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fall 2013 News and notes for alumni and friends yale school of forestry & environmental studies

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As always, I write to you with a strong sense of how fortunate we all are to be part of the remarkable F&ES community. Along with all of you, I take great pride in the accomplishments of our students and alumni. I am also humbled and deeply encour- aged by your support of our mission. We have a clear responsibility to the future: to develop new cohorts of environmental scholars and professionals with the vision and skills needed to meet the environmental challenges and opportunities of the future. This is a mission that demands much of each and every one of us. Your con- tributions of time, talent and funding, as well as job and internship opportunities, empower us to fulfill our mission and bring the best out in all of our students.

We have had an exciting start to the academic year with the inauguration of Yale’s new leader, President Peter Salovey. We welcomed six new teaching faculty for the fall semester, as well as the Dorothy S. McCluskey Visiting Fellow Gary Knight, who will be researching, writing, guest lecturing and working with student interest groups while he’s here. Yale Environment 360 now reaches millions of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking readers through its translated versions, produced in partner- ship with the Spain-based online education network Universia. And we have had the privilege of a truly remarkable line-up of speakers, often several a week, from a wide range of sectors and fields to add an additional layer of vitality to the intel- lectual and practical experiences of our students and faculty.

As I prepare for my second five-year term as Carl W. Knobloch Jr. Dean of F&ES, I look ahead with optimism, anticipating the arrival of our newly appointed fac- ulty members — Assistant Professor of Sociology Justin Farrell, Assistant Professor of Tropical Forest Management Liza Comita, and Musser Director of the Tropical Resources Institute Simon Queenborough; the continued upgrades to our facilities in Greeley Laboratory, Marsh Hall and Yale-Myers Forest Camp; and the rich contri- butions of the many F&ES alumni and friends of the School who come back to campus to share their expertise and career experiences with our current students.

Thank you for all you do and the many, many ways in which you remain an important part of this School and its success.

With warm best wishes,

Dean Peter Crane

Canopy is published twice a year by the F&ES O≤ce of Development and Alumni Services. Canopy is designed to inform the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies community of alumni, friends and supporters about the School’s activities, goals and achievements, and to celebrate the community at large.

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What’s in a name? Yes, after several iterations and a general overhaul, we have a keeper! Thanks to all of you who offered your thoughts and suggestions, your alumni magazine has a name that can overspread both the ongoing seasons of the School’s highlights and benchmarks, and the decades to come of your stories and news. It’s with pleasure and gratitude that we acknowledge the winners of the “What’s in a name?” contest: Rebecca Bormann M.F.S. ’78, Theodore Diers M.E.M. ’93, Therese Feng M.F.S. ’84, Ph.D. ’98, Jocelyn Mahone M.F. ’13 and Jean Tam M.F.S. ’80. contents

4 Leadership Council 18 Honor Roll 6 Annual Report 25 Class Notes 8 2013 Commencement 52 In Memoriam 14 Class of 2015 56 Class of 2012 – Career Update 16 Alumni Association Board 58 F&ES Resources canopy Tim Northrop M.E.M. ’04, Director Designer: ChenDesign Deborah DeFord, Assistant Director Photographers: Kristin Floyd, Assistant Director Kike Calvo, Sarah Gordon, F&ES students Katherine Wood, O≤cer Brian Gillis, Coordinator Danielle Lehle M.E.M. ’15 Emily Blakeslee, Sr. Administrative Assistant Front cover: 3 yale school of forestry & environmental studies leadership council 2013 yale going green – april 24–25

Dean Peter Crane delivering ‘State of the School’ comments

Our Leadership Council meeting this year was extraordinary in some exciting and special ways; it also evoked some poignant moments as we paused and reflected on major lead- ership change at Yale, and the loss of three of our members. We remembered Dorothy McCluskey M.F.S. ’73, Angela Cropper and George Weyerhaeuser, Jr., B.A. ’76 for their service and accomplishments.

President Levin’s retirement in June largely framed our meeting theme — YALE GOING GREEN — and included a special tribute to Rick at a formal lunch on Wednesday with champagne toasts! The spring 2013 Dorothy McCluskey Visiting Fellow in Conservation, ecologist and primatologist Amy Vedder, delivered our keynote address. Amy has had a distinguished career with Wildlife Conservation Society but is perhaps best known for her seminal work with the Mountain Gorilla Project in Rwanda. She recounted her groundbreaking gorilla research, while casting a critical eye to wildlife conservation Top: Don McCluskey Ph.D. ’41 helping to plant a ginkgo tree in e≠orts in Africa and Asia. memory of his wife, Dorothy McCluskey M.F.S. ’73; Middle: We were privileged to welcome new Provost Benjamin Polak and to hear of his knowl- Yale Provost Benjamin Polak; edge of F&ES and his very favorable opinion of the School. During dinner, Eugénie Bottom: Leadership Co-Chairs Pam Kohlberg B.A. ’75, M.F.S. ’77, and Gentry received a “Yale Bowl,” carved from a downed maple tree, from Leadership Council Tom McHenry B.A. ’77, M.F.S. ’80 co-chairs Pam Kohlberg B.A. ’75, M.F.S. ’77, and Tom McHenry B.A. ’77, M.F.S. ’80, as a token

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Dean Peter Crane, Former Dean Gus Speth B.A. ’64, LL.B. ’69, Yale President Rick Levin Ph.D. ’74, Pam Kohlberg B.A. ’75, M.F.S. ’77, Edward Bass B.S. ’67, Tom McHenry B.A. ’77, M.F.S. ’80 of appreciation for her loyal service to F&ES for over 10 years. Dean Crane offered a short ‘State of the School’ report before the evening concluded.

On Thursday, Pam and Tom delivered their annual Leadership Council report with enthusi- asm, followed by two dynamic and thought-provoking panels: the first — including Gus Speth! — reflecting on how Yale became an institutional leader in sustainability over the past decade, and the second, comprised of five F&ES alumnae, identifying what sustain- ability challenges and opportunities lay ahead for Yale’s next president and leaders.

President Levin joined us before the noon hour for a special presentation, including a three-minute video produced by the Leadership Council to honor Rick and his green leg- acy, and an awards ceremony. Ed Bass B.S. ’67 spoke eloquently about Rick’s green legacy and presented him with a framed sustainability timeline that illustratively captured the story of Yale going green over the past two decades. After lunch, about 30 Leadership Top: Ted Armbrecht B.A. ’54 (left), Council members, plus Dean Crane and Gus Speth, gathered with Don McCluskey Ph.D. Sherry Huber (middle) and Calvert Armbrecht (right); Middle: Jill ’41 for a tree planting in memory of late Leadership Council member Dorothy McCluskey Savery M.E.M. ’06 (foreground) M.F.S. ’73, an alumna of the School and a major benefactor. The ginkgo tree that was with “Dear Mr. President …” panelists; Bottom: Tom McHenry planted in her honor just outside Kroon Hall will remind us of Dorothy’s accomplished B.A. ’77, M.F.S. ’80, and Eugénie life for years to come. Gentry, former Director of F&ES Development and Alumni Services

5 yale school of forestry & environmental studies annual report Overall Fundraising

undraising achievement in FY 13 slightly out- Fpaced the previous year, bringing in a total of $6.59 million. While we were pleased to surpass our Annual Fund goal by more than 13%, bringing in $282,053 in support, participation declined from 29.2% to 28.5%.

Notable gifts included the establishment of an endowed internship fund, an endowed Land Conser- vation Fund to bring land conservation practitioners to campus, an endowed fund to develop courses for the environmental studies major and several new scholarship gifts that kicked o≠ the School’s two-year push to increase financial aid. Thanks to the generous support of the School’s alumni and friends, F&ES con- tinues to be at the forefront of educating and training the next generation of environmental leaders.

Fundraising Achievement 2012–2013 Annual Fund: $282,053 (4%)

$282,053 (4%) Capital/Endowment: $1,945,836 (30%) $1,233,171 (19%) Corporate & Foundation: $3,133,414 (47%)

Program/Scholarship: $1,233,171 (19%)

$1,945,836 (30%)

$3,133,414 (47%)

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Annual Fund class participation rate A BIG THANK YOU to all alumni who contributed to the Annual Fund in FY 2012-2013. Each year, F&ES alumni support 50% or Greater 40–49% 30–39% 20–29% 10–19% current students, nearly 80% of whom are on financial aid, by providing unrestricted scholarships through the Annual Fund. 1940 1950 1952 1949 1948 Thanks, too, to our new volunteers who will serve as Class 1951 1958 1953 1959 1957 Agents: Ginamarie Lopez M.F. '11, Liliana Dávila Stern M.E.M. '13, 1954 1962 1956 1965 1971 Jose Medina Mora De Leon M.E.M. '13, Angel Hsu Ph.D. '13, 1955 1970 1960 1966 1998 Kendall Barbery M.E.Sc. '14, Thomas Hayes M.E.M. '14, M.B.A. '14, 1961 1973 1963 1969 2000 Mio Kitayama M.E.Sc. '14 and Je≠rey Yost M.E.M. '14. 1967 1975 1964 1988 2003 This year, 1,055 individuals made gifts to the Annual Fund to 1977 1976 1968 1989 2004 reach $282,053, which includes three gifts of $10,000 1978 1979 1972 1990 2005 or more and a generous bequest from a deceased alumnus. 2013 1980 1974 1991 2007 The average gift made by of alumni last year was 99% 1985 1981 1992 2008 . Nine classes of alumni across eight decades achieved $207 1982 1993 2009 participation rates of or greater. 50% 1983 1995 2010 The Annual Fund is a critical component of F&ES’s budget and 1984 1996 2011 complements the dollars we receive in the form of endowed 1986 1997 scholarships, which are often restricted for specific purposes. 1987 1999 Based on a 5% endowment payout, the gifts that our alumni 1994 2001 made to the Annual Fund last year have the same buying 2002 power as approximately $5.6 million in endowment. 2006 Please show your confidence in F&ES’s students and mission by 2012 renewing your support or by giving for the first time this year!

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During the last decade, F&ES made tremendous strides in raising new scholarship funds, increasing the amount of financial aid to students to more than $4 million annually. Even so, in recognition that more needed to be done, Dean Peter Crane, in partnership with the F&ES Leadership Council, led by co-chairs Pamela Kohlberg M.F.S. ’77 and Thomas McHenry M.F.S. ’80, initiated a two-year scholarship campaign to raise an additional $5 million in new scholarship support for master’s students. In its first year, the campaign successfully raised more than $3 million toward our goal through a combination of new current use and endowed scholarship funds. Thank you to all of our alumni and friends who contributed to these new scholarships. With your continued support, we hope to exceed our $5 million goal next year and use these funds to recruit and support top students from around the world to come to F&ES.

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2013 commencement

“WHAT’S WITH ALL THE HATS?” perhaps even a future politician or cleric or two, all living and learning side-by-side — working to create positive by Nicholas Goldstein M.E.M. ’13 change in the world. Together, we develop projects from scratch and see them through to stunningly successful conclusions. We rely on and learn from each other’s varied expertise. We share the processes, theories and tools of our individual disciplines and help each other identify and mitigate the shortcom-

Friends, family, faculty and sta≠, thank you for being here ings in each. We build collaborative solutions to complex to celebrate and share in this achievement with us today. I environmental problems that any of us alone would find know I speak on behalf of all the graduates when I say we’re elusive to conquer. keenly aware we would not be here today if not for the tire- Our hats reflect this dynamic. They embody our ingenuity, less support of our parents, grandparents, siblings, partners, resourcefulness and courage to stand by our convictions children, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and pets. So thank where others would readily concede. For 113 years these you for sending us snacks during final exams and for put- traits have helped F&ES graduates accomplish amazing ting up with us when we called to cry or complain in the things in their lives and careers. And the spirit of F&ES is midst of yet another stress-induced emotional breakdown. particularly strong in this group. That’s right, the green fire We can be a real handful. is burning bright in this tent today!

To our teachers, both those here at Yale and all those who In our years at F&ES this group has demonstrated the came before and helped us get this far, we are eternally determination to reform long-standing establishments grateful for the time and energy you committed not only and to build e≠ective new ones from whole cloth. We have to helping us learn, but to helping us learn to love learn- shown the tenacity to take on entrenched interests and ing. Thank you for believing in us and for caring about the resilience to remain upbeat in the face of daunting eco- our success. nomic conditions. We have displayed the humility to under-

To my classmates, as I look out at all of you in your caps stand that we don’t have all the answers, and the compas- and gowns and greenery, I can’t help but to think what sion to reach out to those who might need our help. my grandmother would say if she were here today: Our task now is to continue to exercise these characteris- “What’s with all the hats? I can’t see your beautiful faces!” tics through the obstacles and opportunities to come. If we But I already know your faces, so to me your hats reflect do, this group has what it takes to become one of the most something even more remarkable. storied and successful classes in F&ES history. This, despite

Collectively, the ornamentation of our hats symbolizes our what some might consider anecdotal evidence to the con- diverse interests as well as our shared principles. In any trary. Yea, you know what I’m talking about — that nasty given year, the student body at F&ES contains anthropolo- rumor swirling around about how we earned the lowest gists, agriculturalists, architects, artists, attorneys, biologists, grades and consumed the most school-subsidized beer of businessmen, ecologists, economists, educators, engineers, any class in over 30 years. Personally, I refuse to believe it — financiers, foresters, geographers, geologists, hydrologists, well, the part about the grades at least. statisticians, planners, public health professionals and Thank you, and CONGRATULATIONS to the Class of 2013!

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“LET US BUILD SOMETHING ELSE” to a human aspiration as lofty as justice and liberty. And I know this cohort will strive. by Devin Judge-Lord M.E.Sc. ’13 We are all seeking a niche that maximizes our growth, yield, impact. When I asked my fellow students what they wanted to hear from their class speaker they said, a call to action. This says it all. I don’t have any better call to action than what each of you has in your heart, but to borrow a metaphor that Henry David Thoreau used in advocating

I am honored to speak at this celebration. Among all of against the juggernauts of slavery and war: Let our bodies, the graduate schools at Yale, no one can deny that we are our careers, our publications not be cogs in the machinery exceptional at celebrating. My fellow students may recall of the juggernaut that stripped this land of its forests, the Forestry Club’s recent self-deprecating exposé of the tamed the world's rivers and has now destabilized the “hedonistic forester” in its natural habitat, feeding on pizza global climate. and beer. But this, of course, is not the true nature of our This juggernaut cares neither about stability, integrity nor celebration. We rejoice in one another, in talking about stand beauty. Let us build something else. dynamics, in life-cycle analysis and in collectively believing If no one will hire us to do what we know must be done, that humanity will get its act together on climate change. we will start our own nonprofit or lab, or perhaps even a We celebrate our shared passions, our shared discovery that school. Some of us will be returning to our own backyards the natural world o≠ers a wellspring of inspiration and prin- from New York to Nepal, Alaska to Argentina, California to ciples to live by, to learn from and with which to improve China, Idaho to India. Others go o≠ to intellectual centers. the lives of others. The casual observer may find graduate Others to marginalized communities whose voices have yet students having a suspicious amount of fun, but the percep- to be heard. Wherever we go, whether in muddy boots or tive observer sees that we are filled with joy because we are business suits, we have a new tool belt and new comrades. doing something monumentally joyous together, and it gives Gi≠ord Pinchot, the founder of this school and rabble- us a rare fortitude and solidarity. rousing founder of the Forest Service, came from great The world out there is skeptical and dismissive. We will privilege. He used his privilege, respect and connections meet people who share our passions and our questions, but to relentlessly pursue what he called the “greatest good half the time they will turn out to be fellow F&ES alumni, for the greatest number, in the long run.” We here today and most people will tell us that we ask the impossible. For are bestowed with great privilege, world-changing power. humility, and for inspiration in these times, we can of course And we take joy in this responsibility. turn to Aldo Leopold. You are now experts, doctors, masters. Your passion is He said: “We shall never achieve harmony with the land palpable. The impact of F&ES on New Haven and anymore than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for Connecticut is visible. The impact of F&ES in D.C. is leg- people. In these higher aspirations the important thing is endary. Our impact globally continues to grow. So let the not to achieve, but to strive.” celebrating go on. Thank God you all will continue to be ‘We shall never achieve sustainability’? These are humbling Foresters with me. What an awesome group of thoughtful, words. Yet Leopold reminds us that we are answering a call committed people. Thank you.

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from the class of 2013 —Awards of Gratitude— Graduation day appropriately puts the spotlight on our students, as they celebrate the culmination of painstaking e≠ort, research, field- work and new knowledge. In keeping with the highly collaborative and supportive spirit that characterizes the F&ES community — including everyone who crosses the threshold of our shared space — these same students celebrated the people who have worked with and for them to make their experience at F&ES an exceptional one. This year, the students voted to present six awards to faculty and sta≠:

“Most Invested in Students Award” Mark Ashton M.F. ’85, Ph.D. ’90, Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silvi- culture and Forest Ecology; Director of School Forests “Most Adapted to Climate Change Award” The facilities sta≠: Israel Cordero, Joseph DeLuca and Jan Taschner, for their heroic e≠orts to keep all systems up and running during and after Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Nemo “Above and Beyond Award” Joanne DeBernardo, Assistant Dean, Student Services “Walk the Talk Award” Gordon Geballe, Associate Dean of Alumni and External A≠airs, Lecturer in Urban Ecology “Think Like a Mountain Award” Bradford Gentry, Professor in the Practice; Co-Director of the Center for Business & the Environment at Yale; Director of the Research Program on Private Investment and the Environment “Greatest Believe-in-You Award” Peter Otis, outgoing Director of Career Development and current ‘linker of students, alumni and employers’

Top: Associate Dean Gordon Geballe; Middle: Professor in the Practice Brad Gentry; Bottom left: Peter Otis; Bottom right: Assistant Dean Joanne DeBernardo

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master of environmental management Ellen Arnstein George Monsour Haddad III Taís Saraiva de Melo Pinheiro Adedana Mitiku Ashebir Bradford Prescott Harrison Katherine Rose Romans Sandra Smith Aylesworth Bonnie Frye Hemphill Lucía Ruiz Bustos Erica Bergen Barth Rafael Hernandez Charissa Rujanavech Mitchell Bauer Bunyod Usmanovich Holmatov Philip Michael Santiago Onon Bayasgalan Vijeta Jangra Rocio Sanz Cortes Lindsay Sarah Buchanan Lindsey Knowles Larson Dustin S. Schinn Alana Callagy Nara Lee Rebecca A. Schultz Christopher Thomas Colvin Andrew Lerer Jason Daniel Schwartz Liliana Dávila Stern Omar Ali Malik Courtney Grae Hanks Seltzer Ellie Davis Vrinda Manglik Sumana Serchan Rebecca Zara de Sa Aparna Mani Teodora Stoyanova Kristen Leigh Demeter Karlynn Louise Christine McIlwain Ran Tao Frances Allyson Douglas Jose Medina Mora De Leon Mona Wang Hilary Oliva Faxon Kristin Ann Merony Zhuohao Wang Andrew James Gaidus Natalie Nava Stefanie Leah Woodward Ankur Garg María Elisa Ortiz Kathryn Elizabeth Wright Benjamin Aaron Goldfarb Anne O'Sullivan Je≠rey M. Yost Ariana Isabel Gonzalez Tom Owens Xiang Zhang Lauren Elizabeth Graham Pablo Guillermo Peña Alegría Brendan Daniel Guy Karen Beth Petersen

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2013 commencement

master of master of forest science Master of Environmental Science/ environmental science Ke Yang Master of Business Administration Judith Maria Ament Jason Arlen Clark Anna Ching Kendall Barbery master of forestry Master of Forestry/Master of Jorge Guillermo Barbosa Garzón Monte Kawahara Business Administration Cara Mae Cirignano Patrick William Hook Victoria Maclaren Lockhart Tshewang Dorji Jonathan Loevner Jocelyn Mahone Catherine Elizabeth Doyle-Capitman Spenser Todd Shadle Luke Joseph McKay Julia Recatta Fogerite Mikailah Laylin McKee Geo≠rey Seth Jarett Giller Master of Environmental Erin Lynn Raboin Management/Juris Doctor Henry Bernard Glick Jonathan Arthur Sullivan Hayley Jade Fink Jessica Gordon Stephanie Lee Safdi Molly Anderson Greene yale joint degree Rui He graduates Master of Environmental Naomi C. Heindel Master of Environmental Management/Master of Management/Master of Arts Public Health Daniel Thomas Hoshizaki David R. Krause Laura Anne Johnson –International Development & Economics Peter Baum Devin Judge-Lord Master of Environmental Tristan Richard Starr Kessler Master of Environmental Science/Master of Public Health Vanessa Towers Lamers Ambika Khadka Management/Master of Mio Kitayama Business Administration pace law school Jessica Lynn Aldridge Maxime Robert Lambert joint degree graduates Sarah Renee Barbo Xu Liu Lara Burmeister Master of Environmental Dexter Henry Locke Management/Juris Doctor Anthony George Clark Beren S. Argetsinger Matthew Alan Long Patricia Grace Devlin Corinne Marie Bell Adina Matiso≠ Thomas Patrick Hayes Jaclyn Calcagno Alexandra Kathryn Neinast Pooja Jain Nicholas Ryan Goldstein Samantha Ashley Ostrowski Andrew Kraczkiewicz Xiangying Shi vermont law school Justin Matthew Lindenmayer Christopher Shughrue joint degree graduates Rachel H. Mak Wen Wang Rafael E. Torres Master of Environmental Lisa Christina Weber Management/Juris Doctor Sarah Marie Jennifer Welch Angela Pettit Whitney Mathew Douglas Dagan Angela Yi Wu

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doctors of philosophy Jennifer Elnora Baka Biofuels and Marginal Lands: An Interdisciplinary Examination of Jatropha Biodiesel Promotion in Tamil Nadu, India Advisor: Professor Robert Bailis

Seth Binder Integrated Modeling and Spatial Optimization of Ecosystem Services Advisor: Professor Robert Mendelsohn

Kimberly Marie Carlson E≠ects of Oil Palm Plantation Development on Land Cover, Carbon Flux, and Streams in Indonesian Borneo Advisors: Professors Lisa Curran and Karen Seto

Dylan James Craven Dynamics of Tropical Secondary Forests in Central Panama: Linking Functional Trails with Ecological Performance During Succession Advisors: Professors Graeme Berlyn, Mark Ashton and Dennis Stevenson

Keita Ebisu Evaluating E≠ects of Environmental Exposures on Health Outcomes of Children Advisor: Professor Michelle Bell

Shaila Seshia Galvin joint ph.d. degree with yale anthropology department State of Nature: Agriculture, Development and the Making of Organic Uttarakhand Advisors: Professors Michael Dove and K. Sivaramakrishnan

Angel Hsu Advancing Data-Driven Environmental Decision-Making and Governance in China Major Advisor: Professor Daniel Esty Li Jiang Urban Land Expansion and the Change of Agricultural Land in China Major Advisor: Professor Karen Seto

Joo Young Park Erin Marie Walsh Wastes as Resources: The Case of Coal Combustion Resource Risk and Opportunities for Enhancing Resilience By-products in the United States and Sustainability in Urban Systems Advisor: Professor Marian Chertow Advisor: Professor Thomas Graedel

Jonathan Lars Richardson Xin Zhang The Evolutionary Ecology of Pond-breeding Amphibians: Improving Regional-scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories in From Local Populations to Regional Landscapes an Agricultural-dominated Landscape Using a Multi-scale Approach Advisor: Professor David Skelly Advisor: Professor Xuhui Lee

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class of 2015

Our first-year class of 150 diverse students hails from 20 di≠erent countries and five continents, and on aver- age arrives with a greater amount of professional experience than classes past. With MODs orientation well behind them, class members have coalesced into interest groups ranging from forestry to fire ecology, environmental justice to energy, climate change to ag- riculture, food and the environment. Most of them have 10 hours a week committed to student assistantships, contributing talent and energy to classrooms, labs and o≤ces throughout F&ES and occasionally more broadly throughout Yale University. In the meantime, of course, they pursue challenging course work that for at least 10 percent of them will include joint studies with business, architecture or law.

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Dave is Professor of Sustainable Forestry, Chair of the Environmental Studies Department and College Forest Director at Warren-Wilson College in Asheville. He is also a member of the Board of Direc- tors of The Cradle of Forestry in America. He feels privileged to have the oppor- tunity to teach silviculture and forest management in an area as culturally rich David S. Ellum and biologically diverse as the Southern M.F. ’01, Ph.D. ’07 Appalachians. He enjoys live acoustic 2013–2014 Asheville, N.C. music, managing photosynthesis, sala- manders, botanical rambles and messing f&es alumni around with his three kids. association Cassie is the Co-Founder and Chief Part- nerships O≤cer of ioby (in our backyards), board a web-based platform that builds stron- ger, more sustainable neighborhoods. She co-founded ioby with two fellow F&ESers This September, we were pleased to welcome our to help anyone with a good idea — such new class of five F&ES Alumni Board members. as creating community gardens, bike This signaled farewells, too, as five Board mem- lanes and solar installations — make it bers end their terms of service and move on to happen. She has been a Climate Change Cassie Flynn Policy Specialist at the United Nations new commitments and engagement within and M.E.M. ’07 Development Programme since gradua- outside of F&ES. Our heartfelt thanks for many Brooklyn, N.Y. tion. She also volunteers with the F&ES years of significant involvement with the School, Annual Fund and returns regularly to students and faculty, and alumni-at-large go to: lecture and speak with students. Alexander Brash M.F.S. ’85, former Board president and recently appointed director of Connecticut Zahid is an Advisor on Humanitarian As- Audubon Society; Javier Dominguez M.F. ’94, part sistance issues portfolio with the Cana- of the burgeoning NYC F&ES regional alumni dian International Development Agency group; Bob Perschel M.F.S. ’79, who in 2012 was (CIDA) based in Kabul. He has held named the Executive Director of the New Eng- previous positions with UNDP, UNEP and land Forestry Foundation; Diane Renshaw M.F.S. Afghan EPA. At Afghan EPA, he served as ‘75, who participated this summer in the first of the director of International Environmen- its kind AYA-F&ES educational travel excursion to tal A≠airs, where his work focused on the implementation of Multilateral Envi- Bhutan; and Al Sample M.F. ’80, M.B.A. ’88, D.For. Zahid Hamdard ronmental Agreements (MEAs) such as M.E.M. ’10 ’89, former Board president. the Montreal Protocol, Basel Convention, Meet our new F&ES Alumni Association Board Kabul, Afghanistan Ramsar Convention and the Convention members, installed at the October 3, 2013, Annual on Migratory Species (CMS). He helped foster regional transboundary environ- Meeting of the Board in New Haven. Their first mental cooperation in Afghanistan. Zahid term ends in 2016, with the option to serve an is an active member of Kabul Rotary Club additional term of three years. and has served as the club president.

