JULY 2014 ’82 NEWS AND VIEWS

Gregory B. Maffei Life Spent Abroad:Israel

The College’s Board of Trust- ees announced the election of Gregory B. Maffei as a charter trustee. He joined June 8, serving with fellow ‘82s Emily Bakemeier, Gail Koziara Bou- dreaux, and Jim Coulter.

Greg is President and CEO of /Liberty Interac- tive, where he leads the team transforming it to compete in the digital/mobile age. Liberty Media owns media, commu- Shani, Nadav and Jay Shofet with Shani’s boyfriend in the Negev Desert. nications, and entertainment businesses, including Sirius XM and the Atlanta Braves, and in- Jay Shofet, a government major from A few days after graduation, Jay re- terests in Charter Communica- Dutchess County, New York, has turned to Israel for a year of volunteer tions and Live Nation Entertain- been living in Israel since 1986 -- a work, “teaching gym in a backwater el- ment. Liberty Interactive owns direct result of his Dartmouth experi- ementary school.” That year, Jay met digital commerce businesses, ence. his future wife, Barbara Hurwitz an ’82 including TripAdvisor, QVC, Cornell graduate from New York. They Provide Commerce, Backcoun- As Jay relates, “Rabbi Michael Paley were married in New York in 1985 try.com, Bodybuilding.com, of Dartmouth Hillel convinced me to and, a year later, after Jay “completed CommerceHub, and Evite, and spend the summer of 1981 in Israel, my MA degree and the Mets won the interests in Expedia and HSN. Greg also serves as chairman getting Dartmouth credit for summer World Series, we ‘made Aliyah’” – the of the board of Live Nation En- courses at Hebrew University in Je- Hebrew term for ascending to the land tertainment, Sirius XM, Starz rusalem. Those six weeks changed of Israel. and TripAdvisor, and as a direc- my life; by the time I came back I was tor of Charter Communications smitten by Israel and by the fact that it Jay’s career highlights include a stint in and Zillow. was somehow mine too, just like the Boston as an Israeli immigration official, America I loved. and his recent tenure as Executive Di- In addition to a BA from Dart- rector of the Green Environment Fund, mouth, Greg holds an MBA Jay was never very religious, but felt working on environmental justice and from Harvard Business School, a strong sense of Jewish identity. In sustainability throughout Israeli soci- where he was a Baker Scholar. Greg, his wife, Sharon, and their Israel, he experienced Judaism as “a ety. In his career and politics, Jay has four children live in Cherry Hills national civilization” – which he em- worked toward strengthening ties be- Village, Colo. braced because of “how exotic and adventurous and raw it all was.” Continued on pg. 3 • 2 • and works in IT for the BELL Foundation, a non-profit that non-profit that BELL Foundation,a and worksinITforthe 1983.in Hanover leaving Mass., Brookline, in lives Bruce Hewlett-Packard, andhaslivedinNashua,N.H.,since at architect software a is Rich festivities. the for alumni Schwartz first BASICprogrammingrunningonDTSS.’82s Dartmouth celebratedthe50thanniversaryofvery cated crewofundergraduateassistants.OnApril30th, Kemeny andKurtzinventedbuilt,alongwithadedi Professors that (DTSS) System Sharing Time Dartmouth run onthe BASIC languageand the written in all were that wereassignedinourmathclasses.Theprograms was workingthroughafewshortcomputerprograms remember (notnecessarilyfondly!)fromfreshmanyear One ofthesharedexperiencesthatmanyus’82s had theideafirst,andmadeitareality50yearsago. Kurtz Thomas and Kemeny John Professors Dartmouth should learntocode.”Theywerealittlelatethatparty... “everyone that idea the promoting movement a launched Last year,anumberofVIPsinindustryandgovernment Professors Kurtz andKemeny. ’82s CelebrateBasicat5 and Bruce Perry Bruce joined about 200-300 other other 200-300 about joined Richard Richard - presentations by Dartmouth students on present-day presentations byDartmouthstudentsonpresent-day these daysarereallynothingnew.”Thedayalsofeatured ries wehearabout‘hack-a-thons’atSiliconValleystartups building andtestingprograms,remindingusthatthesto inventing, spent nights and days long the of memories ing graduation. Richsaysthedayevoked“alotofinterest Schwartz’s advisorsfromfreshmanyearrightthrough well, wasProfessorBobNorman,whooneofRich ent, andinterviewedinthedocumentaryfootageas first full-timeprofessorofComputerScience.Alsopres including StephenGarland‘63,whobecameDartmouth’s and severalofthestudentswhohelpedbuildDTSS, lowed