Notes from the Cornell Class of 1991 - 2017 May/June

Class Notes, 2017 May/June

May/June 2017

Fresh off the Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference (CALC) in Baltimore on Feb 3-4—what a great time! If you are interested in getting involved with our class affairs, please contact our president, Jana Pompadur Kierstead (Needham, MA; jkierstead@hbs.edu). We’re looking for a social media/webmaster to manage the Class of ’91 website. Check it out for yourself here, and contact Jana if interested.

Bruce Frauley (Oakville, ON) was planning a spring wedding in Jamaica. More to come on this in a future column. Doug Derraugh (Ithaca, NY) is the women’s ice hockey coach at Cornell. Doug has been extremely successful as the head coach and is currently serving his 12th season with the team. His teams have a 202-126-28 record in his first 11 seasons. Bob Baca (Annapolis, MD) works for the USDA and recently returned from Africa, where he was part of the team that negotiated a treaty to reduce chemical exposure to ozone. Eric Rosario (Ithaca, NY) works at Ithaca College in alumni relations and is also very good friends with Eric Gonzalez (Brooklyn, NY), who is now the Brooklyn district attorney [1]).

David Peck, MPA ’92 (Pound Ridge, NY), a national park enthusiast, just came back from an epic hike with classmates Seth Lehrman (Sea Ranch Lakes, FL) and Doug Greene (Irvington, NY). They hiked Grand Canyon National Park. “It’s ten miles down to the bottom and then ten miles back up to the top, and, surprisingly, we encountered snow.” Felise Feingold (Newport, RI) is living with two Vizsla dogs, Aida and Rhedd, her “professional athletes.” She and Kris Hurley Van Riper (Cabin John, MD) are in the process of planning a mini-reunion for our classmates in early fall in Newport, RI. Stay tuned. Also, Felise has set up a nonprofit to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. Over the last three years, she has been able to raise $400,000. Classmates that have shown up for her event include Kris, Shar Carter Heslam (Boston, MA), Jenny Harris (NYC), Kristen Sciacca (Falmouth, ME), Cynthia Lee Dow (Old Greenwich, CT), and Amy Gellert Lebovitz (Bernardsville, NJ).

Jeff, MD ’95, and Robyn Lipsky Weintraub are doing well in Westchester County, NY. Jeff needs two more courses to complete his online MBA from UMass Amherst. The emergency room physician and Reunion chair, aka “Johnny Cornell,” is already fired up for our 30th Reunion! (For editorial reasons, I was not allowed to put ten exclamation points on the end of this last sentence, but that’s how fired up he is.) Robyn continues to create crossword puzzles for the New York Times. They will be sending son Bryan '21 off to East Hill this fall. Speaking of which, Joel Stevens’s (Darien, CT) daughter will be attending in the fall too.

Deborah Squires-Lee (Hingham, MA) has been named to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2016 list of “Top Women of Law.” This prestigious award is given to an elite group of women lawyers who have made important contributions to the legal community through outstanding leadership, vision, passion, and advocacy. Sanjeev Dhawan (Woodcliff Lake, NJ) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his company, Unicorn Construction Enterprises, this year. “We maintain and repair bridges and tunnels in and around NYC, including some historic transportation landmarks.” He and his wife, Britt, have three children, ages 10, 12, and 13. They like to escape to Maine to either ski in the winter or fish, canoe, and kayak during the warmer months.

John Heimlich (Bethesda, MD) is approaching his 16th anniversary with Airlines for America. “My team tackles a wide range of issues including aircraft landing slots in foreign countries and air traffic control reform in the US.” In the near term, John writes, “I’m looking forward to the March wedding of one of my senior-year Cornell roommates, and the start of softball season.” Jeff Hyink (Pacific Grove, CA) retired from the Navy last fall after 25 years of service as a Naval aviator. “I achieved almost 3,000 hours in F/A-18 aircraft, had command of Strike Fighter Squadron 151, and finished up my career with a four-year tour teaching gig in the operations research department at the Naval Postgraduate School.” I can’t imagine! “I then found a great transition job doing project management for Orbital ATK, a defense contract firm that allowed me to stay in the area while my son, Garrett, finishes high school, then TBD.” When not doing his best Top Gun impression, Jeff likes to mountain bike, golf, and rehab the house.

Keep the news coming even if you use Facebook! You can submit your info at the online news form. Or contact one of us directly. Cheers! Tim Vanini, lavanooche@icloud.com; Wendy Milks Coburn, wmilkscoburn@me.com; Lori Woodring, lori.woodring@yahoo.com; Joe Marraccino, Joe.Marraccino@wfafinet.com.