Yoriko Kishimoto ’77, the first Asian to be elected to the Palo Alto City Council, was one of only eight Asian Pacific American elected officials nationwide selected to participate in the Asian Pacific Institute for Congressional Studies, a nonpartisan program in Washington, D.C. She has a long record of community involvement and grassroots organizing, as well as business experience in the technology field. She earned her M.B.A. from Stanford and is the founder and president of an international consulting business and author of The Third Century: America’s Resurgence in the Asian Era. Kishimoto lives in Palo Alto with her husband and two daughters.
Mark R. Kravitz ’72, nominated by President Bush to become a U.S. District Court Judge in Hartford, Conn., was confirmed to the bench in June 2003. He is a partner and appellate lawyer at the law firm of Wiggin & Dana in New Haven. Kravitz, who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, earned his J.D. from Georgetown University and clerked for William H. Rehnquist, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1978 to 1979. He is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Connecticut and was a visiting lecturer in law at Yale Law School in the spring of 2000.
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) announced that it has named John Lippincott ’71, MAT ’72 (and father of Sarah ’07), as president of CASE. He had been serving as CASE’s interim president since January 1. Prior to assuming the interim role, Lippincott was CASE’s vice president for communications and marketing beginning in 1999. Previously, Lippincott served for nearly 12 years as associate vice chancellor for advancement at the University System of Maryland. A College of Letters major, he began his career teaching humanities courses at community colleges in Connecticut, New York, and Oregon.
As they prepared to merge, Travelers Property Casualty Corp. and The St. Paul Companies Inc., named Samuel G. Liss ’78 executive vice president of strategic development. He had joined St. Paul as executive vice president of business development in February 2003 and had advised St. Paul on its exit from reinsurance and the formation of Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. last year. Previously, he was a managing director at Credit Suisse First Boston. He pursued graduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and received his master’s degree in business administration from New York University.
Daniel S. Lynch ’80 was named chief executive officer and director of ImClone Systems, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. He had joined ImClone in April 2001 as vice president of finance and chief financial officer, and he had been serving as the senior vice president and chief administrative officer and acting CEO since April 2003. The chairman of the board noted, “Dan’s stewardship of ImClone Systems during one of its most critical and challenging periods has been exemplary,” and cited his leadership qualities, management skills, and his experience in finance and the international pharmaceuticals business. Lynch majored in mathematics at Wesleyan and earned a master’s in business administration from the Darden Graduate School of Business.
LYNNE MACFARLANE ’75 was named vice president of human resources for Jamba Juice, a leader in made-to-order fruit smoothies and freshly squeezed juices. MacFarlane joined Jamba after recently serving as vice president of human resources for The Limited, Inc., the specialty retailer. CEO Paul Clayton noted that MacFarlane, who has 25 years of professional experience, was chosen “not only because of her vast experience in employee relations, organizational development and employee/ performance management, but for her ability to anticipate organization and cultural changes as we enter the next expansion phase. Lynne impressed us as someone who clearly sees the big picture and has the skills to implement systems that will help us achieve the goals shared by everyone at Jamba Juice.”
Paul Macri ’70 has been elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers after his work as a partner for the Lewiston, Maine, law firm of Berman & Simmons for more than 15 years. The Academy has recognized the premier appellate lawyers in the nation since 1990. A CSS major at Wesleyan, Macri has argued more than 125 cases in the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Majora Carter ’88, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx, joined New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, environmental activists, and other elected officials to mark the opening of Hunts Point Riverside Park in the Bronx. The groundbreaking signaled the beginning of a $3.2- million project to transform an illegal dump in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx into a park. Carter, whose organization helped spearhead this latest effort in the South Bronx riverfront recapture effort, spoke at the ceremony, saying, “Today, this has become the first waterfront park here in 60 years, and to date, the small $10,000 seed grant that we received has been leveraged more than 300 times.”
Alexis Maniatis ’87 was elected president of The Brattle Group, a worldwide economic consulting firm. He will maintain his practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Previously he held positions in the firm as director of the Washington office, the London office, and leader of the Brattle Group’s litigation practice. He has testified in federal and state courts in cases involving the estimation of damages, option valuation, and allocation of environmental liabilities. He has also written more than a dozen articles and has worked with clients in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. He holds an M.B.A. from Yale University. He majored in economics at Wesleyan.
Gail Boxer Marcus ’78 has been named CEO and president of Caris Diagnostics (formerly Pathology Partners, Inc.), a leader in comprehensive gastrointestinal diagnostic services and technology support systems. A Spanish and mathematics major at Wesleyan, she earned her M.S.E. at the University of Pennsylvania, Moore School of Engineering, and earned an M.B.A. at the Wharton School. She has more than 20 years of leadership experience in health care services, most recently, as COO of UnitedHealth Europe. She also has been an adjunct professor for healthcare strategy at the UConn business school. This new position provides Marcus an opportunity to lead a high growth business; she looks forward to the opportunity to have a more direct impact on improving patient care at Caris. She is married to Peter Marcus ’77; Emilie Marcus ’82 is her sister-in-law.