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Carlos has been charting paths to Over the past year, among many other contributions, sustainability for over 20 years, first in the F&ES Alumni Association Board (current and past education and ecology, and now in clean members) raised $25,000 and with funds provided by energy project development and finance. Dean Peter Crane, endowed a Scholarship Fund that He is Co-Founder and CEO of Foresight Renewable Solutions, a leading developer will provide two $2,500 awards annually to master’s of renewable energy and integrated ener- students who have completed a minimum of two gy storage projects. He has tilted at wind, semesters at F&ES. The scholarship honors Ruth Allen solar, natural gas, LNG and compressed M.F.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’77, a longtime Board member and former Carlos V. Pineda air energy storage technologies, having M.E.M./M.B.A. ’00 Board president, who tragically passed away in 2012. completed over 900MW of operational San Francisco, Calif. projects from platforms across the power The Board selects scholarship recipients who exemplify and clean tech industries – including the following characteristics and experiences: General Compression, Orion Energy and • Demonstrated leadership at F&ES The AES Corporation. Carlos thrives on • Engagement with the School community, the complexity and rewards of work including fellow students and alumni across the Americas and in particular Latin America. He advises clients on large • A record of volunteer service, prior to and at F&ES renewable energy project developments • Good academic standing or acquisitions. Previously an associate at • Demonstrated financial need The World Bank and later at BNP Paribas’ • Extra consideration for a demonstrated interest in Project Finance Group, Carlos origi- the intersection of environment and health issues nally trained as a neo-tropically-inclined conservation biologist and served as a This year, the scholarships went to Esther Rojas-Garcia bilingual high school biology teacher in M.E.Sc. ’14 and Anandi van Diepen-Hedayat M.E.Sc. ’14. Oakland, Calif., with Teach for America. Both students were recognized for their leadership and exemplary record of volunteer service, especially to the

Jane is an independent consultant in F&ES, Yale and New Haven communities. In total, 29 community greening and zoning projects F&ES students applied for this new scholarship, demon- and interpretive science writing. She has strating the strong volunteer spirit that is alive at F&ES. worked on projects for OASIS New York, The F&ES Alumni Association Board has ambitious NYC Parks and Recreation, The Ameri- can Museum of Natural History, and plans for the coming year, focusing on building alumni- Audubon. Jane serves on the Boards of student interactions and networks, promoting alumni the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, regional and shared interest groups, raising awareness Bronx Council on Environmental Quality, of scholarship needs, working closely with aya to build Jane E. S. Sokolow Bronx Community Board 8 Environ- M.F.S. ’80 stronger service ties across graduate and professional ment and Sanitation Committee, and sectors, and partnering with the F&ES Career Develop- Bronx, N.Y. is a member of the 2013 New York State ment team to enhance mentoring and career building Department of Environmental Conserva- tion Region II Open Space Advisory Com- initiatives. The activities of the Board depend on the vol- mittee. She earned a B.A. from Colorado unteered time, talents and enthusiasm of our dynamic College and a M.Ed. from Lesley College Board members. Graduate School. She lives in Riverdale, N.Y., with her husband. http://environment.yale.edu/alumni/board-directory/

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We are pleased to honor alumni and friends of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies who made gifts to the School between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013. We also wish to recognize the corporations, foundations and organizations that have provided their generous support to the School. f&es annual fund gifts John W. Ker Patrick J. B. Du≠y Robert C. Peters Othniel C. Marsh Associates Donald S. Page Philip B. Noyce James A. Rollins $5,000 donation and above in Lewis C. Peters Kirk P. Rodgers Karl W. Spalt fiscal year 2012–2013. Jack A. Rose R. Scott Wallinger class of 1952 Malcolm John Zwolinski Sand County Society Robert S. Bond class of 1957 $1,000–$4,999 ($500–$999 Eugene M. Carpenter Gertrude E. Huntington class of 1962 for last five graduating classes) John R. Skeele George W. Wendel Roger P. Belanger in fiscal year 2012–2013. William I. Stein Soonthorn Bhothigun class of 1958 Le Viet Du class of 1907 class of 1953 Rolf W. Benseler Gordon M. Heisler David T. Mason* Eric L. Ellwood Evar L. Knudtson C. McDavid Hughes Perry R. Hagenstein* Ernest A. Kurmes C.H. Anthony Little class of 1940 John F. Miller William G. Rogers II Charles N. Lowrie III Richard C. Rose Earl W. Raymond Friedrich Schilling Jr. Gyula Pech Oakleigh Thorne II George R. Stephens Jr. Lawrence O. Sa≠ord class of 1948 John P. Vimmerstedt Roland K. Tiedemann Harold J. Belcher* class of 1954 Robert C. Van Aken Otis F. Hall James H. Brown class of 1959 Carel L.H. Van Vredenburch George M. Hindmarsh Gordon Hall III Richard H. Arps John C. Zasada The Stephen Pryce Family Donald J. Miller Hans T. Bergey John Simeone* Jack R. Mulholland Donald S. Girton class of 1963 Roy D. Whitney Julian R. Beckwith III class of 1949 Robert L. Youngs class of 1960 Philip O. Frazer Robert I. Solow Gregory Neil Brown Joseph W. Gorrell Herbert I. Winer class of 1955 Thomas J. Byrne Yan Bohumil Linhart Warren T. Doolittle Peter Robert Hannah R. Douglas S. Macdonald class of 1950 Benjamin W. Fenton Jr. Lee Herrington Robert N. Mowbray John O. Batson David R. Houston Peter M. Huberth Guy E. Sabin Kenneth L. Carvell George R. Lamb Jon P. Liles William Hulse Smith William F. Cowen Jr. Daniel P. Loucks Robert D. McReynolds Joseph R. Womble Theodore Natti Wee Yuey Pong Kennard G. Nelson John C. Watt Robert G. Steinho≠ David H. Scanlon III class of 1964 class of 1951 Lawrence B. Sunderland Allan Richard Applegate Lester E. Bradford Kenneth G. Weston class of 1961 Frank G. Bock Jr. John L. Christie Donald K. Whittemore William W. Alcorn Gerald R. Conley Robert O. Curtis Paul M. Haack Stephen J. Hanover Robert W. Eisenmenger class of 1956 L. Keville Larson Douglas A. MacKinnon Gerald D. Fitzgerald David E. Baker Normand Methot Kenneth J. Mitchell Walter P. Gould Douglas M. Crutchfield Lee N. Miller Bradford W. Monahon

donor spotlight: The Stephen Pryce Family The Pryce family has made a donation to the Yale F&ES Annual Fund in honor of Stephen D. Pryce M.F. ’48 (1918-2013). The entire extended family will miss him greatly, but he was fortunate to lead a long and successful life always being appreciative, proud and respectful of the education he received at Yale University. After serving in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, Steve attended Yale and graduated in 1948 with a master’s degree in wood technology. After graduation he went to work for Baker Furniture Company in Holland, Mich., with John Widdicomb, Risom Manufacturing and others following. Over the next 40-plus years he devoted his life to perfecting and delivering the most exquisitely designed and manufactured furniture in the world. Upon his retirement he donated his skills to other countries, enabling job creation, local economic improvement and entry into the competitive global market for otherwise less advanced nations. So much good came from his education and we, the Pryce family, are most grateful.

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H. Phillip Sasnett class of 1969 Helen Kim William G. Constable G. Wade Staniar Henry Warren Art Jung-Ja S. Lee Charles H. Dauchy Jr. John G. Worrall Earle D. Bessey III Francis P. Maroney Nancy F. Ehorn Ah Chun Chu Jerry M. Melillo Andrew W. Ezell class of 1965 Diana Starr Cooper David P. Miller Leah K. Hair Hollis W. Barber Jr. Harry L. Haney Jr. Philip E. Nemir Leonard A. Lankford Jr. John E. Blouch David T. Harvey Priscilla P. Newbury Elizabeth H. Mikols Michael S. Greenwood Gregory Alan Sharp William K. Newbury Norman A. Noyes Alan W. Haney Richard Porterfield Katharine M. Preston Robert Philip Kreitler class of 1970 Thomas G. Robinson Judith M. Stockdale Roger W. Merritt Whitney A. Beals Matthew S. Rosen Gordon G. Whitney Richard C. Schlesinger Donn E. Critchell Oscar G. Traczewitz II Bradford W. Wyche Guy L. Steucek Douglas M. H. Ferng John C. Welker Joseph L. Horowitz Stephen R. Wells class of 1975 class of 1966 Mack H. Jenkins Timothy E. Wood Stark Ackerman Edward A. Arens William A. Lansing Jennifer Slade Belovsky S. Gene Day Steven C. Maurice class of 1973 Richard A. Brown William G. Horn Jr. Wan Hin Ooi John D. Aber Larry E. Burd James K. Lyle William H. Parker Lauren E. Brown Alyn Robinson Caulk Robert E. Schweitzer Patricia Freund Riggs John C. Cannon Leslie N. Corey Jr. William J. Shirley Thomas L. Smith Robert H. Cashel Phillip C. Dibner John F. Tinker Roy W. Deitchman Anne S. Fege class of 1967 Thomas J. Dunn Jr. Diddahally R. Govindaraju Reginald B. Elwell Jr. class of 1971 Deborah Brooks Hill Evan S. Griswold Gordon A. Enk Joseph L. Deschenes Samuel G. Hopkins Audrey E. Ho≠er Peter W. Ludwig Katharine B. Grantham Milos Krnajski-Jovic Suzanne M. Kilner A. Bradford Wyman Coleman Holt Dorothy S. McCluskey* Patrick T. Lee Donald R. Korbobo Roy Mendelssohn Stephen M. Levy class of 1968 Harold T. Nygren Dennis R. Perham Hallie R. Metzger Richard R. Buech S. Tahir Qadri A. Mark Rasmussen Christopher W. Murdoch Lawrence K. Forcier Douglas G. Sprugel Mary K. Reynolds Diane L. Renshaw Andrew L. Johnson Ronald V. Wilson Ruth M. Shane Jacqueline S. Russell Raymond J. Kordish Edward L. Spencer Douglas F. Ryan Peter L. Marks class of 1972 Kathryn Snider Stockwell Stephen Shotland Claude H. O’Gwynn George F. Ames Mark E. Triebwasser George B. Weir Hardy L. Pearce Rosalind H. Batchelor Arthur B. Weissman Donald G. Schall John M. Brink class of 1974 H. Calvin Cook Catherine E. Badgley class of 1976 Gary W. Drobnack Spencer B. Beebe Randolph B. Austin Robert A. Hart Frances Beinecke Thomas Barounis

donor spotlight: Perry R. Hagenstein M.F. ’53 Known for his intelligence, humor and proclivity to bring people together, Perry Hagenstein embodied the consummate F&ES alumnus, employing his passions for conservation, natural resources and forestry to serve his community. After earning forestry degrees from the University of Minnesota, F&ES and the University of Michigan, he embarked upon a distinguished career in natural resource policy and economics, including positions with the U.S. Forest Service, the Public Land Law Review Commission, the New England Natural Resources Center and the Institute for Forest Analysis, Planning and Policy. Over the years he devoted time and energy to numerous committees and boards, including the National Research Council/Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the American Forestry Association. Perry was also an active advocate for his Wayland, Mass., community, particularly in the areas of land protection and stewardship, serving on the Conservation Commission and the Open Space Committee and earning the town’s Ken Moon Conservation Award. His community service included a deep commitment to the Wayland Public Library and the First Parish Unitarian Church. Perry’s enduring commitment to the environment extended to the F&ES community, as well, which includes his son, Randall Hagenstein M.F.S. ’84 and daughter-in-law, Evie Witten M.F.S. ’95. Well aware of the value of his F&ES education, Perry was a dedicated supporter of the Annual Fund, making consistent gifts to the Fund throughout his lifetime and encouraging his classmates’ support of the Fund through his role as class agent, which he dutifully fulfilled from 1991 to a year before his death in 2009. Last winter, F&ES received a generous bequest from Perry’s estate to the Annual Fund. We are tremendously grateful for his incredible investment in the young environmental leaders who follow in his footsteps.

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Philip W. Conkling Dora Yuen-Kie Lee Ann H. Clarke class of 1984 Susan D. Cooley Emly M. McDiarmid Louise Richardson Davis Anonymous (1) Byron Luke Felde Michael D. Rees Martha Davis James R. Anderson Bruce A. Fernald Regina M. Rochefort Thomas Gaman Alan C. Carey Joel S. Flagler Kenneth L. Rosenbaum Betsy Jewett Thomas O. Crist Alexandra C. Goelet Thomas A. Rumpf Susan Fitch Kelsey Barbara B. Dowd Kathleen M. Ligare Ralph C. Schmidt Matthew Kelty Rosemary N. Furfey John E. Lundquist Andrew M. Schwarz Elizabeth D. Mullin Randall H. Hagenstein Thomas M. Marino Loring La Barbera Schwarz Gail K. Reynolds Rose H. Harvey Kathleen McNamara Louise P. Sclafani James R. Runyan Leah V. Haygood John P. McTague Laura E. Tessier Keith D. Tait Kris M. Horiuchi M. Anne Peters C. Dana Tomlin Carol E. Youell Mark John Kern Colin S. Peterson David Wentworth Cara Lee Alan F. Poole class of 1982 Peter B. Maxson Virginia M. Reilly class of 1979 Susan Becker-Jacob A. Sharon Hamby O’Connor Eric E. See Charlotte F. Belser Michael Bell Bruce A. Phillips Orville M. Tice Christopher N. Brown Peter A. Cardellichio Timothy R. Williams William E. Timko John A. Carey Paula Daukas Steven M. Winnett Louise M. Tritton Dorothy K. Faulkner Jonathan P. Davis Neil Hendrickson Michael P. Dowling class of 1985 class of 1977 Patricia S. Leavenworth Deborah Reichert Finley Peter Mark Ashton Keith B. Aubry James R. Lyons Leonard George Brent Bailey Edward A. Brotak Robert B. McKinstry Jr. Jacqueline K. Hewett Dorene A. Bolze Leon E. Bucher Martha E. Okie Thomas R. Jacob Richard L. Boyce Javade Chaudhri Robert T. Perschel Phillip C. Lende Jr. Alexander R. Brash Jonathan Falk Charles M. Peters Jr. Keio Maeda Ian R. Cameron William T. Glidden Jr. Marcia J. K. Peters Ada Ndeso-Atanga Robert E. Clausi Victor L. Gonzalez Hope Pillsbury Kenneth D. Osborn James S. Coleman Kirk R. Hall Elizabeth L. Rich Ross M. Povenmire John Nesbitt Conyngham Steven P. Hamburg Margaret N. Schneider Daniel F. Reynolds Mark Damian Duda William A. Hanson Penelope C. Sharp Robert Turnage Edward H. Elliman Timothy C. Hawley Martha A. Tableman Hazel F. Tuttle James J. Espy Jr. Tom D. Hayes Vijay K. Verma Thomas James Walicki Lynne Wommack Espy Charles E. Hewett Deane Wang Nathaniel B. Whitcombe Deborah Fleischer Peter S. Homann James B. Friday Tracy Ralph Kay class of 1980 class of 1983 Kathleen S. Friday James F. N. MacKie Anonymous (1) Mary A. Arthur David A. Gagnon Andrew O. Melnykovych Natasha Atkins Susan M. Babcock Tara Gallagher Howard S. Neufeld Susan M. Braatz Louis J. Bacchiocchi Mark Jay Judelson Joanne R. Polayes Starling W. Childs II Stephen D. Blackmer Lawrence H. King Robert C. Rooke Jr. Robert D. Comer Elizabeth A. Blair J. Stephen Lowe Joann P. Roskoski Virginia F. Kearney Stephen P. Broker Lesley A. Morgan-Thompson Lawrence M. Schaefer David Kittredge Jr. Guillermo Castilleja Jonathan W. Nute Richard E. Wetzler Thomas McHenry Josephine M. Corcoran Cameron H. Sanders Jr. George C. Wheelwright Thomas D. Mordecai Daniel W. Fort Anne Sergeant Roger E. Wilde Charles Nilon David Gewirtz David B. Steckel W. Kent Olson Peter T. Hazlewood Whitney C. Tilt class of 1978 Curtis G. Rand Richard M. Huber Jr. Mark J. Twery Carol A. Aubry Ruben Canales Rangel Victoria Dompka Markham Henry L. Whittemore Ellen K. Baum Linda Kasper Reed John A. Parrotta Stephen Young Edward O. Becker Frances M. Rundlett Jennifer Cross Peterson Rebecca E. Bormann V. Alaric Sample Madeline F. Pope class of 1986 William C. Davis Laura K. Snook David E. Reeves Kenneth J. Andrasko Jr. Johannes H. Drielsma Jane E. S. Sokolow Gregg D. Renkes Peter P. Blanchard III Peter John Falco Keith D. Stewart James W. Rue Sarah L. Brichford Robert S. Gipe Steven H. Strauss Lindsey E. Rustad Eric E. Carlson Douglas M. Haefele Jean Tam Denise Schlener Elliott L. Gimble Rosine W. Hall Carol Zimmerman Jim Daniel Serfis Daniel M. Hellerstein John R. Ho≠nagle Elizabeth W. Swain Nan L. Jenks-Jay Edward A. Hogan class of 1981 Olaf Unsoeld Nels C. Johnson Patricia H. Korotky Alan W. Belcher Frederick J. Weyerhaeuser Bruce H. Leighty Thomas A. Kuekes James M. Ca≠rey Brenda R. Lind Bruce C. Larson Amy L. Catterton-Janovsky Betsy Ann McGean

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Robert M. Moore Thomas Edward Kelsch John M. Norwood Ciara M. O’Connell Richard P. Reading Jonathan Martin Labaree Sarah Marie Risser Suzanne Marie Pelletier Sarah Clark Stuart Jennifer Lamb Sara L. St. Antoine Carlos Noe Plazola Robert E. Unsworth Mary T. Miller Kristin Shea Jonathan L. Scheuer Catherine Bealle Statland Eleanor J. Sterling Harry Joseph Scott class of 1987 Anita Van Breda Stuart W. Staley Karl A. Beard class of 1991 Margaret D. Williams Kristen Margaret Steck Christie Anna Coon Susan D. Brodie Timothy J. Wohlgenant Eve Witten Julie Dunlap Margo L. Burnham Anthony G. Hainault Jane Coppock class of 1994 class of 1996 Pamela Manice Gillian T. Davies Brooke J. Barrett Thomas T. Ballantine Elizabeth Hyde Moore Diane W. Duva Jane L. Calvin Benjamin H. Becker Annette S. Naegel James H. E. Fosburgh Eliza J. Cleveland Joseph H. Burckle Michael A. O'Connell Helmut Gieben Marlene B. Cole Paulette S. Frank Melissa Paly Jennifer Greenfeld Elizabeth H. Conover Derek E. Halberg John Patrick Phelan Susan B. Hodgson Javier L. Dominguez Christopher T. Hanson James H. Pissot Annette Huddle Amity A. Doolittle Jared J. Hardner Kathleen M. Rorison Joan B. Kelsch Anne Paddock Downey Philip B. Hu≠man Joshua L. Royte Douglas J. Lober Mary Jensen Eddy Namrita Kapur Steven Taswell Betsy W. Lyman Charles T. Enders Stephen P. Keim Eric L. Van Horne Anne S. Marsh Stephanie R. Flack Cami L. Kloster Catherine C. Garnett Jonathan G. Wingerath Sarah J. Pick Adrian Leighton Cynthia W. Henshaw Peter T. Schuyler Christopher C. Lotspeich class of 1988 Kalyan Sivaramakrishnan Harriet B. Honigfeld William W. Martin Jennifer H. Allen Jennie Wood Sheldon A. Felton Jenkins III Edmond D. McCarthy Robin Gale Cash Erik Kulleseid Rachel Husted O’Malley Martin Christ class of 1992 Elizabeth Hayes McGraw Thomas A. Poczkalski Jr. Peter Michael Connorton Nicholas T. Bennett Michael D. Mo≠at Duncan M. Schmitt Randall H. Downer Anne E. Black W. Keith Moser Kathleen M. Shomaker Pieter W. Fosburgh Jr. Donald Thomas Chen Sean Murphy Brent L. Sohngen Anthony C. W. Irving Charles H. Collins David Mendl Nemerson Maria Von Der Pahlen Brian Roy Lockhart Katherine K. Farhadian Thomas Warren Ostrom Heidi Margrit McAllister Peyton C. Gri≤n Jennifer O'Hara Palmiotto Edward M. Walsh Cristin Gallup Rich Lawrence D. Jacobs Donald K. Redmond Antoinette V. Wannebo Carlos Rodriguez-Franco Robin L. Maille Colleen C. Reid Pamela A. Weiant Judy Lynn Stone Kirsten Struve Nakai William A. Root IV Ward T. Wickwire Holly Page Welles Peter A. Palmiotto Nicholas A. Shufro Rhonda K. Williams Joan Bresnan Popowics Melissa M. Spear Luise A. Woelflein class of 1989 Susan L. Pultz Donna R. Stau≠er class of 1997 Je≠rey R. Bopp Pamela Lichtman Reading William E. Stevenson Anonymous (1) Helen Brykarz Karl R. Dalla Rosa Eileen Cates Stone Elizabeth Pardee Carlson Mary Rowen Graham L. Trelstad Nancy Osterweis Alderman David Max Finkel James N. Sheldon Diana K. Wheeler Shauna Alexander Kate Elizabeth Heaton Leigh Winters Shemitz Jane M. Whitehill Thomas Anthony Baginski Cyril John May Townsend S. Swayze Jessica Bennett Wilkinson Jonathan Solomon Barron Julia P. McMahon Staunton Williams Jr. Theodore G. Wong H. Casey Cordes Javier Mauricio Perez Ellen G. Denny Laurie Reynolds Rardin class of 1993 class of 1995 Alex Jay Finkral Allen Joseph Reilly Jr. Mary Christine Angelo Ellen Tarrant Aikenhead David L Galt Mary Katherine Rourke Heidi Asbjornsen Richard L. Blaylock Kelly Jean Keefe Dave Trynz Tobias Brad H. Auer James A. Bryan Jonathan Kohl James Chesnut Williams Elana E. Cohen Karalyn L. Replogle Colopy Sally Tinker Milliken John Stewart Wright Susan Helms Daley Lisa O. Fernandez Astrid Ute Palmieri Charles H. Darmstadt Marie J. Gunning Shalini K. Ramanathan class of 1990 Joshua G. Foster Cassandra J. Hopkins Carter Patterson Smith Ramon Quintin Alfonso Katharine Elsom Frohardt Johann Heinrich Jessen Darius S. Szewczak Joan P. Anderson Molly G. Goodyear James Paul Jiler Mary L. Tyrrell Mary Ann K. Boyer Dawn Greene Kerry Kaneda Meyer Helene H. Wade Melissa M. Grigione Daniel H. Hudnut Lindsey Brace Martinez Alden M. Whittaker Judy G. Olson Hicks Margaret C. Holliday Kelly Sarah A. McDaniel Erik M. Wohlgemuth Leslie J. Hudson Sara Loomis Adam Robert Moore Peter Lawrence Yolles Peter Taber Jenkins Dexter C. Mead Tetsuro Mori Kristie N. Kapp Lois L. Morrison John W. Nagel

21 yale school of forestry & environmental studies honor roll class of 1998 Gregory Frazier Socha Nathaniel Webster Carroll Jennifer Frankel-Reed Je≠rey Neal Adams Janet C. Sturgeon Richard Jose Chavez Ross Paul Geredien Nadine E. Block Harry Edward White Heather Sy Coady Jose Gonzalo Griebenow Peter Alan Cook Alice J. Wolfe Nancy Ann Cothran Jesse Muir Grossman Claire M. Corcoran Sunanda Kishore Cruz Rachel Bara Gruzen Tormod Dale class of 2001 Melanie Ann Cutler Daniel H. Jones Christopher M. Elwell Elizabeth F. Baker Stephen Paul Dettman Danielle Brant Wirth Larson Timothy Clarke Fritzinger Michael Anthony Benjamin Jason John Drebitko Hatsy Harriet Moore Megan R. Hammond Cordalie Benoit Olivia C. Glenn Krista A. Mostoller John Kuriawa Eric G. N. Biber Brian S. Goldberg Shuichi Ozawa Fan Li Leigh Jackson Cash Oliver J. Grantham Ti≠any McCormick Potter Dirk Ludwig John Edward Daly Peter Christopher Land Sarah Patricia Price Elliot E. Mainzer Herrick Sanford Fox Kelly E. Levin Catherine Ann Schloegel Keely B. Maxwell Jennifer Wyman Grimm Samantha Gayle Rothman Benjamin Aaron Shepherd Kristin Morico Peter John Hill Glen Eric Van Zandt Robert Mason Smith Militsa J. Plavsic Jesse D. Johnson Andrew Scott Winston Deborah Chaplin Spalding Evan L. Preisser Christian F. Kemos Kristen E. Welsh Manrique Rojas Araya Pia Marili Kohler class of 2004 George T. Silva Laura Lynne Letson Keith Roland Bisson class of 2007 Nathan J. Smallwood Lech Lee Naumovich Elizabeth Bradford Borden Anonymous (1) Joseph L. Taggart David W. Newcomer V Hahn-Ning Chou Terry Tyrone Baker Brian C. Watson Colin Casey O'Brien Heather Kaplan Coleman Gordon Clement Clark Valerie F. O’Donnell Lisa Gomes-Casseres Brandi Adele Colander class of 1999 Michel Woodard Ohly Kristen Holopainen Kimball Amanda Moss Cowan Kirsten Prettyman Adams Jonathan E. Padwe Erin Foster Largay Emily Dawn Enderle Jennifer R. Baxter Georgia Silvera Seamans Katherine Alice Lin Beth Jamie Feingold Lena Brook Sasha Silver Amanda M. Maha≠ey Todd Michael Gartner Nicole Smith Chevalier Anna Birgitta Viggh Jennifer Lynne Molnar David Richmond Gri≤th Drue Lemuel DeBerry III Ray Ken Wan Timothy H. Northrop James Arthur Howland Christopher B. Espy Bruce Eugene Westerman Shona Barton Quinn Tracy Monique Magellan Andrea Cristofani Geurts Christopher Cabell Riely Sarah Beth Percy M. Anders Halverson class of 2002 Brynn Morrison Taylor Laura Beth Robertson Rachel C. Hampton Cesar Alcacer Santos Ethan Hamill Winter Mackenzie S. Schoonmaker Jennifer R. Heintz Sherry Marin Altman Heather Eileen Wright Sara E. Smiley Smith Andre Thierstein Heinz Nikki Aronhalt Jinlong Wang class of 2005 Robert Jason Klee Elizabeth Joy Ban Tenley E. Wurglitz Sarah Elizabeth Bendit Heidi Elizabeth Kretser Sofie Nottoli Beckham Johanna Avery Zetterberg Patrick Richard Burtis Noah Paul Matson Catherine Cecilia Bottrill Lisa Elaine DeBock Jonathan D. Meade Yenyen Felicia Chan class of 2008 Curt T. DellaValle Kathleen E. Miller Kimberly Day Danley Georgia Basso Brett Jacob Galimidi Allyson Brownlee Muth Kelly Moran Droege Jessica Erin Boehland Brett Dana Golden Norris Zachary Muth Matthew W. R. Eddy Rayna Hake Caldwell Jocelyn Eileen Hittle Brian P. O’Malley Roberto J. Frau Natalie Claire Ceperley Andrea Eleanor Johnson William C. Price Derik R. Frederiksen Michael Allan Davies Cho Yi Kwan Rajini Ramakrishnan Molly Kate Giese Troy Derek Hill Virginia Rheutan Lacy Jennifer M. Garrison Ross John Francis Homan IV Scott Robert Laeser Emily Chapin Levin Eli Samuel Sagor John Bradley Hunter Daniel J. Leistra-Jones Joseph Allan MacDougald Benjamin Jacob Silberfarb Elizabeth Robertson Levy Naoko Maruyama Sarah Kay Matheson Suganthi Simon Jennifer Morgan Linn Jennifer Ann McIvor Azalea Artemiza Mitch Laurel J. Stegina John Pullman Longstreth Kyle Kitson Meister Tetsuya Motoshige Sarah L. Tallarico Alfred Joseph May Jr. John Whitney Nixon III Theodora E. A. Lopez Quiros Charles H. Thompson Laura Phyllis Meadors Jennie Cross Nolon Alvaro Redondo Brenes Douglas C. Morton Sara Bushey Ohrel class of 2000 Christopher David Nelson Terry Michelle Unger class of 2006 Joyce K. Berry Ramsay Michel Ravenel Jason Adam Weiner Jessica Miriam Albietz Caroline Garrity Kuebler Colleen M. Ryan Yong W. Zhao Patricia R. Bachmann Katherin Marie McArthur Jill Ferguson Trynosky Xiaohong Zhou Kyle Jones Baker Ashley Prout McAvey Madeleine Renee Weil Mohamad Abdullatif Chakaki Heather Joy McGray Joshua Samuel Za≠os class of 2009 Ying Flora Chi Aurelia J. Micko Anonymous (1) Konstantine A. Drakonakis Sarah J. Morath class of 2003 Neda Arabshahi Susan Jean Ely Anne Todd Osborn Weslynne S. Ashton Panah Bhalla Wendy Francesconi Dylan T. Simonds Charles Andrew Brunton Katharine Elizabeth Boicourt

