Ryan is executive director of UC-Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science which was recently asked by The Resources Legacy Foundation to develop a manual to help people who step forward to lead community restoration efforts to remove dams. “Organizations have recruited citizen-scientists for a long time, but the practice has really taken off in […]
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Mark Peirsol ’62
Mark received a note and a picture of Ojai from Don Porter ’62 and was very appreciative to get the update and to see the valley. “I especially enjoyed seeing all the new green growth coming up in the burn area along with the beautiful bright orange California poppies! I live in a bygone era—no […]
Alyssa Tennant ’06
After 7 years at Google and finishing my master’s in Integrative Health, I’m launching my own online coaching business! As a women’s empowerment coach, I help smart, successful women who are tired of feeling tired end the cycle of burnout for good. I’m available for clients and collaborations and would love to connect with toads. […]
Alexia Allen ’96
I got an old Amish pony team to help expand our market garden. The team knows more about plowing than I ever will. They are voice-activated, solar-powered, reproduce themselves, their exhaust is fertilizer, and they are fully compostable. I have yet to see any electric car beat that. It’s a new phase for Hawthorn Farm. […]
Marc Ganzi ’89
Happy to report that I am back in the Golden State. I have been asked to be the CEO of LA based Colony Capital, replacing founder Tom Barrack this past summer. Spending more time in LA and getting back to my Thacher roots a bit. Bloomberg article Marc Ganzi CdeP 1989
Josh Rosenblatt ’76
Kate and I are about to become ’empty nesters’ again. Our younger daughter Ali, back from Guatemala last September with her husband Jhonattan have been living with us and are moving into their first house in Springfield this weekend. Our older daughter Sarah and her husband Joe still love living in Jackson Heights, Queens and […]
Victor Wykoff ’88
After 5 years in Cupertino, the Wykoff-Piñón family has settled in to Silicon Valley life. Vic Wykoff (CdeP 88) celebrated his 2-year anniversary as chief data scientist at SAP Ariba this September. Vic still enjoys camping and sports, but now he’s the coach! Vic is coaching Little League baseball in the spring and AYSO soccer […]
Ed Lewis ’62
Ed Lewis has no plans to retire. He is having too much fun “guiding his commercial property management company, Keegan and Coppin, to new heights. With 100 buildings housing 800 tenants, it is the largest such company in the north San Francisco Bay area.” Ed and wife Margaret’s daughter Hope and her husband Seth Fenner […]
Roger Ignon ’62
Roger and Jackie Ignon have just completed a new house in Redondo Beach, CA. With a stunning view of the Pacific, it is a spectacular example of au courant modern design – reflecting Landscape Architect Jackie’s practiced and superb command of the vernacular. Roger is trying, with limited success, to retire from Edge Systems, the […]
Ben Krokower ’93
My daughter, Naomi, turned 1 in December, and my son turns 4 in July. My wife Lesley and I are having a blast raising these two nutty kids. Earlier this year, after a successful decade running my own business, I joined up with Strategies 360, a government affairs/strategic communications firm. My whole team from my […]