Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
Woodstock School Alumni Magazine Vol CIV, 2011
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98 - Quadrangle<br />
Andrew ’01, Monica and Louise Kemp (S)<br />
happy to assist if anyone wants to visit.<br />
TONIKALI YEPTHOMI WEHI is living<br />
in Auckland NZ with hubby Maxim.<br />
Enjoying the rugby world cup as NZ is<br />
hosting it this yr. Go the All Blacks! Our<br />
1st baby is due on Dec 20 & looking<br />
forward to parenthood. SHRUTI GAN-<br />
GULY is still in NYC, have started my<br />
last yr of my MBA/MFA program at NYU<br />
& am doing various things as part & also<br />
independent of school. I’m producing a<br />
feature film with James Franco & his production<br />
co & James will be in the movie<br />
too. Then I’m writing my thesis which is<br />
a short animated film set between New<br />
Delhi & Mussoorie. SENTILA PONGEN<br />
is on maternity leave right now as I had<br />
my second son in Jun. Yes, we feel really<br />
blessed! I’m also supposed to be studying<br />
for my CS exams which is next Jun & do<br />
a million other things but...I’m just planning<br />
on enjoying my kids at my own pace,<br />
space n time...till I’m satisfied. JOHN<br />
HUDSON & wife Chelsea now living in<br />
Silver Spring MD with our 3 daughters<br />
Adelaide (5) Sydney (3) & Nadia (1). I am<br />
currently a Project Engineer for a commercial<br />
construction firm (Hensel Phelps<br />
Construction Co.) & am working on the<br />
construction of a Marriott Marquis Hotel<br />
Mark Thornsen '01<br />
in downtown DC. It is a<br />
3 yr project & we hope<br />
to stay in the area for a<br />
while. Chels is starting<br />
back up her photography<br />
bus & I still spend a lot<br />
of time hunting & fishing<br />
when not at work or<br />
spending time with the<br />
family. VIJAY ROY &<br />
wife Emma celebrate<br />
their son Elijah (1), life<br />
has totally changed with<br />
him around. We are living<br />
in exciting times &<br />
I’m finally learning how to swim, yippee,<br />
will be in AUS for Christmas. ARJUN<br />
SIKAND is importing into Asia & Asia<br />
Pacific all American foods from the US,<br />
also doing professional photography.<br />
SUNG YEON CHOI MORROW is still<br />
in Chicago- going on 10 yrs! Happily<br />
married & working as a Nat’l Organizer<br />
for Interfaith Worker Justice which has<br />
him traveling quite a bit domestically<br />
so gives me a good chance to catch up<br />
with old friends, like Arish & Melanie<br />
in NYC! TENZING TEKAN lives in San<br />
Francisco where is currently working<br />
for Bain & Co. He’s working on brushing<br />
up on his Tibetan. DANIEL SMITH<br />
also lives in SF. He is one yr away from<br />
an MFT degree with a Drama Therapy<br />
twist. —Daniel<br />
Class of 2001<br />
It is 10 yrs since the Class of 01 graduated<br />
from WS & scattered around the<br />
globe. Most people have now settled<br />
into the patterns of working life. Some,<br />
whether out of nostalgia for student days<br />
or other motivations, are contemplating<br />
retraining, while others are discovering<br />
for themselves the ups & downs of being<br />
young parents. For tips on healthy babies<br />
one may wish to consult SABINA THY-<br />
LE who is in her 2nd yr of her pediatric<br />
residency at UCLA. Also in the healing<br />
profession, ROHINI UPPAL is working<br />
as an ICU nurse in VA & beginning to<br />
explore other career options. Let’s see<br />
what the future holds! BENITA SAMUEL<br />
BECKER & Chris have moved to Boston.<br />
While he pursues his M Arch degree,<br />
Benita works in different healthcare<br />
settings as a RN. She travels frequently<br />
to Calvin College MI to serve on their<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> Bd, also part of their Presidential<br />
Search Comm. SAHAJO HAERTEL<br />
continues to educate children in NY &<br />
MARIO WYON is similarly employed.<br />
He works in Arcata CA as a gr 5/6 Spanish<br />
teacher in a bilingual charter school.<br />
HUGH EVANS continues work with the<br />
Global Poverty Project & has moved to<br />
NYC. In the same city, ZOMAWII KHI-<br />
ANGTE & Filippe celebrated the birth of<br />
Eva. SAIRA MALIK moved to Washington<br />
DC in Oct to start a consulting job in<br />
federal public safety & criminal justice.<br />
Also in DC is NITIN JAIN, working on<br />
water & sanitation projects at the World<br />
Bank. He is in the middle of applying<br />
to MBA programs, hopes to be moving<br />
in that direction. Also on the MBA<br />
path, SHASHWAT MODY has moved to<br />
Philadelphia to pursue an MBA at The<br />
Wharton <strong>School</strong>, U PA. Look him up if<br />
you are in the area. RAHUL CHERIAN<br />
is also in the area & has recently met<br />
up with others like ROHINI UPPAL &<br />
TSERING WANGDI. JAE IL SHIM is<br />
living in Lynchburg VA & planning to go<br />
to graduate school. ASHISH THOMAS,<br />
Kristin Isabella & Zander have returned<br />
to Nashville TN for a season. Ashish<br />
works as a Business Process Consultant<br />
& a Keynote speaker. ANDREW KEMP &<br />
Monica celebrated the birth of daughter,<br />
Cambria, in Dec 10. They currently live<br />
in El Paso TX. BRIE MILGROM was<br />
recently hired at a gluten-free bakery in<br />
Portlan, OR. She loves it & is training to<br />
be the assistant mgr. She also practices<br />
yoga, dancing & generally enjoys life.<br />
She is sad to miss the reunion but sends<br />
warm regards. SEEMA SHARAN has<br />
recently married & is looking forward<br />
to coming back to WS for the reunion.<br />
She took a 2 yr break from working to<br />
travel the world & no doubt has plenty<br />
of exciting travel stories to share! HAN-<br />
NAH FONG KENNEDY is living with<br />
husband in Ithaca, upstate NY, where<br />
she is a PhD student at Cornell U. Her<br />
res focuses on TB immunology. ROHIN<br />
LAL is working & living in Philly with<br />
wife Therese. They are enjoying their<br />
time there. SAMUEL CHOI & his wife<br />
are living in Thailand but we don’t know<br />
if he has managed to travel as far south as<br />
Singapore where JUNGSENARO LONG-<br />
KUMER is currently living. TSERING<br />
YANGZOM SADUTSHANG is enjoying<br />
life in Sydney AUS where she has moved<br />
with her work at Royal Bank of CAN.<br />
Also nearby is RAMEEZA AHSAN who<br />
has begun a Master’s prog in Adelaide.<br />
CASSANDRA BREDT KING has persevered<br />
all yr to organise classmates to<br />
meet up in Mussoorie in Oct. She lives<br />
in Melbourne with Robert & children,<br />
Maia (4) & Joshua (2). Cassy opened a<br />
childcare centre in May & is working