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Casey Crockett Brown Simon De Stercke Vijeta Jangra Sarah Dannecker Jaime D. Carlson Christopher Lee Dutton Monte Kawahara Deborah H. DeFord Sarah Marie Charlop-Powers Erik Fyfe Tristan R. S. Kessler Christopher A. di Bonaventura Tianming Chen Erin Burns Gill Mio Kitayama Martha Dillon Michael Jeremy Coren Ilan Gutherz Andrew Kraczkiewicz Vivian Donnelley Haley E. Gilbert Shane Michael Hetzler David R. Krause Greg Durocher Max Holtzman Joel Brian Edward Kau≠man Vanessa T. Lamers Christopher J. Elliman Andre Mershon Rachel Anne Kramer Lindsey Larson Thomas K. Emmons Claudia Alejandra Sameer Kwatra Justin Matthew Lindenmayer Frederick V. Ernst Octaviano Villasana Raul Eduardo Lamas Bregante Dexter H. Locke Lee H. Farnham Tristan James Peter-Contesse Alexandra Tabitha Lieberman Victoria M. Lockhart Howell L. Ferguson Caroline Elisabeth Raisler Jing Ma Jonathan P. Loevner Jaimie Field Simon Lev Tudiver Kendra Adelaide Mack Matthew A. Long Kristin Lomell Floyd Jack Alexander Yeh Brian David Marrs Rachel H. Mak Andrew J. Friedland Meredith Pearl Martin Vrinda K. Manglik John G. Fritzinger Jr. class of 2010 Julia Serody Meisel Aparna Mani Mark Gardner Anonymous (4) Joseph Michelangelo Adina Matiso≠ Gordon T. Geballe Abigail Lee Adams Margo Christen Mosher Luke J. McKay Murray Gell-Mann Jennifer A. Baldwin Munjed M. Murad Jose Medina Mora De Leon Ursula Goodenough Gillian S. Bloomfield Jonathan S. Peterson María E. Ortiz James Goodkind Changxin Fang Mark Picton Anne O'Sullivan Thomas E. Graedel Eric Daniel Fournier Paul Dixon Thomson Thomas J. Owens John Grim Katie Marie Hawkes Christopher Grant Tolley Pablo G. Pena Manuel R. Guerra C. Walker Holmes Tara Varghese Katherine R. Romans Michael A. Haas Lucy Kishemele Magembe Yushuang Wang Lucia Ruiz Bustos Mary L. Heist Jason Paul Nerenberg Sarah Amy Wyatt Charissa Rujanavech Pauline E. Henson Thomas John Paul Rebecca A. Schultz Nancy Hirshberg Huijia Phua class of 2013 Sumana Serchan Dylan H. Hixon Fauna Samuel Anonymous (11) Spenser Todd Shadle John D. Ho≠man Jr. J. Michael Sesko Jessica Lynn Aldridge Christopher Shughrue Sherry Huber Shannon Noelle Siart Judith Ament Teodora Stoyanova Jacqueline Collins Hullar Matthew Charles Thurston Beren S. Argetsinger Rafael E. Torres John P. Hullar Kristin Carroll Tracz Ellen Arnstein Lisa C. Weber Carolyn Johns Meredith Sauvalle Trainor Adedana M. Ashebir Kathryn E. Wright M. Albin Jubitz Jr. Kyle Wayne Williams Kendall L. Barbery Je≠rey M. Yost Stephen D. Kahn Rae Jackson Wynn-Grant Sarah R. Barbo Christopher Kaneb Peter C. Baum current students Randall M. Katz class of 2011 Lara Burmeister Julia R. Golomb Raymond Kennedy Margaret Wilde Arbuthnot Leah E. Butler John B. Kirby Jr. Eliza Frances Cava Jaclyn A. Calcagno friends Carl W. Knobloch Jr. Esther Sekyoung Choi Alana Callagy Anonymous (6) William C. Kunkler III Erin D. Clark Cara M. Cirignano Leland and Martha Adams Ayako O. Kurihara James Robert Collins Anthony Clark Myles H. Alderman Henry Kwan Elyzabeth Adrienne Earnley Christopher Colvin Justine L. Appel Liza Laguno≠ Elizabeth B. Friedlander Liliana Dávila Stern Albert F. Appleton Joanne V. Landau David Dickinson Henry III Mathew D. Dagan Edward C. Armbrecht Jr. Joyce E. Laudise Matthew Robert Jokajtys Kristen L. Demeter Richard Balaka Richard H. Lawrence Jr. Ginamarie Jane Lopez Tshewang Dorji Frank E. Ball F. Thomas Ledig Danielle Suzanne Miley Frances Allyson Douglas Steven Bankston Gerhard Leipold Grady Whitman O’Shaughnessy Hilary Oliva Faxon Edmund Bartlett III Charlton M. Lewis Shelby Leigh Semmes Benjamin Fryer Elizabeth G. Beinecke* Malia and David Litman Elizabeth Dickson Turnbull Geo≠rey S. J. Giller Forrest C. Berkley Silas Little III Henry Glick Alan Betts Henry Lord class of 2012 Benjamin A. Goldfarb Ann M. Bitetti David Paul Lose≠ and Anonymous (2) Ariana I. Gonzalez Jabe Blumenthal Dr. Deborah McCauley Iro B. S. Altraide Lauren E. Graham Mark Boardman John McCall MacBain Alex Logan Barrett Brendan D. Guy Linda B. Bowden Whitney and Betty MacMillan Daniel Adam Berkman Bradford P. Harrison William B. Bowden Mrs. Alan N. Mann* Matthew Herbert Thomas P. Hayes Thomas Brewer Robin Mann Emerson Browning Naomi C. Heindel Larry G. Chang Barbara J. Maynard Randy Joseph Caruso Jr. Bonnie F. Hemphill Peter B. Cooper Jonathan E. McBride Matthew Decker Rafael Hernandez Cynthia W. Cross Robert Means Anuj Manubhai Desai Bunyod Holmatov Theresa Dabney Arthur N. Milliken

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Mary and Garrett Moran Claire Stilwell Grantham Foundation for The Overlook International Daniel Mullen Edward L. Strohbehn Jr. the Protection of Foundation Albert P. Neilson Nelson S. Talbott the Environment Perkins & Will Christine Wolfe Nichols Leigh Ann Talmage-Perez Grundfos Pfizer Inc. Caroline P. Niemczyk Stirling Tomkins Jr. International Institute for Pratt & Whitney Robert Nixon Hiroko Uraki Environment and V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation Marne Obernauer Jr. Eric Vermeiren Development Renault Yemi Odutola Susan N. Wagner International Tropical Pacifico Reverse Logistics Group Susan O'Malley Gene Watson International Zinc Association Americas Inc. Stanton C. Otis Jr. James Welch International Bank for Rolls-Royce PLC Alfred Padula Marianne Welch Reconstruction and The Andrew Sabin Family Frederick W. Pape Jr. Howard P. Welt Development Foundation John Peck Mason Willrich International Stainless Schmidt Family Foundation Vicente S. Perez Katherine Wood Steel Forum Shell Global Solutions Sarah Pope Jane Woodward International Union for International B.V. Gabriel Quadri the Conservation of Skoll Global Threats Fund Kenneth M. Raisler corporations, foundations Nature (IUCN) Stora Enso Oyj Edward R. Ranney and organizations International Union of Surdna Foundation Inc. Diana Mendley Rauner Airbus SAS Forest Research Edna Bailey Sussman William K. Reilly The Aluminum Association Island Press Foundation Norbert Riedy American Forest Foundation The Kimberly Clark The National Religious Dennis J. Riordan Arcadia Fund Foundation Inc. Partnership for the Rosemary L. Ripley Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Korean Society for Environment Marshall S. Ruben Foundation Inc. Industrial Ecology The Serengeti Trading Andrew E. Sabin Blue Hill Leshkowitz & Co. The Kresge Foundation Company, L.P. Carl Safina BP Liquifix Inc. Tresidder Limited Kim Samuel Bracelpa The John D. & Catherine The UN Foundation Stanley Scharf CGIAR T. MacArthur Foundation United Technologies David T. Schi≠ Climate and Land Use Alliance The McCall MacBain Corporation Robert J. Schloss ClimateWorks Foundation Foundation UPM - Kymmene Oyj Laura N. Schneider Community Foundation for Materion Corporation The Wilburforce Foundation Stephen H. Scolnik Greater New Haven MeadWestvaco Corporation Volkswagen AG Martin L. Senzel Deutsche Gesellschaft Mondi Services UK Limited Women Organizing for Change Kate Shapiro fur Internationale Gordon and Betty Moore in Agriculture & Natural B. Shivery Disney Worldwide Services Inc. Foundation Resource Management Henrietta M. Simeone* Doris Duke Charitable National Audubon Society Inc. World Business Council Ross D. Siragusa Jr. Foundation National Geographic Society Wyss Foundation Scott Sklar Ellen MacArthur Foundation Nestle Waters North America Yale Club of New Haven Nicholas D. Snow Fibria Celulose The Nickel Institute David A. Sobotka Forest Peoples Programme Norcross Wildlife J. Gustave Speth Jr. GE Foundation Foundation Inc. Susan K. Stamler GE Global Research Center NE State Foresters Association Anne E. Stanback Germeshausen Foundation Inc. The Overhills Foundation * Deceased Hannes Stephen Grainger Foundation

Although we have made every e≠ort to recognize everyone who has generously contributed in support of the students and programs at F&ES, we apologize if any name has been inadvertently omitted.

24 canopy JI fall 2013 class notes Please welcome Class of 2013 Class Secretaries: Judith Ament, Adedana Ashebir, Rebecca de Sa, Naazia Ebrahim, Laura Johnson, Vrinda Manglik and Victoria Lockhart. A hearty thanks to Brian Goldberg for his faithful service to the Class of 2003. Brian is stepping down to assume his role as president of the F&ES Alumni Association Board. Pete Land has stepped forward to serve in Brian’s place. We bid a sad and fond farewell to Class of 1948 Secretary, Francis Clifton, who passed away on July 7, 2013. He reached his class’s 65th reunion year in May. Please consider volunteering for your class if it is currently without a secretary—1952, 1961, 1964, 1966 and 1972. Simply send a message to [email protected] indicating your interest. Your help can make a di≠erence!

1951 they arrived on the last day before we 1962 left. Where else would two foresters on Class Secretary Class Secretary Peter Arnold a one-day reunion go but Muir Woods? Larry Sa≠ord [email protected] Going on to Portland, we were able to lsa≠[email protected] spend some time with Richard Hermann Lester Bradford writes: “I have good Robert Miller, Ph.D. ’67 writes: “Turning ’56 before he left to see his first great memories of Summer Camp (survey- 80 has been a real downer. I have given grandchild born that morning. I occa- ing) and of the exposure to southern my sailboat to my grandchildren’s sionally see Pete Loucks when he isn't o≠ forestry in Crosset, Ark., and other field education fund so I am no longer on the in some other country advising on water trips. Added to lifelong friendships. Great water except for swimming. My partially projects. Forestry activities on our wood- memories. I still enjoy hearing news from paralyzed Newfoundland (who was my land property have been at a standstill in fellow students of those days. Not that I swimming partner) died last spring, so these years of poor timber markets. My have much to report. I help maintain the we are a bit free to travel again: Eastern activities are more aligned now with the Pacific Northwest Trail and swing a ham- Europe (my destinations) and Australia School's 21st century focus than what we mer with Habitat for Humanity.” (my wife’s). Guess where we will be.” studied in the mid-20th. I am especially 1954 active on the Environmental Policy 1963 Class Secretary Committee of the Audubon Society of Class Secretary Richard Chase New Hampshire, dealing more with James Boyle [email protected] wildlife and energy than trees but from [email protected] Arthur Westing, Ph.D. ’59, writes: time to time advising our property man- Jim Boyle, Ph.D. ’67 writes: “I continued “It pleases me greatly to let you know ager on timber harvests. Heavy cutting to teach for a few years after I retired that Springer has now published the in patches to create successional wildlife in 2005 from the College of Forestry at second (and last) of two small books habitat is part of the program.” Oregon State University. I enjoyed 23 that include selected articles of mine, 1958 years there, teaching and researching representative of my environmentally Class Secretary forest soils and ecology, preceded by fac- relevant contributions in two somewhat Ernest Kurmes ulty positions at University of Michigan, related areas—military activities and [email protected] Ann Arbor, and University of Wisconsin, human security: Arthur H. Westing: Madison, and two Army years. Retire- Bill Rogers writes: “I will always remem- Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of ment has included international travel, ber and give thanks to Professor Worrell War and From Environmental to Compre- rafting trips, a bit of running, bicycling who prompted me to apply to Yale and hensive Security.” and cross-country skiing, and some writ- to the School for the expanded experi- ing and service on the editorial board of 1955 ence and training it a≠orded. I know that Forest Ecology and Management. With Class Secretary pro temp it contributed to my successful career retired Forest Service scientist Bob Larry Sunderland and life of good fortune. Just a tad of ap- Powers, I recently finished a paper, [email protected] preciation has been pinned into my will. ‘Forest Soils,’ for Elsevier's soon-to-be Larry Sunderland writes: “Dave Holmes The depth and seriousness of my experi- released online reference database in wrote that he and Patsy would be travel- ences are witnessed by the prolonged Earth Systems and Environmental ing by ship from Sydney to London via friendship and communication that I Sciences. Corvallis and Oregon are San Francisco and the Panama Canal in enjoy with classmates Rolf Benseler and good places to be. I'm still adjusting to March. My wife and I had already made George Rosentreter. I hope my enthusi- Patty's death in 1999; last week would plans to be in San Francisco briefly, and asm is shared by others!” have marked our 51st wedding anniver- please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

25 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes sary. I enjoy visiting my ‘kids,’ includ- have been compiling a summary of half managed to stay on in Sikkim and held ing three grandchildren, in Ann Arbor a century of our international projects several ministerial positions over the and Denver. I thrive on our sunny, dry for the Forest History Society of B.C. The years that had him introducing a citrus summers and endure the rainy winter initial lists are amazing, and a summary industry and a cut-flower industry for months that keep our Douglas-fir forests chapter will be out soon, followed by delivery to large cities in South Asia. He green and provide lots of Cascades snow individual stories of adventures/misad- was also instrumental in establishing a for skiing. I've occasionally visited with ventures all over this tired globe. There trekking industry focused on the marvel- Bob Latham who lives here.” are, of course, many who went to Yale, ous rhododendron forests and exquisite Bill Smith writes: “I enjoy retirement in and later I will attempt a cross refer- mountains of Sikkim. New Hampshire and am teaching envi- ence. Still not too late if any of you from 1970 British Columbia have stories to tell — ronmental and forest science at Granite Class Secretary send them to me at [email protected].” State College — the University System Whitney Beals of New Hampshire’s adult education Jun A.V. Revilla, Ph.D. ’78, writes: [email protected] opportunity for associate and bachelor’s “Late last year and early this year, I was William Parker, together with a couple of degrees at night and online. In the sum- asked to write two papers for the nlbi his former grad students from Lakehead mer, I volunteer two days a week at a (Non-Legally Binding Instruments) University, presented papers at the U.S. Forest Service ranger station in the project: ‘Framework for sustainable Canadian Forest Genetics Conference White Mountain National Forest — what forest management in the Philippines’ in July at Whistler, B.C. He continues to a blast!! My wife and I have an RV, which and ‘Comprehensive basic forestry policy use climate models and common garden we use to find spring in Georgia, South for the Philippines.’ Most of the time, studies to predict which seed sources Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. I I am just a retiree nowadays. I play are best to plant, considering multiple also serve on the Board of the Society tennis every morning when the weather predicted future climates. for the Protection of New Hampshire permits. My wife and I, our three children Jim Shaw, Ph.D. ’75, writes: “Last year I Forests, the largest and oldest land and their families who gave us four retired from Oklahoma State University trust in the State.” grandsons and four granddaughters, all after 38 years on the faculty. In March of live in Los Baños, Laguna, adjacent to the 1964 this year, Tracy and I traveled to Australia University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Frank Bock writes: “Dorothy and I cel- to visit Pamela Parker, Ph.D. ’77, who campus. Finally, I wish to greet my 1964 ebrated our 50th wedding anniversary is with the Australian Landscape Trust classmates: ‘advanced golden alumni this past June. Guests at our party (alt). We spent three weeks visiting anniversary’ in 2014.” included our goddaughter, Alison Steber three of the alt’s field stations and had John Worrall, Ph.D. ’69, is, 49 years later, Foster, daughter of the Rev. Gary Steber. a great time. In June we visited Donn mentoring (also tormenting) under- We see Gary occasionally; he is recover- Critchell at his home in Ancram, N.Y. graduate forestry students at University ing from some health problems. It was While in Vermont that same month, we of British Columbia. nice to receive an email recently from had lunch with Johannes Von Trapp ’69 our old friend, Steve Hanover. Dorothy 1968 at the Trapp Family Lodge. As of this writ- and I are enjoying our retirement in Class Secretary ing, we are visiting John Bissonette in Opelika, Ala., near Auburn University, Gerald Gagne Logan, Utah. It’s nice to be free from the where our son-in-law is a professor.” [email protected] constraints of the academic year.” Steve Hanover lives part time in Keshab Pradhan arrived at Yale as 1971 Nanning, Guangxi, prc, with his wife conservator of forests for the indepen- Class Secretary who is a retired Traditional Chinese dent Kingdom of Sikkim. The king and Harold Nygren Medicine doctor. The rest of the time his American queen, Hope Cook, briefly [email protected] they travel or reside in Cape Coral, visited Keshab while he was studying Rory Harrington writes: “Separate visits at Yale. In addition to being a forestry Fla. They recently visited the unesco to Finland and Sweden in the early leader in Sikkim, he is also an interna- World Heritage site of Halong Bay, summer visiting work on reanimat- tionally renowned expert on rhododen- Vietnam. This site features limestone ing wetlands were both profession- drons and orchids. He has led or orga- Karst Mountains that vary in size and ally and socially rewarding. Reciprocal nized numerous expeditions of discovery shapes as they project upward toward visits to see similar work here in County in his native Sikkim. By the mid-70s, India the sky from the bay waters. He writes: Waterford took place in September. annexed Sikkim to protect some of the “Classmates — please let me hear from The director and senior sta≠ from the lowest passes in the Himalayas between you. Are you with Linkedin?” Chinese Wetland Research Institute (part India and China, a region where there are George Nagle, Ph.D. ’70, writes: “A group of the Chinese Academy of Forestry) vis- long-standing border conflicts. Keshab of us foresters from British Columbia ited here in May, and this was followed

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in July by Beijing's directors of forestry, graduation, which was held in front of Calif., as the program lead for Forest rural a≠airs and wildlife parks, with a the Sphinx and the Pyramids. Even then, Service realty transactions. The posi- view to seeing and hearing about the there were ominous signs of a major tion provides oversight and guidance Integrated Constructed Wetland (icw) dust-up being organized by much of for purchases, land exchanges, sales and Initiative in the county and elsewhere in the citizenry against Morsi for the end encroachment resolutions in California the country. I am planning to participate of June. That happened, and it has been (with some peripheral involvement with at the 5th World Conference on Ecological chaos ever since.” issues in Hawaii and Micronesia). My Restoration in Madison, Wis., in October. wife, Lise, continues to work as a physi- Phil Nemir writes: “Still kicking and hap- cian’s assistant with Kaiser Medical Again the topic of my presentation will pily marking trees. Wheels holding up but Group. Our three children are employed be on icw. It's great to think that I will creaky. I love living in the eastside pine and working in Southern California.” get to visit the U.S. again. I have planned type. I’ve been able to secure some large another icw to treat the municipal sew- grants to assist with forest and meadow Katharine Preston writes: “We took an age and storm water from the Village restoration. I practice selection silvicul- almost-three-month trip, driving to of Clonea-Power in the north of the ture. I traveled a bit this year, Maui in Alaska and back, towing our little T@B county, hopefully underway in October. April with daughter, Nessa, and Australia camper. It was a long but fabulous The family are all well, the youngest with Lynda. Highlights were two snor- trip — across Canada on the way out, having successfully completed his Ph.D. keling boat trips. Great Barrier Reef was Canada and a part of the States on the (Environmental Engineering at Edinburgh phenomenal!” way back. Seals on icebergs calving o≠ of University, Scotland).” 1973 glaciers, grizzlies in Denali National Park, Tom Nygren writes: “I'm busy working salmon fishing o≠ of Valdez, and bison Class Secretary with small woodland owners on forest in the Grasslands of Saskatchewan were Roy Deitchman stewardship plans, as well as keeping up highlights. Unfortunately, we did not [email protected] with my own management responsibili- know enough to avoid the northwestern ties on our family forestland. I have been Milos Krnajski Jovic writes: “Five and a part of North Dakota on the way home, joined, at least on a part-time basis, by half years after my retirement in France where wild, unchecked pursuit of cheap, one of my sons — also a forester — help- my wife, Ellen, and I decided to move to contaminating energy has destroyed ing me with the consulting business. He Cincinnati, where we enjoy the presence landscapes and communities. We will plans to retire from his military career of family members and many friends. work hard to make up for the carbon next spring, so I'll gradually phase out of Cincinnati is a great city with many emissions of our trip.” cultural and educational opportunities, the business at that point. Wife, Pat, and I Judith Stockdale writes: “I left the not to mention the Reds and the Bengals. are at the stage where grandchildren are Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Great urban forests too.” graduating from high school and college, Foundation's executive directorship at so that is also an important part of our 1974 the end of 2012 after 18 years. I’m getting life and times.” Class Secretary used to a less structured life and happily Mary Standaert writes: “Joe and I live in R.A. Lautenschlager continuing as an independent director of the mountains of Montreat, N.C., hiking [email protected] the Nuveen Funds.” and leading botany walks. We celebrated R. A. Lautenschlager writes: “I plan on Paul Wilson sends greetings from our 44th anniversary in August and were retiring (and writing and playing even his 16-acre family forest outside of the first married couple to both attend more music) in June 2014. The family Clatskanie, Ore., where his current the Yale School of Forestry. We were is doing well, and I have seven cords enthusiasm is using part of his meadow wondering if there have been others.” of hardwood, which recently arrived in reserve to establish Garry Oak micro- [Editor’s note: Yes, indeed! Many!] my yard, to cut up and dry a bit before savannah and woodland. He and his 1972 winter. In addition, I continue to look for wife, Linda Farris, are working on their funding to support the Atlantic Canada certification as Master Woodland Gary Drobnack writes: “Our son-in-law Conservation Data Center (Atlantic Managers through the Extension Service. is, for the foreseeable future, working Canada’s only regional science center), so For those not in a state privileged to out of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. if you know of anyone in eastern Canada house the program, it is analogous to Our daughter and their children are supporting conservation science, please the more-prevalent Master Gardener now in the United States, as are all other let me know.” program, in which volunteers serve as embassy dependents and nonessential extensions to Extension. personnel. A larger exodus of expatriates Norman Noyes writes: “After spending involving corporate and other nations’ most of my 38 years with the Forest embassies has recently commenced. Service in Southern California, I accepted We were fortunate to be there early a promotion to work in the Pacific in June for our grandson’s high school Southwest Regional O≤ce in Vallejo, please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

27 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes 1975 crises in a local mental hospital. It’s a FDA (forever delay agency) gauntlet… part-time position, but very necessary so far successfully. My starter wife of Class Secretary Hallie Metzger for the kids. For the past two years, I almost 30 years, Vicki (Van Steenberg) worked with students who couldn’t be LaFarge, Ph.D. ’88, is now associate dean [email protected] in the regular Bridgeport school system, of faculty at Bentley University and is Terry Chester reports that he and his and they loved their minerals and nature enjoying full-time administrivia. Our son fiancée, Kym Sturdivant, just returned studies. Gardening in cardboard boxes, is four years out of college and working from a 10,000-mile road trip, crisscross- pet mosquito larvae...for those who have in Washington, D.C., and our daughter is ing the United States to visit clients of no space outdoors and aren’t allowed still in college — in other words, we are Adbiz.com and QAuditing.com, as well as pets, there’s always a way to work in newly-minted empty nesters.” to see family and friends. something to love.” Patricia Kolb Millet writes: “I’m spending Dominic Dottavio writes: “My wife of 34 half the year in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, years and I have the pleasure of living in 1977 running my shop, Nest, and enjoying the Stephenville, Texas, ‘The Cowboy Capital Class Secretary beach and fiddle music. Husband, Jack, of the World.’ I serve as the president James Guldin was here for the summer, as was daugh- of Tarleton State University, home for [email protected] ter, Emma, the schooner captain. Son, world class water research, mathematics Bob Arnold writes: “I'm traveling a bit Nathan, is working for the Forest Service education, data mining and agricultural more these days. I have my financial as a hydrologist in Nevada.” programs — and the largest (and best) planning practice on Mercer Island, near Al Sample, D.For. ’89, completed his rodeo team in the country.” Seattle. We also have a home in Victoria, three-year term on the AYA Board of Evan Griswold welcomed a third grand- B.C. I am also in the process of setting Governors and encourages other F&ES child with another due in November. up live, learn and work housing for the alums to consider this very rewarding He is working in real estate but shifting foster kids that age out of the foster care volunteer opportunity. Al directs the more time to the Lyme Land Trust in system. I have purchased three fixer- Pinchot Institute, which commemo- Lyme, Conn. As chair of the F&ES Annual upper homes in Detroit, Mich., and one rated its 50th anniversary this year at Fund and the Sand County Society, he in Birmingham, Ala. The ideal is to give Grey Towers National Historic Site. Grey reminds all of us to support the School these foster grads a safe place to live Towers was the home of the Yale Forestry at whatever level we can! while they learn some job skills and get a chance for a good start Camp, 1900–1925, and the venue for a Hallie Metzger writes: “In personal work, in life.” http://www.clubearth.org/ Class of 1980 reunion. Dean Crane par- I’m doing research for a book on geneal- 1979 ticipated in the anniversary events and ogy. I fulfilled a life-long dream, cast as spoke at a forum on “Forest Conservation Class Secretary an extra in the Lyric Opera of Chicago's in the Anthropocene.” ‘Die Meistersinger,’ — five hours not John Carey Laura Snook, D.For. ’93, leads a global counting time for makeup, wigs and [email protected] research program on the conserva- costume. I manage a family property Stuart Miller, Ph.D. writes: “This year tion of trees at Bioversity International, in northwest Connecticut and recently marks 30 years since establishing my headquartered in Rome, and coordinates became editor of the Timber Producers consulting business, Environmental a research program on the conserva- Association of Connecticut's newsletter.” Geochemistry International. We are tion and management of forest and based in Sydney, Australia, and provide Helen Waldorf also fulfilled a life-long tree resources carried out around the advice on mine-waste geochemistry to dream, traveling to Cuba with the world by scientists at Bioversity Center the mining industry around the world. Yale Alumni Chorus. For the last three for International Forestry Research and We specialize in acid-rock drainage, years, she has also consulted through World Agroforestry Center. In May, she which was the focus of my Ph.D. work University of Massachusetts, Lowell, gave a keynote address, ‘Sustaining at F&ES. My time at Yale, and in particu- on energy and environmental compli- the Trees to Sustain the Forest: The lar the support and direction provided ance for public facilities. In volunteer Importance of Forest Genetic Resources,’ by the late Professor Garth Voigt, is work, she helped publish a standard at an international Conference on the reason I can celebrate 30 years in guide through the American Society for Sustainable Forest Management in this business.” Testing and Materials for sustainable Central Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon. site cleanup. 1980 She’s managing research projects in 1976 Class Secretary Mozambique on miombo woodlands; Class Secretary Sara Schreiner-Kendall in the Congo Basin on harmonizing John Lundquist [email protected] timber and nontimber product har- [email protected] Christopher LaFarge writes: “I’m run- vests; and will start a new project in Sally (Sarah) Stanton Hasted writes: ning a medical device company and Guatemala and Nicaragua on commu- “I’m teaching teenagers with emotional taking our first product through the nity forestry in January. This year she

