Class of 1998 Newsletter © Eli Burak ‘00, DARTMOUTH FLICKR © Eli Burak ‘00, DARTMOUTH sept BEYOND THE GREEN 2012 Hello 98s around the globe, IN THIS EDITION As you can see from the cover of this issue, we are celebrating all things Dartmouth, new and old, Editors’ Letter be they the Salty Dog Rag (performed here quite nimbly by two lovely D’16s on their freshman trips very recently), or the lives and work of 98s who are making a difference in the world, and College Bits those of us who will throw us a big party come next June, namely our reunion chairs. We thank all of you who continue to serve, to contribute to our class efforts and those of you who by your daily Morning Washburn actions embody the spirit that is Dartmouth. Her Own Words As always, thanks for giving us a bit of your busy time to browse these pages, and give us a holler if Kially Ruiz you’ve got any goods ‘n news. We’ll be reaching out to you over the next few months to get some of A Dartmouth Story you featured in the pages of this publication, so look out for us in your in-boxes! Thanks to Morning Washburn and Kially Ruiz, featured ‘98s of the month, for sharing their story with us. Thanks, Your Reunion Chairs too, to Madeline Ruiz ’01. Thanks also go out to the entire Class of ’98 Executive Committee for The Who & The What of organizing some fun Mini Reunions, as well Professor Roger B. Ulrich in the Department of Classics those heroes working behind and Eli Burak ’00 for the use of their photographs. Thanks to my co-editor for putting together the the scenes to bring fun, games, and a bit of Green Green Gossip, without which the newsletter would be less fun by half. Pride in your lives All the best in your life and work! Green Gossip _Gabi Sarhos Long overdue and finally here

COLLEGE BITS & BYTES

Photojournalist BeWell Mobile Health App Machado and Silvetti Associates James Nachtwey ’70 Named In the May 2011 issue of Pervasive design the new First Roth Distinguished Computing Magazine, Dartmouth Black Family Visual Arts Center Visiting Scholar computer scientist Andrew Campbell The new building, named in honor of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and his colleagues introduced “BeWell,” former trustee Leon Black ’73 and his Michael Mastanduno announced on touted by Play as “the next wife, Debra, houses the departments of September 6 2012 that acclaimed generation in mobile health apps.” Their photojournalist James Nachtwey ’70 paper can be found here: http://www. digital humanities, promoting the cross- studio art, film and media studies, and will spend the 2012-13 academic year cs.dartmouth.edu/~campbell/papers/ disciplinary interaction that is a hallmark at Dartmouth as the inaugural Roth bewell_pervhealth.pdf. My question is, of Dartmouth. For more information, Distinguished Visiting Scholar. I, for one, when will someone invent an app that and to check out some photos of what can’t wait to meet the man. doesn’t require me to sit in front of my promises to be a cool place to hang out, computer all day. search for Black Family Visual Arts Center on Dartmouth Flickr page. sept 2012 BEYOND THE GREEN | 6

