Chronicle 2018

CLASS NEWS

CLASS REPS: Stephanie Applin, Laura Heaphy, Kate Karfilis and Vanessa Rambihar Stephanie Applin completed her MA in culture, policy and management at City University of London and her dissertation examined the journey of emerging artists in opera. She is currently the general manager of Mandinga Arts, a carnival arts company in London (U.K.). Alexis Brown is producing and hosting My Ocean , a new podcast from global conservation organization Ocean Wise, based at the Vancouver Aquarium. The podcast highlights the many people around the world who are doing cool, remarkable and inspiring things to protect waterways. In the last year, Emily Harris worked with the City of Toronto, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association to strengthen the policy foundation for financial decision-making. She is the proud creator of the iceberg metaphor for Toronto’s infrastructure projects that have been announced without being funded. She makes a living providing public policy advice to local governments and is most excited about a children’s book that builds on an idea from her master’s thesis, Weirdly Lizzie has recently joined a volleyball team that plays games at the Havergal gym – what a throwback! Over the last year, Madeline Brown has moved from Toronto to Bobcaygeon in the Kawartha Lakes to continue her career in real estate and fishing. Moving eastward, Carling Cheung is enjoying being a family medicine resident at McMaster. She got engaged over Christmas in the company of her parents and her future in-laws, who were visiting from Ireland. Jess Tasker continues to grow her real estate career in Halifax while getting in a healthy dose of world travel. Down south, Gaby Hui is in New York City working at Wachsman, a communications firm specializing in the blockchain and crypto industry. She works alongside some of the largest blockchain projects in the world on their communications and investor relations strategies. Kirsten Wynn remains in New York City at the Women Presidents’ Organization, a global membership organization for women entrepreneurs where she heads up marketing. After nine years working as a speech and language pathologist, Noor Al Radi is leaving CLASS OF 2004

New York City and taking some time to travel and wander; she is giving uncertainty a try! Across the Atlantic Ocean, Laura Stoll Womersley and her husband Matt celebrated their fifth anniversary. Laura is now head of curriculum at her school and a partner at a tuition centre. She was also really excited when they announced Timmies in the U.K. and then was saddened that they were in Edinburgh – more than a 10-hour drive from Maidstone, England where she lives. After an incredibly tough year after losing her mom, Katherine (Kate) Plummer has been working hard at growing her family company Clearmount during this rocky time. She’s stepped into the role of V-P of sales and marketing.

MARRIAGES Hilary Young Riley

BIRTHS Ethel Cohen Weiner – a girl

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CLASS OF 2004 BURSARY TOTAL AS AT MAY 31, 2018

Familiar Places , which introduces students to their city governments by linking the services that cities provide, with their own bodily functions. Gemma Oberth continues to work as an independent consultant in public health based in Cape Town, South Africa. Focusing on resource mobilization and smart investment, she has led projects to secure more than $1.4 billion in AIDS and tuberculosis funding for African countries since 2015. Gemma also gives her time to local and global organizations working on health and development, serving as a board member for the South African Education and Environment Project and AidInfoPlus. She also serves as part of the advisory group for Women4GlobalFund and the NGO delegation to the UNAIDS program co-ordinating board. Together with her husband Leon van Zyl, a commander in the South African navy, Gemma bought her first home in 2017. Vanessa Rambihar is the associate program director of the family medicine residency program at the University of Toronto, where she leads the selection and training of future family doctors. She is a family doctor at Women’s College Hospital and is a lecturer and clinical teacher. She is now on the

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