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Brittany Sommer, A08

Home: New York, New York

Profession: Curriculum Specialist for Sesame Workshop
- Scott Thurm, A80
  
  Home: Los Altos, CA
  
  Profession: Reporter for the Wall Street Journal
  - Alethea Pieters Harney, A02
    
    Home: Boston, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Senior Associate for Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
  - Linda Malm, J62
    
    Home: Taos, New Mexico
    
    Profession: Poet and Emeritus Dean
  - Joseph Neubauer, E63, J90P
    
    Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    
    Profession: Retired CEO of ARAMARK Corporation
  - Jonathan Turetsky, V83
    
    Home: Westhampton Beach, New York
    
    Profession: Veterinarian
  - Ken Fan, E01, F07
    
    Home: Cambridge, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Co-founder of Addgene
  - Florence Goldman, J38
    
    Home: Peterborough, New Hampshire
    
    Profession: Oldest living emerita Tufts Alumni Council member
  - Angelos Metaxa, A91
    
    Home: Cologny, Switzerland
    
    Profession: Entrepreneur
  - Sheldon Rotenberg, A39
    
    Home: Brookline, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Boston Symphony Orchestra Violinist
  - Stephie Coplan, A09
    
    Home: New York, New York
    
    Profession: Singer and songwriter
  - Tom Hauck, A76
    
    Home: Gloucester, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Writer and musician
  - Cal Shapiro, A11, and Rob "Rez" Resnick, A11
    
    Home: Brooklyn, New York
    
    Profession: Electro-pop-hip-hop duo Timeflies
  - Kathy Stevens, AG89
    
    Home: Saugerties, New York
    
    Profession: Licensed Occupational Therapist and Business Owner
  - Beth Jackson-Gagne, AG95
    
    Home: Rye, New Hampshire
    
    Profession: Licensed Occupational Therapist and Business Owner
  - Dr. Robert Wenninger, M63
    
    Home: Wheaton, Illinois by way of Mukinge, Zambia
    
    Profession: Retired Doctor
  - Ben Gittleson, A11
    
    Home: Cairo, Egypt
    
    Profession: Journalist
  - Guster: Adam Gardner, A95, Ryan Miller, A95, and Brian Rosenworcel, A95
    
    Home: Wherever the tour bus heads
    
    Profession: Rock band
  - John Saunders, D52
    
    Home: Weston, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Retired Dentist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Prosthetics at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
  - Mary Ann Hubbard, AG75
    
    Home: Raynham, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Radio Station Announcer
  - Dr. Theodore Rosen, A30, M33
    
    Home: Manchester, Connecticut
    
    Profession: Retired Ear, Nose, and Throat Specialist; Author
  - Amy Krouse Rosenthal, J87
    
    Home: Chicago, Illinois
    
    Profession: "A person who likes to make things"
  - Ken Goodwin, E67
    
    Home: Houston, Texas
    
    Profession: Retired Computer Engineer
  - Sara Brown, AG82
    
    Home: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    
    Profession: Physical Therapist
  - Amos Winter, E03
    
    Home: New Delhi, India
    
    Profession: Founder and Director, MIT Mobility Lab
    
    Winner, 2011 Alumni Award for Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement
  - Bud Guzzi, A56
    
    Home: West Newton, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Painter and Illustrator
  - Julia Okinaka, J96
    
    Home: Oahu, Hawaii
    
    Profession: Senior Manager, Accuity, LLP
  - Joseph Uvanni, A55
    
    Home: Rome, New York
    
    Profession: Retired Chemistry Teacher
  - Kathryn Dudding, J72
    
    Home: Clifton Park, New York
    
    Profession: Professional Storyteller
  - Suysel Cunningham, J98
    
    Home: New York, New York
    
    Profession: Co-founder and Designer, Tilton Fenwick, LLC
  - Robin Smalley, J77
    
    Home: Los Angeles, California
    
    Profession: Co-founder and International Director, mothers2mothers
    
    Winner, 2011 Alumni Award for Active Citizenship and Public Service
  - Tony Massarotti, A89
    
    Home: Boston, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Co-host, Felger and Massarotti, 98.5 The Sports Hub (CBS), Sportswriter, Author
    
    Winner, 2011 Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement
  - John Amoruso, A52
    
    Home: Houston, Texas
    
    Profession: Petroleum Geologist
    
    Winner, 2011 Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement
  - Debbie Edgers Sturges, AG85
    
    Home: Hailey, Idaho
    
    Profession: Painter, Photographer
    
    Enduring passion: Bears in the wild
  - Jonathan Addleton, F82
    
    Home: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    
    Profession: US Ambassador to Mongolia
    
    Enduring passion: Foreign service as a family
  - Harriet Davis, J76
    
    Home: Cumberland Center, Maine
    
    Profession: Part-Time Mom, Part-Time Direct Marketing Consultant
    
    Enduring passion: Anything Alaska
  - Leslie Ahern, J91
    
    Home: Lakseva, Norway
    
    Profession: Mom, Musician
    
    Enduring passion: Anything lyrical
  - Juliana Blackwell, J88
    
    Home: Lovettsville, Virginia
    
    Profession: Geodesist (a scientist who studies the size and shape of the earth)
    
    Enduring passion: Anything involving horses
  - Deborah Pierce, J71
    
    Home: Belmont, Massachusetts
    
    Profession: Architect
    
    Favorite building material: Stone
  - Matt MacGregor, A03, F08
    
    If you ask Matt MacGregor, A03, F08, what his favorite country is, his first inclination is to say Vietnam, where he lived for 10 months and worked alongside the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. But then he leans toward Costa Rica...
  - Seth Redfield, NEC98
    
    Home: Wethersfield, Connecticut
    
    Age: 34
    
    Occupation: Astrophysicist; assistant professor of astronomy, Wesleyan University
  - Myra Biblowit, J70
    
    Home: New York City
    
    Age: 61
    
    Current position: President of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
  - Deb Jospin, J80
    
    Jospin, partner and co-founder of sagawa/jospin, built a foundation at Tufts, which prepared her for a lifelong journey of learning and helping others.
  - Mark Pomar, A72
    
    Home for now: Potomac, Maryland
    Next Stop: Moscow
    Age: 58
    Profession: International development executive
  - Scott Sigman, A86
    
    Home: Andover, Massachusetts
    Age: 43
    Profession: Physician, orthopedic surgeon
  - Amelia Simmons, J82
    
    Home: Austin, Texas
    Age: 47
    Profession: Empress of ice cream (the business she founded in 1984, Amy’s Ice Creams, now has 14 stores in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio)
  - Dan Ehrenkrantz, A83
    
    Home: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
    Age: 46
    Profession: President, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), preceded by 13 years as rabbi of Congregation Bnai Keshet in Montclair, New Jersey
  - Michael Karsch, A90, F91
    
    It's hard to believe that Michael Karsch could ever have lacked direction. He first invested in the stock market when he was 14 years old. As a member of the class of 1990 at Tufts, he earned his bachelor's degree in political science in just three years...