FEATURE Her Own Words Morning Washburn

Morning Washburn shares with us what applying my Dartmouth background their families, their communities and brought her away from the private sector in geology to assisting another one of their countries. Technologies like solar position to work for the U.S. government, water pumps, fruit drying equipment or focusing her energies on growing the refrigeration can boost ag production, USAID’s offices. quality of life for billions of people around I told my daughter I was increase the value of farm products and the world and on growing her little family: going to turn on the lights allow a farmer to expand her business. the macro and micro scales of a life of for people who don’t have They limit the need for expensive fossil service and dedication. any. fuels and can give back to farmers the hours that they once spent in activities I’m an Energy Specialist with the U.S. My work offers a lot of opportunities to like hauling water from distant sources. Agency for International Development travel internationally, but I travel less Yet over 1.5 billion people have no access (USAID). USAID is the U.S. government’s than my colleagues because of my two to modern energy. These numbers are primary international development arm. young children(18 month old Magnus shocking, but more shocking is that On my last business trip, to make it easier and a 4 year old Penelope). Skype is a an additional one billion people have for my daughter to understand, I told great way to stay connected (when you unreliable and/or poor quality power. her I was going to turn on the lights for can get an internet connection), but it Our program launched on June 12, and people who don’t have any. My daughter doesn’t quite compensate for your family so far we’ve had an amazing amount of is at an age where she deeply believes being an ocean away and having to wake interest from organizations that want in the importance of lights. But really, up at 4AM just to say goodnight. I nearly to partner with us and from people who I don’t go out and actually hook wires missed Halloween again last year, and want to participate in the program. together. On any given day I might be while I know it sounds silly to make a It’s been wonderful, working to engage helping design, implement or monitor big deal of missing a day, the kids are outside groups and to tell our story. It energy programs around the world. growing so quickly. I want to be able to certainly isn’t something I ever thought I enjoy these days with them. in social at the University of After I finished my master’s degree Eight months ago I volunteered to lead Chicago, I took a position with the communications for a new USAID effort U.S. Department of Energy in their called Powering Agriculture: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (www. division. There my work focused on PoweringAg.org). The Government renewable energy and energy efficiency encouraging domestic use of renewable of Sweden, Duke Energy, OPIC, AfDB, energy technologies. At USAID, my work and USDA have partnered with USAID, addresses a wide range of issues—from and together, they are investing $25 million with the goal of offering market- potential for solar power to light unlit based, clean energy innovations to industrial energy efficiency to the city streets in developing countries. I farmers in developing countries. might be trying to improve oversight of oil and gas revenues in a country that developing countries have incomes Seventy-five percent of the poor in has decided oil and gas exploration is tied to agriculture, and energy can be their only or best option for growth or truly transformative for these farmers, | 37

Thoughts? Ideas? Must be heard? Want to get involved? Write to I applied to the Peace anyone of us at the email Corps in 2001, but the addresses below. Peace Corps offices were in the World Trade Center and the application was lost in 9/11. would focus on as a career, but I’ve loved sharing the exciting work that USAID and Class of ‘98 its partners do on a daily basis. Six years Executive Committee position in New York because I wanted to ago, I left a finance related private sector have a job where I felt like I was “doing Officers good” on a daily basis, and I wanted a Jo Weingarten Golub job that my children could understand. President & Secretary Now, even if I’m having a really bad day [email protected] at work, I feel I have that. I believe in the mission of my Agency, and I really love Joan Ai working in development. I applied to the Vice President Peace Corps in 2001, but the New York [email protected] Rachel Bogardus Drew World Trade Center, and my application Treasurer City Peace Corps offices where in the was lost in 9/11. At the time, I thought [email protected] perhaps it was a sign I shouldn’t leave my job, but I feel as if the intervening years Co-Head Agents have led me back to what I was really Marene Jennings meant to be doing. [email protected]

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REUNION NEWS Meet the Chairs

