Is it really 30 years since the last time Heidi so kindly went through the task of creating an update?  Those 20 years have gone by in a flash.  I’m sorry I won’t be with you at the reunion.

I’m currently reading Gail Collins’ book, “When Everything Changed”. Being born in 1950, the same year the book begins, I feel as if I am right smack in the middle of this extraordinary story and the history it recounts.  And yet, I can’t honestly say that I experienced much of the limitations and frustrations so eloquently recorded in this book.  And to a large extent, I credit Hunter for that.  We had such a unique environment in which to spend our high school years; one that was supportive of us as women.  Competitive, creative, collaborative all at the same time.  The one thing I remember was the feeling of being challenged all the time, and stretched in everything I did.  And having that experience has served me well since.  I never let anyone tell me that I couldn’t do something I wanted to.

As for the particulars… As I said in 1997 I left NY for college, and then moved to Boston, where I lived and worked as an accountant and finance executive for the next 40 years(!).  Still married to Raymond, the guy I met my sophomore year in college.  We had two lively boys who have grown into two wonderful men.  One is married, the other single.

In 1997 I had recently begun work as the CFO for a rehab organization in the Boston area.  I remained with the organization in a variety of positions until my retirement in 2010. Interestingly, I ended up working in the disability community.  It went full circle, as my first volunteer job when I was at Hunter was with the NY ARC.
The year after my retirement we moved to Port Townsend Washington, in the Pacific Northwest two hours (and a ferry ride) west of Seattle.  A small town with a decidedly quirky and hippie like vibe, it is a beautiful place that borders the Puget Sound, with views of the Olympic Mountains, the Cascades and Mt. Rainier . Quite a difference from the dense Northeast we came from.  If any of you get out this way, please come and visit.