Hello there, ’11s! A quick note before we get to the updates: Yes, it’s still a bit away, but your class officers are already in discussions about our five-year reunion. So if you have any thoughts about what could make what is bound to be an amazing weekend even better, be sure to get in touch with one of the class officers. Any and all ideas welcome.


Now, to the updates.


Here’s one from Emily Broas. Emily, who is based in Boston, moved to Amsterdam for a six-month “term abroad” with Bain & Co. She’ll welcome classmates Rob Avruch, Meera Krishna, Jean Mason and Katie Lindsay for a Holland holiday in March. Emily writes that the highlights will be sure to include tulip gardens, stroopwafels and lots of biking.


In June Shayla Mars and Christine Souffrant helped start Vendedy, a social enterprise venture, and it seems to have taken off already. They have closed a three-year partnership with IBM to scale the project around the world and were recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative. Here’s how Christine describes the new organization: “Vendedy is a social enterprise startup that is digitizing the street vending industry. We created a mobile bidding e-commerce marketplace connecting global consumers to remote street designs, where, for the first time, street vendors can upload photos of their work online via mobile phones, await consumers to bid on their work within a week and receive payment once the order is delivered.” They launched in Haiti and are working on a campaign to grow in Caribbean countries. Also, after Vendedy was up and running in Haiti, Christine and Shayla were invited to speak at Tuck on a panel about entrepreneurship. You can learn more at Vendedy.com.


That’s it for this round (apologies for the short column—I’m stuck in the airport and am writing this on my phone), but be sure to get in touch with any updates you may have!


—Drew Joseph, 109 West French Place, Apt. D105, San Antonio, TX 78212; (510) 418-2244; aqjoseph@gmail.com