Our reunion chairs, Kate Gold and Javier Garcia, KATE GOLD have already begun planning what our reunion I never expected to be living back East again, but I moved to the weekend, to be shared with fellow 97s/99s, and Northeast Kingdom of Vermont in 2005 when my husband accepted a Thornton Hall © Roger B. Ulrich, Professor of Classics, Dartmouth of Classics, Professor B. Ulrich, Thornton Hall © Roger we are thrilled to have them on board. We wanted tenure-track position in atmospheric sciences at Lyndon State College. to introduce them, face to face, as it were, and get Now I can see Quebec from my back porch, Hanover is within easy reach, you to give them as much help and feedback as and we have a crazy three year-old possible. Let’s show them how it’s done. daughter Zoe. Life is good. Lyndon also supplied me with an accidental career as the director of advising resources. Apparently TA-ing on the Lyon LSA in ‘98 Fall, shortly after her appointment, Dorothy checking in mule riders and hikers said her role involves overseeing digital for two years at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, and teaching marketing for the Roc Nation label and junior high in Salt Lake City forms a artists as well as looking for new ways more coherent path than one might Green Gossip expect. with Jeff Beyer of delivering music and promoting those artists. Sounds like a pretty cool gig, I spent way too much time working Dorothy! in my Dartmouth days, so if you ever ate at Home Plate, you probably Hi fellow ’98s! We hope you are all Also, the spring/summer months are saw me behind the grill. Though having a great summer. prime mini-reunion season and the Class I majored in anthropology and Native American studies, I was of ’98 has had a couple of West Coast Dorothy Hui checked in recently to fortunate enough to be caught up let us know about the engagement this mini-reunions, and there’s even more on in the whirlwind that is Professor the horizon. We got back an extensive Rassias, and after my LSA to spring of Kajal Jhaveri to Sachin Parikh. Blois in ’96 Spring, I contributed report on the recent Los Angeles mini- Dorothy said she can’t wait to see some to performances promoting the of her old ’98 friends at the wedding, reunion, and as you can see from the language study abroad programs and worked as a drill instructor for which will take place in September accompanying picture, quite a few ’98s French. in Greenwich, Connecticut. A hearty were in attendance, many with their congratulations to Kajal on the upcoming families in tow, including: Lara Hoffman, Whether you want to get in on the Kate (Knaus) Galston, Adam Himoff, nuts and bolts of planning, just wedding, and please check with us once want to make suggestions, or are you are settled in to married life! As for Katie (Malone) Weiss, Erin (Rinset) willing to assist on the actual days Dorothy, her post-College years have seen Alva, Katey (Ritrovato) Dadakis, of the reunion, please get in touch. If you’ve already contacted Jo about her gain some extensive experience in Maurissa (Horwitz) O’Connell, Jared volunteering, you should have heard Cohen and Allison (Ahart) Geving. the music and entertainment industries, from me. If not, please feel free to particularly with respect to digital and Special kudos to Lara and Kate, who email me directly (kathleen.gold@ new media. Dorothy currently is the headed up the planning, for what lyndonstate.edu). Vice President of Digital Marketing for obviously was a very successful mini- Looking forward to seeing many Roc Nation, a role she took on this past reunion. According to Lara, the event familiar faces in June! spring. In an interview with Billboard CONTINUED, PAGE 6 | 5

FEATURE A Dartmouth Story Kially Ruiz by Madeline Medeiros Ruiz D’01 with Gabi Sarhos

Kially Ruiz is no longer the quiet young man I met at Dartmouth nearly fifteen years ago. Recently named one of 40 Under 40 by the Providence Business News in his home state, Rhode Island, Kially is making some noise as a sustainable energy specialist and President of Aquinergy LLC (www.aquinergy.com), a renewable energy consultancy specializing in wind and solar.

