Class Note 1993
Issue
March-April 2021
Greatnews haul—keep it coming! Munir Haddad reports: “We relocated the family from Marin, California, to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in September. We’re living in West Tisbury and have seen Tammy Fagell Sloan and her husband, Adam Sloan, at a safe social distance. Come visit.”
Tracey Pettengill Turner shares, “I don’t have a lot of new news: still married and the three kids (ages 7, 9, 11) still have pulses, which is saying a lot in 2020; still running Copia Global, a mobile commerce business for East Africa; still running when I can; still living in and loving London and quite schizophrenic about moving back to the Bay Area. (I’ll see when the world rights itself.) I am really missing Dartmouth friends these dark days but very happy I get to see Dan Subin here in London!”
Sam Cook conveys: “I was recently promoted to chief commercial officer of Tecnica Group North America. I have worked for Tecnica Group for 25 years managing various brands within our company’s portfolio. For the past eight years I was the North American president of Blizzard Skis, Tecnica Ski Boots, and Tecnica Footwear. In my new role I oversee the alpine and footwear business units for Blizzard, Nordica, and Tecnica brands in the United States and Canada, focused on enhancing and optimizing processes and technologies to support the sales, product, and marketing teams. Our company mission is to inspire an active, outdoor life. While the pandemic has created incredible challenges for all of us, we remain committed to building outstanding products so people can enjoy the outdoors safely and responsibly.”
Andrew Weber reveals, “The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty comes up for a five-year review early in 2021 and the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia is set to expire on February 5 unless both sides agree to an extension. As of now, Marshall Billingslea remains the chief U.S. negotiator.”
Andrew Baker says, “Life during the past 27 years has been interesting. I’ll start with the best stuff: Laurel Deck Baker and I have been together for 30 years now (we met sophomore winter). Our son, Bentley, is 14 and our daughter, Anna Claire, is 6. Needless to say, family life brings me joy and contentment in deep and abiding ways. A swift summary of the other stuff: I’ve worked at three different movie studios, a talent agency, and a couple of production companies. I taught Ice Cube how to use the internet, played on a softball team with Meatloaf, and got into writing arguments with Stan Lee (Los Angeles is a peculiar place). I wrote for a short-lived show based on The Crow, helped pioneer early internet animation storytelling with The 7th Portal and Afterworld, and contributed to the script that ultimately became Lost. Then, after leaving Los Angeles, I got a master’s, taught college, high school, and middle school English. I’ve coached squash and baseball. We’ve lived in California, Alabama, and now Connecticut. And somewhere in there I became a certified yoga instructor. Now I’m back writing full time. I’m also collaborating to adapt a video game into a tween animated show, turn a film intellectual property into an esports video game, and waiting to see if two shows I helped with get set up. When I’m not writing I help run a charity event that gives people an opportunity to play the game Survivor. For the most part, though, life is just the everyday: get up; see what joints aren’t working that day; get the kids to school; hike, write, dream. It’s a small life and yet there are those who love it.”
—Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 9733 Beman Woods Way, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener. kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu; Dwight Fenton, 200 E 72nd St., Apt. 20K, New York City, NY 10021; dwight.e.fenton.93@dartmouth.edu
Tracey Pettengill Turner shares, “I don’t have a lot of new news: still married and the three kids (ages 7, 9, 11) still have pulses, which is saying a lot in 2020; still running Copia Global, a mobile commerce business for East Africa; still running when I can; still living in and loving London and quite schizophrenic about moving back to the Bay Area. (I’ll see when the world rights itself.) I am really missing Dartmouth friends these dark days but very happy I get to see Dan Subin here in London!”
Sam Cook conveys: “I was recently promoted to chief commercial officer of Tecnica Group North America. I have worked for Tecnica Group for 25 years managing various brands within our company’s portfolio. For the past eight years I was the North American president of Blizzard Skis, Tecnica Ski Boots, and Tecnica Footwear. In my new role I oversee the alpine and footwear business units for Blizzard, Nordica, and Tecnica brands in the United States and Canada, focused on enhancing and optimizing processes and technologies to support the sales, product, and marketing teams. Our company mission is to inspire an active, outdoor life. While the pandemic has created incredible challenges for all of us, we remain committed to building outstanding products so people can enjoy the outdoors safely and responsibly.”
Andrew Weber reveals, “The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty comes up for a five-year review early in 2021 and the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia is set to expire on February 5 unless both sides agree to an extension. As of now, Marshall Billingslea remains the chief U.S. negotiator.”
Andrew Baker says, “Life during the past 27 years has been interesting. I’ll start with the best stuff: Laurel Deck Baker and I have been together for 30 years now (we met sophomore winter). Our son, Bentley, is 14 and our daughter, Anna Claire, is 6. Needless to say, family life brings me joy and contentment in deep and abiding ways. A swift summary of the other stuff: I’ve worked at three different movie studios, a talent agency, and a couple of production companies. I taught Ice Cube how to use the internet, played on a softball team with Meatloaf, and got into writing arguments with Stan Lee (Los Angeles is a peculiar place). I wrote for a short-lived show based on The Crow, helped pioneer early internet animation storytelling with The 7th Portal and Afterworld, and contributed to the script that ultimately became Lost. Then, after leaving Los Angeles, I got a master’s, taught college, high school, and middle school English. I’ve coached squash and baseball. We’ve lived in California, Alabama, and now Connecticut. And somewhere in there I became a certified yoga instructor. Now I’m back writing full time. I’m also collaborating to adapt a video game into a tween animated show, turn a film intellectual property into an esports video game, and waiting to see if two shows I helped with get set up. When I’m not writing I help run a charity event that gives people an opportunity to play the game Survivor. For the most part, though, life is just the everyday: get up; see what joints aren’t working that day; get the kids to school; hike, write, dream. It’s a small life and yet there are those who love it.”
—Natalie Weidener Kupinsky, 9733 Beman Woods Way, Potomac, MD 20854; natalie.weidener. kupinsky.93@dartmouth.edu; Dwight Fenton, 200 E 72nd St., Apt. 20K, New York City, NY 10021; dwight.e.fenton.93@dartmouth.edu