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February 2015 Celebratinghap 1994–2014Our TwentiethPENN Year ings THE PENN CLUB OF NEW YORK Full House Night | Monday, February 3rd. 7:00 p.m. ree simultaneous revolutionary method for personal investing. ey will events to pick from and enjoy! Bring along guests, and walk through how to be wise about diversi cation, and after the program has ended, network and mingle with will demonstrate what it means to assess the risk of an the attendees from the other events over drinks. asset class. In addition, they will talk about how you can Book Talk: Surviving Your Teen (and they do) use these concepts, to achieve superior returns. Raising kids is tough, especially when they are in their teen and young adult years. With over 20 years Wine Talk: Wine Appreciation of experience, Melissa Cohen, LCSW, is here to Wine connoisseur Greg Costello will be leading Penn rescue you! In her interactive program she will discuss Club members in a tasting of some of his nest wines. In is helpful ways to improve family communication, Expect to be educated and indulged. Each of the wines relationships, and understanding. She will also review serves at the tasting is also available by the glass in e 2 Club LeadershipIssue Corner valuable everyday advice and examples of real-life Grill Room, so pick your favorite and make it your 3 Upcoming Events situations and solutions. Melissa is the author of the regular. book ParentKnowledgy: A Simple Guide to Surviving $30 plus tax and service charge per member and $40 plus 4 Out-of-Club Events Your Teen. tax and service charge per guest for reservations made by Money Talk: How to (Smartly) Invest Your January 27th. $40 plus tax and service charge per member, 5 Interclub Events and $50 plus tax and service charge per guest for late Money reservations. Price includes one beverage per person during 6 Membership Corner For many, the complexities of investing along with the open networking session following your event. Wine 7 Dining Specials market volatility and a fear of the unknown can be Appreciation has a $15 supplemental fee per person. To overwhelming. Enter Dar Sandler and Davide De RSVP please e-mail [email protected]. HapPENNings Calendar Micco of Appian Road, investment managers with a

Margarita Pre-Valentine’s Day Dinner and ARTICLE See at a glance what each Mixer | Dance | ICONS article means for you! Wednesday, February Friday, February 13th. 6:00–8:00 p.m. Love celebrating love 11th. 7:00 p.m. Get with our Pre-Valentine’s Day dinner and dance in the Networking Drinks in the Valentine’s Main Dining Room. Grab your partners and friends and Day spirit with the boogie the night away to our live music. Learning Dining Penn Club Margarita APPETIZERS Mixer! Designed ❖ Tuna Tataki with Wakame Salad and Miso Healthy Snacks for singles and couples alike, the ❖ Beef Consommé “en croute” with Porcini Mushrooms Young Alumni Committee invites ❖ Fried Kumamoto Oysters with Leeks and Champagne Twentieth ❖ Entertainment Anniversary members of all ages to mix and Micro Arugula Salad with Baked Goat Cheese and Cranberry Event mingle over bottomless margaritas. Vinaigrette Along with margaritas there will be ENTREES chips and salsa, dancing, and plenty ❖ Maine Lobster Risotto with Saff ron of opportunity to socialize with ❖ Pan Roasted Chilean Seabass Filet with Cippolini Onions, friends and make new matches too! Chantarelle Mushrooms and Port Wine Jus DON'T MISS! ❖ ere will also be an open beer bar, Chargrilled Natural Filet Mignon with Caramelized Salsify, Baby Brussel Sprouts and Truffl e Sauce for those of you who aren’t fans of How to Conquer ❖ Colorado Rack of Lamb with Rosemary Crust, Potato au gratin margaritas. and Lamb Jus Work-Related Stress $40 per member plus tax and service DESSERTS Monday charge, and $50 per guest plus tax ❖ Penn Club Surprise Valentine’s Dessert February 23rd and service charge. Reservations ❖ Chocolate Dipped Strawberries 7:00 p.m. become fi nal sale on Wednesday, $75.00 per person plus tax and service charge. To make your reservation SEE PAGE 3 February 4th. call Tony Kontos at 212.403.6628 or e-mail [email protected].

