Skidmore College - Scope Magazine Spring 2019

45 SKIDMORE COLLEGE ’05 Emily Ajax Axe-Phillips traveled the globe as a freelance photojournalist before returning to a passion she pursued at Skidmore: creating large-scale sculptures that pack a narrative punch. The self-described “artivist” explores ideas concerned with philosophy, physics and futurism. Twelve years after their first dance at Morbid Ball, Dan Sharkey and Jennifer Lau were married in St. Helena, Calif., earlier this year. Their freshman-year roommates, John Schott and Erica Meade , were joined by Leigh Feldman and Kristina Ho . The newlyweds are spending a year sailing their yacht around the world. Miriam Popper is executive direc- tor for Diversion Initiatives in NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, where she spearheads initiatives that help individuals with behavioral health issues and other challenges navigate the criminal justice system. Miriam developed and implemented NYC’s Supervised Release Program, which has reduced the city’s rate of incarceration, especially among youth. The initiative was a finalist for the Harvard Kennedy School Innova- tions in American Government Award. Robert Caiazzo robert.j.caiazzo.jr@gmail.com ’06 AdamWallace has launched Spherical, a digital services firm. A pioneer in the use of social media to promote travel and tourism, Adam is former director of digital marketing at NYC’s Roger Smith Hotel. Spherical’s clientele includes boutique hotel chains Rosewood, Edition, Palisociety and Proper. Gillian Carter Feld was named division director of long-term sup- port services at Northeast Arc, a Massachusetts nonprofit that helps children and adults with disabilities enjoy healthy and active indepen- dent lifestyles. Her responsibilities include management of the agency’s Adult Family Care program and its partnership with the Greater Lynn Senior Services. Bill Haydon was named to Forbes list of “2019 Best in State Wealth Ad- visors.” Senior advisor at Wells Fargo Advisors in Madison, Conn., and formerly account VP and portfolio manager at UBS Financial Services Inc., Bill has served on the College’s Alumni Association Board of Direc- tors since 2014. Jessyca Dudley has been selected to participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders, a program designed to equip leaders to collaborate, break down silos and use their influ- ence to make communities healthier and more equitable. She will spend the next three years working to build healthy and safe communities in Chicago. Dudley, a former Peace Corps public-health worker and teacher in Africa, is fighting gun vio- lence for the Joyce Foundation. She was recognized by Skidmore with the Palamountain Award for Young Alumni Achievement in 2016. Brynn Powell is a trust officer in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where she also owns a wine brokerage. In her spare time, Brynn enjoys hiking, skiing and biking. Last year, she traveled to Mexico City, Cap-Haïtien in Haiti and Iceland for the first time. Brynn invites classmates traveling through Wyoming to contact her. As political director of the House Ma- jority PAC, Sacha Haworth helped Democrats reclaim the House of Representatives last year. She and husband Will reside in Washington, D.C., with their fluffy cat, Winston. Danielle Rosen and Alexander Sha- piro ’07 were wed in Mystic, Conn., in June 2018. On hand to celebrate the nuptials were Will and Jenna Walsh Bastian, Lance Meyeroff, Kyle Williams, Sasha Taylor, Andrew Scopp, Sarah Mitchell ’07, Joey Anderson ’07, Josh Keefe ’07, Jeff and Liz Rose, Petar Drobnjak ’05, Laney Arbelaez, Alex Grossman Jaffe ’07 and Max Jaffe ’07, Gillian Lynch, Megan Noyes Fournie and Kevin Fournie, Jeff Goldberg and Alex Bilowitz. While the newlyweds were acquainted at Skidmore, they lost touch. Fate intervened to bring Danielle and Alex together again five years ago at the wedding of Skidmore friends. Alexandra Ravener Feigman afeigman@gmail.com ’07 Molly Lemire Lange and husband Preston welcomed their first child, Theodore, in September 2018. They recently purchased their first home, in Metuchen, N.J. Molly is a special education supervisor for programs serving individuals with behavioral disabilities in Piscataway, including life-skills training for young adults. Brezhnev Sanchez is a social worker at KIPP NYC, a nonprofit network of public schools that prepares students for success in college and life. Based in the South Bronx, KIPP serves children from low-income neighbor- hoods across the city. Former dean of the Hyde Leadership Charter School, Brezhnev also served as campus director for Groundwork Inc. and as program coordinator for the YMCA Explorer Program. Tunazzina Ahmed Rahman and Anando Rahman ’05 had a baby girl, Aurna Serena Rahman, in May 2018. She has been a joyous addi- tion to the family. Since her arrival, their lives has been “a crazy, sleep- less adventure.” Ruth Hanford Morhard wrote a biography of one of baseball’s least-known figures, her mother- in-law. “Mrs. Morhard and the Boys” tells the story of Josephine Morhard, a single mother struggling to keep her family together at the height of the Great Depression. The Cleveland homemaker orga- nized a gaggle of neighborhood boys to play baseball. Her vision evolved into the first boy’s baseball league in America. Autumn Bush autumnbush@gmail.com ’08 Katie Caulfield Slater is associate director of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, a nonprofit that supports underrepresented students pursuing graduate degrees in teaching, counseling and administration in K-12 schools and higher education. Katie has discovered a constellation of Skidmore connections among participants in the IRT program. They include Viviana Gahuancela Cordero ’09 , who earned a master’s in higher education from the University of Maryland and is a teacher at Esperanza Academy in Lawrence, Mass., and DyAnna Washington ’18 , a master’s candidate in higher education at Boston College. Former Skidmore faculty member Amber Wiley is also an IRT alumna. Jacob Navarrete is associate head of Upper School at Alcuin School in Dallas, Texas, a private international baccalaureate institution where he is also lead college counselor. Jacob previously served as the school’s director of student life. Jacob spent several years in China prior to com- pleting a master’s at Stanford Univer- sity Graduate School of Education. Attorney Danielle Starr was ap- pointed vice president of the Greater Boston Family Law Inn of Court, an association of legal professionals who serve the community through pro bono work. Danielle is an as- sociate in family law at Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster . Ryan Emmons hit the road as resident director of the U.S. touring production of the Broadway hit “Miss Saigon” last year. He also directed a production of “Company” at the Uni- versity of Utah earlier this year. Ryan continues to run No. 11 Productions, the nonprofit theater company he co-founded with Julie Congress and Jen Neads . A voice coach at Man- hattan’s Public Theater, Julie is also a faculty member at Stella Alder Acting