Class Note 2003
Issue
May-June 2023
Happy spring, ’03s.
Unfortunately, I must once again start off our Class Notes with sad news. Our classmate David Lopez passed away on November 22, 2022. With condolences to his family and friends, our class has made a donation in his name to the Dartmouth College Fund.
By the time you read this column, it will be May, which puts us almost exactly one year out from our 20th reunion. Your class officers hope to see a great turn out in Hanover next spring, so mark your calendars now for June 14-16, 2024. As always, please reach out if you are interested in helping to plan this event; reunions are planned entirely by the class, for the class, and we could use all the help we can get to make it a success.
Oliver Bernstein sent me a note with updates on his life. Since 2005 Oliver has lived in Austin, Texas, where he is in the third year of operating his own business, Steady Hand PR. His company helps nonprofits and mission-driven campaigns with communications strategy and public relations. His children are 11 and 8. Oliver reports that he sees Dartmouth alums in the area such as Kristen von Minden ’02 as much as he can, sees visitors such as Freya Sachs ’04, and made a trip out West this summer to catch up with former roommate Niaz Karim. Thanks for catching us up, Oliver!
Our next update comes from a Class Notes newbie, Safoa (Sackey-Acquah) Addo. Safoa writes that she has never submitted an update before. Safoa studied engineering at Dartmouth but switched her focus to medicine after college. She began medical school in 2013 at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is now about a year away from finishing her fellowship in oncology. Safoa resides in Winston Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, Lee, and 12-year-old son, Luke. She’d love to connect with any ’03s in the area. We are happy to hear from you, Safoa!
News reached my desk about Kristin Brief, who was recently named a Breakthrough Energy fellow. The fellowship will allow her to assist other fellows to commercialize solutions to mitigate emissions and climate change. The fellowship program is part of Breakthrough Energy, a network founded by Bill Gates. Kristin is part of the second group of fellows chosen by the organization. Congratulations, Kristin!
I’ll share some of my own (Megan [Riley] Kenney) news. In January I accepted a position as a special counsel in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, division counsel/associate chief counsel National Taxpayer Advocate Program. I’m excited for the new opportunity. I also got to see Meredith (Schwartz) Beuchaw in late January when she was in D.C. for work. We had a lovely time catching up over dinner and wine at my house along with my husband, Matt Kenney ’04, and our children Bridget, 12, and Finnian, 7.
That’s all for this go around, please submit any news or updates to the email below. I’d love to hear from you!
—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com
Unfortunately, I must once again start off our Class Notes with sad news. Our classmate David Lopez passed away on November 22, 2022. With condolences to his family and friends, our class has made a donation in his name to the Dartmouth College Fund.
By the time you read this column, it will be May, which puts us almost exactly one year out from our 20th reunion. Your class officers hope to see a great turn out in Hanover next spring, so mark your calendars now for June 14-16, 2024. As always, please reach out if you are interested in helping to plan this event; reunions are planned entirely by the class, for the class, and we could use all the help we can get to make it a success.
Oliver Bernstein sent me a note with updates on his life. Since 2005 Oliver has lived in Austin, Texas, where he is in the third year of operating his own business, Steady Hand PR. His company helps nonprofits and mission-driven campaigns with communications strategy and public relations. His children are 11 and 8. Oliver reports that he sees Dartmouth alums in the area such as Kristen von Minden ’02 as much as he can, sees visitors such as Freya Sachs ’04, and made a trip out West this summer to catch up with former roommate Niaz Karim. Thanks for catching us up, Oliver!
Our next update comes from a Class Notes newbie, Safoa (Sackey-Acquah) Addo. Safoa writes that she has never submitted an update before. Safoa studied engineering at Dartmouth but switched her focus to medicine after college. She began medical school in 2013 at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is now about a year away from finishing her fellowship in oncology. Safoa resides in Winston Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, Lee, and 12-year-old son, Luke. She’d love to connect with any ’03s in the area. We are happy to hear from you, Safoa!
News reached my desk about Kristin Brief, who was recently named a Breakthrough Energy fellow. The fellowship will allow her to assist other fellows to commercialize solutions to mitigate emissions and climate change. The fellowship program is part of Breakthrough Energy, a network founded by Bill Gates. Kristin is part of the second group of fellows chosen by the organization. Congratulations, Kristin!
I’ll share some of my own (Megan [Riley] Kenney) news. In January I accepted a position as a special counsel in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, division counsel/associate chief counsel National Taxpayer Advocate Program. I’m excited for the new opportunity. I also got to see Meredith (Schwartz) Beuchaw in late January when she was in D.C. for work. We had a lovely time catching up over dinner and wine at my house along with my husband, Matt Kenney ’04, and our children Bridget, 12, and Finnian, 7.
That’s all for this go around, please submit any news or updates to the email below. I’d love to hear from you!
—Megan (Riley) Kenney, 3408 Quebec St. NW, Washington, DC 20016; dartmouth2003notes@gmail.com