byapaneldiscussionthatincludedProfessorKurtz debut ofadocumentaryfilmaboutthebirthBASIC,fol included the highlights ofthefestivities Rich reportsthat runs summerandafter-schoolprograms. tion alittlebittersweet.” since givenup onit,Ifoundthe50thanniversary celebra real tractiononanational scaleafterDartmouthhaslong math classes.Withthatidea finallystartingtogainsome ated toreplacetheoldBASIC assignmentsforfreshman no newintroductoryprogramming curriculumwascre time sharingsystemwas replacedbyPCsandMacs, fell outoffavor.AsRichexplains:“WhentheCollege’s problems throughwritingtheirowncomputerprograms ing everyundergraduatetothefundamentalsofsolving the line,ProfessorsKemeny’sandKurtz’sgoalofexpos programming fortheircoursework.Somewhere along ‘80s, however,fewerstudentstodayarerequired todo ming languages.Comparedtothelate‘70sand early ates aredoinginnovativeworkinmoremodernprogram undergradu Many were. ‘82s us of of most level the yond course today’sstudentsareallcomputerliteratefarbe Dartmouth movedonfromBASICyearsago,butof tual corruptionintohundredsofincompatibledialects. even its to led also and inventors, its of expectations the and businessprogramminglanguagethatfarexceeded the spreadofBASICfarbeyondDartmouthasalearning to led factors two These represented. and DTSS BASIC lack ofinterestinprotectingtheintellectualpropertythat Professor Kemeny’srelentlessfocusonsimplicity,andhis Two ofthepointsthatcameupagainandwere ists fromGoogle,IntelandMIT. computing, andanotherpaneldiscussionfeaturingfutur 0 ------• 3 • -

- - - - - Mike also Robin Kathy , were the Tee Lotson and . Kathy trav . Kathy Von Chaney Jason Klein Sally Adnopoz Gen . and Nicole Stent drove up from Philly, and made the trip. and Andrea Borden Andrea Boak Dubishar DC, as did eled from Shaffert dler caught a second show that evening. Berg only real New Yorkers. of the Hop. He was able to turn his passion into a suc of the Hop. He was able to turn his cessful career by (and pay attention here, kids) follow ing the advice of his Mother. That’s right: Mother knows but it was partbest! OK, that might be a simplification, of the story. until August 16th.Violet is in a limited run on Broadway of The UnsinkableMike’s next production will be a revival for a mini. Molly Brown. Perhaps, another opportunity It was a great opportunity to catch up with classmates,It was a great opportunity hear about Mike’ssee a wonderful production, and amazing musical journey. He has attended 10 Tony with musi Award ceremonies, toured and performed cal legends, and directed music for film and Broadway. the piano at the TopSome might remember him playing sensuous, not oppressive.” Jay describes the city’s vibe as “a non-stop release valve from the pressure cooker of life” in Israel. (At press time, Jay was posting on Facebook about the onslaught of Hamas rockets from Gaza and Israel’s re sponse). Jay would love to share his excitement over his adopted homeland with visiting classmates. “I’m happy to help plan, guide, and even host.” Jerusalem.” and Israel, Jay has beenA dual citizen of the United States active in politics since arriving in Israel. Jay is passionate about his adopted hometown, Tel Aviv- Jaffa, which he describes as “a sort of South Beach meets Brooklyn on the Mediterranean. Incredible cultural diversity. Throbbing night life, funky neighborhoods, stately boulevards, progressive city government. Really fantastic restaurants and street food. A boom in world-class architecture. It’s eminently walkable and somehow the heat and humidity feel

. - - - - - Mike Rafter . Ann lives in Chris Perrson ’s sister. Donna Carol Davis, Philippa Guth , , who made the trip from Mas . Other theater-goers included Donna Fagerstrom Heather Hazle Lambert , both doctors, who were in town for, both doctors, who were in town Ann Neumeyer

Cathy Judd Stein Kate McKee Fox