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has accompanied her partner, Jonathan her hometown of Glen Cove, Long Island, fall at University of Vermont, majoring Kingdon, at several presentations around after more than a 30-years absence for in mechanical engineering.” Africa of his newly published encyclo- her 40th high school reunion! Upcoming: 1982 pedia, Mammals of Africa, and met assisting her high school senior daugh- Class Secretaries working on elephant Yufang Gao ’14 ter in her college search and hands-on Barbara Hansen conservation/ivory markets in China assistance with her elderly parents. [email protected] at one of them. Beth Mullin writes: “I live in Washington, Kenneth Osborn writes: “These days I D.C., and have spent the last six years Marty Steele forstman@fidalgo.net am president & ceo of The Bank of running Rock Creek Conservancy, a Gregory Baker writes: “I am living Washington in Seattle.” nonprofit that works to protect Rock in southern Maine, working for the Creek and revitalize Rock Creek Park, an Carol Zimmerman, Ph.D., writes: Department of State, U.S. Passport O≤ce. “My husband, John, and I visited amazing wild forest in the heart of a I stay in close contact with Tom Walicki. major city. One of our top issues is trying Bhutan in September on a trip led I have two great kids, Jamieson (27) and to keep invasive vines o≠ the trees. I am by recent grad Hilary Faxon ’13. Now Gretchen (24) — both working!!” that I’m semi-retired, we enjoy having married and have two children, a daugh- Michael Bell, Ph.D. ’92, writes: “I am the more time to travel. Our son, Sam, will ter who is a senior at Mount Holyoke director of the Center for Integrated marry fiancée, Jeanne, in New York City College and a son in law school at the Agricultural Systems at University of on July 5, 2014.” University of Pennsylvania.” Wisconsin, Madison, where I am a pro- Femi Olaleye writes: “After staying in 1981 fessor of community and environmental Nigeria for many years, my wife, Maria, Class Secretaries sociology. I’m beautifully married to and I and our first son, Tayo, were Fred Hadley Diane Mayerfeld, with two wonderful privileged to be in the United States ∑[email protected] kids, Sam (24) and Eleanor (15). Diane again to attend the graduation of our Gail Reynolds works for U.W. Extension, where she is third son, James, at Vermont Law School [email protected] the sustainable agriculture coordinator (vls) in June. He did a Juris Doctor and a for the state. Diane has also recently Ann Clarke, D.F.E.S. '92, retired from Master of Environmental Law and Policy started a Ph.D. program part time at nasa after 22 years with the federal program. I was surprised to see John Madison in environment and resources, government, most recently at nasa Echeverria again, one of my school mates where she is doing research on silvipas- Ames Research Center in Mountain View, at F&ES. Professor Echeverria is the act- ture. It's all the fault of F&ES!” Calif. She has a≤liated with the Silicon ing director of the Environmental Law Valley Mediation Group and will do Center at vls. We next flew to Toronto, Javed Mir writes: “Over the last year, a environmental conflict resolution work. Canada, to spend about two weeks with new frontier (geographically) for me She and her husband have moved to our second son, Toyin, then to Maryland, has been leading my team in designing Carmel Valley near Big Sur. She is active Washington, D.C., and Connecticut. I and developing an agriculture, natural on the F&ES Alumni Association Board re-established contact with Jim Ca≠rey, resources and environment program and encourages F&ES alumni in the area Tom Hatley ’80 and Carol Youell. We and portfolio in Myanmar/Burma. On to contact her to help organize field trips flew back to Lagos, Nigeria, and I have the personal front, I’m excited to see my and other alumni activities of interest. since resumed my teaching and research twin sons about to start their medical Thea (Weiss) Hayes is happily retired duties at Bowen University, Iwo, Osun school education in California.” from 21 years of public school science State, Nigeria.” Ada Ndeso writes: “I am the deputy teaching and will continue in education Gail Kalison Reynolds writes: “In addi- editor of Nature & Faune, which is a as a Congregation Beth Israel religious tion to running a local farmers’ market, peer-reviewed, open-access interna- school teacher and substitute teacher I manage the University of Connecticut tional bilingual (English and French) in five-plus school districts around Master Gardener Program for my county publication of the United Nations Food Portland, Ore. She also has plans to here in central Connecticut. It’s lots of and Agriculture Organization’s Regional do intern-supervisory work, tutor and fun — a combination of the vegetation O≤ce for Africa. The aim of this flagship continue her involvement in writing week in the summer MODs and plant publication is to disseminate infor- elementary science curriculum. She is pathology. I also get to evangelize my mation (scientific and technical) and an active Board member of the Oregon native plant agenda. My husband, promote the exchange of experiences Invasive Species Council, a Lent School Dan Reynolds ’82, is transitioning from on forestry, wildlife, protected-area Garden committee member, neigh- managing environmental a≠airs at management and the sustainable use borhood watch coordinator and local Bradley Airport to managing the State and conservation of natural resources environmental action proponent. Thea of Connecticut’s underground fuel stor- in Africa. In July, Yale University literally is spending more time with husband, age tanks. Our son will be a senior this came down to Accra, Ghana! Building family and friends, including a visit to upon the success of a prior symposium, please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

29 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes the 2013 conference brought together graduate studies in history this year at House as a deputy to the science advisor established and emerging leaders in Brown. I’ve been engaged in a variety of overseeing the environment and natural industry, academia and the arts. The international research activities, projects resources R&D portfolio and handling theme of the conference was ‘From and forest science-policy initiatives and crises like oil spills. We have two great Success to Significance: Thought am heavily involved in the work of the kids we adopted from China. Jenna Leaders in the African Renaissance.’” International Union of Forest Research (11) is one of the happiest souls I know. http://www.fao.org/africa/publications0/ Organizations (iufro). I am coordinating Emma (9) is hard wired for engineering. nature-and-faune-magazine/en/ the iufro-led Collaborative Partnership No hand-me-down dresses for her! Caz Robert Turnage has been living in on Forests Global Forest Expert Panel on Lake isn't technically a Finger Lake but Sacramento, Calif., for most of the Biodiversity, Forest Management and it's beautiful and there's a lot of skiing past three decades since leaving Yale, redd+, which will prepare a scientific and great fly-fishing! I recently visited working in various jobs for the State of synthesis for decision-makers intended F&ES for a Leadership Council meeting. California. He'll be retiring at the end of to shed light on the biodiversity oppor- All good and green. And nice to see that December from his job as assistant vice tunities, risks and trade-o≠s inherent women's bathrooms came down from chancellor for budget for the California to climate change mitigation activities the third floor!” State University system. In the next envisaged under redd+ programs. The Ambrose Anoruo, D.For., ’88, writes: “In phase, Robert expects to “reinvolve” him- next iufro World Congress will be held 1994, I became an assistant professor at self in the nature-related pursuits and in Salt Lake City in October 2014 (the South Carolina State University. It was issues that led him to Yale Forestry.” first time this event has been hosted by there I realized how much we learned 1983 the United States since 1971). I am once at the Yale Forestry School. Some of my again serving as chair of the Congress major contributions include founding Class Secretary Scientific Committee, while Rich Guldin of the Savannah River Environmental Stephen Broker ’76, Ph.D. ’79, is chairing the Congress Sciences Field Station and introduction [email protected] Organizing Committee.” of natural resource courses and pro- Liza Carter just published a photo- Maddy Pope writes: “I’m living in grams at the undergraduate and gradu- documentary book on daily life in a Bozeman, Mont., and enjoying work with ate levels. I became a tenured professor Mongolian nomadic family. Filled with The Trust for Public Land. My focus these and, in 2005, associate dean of research photographs and information on daily days is a new community park proposal in the College of Agriculture and Related life, Moving with the Seasons: Portrait of for our city that includes wetlands resto- Sciences at Delaware State. I developed a Mongolian Family draws on Liza’s expe- ration, park design, trails and transporta- graduate research- and accreditation of rience with a single family to reveal the tion corridors, a≠ordable housing and discipline-specific programs. I also led unique culture of Mongolian nomads lots of great partnerships.” the e≠ort to establish the Center for and their remarkable capacity to thrive Integrated Biological and Environmental in one of the world’s harshest environ- 1984 Research. The center received five-year ments. Much of the information found Class Secretaries funding of $4.1 million from nsf. In 2010, in the text and photographs is not avail- Therese Feng I left for Texas A&M University, Kingsville, able in print elsewhere. [email protected] as associate vice president for research Dom Forcella writes: “I use up newsprint Roberta Tabell Jordan and dean of the graduate college. I am by writing a blues column that appears [email protected] now back to the classroom as profes- in four daily papers here in Connecticut. Shere Abbott writes: “Now that we've sor in the College of Agriculture and I spend my days as director of environ- visited from Maine to Alaska, I'll provide Human Sciences. I had four children, ment health and safety and director of some geographic diversity, as I've spent three surviving. Chinma has just passed sustainability at Central Connecticut time (too much) in D.C., several years her board exam and is in residency as a State University.” (too little) in Austin, Texas, and now find medical doctor. Uchenna graduated last John Parrotta, Ph.D. ’87, writes: “I recently myself with family happily in Cazenovia, May with a degree in engineering, and completed 20 years with the U.S. Forest N.Y. My husband, Jim Steinberg, and I Nnenna is a junior studying mathemat- Service's Research & Development both are at Syracuse University. I'm a vice ics at the University of South Carolina. branch. Since 2001, after a decade with president and oversee New York State's It will be wonderful to be back at the the International Institute of Tropical Center of Excellence for Environmental Forestry School in 2014 to reunite with Forestry, I’ve been based in Washington, and Energy Systems, and I’m a professor all the old friends.” D.C., dividing my time between there of sustainability science and policy. I've Dusti Becker writes: “I direct a small and San Juan, P.R., where my wife, Nalini, spent the last 15 years trying to advance but active nonprofit conservation org has been a literature professor at the sustainability science in the U.S. govern- with my husband, Dr. Anthony Povilitis. University of Puerto Rico for 25 years. Our ment and integrate it with policy. I spent On a personal note: No kids, no pets, no daughter, Priya, is completing her under- a couple of years in the Obama White

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income, but terrifically happy with all I empty-nesters, with our daughter a in ways I still refer to. The book I started have done and keep doing for biodiver- sophomore at Miami and our twin boys while there, The Hudson River Highlands, sity conservation here and there, mainly high school seniors.” is still in print and another book, which in Ecuador and Kenya. We are also work- Nora Devoe, D.For. ’90, was lured to expands on the first one — The Hudson: ing on a no-trapping and no-hunting Australia in 2010 by her Aussie husband. America's River — is also doing well. zone around Yellowstone to protect park She recently left the Northern Territory At work, we are tackling the restoration wolves.” http://lifenetnature.org/index. to lead the Forest Science and Industry of migratory fishes and helping commu- php/projects/united-states-projects/ Development Unit of the Department of nities deal with flooding and sea-level Neeloo Bhatti-McAndrew, Ph.D. ’88, Agriculture and Food, Western Australia. rise. We are also helping citizens and writes: “From Yale, I went to Chicago and The unit was eliminated during her first local o≤cials understand and conserve Argonne National Laboratory, first as a week — especially unfortunate as both streams, biodiversity and habitat locally postdoc and then as an environmental natural forest management and planta- on the Hudson and in its watershed. My scientist. I did a lot of work on acid rain tions in Western Australia need atten- husband, Wes, and I will celebrate our and on the more pressing challenge tion. Captivated by this gorgeous corner 20th anniversary in 2014. We are the par- of climate change. While at Argonne, of a gorgeous country, Nora will remain ents of teenagers, which is much more I worked on the ipcc report that was in Bunbury managing other projects for challenging than work. Our son, Davis, awarded the Nobel Prize in 2007. I also the Department of Agriculture and Food is o≠ to college at suny, New Paltz, and worked as a consultant for the Village while the smoke clears in the forest. our daughter, Lia, is starting high school. of Homer Glen (near Chicago) and the Shelley Dresser writes: “After moving I am encouraging our three chickens to World Bank. We helped make Homer to Vermont with my husband and coo expand their family. The red hen is now Glen the third U.S. town to be desig- of the Organic Trade Association, David sitting on eggs. There is nothing more nated a Dark Sky Community. In 2007, I Gagnon ’85, I picked up a master’s in heartwarming than baby chicks and a went to University of Delaware as associ- education from Smith College, left the mother hen.” ate director of their Energy Institute. I Northeast Recycling Council and tran- Linda Evenson Wargo writes: “John continue to campaign for our need to be sitioned into a career in education. I Wargo ’81, Ph.D. ’84, and I settled in good stewards of our planet — some- was able to teach my three children Connecticut so he could continue teach- thing for which my years at the Forestry — Heather (now a M.S.W. drug coun- ing at Yale. I worked with a national School trained me so well.” selor at a women’s prison in Burlington, consulting firm conducting environ- Tom Crist writes: “I headed out West Vt.), Alex (an engineering student at mental risk assessments. After juggling to do a Ph.D. in ecology at Utah State University of Vermont) and Hope (a work and raising two children for more University, where I worked on plant-ani- freshman at Champlain College)—in than a decade, we had our third child, mal interactions in desert communities elementary school. I work at Eaglebrook Ellie, and I realized that my greatest following coal mine restoration. From School, a boarding school for enthusi- pleasure (raising kids!) was slipping too there, I headed to Colorado State for a astic and energetic middle school boys. quickly. I resigned and began working postdoc and worked on animal popula- I teach science, incorporating much of with John doing research on environ- tion responses to livestock grazing. In what I learned at F&ES into the curricu- mental e≠ects on kids’ health. We have 1994, I started as an assistant professor lum and dragging the eager learners into researched and written about pesticide at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, where the surrounding woods to identify trees. exposure from foods, diesel exhaust in I have taught ecology and environ- I am the school’s sustainability coordi- school buses, hormonally active plastics, mental science courses and conducted nator, and I direct several sustainability cell phone radiation, and most recently research on biodiversity in agricultural initiatives. Last year, I hosted a mini F&ES fetal exposure to flame retardant landscapes. In 2011, I became director of reunion in Vermont with Ned Childs chemicals. Now we are writing a book the Institute for the Environment and ’83, Nora Devoe, D.For. ’90, Catherine on di≠erences in food quality between Sustainability. So I have come full circle Radford ’83, Steve Winnett, D.For. ’90, the European Union, the United States to my training at Yale and work with and Chris Recchia.” and Switzerland, trying to explain why industry, government and nonprofit Fran Dunwell writes: “I’m in New U.S. laws and policies are less protective. organizations through our internships, Paltz working as the Department of Topics include pesticides, drugs, plas- research and service-learning projects. Environmental Conservation Hudson tics, gmos, certification schemes, food I also became a member of the Rapid River Estuary coordinator. There are a waste, local food, slow food, fast food, Response Team for the Ecological Society number F&ES people I work with on a food fraud, gras additives and more. of America, which is a group of about regular basis — Betsy Blair ’83, Cara Lee, Ellie (14) started high school and is a 35 scientists who provide science-based Anne Reynolds ’96 and Ned Sullivan ’82, competitive swimmer. Our son, Adam, policy expertise to the esa Washington, to name a few. F&ES was definitely a works in finance and lives in Tribeca, N.Y., D.C., o≤ce. Candace and I will soon be wonderful experience and prepared me travels extensively and has a half-million frequent-flier miles. Our daughter, please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

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Kate, works at Mass General Hospital I managed development of usaid’s restoration. Looking forward to Reunion in Boston. We lure everyone home with East and Southern Africa Forestry and Weekend 2014 and catching up!” food and wine.” Natural Resources Program, and Eva Randy Hagenstein writes: “I had a brief Therese Feng, Ph.D. ’98, writes: “My consulted for several groups including foray back to New Haven when my wife, info: one husband (witty, Glaswegian, icraf. Eva eventually took a great job Evie Witten ’95, attended F&ES. For scientist/business person); one kid o≠er in Costa Rica. I eventually moved to the past 19 years, I have worked for The (tween, writer, ironic), one dog (neu- Washington, D.C., to run usaid's forestry Nature Conservancy, first as conserva- rotic, adopted, poodle mystery hybrid). and natural resources program for tion director and now as Alaska chapter My job: country risk analysis at one of Latin America. I left usaid to help start director. Our daughter, Névé (5), keeps those Wall St. banks (please don't ask me USAfrica Airways and direct the first real us young and reminds us of the joy and about Italian politics or the Arab Spring). ‘ecofriendly’ airline's marketing. I went beauty of simple things in life. Summers Hobbies: building a volunteer consulting to work for Chemonics managing their find us boating, camping and shrimp- practice for small- and medium-sized global environmental practice for about ing in Prince William Sound. Winter microfinance firms (trip in September 10 years. About five years ago, I joined finds us on skis. Our little urban 1/8-acre — Liberia); helping a Haitian the International Finance Corporation existence was loaded this summer with microfinance institution; running where I 'manage' our forestry and wood chickens, bees, apple trees, berries and (slowly); living in NYC (West Village); products portfolio from a risk perspec- veggies in abundance. piano and photography, sometimes.” tive. I remarried in 1991 to a New Canaan, Rose Harvey writes: “I had a great 27 Rosemary Furfey writes: “Portland, Ore., Conn., sweetheart (Kimberly) and have years at the Trust for Public Land, buy- has been home for the last 21 years after been in D.C. ever since. Son, Austin (20), is ing land and building parks in urban, my husband, Chris, and I finished three at Longwood University. Daughter, Brynn rural and remote areas, particularly years of rural development work for (16), is a sophomore. We just relocated communities that have none. Then I care International in Sudan. I’ve been at from Vienna/Tysons Corner to lovely was awarded the Dorothy McCluskey noaa’s National Marine Fisheries Service Warrenton, Va. We have a place in the Visiting Fellowship for Conservation for the last 15 years working with local Shenandoah that we dream about of and returned to F&ES for a semester communities to write recovery plans living in someday.” of teaching (with Brad Gentry) and for endangered salmon species. This Bess Gillelan writes: “I worked for a thinking and learning about the future. work combines policy, science and how contractor at the epa Chesapeake It was a fabulous experience, and I am we manage land and water resources. Bay Program until I landed a fed- greatly thankful to the Forestry school. I work with communities from the eral position with noaa in D.C. at its Then I was tapped by Governor Cuomo northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula Estuarine Programs O≤ce to manage to become the commissioner of Parks, to the Sawtooth Valley in Idaho. This also its Chesapeake Bay Studies funding. Recreation and Historic Preservation for involves working with Native American By 1992, I was asked to set up and run New York State. I’m married and live in Tribes to recover salmon populations a new noaa Chesapeake Bay O≤ce in New York City and have a daughter and that are at the core of their culture Annapolis, where I worked on monitor- son who are both now in college.” and economy. I recently finished an ing and managing crabs, finfish, oyster Leah Haygood writes: “My first career 18-month noaa leadership program, disease, toxic contaminants, nutrients post-F&ES was in the environmental which allowed me to do a stint at our and algal remote sensing. Political mediation field, which brought me here D.C. headquarters last fall. While there it winds shifted, and I moved to noaa to D.C. to work at the World Wildlife Fund was fun to reconnect with Leah Haygood headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., in the and Conservation Foundation. I was and noaa co-worker Bess Gillelan. My National Marine Fisheries Service, O≤ce then lured over to work for the company daughter, Fiona, is a junior at Amherst of Habitat Conservation, in its Strategic Waste Management, where I did internal College and learning about life on the Planning group. I had a one-year assign- greening programs, stakeholder and East Coast. I’m hoping to attend our ment to the White House Council on employee engagement, public reporting, reunion in 2014 and look forward to Environmental Quality in 2000, Clinton’s and other environmental programs. catching up.” last year in o≤ce, helping to coordinate I next worked for Business for Social David Gibson writes: “Eva Muller and I the Interagency Task Force on American Responsibility and then started a married the day before or after gradua- Heritage Rivers. Under Bush, I was asked consulting practice in corporate sustain- tion and soon returned to Africa, where to direct it, which I did until 2008, work- ability. My company, BuzzWord, practices we had a couple challenging years in pre- ing with the 14 designated river com- mainly in the transparency, accountabil- genocide Rwanda starting care’s water- munities, and with Fran Dunwell on the ity and communications end of the field shed rehab and agroforestry program. Hudson. Since that gig, I’ve been back at with major companies as well as a few We were released for good behavior after noaa Fisheries’ Habitat o≤ce working nonprofit organizations. Home is Silver two years and quickly fled to Nairobi. on climate change and legislative policy Spring, Md. I’m married to Ron Tucker, an related to fish habitat protection and

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actor/teacher, and I will be an empty- Penn State University. I am teaching outreach and land use planning. I am nester a year from now. My son is going environmental biology, ecology and now working on energy issues and help- into his second year at (ahem) Harvard, evolutionary biology at York College of ing shape tnc's work in these areas. I and my daughter will be a high school Pennsylvania. Up to my teaching gig, appreciate the grounding F&ES provided, senior. Despite an interesting career, I'd spent about a dozen years working and what a great time we had! My hus- they’re still the coolest thing I’ve done. with trees and forest pests. After arriving band, Steve, and I are approaching our I’m definitely making a push to attend at York College, I switched to studying 25th anniversary and have had a wonder- Reunion Weekend 2014 — hope to see a lifelong passion of mine — owls. I ful time exploring and raising our two you there!” www.gobuzzword.com started pulling feathers (for dna) from girls, Alice (24) and Margaret (19), one liv- Boop Tabell Jordan writes: “I spent migrating northern saw-whet owls to ing in Boston and one at Mount Holyoke almost 15 years working in land conser- study their migratory patterns through College, in Western Massachusetts. I'll vation after leaving the Forestry School, population genetics. I've shifted over look forward to seeing some of you at starting as an intern at the Trust for to barn owls, which are declining in Reunion Weekend 2014.” Public Land in New York City and ending numbers in Pennsylvania. I'm examining Don Masterson writes: “After graduation, up as the director of land protection their population genetics and conduct- Annabelle and I headed to Washington, for the Maine chapter of The Nature ing radio telemetry to determine their D.C. By January we were on our way to Conservancy. For 10 years after that, I foraging patterns. The latter may help Costa Rica, working on a program with worked as the school administrator at with conservation planning. My wife of cim, catie and the Costa Rican Park the K–8 elementary school that my two 22 years, Susan Klugman, works at the Service to prepare a management plan daughters attended. My husband, Bob, is Western Pennsylvania Conservancy as for La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in a teacher, so the switch gave us 10 lovely, a data and gis manager. We run about Costa Rica. That led to another planning leisurely summers together with our 300,000 head of bees and sell the honey. project for Corcovado National Park. Over children (and sometimes without them!). Four cats on 10 acres in a log house with the next few years I was part of catie’s When my youngest daughter started fruits and veggies outside round out the protected areas unit. In 1986 I received a high school, I finished up a master’s in picture.” scholarship from the Brazilian Academy library science (online) and am now an Chun Lai writes: “Post-F&ES, I've been of Science to work as a planning con- outreach and instruction librarian at my based in Mali (usaid), Bangladesh sultant to the Mamiraua Sustainable local public library in Bath, Maine.” (Winrock), Indonesia (fao) and the Development Reserve in the state of Mark Kern writes: “I have a great apart- Philippines (independent consultant in Amazonas. I did a bit more consulting ment on the Blackstone River and bike nrm for various international organiza- before joining wwf as coordinator of path in Cumberland, R.I. One daughter is tions and ngos). Los Baños, a pleasant the Latin America Forest program. My a nurse working on her nurse practitio- and green university town about a two- three years at wwf working on pro- ner degree at the University of Michigan. hour drive south of Manila, has been tected areas and sustainable forestry My younger one is in her senior year home for the past 16 years. My spouse, with foresters in 11 di≠erent countries at the University of Pittsburgh. For the Pam, teaches at the university, and our and ecoregions was very satisfying, last seven years, I have been teaching delightful teenage daughter, Gayle, but exhausting. After leaving wwf I yoga at the gym at work, and I got my keeps us young and on our toes! We are continued doing some consulting and yoga teaching certification last year. The also blessed with a wonderful home and began working with my wife, Annabelle, Rhode Island seacoast is wonderful,and a large diverse garden that provides our on technical translations. I have contin- I snorkel and bike ride there when I can. predominately vegetarian family with ued working on translations, became I worked for the Maine Critical Areas organic goodies every day.” an insurance agent, became the backup Program and the Connecticut Fund for Cara Lee writes: “Straight out of New caregiver for my Mom and work with the Environment for a few years after Haven I went to work for Scenic Hudson, Annabelle in her start-up staging/declut- graduating. Then I joined the epa. I have a regional land trust/environmental tering/remodeling business based just been with epa for 26-plus years. I have organization, and had a 17-year run outside the beltway in Northern Virginia. been mostly in the wetlands world, with working on fisheries and power plants, Rob, our oldest, is in his last semester visits to water quality and the estuary pcb contamination, historic preserva- at Virginia Commonwealth University’s program. My job with the epa continues tion, access and recreation, and water Business School, Valery is a sign artist to be 90-percent good, and I am grate- use issues. In 2001, I went to The Nature with Whole Foods, and Emily is a senior ful that I have work that I like, am good Conservancy (tnc) to direct a project at the James Madison University’s at, pays well and does something that to protect the Shawangunk Mountains Business & Computing program. makes a small di≠erence in the world.” and have fulfilled my interest in public Annabelle and I are eying the opportuni- Karl Kleiner writes: “After leaving F&ES, land management, as well as working ties to relocate to Costa Rica.” I obtained a Ph.D. in entomology from on ecological management, community please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

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Jennifer Mattei writes: “I saw my old Charlottesville, Va. I have two horses into it, and the disease is in check. Just a roommate, Wendy Wagner, when she and a country house in Nelson County, couple pills a day!” was passing through New York. I am Va., outside of Charlottesville. I trail ride Chris Stecko writes: “April (Grimm) a professor of biology at Sacred Heart in the summers and fox hunt in winter. Stecko and I have been in our northern University in Fairfield, Conn. I was chair We chase the fox but don't kill them. It California town of Nevada City for the of biology for six years and now am is my tonic. I row every morning on the past 20 years. While I continue working director of a professional science mas- Potomac River in my single shell and ride in telecom sales, April has been working ter’s program in environmental science horses on the weekends. Throw in a little for a solar integrator for seven years. Our and management. I am participating in bit of golf, and what's not to like?” son, Mac (25) is finishing at U.C. Santa a large ecological restoration project of a Nobby Riedy writes: “After Forestry Cruz and working in Hawaii in technol- coastal estuary on Stratford Point, Conn., School, I returned to North Carolina for ogy, and Spencer (22) is completing his with the Connecticut Audubon Society a year of political campaign work, then computer science degree at U.C. Davis.” and the DuPont Corporation. I also have on to Washington, D.C., where I dealt Susan (Huke) Stein writes: “After F&ES, a community research project running with the ‘human dimensions’ of natu- I joined a very small coastal-zone man- for the past 15 years on the popula- ral resource policy. I worked with The agement consulting firm. Next I pursued tion ecology and conservation of the Wilderness Society, first in D.C., then my dream of working in Africa on refor- American horseshoe crab in Long Island in San Francisco. My biggest project estation in a somewhat unlikely spot — Sound. My husband, Ivan, and I have was helping to shepherd a bill through semi-arid Corioley, Somalia. I then con- three kids. Larissa is starting her second Congress and to the president’s desk to sulted for a few years in various locations year at Tuft’s Medical School, Sandy is a preserve 7.5 million acres of public lands in Africa (Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda) before senior at Cornell and James is a sopho- in the California Desert. Then I shifted joining the international o≤ce of the more in high school. All of them like to gears and helped to create a private U.S. Forest Service in 1989. I have really study science.” philanthropy focused on federal land enjoyed being part of an organization Eva Muller writes: “I work at fao in Rome policy and curtailing sprawl in California. that allowed me to find creative ways to (I have been for over 8 years) and I enjoy We’ve set aside millions of additional support natural resource conservation. both fao and Rome. In May of last year, acres in preserves, improved forest One of my latest is a monthly webinar I was appointed director of the Forest management in the Sierra Nevada and series, ‘Planning for Growth and Open Economics, Policy and Products Division, are helping to find ways to manage the Space Conservation.’ I live in D.C. with one of the two divisions of fao’s Forestry conflict between development of large- my husband and fellow conservationist Department. I keep in touch with the scale solar in the Mojave and preserv- Bruce Stein, our very active sons, Noah other F&ES graduates in fao and with a ing the ecosystem. The need to reduce (12) and Ben (14), and an assortment of few of our classmates.” greenhouse gas emissions led to state pets including a very calm (thank you!) Keith Pitchford writes: “I arrived in D.C. legislation to improve land-use planning Field Spaniel named Rangeley.” in '84 for a job that lasted one week. and development patterns that further Carol Stoney writes: “I started working Bemused, I left and went on to the reduce ghgs. We’re making progress for Winrock International a few years World Wildlife Fund. After that it was an getting communities to focus on ways to after graduation, first in Indonesia, then environmental consulting firm, and then grow that actually enhance the quality in Arkansas, then in Arlington, Va., since a two-year hiatus in New Hampshire as of people’s lives. My wife, Hilary, is a doc- about 1998. My work for Winrock has a forestry consultant. I headed south for umentary cinematographer, a gardener been mostly on environment programs, another stint in D.C. of environmental and an incredible partner of 21 years. but in recent years I also help other consulting in a cubicle, and started a We moved 50 miles south to the coastal teams in agriculture, rural development tree-care business, then went on to a big community of Pescadero, populated pri- and education with program design, tree moving company. I opened my own marily by redwoods, artichokes, elephant proposals and project implementation. arboricultural consulting business after seals and steelhead. Our daughter, I was recently in Cambodia for a couple tree moving. Sixteen years and counting! Morgan, is in fourth grade. Our chickens of weeks to help a project team with Along the way, I have employed a variety and dog round out the domestic bliss. monitoring and evaluation. I built a of great people, including three F&ESers Thirteen years ago I was diagnosed with house on the Cumberland Plateau in — Joe Burckle ’96, Matthew Fried ’14 a form of lymphoma that so far has no Tennessee and would like to try telecom- and Shawn Walker ’06. Now I consult for cure, but we’ve been able to manage the muting from there. For now I am mainly some of Washington's great landscapes, disease, though there have been times in Arlington, with occasional travel to including the U.S. Capitol grounds, the when our lives were dominated by field projects. I have stayed in contact White House, Dumbarton Oaks, Tudor medical research, treatment regimens with the family in Senegal that adopted Place and the National Cathedral. My and recovery, both physical and emo- me as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and I help projects range between Boston and tional. I am participating in a clinical trial to put their three girls through school.” for a promising new drug. Four months

