2018 Class Notes - 2018 January/February, Cornell University Class of 1991
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Class Notes, 2018 January/February

January/February 2018

If you are interested in getting involved in any position with our class council, please contact class president Jana Pompadur Kierstead (Needham, MA; jkierstead@hbs.edu). Specifically, we are looking for a social media/webmaster to manage the Class of ’91 website. Check it out for yourself at cornellclassof1991.com, and contact Jana if interested.

So, I, Tim Vanini (Ithaca, NY), recently accepted a position at Cornell. I am the corporate relations and career services manager in the Professional Programs and Extended Learning Office in CALS. I will be working with students earning their MPS (one-year program) in securing capstone projects for them and helping them with employment opportunities. I moved down here at the beginning of September, so needless to say it’s been a whirlwind. I am grateful to be here. Rebecca Darien Yodzio (Traverse City, MI) just moved from California last year and is the owner of an office supply store.

Debra Squires Lee (Hingham, MA) was recently recognized in the 2018 Best Lawyers in America rankings for her expertise in commercial litigation practice. She practices at Boston-based Sherin and Lodgen. Andrew Peters (Kew Gardens, NY) released The City of Seven Gods. The book was recently honored as a 2017 Best Novel (Horror/Fantasy) in the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards. Ameena Nalim (Derwood, MD) is a global public health consultant and a qualitative re- search expert. She and her husband have two daughters at Cornell (Class of 2018 and 2019).

Voula Saridakis (Chicago, IL) began a new role as curator at the Museum of Science and Industry in November 2016. Elizabeth Collard Richter (Huntington, NY) and her husband, Craig ’89, are thrilled that their daughter, Sarah ’21, has joined the Cornell community. “She is following in her grandfather Al Collard ’57’s footsteps and is studying Engineering. She also joined the Cornell Formula SAE race team and is having a ball learning about automotive design (as well as racing the go-karts around the parking lot!). We are looking forward to many fun trips back to Ithaca over the next four years.” Elizabeth is still working as a partner in her family’s patent law firm, where she’s been for the last 21 years.

Allison Lakin writes, “My husband and I have moved to a 40-acre farm in Waldoboro, ME, in order to expand my business, Lakin’s Gorges Cheese. We also offer culinary and agricultural skills classes on-site through the winter, as well as farm stays. Next year, we will start selling meat from our pasture-raised livestock. This is what happens when an Anthropology major changes careers from museums to cheese-making and farming.” Matthew D’Amore (Pelham, NY) was recently appoint- ed professor of the practice in Cornell Law School’s LLM program at Cornell Tech in NYC. Matthew is extremely excited to be an active part of Cornell’s new venture. He and his wife, Michelle (Badami), MS ’93, “just spent a day in Ithaca at Cornell last week; the weather was stunning. Toured the Johnson Museum (spending most of our time on the second-floor deck), visited several new buildings that didn’t exist 20 years ago, and walked to the Dairy Bar for ice cream!”

Keep the news coming, even if you use Facebook! You can send your info via 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.


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