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, Mini-Reunion on Broadway rie the same town as hosted several North Mass Madames for the weekend including the weekend from Michigan. They had attended medthe weekend from Michigan. They school with sachusetts, as did Attendees came from all over, including Attendees came from all over, including and The photo is from onstage so all who attended canThe photo is from onstage so all boast that they’ve been, literally and figuratively, “on Broadway.” On June 22, several ‘82s attended the Broadway pro by duction of Violet, with musical direction Jay Shofet In Tel Aviv-Jaffa Jay Shofet In Tel Continued from pg. 1 some 70,000 settlers from east of the security barrier, and allow for the creation of a Palestinian State whose capital is is that the only real solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the key to Israel’s acceptance by the entire Arab world – is for Israel to end its military occupation of the West Bank, to pull of terror activity against Israel. In Israel, the personal is political. of terror activity against Israel. In Israel, the personal is political. Jay says his service “only reinforced my long-held conviction Jay’s own military service was as a warden in detention cen ters for Palestinian security prisoners accused or convicted daughter, Shani, 24, is finishing her BA in social work at He brew University. Jay’s son Nadav, 20, is a second lieutenant in the Intelligence Corps, making him the first officer in his family. Divorced after 20 years of marriage, Jay describes his two grown children as a source of constant joy and pride. His tween Israel and Jewish communities across the world, andtween Israel and Jewish communities “advancing rights and equality within Israel’s civil society.” • 4 • NYU School of Law, clerked for NYU School ofLaw,clerkedfor to went David Dartmouth, After or writingfiction.” erwise washeadedto journalism my path,”Davidsays,“which oth experiences definitely affected Patrick Moynihan.“Boththose as aninternforSenatorDaniel ing SupremeCourtappointments it, andspenthisjuniorfallanalyz tional lawatDartmouthandloved line. Hetookaclassininterna York, neartheConnecticutstate New Waccabuc, in up grew David victimized. which vulnerablepeoplewere in – pornography child to fraud criminal cases–frommortgage gressively pursuedthetypesof nent lawyerexplained,Davidag and Bridgeport.Asonepromi Haven, New Hartford, in based of the65federalprosecutors priorities andhismanagement his both for community legal the from praise won David year, last County. Whenhesteppeddown hedge fundsbasedinFairfield ties fraud,especiallyamongthe tation, violentcrime,andsecuri exploi child violations, rights civil necticut in2010,hetargeted the 50thU.S.AttorneyforCon appointed was Fein David When Federal Prosecutors Wagner and Fein Take On Financial Crime & Public Corruption Public & Crime Financial Federal ProsecutorsWagnerandFeinTakeOn Fein PursuesHedgeFundsandRogueCops the state’s principal federal lawyer. the state’sprincipalfederallawyer. private practiceandpublicservice,waswithatopConnecticutfirmwhenhetappedtobecome stint ataprominentNewYorkfirm,BenwascareerprosecutorinCalifornia.Davidhasmovedbetween 2013. BothwereappointedbyPresidentObamaafterlongandsuccessfulcareersaslitigators.Aftera fornia, basedinSacramento,since2009. prosecutors fortheirregions. In recentyears,twoofourclassmateshaveservedtheU.S.DepartmentJusticeaschieffederal Benjamin Wagner ------David Feinwith ElizabethOestreichand childrenWIllandKate. scandal broke.Heandhiswife, before theMonicaLewinsky vid leftWashingtontwoweeks Da timing, impeccable With tion. over theWhitewaterinvestiga dent Clintoninproceduralbattles that includeddefendingPresi Clinton WhiteHouse–atenure the joined office, David torney’s At U.S. the in years six After elite.” of thelegalprofession’s“killer office, amember described that or, asTheNewYorkerrecently Southern DistrictofNewYork– an AssistantU.S.Attorneyinthe After twoyears,Davidbecame firm. law York New prestigious a Portland, Maine,andworkedfor in judge court appeals federal a David Fein hasbeentheU.S.AttorneyforEasternDistrictofCali was the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut from 2010 to wastheU.S.AttorneyforConnecticutfrom2010to - - - - leading Connecticut law firm. leading Connecticutlawfirm. spent adecadeaspartnerat Old Greenwich,Conn.,andDavid teacher, andlibrarian,movedto Elizabeth Oestreich,alawyer, office prosecuted several Ponzi office prosecutedseveralPonzi torney forConnecticut,David’s During histhreeyearsasU.S.At prosecutor.” federal a being missed and loved was remindedofjusthowmuchI “Each timeIlefttheclassroom prosecution, andasherecalled: School onfederalcriminal Law was co-teachingacourseatYale David strong. remained service But thegravitationalpullofpublic Continued on pg. 6 pg. on Continued - - • 5 • ------Continued on pg. 6 Fresno, who litigate all aspects Fresno, who litigate all aspects of federal criminal and civil cas es. California’s Eastern District in cludes six of the ten U.S. cit ies hardest hit by foreclosures children, and they wanted to be be children, and they wanted to closer to her family in California. Plus, Ben was ready to jump into public service. As an assistant U.S. attorney, he specialized in prosecuting white-collar crimes including securities fraud, tax evasion, and health care fraud. Since his appointment as U.S. Attorney in 2009, Ben has su pervised 85 federal prosecu tors based in Sacramento and ------