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HapPENN-2015-02-FIN2.indd 1 1/19/15 10:26 AM Welcome to 2015! On behalf of the entire Penn Club really hard over the past few months to take things family, I want to wish each and every one of you a up a notch. If you haven’t heard yet, we are offer- happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I’d also like ing a fantastic Friday lunch buffet and Wednesday to thank you for your generosity towards the em- dinner buffet in the Main Dining Room with Tony. ployee holiday fund. Your expressions of appreciation Bonnie, in The Grill Room is always looking to raise towards our loyal and dedicated employees are truly the bar—no pun intended—with new, fun daily heartwarming. Every day I count my lucky stars for specials—read on for all of the details. What’s more, working with such a wonderful group of people. our a la carte menus in The Grill Room are constantly changing, and we’ve added daily Chef’s specials as Now, let’s talk networking! One of our newest pro- an option. grams is a monthly networking dinner. Held on the second Wednesday of each month, it’s a great op- February 2, 2015 will be Punxsutawney Phil’s 129th LEADERSHIP portunity to interact with other members, exchange prognostication! I’m hoping that he does not see his information, and develop contacts while enjoying shadow, and spring arrives early. our culinary team’s sumptuous cuisine. —R. Mark Jezierski Our food and beverage team has been working General Manager Corner

Andrea Mitchell Reports at e A huge “thank you” to all of our members who Penn Club | participated in this year’s annual New York Cares Thursday, March 19th. Reception 6:45 p.m. Lecture Coat Drive. Your donations have helped keep and Q&A 7:15 p.m. e Penn Club is proud to New Yorkers warm this winter. welcome Emmy award winning journalist Andrea Mitchell C'67. Come listen in on a private talk covering today's most relevant news topics, followed by a Q&A session. Mitchell serves as NBC’s chief foreign a airs correspondent, covering foreign policy, intelligence, and National Security issues for NBC News and MSNBC. In addition to traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry, she hosts “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC, her daily program of political and foreign policy news. She is the author of Talking Back: …To Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels (Viking 2005), a memoir about her experiences covering ve presidents, Congress, and foreign Brandeis University! policy. Mitchell joined NBC News in 1978 and previously W lcome served as Chief Congressional Correspondent and Chief The Membership Committee is happy to announce our White House Correspondent. Over the years, Mitchell has new affi liation with Brandeis University. The Penn Club of appeared regularly on “Meet the Press," and is a trustee of New York is now fondly called the new home for Brandeis the University of Pennsylvania. University in New York City. Brandeis faculty and staff , $45 per member plus tax and service charge, $55 plus tax alumni and their immediate family members are welcome and service charge per guest for reservations made by to join the Club as affi liate members. If you know of any Thursday, March 12th. $55 per member plus tax and service charge and $65 per guest plus tax and service charge for Brandeis alumni who can benefi t from membership, late reservations. Price includes one drink, light snacks, and please have them contact the Membership Admissions admission to the lecture. Offi ce at [email protected] or 212.403.6627.

Welcome New November Members Jessica P. Bowman Kartikeya S. Ghia Alexandra R. Kelley Carole Shasha William Brady Daniel Goldberg Jacqueline B. Knights Jessica J. Shasha Penn Club members are encouraged to review this posting of new members. All new Bernard S. Buda Adriana Gonzalez Caballero Matthew S Levine Dolores S. Suarez members are provisional members for 90 days from the date their membership begins. Robert J. Bumcrot Robert S. Heff es Alexandra Margolis Sanjeev Sonny Tara Should any Penn Club member in good standing feel that a provisional member Matthew Cheng Adrian C. Hendricks Matthew J. Martos JoAnn M. Thierfelder will not make a good member, please provide us your information in writing to Katherine V. D'Urso Karolyn E. Johnson R. Michael Moran Nicolas Topiol [email protected] with your name and member number. e Stellario D'Urso Ceil Marie Joobeen Narasimhan Navele Francesca Turchiano Club may reach out to you to obtain more information, if needed. Courtney Fennimore Ron Joobeen Jacob A. Schulman Kathryn T. Valosky Tom Fennimore Richard Kass Mark E. Shaff rey Alexander Witkoff Edward Fitzpatrick Kristina Kazarian Andrew Shasha

