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Alumni News: Stories from your LCC Family
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50s
HARTLAND GEE ’55 moved to Ottawa after living in Pierrefonds for 55 years to be closer to his children following the passing of his wife, Carolyn, in early February.
70s
ALLAN BONNER ’71 migrated his executive coaching and crisis management practice to video conferencing during the pandemic. He is working with researchers at Johns Hopkins University and other institutions to produce a new book tentatively titled, The Novel Pandemic: Quarantine, Evacuation, and Back Again. He has continued his lectures and speaking engagements on Zoom, including with the University of Toronto Faculty Club, the Harvard Club, the Mackenzie Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and others.
After a long period of research, ANDREW KAVCHAK ’79 (PRE-U ’80) has written a book titled, The Katyn Forest Massacre: An Annotated Bibliography of Books in English. His grandfather was an officer in Poland at the beginning of World War II. The book provides a history of the Katyn tragedy and its legacy, as well as a discussion of 38 books on the topic that were published after the war. The book is available on Amazon in eBook and paperback formats.
ANDREW KAVCHAK ’79 book
80s
In May, JONATHON GOODMAN ’85 became the chief financial officer of the Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach, FL, and will become the newest international board member of the Hospitality Financial & Technology Professionals (HFTP) association.
DEREK COVINGTON ’86 recently founded First Water Performance, drawing on his experience as Team Canada Performance Director at nine Olympic Games. As a qualified mindfulness coach at the Centre for Mindfulness at the University of California, San Diego, he works with individuals, companies, and teams to enhance their capacity for peak performance, resilience, focus and flow. He also took on the role of President of the Quebec Rowing Association and has joined Beautiful Game Group LLC as Advisor, People and Culture.
DEREK COVINGTON ’86
2000s
ALICIA CRELINSTEN ’01 founded ReAlign (www.realignconsulting.ca) to eliminate preventable injuries. In her experience as an athletic therapist and strength and conditioning specialist with Team Canada, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers, industrial athletes, and office workers, she has discovered that people are not learning the basics, until it is often too late. ReAlign bridges the gap between high performance sport and a high performance life. She invites alumni to follow her on Instagram @realign365 for posture and movement tips, and ReAlign365 on YouTube for videos on how to set up a home office.
ALICIA CRELINSTEN ’01
JACQUELINE HOPMEYER ’03 and Matthew Goldsmith welcomed Oliver Theodore Goldsmith, born on July 2, 2020. Harry is very excited about his little brother!
JACQUELINE HOPMEYER ’03, Matthew Goldsmith and their son Oliver Theodore Goldsmith
STEPHANIE BALLARD ’07 and SEAN FRASER ’07 are excited to announce the birth of their daughter, Emilia Raine Fraser, on April 24, 2020. Emilia is the first grandchild for Ross Fraser ’72, Donna Doherty, Michael C. Ballard and Diane Giampaolo. Caroline Ballard ’12, Michael S. Ballard ’08, Kevin Fraser ’12 (Pre-U ’13), and Jordan Fraser ’09 (Pre-U ’10) are also proud to welcome their new niece to the LCC community.
Emilia Raine Fraser, daughter of STEPHANIE BALLARD ’07
DAVID WAGNER ’11 finished graduate school in August 2019 and relocated from the United Kingdom to Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas to join Class 21-03 of the EuroNATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program. His class completed the first phases of flight training in the T-6A Texan II and began the fast-jet phase of training in the T-38C Talon in early October. He hopes to earn his wings in April 2021 and begin an operational flying assignment in defence of the NATO alliance.
DAVID WAGNER ’11
ZIHAN CAI ’12 is back in Montreal after five years of study in Toronto working as a program specialist at Ocean Wise, a marine conservation organization, where she manages participants and coordinates wilderness expeditions. She invites LCC students to engage in the program as volunteers.
ZIHAN WEARING HER NEWLY ACQUIRED OCEAN WISE SWAG