tor. At the time, Ben’s wife, Hyla, an NYU classmate, was preg nant with the first of their three development. He entered NYU development. He entered NYU a year School of Law in 1983, behind David Fein, having “no idea” what a career in law would be like. Ben spent six years litigating complex civil cases at a promi nent New York law firm, then moved to Sacramento in 1992 to become a federal prosecu Ben Wagner with law enforcement officers after taking down a methamphet Ben Wagner with law enforcement amine trafficking organization in California. earned distinction as a double major in History and Govern his ment, all of which reinforced interest in public service. After graduating, Ben spent a year liv ing in South Africa, mostly work ing on conservation and rural ------Wagner Prosecutes Banks, Timber Companies Timber Banks, Prosecutes Wagner ate Council, participated in ate Council, participated in the World Affairs Council, and At Dartmouth, Ben served as chairman of the Undergradu don’t know Ben as well as we don’t know Ben as well as we do. office in Sacramento, rather than by prosecutors in New York or Los Angeles. But they commentators seemed sur prised that such a huge securi ties case was brought by Ben’s securities, resulting in a record securities, resulting in a record $13 billion settlement. Some cases was the prosecution of of cases was the prosecution JP Morgan Chase & Co. for selling toxic mortgage-backed care fraud, and narcotics.” One of Ben’s most significant Eurasian communities are in volved in identity theft, health for methamphetamine produc tion. Organized crime groups based in Russian, Chinese, and nificant ties to Mexican cartels. nificant ties to Mexican cartels. The rural areas of the district have traditionally been a center are near the southwest border, are near the southwest border, and many drug trafficking orga nizations active here have sig gage fraud, gang violence, and gage fraud, gang violence, and drug crimes. Ben says, “We National Park and other idyllic national and forests, but parks it is also ground zero for mort lation of about 7 million. lation of about Yosemite Ben’s district includes swath of the state’s interior and interior and swath of the state’s diverse popu has an incredibly Ben Wagner is the U.S. is the U.S. Ben Wagner Attor District of ney for the Eastern covers a huge California, which Federal Prosecutors Wagner and Fein Take On Take Fein and Wagner Prosecutors Federal Financial Crime & Public Corruption • 6 • a Dartmouth ’81. Dalyis Deirdredeputy, M.hissuccessor. Daly, as his of the appointment he supported that is ney legacies one ofhisproudest atU.S. says Attor him [email protected]. Onlyhalf-kidding, he visiting toget es classmates London intouchwith of thebig fiveHeencourag one UK banks. 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JPMChaseagreedtosettlecivilcharges ers wereunabletorepaysub-primemortgage securities, whosevaluecollapsedashomeown subsidiaries misledinvestorsinmortgage-backed office uncoveredevidencethatthebankandits JPM Chase.Attheriskofoversimplifying,Ben’s pond:the in fish biggest the also was there But and foreclosurescamartists. ony mortgagefraud,typicallybrokers his officehaschargedabout300peoplewithfel ecuting mortgagefraud“ahugepriority.”Sofar, gage industrieswerecommon.”Benmadepros fraudulent practicesintherealestateandmort housing bubblewashugehereinthe2000s,and says, “TheBen since the2008financialcrisis. people with thatsortofidealism and dedication.” over 20years, anditisinvigorating tobearound forJustice of Department the in working been are tryingaboveallto dotherightthing.Ihave eral prosecutorsare “thoughtful attorneys,who Contrary tothestereotype, Bensays,mostfed of over-zealous,headline-grabbing prosecutors.” government attorneys,especially“thestereotype Ben thinkstherearemanymisconceptions about left alastingimpressiononthewholefamily.” andcountry, vibrant a in experience wonderful a ism, moneylaunderingandcybercrimes.