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criminal, Marc Drier. e lm captures Drier under house arrest, Small Producer Champagne Tasting | where the Court has ordered him con ned until his sentencing day. Tuesday, February 17th. 7:00 p.m. It’s Champagne o’clock! Sip on Other projects by Simon include the award-winning documentary After some of the nest Champagnes from extremely small producers Innocence, and the acclaimed feature documentary Nursery University. located in the most important and unique wine growing regions $35 per member plus tax and service charge, $45 per guest plus tax and in the world. is tasting will encompass a variety of Blanc de service charge for reservations made before Monday, April 20th. $45 Blancs, and is brought to you by Transatlantic Bubbles LLC. per member plus tax and service charge, $55 per guest plus tax and Since 2008, Transatlantic Bubbles has been the only importer service charge for late reservations. For reservations please e-mail rsvp@ that solely imports Champagne. ey specialize in nding and importing pennclubny.org. Admission includes one drink, popcorn, and snacks. grower-producer Champagnes that o er superior quality, and they are a trusted supplier in the growing niche market for recoltant-manipulant Soy Andina and Q&A with Mitchell Teplitsky W'80 Champagne. A bountiful selection of cheese and other favorite Champagne Monday, May 11th. 6:30 p.m. Mitchell accompaniments will also be served. Teplitsky W'80 is a documentary $75 per member plus tax and service charge, $85 per guest plus tax and producer/director and distribution service charge. Includes Champagne and light hors d’oeuvres. To RSVP consultant based in New York City. We please e-mail [email protected]. will be viewing his rst feature lm, Soy Andina, which premiered at Lincoln Center in 2009, aired on PBS, and was shown at festivals How to Conquer Work-Related Stress worldwide. Soy Andina is the award-winning documentary of two women raised in di erent worlds—an immigrant folk dancer from (and Other Life Stressors!) | the Andes, and a modern dancer from Queens, New York—who Monday, February 23rd. 7:00 p.m. Between a demanding return to Peru to connect with their roots and an astonishing world job and even more demanding personal life, it can become of dance and celebration. challenging to squeeze in some peace and relaxation into our $35 per member plus tax and service charge, $45 per guest plus tax daily routine. In this workshop, Inspirational Speaker and and service charge for reservations made before Monday, May 4th. $45 Happiness & Success Coach Lori Ostenfeld will teach a variety per member plus tax and service charge, $55 per guest plus tax and of self-care stress busting tools and tips to help you conquer work-related service charge for late reservations. For reservations please e-mail rsvp@ stress and other stressors in your life. At the end of the discussion there pennclubny.org. Admission includes one drink, popcorn, and snacks. will be a short guided meditation. Lori Ostenfeld is a member of the International Coach Federation, a Certi ed Professional Coach, a $95 plus tax and service charge per person for admission to all three Transformational Life Coach, and a Certi ed Happiness and Success Coach. ﬁ lm festival events. When reserving your spot please indicate that $15 per member, $25 per guest, for reservations made before Monday, you would like to attend all three ﬁ lms. Reservations for this package February 16th. $25 per member, and $35 per guest for late reservations. To must be made by Tuesday, March 3rd. No exceptions. For reservations RSVP please e-mail [email protected]. please e-mail [email protected]. Penn Club Film Festival | Painting with Watercolors | e Penn Club is excited to announce our rst Monday, March 30th. 7:00–8:30 p.m. Myth has it ever Penn Club Film Festival. e festival will that painting with watercolor can be “the most showcase lms produced, directed, or written by di cult medium of all,” but instructor Joan prominent Penn alumni in the industry. Each individual event will feature Iaconetti will simplify the process, showing you half an hour of cocktails and light snacks, the movie screening—complete otherwise. In this program you will channel your with popcorn, and a discussion with the Penn alumnus involved with the inner artist to create a simple oral painting and lm. Admission includes one drink, popcorn, and snacks. several small abstract pieces to take home. Neither drawing skill nor ‘artistic talent’ is necessary to enjoy this course. Foxcatcher and Q&A with Tom Heller C’95 Joan Iaconetti is an award-winning watercolorist who has Tuesday, March 10th. Reception: 6:30 p.m. Screening: 7:00 p.m. e successfully taught hundreds of students in her “Watercolor for rst lm in our Penn Club Film Festival series is Foxcatcher, starring Absolute Beginner” classes. Her paintings have been shown in Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ru alo. e lm will be many national juried exhibits, including: the National Watercolor presented to you by Executive Director Tom Heller C’95, who has Society and the Allied Artists of America, the George Billis Gallery also produced such hits as Precious (2009) and 127 Hours (2010). in Chelsea, the Armature Arts Space in Bushwick, Brooklyn, the $35 per member plus tax and service charge, $45 per guest plus tax and Salmagundi Club, and a solo show at e New School University. service charge for reservations made before Tuesday, March 3rd. $45 per $40 per member, $50 per guest for reservations made by Monday, member plus tax and service charge and $55 per guest plus tax and service March 23rd. $50 per member, $60 per guest for late reservations. To charge for late reservations. For reservations please e-mail rsvp@pennclubny. RSVP please e-mail [email protected] or RSVP online. org. Admission includes one drink, popcorn, and snacks. Unraveled and Q&A with Marc Simon C’96 SAVE THE DATE Monday, April 27th. Reception: 6:30 p.m. Screening: 7:00 p.m. Marc Simon C’96, directed this remarkable documentary about the Penn Career Services: Guide to Networking infamous unraveling of Manhattan attorney turned ponzi scheme Monday, March 16th. 7:00 p.m.