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Nate Williams writes: “After 21 years health systems performance and out- now back in Brazil where I am coordi- living in Vermont, working as a regional comes, either through routine informa- nating our Sustainable Development planner and then a science teacher tion systems or various types of applied Network’s investment portfolio and for grades 6 through 12, I moved to research. I’ve been married for 22-plus related advisory services. As one of the Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod. The only years to an amazing wife, Alby, and two World Bank Group’s largest borrowers job I could get was working in a school wonderful kids aged 12 and 9 keep us (± $3 billion per annum), there are for children on the Autism spectrum. busy. I do a fair bit of nature photography fascinating opportunities to partner This turned out to be the best and most and have become a passionate birder, so with Brazil to advance its green and rewarding job I have ever had in my life that keeps me going to great wild places inclusive growth agenda. My 30th wed- and was training for everything I have (just got back from Bwindi Impenetrable ding anniversary with my wife, Judy, will done since. That school closed but other Forest in Uganda) and enjoying our great be coming up soon. Sam and Alex, our doors opened in the worlds of physically planet. We live in McLean, Va.” two boys, will be finishing high school and mentally disabled adults and, later, Steve Winnett, D.For. ’90, writes: “In soon. We spent the summer traveling to high school students with special needs. late 1989 I got a job with the U.S. epa in di≠erent university towns in the U.K. and I work with high school students today. Washington, D.C., working on climate the United States, educating ourselves I also run a small business caring for change and forests, initially on mitigat- on where might be a good fit.” my mother in the end stage of demen- ing climate change through managing 1985 tia. I manage the sta≤ng and support forests and agriculture, then on adapta- Class Secretary logistics for a crew of seven aides and a tion strategies in those sectors. There I Alexander Brash hospice team. This is to keep my mother met my wife, Laura, an npr newscaster [email protected] out of a nursing home to her final day. and reporter. She got a great job at Alexander Brash writes: “I am now presi- She lives right at the ocean's edge, so New Hampshire Public Radio hosting dent of Connecticut Audubon Society seals are her view, not wallpaper. Art a daily call-in talk show. So we headed (cas). cas is the state’s original and is how I survive. The scientists at the north and have been living in Concord, independent Audubon Society focused Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute N.H., since 1995. I work on water quality on protecting Connecticut’s environment have teamed with art students from at epa's New England regional o≤ce, for its people through science-based colleges and universities in the Boston coordinating several Clean Water Act education and advocacy. The organiza- area, and the results for the two worlds programs such as the polluted runo≠ tion manages 19 sanctuaries plus Edwin have been amazing. Sailing continues to and tmdl programs. My great pleasure Way Teale’s home, runs a renowned be my ultimate passion. Travel through has been helping a number of farmers in EcoTravel program based in Essex and each day with grace, I remind myself, and Connecticut improve their animal opera- advocates for progressive conservation what is meant to happen will happen tions with some really innovative water policies in the state.” when it is supposed to happen.” quality practices that have helped them Haydi Boething Danielson writes: “I am Tim Williams writes: “After graduation prosper and stay in farming, protecting in Santa Cruz, a block from the beach. I'm I consulted and then got a fellowship their rural communities against develop- involved in urban forestry and horticul- to work for two-plus years in research ment. I co-teach a yoga class at epa (with ture in California with my family nursery and program evaluation with an amaz- Mark Kern) and do it on the side at my business. I've been married for 26 years ing family-planning ngo in Bogota, local ymca. Laura and I have two boys, to Damon. My two kids, Dylan (21) and Colombia. I followed that with almost Isaiah and Abe, who are in eighth and Teddy (20), are healthy, happy and away 10 years of research and evaluation fourth grade. We’re surrounded by for- at college. I stay in touch with Eva Muller with International Planned Parenthood ests, lakes, mountains and the seashore. ’84, whom I have visited in Rome twice.” Federation/whr, based in New York. Concord is a center of political activity in Just when it seemed I would always be the state, and the boys are growing up Louise de Montigny writes: “Several years a Latin American family planning/repro- steeped in New Hampshire and national ago, in a massive government reorgani- ductive health specialist, I moved to the politics. I row and play bassoon, putter in zation, the Research Branch within the D.C. area where I've been with a public my garden, do some winter mountain- British Columbia Ministry of Forests was health consulting organization called eering, and have run the Mt. Washington dismantled, and the researchers were John Snow for the past 16 years. I work Road Race a couple of times.” spread far and wide across the entire province with no central research pro- on a wide range of health issues in over Gregor Wolf writes: “Post F&ES, my work gram. I am helping to design a Research 30 countries. For the past two years, I've in natural resources and environmental Planning Framework/Process within led our small strategic information team management had me posted to Haiti this new Ministry of Forests, Lands and on a USAID-funded nutrition project. (care International), Kenya (icraf), Natural Resource Operations that has a What I do most of the time is help min- Germany (kfw), and Brazil-Washington- much wider mandate than just forests, istries of health and other partners make Central America-Brazil (World Bank). I am better use of information to improve thus gaining an appreciation of the please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

35 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes complexity of natural resource manage- bining sustainable design and historic Division. Je≠ Campbell ’88 joined fao ment within the broader context of preservation. Our students came in third in September to manage the Forest and climate change and cumulative impacts. at the Solar Decathlon, the only liberal Farm Facility. Colette has stayed busy My husband of 25 years, Raoul, a research arts college ever accepted for this U.S. with life in Italy, including making lots director with the Canadian Forest Department of Energy-sponsored com- of stone mosaics, but we are both get- Service, has been providing lots of advice. petition. I'm also co-owner of Miller ting the itch for another field assign- My son, Jaspar (23), has completed a Hill Farm-Native Plants Nursery with ment, should something interesting master’s in mathematics and is heading my husband, Carl Phelps. My daughter, materialize.” to University of Waterloo to begin his Jessica Jay, is an attorney protecting Melissa Paly writes: “Josh Royte, Annette Ph.D. Son, Oliver (21), is in the electrical land in the Rocky Mountains. Jessica also Naegel and I cohosted a lovely reception engineering program at University of teaches conservation law at University for Dean Crane in Brunswick, Maine, in British Columbia.” of Denver and at Vermont Law School August, when he was visiting our great Whitney Tilt writes: “I live and play in in the summer. She recently had two state for a talk at the Maine Botanical Montana. I recently finished leading the articles in the Harvard Environmental Garden and piggybacked an alumni e≠ort to draft a new strategic vision Law Review on the perpetual nature event on his trip. A diverse group of 30 for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of conservation easements. Her time or so alumni came, both recent grads Fisheries and Aquatic Conservation in Sage Hall at age 15 had a strong and old timers like us. Peter provided his Program and have been creating mobile influence on her future path.” perspective on the School at the end of applications for flora of western United Bob Unsworth returned to Ghana, West his first five-year term and heading into States.” www.HighCountryApps.com Africa, this summer with his wife, Lisa, his second. We ate lots of delicious food 1986 daughter, Fiona, and a large contingent and enjoyed networking and catching up. I made an extraordinary hiking trip in Class Secretary from the Yale Alumni Service Corps Iceland, my 18th Robert Unsworth (yasc), which is part of the Association -birthday present to my [email protected] of Yale Alumni. He is now a member of oldest daughter before she headed o≠ the yasc Board and highly recommends for college. Pure heaven for a rock geek Eric Carlson and his wife, Susan, have these trips to all who wish to serve with like me, probably not the place for those moved their center of operations from other Yale Alumni. of you more interested in forest manage- Washington, D.C., to Seattle — for part http://yaleservicetours.org/ ment. Saw about six trees in 10 days....” of the year, at least. Eric is involved with cleantech, green building and educa- 1987 1988 tional software startups. The Carlsons Class Secretaries Class Secretaries hosted another ’86er, Ken Andrasko and Christie Coon Diane Stark family, enjoying another of the Pacific [email protected] [email protected] Northwest's surprisingly spectacular Melissa Paly Philip Voorhees summers. [email protected] [email protected] Daniel Hellerstein, Ph.D. ’89, works for Heidi Albers is a Fulbright Scholar in Holly Welles usda in Washington, D.C. His kids are Tanzania until November. [email protected] soon out of college, and the prospect of Doug McGuire writes: “I'm working in the Je≠ Campbell started a new job with retirement is no longer an idle specula- Forestry Department at the U.N. Food the Forest and Farm Facility, fao, Rome, tion. But there is still work to do on "mar- and Agriculture Organization (fao) — on September 1. He will be doing lots kets for ecosystem services." He is in the 24 years next spring, after field assign- of community forestry and outreach, process of installing several kW of solar ments in Madagascar and Rwanda in the particularly around redd implementa- panels, a process that has revealed limi- early ’90s and at headquarters in Rome tion. Je≠ stepped down from his posi- tations in the U.S. home solar industry. since 1994. I'm team leader of the Forest tion as director of grant-making for Nan Jenks-Jay writes: “This past spring Resources Management team, where we the Christensen Fund in San Francisco. I was invited to attend the F&ES Leader- provide technical assistance and policy He previously worked for the Ford ship Council Annual Meeting as a distin- support, mostly in developing countries Foundation for 17 years. This included guished guest and panelist. It was throughout the world, to sustainably serving as program o≤cer for environ- an honor to participate and the first manage their forests and trees in an ment and development programs in time I'd been back to Yale in a number overall context of reducing poverty and India, Nepal and Indonesia, and then of years or seen the impressive Kroon food insecurity. I work closely with a as program o≤cer, deputy director Hall. I'm dean of environmental a≠airs at couple of other F&ES grads: Susan Braatz and then senior program o≤cer in Middlebury College in Vermont, where ’80, who leads the Climate Change team; the New York o≤ce. the Franklin Environmental Center and Eva Muller ’84, who is director of the Tom Strumolo writes: “I'm pleased to be received leed Platinum status, com- Forest Economics, Policy and Products in touch with many of my classmates

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this reunion year. I had a chance to meet ing from home buying wood from all friends, working together now for nearly a bunch of master’s students (class of over Latin America.” 15 years. Jimmy Grogan, Ph.D. ’01, and I 2015!) at the Great Mountain Forest Mary Taylor Miller writes: “I live and work are the best of friends.” MOD this summer. What a flood of great at Elkhorn Ranch southwest of Tucson. Suzy Hodgson writes: “In 2009, I devel- memories. Were we ever that young!? Both of our girls are now in high school! oped a Web-based farmers’ market Anthony Irving and I are still young, I work with Altar Valley Conservation system to sell our local pasture-raised others maybe not so much.” Alliance, through which I occasionally pork with other neighboring farmers 1989 bump into a Yale classmate!” in our community. Since launching this Class Secretaries Bet Flores Zimmerman writes: “After system in Charlotte, Vt., in 2010, we've Jane Freeman 18 years with Battelle, I’m working part been helping other people create online [email protected] time for a small strategic consulting local markets for their food and farming communities. I also work on local food Laurie Reynolds Rardin writes: “We firm, McCallum-Turner, mostly doing projects at the University of Vermont dropped our daughter, Brynne, o≠ to iso 14001 environmental audits. I was Center for Sustainable Agriculture. I'd start her freshman year at Connecticut widowed suddenly three years ago and love to hear from others working in the College. Amazing to be back on our old thought life was over, but it wasn’t. On sustainable food and farming field.” campus — but see it with new (and the summer solstice I married author yourfarmstand.com better) eyes as a parent. Looking for- Patrick McKenna Lynch Smith. We live on ward to bringing both daughters to a small lake in rural Woodstock, Conn.” Joan Becker Kelsch writes: “I live in Arlington, Va., with my husband, F&ES for a visit soon.” 1991 Tom Kelsch ’90. We have two boys ages 16 Class Secretary 1990 and 13. We try to hike and travel as much Class Secretaries Gwen Thomas as we can, but the boys' sports and activ- Judy Olson Hicks [email protected] ities keep us here more than I would like. [email protected] Annette Huddle writes: “I am in San I work for Arlington County government Francisco, where I've been since 1996, Carolyn Anne Pilling running our green building program and working at the San Francisco Botanical [email protected] our climate initiative. Tom works for the Garden since 1997. I'm the director of Peter Jenkins’s work against pesticides National Fish and Wildlife Foundation youth education and run a thriving that harm honey bees and native species (nfwf) and is running the gulf restora- program providing field trips, children's was featured in the cover article of TIME tion e≠orts resulting from the bp mess. garden experiences, intern opportuni- (August 19, 2013, issue), entitled “A World nfwf got a lot of the money from the ties, family programs and more. I love Without Bees.” He works on pesticides as settlement with bp. He travels to various the kids, but I mostly enjoy working Of Counsel to the ngo Center for Food locations on the Gulf to ensure that the with the adults who work with kids — I Safety in Washington, D.C. In a separate states and organizations are working on do a lot of professional development for consulting arrangement, Peter works their projects.” teachers and garden educators as well part time for the National Environmental as training our large group of volunteers. Shivi Sivaramakrishnan, Ph.D. ’96, writes: Coalition on Invasive Species. This is a My spouse, Gina Solomon, works as the “Since 2007, I have been back at Yale as D.C. ngo coalition he cofounded more deputy secretary for science and health Professor of Anthropology and Professor than 10 years ago that advocates on at F&ES. I am the codirector of Yale's for the California epa, meaning long invasive species policy. He does this con- Program in Agrarian Studies since the commutes to Sacramento. I hike a lot sulting through his Center for Invasive fall of 2008.” Species Prevention. www.cisp.us on Mt. Tam, tend a small menagerie at home and serve as Pipe Sergeant of the Gwen Thomas writes: “I am currently Marco Lowenstein writes: “I’m living MacIntosh Pipe Band, all of which help working as the chapter coordinator for in Corrales, N.M. Summer of 2013 was keep me happy and healthy.” the Texas Chapter of the Society for relatively cool and rainy — 80s and 90s Ecological Restoration. We moved to Bram Gunther writes: “I am chief of for- and maybe four inches of rain. Awesome Texas about three years ago, and finding estry, horticulture and natural resources for Albuquerque. Micah (17) is a senior at a position here has been a true chal- for the New York City Parks Department. Bosque School and looking at colleges, lenge, especially for someone whose (The joke of my life is that for 30 years thinking about engineering. Daughter, experience has focused on international I've been trying to leave New York City... Kaileah (13), rides horses, draws people environmental policy and community I am still here.) I am also the president and does an awesome job at piano and development. I am working with amaz- of the Natural Areas Conservancy, a school when she applies herself. My wife, ing restorationists from all over the nonprofit I started to advance urban Charla, is dusting o≠ her career now that state and am being introduced to some conservation in New York City. Jennifer the kids are on track and her mother is beautiful areas and great work. Since Greenfeld and I are close colleagues and gone, passed away this spring. I’m work- graduation Tom and I spent four years please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

37 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes in Costa Rica, me with care working 8-year-old Prius and a loving spouse, environmental education organization throughout the Central America region Celina Moore. I’ve enjoyed the knees working to promote sustainability for and Tom in the co≠ee business. We have and elbows of the legislative fray that our community through education, since moved around quite a bit. In the kept ATVs out of Vermont’s parks and leadership and collaboration.” midst, we adopted a baby, Stephanie an equally shrill tussle that prohibits Arjun Heimsath writes: “I had a fun din- Maya (12 going on 18). I get back to the statewide fracking. With grandchil- ner with Brad Auer and Healy Hamilton East Coast to visit family but have yet dren in mind, Celina and I got arrested, ’92 as I'm spending the fall in Berkeley to return to Yale. I periodically hear from handcu≠ed and booked in the August with my wife, Hanna, who's doing a post- Alicia Grimes, who is keeping busy at 2011 350.org White House protest.” doc there. I’m cranking on with research usaid in D.C.” Katie (Elsom) Frohardt writes: “Mark projects around the world, teaching at 1993 Frohardt and I are living in the D.C./ Arizona State University and climbing a Class Secretaries Maryland area (spent some time in ton in the desert.” Dean Gibson Rwanda, me doing mountain gorilla Dan Hudnut writes: “I have been working [email protected] work, Mark with United Nations on at Wagner Forest Management in Lyme, human rights field operations — all Molly Goodyear N.H., for more than 12 years investing in following the genocide), with daughters [email protected] and managing commercial timberlands Emma (15) and Willow (11). I am the U.S. in the northeast United States and east- Heather Merbs executive director for Fauna & Flora ern Canada. Lynn, Otis (15), Jacob (13) and [email protected] International, and Mark is executive I live across the river in ever-so-scenic Cynthia Barakatt lives in Massachusetts director of Internews Network’s Center Sharon, Vt.” and is the associate director at Boston for Innovation and Learning.” Tom Kalinosky works in the Capital University's Frederick S. Pardee Center Dean Gibson writes: “My update includes Markets and Accounting Advisory group for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. a return to San Diego, Calif., to settle at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), In her spare time she serves as chair of down and get reacquainted with many where he leads environmental sup- the board of Silent Spring Institute, the old friends and of course the year-round port to financial audit teams in the only research organization dedicated summer weather. This move came about United States and also is involved in due to studying the preventable causes of when I accepted the curator of primates diligence work with PwC's Transaction breast cancer. She is married to Rich position for San Diego Zoo Global, which Services practice. Bizzozero, who uses his spare time to involves directing primate collection manage a family tree farm in Vermont. Manching Lee writes: “Greetings from activities at both San Diego Zoo and San www.bu.edu/pardee; www.silentspring. Shanghai! It has been 20 years since I Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. I am thoroughly org graduated. Thanks for the alum team's enjoying all the daily monkey business e≠ort to keep us all together. Let's work Elana Cohen writes: “I live in Chevy that comes my way!” together to make the environment Chase, Md., with my husband, Steve, and Molly! Goodyear writes: “I live in Hailey, better.” three kids and work as the science spe- Idaho, with my husband, Mike Wolter, cialist at a private school in D.C., where Allen Liebowitz writes: “I've been on two children, Peter (15) and Ella (12), my green committee of second- through Willapa Bay in Washington State almost and three dogs. We enjoy mountain bik- sixth-graders runs composting, litter-less since graduation, working on how to ing, hiking and Nordic and alpine skiing. lunch challenges, and brings in guest make conservation and restoration of Mike is the development director at speakers. Any takers?” temperate rainforests standard operat- the local ymca, and my kids are both ing practice. It has involved everything Andre (Thomas) Eid writes: “I’m back on the Nordic ski team and are quite from lobbying legislators to setting in the Ministry of the Environment in the medal winners! My environmental choker under my tower logging opera- Oslo after years of working with unep, career has included work with The tion. I would never have believed it, but un-habitat and the Norwegian devel- Nature Conservancy, Yellowstone to setting choker is far more satisfying than opment program Oil for Development Yukon Conservation Initiative and lobbying. We've successfully developed the last five years (mainly in Africa). I’ve the Wood River Land Trust, of which I approaches that make conservation- switched to the domestic agenda of was a founding member. I've taken a based forestry far more profitable than managing our national parks and secur- few detours in my career path includ- traditional approaches. The challenge ing access for the population to these ing owning a stationery store for four has been competing successfully to raise areas. Norway has now one of the few years and working as a veterinary investment funds in a very competitive remaining wilderness areas in Europe.” technician at a local vet clinic for two forestland investment market. I've been Erik Esselstyn writes: “I’m living near years. (I am getting a vet tech degree raising two great little girls, Lexi (9) and Montpelier, Vt., with a thriving garden, online.) I am the executive director of Alia (6), with my wife who is a veterinar- solar hot water, grid-connected PV, an the Environmental Resource Center, an ian. We run a new veterinary clinic in our

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town. I have been working as the aquatic with multiple donors and partners; founding sta≠ member and executive habitat restoration specialist for most developed strategies, methodologies director of Equinox Center, a regional of Washington for the Department of and tools; monitored and evaluated sustainability research and policy center Natural Resources. dnr is the connec- conservation and development pro- until January of this year. My husband, tion to wildlands firefighting, a voluntary grams; and acted as a resource person in John, and I took a mini-sabbatical/ but compelling part of working for the national and international programs and surfing/camping trip to New Zealand department. One benefit of wildland conferences. Recently, I was recognized in February/March. I've now started my firefighting I've discovered is that you as the “Champion of the Asia-Pacific own consulting practice to work with learn a bunch about forest ecology you Forests” by the Food and Agriculture foundations, nonprofits and businesses don't learn in school digging line on a Organization of the United Nations to help them with sustainability e≠orts fire crew.” (2011), the Most Innovative Development and measuring their environmental foot- Sara Loomis writes: “Paul Jahnige and Project Award (Second Prize) by the prints based on my experience of annu- I live in Western Massachusetts with Global Development Network, and the ally producing the San Diego Regional our three kids (7, 15 and 17). Paul is state Best Paper Award by the International Quality of Life Dashboard. I am surfing director of greenways and trails and I Congress on Ethnobiology.” and traveling as much as possible.” am executive director of Hilltown Land Jamison Suter writes: “I work with a joint Tim Wohlgenant writes: “Since 2007, Trust.” venture mining project that seeks to I have served as the Colorado director Daniel Newberry writes: “I've been the develop a major iron ore mine in a bio- for the Trust for Public Land (tpl). Our executive director of the Siskiyou Field logically rich mountain range in Guinea. work in Colorado ranges from preserving Institute in southern Oregon for the past I work on environmental management the most iconic examples of Colorado’s two and a half years. I also publish about and community relations/development backcountry, to protection of productive 40–50 freelance articles per year. My in mining. The site is heavily threat- working ranches, to the transforma- main areas are outdoors/health/fitness/ ened by subsistence pressures so while tion of urban neighborhoods through conservation, and I manage the occa- mining would have its own impacts, remediation of industrialized property sional watershed restoration project.” subsistence pressures would continue to and the design and development of dnewberry@je≠net.org undermine the area’s integrity. My chal- parks, playgrounds, trails and gardens. Eugene Simonov writes: “Greetings from lenge is to ensure an environmental and Since I joined tpl, the Colorado team Dauria Steppe at the junction of Russia, social impact assessment that meets (or has protected more than 28,000 acres China and Mongolia. After completion exceeds) all relevant international stan- with a fair market value of $81 million, of my doctorate in nature conserva- dards and good practice, that minimizes including nine new Denver metro area tion at Northeast Forestry University in the proposed mine’s direct footprint, park projects. I serve on the Board of Harbin-China, I quit smoking pipe and that manages indirect impacts like Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado and reside with my wife, Svetlana, and two induced immigration of job-seekers (who the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural kids, Daniel (4) and Maria (1), in Dalian frequently turn to hunting, farming, Land Trust. Annie, our two girls, Zoe (17) City at the Yellow Sea. I am always on the tree-cutting and other uses of natural and Clio (14), and I spend a lot of time road working on various transboundary resources when they don’t get jobs), and enjoying the outdoors, hiking, biking, rivers of Northeast Asia as coordinator that strengthens protection of the local rafting, skiing, as well as traveling when of Rivers without Boundaries Coalition nature reserves. It’s a massive exercise possible. We made a three-week trip this and conservation scientist at Pacific to gain alignment across all stakehold- summer to Ecuador, which reminded us Environment (a sfo-based ngo).” ers on ‘what success looks like’ and make how fortunate we are to have opportuni- plans accordingly.” ties to explore.” Bhishma Subedi writes: “I am executive director of Asia Network for Sustainable Takashi Mizuno writes: “I work for 1994 Agriculture and Bioresources (ansab) the government of Japan at Japan Class Secretaries since 1998. Prior to joining ansab in International Cooperation Agency Jane Calvin 1995, I was teaching at the Institute of (jica) for the technical cooperation [email protected] Forestry of Tribhuvan University in Nepal. of newly emerging countries. Unhappily, Cynthia W. Henshaw I have been engaged in participatory I am detained away from Japan for the [email protected] moment until full recovery from acute conservation and rural development Jane Whitehill myeloid leukemia, though I'm lucky to be programs, research, policy analysis, [email protected] university teaching and networking. I alive. I hope I can go out and stay again in Asian or African countries next year.” Joaquin Leguia is founder of the have designed more than 50 develop- Association for Children and their ment and research projects and provided Anne Tartre writes: “I have been living Environment (ania) in Peru. More than leadership for the implementation of in the San Diego area (Encinitas) for the 8,000 children currently participate in more than 40 projects, including those past six years and love it here. I was a please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

39 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes ania's “Children’s Lands” in Peru. 1.8 1995 and 6) are keeping us on our toes. I’m in touch with a few classmates, including million square meters of natural areas Class Secretaries are under the children’s management, Marie Gunning Thomas Knecht and Mike To≠el. I met either at their school, home, neighbor- [email protected] Jane Huang in Taipei and Kristen Steck hood or communal land. James Jiler ’95 in Singapore in the last year." Ciara O’Connell and his three daughters visited the ania [email protected] Jonathan Scheuer writes: “Cami Kloster children’s garden project at the museum ’96 and I continue to live, and love living Dwight Barry writes: “I've been promoted of natural history in Lima this year. in, Honolulu, Hawai`i. Life with Saul (4) to senior data scientist at Group Health Jin Palmiotto writes: “Peter Palmiotto keeps us busy. Cami has worked for over Cooperative, a health care insurance and ’92, D.For. ’98, and I had a great visit with a decade on land use and environmen- delivery system in Washington State and Mirei Endara de Heras. Mirei visited us tal planning for a leading local firm. northern Idaho headquartered in Seattle at Fire Island; for Terreco fans, remember After six years as a policy analyst and that I've been with for a year and a half when we went there?” land manager for the state O≤ce of now. Andy Cooper and I meet up from Hawaiian A≠airs (an agency that serves Nick Shufro writes: “I embed sustainabil- time to time to tell lies and drink beer, Native Hawaiians), in 2010 I restarted my ity into mainstream strategy operations, since he's recently become a Seattlite.” principally by having S&P 500 compa- consulting practice, focused on manag- Amy Dumas writes: “I'm living in nies' financial auditors ask questions ing and resolving conflict over natural Sacramento, working at the blm in the about risk, supply chain, product emis- resources. Most of my work focuses on wild horse and burro program. Another sions, resilience and corporate strategies water policy, climate change and issues F&ESer works in my group, Jim Weigand to address the inevitability of climate that involve both conservation and ’89. Talk about a small world, or govern- change. Work takes me from the wilds Native Hawaiian issues. This has been ment! My horses and burro keep me of New York to the wilds of Kazakhstan, professionally satisfying, allowing me to busy when I'm not working.” while passion for sustainable protec- focus on the projects I am most passion- tion and biodiversity protection is Sharon Hausam gets great joy simply ate about, as well as spend time with my accomplished by chairing the Board of from living in New Mexico. Being the son and mother (who just passed at age Directors for the EcoLogic Development tribal planner for the Pueblo of Laguna 90). As a volunteer I serve on the O‘ahu Fund.” www.ecologic.org gives her the opportunity to work Island Burial Council (which determines directly with community members on Karen Terwilleger was recently named the preservation of ancient Native land use, housing, alternative transpor- senior director of forest and environ- Hawaiian remains found in the course tation and environmental issues. She mental policy for the Washington of development) and on the board of the also teaches part time at the University Forest Protection Association. In this Hawaiian Islands Land Trust, the first of New Mexico. Check out her chapter role, she supports the landmark Forests statewide land trust formed from the in a new book, Reclaiming Indigenous and Fish Agreement, which protects merger of four smaller trusts in 2012. We Planning. Her remaining hours are water quality and aquatic species while will soon be sadly bidding aloha to Jim happily filled up with time in her ensuring viable working forests. Karen Spencer who is taking a job on the East organic garden. lives in Olympia, Wash., with her two Coast; we have celebrated Thanksgiving chihuahuas. Kelly Hogan is a postdoctoral with him and others for many years.” research fellow in the Department of Jane Whitehill writes: “I have recently 1996 Environmental Health Sciences at the sneaked in trips to St. Lucia, Chicago, Class Secretaries University of Michigan School of Public central and coastal Virginia, and Kathryn Pipkin Health. She had her review of Breasts: northern and southern California [email protected] A Natural and Unnatural History by while working in drug development. Julie Rothrock Florence Williams published in the Here in New York City you can once [email protected] July 26, 2013, issue of Science. again get to the real Atlantic Ocean on David Casagrande writes: “I'm an associ- Heinrich Jessen writes: "I am in the subway. Until earlier this summer, ate professor of environmental anthro- Singapore managing our industrial Sandy destruction had interrupted that pology at Lehigh University. Donna and I family company, which operates in the subway line.” have a small farm in rural Pennsylvania.” asean region. The company is turning 50 end of this year, and we recently Liza Esser writes: “This was an excit- became what we think is the first ing year for me as my husband, Gary, carbon-neutral industrial company in and I welcomed our daughter, Clara, in this part of the world. My wife and I April. She joins her big sister Molly (3). recently celebrated our 10-year anni- I teach science at a private school in th versary. Our two school-going boys (9 Washington, D.C., and began my 13 year there in September. This past spring I

