Grads

The board of directors of Resource Systems Group Inc. (RSG) recently announced the appointment of Stephen Lawe (MALS’92) as chief executive officer effective December 1, 2012. The company, headquartered in White River Junction, Vermont, was founded in 1986 by three Dartmouth professors; and Stephen joined the staff in 1988. RSG creatively applies state-of-the-art modeling and analytics to transportation planning, market strategy, environmental management and custom software development to help organizations make critical decisions with confidence.

Stephen worked in every aspect of the company, rising from analyst to vice president of RSG’s transportation and environmental practice. He also served on the board of directors from 1996 to 2009. Tom Adler, RSG’s has lived, breathed and bled RSG for almost 25 years now. He began in our traffic impact practice. Then, as now he was exceptionally energetic, a quick study and a man of many talents.”

Along with others on his team, he helped build RSG’s transportation, environmental and software engineering areas into significant national practices. His unanimous appointment as CEO reflects the board’s confidence that he will serve the company exceptionally well in this new role. Stephen stated, “It is an honor to lead RSG and to give back to the company that has provided such a stimulating place to work for me and many others. I look forward to continuing RSG’s tradition of consulting excellence both in promoting effective public sector policy and in the strategic insights we provide to the private sector.”

Stephen holds an undergraduate degree in political science and philosophy from St. Lawrence University. In addition to his degree in the MALS program, where his focus was resource policy management, he earned a master of studies in environmental law from Vermont Law School. For several years he served on the summer faculty at Vermont Law School, where he taught environmental law.

Gayle Giovanna (Biology’90) is spending a busy winter working on a design for her new building, which will include a studio, workshop and barn. The building will be timber- framed and all the timber will be milled from her own trees.

Gayle writes, “Although it was difficult to watch the trees being cut down, my forest is now more open and the remaining trees have more room to grow. It’s like thinning carrots.” The studio part of the building will house her weaving studio, landscape design workshop, acoustic music studio and a wreath-making workspace. The barn area will be for sheep and goats (and maybe an alpaca or two) to provide wool and milk.

Gayle is still playing in a contra dance band, Old Sam Peabody, where she performs on flute and whistles. She also continues to write music, including a piece titled “Studio Waltz,” which will be played as part of a launching ceremony when her building is finished; and she still finds time to write poetry in both English and Spanish. Gayle would like to travel to Sicily, where her grandparents grew up, so is studying Italian in preparation. While there, she would like to visit some goat farms since each region has its own unique breeds, and she is looking forward to scuba diving in the Aeolian Isles.

175 Greensboro Road, Hanover, NH 03755; (603) 643-3789; m.jane.welsh.adv98@ alum.dartmouth.edu.