Running a company that delivers compre- hensive engineering, procurement, financ- Kially comes from humble beginnings. Phillips Exeter Academy. Kially always ing, and construction solutions to wind and Kially comes from a poor section of Santo jokes that one of the biggest surprises for solar energy projects is a fulfilling challenge Domingo, Los Minas, in the Dominican him upon settling in for the summer came for Kially and Aquinergy’s co-founder, Republic, where he grew up without a Director of Strategy, and unflinching father and his mother worked 2 jobs in was so much food to choose from; he had supporter and life partner, Madeline on his first trip to the dining halls. There order to be able to send him to private never seen so much food in one place, Medeiros Ruiz ‘01. school (whenever she could amass enough at one time, and he could have anything In the 1998 AEGIS, Kially smiles proudly, the money for that month’s tuition). Times he wanted! Following his success there, credits under his photo read: Engineering were hard and it was not uncommon for he was again encouraged by teachers Sciences Major, Government Minor. Cross him and his brother to come home to an and guidance counselors to apply to Country, The Dartmouth, La Alianza Latina empty refrigerator; he laughs now about Dartmouth. When he was accepted, he (President), Student Assembly. It was a pleasure to receive Madeline letter and to change to go buy a few slices of bread from generations, to go to college. searching through pockets to find spare became the first in his family, from several learn so much more about our classmate, the bodega across the street. He learned Those years in the Dominican Republic, a Dominican-American immigrant who to read at the age of four and spent much his travels and adventures navigating became part of the Dartmouth family of his childhood absorbed in reading the the world of a young teenage boy in the and continues to make the College proud. newspapers that covered his bedroom States, and his success at Dartmouth is Madeline writes: windows to block the scorching Caribbean just the beginning of Kially’s story, and sun. It was at this young age that Kially’s Kially is now the President of his own I feel privileged to have the opportunity passion for learning and exploration was company and has run Aquinergy for almost ignited. to share it with the Dartmouth alumni community. Kially is an incredible person my business partner), like many other When Kially was fourteen, his mother whose interest in the world around him is five years now. My husband (who is also Dartmouth alums I’ve met, has a strong obtained visas for her and her two boys truly inspiring. bond with the College, and believes it was to come to the US, where Kially entered his years at Dartmouth that have given public high school and learned English I’d like to thank Madeline Medeiros Ruiz him insight, courage, and the tools that he very quickly with little formal training. He for taking the time to write in. We, here at needs to be the successful entrepreneur he was immediately recognized for his abil- the newsletter, wish Kially and the entire is today. Now, too, Kially has an MBA from ities and insatiable hunger for knowledge, Aquinergy team lots of success. If you’d the University of Texas at Austin, but before and with the support of the school’s team like to know more about their renewable that and before Dartmouth, life taught him of guidance counselors, he obtained energy work, please contact either Kially a few lessons of its own. a scholarship to spend the summer at at [email protected] or Madeline at [email protected]. sept 2012 BEYOND THE GREEN | 6 took place at a park on a Sunday morning in the Brentwood hills area. Despite the early hour, attendance was better than expected, and the event was so successful that Lara says they are planning on making it an annual occurrence in the Los Angeles area. I would continue to say more about the L.A.-area ’98s, but there’s no way I could do it any better than Katey Ritrovato Dadakis who generously provided us with an extensive write-up of what the mini-reunion attendees have been up to lately.

So, take it away Katey:

“Katey Ritrovato Dadakis lives in Fountain Valley, CA (about an hour south NEW YORK CITY MINI-REUNION (left to right) | Katherine Brown, Joan Ai, Baxter Wasson, Tim White,, Roger Griesmeyer, husband, Jason Dadakis ’99, and their Peter Duffy, Meghan (McCarthy) Duffy, Carter Jackson | (INSET) of LA on a good traffic day) with her two girls – Maia (4 1/2), Ainsley (16 Ellen Halstead (left) and Katherine Brown (right) months) and their dog Karma. Katey just marked her one year anniversary