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was named a finalist for the Presidential I have ever heard. I am now looking for Catherine Bottrill hosted a group of Award for Excellence in Mathematics pro-bono legal work to get a state ban London F&ESers this summer to play and Science Teaching.” on ivory.” [email protected] croquet and drink Pimm’s. Derek Halberg writes: “I lead the Tar River Rebecca Turner is the senior director of Erika Diamond got married this summer. Land Conservancy. In July, we joined the programs and policy at American Forests. Michael and Zhanna Beisembaeva elite ranks of the nationally accredited She resides in Washington, D.C., where Funaro have moved back to Connecticut. land trusts across the country. My family she sees many fellow F&ESers in and Brad Hunter writes: “My wife and I just enjoys get-togethers with Alex Finkral outside of work. had a baby girl, Penelope. All is well in ’97, Ph.D. ’05, and Liz Kalies ’04 and their 2001 Portland, Ore.” kiddos, who live in nearby Chapel Hill.” Class Secretaries Laura Meadors gave birth to Finley www.tarriver.org Leigh Cash Howard Hood in August. Jon Kohl is founding the pup Global [email protected] 2003 Heritage Consortium to help heritage Adam Chambers Class Secretaries sites rise above the crisis of plan non- [email protected] implementation by adopting emerging Benjamin Hodgdon Jennifer Grimm [email protected] paradigms in organizational learning, [email protected] power sharing and holistic thinking, Pete Land Dechen Dorji writes: “After establish- among other things. At the same time [email protected] ing the Environmental Research and he works to strengthen his particular Richard Chavez writes: “I am in north- Training Institute (uwice) from scratch, technical contribution to the consortium west British Columbia working as a plan- I have now moved on to establish in heritage interpretation by writing his ning forester and enjoying every minute another uniquely modeled, wholesome blog on international heritage interpre- of my life with my family. Sometimes I leadership school for my beloved King. tation and co-writing with his wife a miss working in the tropics. Cheers to Exciting journey, working with archi- college text on environmental inter- all my friends and former classmates.” tects, curriculum developers, education pretation for Costa Rican and Latin Heather Coady writes: “I am working as researchers, investment planners and American students. There are no text- a regulatory policy specialist with the wise villagers from the project site.” books in Spanish on this very important usda in Riverdale, Md. Two big projects Tracy Melbihess writes: “I'm living in communication approach, which is used of mine were recently launched: my baby Boise, Idaho, working for the U.S. Fish in parks, botanical gardens, zoos or girl, Rowen, on December 28, 2012; and and Wildlife Service's Mexican wolf anywhere else visitors arrive. The idea, my proposed rule on restructuring of recovery program in Arizona and by using the most updated under- regulations for the importation of plants New Mexico.” standing of communication science, is for planting on April 25, 2013. The birth to provoke deeper thought by visitors 2002 of the latter was more arduous by far.” about heritage so that they will come to Class Secretaries Becca (Brown) Dzubow, husband, Jason, appreciate it more and participate in its Catherine Bottrill and big brother, Asher, welcomed baby conservation and management. [email protected] Hana on February 4, 2013. Becca works www.facebook.com/heritageinterpreta- Roberto J. Frau at the U.S. epa's O≤ce of Children's tion; www.jonkohl.com [email protected] Health Protection in Washington, D.C. 2000 Kim Awbrey moved from Namibia to Alison Forrestel writes: “Life is good Class Secretaries Atlanta, where she recently joined Emory in San Francisco. We're putting down Erika Schaub University's Goizueta Business School as deeper roots and just bought a house eas≠[email protected] part of their Social Enterprise Team. She in the fog near Ocean Beach. Eslyn just Zikun Yu will be coordinating e≠orts in Nicaragua, learned to walk and I finished my Ph.D.!” [email protected] helping to build models of collaboration Brian Goldberg writes: “I had a great Ashley McKay writes: “In October, I and investment in health and sustain- time at our 10-year reunion. Though helped organize a screening of Battle able development. I'm stepping down as class co-cor- for the Elephants, followed by a solu- Skip Barbour, D.F.E.S. ’02, writes: “I am respondent, I am happy to report that tions panel discussion at the University associate director at the Center for Benjamin Hodgdon will continue to of Vermont and in conjunction with Interdisciplinary Research on aids at Yale lead correspondent duties with unrivaled the Wildlife Conservation Society. I was School of Medicine/eph. My most recent support from the newly appointed cor- thrilled to reconnect with Heidi Kretser publications apply many of the ecologi- respondent, Pete Land. Thanks, Ben and ’99. It was an amazing event (300-plus cal principles that I learned at F&ES to Pete, for your leadership, and thank you in attendance and considerable media epidemiological problems.” all for your updates!” coverage) and the best panel discussion please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

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Holly (Sage) Green writes: “I am serv- forever (Jersey land costs big $$). It was having kindergarten, daycare, home and ing as an associate branch chief in the awesome to share the day with F&ESers, o≤ce all within a 10-minute walk U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s including Carrie Magee Sargeant ’02 of each other in leafy Maplewood, N.J. Drinking Water Protection Division. Our as we announced the completion of Diana Karwan, Ph.D. ’10, writes: “After branch works with federal, state, local the project. We've now started to raise more than 10 years on the East Coast, Ted and nongovernmental partners to imple- funds to rebuild the garden, which will and I have moved back to the Great Lakes ment regulatory and voluntary programs include a public park, a large-scale rain with our son, Will (4), and new daughter, aimed at protecting sources of drinking garden and public performance space. Alexandra. I am an assistant professor in water. Our daughter, Olivia, will start Jon Wagar ’99 at Conservation Resources the Department of Forest Resources at kindergarten this month, and Josh (3) helped provide funding to jump-start the University of Minnesota, focusing on is cute, but stubborn.” the next phase of the garden's life! hydrology and watershed management. Bishop Grewell writes: “I moved to Jersey and F&ES ... perfect together.” I would like to meet up with other F&ES Denver, Colo., this spring to join the U.S. Nicole Vickey writes: “Jesse and I have folks in the upper Midwest.” Attorney's O≤ce in Colorado. In October, just moved to Austin, with two kids and [email protected] we had our second little girl.” semi-comatose basset hound in tow. Any Susan Tambi Matambo lives and works Ben Hodgdon and Margarita Fernandez F&ESer's here? If so, please be in touch!” in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan ’04 returned to Vermont with their [email protected] area. She was pleased to meet up with daughters, Carmen (5) and Lucia (1), Yvette Williams writes: “I am happy to Yemi Tessema ’02 when Yemi was in D.C. after a year in Chiapas, Mexico. announce that I successfully defended in July. Betony Jones writes: “I wish I could have my doctoral dissertation this spring and Dani Simons and Sarah Charlop-Powers attended Reunion Weekend this year, but am beginning my professional endeavors ’09 write: “We are giddy to share that we I have a very new baby. I'm living in the as Dr. Williams!” got engaged in June. Sarah has recently San Francisco Bay area, consulting under 2004 launched the Natural Areas Conservancy, my business Fourth Sector Strategies. I'm Class Secretaries a public-private partnership to manage working with California cities on energy Jennifer Vogel Bass and restore natural areas in NYC. Dani is and climate policy and designing a new [email protected] the marketing director for Citi Bike, New strategic plan for the California utilities York's new bike share system. We credit Keith Bisson and their regulators on recommenda- the F&ES alumni o≤ce with helping us [email protected] tions to jointly improve workforce and meet for the first time!” Daniela Vizcaino energy outcomes.” relocated back to NYC [email protected] Daniela Vizcaino Krithi Karanth is now associate conserva- and is working as a designer for LeadDog Laura Wooley tion scientist with Wildlife Conservation Marketing Group. While this has pulled [email protected] Society in New York. She will continue to her away from the environmental field, be based in Bangalore but will be work- Philippe Amstislavski writes: “After she is involved in some projects tied to ing on conservation science and policy five years of doing research and teach- nonprofit organizations like Walk the issues in India and 15 other countries. ing environmental health and spatial Walk America to raise awareness of analysis courses at the State University Terry Miller writes: “Kate and I are hap- breast cancer and to raise funds for of New York, I am heading up a public pily raising our brood of Henry (7), Lucy local organizations in New York. She health team in the Interior Region of (4) and Grace (5) in Portland. We enjoyed hopes to reconnect with fellow alumni Alaska. I will be responsible for environ- a beautiful summer making short trips in the New York metro area and seek mental and public health in 14 small around Oregon with friends and family. potential collaborative opportunities bush communities, located between Hope all ’03 F&ESers are doing well!” where she can provide her expertise Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle. We left writes: “I worked with as a designer and visual communicator. Fuyumi Naito New York City, our home for the last preparing for the ‘Minamata danielavizcainodesign.com unep seven years, in late August and headed Convention on Mercury’ held in Japan Abigail Weinberg writes: “I'm in my to Fairbanks, Alaska. I’m looking forward in October.” 10th year at Open Space Institute, now to real snow that stays and for living as director of conservation research. Samantha Rothman writes: “In 2009 I freer and less subway-centered.” cofounded Grow it Green Morristown I am focused on understanding how Jennifer Bass has taken a slight detour and opened a community garden on a we can do land conservation in a way o≠ the environment path, heading up littered vacant lot that was slated to be that accounts for changes in climate communications for Worldwide Orphans, developed. By working with and water quality — and being diligent Anthony an organization that provides healthcare and at the about using my generous vacation allot- Cucchi ’99 Greg Socha ’00 and education for orphans and at-risk Trust for Public Land, we raised more ment to experience first hand the great children. She has the blissful situation of than $2.1 million to save the garden places we work.”

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2005 job at cb&i (energy e≤ciency program tax-credit program that incentivizes con- servation easements. Carishma works Class Secretaries administration) for the move and to David Cherney have a baby in late summer.” with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, a [email protected] Po-Yi Hung writes: “I received my Ph.D. nonprofit that encourages people to get outside — something that, as new par- Dora Cudjoe from University of Wisconsin, Madison, ents, they don't get to do nearly enough. [email protected] in May 2013 and am assistant profes- sor in geography at National Taiwan Laura Meitzner Yoder, Ph.D. ’05, started Virginia Lacy University.” a new position as director of the Human [email protected] Andrea Johnson writes: “In August I Needs and Global Resources Program Benjamin Urquhart moved across the country (of Costa Rica) and associate professor of environ- [email protected] to the lovely mountain town of Turrialba, mental studies at Wheaton College, Ill. Maura Adams writes: “I started a new where I'm now working at catie, a center 2006 job this spring as program director for for research, training and practice in Class Secretaries the Northern Forest Center, a nonprofit forestry, agriculture and climate issues Flora Chi based in Concord, N.H., that creates eco- throughout Latin America. I'm part of [email protected] nomic opportunity and community vital- a project that is trying to analyze and Reilly Renshaw Dibner ity from healthy working forests. My role remove barriers to successful commu- [email protected] is to promote small-scale, high-e≤ciency nity forestry and small wood product Krista A. Mostoller wood pellet heating throughout the businesses.” northern forest region of New York, [email protected] Melissa Andersen Kuskie writes: “My Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Jill Savery husband, son, dog and I have moved I've been traveling frequently and would [email protected] back to my home state of Minnesota. love to meet up with F&ESers while I'm I'm an air policy planner with the Caroline (Simmonds) Cook and Jonathan on the road. Get in touch!” madams@ Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Cook ’04 write: “We welcomed Gabriel northernforest.org and am looking forward to eating David Cook to the world on August 2. Inés Angulo writes: “I moved to San deep-fried cheese curds at the state We're looking forward to getting him José, Costa Rica, in July 2013 to work fair and shoveling snow this winter.” out in the woods this fall and maybe to for the Natural Resources Division at New Haven one of these days. In other Michelle Lichtenfels writes: “Matt and the Interamerican Development Bank. news, Jonathan moved from wwf to I just had our second little girl in July, Happy to be back in the tropics and usaid’s Global Climate Change O≤ce Arley Julianna Lichtenfels, who joins closer to the beach!” last summer. Still working on adaptation us and her big sister Lowe (4) here in issues. Caroline is working for wwf in Lauren Baker writes: “I have had an Portland, Ore. We have been busy adjust- Washington, D.C., directing the Coastal exciting last couple of years. In August ing to life as a family of four, riding East Africa program and will be on 2012 I finished my year and a half of mountain bikes, getting back into trail maternity leave until December.” fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where running, and getting ready for our now- I examined indigenous politics regard- annual Oktoberfest bash! I'm at peci as Yuko Dvorák-Miyataˇ writes: “It is my fifth ing oil operations, and since then I have a senior product manager in our data year as regional manager for the Asia- been back in New Haven processing and center energy e≤ciency group — been Pacific region at Enhesa, a global ehs writing up my data. I also came back to there almost six years now. Matt recently regulatory consultancy headquartered in New Haven with a partner — a journal- joined one of the local school districts as Brussels and Washington, D.C. Covering ist I met in Peru, who is also a southern their energy manager.” environmental laws and regulations in California native; we got engaged in 190 jurisdictions in the world, I enjoy Trisha Victor writes: “I am working for December and married in August in working day-to-day with colleagues from urs Corporation as an environmental Laguna Beach, Calif. For the next year, more than 40 nations. Based in Prague, consultant specializing in air quality. we will continue to live in New Haven my daughter (1.5) is already used to I'm part-time so I can be at home with as I finish up my dissertation.” traveling between Europe and Asia for our two girls, Madyson (2) and Bayley business with me.” Jamie Fergusson writes: “I’m still at (4 months as of this writing). Mike and International Finance Corporation in I built our new house almost two years Ross Geredien writes: “I was in Perú this Washington, D.C., and being kept busy by ago to raise our family in the Leesburg past spring investigating the environ- Tessa (5) and Charlie (3). Best to you all.” countryside.” mental and social impacts of mining in Cajamarca Provence and studying the Ann Grodnik-Nagle writes: “I've moved Carishma and Aaron Welch celebrated spectacular avifauna of the Peruvian to Denver and am happy to be closer the birth of their first son, Ashim Robert, Amazon at research stations with to mountains, wilderness and a great last April in Denver, Colo., where Aaron the Asociación para la Conservación F&ES crew here. I took a leave from my is working to help administer the state's please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

43 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes de la Cuenca Amazonica/Amazon 2007 pals is always inspiring, and I hope my travels and moves ahead will o≠er lots Conservation Association (acca/aca). Class Secretary of chances to catch up with dear friends While in the country, I greatly enjoyed Susan Ely flung across the continent!” visits with Oscar Franco in Lima and [email protected] Cesar Moran Cahusac ’05 in Cusco.” writes: “I have joined Rosi Kerr Krishna Roka as a visiting faculty at University Gonzalo Griebenow writes: “I have been [email protected] based in Oxford since October last year of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, in the Anamaria Aristizabal is starting to working on a Ph.D. at the Geography Department of Sociology from Fall 2013. integrate her passion for coaching and and Environment School. Life in Oxford I will be teaching environmental sociol- group facilitation with sustainability. is very intense and full of excitement. ogy and urban sociology courses. We She was a facilitator for a Leaders for I am enjoying so much this place, the are adjusting to our move from central Sustainability program called "Byron experience of going back to classes Pennsylvania to central Wisconsin.” Fellows," created by Gabriel Grant ’14. is challenging! I just came back from She is also a curriculum advisor for Dalai 2008 a two-month fieldwork trip in sunny Lama Fellows, run by Bidisha Banerjee Class Secretaries Ghana where I had the opportunity ’11. She works as a trainer of coaches, Angelica Afanador to meet with my friends Godfred facilitators and consultants, inquiring [email protected] , and Ohene-Gyan Hugh Brown ’10 into the relationship between sustain- Kelsey Kidd Wharton Rebecca Asare ’03, Ph.D. ’10. They are ability and social innovation. She is a [email protected] doing great!” member of the hub, an Ecovillage, the Mariya Absar writes: “I am living in Rita Lohani is working for the Society for Organizational Learning and Tennessee, working as a research International Finance Corporation and the Foundation for Reconciliation. She associate with the Oak Ridge National is based out of Bangladesh. She works is starting a project of facilitating social Laboratory. I'm studying the impact of on programs that engage the private innovation workshops around Colombia. climate change on crop yields in the sector (financial institutions, compa- She hung out with Ramón Olivas ’09 as southeastern United States and devel- nies, msmes) in providing and access- he came through Bogota. oping socioeconomic scenarios for the ing climate-smart solutions to climate Terry Baker is a ranger at the McKenzie region to assist with adaptation and vul- vulnerable communities and designing River Ranger District in Willamette nerability studies. Since moving to the business models that spark the inter- National Forest. He has a number of South, I have had the chance to go hiking est of the private sector to operate in long-standing, multi-level issues on the in the Smokies, tubing in the rapids and high-risk environments. Her work is District on which he would like to bring horseback riding in the nearby trails. I focused on working with agribusiness closure, ranging from prescribed fire in have traveled a bit in neighboring states companies and financial institutions to wilderness, litigation, an environmental and have found country music and line provide farmers in the southern coastal impact statement for a controversial dancing to be quite therapeutic.” belt of Bangladesh access to finance and project and a hydropower relicensing Agha Ali Akram writes: "I'm currently improved inputs, cultivation practices, project. at F&ES finishing up (fingers crossed!) storage and processing techniques, as Kate Neville writes: “Changes are afoot my Ph.D. in environmental economics well as strengthening the supply chain in my life! Still in the academic world, (expected to finish 2014). My wife, Zahra, of agribusiness companies to ultimately the fall always seems like the true start and I recently had a baby boy and named yield higher productivity and income in a of the year, and it has been quite the him Zain. He keeps us very busy, but he's changing agricultural landscape. year: since last August, I moved up to tremendous fun!" Linda (Kramme) Walker, husband, northern Canada (close to the border of Jorge Bentín writes: “I am the direc- Shawn, and their pooch, Hana, moved British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska) tor of the Corporate Environmental after five years in Washington, D.C., to with my first foray into o≠-grid cabin Management Program (undergraduate) wild, wonderful West Virginia. Linda is life; defended my Ph.D. at the University at Universidad Sna Ignacio de Loyola in director of World Wildlife Fund's Global of British Columbia (in political science/ Lima, Perú. I am the co-founder and edi- Forest & Trade Network, North America environmental politics); and got mar- torial directorof Dystopia Publications, program, and Shawn has started his own ried to the love of my life. This fall, I'll a publishing company that aims to tree education and consulting arborist start a Canadian-funded postdoctoral empower people with useful and good- company, Trees 101. www.trees101.net fellowship at Duke University's Nicholas quality information about current events School of the Environment and split my and am also a director for America time between North Carolina and the Solidaria Perú, a nonprofit sending Canadian north. Following the paths volunteers from and to Latin American and adventures of many dear F&ES countries to work in social initiatives. I

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co-founded Sociedad Secular y Human- feel like I am making a di≠erence. I hope Julie Witherspoon writes: “I moved to ista del Perú and am vice president of everyone else feels like they are too.” the Bay Area about a year ago and am the newly founded Yale Club Perú.” Annette (Bellafiore) Kelly writes: “I've enjoying reconnecting with F&ES friends, Anton Chiono enjoys the windy winter moved to Maryland to start my career including Audrey Davenport ’09, Lauren weather (and occasional earthquake) in as a high school science teacher. I'll be Hopkins, Claire Jahns ’09 and Cat Manzo Wellington, N.Z., where he is pursuing teaching courses on ecological systems ’11. I know there are many more in the a Fulbright on climate policy at Victoria and environmental science. Hopefully area ... hope to run into you soon!” University. Down there he met up with I'll inspire some students to be future 2009 Leslie King ’09 and a variety of other environmental leaders!” Class Secretaries F&ESers, including Scott Laeser, Chelsea Kyle Meister writes: “I married Sheri Rajesh Koirala Chandler ’10 and Ariane Lotti ’07, who Earnhart in October 2012. Fellow F&ESers [email protected] have migrated south to ensure it's not Tamara Muruetagoiena ’07, Zach Parisa Neelesh Shrestha too lonely at the bottom of the world. ’09, Sam Price and Jason Weiner came [email protected] Amanda Moss Cowan completed her from far away places. Great to have their Simon Tudiver doctoral studies at Oxford University's support! Sheri and I recently relocated [email protected] Saïd Business School, successfully to South Carolina, where Paula Randler's Jude Wu defending her thesis, “Sea Change: A parents have graciously welcomed us.” [email protected] Sensemaking Perspective on Competing Sara Bushey Ohrel is living in Maryland Institutional Logics,” about the rise of Murefu Barasa writes: "Some colleagues and working on land-use economics and the sustainable seafood movement in and I have set up a boutique consulting bioenergy issues at the epa in D.C. Sara the aftermath of the cod fishery col- partnership with service o≠erings in the enjoyed gardening a lot over the sum- lapses o≠ North America's eastern energy and environment space. We are mer and also successfully brewed her seaboard in the early 1990s. She is a just starting out, so it's been hectic but first ale at home (Bushey's Brown Ale). postdoctoral researcher at the Saïd quite exciting.” www.eedadvisory.com She misses the Hav, but luckily gets to Business School Centre for Corporate Janette Bulkan, Ph.D. ’09, is assis- pal around with Adrian Deveny ’09 Reputation. tant professor in the Department of quite a bit and hang out with other Qi Feng writes: “I am finishing my dis- Forest Resources Management of the F&ESers at the D.C. happy hours. sertation on environmental ethics at University of British Columbia, Canada. Teresa Sarroca moved to Cambridge, McGill University, Montréal. I am trying Janette is also a member of the Policy U.K., in early summer and reports she to rethink the concept of the self in and Standards Committee of Forest forestry and will be using Aldo Leopold's very much enjoyed the surprisingly Stewardship Council and a mem- works in my research.” sunny summer. She took a break from ber of the Governing Council of the policy desk work and (to pay the bills) Commonwealth Forestry Association. Laura Alex Frye-Levine received a has been working at a good ol' indepen- grant from the International Society Ke Cao has been relocated to Beijng, dent pub where she hopes she'll get to for Ecological Economics and the Earth China, for more than one year, working serve a nice pint to any of you visiting. System Governance Project to attend for Heinrich Boell Foundation's China She's loved it but started a position at the 2012 Thor Heyerdahl Summer School o≤ce. He hopes this city will have more in London. She's wary of the com- in Global Environmental Governance iied blue-sky days in the future. muting but still planning on staying in in Norway. Laura Alex is a dual Ph.D. John Paul Jewell moved to Chicago student in sociology and environmental quaint Cambridgeshire. At least till the in July to start a new job as a clean studies at the University of Wisconsin. end of the year! energy finance specialist with the Nigel Gurnett writes: “After working as Yuliya Shmidt returned to San Francisco Environmental Law & Policy Center. a contractor for a year I joined an organi- after spending 10 months in Guatemala Visitors are always welcome! zation called Intertek a few months ago, City on a Public Policy Fulbright Andre Mershon works for the U.S. and I am an iso 14001 environmental Fellowship where she worked for the Agency for International Develop- management systems auditor within Ministry of Energy on renewables. She ment in Washington, D.C., as a the environmental group of Intertek is working on renewable energy for the climate change specialist. This spring, Business Assurance. I audit the environ- California Public Utilities Commission. he enjoyed a vacation with his wife to mental management systems inside Kelsey Kidd Wharton writes: “Chris and the Galapagos Islands (especially manufacturing companies all over North I welcomed our son, Dashiell Mack snorkeling with the sea turtles) and America. It’s very challenging and excit- Wharton, into the world on my due Peru (especially hiking the Inca trail to ing work, and iso 14001 is the most glob- date, April 9, 2013. Dash is a happy, Machu Picchu) and work trips to three ally used and recognized environmental smiley baby and we are loving the continents. This summer was spent international standard in existence. I adventure of parenthood.” biking around Maryland and enjoying please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

45 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class notes local attractions, including Civil War ness development with the community University near Baltimore, Md. My essay history. and meeting inspiring Yale alumni from ‘Beyond Sustainability: Communicating Eric Roberts writes: “I enjoy living in across schools and generations.” a New Environmental Movement’ Portland, Ore., and working with Element Luke Bassett writes: “After working on was published in the August issue of Power to develop utility-scale wind and President Obama's reelection campaign Sustainability: A Journal of Record. I solar power plants. The F&ES community for more than a year, November 7, 2012, have poems published or forthcoming in the Pacific Northwest is reaching criti- felt very good. I recently started working this year in Cobalt Review, Terrain and cal mass, and should you find yourself up on climate policy at the Department of Plainsongs. I blog about sustainability.” this way, please reach out. A hike some- Energy.” residenceonearth.net where in the Columbia River Gorge is Gillian (Paul) Bloomfield writes: “It Eric Fournier writes: ”I’m in school, get- always a great way to spend some time.” has been a good year working at the ting a Ph.D. in environmental informatics Neelesh Shrestha writes: “I'm a con- Environmental Leadership and Training at ucsb. This mostly involves doing long sultant for the Nepal Climate Change Initiative and enjoying life in New Haven. division in a broom closet. Albeit, one Support Programme. A highlight of this I recently facilitated my first online with a view of the Pacific Ocean.” program is that it will implement the cli- course on tropical forest restoration, Jacob Holzberg-Pill of Nevada City, mate change adaptation activities that delivered in Spanish to 25 environmental Calif., has been hired as Kennebec were identified by grass-roots level com- practitioners in Latin America.” Valley Community College’s sustain- munities themselves in various climate- Nasser Brahim is in his second year at able agriculture instructor. vulnerable areas of Nepal. Besides such the Climate Investment Funds and finally Adrian Horotan writes: “I’m living in consulting jobs, I also am looking for made sta≠. His last work trip took him North Branford, Conn., with Anastasia, full-time sta≠ opportunities.” to the Maldives where the cif is fund- Henry (3.5) and Alfred (1.5). I started Hiroshi Sugano writes: “I finished my ing some interesting renewable energy in 2012 as a principal with Elm Street work as climate researcher in Berlin. programs. He enjoys catching up with Ventures, a venture capital fund based in Now in Tokyo, I work to enhance environ- fellow D.C. forestry pals at the monthly New Haven, investing in Yale technology mental awareness through government happy hours that he co-hosts with the spin-outs, including some green ones. projects.” likes of Marshall Duer-Balkind ’11 and I love getting together often with the Simon Tudiver helped bring a future Dave Burns. other ‘townies’ from our year.” F&ESer into the world with the birth David Burns writes: “After leaving the Jenn Hoyle writes: “I’m starting my sec- of his daughter, Leah, in January. He World Bank in June, I joined the National ond year in Jim Saiers's lab in the F&ES works for Environment Canada, most Wildlife Federation. When not beating doctoral program! Just can't get enough recently developing strategic directions Ryan Sarsfield ’12 and Ben Larson ’11 in of New Haven. Be sure to reach out if you for federal science research and clean foosball, I manage the tropical forest and come to town!” technology funding programs. He lives agriculture project, promoting deforesta- Heather (McCarthy) Jacobs moved to in Ottawa with his wife, Sarah, and two tion-free agricultural commodities.” Rome, Italy, in April for a consultancy at children, Kai and Leah. Caye Casado writes: “I’ve worked in the Food and Agriculture Organization 2010 the Environment and Energy Cluster in of the United Nations. She is working Class Secretaries undp Cuba since late 2010. I got married on the Mitigation of Climate Change in Daniella Aburto Valle in July 2013 to my wonderful husband, Agriculture Project, supporting coordi- [email protected] Eduardo.” nation of international workshops on the collection of Luke Bassett Ashley Duval writes: “Two ethnobotanist ghg data in develop- [email protected] colleagues from the New York Botanical ing countries. She is also assisting lead authors as a chapter science assistant Paul Beaton Garden and I have started a bitters for the Agriculture, Forestry and Other [email protected] company called Shoots and Roots Bitters, working with mixologists, chefs and Land Uses chapter of the ipcc 5th Changzin Fang distributors in New York. We've devel- Assessment Report, due to be released [email protected] oped a product line, host private events in fall 2014. William Lynam and o≠er a range of workshops, using Kathayoon Khalil writes: “I'm working on [email protected] sensory experience to raise awareness my Ph.D. in environmental education at Kristin Tracz and appreciation of plant diversity, tra- Stanford. I'm in the analysis and writing [email protected] ditional knowledge and the evolution of phase, though, so with any luck I'll be a Daniella Aburto writes: “I took an awe- useful plants. Proceeds finance research doctor in the next year!” some trip to Yamoransa, Ghana, with and conservation initiatives.” Sudarshan Khanal writes: “I am in Nepal the Yale Alumni Service Corps. It was an Clara Changxin Fang writes: “I'm working for Asia Network for Sustainable amazing experience working on busi- sustainability manager at Towson Agriculture and Bioresources and had