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Walking Tour: e Secrets of Grand Tour of the National Museum of Central | American Jewish History | Saturday, February 28th. 1:15 p.m. e commuter Saturday, April 12th. 2:00 p.m. 101 South Independence Mall East. day is so hectic that few New Yorkers rushing Philadelphia, PA. Hop on a train to Philadelphia for a private tour of through Grand Center ever really get to learn about the National Museum of American Jewish History and their special the hidden history behind this classic landmark. exhibition: Richard Avedon: Family A airs. Here’s your chance as we celebrate the 102nd Richard Avedon: Family A airs presents a collective historical portrait birthday of Grand Central. e tour will entail a of key gures in American political and cultural life by one of the most discussion of the symbolism behind its Beaux Arts décor and stops at signi cant and in uential American photographers. e exhibition the “whispering arch”, Vanderbilt Hall, and a secret apartment formerly unites two seminal bodies of Avedon’s portrait work: a series of four used as a 1920’s speakeasy. You will also analyze the history and murals inspired by the revolutionary atmosphere of the 1960s and early meaning behind JM Hewlett’s classic ceiling mural, and Jules Coutan’s 1970s, including a massive print of Allen Ginsberg and his family, and Roman god sculpture. a series of 68 photographs entitled “ e Family,” originally published $22 per person. To RSVP please e-mail [email protected]. Please make in Rolling Stone magazine on the eve of the 1976 Presidential election. your reservation by Thursday, February 26th. Together, the photographs represent a careful, planned study of an American society challenged and changing as it exited the turbulent 60s THEATER AFTERNOON and prepared for the 1976 election. As the country heads toward the 2016 presidential election, Family A airs invokes comparisons between Fish in the Dark | the nature of political leadership in 1976 and in present day America. Wednesday, March 4th. Lunch: 12:00 p.m. Show: 2:00 p.m. at The Cort Theatre $25 per person. Admission includes all day access to the entire museum (138 West 48th Street). Make an afternoon of it—lunch and a matinee! and a special gift bag just for Penn Club members. To RSVP please e-mail e co-creator of “Seinfeld”, Larry David, makes his Broadway debut in [email protected]. Reservations are required by Friday, March 27th. his very rst play! is riotous new family comedy is directed by Tony Winner Anna. D. Shapiro (August: Osage County), and features a top- notch cast of 15 including stage and screen veterans Jayne Houdyshell, Rosie Perez, Jonny Orsini, Jake Cannavale, and Jerry Adler. Before the show enjoy a 3 course prix xe lunch in the Main Dining Room. Get Your Eat On: $174.95 per person plus tax and service charge. Exquisite Lunch and Dinner Bu ets at the Club Mask and Wig Presents: Comedy of Terrors! | Friday, March 6th. 8:00 p.m. at Kaye Playhouse at Hunter (695 Park Avenue). You're invited on an adventure led by brothers Vince and Charlie, two paranormal investigators whose TV show ratings are frighteningly low. With their life's work at stake, these specter inspectors must do whatever it takes to bring their show back to life. So be scary with Mask and Wig for our 127th Annual Production: A Comedy of Terrors! $40 for Penn Club members and guests with code PENNCLUBNY15 for the New York City show. To reserve your spot, visit: http://www.maskandwig. com/tickets/ Bu et-style dinners and lunches are now being served! Every Wednesday evening and Friday afternoon try out the bountiful Have You A rmed Your Club array of dishes from our Executive Chef. ere is something for everyone from an elegant raw bar to a carving station, chicken, Membership? sh, pasta, and an assortment of desserts. Dinner reservations February 2nd, 10th, 18th, 26th. 12:00 p.m. between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Lunch reservations between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Penn Club members in good standing are specially invited to participate in To RSVP please call Tony Kontos at 212.403.6628 or e-mail [email protected]. Dinner is $44.50 per person plus tax and our membership a rmation ceremony. service charge, and lunch is $37.50 per person plus tax and service ere will be a book signing and pinning charge. Children under 12 eat at half price. All buﬀ ets are held in ceremony. Please wear a jacket with a lapel the Main Dining Room unless there is a prior commitment to a to facilitate the pinning. dining event. Please RSVP online or by emailing [email protected].

