CLASS NOTES


reunion but hopes that her classmates are well and would like to extend a thank you to all the teachers and administrators who made her time at OES so special.


Jordan Wirfs-Brock ’02 Thuy Minsberg ’02 with her husband, Evan. Thuy Minsberg ’02


This year marks the 10-year reunion of our graduating class, so I would like to extend my warm regards to all former classmates. Hope this note finds you and your families well. After a decade of living in different parts of the world, I am now residing in New York City with my husband, Evan Minsberg. He is an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Regulation group at DLA Piper LLP. I work as an associate in the Municipal Securities Division at Citigroup, part of a team that originates and structures debt and equity investments in funds that acquire and develop multifamily residential properties in U.S. metropolitan areas.


Rebecca Popuch ’02


After several years in Los Angeles, Rebecca moved to Berkeley, California, and is currently in her second year of law school at UC-Berkeley Law, where she focuses on public interest law. She enjoyed returning to Oregon this past August, where she had the privilege of being a bridesmaid in the beautiful wedding of Kellin Crossman ’02 in


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Sisters. As a law student, her spare time is regrettably limited, but when she has any she enjoys exploring the Bay Area’s natural beauty, spending time with friends, and traveling to warmer climates. She regrets that she did not make it to the Class of 2002’s 10-year


Jordan completed the Leadville Trail 100 Run, her first 100-mile ultra- marathon, in August. In a race where only 45 percent of the 800 starters completed the grueling, mountainous course that topped out at 12,600 feet, she was the 13th woman to cross the finish line, in a time of 26 hours and 20 minutes. (Jordan can’t recall ever doing anything for 26 hours straight without a break, although there were


a few times at OES when schoolwork brought her close.) She has Joel Gray and the Aardvark track program to thank for getting her hooked on running at an early age. Any fellow alum attempting a 100-miler and looking for a pacer should contact Jordan—she’ll be there in a heartbeat.


Rebecca Popuch ’02, right, with Kellin Crossman ’02.


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