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a chance to be associated with the Yale Catherine Picard, Ph.D. ’10, writes: “For F&ES students: Andrew Zingale ’12 and Himalaya Initiative (yhi) consultative the past three years I've been working Sonali Bhasin ’14. Also, Vanessa and I are workshop in Kathmandu last August. at the State Department in Washington, hitched. Miss y'all foresters — not too We organized a field trip to one of our D.C., focusing on conflict diamonds and many of us in NYC.” community forests for the yhi steering minerals, as well as the transboundary Toshi Tanuma writes: “I am working committee members including Dean management of the Nile River basin. at PwC Japan in Tokyo as an associate Peter Crane, Tim Gregoire, Ph.D. ’85, and While I've thoroughly enjoyed my time in and have been involved in an internal- Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan Foggy Bottom, I have decided to return control, project-to-project management (Shivi) ’91, Ph.D. ’96, and Rajesh Thadani to my natural resource management and for system replacement of the financial ’94, Ph.D. ’99, the executive director of a governance roots. I've accepted a posi- industry. I’ll work my way back to the Himalayan research organization called tion this fall with a private international environment in the coming years.” cedar. This August, my wife gave birth consulting firm, Tetra Tech International/ Meredith Trainor writes: “In September to a baby boy.” ard, based in Burlington, Vt. I will con- I celebrated three years in Seattle, work- Leif Linden writes: “I am working in the tinue to focus on natural resource issues ing on Canadian boreal forest protection Silicon Valley tech industry, and for the in Africa, while enjoying the beautiful for the International Boreal Conservation past few years have been focused on Green Mountains of Vermont. Sadly, this Campaign. This year I’m looking forward leadership and change management, means giving up my co-hosting duties to concentrating my professional e≠orts including helping teams realize added with the F&ES Alumni Happy Hour in in yet another province (Manitoba!) value for customers, invest in and priori- D.C., but I encourage anyone passing while continuing to develop my moun- tize projects that pay o≠, and collaborate through D.C. to drop by if you're in town taineering resumé on the weekends.” the second Tuesday every month at the in highly productive teams. I also took Hari Venugopalan Nair Radhamoni Mad Hatter in Dupont Circle.” a role as adjunct professor at a small writes: “I am in India working with the liberal arts college, where I'm teaching a Tatjana Rosen writes: “Since the fall of Wildlife Trust of India (wti). After leav- business strategy capstone course.” 2012 I am the Snow Leopard Programme ing F&ES, I worked as an editorial intern Eliot Logan-Hines writes: “I have been coordinator in Tajikistan for Panthera. I with Audubon magazine, and later joined living and working in Ecuador for the am based in Khorog, gbao. My work Fauna & Flora International (ffi) in D.C. past three years as executive director consists in monitoring and research of as an intern. I became a program associ- of Runa Foundation. Runa Foundation snow leopards and their prey (Marco ate, managing grants and writing fund- works to create new value for tropical Polo sheep, ibex and markhor) in the ing proposals for wildlife conservation forests by researching and developing Pamirs, addressing and mitigating projects across the tropics, until I decided new plant products that benefit local human and snow leopard conflicts and to leave for India. The United States people and forest ecosystems. Runa now supporting the establishment of local has been extremely kind to me, and has guayusa tea products in over 5,000 conservancies. I recently received a the memories are something to keep. stores in the United States. We are in the National Geographic Big Cats Initiative However, I had to accept my yearning for process of expanding into new products grant to support my conflict mitigation the warmth — of the air and the society and new countries with a particular and community work. I also advised the — of a tropical country. I started with interest in Colombia and Peru in both Tajik government on the development of wti in New Delhi, working on monitor- lowland forest and highland Andean the National Snow Leopard Ecosystem ing and evaluation of wildlife conserva- ecosystems.” Priorities document for the World Bank tion projects. In July 2013, I moved to Yuching Lu writes: “I'm in Taiwan starting Snow Leopard Heads of State Forum in the development department and am a new company/website to encourage Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in September 2013.” writing grant proposals to raise funds for more Asian young female professionals Berkley (Adrio) Rothmeier writes: “After a number of projects across the Indian to pursue their career.” careher.net three years working with Ceres in Boston, subcontinent. I have not done many Cat Manzo writes: “I've been living in San I'm relocating to Chicago. I also got mar- things I wanted to do. Mixed bag, I had.” Francisco for a little over two and a half ried to Alex Rothmeier this spring and Rae Wynn-Grant writes: “After receiving years. For the past year, I've headed up am now Berkley A. Rothmeier.” my M.Phil. in ecology and evolutionary sales and marketing for a data analytics Chris Starkey writes: “After teaching in biology from Columbia University on my start-up, StreetLight Data.” the School of Architecture and working way to a Ph.D., I happily married Obadele with Professor Felson's Urban Ecology Aram Marks is designing houses at Davis in an April garden ceremony. To and Design Lab for a couple years, I Marmol Radziner Architects in Santa complete my dissertation work, I am moved into consulting with Terrapin Monica. In his free time he's exploring eagerly embarking on a one-year field Bright Green (no more late nights on the the wonderful rocks and landscapes of season in the Lake Tahoe region to study Metro-North!). Since I arrived at Terrapin, the Sierras and Southern California. black bear habitat selection.” we have set up two internships with please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

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Seth Zeren left his planning position working internationally and traveling to year on the National Environmental with the City of Newton, Mass., to Central America frequently over the next Justice Advisory Council's Indigenous teach urban planning and sustainable 12 months. I'll be based out of Missoula.” Peoples Work Group. She is expecting her environments on a study abroad pro- Erin Derrington is working as an environ- first baby (a boy!) in November. gram traveling from New York to mental consultant in the Seattle area, Ben Larson has returned to his roots, New Delhi, Dakar and Buenos Aires. specializing in climate change adapta- despite studying forestry, and is working 2011 tion and water resource stewardship. on grasslands. Ben leads the National Class Secretaries This summer she expanded her natural Wildlife Federation's campaign to con- Margaret Arbuthnot resource management repertoire to serve America's remaining native grass- [email protected] include leading technical trail construc- lands, particularly in the Prairie Pothole tion on Mailbox Peak. Erin misses the Region. Ben also works on sustainable Lucien Bou≠ard fabulous folks of F&ES! bioenergy, including lucien.bou≠[email protected] epa's enforcement is a consultant to the of the Renewable Fuels Standard. Elizabeth Friedlander Elyzabeth Earnley U.S. Forest Service, a job that simultane- [email protected] Eliza Little writes: “After a year in India, ously supports her love of the National I started a Ph.D. at Columbia (one year Gabriel Mejias Arismendi Environmental Policy Act and square down, four more to go). My husband, [email protected] buildings. She enjoys traveling to visit Bevan, and I are due to have a baby this Randal Strobo classmates (Tina Schneider ’12, Jesse winter and I'm trying to get lots done [email protected] Daniel Oppenheimer, Erin Clark, you are before then!” Margaret Arbuthnot writes: “I am based next!) and adding to her collection of Gina Lopez, after leading a timber in D.C. but am splitting my time between rocks from around the world. When at crew on the Sierra National Forest in strategy for the Market Transformation home in D.C., she can be spotted biking California, has relocated to the beautiful unit at wwf U.S. and project man- on the diagonal streets and/or loitering Rocky Mountains of Colorado to work as agement for the global wwf Market like a lost puppy by the Andean Bear lead program facilitator for jpii Outdoor Transformation Initiative.” exhibit at the National Zoo. Lab, a nonprofit environmental science Charlotta Chan writes: “In August, I Efrie Friedlander, after interning in field program for youth. packed up my life and moved from the Philadelphia for the summer (where she Manuel Mavila Loli writes: “I'm coordi- Bay Area I've adored for the past two met up with Max Piana, Steph Carlisle, nating a Sustainable Forest Manage- years to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to work for Rod Bates ’07 and Chris Kieran), is back ment Program in four Andean countries, an ngo called Fundación Natura Bolivia at architecture school at University in collaboration with Finland. Also think- (Bolivia Nature Foundation). The orga- of Michigan finishing her final year ing about how to collaborate on the nization focuses on forest conservation (FOREVER!) of graduate school. organization of the unfccc cop 20 that and sustainable development, and I will Rebecca Lee Funk writes: “I'm work- we’ll host next year in Peru. Hope to see be helping them out with their programs ing for novica, a partner of National some F&ESers!” until February at least. A shout out to Geographic. We ethically source art, Gabriel Mejias writes: “Monica and I Paulo Barreiro Sanjines ’12 for introduc- jewelry and other handcrafted pieces moved to D.C. last summer. I'm enjoy- ing us. After that, life is one unknown, from artisans in developing and emerg- ing my job as an environmental and great big adventure!” ing countries. I'm based in Guadalajara, social specialist, implementing ifc Esther Choi writes: “I have been based in Mexico, and will head to Lima, Peru, in Sustainability Performance Standards Korea doing an internship and traveling early 2014!” on Advisory Services projects (mainly extensively (met with Stefania Panousi Chris Kieran has had an amazing time public-private partnerships). The best in Greece) after my consultant job with as co-founder and ceo of Zokos — still perk of living in D.C. is having so many the World Bank expired in April 2013. I powering our beloved veggie dinner, as people from our class! We get to hang have now moved to Berkeley, starting a well as crowd-funding campaigns for out a lot, which is great.” Ph.D. program focusing on international foodies across the country. He is help- David Mitchell and his family (wife and environmental governance and politics. ing other tech start-ups get o≠ the baby boy!) currently live in Trinidad, Colo., Nervous and excited!” ground as entrepreneur-in-residence at where he works as the general manager Erin Clark writes: “I’m enjoying introduc- an investment fund and tech accelera- of a utility company. In January, 2014, ing high school students to field science tor in India. Favorite portfolio company: they plan to move to Fort Collins, Colo., through Ecology Project International's RidingO —making ride sharing cool in to take up a position at a strategic con- Yellowstone Wildlife Ecology Program, Bangalore. sulting group. but I'm branching out to run a second Jessica Koski is assisting her tribal com- Pablo Reed is acting as an environ- program next year — our Belize Dolphin munity with mining issues in the Lake mental consultant with dnv kema, Ecology Program. Looking forward to Superior Basin and is serving her second though his duties as a forest carbon

48 canopy JI fall 2013 o≠set validator and verifier have now 2012 Simon DeStercke writes: “I live in the not-very-F&ES-alumni-dense but been complemented with services in Class Secretaries highest-quality-of-life city of Vienna and for new market mechanisms for Simon DeStercke in Austria. I commute to a little place climate change adaptation and miti- [email protected] gation in the developing world, such called Laxenburg where I work in an Amy Higgins as Nationally Appropriate Mitigations imperial Schloss/castle (where the [email protected] Actions (namas) and Low Emissions famous Sisi passed a lot of time). My Development Strategies (leds). Alison Scha≠er employer is the research institute iiasa, scha≠[email protected] Chandra Simon writes: “I'm living in San and I am working on my project on his- Francisco, where I have been freelanc- Leigh Whelpton torical energy transitions. I enjoy what ing on a variety of education and media [email protected] I do but will soon go back to school for projects. I'm also producing environmen- Matthew Browning and Lara Browning a Ph.D. I’ve spent some time with lovely tal pieces for the TV series Dan Rather are seeking an infant for private adop- classmates and other alums of F&ES: Reports. Recently I spent a weekend tion. Matthew is a Ph.D. student in Rita E≠eh, Lakshmi Krishnan and Ritika whitewater rafting on the American forestry and Lara, with a master’s in Tewari (visited F&ES for 6 months) in River with about a dozen of my class- landscape architecture, is a project India; Kavita Sharma and Randy Caruso mates. The Bay Area wouldn't be the coordinator for the Community Design in Paris and Croatia; Kandice Harper and same without the amazing F&ES com- Assistance Center, an outreach portion Kyle Poorman this summer in Vienna; munity here!” of the College of Architecture and Urban Kyra Busch in Italy and Vienna; John Paul Kartikeya Singh writes: “I received the Studies at Virginia Tech. They enjoy hik- Jewell ’09 in Munich and Vienna.” Boren Fellowship and am in India for ing, cycling, cooking local and organic Tshewang Dorji writes: “I am back seven months (September 2013 through meals for their friends and family, and at home and working for the Royal March 2014) to conduct my Ph.D. working in their flower garden. They are Government of Bhutan.” research in energy access innovation.” both in their early 30s and live in a small Andrés González writes: “I live in cottage in a safe neighborhood close to Rebecca McKay Steinberg writes: “I lived Santiago, Chile. I teach natural resource excellent public schools. They are very in the Adirondack Park for two years economics and economics at the close to their seven nieces and nephews, post-F&ES. During this time, I worked at undergraduate and graduate level in aged 8 months to 13 years, and they are North Country Community College as two di≠erent universities (Central and the proud godparents to Benjamin (3). an adjunct faculty member and tutor, at Del Desarrollo). I also am developing an Any assistance would be greatly appreci- the Adirondack Journal of Environmental environmental technician program for ated. [email protected]. Studies as executive editor and with another university (Santo Tomas). I am edu the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature (as always) thinking what I want to do in Conservancy as a management plan Bryant Cannon writes: “I'm heading the next years, not sure yet.” writer. I recently moved to Kent, Conn., into my second year as a lawyer with Brendan Guy is loving life in New York to be the assistant director of land man- the California Attorney General's o≤ce, City working as a Global Fellow at nrdc agement with the Weantinoge where I work in the natural resources to forge multi-stakeholder commitments Land Trust.” section primarily defending California's and partnerships that advance global environmental agencies. My cases have Dania Trespalacios finished her Knauss sustainable development goals. included litigation defending against a Fellowship at noaa in February. She Rui He writes: “I am doing two part- variety of e≠orts to overturn California's has recently completed an internship time jobs in New Haven. One is research climate change law, AB 32 (in particular at wwf U.S., where she worked on assistant with Professor Marian Chertow the auction and o≠set parts of that law). illegality issues in globally-traded at F&ES. The other is project manage- Other cases range across water, fisheries, fisheries commodities. She also worked ment with the U.S. Business Council gold mining, toxic hydroponic fertil- as a consultant with the World Bank's for Sustainable Development (bcsd). I izers and fracking. I'm having a blast in Global Environmental Facility Evaluation will stay in New Haven for another half San Francisco, where I've been doing a O≤ce, where she assessed broader year and then go to Texas where the U.S. bunch of kayaking (mostly sea but some adoption of impact mechanisms on gef bcsd is based.” whitewater), climbing, mountain biking projects in marine environments. Dania and backpacking. Chelsea finished her Brian Kau≠man started as the execu- is seeking employment opportunities in landscape architecture and urban plan- tive director of the Keystone Energy marine conservation and engaging with ning degrees in May and joined me in E≤ciency Alliance in Philadelphia in May. her community in D.C. the Bay this summer. We will get married The group is a trade association of more next May in a redwood grove down near than 60 companies and nonprofits work- Santa Cruz.” ing to transform the market for building energy e≤ciency across Pennsylvania. please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

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Back in his hometown, the job is equal work with cgiar/ipsc on impact assess- Coast — after my clerkship ends in the parts teambuilding, fundraising, mem- ments in the natural resource manage- spring of 2014.” bership development, utility regulation ment context.” Sharon Smith writes: “I began work lobbying and financial management. Jaimini Parekh writes: “I am a law stu- at the Union of Concerned Scientists Pablo Torres recently stayed over to race dent at ucla Law and spent the summer (ucs) in Berkeley in July after a year of in the Philly Olympic Triathlon. Pablo working on California Environmental consulting for various ngos. I manage finished in 2:33.25 — a new personal Quality Act litigation. Summer work the campaign side of the Tropical Forest record. Brian stays in touch with Dan highlights included hiking several hun- & Climate Initiative at ucs, working to Constable (in Vietnam) and many oth- dred meters up a storm drain to capture reduce deforestation emissions related ers. A Philly F&ES chapter is rising with dry-weather discharge in violation of the to land use, with a particular focus on alums recently moved to our Brooklyn- Clean Water Act and reading through palm oil. Over the past year I spent a esque city: Chris Colvin ’13, Hayley Fink case after case about what constitutes month backpacking in Kauai and five ’13, Chris Kieran ’11, Max Piana, ’11, Evan adequate disclosure of environmental weeks in Asia and slaked my wanderlust Ray ’13 and Grant Tolley ’11.” impacts. Other than work, it’s back to — so I’m happy to be settled now in a Maisah Khan writes: “I live in F&ES-rich classes this fall, and I envy those out beautiful home just a mile from work.” Washington, D.C. I live with Ainsley working as opposed to reading, studying, Denise Soesilo writes: “I have been in Lloyd, and we are keeping strong the test-taking and paper writing.” New Haven since graduation working F&ES spirit by hosting plenty of dinner Erica Pohnan writes: “I recently finished with The Forests Dialogue. My appoint- parties and porch hangouts. We will have my Boren Fellowship in Indonesia and ment ends in October, and after having to throw a proper dance party soon. I started a new job as the Conservation spent many years in New Haven, I look work as a research assistant for a small Program Director of a small ngo in West forward to heading back to home soil (if strategic and political consulting firm, Kalimantan, Indonesia, called Alam Sehat not Germany, then Europe) at least for Freedman Consulting, that focuses on Lestari.” a little while. For now I'm enjoying the progressive issues.” Juan Sebastian Ramirez writes: “We just thrill of uncertainty about what is to Rachel Kramer writes: “After graduation, launched ViveSolar.com a month ago, come after October.” I spent the summer exploring Bhutan and now the company is starting to walk Bhavya Sridhar writes: “I live in Ithaca, and Peru, intersecting with friends on its own feet. P.S. Happy.” N.Y., where I am beginning my second from various hubs of Yale. In Bhutan, Danielle Rappaport writes: “I finished year of doctoral studies in ecology at we stayed with the family of Tshewang my year-long Fox Fellowship based at Cornell University. I have enjoyed my Dorji at their beautiful farmhouse in the University of Sao Paulo, where I first year in the program, during which Phuntsholing, near Trashigang. In Peru worked with faculty from the Landscape I attended several small conferences we were in Chris Milan's gorgeous wed- Ecology and Conservation lab to develop focusing on northeast forest ecology. My ding in Lima, assisted with surveys at his a methodology of prioritizing forest res- classes and fieldwork have taken me to archaeological site and explored Machu toration in the human-modified Atlantic a diverse range of ecosystems rang- Picchu and Paracas. We moved to D.C. forest using both temporal and spatial ing from tropical forests in Hawaii to last August, and I work at wwf, coor- considerations. I moved back to D.C. (my temperate forests in New Hampshire. My dinating the Wildlife Crime Technology old stompin’ grounds), where I will be current research involves studying soil Project and overseeing Borneo, Central finishing up the manuscripts from this carbon dynamics in the Adirondacks.” America and Africa grants for traffic, research, as well as applying to doctoral Pablo Torres writes: “This year I was the wildlife trade-monitoring network. programs over the next few months. I'm accepted into the Environmental My husband, Stephen Eckel, is doing at a point of transition, so can't furnish Leadership Program fellowship — his postdoc in atomic physics at the too many details at this point.” the Chesapeake region cohort. It's an National Institute of Standards and Ryan Sarsfield is a manager of the exciting journey of self-awareness and Technology. We love being in a town Tropical Forest and Agriculture Project self-improvement toward becoming an with so many foresters! We married for the National Advocacy Center of authentic leader, and I am enjoying every in New Hampshire this September in the National Wildlife Federation in part of the process of crafting a personal a picnic wedding with canoeing on Washington, D.C. leadership plan.” Lake Winnisquam and locally-sourced Jonathan Smith writes: “After working Theo Varns writes: “I have been living everything.” for six months as a law fellow at Oceana in Washington, D.C., since April. I briefly Lakshmi Krishnan writes: “Until recently, in Washington, D.C., I moved home to interned at the World Wildlife Fund I worked at ifc Delhi. If anyone needs Miami, Fla., and am clerking for a federal where I conducted research on commu- contacts in the ifc South Asia o≤ce on judge in Fort Lauderdale. I hope to get nity conservation. Now I am volunteering renewable energy and climate change, back into the field of environmental law at the Amazon Conservation Association please write to me. 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ties in international conservation and Hilary Oliva Faxon led a Yale alumni trip dream to return to Mexico to apply development work.” to Bhutan with several awesome F&ES what I've learned at F&ES.” Howe Wang recently graduated from grads this September. Interested in join- María Ortiz writes: “I was married over F&ES after finishing one year as a Yale ing a future adventure? Check out the summer and have started work- Fox Fellow and started working in New www.bootsonbhutan.com. ing at the New York City Department York as an energy economic consultant Ben Goldfarb received a fellowship of Sanitation in the Bureau of Waste in Midtown. from the Solutions Journalism Network Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.” Andrew Zingale writes: “I’m working to document how the Yellowstone to Charissa Rujanavech is back on the as a sustainable business consultant Yukon Conservation Initiative is helping West Coast in San Francisco, working on the West Coast, primarily with western species and ecosystems adapt at Apple as an environmental program Cascadia Consulting Group (Seattle) to climate change. As of this writing, he manager. When she is not working, she and scs Global Services (Emeryville, is busy setting up interviews, gazing at can be found climbing in Tahoe or the Calif.). I’m living in Berkeley, Calif., as maps and brushing up on grizzly bear Sierras, running in Golden Gate Park, of September 2013.” preparedness tactics in anticipation of or napping. 2013 his 2,000-mile reporting trip. Hank Seltzer writes: “I began working Bonnie Frye Hemphill writes: “It Class Secretaries for Clean Line Energy Partners in July was a grand summer of sailing the Judith Ament and am helping develop long-distance, Mediterranean, building cabins and [email protected] high-voltage transmission lines that generally reveling in both saltwater will carry 100% renewable energy. Adedana Ashebir and freshwater Maine with friends Elizabeth and I are living in Nashville, [email protected] old and new. I also dove into net- Tenn., and are perfecting our twangy Rebecca de Sa working for a gig here come fall. I’m singing voices in our spare time.” [email protected] in Portland, Maine.” Ke Yang writes: “Thanks to the variety Naazia Ebrahim Justin Lindenmayer writes: “After seven of classes and opportunities o≠ered by [email protected] weeks in Bar Harbor, Maine, enjoying Yale, I am chasing my dream to be a Web Laura Johnson the outdoor playground that is Acadia, engineer in a company one hour away [email protected] I came back to Connecticut to work from New Haven!” Victoria Lockhart part-time as director of operations and [email protected] associate consultant for Sustainability Sandy Aylesworth is headed to A to Z, a green engineering and green Antarctica after she completes her Arctic chemistry consulting firm. It’s great to policy internship with Oceana in Juneau, see recent grads still in the area and Alaska. During her time on the ice, she'll current F&ESers from time to time when be working the aft deck of a research visiting New Haven! And most impor- vessel for the U.S. Antarctic program over tantly, my wife and I are expecting baby two cruises. On the first cruise scientists #2 in March!” will research the (fascinating!) Antarctic Dexter Locke writes: “I've started a benthos. On the second cruise Sandy will doctoral program at the Graduate be tagging whales and identifying future School of Geography at Clark University, field sites for Antarctic coastal research. where I will continue with urban and In February, Sandy begins a Krauss community forestry research.” marine policy fellowship and intends Jocelyn Mahone writes: “I'm working as to work on Arctic policy in the executive a district forester in Michigan, covering branch. While she dearly misses F&ES, two counties. My job primarily focuses she's excited to join F&ES's robust D.C on providing forestry advice to non- network! industrial private landowners, though I Alana Callagy moved back to San also get a lot of calls about sick trees Francisco and is the lead environmental in people's yards.” planner at Parsons Brinckerho≠, a global Jose Medina Mora writes: “I've been consulting firm assisting public and busy returning to the National Forestry private clients to plan, develop, design, Commission in Mexico as the manager construct, operate and maintain critical for technology development and trans- infrastructure. fer. I'm very happy to be fulfilling my please continue to keep us updated regarding your contact and professional information . . .