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INTERCLUB Save the Date Please note that walk-ins will be required to show Club ID at the door at all interclub events. All Inter-Ivy events require the same proper club attire expected at the Penn s m t w t f s Club (no jeans or sneakers). Thanks! 1 2 3 4 Yale Club Cornell Club 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 (50 VanderbiltEvents Avenue) (6 East 44th Street) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Young Alumni Party | Love at First Site: Tips and Tales for Online Dating 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Friday, February 27th. 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. The Success from a Modern-Day Matchmaker | April 2015 26 27 28 29 30 Yale Club has received an order that no liquor Tuesday, April 28th 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception 6:30 p.m. Lecture. will be allowed on premises. (Good thing they Whether a fi rst-timer, a seasoned dater, or a curious bystander, this are prepared to break the law…) Snag an program will teach you how to successfully navigate online dat- arm, grab an ear, and whisper to everyone ing…and you'll hear some entertaining stories along the way. Wednesday, April 1st you know—everyone but Johnny Law—that In Love at First Site, released in September 2014, Erika Ettin has Theater Afternoon: Honeymoon in Vegas we’re blowing the roof off . Young Gentlemen, taken her expertise from her online dating consulting business and Wednesday, April 8th suit-up; Ladies, dress to kill, because members laid it out in an easy-to-use and exciting guide to the world of online Book Lecture: Berkshire Beyond Buff et of the Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, dating. She will show you how to increase the odds for connections Sunday, April 12th Cornell, Penn, and Virginia Clubs will carouse by marketing yourself well. Her background in economics helps to Visit to the National Museum of American Jewish History the night away at the greatest party that isn’t use the numbers game in your favor. Her advice includes pointers for actually happening. (At least that’s what we’re choosing your best profi le picture, writing a winning profi le, crafting Wednesday, April 15th Annual Hedge Fund Series telling the coppers.) They’ll have casino tables emails that catch someone’s attention, and planning the fi rst date. ready for you to play your luck at Blackjack and Thursday, April 23rd Ettin holds a BA in economics from Cornell University and an MBA Penn Chamber Music Program (Library) Poker (Yale Club dollars, not real Benjamins), from Georgetown University. She worked in fi nance for over seven Monday, April 27th as you down gin fi zzes and jig to a live swing years before launching her business, A Little Nudge. She has been Penn Club Film Festival: Marc Simon– band (later, a DJ). The party will include drinks featured on NPR, The Washington Post, and AskMen.com, and Unraveled from an open bar of beer, wine, and bubbly, worked with hundreds of clients in the United States and abroad... Tuesday, April 28th plus bathtub gin—for the fi rst hour—and lots and she still cries every time a former client calls to say, “I got Love at First Site: Cornell Club of hors d’oeuvres. Black tie, preferred. Password engaged!” for entry: Hooch. $15 per person, includes a signed copy of Love at First Site, as well as $55 per person. To RSVP please e-mail rsvp@ beer, wine, soda, and hors d’oeuvres during the reception. To RSVP pennclubny.org. please e-mail [email protected] or RSVP online. Connect with the Club Did you know that your home- away-from-home in New York City has quite the social media Penn Club members have access to over 150 reciprocal clubs worldwide. presence? Find us on Facebook, Reciprocal Clubs Check out two of our fabulous reciprocal clubs below. Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Circulo del Liceo — Barcelona, Spain The Canterbury Club Inc. — FourSquare and show us some social media love! Broadcast It’s always a beautiful time Christchurch, New Zealand your Ivy League pride, show your to visit Barcelona, Spain. The Originally, a men’s only friends the fun you’re having at Circulo del Liceo is the oldest club, today the charming the Club, and stay in the loop with club in Spain, retaining its Canterbury Club is a all that’s happening at Penn’s only original location since 1847. Come to this dining-only home for both men and alumni clubhouse. club for the culture of Barcelona and Calatlonia that can women from the civic, professional, and business circles to gather Like us on Facebook at be seen throughout the club’s Modernisme (Barcelona’s and socialize. There are several elegant function rooms to host www.facebook.com/ Art Nouveau period) décor, and through its access to guests and colleagues, and six hotel rooms overlooking the river. PennClub or text this to 332556: Fan pennclub areas of the famed Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona’s A prominent feature of the Club is the “Worcester Health Club,” opera house. The four fl oors contain a variety of facili- a fully equipped health and fi tness center with sauna. If you are Follow us on Twitter: ties such as a dining room, library, billiards room, and looking for something exciting to do while visiting, the club also @ThePennClub television room. organizes several annual events such as golf tournaments, clay Follow our boards on For reservations, call 933 187 925 bird shoots, dinners, and sports events. Pinterest at www.pinterest. For reservations, call 03 365 0353 com/pennclub/ Follow us on Instagram at For a Letter of Introduction to any of our reciprocal clubs, please contact Barbara Nevels at www.instagram.com/ [email protected] or 212.403.6620. thepennclub