LOS ANGELES MINI-REUNION (left to right) | 1 Allison Ahart Geving and her husband Chad and their three (blond) kids: twins Avery & Erin (2) and Will (5) | 2 Kate Knaus Galston and son Charlie (with Dartmouth hat) | 3 Adam Himhoff | 4 Katie Malone and husband Nick Weiss | 5 Jared Cohen | 6 Maurissa Horwitz O’Connell | 7 Katey Ritrovato Dadakis and daughters Maia (4 1/2) and Ainsley (16 months) | 8 Lara Hoffman | 9 Erin Rinset Alva | 7 two little boys, Charlie and Ben, who and Shephatiah (Gordon) Townsend, Capital Group Companies in Irvine. Maia served as little hosts of the playground the event was a great success. Attendees working as a financial analyst at the was particularly excited to attend the area for the day! When she’s not included Baxter Wasson, Katherine mini-reunion, where she seemed to have organizing mini-reunions, Kate works as Brown, Tim White, Meghan (McCarthy) made a lifelong friends with water-slide an appellate attorney at Akin Gump in Duffy, Joan Ai, Carter Jackson, Ellen engineer Charlie Galston (Kate’s son)! Century City. Halstead ’99, Noel Tripp ’99 and Erich Shigley ’99. And in the “great planning” Newlywed Maurissa Horwitz O’Connell Also staying close to the playground were department, word comes from this recent had just returned from Tahiti, where she Allison (Ahern) Geving’s children Will mini-reunion that both Baxter and Carter and her husband, Matt O’Connell, spent (5) and twins Avery & Erin (2). Allison welcomed daughters into their respective nine relaxing days. They celebrated their and her husband Chad live in Encino, families earlier this year – and a mere wedding on June 9 at The Jim Henson CA, where she runs an on-line company one day apart, at that! So congratulations Studios in Hollywood – the perfect venue offering an educational course for to the Wasson family for the addition of for an editor who works primarily in daughter Margaux on March 16, 2012. animation - where the aforementioned bankruptcyAdam Himoff, filers. who is the co-founder And, a hearty congratulations to the Katey served as maid-of-honor. Maurissa Jackson family on the birth of daughter is currently editing a project at Disney mini-reunion solo, as his wife Andrea Sophie Beatrice on March 15, 2012. Toon Studios and will be looking to of a private equity firm, arrived at the Stern (a fellow ‘98) and daughters Isabel pick up a new hobby now that wedding For those of you elsewhere in the United (3) and Madeline (1) were out of town. planning is over! States, according to our esteemed Class Adam commented that he wasn’t used to President, Jo (Weingarten) Golub, there Jared Cohen admitted he’d yet to be being the one able to stand around while are a few other mini-reunions across the back at Dartmouth since graduation, but other parents chased kiddos around, so country that are already in the hopper, hopefully between seeing familiar faces hopefully he enjoyed the time to kick including ones being planned in Seattle, both at Maurissa’s wedding and the mini- back and chit-chat! Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and reunion, he was starting to get caught up Washington D.C. Please feel free to reach on his classmates! Jared keeps busy as a As for my news - I joined the LA Federal out to Jo regarding dates for these events, VP at Barclays Capital in Century City – as well as if you are interested in helping and we hope to see him back in Hanover love it there so far. My husband Nishad Public Defenders Office last January and to be an organizer for one of these mini- next year! Chande (‘97) still works in private equity. We’ve lived in LA for almost a decade reunions. Katie Malone Weiss was absolutely now. I’m from Chicago, so it’s funny to me Last, but certainly not least, we wanted radiant and ever the trooper as she was that our 4 year old son Remi has grown to mention that the 15th year reunion up at the beach but has only seen snow a in Hanover is right around the corner. due date! She and husband Nick Weiss only 11 days away from her first baby’s couple times!” As the 15th Year Reunion Committee seemed as ready as you could get for continues to take shape, we encourage the baby’s arrival. Katie works in Public Thanks so much for all the news guys and all of you to reach out to Jo or to any of Relations at Warner Brothers studio, but please keep us posted on how you are all had just started her maternity leave. doing. As far as the San Francisco mini- participate or contribute in any way to reunion, we know that Adrian Durbin, the other class officers if you want to Erin Rinset Alva is keeping busy in LA the planning of our 15 year reunion. David Mace, Tina Rutar and Josh Mooney as well, working at HUB International in Mark your calendars for Friday June 14, are involved. So – Adrian, Dave, Tina or 2013 through Sunday June 16, 2013. It Josh, please forward along a picture and adventure and she’s been keeping busy will be here before we know it! Benefits Consulting. Erin’s first love is some details regarding the San Francisco with traveling both around the country mini-reunion so we can publish it in our As always, we love to – we need to – and internationally as much as she can.” next Class Newsletter! hear from you, our fellow ’98s, from And Lara also provided a few details of wherever on the girdled earth you have More recently, on September 12, her own: roamed. Please shoot an e-mail any time just before we went to press on this to [email protected] to let me “Co-organizing the mini-reunion was newsletters, a group of ’98s (and a know what’s being going on in your lives. Kate (Knaus) Galston, who also helped couple of ’99s) were able to get together Looking forward to hearing from you. set the ambiance by digging up her old for a New York City mini-reunion. Until next time!! 1998 banner to hang from the trees in Spearheaded by Roger Griesmeyer with the park! Kate and her husband Jay have support from Kisha Nunez, Latia Curry This newsletter is brought to you by financial contributions from ‘98s. Please continue to pay your class dues. Thank you.