51 yale school of forestry & environmental studies in memoriam

Jonah Meadows Adels M.E.Sc. ’14 farm educator, teen program director and preserving the history of Amelia Island (1984–2013), 29, of Philadelphia, Pa., died junior sta≠ program director. He was the and received numerous recognitions and on October 2 of injuries su≠ered in a car visionary force behind the camp’s edible awards. In one project, he produced the accident. Jonah was the oldest son of forest gardens, orchard, beehives and first-ever plot map of the original section Peter Adels and Stacey Meadows and the mushroom cultivation. He was central to of Amelia Island's historic Bosque Bello beloved brother of Sam and Gabe Adels. establishing the camp’s culture of activ- cemetery. That work led to the 1988 pub- He was born in Philadelphia and gradu- ism, kindness, playfulness and nature lication of a reference book, and his addi- ated from Abington Friends School in connection. Over the winters, Jonah tional research provided information for 2002. He was a 2006 graduate of Bard brought his uniquely inspired teaching a 1997 book on other Amelia Island cem- College, where he majored in film and to Jewish homeschoolers’ groups and eteries. In addition, he was well known electronic arts and in the history of sci- Alternative Spring Break programs for col- in the community for cultivating camel- ence and technology. At the time of his lege students, and o≠ered environmental lias and for his extensive knowledge of death, he had completed one year of education to schools and synagogues Amelia Island’s historic lighthouse and the master’s program at F&ES. He was a across the country with the vegetable- Fort Clinch. He is survived by three sons: passionate interrogator of science and oil-powered Topsy Turvy Teva Bus. He Jonathan of Eugene, Ore., Timothy and natural history, musician, songwriter, entered F&ES in fall 2012, where he dis- Christopher, of Fernandina Beach; four traveler, explorer of Shamanic traditions covered new outlets for his scholarship, grandchildren, Andrew, Kathryn, Michael and practices, an ordained Maggid (a sto- facilitation skills, activism and musical and Julia; and two great-grandchildren, ryteller in the Jewish shamanic tradition) expression. He was a founding organizer Andrew and Jack Alanson Belcher. of the Yale Food Systems Symposium and a climate and environmental activist. Brian Tobey Callahan M.F. ’62 and developed a new class on carbon He believed in Tikkum Olam (repair of (1938–2013), 74, passed away suddenly sequestering agroforestry. As a member the world) and brought this intention to on January 24 at his home on Denman of the Balkan band Orkestar, he delighted diverse initiatives that integrated educa- Island, B.C. Although Tobey’s passing in creating and performing original music tion, community organizing, ecological came too soon, he was granted his wish that expressed the buoyancy of his loving awareness and spirituality. During college to remain active to the end, cutting and spirit. He believed deeply in the mission he worked on organic farms in Central splitting the yearly firewood supply, of woody agriculture as practiced by and South America and in the United gardening and helping his family. He Badgersett Farm in Minnesota, where he States. After graduating from Bard, he was born in Seattle, Wash., on January performed carbon sequestration research spent two years in Portland, Ore., where 25, 1938, to Northwest artist Kenneth this past June. He convinced Badgersett he lived in an urban farming cooperative Callahan and writer Margaret Bundy to compete for a $10,000 award from and worked as a computer and media Callahan. As a child he spent much of the MIT Climate CoLab Competition, specialist and urban garden educator for his time in the forests and mountains which they won! Jonah deeply touched Self Enhancement, Inc., a charter school. of Western Washington, and the natural thousands of people through his joyful, He spearheaded a hands-on garden world remained important to him all his creative and purposeful life. education program that transformed a life. As a young man he worked for the defunct church garden into raised-bed Harold Belcher M.F. ’48 (1921–2013), U.S. Forest Service out of Granite Falls, biointensive grow spaces. In 2009 he and 92, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., passed Wash., where his family had a cabin. his brothers trekked together in Nepal. He away on June 11. Born in Linden, N.J., Hal This experience motivated him to earn and Gabe then worked at a rural orphan- was the son of the late Harold and Ethel a bachelor's degree in forestry from the age and taught documentary video skills Kane Belcher. He graduated from Rutgers, University of Washington, and a master's to teens, before cycling together for five served in World War II and then gradu- from Yale University. He later returned to months through central India. Upon his ated from Yale. He moved to Fernandina the University of Washington for a bache- return, he did an apprenticeship with the in 1948 with his late wife, Claire, and lor’s in biology and a teaching certificate. Jewish Farm School and joined the found- began work as a forester in the Rayonier He worked for many years in the Seattle ing team of Eden Village Camp, a new Timber Division. After retiring from School District as a teacher and coun- Jewish farm camp in New York rooted Rayonier in 1984, he focused his atten- selor. He married his Garfield High School in sustainability, justice and spirituality. tion on the community, combining his sweetheart, Mikell Sherman, in 1959. In Over his three years at Eden Village, he professional skills with a love of history. 1976, they moved to a cattle ranch in held numerous positions including lead He made significant contributions to the British Columbia interior. They loved

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ranch life, the surrounding wilderness one brother, who lives in California. Duke University Charles W. Ralston Award and the people who lived there. Finally, for Distinguished Alumni and in 2005 Francis Dillon Jr. M.F. ’48 (1921–2013) 15 years later, they moved to Denman he received the Distinguished Alumnus of Great Falls, Va., passed away peacefully Island on the southern B.C. coast, where Award from Yale F&ES. He is survived by on January 25 after a short illness. Frank he pursued his love of the outdoors by his wife of 70 years, Jane Anne (Beddow) was a career Army o≤cer and veteran creating and maintaining a network of Doolittle; daughter, Linda Bushar, and of World War II, the Korean War and the trails through their forested oceanfront sons, Randolph and Steven Eric; three Vietnam War, retiring as a colonel after property. Politics and family history were granddaughters and one grandson; and 31 years of active duty. During World two of his enduring passions. Though he th two great granddaughters and two great War II he served with the 17 Airborne eventually became a Canadian citizen, he grandsons. Division during the Battle of the Bulge maintained a lifelong interest in — and and Operation Varsity, the allied airborne Peter Feuerbach M.F.S. ’86 (1960–2013), was always prepared to debate the fine assault across the Rhine River in March 53, of Manchester, Mass., passed away points of — American political life. He 1945. In retirement he was active in his suddenly at Mass General Hospital on recently published Margaret Callahan: community serving as a scout master for June 14 with his wife, Linda, by his side. Mother of Northwest Art, a book based Troop 673 in Great Falls and as a member Peter had a loving bond with his siblings on his mother's journals, newspaper of the Parish Council for St. Catherine of and an incredible relationship with his articles and other writings. His gener- Siena Catholic Church. He was also an wife's family. He adored his children, and ous and courageous spirit lives on in the avid sailor on the Chesapeake Bay and an the wisdom and guidance he instilled in hearts of the many people whose lives he instructor for the local Power Squadron. them will help shape their lives moving touched. He was outspoken and caring, He is survived by his wife of 65 years, forward. The family shares fond memo- with a big laugh and a great presence. Martha; his sons, Hank, Tom, Pete, Tim, ries of times together at Singing Beach He is survived by his wife, Mikell; son, Dan, James and Doug; 21 grandchildren in Manchester, hiking and camping, and Sean, and daughter, Claire, on Denman and five great-grandchildren. trips to London, Paris and major cities Island; five grandchildren and four great- along the East Coast. He was born in New grandchildren. Warren Doolittle, Ph.D. ’55, (1921–2013), Rochelle, N.Y., and raised in Larchmont, 91, passed away on March 20 at Prince Francis Clifton M.F. ’48 N.Y. He received a bachelor’s in geology/ (1920–2013), William Hospital, Manassas, Va. He was hydrology from the University of New longtime secretary for the Yale F&ES born in Webster City, Iowa, on July 24, Hampshire, before earning a master’s Class of 1948, died July 7 at a hospice 1921, son of Ed and Rhoda Leone Doolittle. from Yale F&ES and a law degree from center in Atlanta, Ga. His friend Marilyn Warren was a veteran of both World War Su≠olk University School of Law. His O’Neal and her daughter were at his side. II and the Korean War. Serving with dis- undergraduate research studies brought Francis was born in Arkansas and moved tinction, he received the Distinguished him to Greenland and McMurdo Station to DeLand, Fla., in 1954 after earning his Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three in Antarctica, which led to a career in bachelor’s degree in Arkansas and his oak leaf clusters, the European Theater environmental planning that began master’s degree at Yale University. He of Operations with five Bronze Stars and with the City of Braintree, Mass., and was a U.S. Navy pilot during World War the Korean Service Medal. He was a navi- continued at McGregor, Shea & Doliner, II, flying PBY airplanes on rescue and gator trained in radar both for navigation a leading Boston-based environmental reconnaissance missions and delivering and bombing, completing 29 missions law firm. After receiving his law degree in supplies to troops in the South Pacific. In in Europe and 17 missions in Korea. His 1994, he worked at Kopelman and Paige DeLand, he had his own business, Clifton planes were shot down several times, as an associate attorney. In 1998 he joined Timber and Realty, o≠ering his expertise but the crews survived as a result of the law firm Rubin and Rudman, where as a forester and a realtor. He served heroic actions. During and after his he worked for 15 years, concentrating in as president of what was then called military service, he earned degrees from real estate, environmental and land use, the DeLand and West Volusia Board of three Universities — Iowa State, Duke and zoning. He was known as a skilled Realtors and, in partnership with Bill and Yale. His professional career with and tenacious attorney. His unfaltering Gould and John Turner, started the first the U.S. Forest Service was distinguished dedication to his clients established him multiple-listing service for area realtors as well, serving as director of research as a well-respected member of the legal in the late 1960s. For a number of years for the Northeastern United States and community. His deep faith in God guided beginning in the 1990s, he created and retiring as associate deputy chief for him in his daily life and was the founda- contributed word-search puzzles to The research after 38 years of service. After tion for who he was as an individual, a Beacon and often helped the newspaper retirement he remained active, serving husband, father, brother, uncle, friend, in its coverage of World War II and vet- as president of the Society of American attorney and member of the community. erans a≠airs. He was preceded in death Foresters in 1986 and for 15 years as His strong sense of volunteerism inspired by his wife, Ruth, a longtime elementary- president of the International Society of his devotion to the community in which school teacher. They were married for Tropical Foresters. In 1990 he received the more than 50 years. He is survived by he lived and raised his family. He was

53 yale school of forestry & environmental studies in memoriam active in town government, serving as a and his master’s at Yale University. His life his entire life. As a boy in Denmark, member and ultimately as chair of the was marked by his love for books, edu- he was very active in the Danish Boy Manchester Zoning Board. In addition, he cation, horticulture and chemistry, and Scouts movement, adventuring widely gave time and energy to the Manchester his ability "to work with his hands with in Denmark and Sweden. With hundreds youth soccer and basketball programs, finesse," thus making him a top-grade of other young scouts, he participated in where he was a valued coach and mentor. silversmith. He is survived by his daugh- the World Jamboree of Scouting in the He had a life-long love of the outdoors, ters, Paulina (Polly) Zu≠oletti and Carolyn Netherlands in 1937. He took a bicycle starting in his senior year of high school Buehler; grandchildren, Lauren, Linda trip into northern Germany in 1939 just when he hiked a portion of the Pacific and Kristen; sister, Viola Mish of Holyoke; months before the outbreak of World Crest Trail. This launched many years of niece, Delphine Kane of Chicopee, and War II. A lifelong reader and storyteller, he outdoor activities with family and good nephew, Joseph Mish of Berkley, Calif. learned the bookbinding trade from an friends camping in the White Mountains, Hans Nienstaedt M.F. ’48, Ph.D. ’51, aunt in Denmark. He was always capable biking in the Green Mountains and tele- (1922–2013), 90, formerly of Rhinelander, of sharing a good story with his grand- mark skiing throughout New England Wisc., died in his home in Morelia, children and great-grandchildren, and his and the West. During a special trip to Michoacan state, Mexico, on May 27. scouting tales were famously his best. the ranges of Crestone and the Sangre Hans was born December 23, 1922, in Michael Pennefather M.F. ’48 DeCristo Mountains of Colorado, Peter Copenhagen, Denmark, to L.R. Nienstaedt (1922–2013) died in his native Republic proposed to Linda. He cherished his child- and Inger Andersen Nienstaedt. He of South Africa on February 19 at the age hood memories, boating and swimming served briefly in the Danish Navy and of 90. Michael’s years at Yale were some on Long Island Sound, and overnighting was interned during World War II by of the happiest and most memorable of on Eaton's Neck. He equally loved his occupying German Wehrmacht forces. He his life, leaving him with lifelong friend- summer vacations in Chatham, Cape immigrated to the United States in 1946, ships and a profound and deep respect Cod. He had a deep appreciation for the where he earned his Ph.D. in genetics for American democratic values. time he spent on Nantucket with his from the Yale School of Forestry. Working Joseph Peters M.F. ’56 (1933–2013), family. He is survived by his wife of 19 for the State of Connecticut Department 80, of Oconomowoc, Wisc., passed away years; his children, Winston (16), Spencer of Forestry, he did pioneering work breed- on October 4 at Shorehaven Health (14) and Eve (12); and his parents, Dr. John ing resistance into the American chest- Center. Joe was born May 30, 1933, in and Florrie Feuerbach of New York and nut, which had been severely weakened Sheboygan, Wisc., to Joseph and Elizabeth Massachusetts. by a fungal blight disease first introduced (Walker) Peters. He was a forester for Edward Mish M.F. ’39 (1915–2013), into the United States in 1876. That work the City of Waukesha and a member 98, of Agawam, a self-employed silver- is carried on in Connecticut today. He of the Wisconsin Arborists Association, smith for more than 60 years, died on began work for the U.S. Forest Service the Society of American Foresters and October 20 at Baystate Medical Center in in the early 1950s, moving from St. Paul, the American Forestry Association. He Springfield, Mass. He and his wife, Stella, Minn., to Rhinelander, where he became received his B.S. from Yale College in 1955 owned and operated Edward T. Mish the first project leader of the newly and earned a master’s in 1956 from Yale Silversmith in Agawam. They began their established Lake States Forest Experiment School of Forestry. silversmith business there in 1950 after Station, today the Northern Research previously operating a silversmith shop in Station Forestry Sciences Laboratory. He Kraft von Maltzahn, Ph.D. ’54, Wilbraham for seven years. Together, the retired a project leader from the Forest (1926–2013), 87, died peacefully on April couple developed Mish’s Silver Polish, first Service in 1984. In retirement, he served 3 at the Queen Elizabeth II Halifax used at the Springfield Museum of Fine during the 1980s as an adjunct profes- Infirmary after a sudden illness. Born Arts in the 1950s, and later in such ven- sor of forestry, teaching genetics at the in Rostock, Germany, Kraft was the ues as the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Chapingo Autonomous University, an son of the late Heinrich Freiherr von Arts in New York City, the Smithsonian agricultural college in Texcoco, Mexico. Maltzahn and Marie-Luise, born Graefin Institute in Washington, D.C., the White He met Marj Giefel at Yale where she was von Bassewitz. Following studies at the House and the Wolfson Museum in earning a master's degree in horticulture. universities of Cologne and Zurich, he Jerusalem, Israel. They also exhibited at They were married in Ann Arbor, Mich. completed his doctorate at Yale. He went many regional fairs for 31 years. He was in 1949, and remained married 54 years to Halifax in 1954 as assistant professor born in South Hadley, the son of the late until her death in Morelia in January of botany in the biology department at Frank and Katherine (Kulpa) Mish. He 2004. They raised six children, five of Dalhousie University. He was appointed was president of the South Hadley High whom — Marianne, Mark, Patty, John and head of the department and experienced School Class of 1933. He earned his bach- Lisa — survive. He was a man of woods Dal's enormous 1960s expansion, hiring elor’s at Massachusetts State College in and forests, a hiker, bicyclist and canoeist, new faculty and advocating for more 1937 (now University of Massachusetts) and maintained a love of the outdoors space. Under his leadership, the biology

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department started a Ph.D. program The University of the South and Yale children. He was an inspired photogra- jointly with the medical sciences depart- University. He wished to be remembered pher and loved gardening, woodworking, ments. He also started planning what is as a devoted and loving husband, father bird-watching, swimming, skiing, sailing now the Life Sciences Centre and sat on and friend. He is survived by his daughter, and traveling. He was an avid reader of a working committee for the Aquatron. Anna Watkins, of Decatur, Ga., and sons, scientific journals and poetry. He played He was known for fostering a collegial Frank Watkins Jr., of Chattanooga, Tenn., piano and clarinet, sang in local choirs environment and was respected for his and Patton Watkins of Sewanee, Tenn.; and conducted symphonies in the living decisiveness; if something needed to grandchildren, Vladimir, Vlada, Patton, room. He had a quick wit and at times be done, he would do it. He joined the Evan, Camas, Cullen and Ada; and a large was a practical joker but was always faculty of the University of King's College extended family. kind and compassionate. He lived with as Carnegie Professor in 1979. He helped Richard Watt M.F. ’47 (1921–2013), 92, purpose and integrity and an unwaver- to open the King's foundation year pro- died peacefully on May 4 at Spring Lake ing devotion to his wife and family. He is gram to science students and lectured in Village, Santa Rosa, Calif. Born on January survived by his wife, Rachel; daughters, that program for many years. In 1991 he 16, 1921, in the Bronx, N.Y., Richard gradu- Deborah of Oakland, Calif., Constance of retired as Inglis Professor and Professor ated cum laude with a B.S. in forestry Metamora, Ill., Jennifer of Ashland, Ore., Emeritus at King's. He was also Professor in 1943 from Syracuse University. There and Kathryn of Oakland, Calif.; and grand- Emeritus of Biology at Dalhousie. In he met his wife, Rachel Mary Gates children, Je≠ and Mandy Stanford, and 1948, he met his wife, Anne McCallum, of Franklin, Vt. They were married on Kurt and Duncan Blickensta≠. in Zurich, Switzerland, where they were December 30, 1944, beginning a 68-year both studying. They married the follow- marriage. Days later, Richard reported for ing year and enjoyed life together first as service to the Army Signal Corps as a 2nd students and then through the decades Lieutenant. He served in the occupation of professional and family commitments army in the Philippines and Tokyo. On in Nova Scotia. His dedication to educa- his return from service, Richard earned tion was especially deep and included his master’s degree cum laude from his contribution as one of the founders Yale and taught for a year as a forestry of the Halifax Grammar School. In mid- instructor at Penn State before join- career, he became ever more interested ing the U.S. Forest Service as a research in the human experience of nature, scientist. His 34-year career took him, which is reflected in his book, Nature as Rachel and their growing family to Idaho, Landscape: Dwelling and Understanding Washington, Minnesota, Missouri and (1994). His studies, reading and writ- Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in for- ing on how we live in nature, occupied est ecology and tree physiology in 1961 him happily also in his retirement. He from the University of Minnesota. There loved going for walks from his youth to his old age. He is survived by his wife, he established a research lab for the Anne; his brother, Ruediger; his children, Lake States Forest Experiment Station. Christopher, Margaret Kirby and Nicholas; He published more than 50 articles and his grandchildren, Maia, Alex and Anna presented 13 research papers regarding von Maltzahn, Elizabeth and Kate Kirby, western white pine management, forest and Clara and Isobel von Maltzahn; and assessment and northern hardwoods and please note: In the spring issue of this many nieces and nephews. oaks. He also was listed in "Who's Who magazine, the year of birth for Gary Taylor in Science." In 1976 he was asked to over- was incorrectly reported. He was born in 1935. Seijuro Uraki M.F. ’60 (1931–2011), 82, see a 20-state urban forestry program died suddenly after a short illness on focused on growing trees in large metro-

June 19, 2011, surrounded by his family. politan areas; the program was a success He returned to Japan after earning his and continues today. After retirement degree at the Yale School of Forestry and to Worcester, Vt., where he and Rachel became manager of the Hotel Urashima designed and built an energy-conserving in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama. home, he served as executive director of Francis Watkins Sr. M.F. ’59 ( –2013), the New England Society of American 83, died in his sleep on February 27 of Foresters and received a Distinguished complications from acute myeloid leu- Service Award in 1999. He transmitted his kemia. Frank was born and raised in love of the outdoors and intense intellec- Athens, Tenn., and earned degrees from tual curiosity to his daughters and grand-

55 yale school of forestry & environmental studies class of 2012: Where did the Class of 2012 go? Six monthsCareer after graduation, Update here's the profile of employment for our graduates.

not-for-profit/ private (business/consulting) non-governmental • ARCADIS • American Council for an • United Nations Environmental Scientist, Sediment & Energy-E≤cient Economy Consultant, Geneva, SWITZERLAND Waterfront Group, Syracuse, NY Senior Analyst, Washington, DC • World Wildlife Fund • Bain and Company • Appalachian Trail Conservancy Program O≤cer, Chengdu, Associate Consultant, Shanghai, CHINA Environmental Planner, Boiling Springs, PA Sichuan Province, CHINA • CB&I (formerly Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure) • Artists Activists private (business/law) Environmental Architect, Los Angeles, CA Client Program Manager, Chicago, IL • Amazon.com • Center for Western Priorities • DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability Pathways Manager, New Castle, DE Policy Director, Denver, CO Senior Sustainability Professional, Sustainable • Apex Wind Energy Building and Communities, Oakland, CA • Environmental Northeast (ENE) Development Manager, Charlottesville, VA Policy Analyst, Boston, MA • ICF International • Chadbourne and Parke LLP Associate, Energy, Environment & • Environmental Defense Fund Associate, Washington, D.C. Transportation, Atlanta, GA Manager, San Francisco, CA • Chipotle Mexican Grill • A. T. Kearney • Fairfood International Program Manager–FWI, New York, NY Business Analyst, Shanghai, CHINA Sustainability Advocate, San Francisco, CA • Drummond Woodsum • Readiness Consulting Services • Food and Agriculture Organization of Associate Attorney, Portland, ME Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. the United Nations (FAO) Programme O≤cer, New York, NY • General Electric • Phase One Consulting GE EHS Stephen D. Ramsey Fellow, Consultant, Alexandria, VA • Global Environment & Technology Fairfield, CT Foundation • The Praxis Institute Intern, Arlington, VA • Hess Corporation Consultant, ISRAEL Senior Specialist, Environmental Policy & • Greenpeace • Pricewaterhouse Coopers Engagement, New York, NY Research Specialist, Washington, D.C. Associate, Sustainability and Climate Change, • JP Morgan Beijing, CHINA • Hudson Highlands Land Trust Associate, New York, NY Stewardship Coordinator, Garrison, NY • SustainAbility • New Island Capital Management Analyst, New York, NY • International Finance Corporation (IFC) Investment Associate, San Francisco, CA at the World Bank Group • Waypoint Building Group Short-term Consultant, New Delhi, INDIA • NRG Energy Engagement Associate, San Francisco, CA Senior Analyst, Strategy, Policy and • IUCN • Working Lands Investment Partners Sustainability, Princeton, NJ Consultant, Washington, D.C. Investment Associate, New Haven, CT • Perennial Energy Consulting • New Mexico Land Conservancy Analyst, Washington, D.C. government/public sector Conservation Specialist, AmeriCorps, Santa Fe, NM • Philips and Cohen • California Attorney General Fellow, San Francisco, CA Deputy Attorney General, Natural Resources, • Oceana San Francisco, CA Associate, Washington, D.C. • Quince and Company Portland, ME • Clean Energy Finance & Investment • Oceana Authority Law Fellow, Washington, D.C. • Rio Tinto Minerals Senior Manager, Clean Energy Finance, Marketing Analyst, Denver, CO • RESOLVE, Inc. Rocky Hill, CT Program Associate II, Washington, D.C. • SunEdison • Clean Energy Finance & Investment Associate, Belmont, CA • The Nature Conservancy/Northeast Sea Authority Grant Consortium • Van Ness Feldman, LLP Manager, Clean Energy Finance, Ocean Conservation Coordiantor, Associate Attorney, Washington, D.C. Stamford, CT New Haven, CT • William J. MacDonald, Esq. • Government of India Attorney, Rochester, NY Conservator of Forests Panchkula, State of Haryana, INDIA

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• Ministry of Envronment, Chile • Yale University Consultant, Environmental Economics, Research Assistant, New Haven, CT Santiago, CHILE • Yale University – The Forests Dialogue • National Parks Board Singapore Program Manager, New Haven, CT Manager, Biodiversity Coastal and Marine, SINGAPORE further study for master's graduates • NYC City Parks Foundation/US Forest Service - NYC Urban Field Station Strategic • Harvard University Partnerships Ph.D., Department of Molecular and Cellular Director, New York, NY Biology, Cambridge, MA • Town of Fairfield • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Director of Public Works, Fairfield, CT Ph.D., Engineering Systems Division, Cambridge, MA • U.S. Global Change Research Program Communications Coordinator & Web Content • Mississippi State University Manager, Communications, Washington, D.C. Ph.D., Animal Physiology, Mississippi State, MS • U.S. State Department • Oregon State University Management Analyst & Special Assistant to Ph.D., Microbiology, Corvallis, OR the Director, O≤ce of Global Change, Bureau • Portland State University of Oceans and International Envrionmental Ph.D., School of Urban Studies and Planning & and Scientific A≠airs, Washington, D.C. Ecosystem Services for Urbanizing Regions, • U.S. EPA – Region 6 Portland, OR Assistant Regional Counsel, O≤ce of Regional • University of California – Los Angeles Counsel, Dallas, TX J.D., School of Law, Los Angeles, CA • U.S. Forest Service • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Forest Biologist, Washington, D.C. State University • White House Council on Environmental Ph.D., Department of Forest Conservation and Quality Environmental Preservation, Blacksburg, VA Special Assistant, O≤ce of Public Engagement • Yale MacMillan Center Washington, D.C. Fulbright and Fox Fellow Researcher, ISRAEL academic • Yale MacMillan Center/University of Sao (k–higher education) Paulo Fox Fellowship, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL • Calvin Hill Day Care Center • Harris Fellow, New Haven, CT Yale University Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, • Darrow School New Haven, CT Music Director and Environmental Science Teacher, New Lebanon, NY employment for doctoral • IIASA graduates Research Assistant, Transitions to New • AIR Worldwide Technologies, Laxenburg, AUSTRIA Scientist, Research and Modeling, • University of Massachusetts and UNFF New York, NY White Paper Project • EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Consultant, New Haven, CT Materials Science and Technology • Worcester Academy Postdoc, SWITZERLAND Director of Sustainability, Worcester, MA • Mississippi State University • Yale Center for Business and the Assistant Professor, Mississippi State, MS Environment • University of Georgia Research Assistant, Blueprint for E≤ciency Postdoc, Athens, GA New Haven, CT • University of Hawai'i at Manoa • Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Studies Honolulu, HI Recruiter, Admissions and Financial Aid, • Yale University and the U.S. Geological New Haven, CT Survey • Yale University Postdoctoral Associates, New Haven, CT Program Manager, New Haven, CT

57 yale school of forestry & environmental studies from the o∞ce of: admissions

elp cultivate the next group of F&ES Alumni! If now have full access to postdoc and job listings Hyou know someone who has the passion and through the F&ES GeO job listings service. drive to pursue a career or research in the environ- ment, speak with them about F&ES! Our o≤ce is always happy to follow up with leads or o≠er guid- ance as you speak and interact with the future leaders in this field. According to our incoming Class of 2015, Job listings for alumni more of our applicants learn about F&ES through a The Career Development O≤ce posts hundreds of colleague or mentor than any other outlet! jobs and internships in the F&ES GeO listing service If you are interested in getting involved with future each month. Many of these opportunities require F&ES students, please let us know. Telephone calls, post-graduation experience best suited to our alumni. emails or attending events are all great opportunities As F&ES alumni, you will always have full access to our to connect with prospective students. Please contact job listing service. If you haven’t created an account, Danielle Curtis, Director of Enrollment at log in to www.yalefesgeo.experience.edu and register. [email protected]. Post jobs and internships to our students and We are on the road again . . . please let us know if you fellow alumni are interested in attending one of our events across It is easy to post a job or internship. Forward listings the country. The complete calendar of events may be in any format (.pdf or Word document, Web link, etc.) found at environment.yale.edu/admissions/events. to Ladd Flock, and his team of graduate student assis- Thanks for your continued support! tants will upload the information to the GeO jobs listing service within 48 hours. F&ES Resume Books from the o∞ce of: The career counselors at the Career Development O≤ce have been busily working with our incoming career and current students to update and fine-tune their resumes and CVs. In November, resume books will be development available for alumni to download and share with their organizations’ hiring managers. If you want a resume New O≤ce Structure book of current F&ES students, contact Ladd Flock and The Career Development O≤ce’s new director, Ladd he will forward the latest resume book as a .pdf. Flock, has been making significant changes to the o≤ce’s operations during his first semester at F&ES. To better prepare students for their required sum- contact information mer internship and research experiences, students Ladd Flock, Director are now paired with an individual career counselor. 203.432.8920 | ladd.fl[email protected] Starting this fall semester, all students receive tailored linkedin.com/in/laddflock guidance to develop their own individual internship, Kathy Douglas, Associate Director research and job search strategies. The o≤ce is adding 203.436.4830 | [email protected] another sta≠ member to its team to oversee employer linkedin.com/in/douglaskathy relations, manage internship and job listings for stu- dents and alumni, and coordinate employer activity Mariann Adams, Administrative Assistant when on-campus. Additionally, our doctoral students 203.432.5126 | [email protected]

58 canopy JI fall 2013 from the o∞ce of: branches 2014 opens for development submissions in January 2014 and alumni services branches is an F&ES initiative to connect alumni with current he Development and Alumni Services team works to keep the connections students around summer intern- T strong among F&ES alumni, friends and the School. We sponsor annual ship, project and employment Reunion Weekends, regional events and receptions, and onsite opportunities opportunities. for continuing education, student mentoring, and social and career network- If you want to connect with ing. To this end, you’ll find here a number of convenient avenues to connect current students to begin a and communicate with the F&ES extended community: conversation about engaging them in your research or project http://www.facebook.com/YaleFES work, or an intern or employee, http://twitter.com/YaleFES then go to http://environment. http://linked.com/groups?home+gid+147435 yale.edu/special/branches to get the dialogue started!

Your Updates are Needed! Our contact and professional information for you is only as good as the information you provide. If: 1) you don’t receive the Attention Class of 2013 & Friends . . . Class of 2013 quarterly Alumni Yearbook is Available! E-Newsletter, 2) you’ve recently relocated, Thanks to the hard work and excellent e≠orts of the Class of 2013 Editorial Team — Ariana Gonzalez, Monte Kawahara, Vrinda Manglik and Karen 3) you’ve changed jobs or Petersen — and the unstoppable photo enthusiasm of the class members, 4) you’ve changed your the Class of 2013’s memories have been collected in visual, paperless form e-mail address, for your enjoyment. Find the downloadable Class of 2013 Yearbook at: please send us quick e-note http://www.yale.edu/fesalum/Yearbook2013.pdf with your current information This is yours at a click, to keep and enjoy! at: [email protected]

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