1983

1983

Well, it’s been 10 years since I started writing this column, and this is my final hurrah. Thanks for reading and sending updates! I appreciate it. And on to the news! HGA, a national multi-disciplinary design firm, promoted d’Andre Willis to vice president in its Washington, D.C., office. Dee is a principal, practice leader, and project manager specializing in projects for arts, community, and education. Congrats, roomie!

ISOThrive is a hot new microbiome company that has developed a patented and patent-pending platform for curating the microbiome for optimal health for humans and animals. Its initial product is a microfood nectar that provides a missing nutrient for gut bacteria. What makes ISOThrive unique is that people actually feel the difference. When they take it, they experience tangible results. ISOThrive was cofounded by Jack Oswald ’84 and Peter Swann, M.D.

Barb Angus is chief tax counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee. After graduating from Dartmouth Barb attended Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She moved into the public sector about two years ago, after spending years talking about tax reform. Moving gave her the opportunity to be part of tax reform. Apparently while Barb was in Chicago, she was part of an all-lawyer comedy troupe. They called themselves the Public Offenders and did sketch comedy and songs about legal topics.

Steve Farnsworth has released his sixth book: Presidential Communication and Character: White House News Management from Clinton and Cable to Twitter and Trump. Steve is a professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has authored several other books, including The Global President: International Media and the U.S. Government and The Nightly News Nightmare: Media Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections, 1988-2008.

Ashley Korenblat was recently profiled in the Outdoor Industry Association newsletter. The article is titled “Public Lands Trailblazer: Ashley Korenblat” and highlights Ashley’s work on public lands protection and access. Early in her career Ashley worked as CEO for Merlin Bikes, where she coordinated building the first titanium-frame mountain bikes and, according to her bio in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, forged one ofthe first company cultures that promoted self-directed work teams operating on a flex-time system. She then moved to the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA) where she had her first advocacy success, getting trails open to mountain bikes in city parks and where she began to narrow her focus to access while expanding her range of impact. From the regional NEMBA, she went on to work with the International Mountain Bike Association, with whom she has collaborated on 30 public land bills. In 1997 Ashley started Moab-based Western Spirit Cycling Adventures, which leads multi-day road and mountain bike trips across the United States. Since 2012 she has balanced ride time with advocacy through her nonprofit Public Lands Solutions, which brings together various stakeholders to solve public land conflicts around recreation, economic development, and resource extraction. Let it be green!

—Maren Christensen, P.O. Box 9778, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067; marenjc@yahoo.com