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SEEN MEMBERSHIP All Intra Club reservations can be made at HEARD [email protected]. Membership Affi rmation Ceremony focus on job seekers in the design fi elds and presenting & Join an Intra Club! strategies to access areas of the market that will help CornerIntra Clubs (special interest groups within the club) designers fi nd their ideal job. They will also explore are a way for you to get to know your fellow Penn strategies for established professionals to expand their Club members. To view the list of Intra Clubs, log infl uence and advance their careers. Join them in these on to the Members Only portion of our Web site at discussions that will demonstrate ways to establish pennclub.org and click on “Bulletin Board”. For more yourself and achieve progress in your career. The mission information about joining or starting an Intra Club, of the Design and Build Intra Club is to bring together please e-mail us ([email protected]). professionals from a wide range of fi elds including Member Art Gertel Member Jose Castro architecture and the allied design fi elds, as well as Family Wealth Management Intra engineering, construction, and development, in order to Club | learn from each other and take advantage of the resulting Annual Members’ Holiday Party Monday, February 9th. 6:15 p.m. The Family Wealth synergies. For more information, please contact Randall Management Intra Club is a forum for collaborating Knox ([email protected]). professionals who work with both individuals Bulls & Bears and Hedge Fund and families on their personal fi nance and wealth Investment Combined Intra Clubs | management issues. Our objective is to share our Wednesday, February 11th. knowledge with each other so that each member 6:15 p.m. The Bulls and Bears can become a more informed and a more eff ective and the Hedge Fund Intra Clubs are joining forces! professional. Currently inviting Specialties: Individual Those interested in the capital markets, stock and bond Tax CPA, T&E, Law, Divorce Law, Employment law, Family investment on a global basis, or hedge funds are invited Law, Outplacement Firm, Life Insurance (life, Disability, to join. Please contact Dorothy C. Nickelson, C’02, Long-term care), P&C Insurance–Personal (Auto, Home, ([email protected]) to learn more. Umbrella, Health), Pension Consultant, Mortgage specialist, Private Banker, Real-estate. Please contact Penn Women in Business Intra Club | Dushyant Pandit ([email protected]) for Tuesday, February 17th. 6:15 p.m. more details. PWIB’s goal is to assist women in meeting Design and Build Intra Club | their professional goals whether it be through exploring business issues, using problem-solving techniques, Monday, February 9th. 6:30 p.m. W hether you are or making introductions. Please contact Intra Club new to the design fi elds or an established professional, Captain Dorothy C. Nickelson, C’02, (dorothynickelson@ you will fi nd the next meeting of the Design and Build comcast.net) to learn more. Intra Club informative and enlightening. They will

