Rumsey, Aya Caldwell,and Ihad the most wonderful trip to Portugal in February to celebrate our collective 40th birthdays. We left behind 16 small children and seven husbands to spend a week together celebrating our 20-plus-year friendship. We all filled our cups with wine, delicious food, cold plunges, and conversations that went into the wee hours (pretty much the same magical recipe we’ve had since ’06).”
In closing, Women of Dartmouth reached out encouraging all women in the class to consider sharing their stories with the Women of Dartmouth Inspire project. You can find more information at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu. I would also encourage you to share your news and updates in our Class Notes column. You can reach me at the email address listed below. Thank you!
—Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com
In February Vivek Tata launched a trial and arbitration firm, Elsberg Baker & Maruri, PLLC (www.elsberglaw.com), with partners from Selendy Gay and Quinn Emanuel and LTL Attorneys. He shares, “We focus on high-stakes complex commercial litigation and already have a number of trials lined up for this year.”
A Dartmouth Los Angles startup event held in April featured Darnell Nance as a speaker. He is the cofounder of the startup Serve Club, which connects tennis, pickleball, and padel players and coaches and facilitates court bookings. The Serve Club app can be downloaded from the Apple store. If you have feedback or investment inquiries, contact Darnell at darnell@serveclub.net.
This spring Ricky Cole released an album you can find on major streaming platforms. His artist name is also his given name: Adamah. You can learn more about his album on Instagram and at the website adamahmusic.com.
Congratulations to Sarah Emel and her husband, Jason. They welcomed their first child, Katelyn Soll, in February. The family currently lives in the Pittsburgh area.
For those of you who have not yet turned 40, you can take birthday celebration inspiration from seven of our classmates: Libby (Hadzima) Perkins shares, “Cate (Birtley) DeJulio, Natalie (Allan) Teear, Susan (Gordon) Horrell, Tara Seethaler, Erin Rumsey, Aya Caldwell,and Ihad the most wonderful trip to Portugal in February to celebrate our collective 40th birthdays. We left behind 16 small children and seven husbands to spend a week together celebrating our 20-plus-year friendship. We all filled our cups with wine, delicious food, cold plunges, and conversations that went into the wee hours (pretty much the same magical recipe we’ve had since ’06).”
In closing, Women of Dartmouth reached out encouraging all women in the class to consider sharing their stories with the Women of Dartmouth Inspire project. You can find more information at inspire.host.dartmouth.edu. I would also encourage you to share your news and updates in our Class Notes column. You can reach me at the email address listed below. Thank you!
—Kate (Berry) Grace, c/o DAM, 7 Lebanon St., Suite 107, Hanover, NH 03755; kberry3454@gmail.com