Summer 2018
Summer 2018
Features
Debra Meyers
Two Taft science teachers learn from the Maijuna people of Peru.
Linda Hedman Beyus
Photography by Robert Falcetti, Anne Kowalski, and Jim Shannon
Linda Hedman Beyus
Remarks by A.J. Wasserstein P'17, '18
Photography by Robert Falcetti and Highpoint Pictures
Raveeno Douglas '18 received the Harry W. Walker '40 "Non ut Sibi" Award, which is presented to the senior whose service and work outside of Taft best exemplifies the School's motto.
Alumni Spotlight
Craig Reistad ’80
At the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea, Craig Reistad served as Olympic security coordinator for the U.S. contingent of athletes, staff, media, and dignitaries. Reistad was there for a nearly two-year assignment with the Diplomatic Security Service, the State Department equivalent to the Secret Service that provides protection at U.S. embassies and consulates around the globe and at major international events.
AJ Mleczko ’93
Former Olympic gold medalist AJ Mleczko had her fifth assignment as NBC’s women’s hockey analyst at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics for her post-playing broadcasting career, which started in 2006. In May 2018, she also became the first female broadcaster to call an NHL playoff game from the booth.
Evelyn Barata Lee ’75
Evelyn Barata Lee transformed her Southport, Connecticut, property into Butternut Gardens, a fresh-cut flower garden that produces about 45,000 beautiful flowers every year. Since 2011, her business has grown to include a small retail cottage, wholesale accounts, weddings and events, workshops and presentations, and a flower delivery subscription service for local customers.
Clarence Kwei ’91
Clarence Kwei is vice president of product and engineering at Univision Communications Inc., where he oversees product and technical strategy across the company’s digital platforms for web, mobile, and television. If you’ve been on websites owned by the media brands Meredith, Time Inc., Condé Nast, or Univision, you’ve seen Kwei’s website development work.
Marina Martin '03
After serving as the chief technology officer for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Marina Martin is now a partner with Layer Aleph, a digital services company that restores complex systems to service. Her true passion, though, is finding ways to make the nation's complex foster care system function safely and efficiently to minimize the time children spend in foster care.