For reservations: e-mail [email protected], fax 212.403.6621, or RSVP online.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Eugenio Chang-Rodriguez Contact: Bonnie Baker at The School and Class Year: What do you often do at the Penn Club? Read in the library and enjoy Penn faculty member in the Department of Grill Room, 212.403.6631. Romance Languages from 1956 to 1961. the cultural programs. Penn Club Member Since: It was founded in NYC. What is your favorite Penn Club dish? e French onion soup. GRILL ROOM Lives in: From May to December I live in New York City, and the rest What’s your drink? Beer that is low in alcohol content. RESERVATION POLICY of the time I reside in Lima, Peru. Were you named after anyone? e Day of Saint Eugene, which is the Lunch Reservations: Currently Single/Married with Kids? I am married to Raquel Chang- 15th of November. ❯ Recommended for parties of Rodriguez who is also a member of the Penn Club. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Red. 5 or more Hobbies: Swimming, fencing, horseback riding, stamp collecting. What book are you currently reading? Shi Fu by Nobel Laureate Mo Dinner Reservations: In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? I write, Yan. ❯ Recommended for all parties read, and answer mail. Who’s your favorite person living or dead, real or ﬁ ctional (excluding What do you like most about your job? e freedom to discharge my family)? Albert Einstein Last reservation for formal dining at 9:00 p.m. Kitchen duties. What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway? e Lion King open until 10:00 p.m. Do you have a special talent? Prose writing. How often do you eat out? Once a week. Where do you like to vacation? In the Americas, Europe and the Far What’s hanging above your sofa? A painting by José Sabogal, a East. Peruvian painter. Why did you join the Penn Club? To participate in all of the cultural When’s bedtime? 11:45 p.m. activities the Club o ers, and to use the incredible dining facilities. When’s the last time you drove a car? 2013.

To audition for Member Spotlight, please e-mail [email protected].

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HapPENN-2015-02-FIN2.indd 6 1/19/15 10:26 AM Dining Events SAVE THE DATE South American Wine Dinner ursday, March 19th. 6:30 p.m. MainROOM Dining Membership Aﬃ rmation Ceremony Monday-Friday: Networking Dinner | once a month over lunch at the Club. Members of each group would be non-competitive with one another within the group. Breakfast 7–10 AM Wednesday, February 11th. 7:00 p.m. If Each member may only join one group, subject to vetting by Lunch 12 noon–2:30 PM you are looking to network, socialize, build the lunch group facilitator. Members are expected to attend Please call 212.403.6628 for all relationships with other professionals, and grow the luncheons regularly to hold their exclusive spot within Main Dining Room reservations. your own personal business network, then get the group and build strong relationships with other group involved in the Wednesday Night Networking members. Missing 3 consecutive meetings will open up their group. is brand-new group is ongoing, spot for other Club members wishing to take up their exclusive and gets together once a month—the second spot. Grill Wednesday every month—over dinner at the ROOM Club. All professions are welcome. Please e-mail [email protected] to inquire about Monday-Friday: joining a group before submitting your RSVP. Please be sure to To rsvp e-mail [email protected]. Lunch 12–3 PM include your full name, line of business, company name, e-mail Casual Fare 3–5:30 PM address and phone number. All attendees must be pre-approved Dinner 5:30–10 PM Networking Luncheon | to participate; no walk-ins. If you have been pre-approved, Bar 12 noon–11 PM Friday, February 27th, 12:30 p.m. Are you an please go ahead to RSVP online or email [email protected]. Saturday: entrepreneur, consultant, business development Continental Breakfast 7–11 AM professional, small business owner or sales Lunch 12 noon–7 PM professional? If your business growth and success depend on sourcing new clients, new THE YOUNG ALUMNI COMMITTEE Sunday: Continental Breakfast 7–11 AM deals, new customers or new business partners, PRESENTS: 1ST WEDNESDAYS you may want to join a business networking From 6:00–8:00 p.m. Every 1st Wednesday of the month The lunch group. Penn Club members join these Grill Room will be hosting 1st Wednesdays, where members exclusive lunch groups to: of the Penn Club can congregate over drink and food specials and games to play. There is no entrance fee and members of Benjamin Franklin • expand your selling and business all ages are welcome to join in on the camaraderie! ROOM development network FOOD SPECIALS: DRINK SPECIALS: Monday-Friday: • advise and help other non-competing club • $1 Wings • $2 Yuenglings Complimentary Coﬀ ee & Tea members grow their businesses • $3 Plate of fried pickles • $3 Coors Lights and 10–11 AM • grow with Penn Club members as your • $8 Plate of mini cheesesteaks Budweisers Kite & Key Bar 4–10:30 PM extended sales force and advocate Each business networking lunch group meets Library open daily 24 hours The Benjamin Franklin Room is an ideal place for a small The NEW Weekly Wine-Up! gathering of friends and/or coworkers. Parties of up to 25

