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class notes Davos World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, among 31 young technology leaders worldwide. Michael is the founder and CEO of www.ReputationDefender.com which was also featured in a Sunday New York Times Magazine cover article on Internet privacy, or the lack thereof. Classmate Peter Corsell, founder of Gridpoint, Inc. was named a Davos pioneer in 2008. “ ReputationDefender is the world’s leading online reputation and privacy management company. Estate 2010” as she stood chatting with… Big Bird? Yes, Fisher was named number one on the list of top real estate women. She serves as a real estate advisor to Sesame Workshop. Recently appointed Director of Newmark Knight Frank Robin completed a record number of transactions for clients in the tri-state area. She was also elected vicechair of the Young Men’s/Young Women’s Real Estate Association and serves on several philanthropic boards, while also being active in the Horace Mann School Alumni Council. “It is important that I work with organizations that make our world a better place,” said the alumna. To see the complete story, go to www.sokolmediaonline.com. Jon Stone, an assistant professor of Russian and Russian studies at Franklin & Marshall College was featured in an article in F & M’s publication The Diplomat http://thediplomat. fandm.edu/article/602. Prof. Stone is currently working on an historical dictionary of Russian literature, a reference work designed to introduce major authors of the 19th and 20th centuries. His goal is to make the primary players in Russian literature more accessible to students. Alex and Jamie Silver have formed the Jackson Gabriel Silver Foundation (“JGS”) to help find a cure for their son Jackson, and the thousands of other children who suffer from Epidermoysis Bullosa (“EB”), a group of incurable and devastating blistering disorders that affect children from birth. Children with EB lack the critical proteins that bind the layers of skin together. With fewer than 20,000 individuals affected by EB in the US, the JGS Foundation funds scientific research with the goal of treating and curing this disease. Classmates Jared Stern and Monique Sock and Edward '66 and Richard Grossmann '98 graciously serve on the JGS Board. To learn more or get involved go to www.jgsf.org. 2001 Adrienne Fields and her husband Ilya Katsman are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Sonia Ann Katsman who arrived on February 10, 2010. Adrienne has been enjoying time with her family while continuing to practice intellectual property law as Associate Counsel for Artists Rights Society (ARS). Sloan Copeland’s “From Date to Mate” premiered in November 2009 to enthusiastic response. New episodes of this romantic-comedy/fictional reality TV show are released monthly. Check it out on Shalom TV, free on demand, online at http:// shalomtv.org/DateToMate_1.htm, and free on iTunes, or at www.thSCsite.com or www. sloancopeland.com. Anita LaScala is working on one of the most talked-about shows on Broadway— Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark, as the Assistant Set Designer. Previews began in November with the opening date set for 21 December. Julie Taymor is directing and the music is written by U2’s Bono and The Edge. The show is described as “Rock concert meets a Broadway Musical meets a Cirque/ Circus show.” 2003 1998 1996 Kelly Hines Yiadom is happy to send the news of her first born, son, Kodjo Josiah Elias Boakge Yiadom who was a year old on June 1, 2010. Shawna Kalish Masry and husband Albert are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Edin Rose on Feb. 24, 2009. Michael Fertik was named one of the Horace Mann Magazine reported incorrectly some of the facts on Dr. Kelly Levin's marriage in 2007 to Dr. Jonathan Daniel Schoenfeld. We regret the errors. Dr. Levin is a senior associate with the World Resources Institute's climate objective. Dr. Schoenfeld is a Clinical Fellow in Radiation Oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. 2000 Robin Fisher graced the cover of the annual publication “Top Women in Commercial Real Anna Torres received her Masters from Harvard in May 2010 and began a doctoral program in Judaic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley from which she received a Chancellor’s Fellowship. Halley Feiffer starred in the Roundabout production of “TIGERS BE STILL” in fall 2010 at the Roundabout Underground, the Black Box space at the Laura Pels Theater. Samuel Ferri had a wonderful cartoon series run in The Jerusalem Post, about a visitor’s experience in Israel. http://www.jpost.com/Features/ MagazineFeatures/Article.aspx?id=174752 and http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article. aspx?id=175092. Nicholas Yannuzi was married to Kate Ahlborn on June 26, 2010 in Ridgewood, N.J. The couple met during high school at an event for newly-admitted students to Harvard College, from which they both graduated in 2007. Michael Wang, Fred Leggett, Eli Nagler, and Alex Victor ’04 were all groomsmen at the wedding. Horace Mann Magazine Fall/Winter 2010-11 57 http://www.ReputationDefender.com http://www.sokolmediaonline.com http://thediplomat.fandm.edu/article/602 http://thediplomat.fandm.edu/article/602 http://www.shalomtv.org/DateToMate_1.htm http://www.shalomtv.org/DateToMate_1.htm http://www.thescsite.com/ http://www.sloancopeland.com http://www.sloancopeland.com http://www.jgsf.org http://www.jpost.com/Features/MagazineFeatures/Article.aspx?id=174752 http://www.jpost.com/Features/MagazineFeatures/Article.aspx?id=174752 http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=175092 http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=175092

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Horace Mann Magazine - Fall/Winter 2010-11

Horace Mann Magazine - Fall/Winter 2010-11
Contents
Letters
Greetings from Dr. Tom Kelly, Horace Mann School Head of School
Greetings From Melissa Parento, Horace Mann School Director of Development
Horace Mann School Today
Dr. Tom Kelly Looks Back, and Forward, with Appreciation
Patricia Zuroski Launches New Diversity Initiative
Marcia Levy is New Head of Nursery Division
News of the School
Alumni Council Corner
Bookshelf
Class Notes
Memorials
Philanthropy and You

Horace Mann Magazine - Fall/Winter 2010-11