Katie Maland Schupack, Annie Mears Abbott, Laura Keeler Pierce, and Ali Fulreader had an amazing ski trip to Jackson Hole and ended up skiing the closing day for the season in two feet of powder. * Chris Zajchowski and Nicole Remy welcomed Gabriel Bowie Zajchowski into the world Feb. 4, 2020. He’s a fan of long walks on the beach, the Green New Deal, and is excited for COOT 2038. * Jordan Levinson reports that “my partner and I just bought a little house in Cape Town, South Africa, where I’ve been living the past few years. I’m working as a project manager at a social enterprise called Dimagi, which builds digital health infrastructure for developing countries. These days I’m working on different projects with the governments of South Africa, Malawi, Ethiopia, and Nepal to strengthen their health systems, chiefly by rolling out mobile-phone-based tools for big networks of community health workers and building data flows from the most remote areas to the top officials. When it works, it means that underserved folks get better care on the ground, and policymakers can work from proper information. We’re doing some good work on COVID around the world, so it feels good to be contributing in some small way. In other news, a puppy adopted us last year, and he’s suddenly 50 pounds of pure dog love. If anyone knew my two black cats in college, believe it or not, one of them is still around and made the move with me overseas. Hope anyone who’s over this way will reach out!” * February 16 marked the 10th work anniversary for Hengtian “Danny” Lin working as an FDNY inspector. He’s looking forward to visiting Marin Ma and his wife, Leah, and their three beautiful children once the health crisis is over. * Matt Wallach and his wife, Katie, welcomed a son, Archer Thomas Wallach, Feb. 19. Matt reports that “he’s happy and healthy and weathering the storm well. :)” * Amanda Vickerson has taken up roller dance and bought herself some purple Moxi skates! She’s in love. * Suzi Swartz has been in the Asheville, N.C., area since May 2018 and loves living in the mountains. She reports: “I decided to go back to my Colby tour guide roots and have been working in admissions at Western Carolina University for the past two years. I also finished my Ph.D. in history at Stony Brook University in November 2019.”
Fall 2020