guests can be accommodated. MONDAY MUNCHIES WEDNESDAY MOVIE NIGHT Call us ahead of time and we SNACK SPECIALS: Come down to The Grill Room at 8:00 p.m. can set up a spot for all to • $1 Wings for a movie and complimentary popcorn enjoy! • $3 Plate of fried pickles every Wednesday evening. ROOM ➤Minimum purchase of one drink. Contact: Bonnie Baker at Grill • $5 Plate of kobe beef franks in Contact: Bonnie Baker at The puff pastry MOVIE LINEUP 212.403.6631. Grill Room, 212.403.6631. • $8 Plate of mini cheesesteaks February 11th – CRAZY STUPID LOVE ➤Available during dinner only. February 18th – TOP GUN GRILL ROOM There’s nothing February 25th – HUNGER GAMES: quite like hot RESERVATION POLICY CATCHING FIRE chocolate on a TWO FOR TUESDAYS ➤ Lunch Reservations: Please note that on 1st Wednesdays there cold winter day. • 2 oysters for $2! will be no Movie Night. ❯ Recommended for parties of • We suggesting pairing with a Just steps away 5 or more glass of Prosecco. from Bryant THIRSTY THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR Park’s ice skating rink you’ll fi nd Dinner Reservations: ➤Available during dinner only. Enjoy three happy hours of: familiar faces in the Grill Room waiting ❯ Recommended for all parties • $2 Yuenglings to warm you up with holiday spirit and delicious Hot Chocolate. What better Last reservation for formal • $7 Cocktails from our “Smart” Cocktails List – like our signature Moscow Mule in a copper way to spend a day in New York City dining at 9:00 p.m. Kitchen cup. with the family? open until 10:00 p.m. • $17.95 All-You-Can-Eat Cheesesteaks You can fi nd details about Bryant Park's ➤From 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. free ice skating rink and holiday shops at www.bryantpark.org. Parking at FRIDAY FLIGHTS The Penn Club is available at Quik Park • $18 per fl ight of 3 wines located conveniently at 100 West 44th Street. Special rates for members are • Every Friday starting at 6:00 p.m., we are off ering wine fl ights. To create your fl ight, available. select 3 wines from our Wines by the Glass list.

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Mon–Fri 6:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.; Sat–Sun 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ; Holidays: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. To join, contact Jane Scott: 212.403.6626, [email protected], or come by the Highlights PalestraFITNESS CENTER Palestra to start your ﬁ tness routine today. ▶ Tandem Tai Chi / Chi Kung Personal Training with David Kaplan Margarita Mixer (60-minute personal training sessions for 2) Penn Club Film Festival Train to enhance and maintain the “chi” or life force within the body. Instructor David Kaplan will guide you towards a healthy life both mentally and physically. Kaplan How to Conquer Work Related is a martial artist with over 30 years of experience. His background is comprised of training in Stress Shaolin Kung Fu, Kyosushin Karate, and Tai Chi / Chi Kung. 1 Session–$55 per person 5 Sessions–$52.50 per person per session 10 Sessions–$50 per person per session Your comments are For more information and to schedule a training session at your convenience, contact the Palestra important to us! at [email protected] or 212.403.6623.

For comments & suggestions regarding ▶ furnishings, property, grounds, repairs & Give the Gift of Touch maintenance, house rules, dress code, and rules Still searching for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift? You’ve come to the right place. of conduct, contact the House Committee at: Pick up a massage gift certifi cate at the Palestra Fitness Center today and give [email protected] your loved one something they will love! For more information on our menu of massage services, contact the Palestra For comments & suggestions regarding at [email protected] or 212.403.6623. membership growth, contact the Membership Committee at: membershipcommittee@ ▶ pennclubny.org Palestra’s Tuesday Spin Class Tuesdays from 6:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. For comments & suggestions regarding If you are looking for a fun way to add some extra cardio into your routine, member events and activities, contact look towards the Palestra’s 60-Minute Spin. Spin classes are all the rage in New the Program Committee at: York right now because they’re fast, fun, and eff ective workouts. This particular [email protected] class will combine jumps, intervals, hills, and sprints to promote total body and aerobic fi tness. Classes are taught by instructor, Anne Catherine Hundhausen For comments & suggestions regarding activities for young alumni (age 21–34), contact the Young who has been teaching spin in New York City since 2006. Alumni Committee at: [email protected] $20 per class for Palestra members, $25 per class for non-Palestra.

To contact the Club with questions or room reservations, please call 212.764.3550. Penn Club President General Manager Editor Susan Marx Mark Jezierski Elyse Cromer

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