Ban bury and her fam- ily moved to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where husband Alex opened an office of Permasteelisa, an en gineering company. Andrea reports that the city is quite different from Hong Kong, but they’re settling into life there. Daughters Emilia, 12, and Quincy, 10, are in an international school, continuing their study of Mandarin and now learning Vietnamese. After writing her junior the- sis for Professor Mary Lynn on the Viet - nam War (what the Vietnamese call the American War), Andrea finds it fascinat- ing to live there. She observes that older Vietnamese, in general, are very happy to talk about their experiences during the war. The family plans to stay for another year or two, and Andrea (coxbanbury@
gmail.com) welcomes hearing from any- one with travel plans in southeast Asia. Alicia McGreevey lives in Katy, TX. Her
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sons Mitch, 9, and Jeffrey, 6, love their school and are playing soccer and basket- ball. As a project manager for Fuel Quest, Alicia enjoys the excitement of being part of this fast-paced, high-growth company. BETH SKUDDER 16 JACKSON PLACE DARIEN, CT 06820-2712
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the Corcoran Group in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The unusual and challenging markets keep it fun. He occasionally gets to Saratoga and sees familiar faces, but he says he’d get lost if he were to be on cam- pus, as it is so visually different now. Stacy Meyrowitz moved to East Hamp -
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elliman.com) if you’re looking for a summer rental. Also, she welcomes visitors if you’re in the area. Courtney Lane is a single mother of Hannah, 20, Emma, 11, and Maggie Mae, 6. She opened a law practice in 2009 and loves being her own boss. Hannah is a junior at Villanova, studying nursing and forming close bonds with friends, just as we did at Skidmore. Courtney notes, “it feels like just yesterday that we were jun- iors ourselves!” According to Monica Stephenson, an editor at Contemporary Jewelry Design
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Group, Alexandra Hart is “deeply committed to ethical sourcing for met- als and gemstones for her nature-in - spired jewelry designs.” Alexandra has been making jewelry since 1995, pri - marily selling to retailers, and reports that the biggest lesson she has learned so far in business and life is to “stick to your vision and satisfy your soul.” Our former scribe Cindy Urick Stickles lives in Hawthorne, NY, with daughter Shannon. She has worked at Hackley School since 2001, as alumni director for six years and now as direc- tor of its annual fund. She separated from her husband after 16 years of mar- riage; it hasn’t been easy being a single, full-time working mom of a 7th-grader, but she says her life is really good and she is happy. Cindy looks forward to catching up with everyone at our 25th reunion in 2014. Sarah Weck has been growing the
Ver mont maple syrup business that she and her husband started in 2010. They have 24 products for sale on their Web site, plus hundreds of Vermont crafts and food items available at their store in Putney. They spend most of their time in San Francisco, but the Vermont business keeps them traveling across the country several times a year. They are also busy with daughters Allison, 8, and Kaitlin, 4. Sarah welcomes visitors, so if you’re heading through Vermont and would like a place to stay, look her up at
www.hiddenspringsmaple.com. Rob Land lives in a suburb of Wash -
ing ton, DC, and continues to lead the government affairs team at JetBlue Airways. He keeps in touch with local classmates Mike O’Connor, Dave Har - mon, and a few others. He has three children: a 14-year-old son who is an aspiring actor, and two girls ages 12 and 10. The family spent the winter holiday on a Caribbean beach. John Benisch and family are all healthy and well. He lives in Wilton Manors, FL, and works for Amerijet International, where he was recently promoted into management. An airline captain and an FAA check airman, he also captains G-Force One for the Zero Gravity Corpora tion, where his favorite flight involved a group of wheelchair- bound children: “Seeing their smiles at the conclusion of the flight was inde- scribable.” He thinks about Skidmore days often and still hopes to sell a screenplay one day. Kurt Breitenstein was remarried in 2009 and has a 15-year-old stepson.
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