“It was prosecutors setupataskforcetohandleterror a legaladviserinJakarta,helpingIndonesian asserved Ben 2005-06, From prosecution.” a of thebestadventuresI’vehaddoesn’tinvolve For allofhishigh-profilecases,Bensays,“One Democratic officials. from Sen.DianneFeinsteinandotherprominent campaign treasurerwhoallegedlystolemillions a watchdogofpoliticalcorruption,prosecuting north ofLakeTahoein2007.Benhasalsobeen stemming fromafirethatdestroyed65,000acres erra Pacific,California’slargesttimbercompany, wildfire case:a$122.5millionsettlementwithSi es, includingthenation’slargestsettlementina Ben hashandledplentyofothersignificantcas Wagner... ------• 7 • ------made a beeline for Colorado, where made a beeline for Colorado, After graduating from Dartmouth, Brooklyn nativeAfter graduating from Dartmouth, Peter Heller an adven he ran rivers in a kayak and became other magazines.ture journalist for Outside and Later, he turned to fiction and published a best- in 2012, andselling debut novel, “The Dog Stars,” just last month. a second novel, “The Painter,” in The New YorkPeter was recently profiled (Hello? NYT?)Times for having a dirty house. built a home us Well, not exactly. Apparently, he ing an ancient building technique that compress es dirt into square blocks, which are then stacked thick walls enabled to create walls. The 18-inch Peter to build off the grid, using only an old wood stove for warmth. Electricity is provided by so lar panels that charge a bank of batteries. Pe ter’s home, which he now uses as a retreat, was praised for its beauty and harmonious integration into the landscape. Sounds like a perfect loca tion for a mini reunion… - just sayin’. and in developing countries. After Dartmouth, she countries. After Dartmouth, and in developing and Wilson School of Public attended the Woodrow International Affairs. She lived and worked in several to the States, first inAfrican nations before returning area with herD.C. and then settling in the Cleveland daughters. husband, Joe DeStefano, and two embraced our vision,” said Steve, who celebrated with supporters at a restaurant in Pasadena. “This was an incredible primary,” Steve said. “Anne Arundel County has never seen a primary with this amount of energy.” Steve will face Democrat George F. Johnson IV, a for mer county sheriff, in the general election. ------, pictured front and center, was front and center, , pictured Classmate Updates Classmate Jill Rizika declared victory in the hard-fought Re , who was chosen as the new Chairman issues of poverty and opportunity issues of poverty and opportunity in the United States Jill has more than 25 years of experience working onJill has more than 25 years of experience maintain self-sufficiency through employment. It has through employment. It maintain self-sufficiency served more 120,000 than low-income and disadvan taged adults in Greater Cleveland. Jill is Executive Director of Towards EmploymentJill is Executive (towardsemployment.org) a non-profit organization and individuals to achieve dedicated to empowering members of the community. members of the White House Reentry and Employment Champions Employment Reentry and White House created to highlight individu of Change, a program things to empower and inspireals doing extraordinary On June 30th, On June who are leaders as one of 16 exceptional honored percent to 46 percent margin of victory over Neuman. “I’m just so gratified the citizens of the county have With nearly all precincts reporting, Steve held a 54 publican primary for County Executive of Delaware’s Anne Arundel County against incumbent Laura Neu man. leading e-commerce solution for publishers. Steve Schuh pirical Media; a member of New York Angels (double angel status!); and a mentor at several NYC-area incu bators. Jason is on the advisory board for 72Lux, the businesses. He is founder and CEO of On Grid Ven tures, an advisory and investment firm in digital media, marketing, and information; a Managing Director at Em Besides being an experienced angel, Jason is an expe rienced media CEO and builder of digital and traditional second largest angel group in NY, having made over 60second largest angel group in NY, having in 21 companies. investments of more than $3.5 million riety, but the new leader of a group of Harvard B-Schoolriety, but the new leader of a group alumni who invest in early-stage private companies on they have built thean individual basis. Since founding, New York. Have no fear, Jason is alive and well. Appar New York. 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