The Suffield Bell 2015-2016 Commencement Edition Volume LXXXIII, NO. 5 Established 1835
May 27, 2016
2016 Commencement Speaker: Dany Lennon Montague P’13 Headmaster Charlie Cahn met Dany Lennon Montague P’13 when she brought her son, Mack Montague, for an interview in 2009. They hit it off immediately. “Dany is direct, funny, and very smart,” he said. “She asks pointed questions that always seem to highlight the most essential issues.” Dany is in the representation game: dealing with executive searches, headhunting, and human resources. She leads a firm called The Creative Register and focuses mostly on talent in the media, communications, and marketing fields. Her career began in England in the 1980s as a copywriter and art director. This is also where she started the Junior Register. She would privately teach aspiring creatives the basics of art direction and copywriting and, using her network, place them in agencies. Dany came to the United States after noticing in London that there was a void when it came to creative representation. So she started a talent management firm that combined facets of agenting and representation. The Creative Register is an exclusive company that represents accomplished creative makers and thought leaders worldwide. Dany represents and connects talent in communications, marketing, and other creative fields. She seeks to affect change that creates better, more productive environments, which embrace the future. The company is also committed to encouraging responsibility to human life and purposefulness and to making contributions that are both physically and mentally healthy. Dany’s work is always evolving, and it is complex and challenging in an era of dramatic fluidity in entertainment and communications. She says that while her job has remained largely the same for four decades, the blurring of lines among brands, agencies, and entertainment has made it more challenging, with managing people and careers now being harder than ever. Mr. Cahn noted that, in addition to her professional success and keen sense of humor, Dany is a passionate fan of Suffield. Her son excelled here and just completed his junior year at University of Rochester. “Dany’s love for the school, engaging personality, and genuine concern for others led us to ask her to share this special day with us.” Suffield is pleased to welcome Dany Lennon Montague P’13 as our guest speaker at the 2016 Commencement.
183rd Commencement Edition Special thanks to: Kaitlyn Nigro ’16, Billy Cordes ’16, Shannelle Watson ’16, Tanya Andrysiak, Charlie Cahn, Molly Gotwals P’09, Marlene Rusczyk, and Tobye Cook Seck ’88, P’16 www.suffieldacademy.org | Esse Quam Videri
Congratulations Seniors!
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CLASS OF 2016 College Destinations Olorunfemi Adetola | Ursinus College
Julianna Helene Zoya Lamm | University of California, Berkeley
Henry Pierce Albright | Southern Methodist University
Emma Alexandra Landis | College of Charleston
Cecilia Mariette Arntzen | University of St. Andrews
Anh Hoang Le | University of San Francisco
Oyikwan Kofi Darko Asante | Skidmore College
Hon Shing Andrew Li | Stevens Institute of Technology
Benjamin Robert Bailey | Loyola University Maryland
Zijing Liao | Tufts University
Kyle Courtney Barrett | Skidmore College
Harry Edward Liddle | Savannah College of Art and Design
Sander Bastiaan Bekius | Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
David Edward Longstreeth | Quinnipiac University
Daniel Ross Bennett | New York University
Trevor David Kagan Lyne | Bryant University
Andrew Peter David Bicknell | Tulane University
Katheryn Marion Madrak | University of Connecticut
Lauren Justyna Bonk | College of Charleston
Nina Amelia Maggi | Dickinson College
Supakrit Boonsoong | Nichols College
Melissa Emily Malley | Fordham University
Harrison James Bouch | Southern Methodist University
Susan Elizabeth Mellekas | Texas Christian University
Katherine Michelle Burns | Marist College
Carl Magnus Harald Mellqvist | Skidmore College
Adriana Maria Caceres Ruiz Diaz | Lehigh University
Jakob John Mnich | Boston College
Xiang Cao | New York University
Tristen Lorenzo Moore | Brandeis University
Jeremy Uziel Carrasquillo | Connecticut College
William George Moryto | Stevens Institute of Technology
Je Ik Chang | Marymount California University
Kiersten Jensen Ness | University of Richmond
Krittawat Chawaldit | Bentley University
Hunter Alexander Newman | Bucknell University
Yu Jou Chen | Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
Kaitlyn Audrey-Mary Nigro | The George Washington University
Min Kwon Choi | Brandeis University
Margaret Elizabeth O’Shea | Bates College
Ellis Douglas Christmas, Jr. | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Hiroaki Ohtaka | University of San Francisco
Keith Charles Squires Coleman | University of Rhode Island
Olumiye Oni | Yale University
William George Cordes | College of the Holy Cross
Sean Joseph Pahls | University of Pennsylvania
Jiaqi Dai | University of Chicago
Annabelle Ramsay Pape | College of Charleston
Isabella De Simone | New York University
Caroline Jamieson Pape | College of Charleston
Claire Yun-Hui Diao | University of Vermont
Sang On Park | Brown University
John McCoy Dickerson | University of Redlands
Chandler James Parker | The University of Alabama
Alessandra Rose DiMauro | University of Rochester
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Colin Hayden Pittorie | Quinnipiac University
Ross James Dooling | Elon University
Elizabeth McAllister Platt | University of Colorado at Boulder
Kevin George Doten | Northeastern University
Sarah Loomis Raymond | Washington and Lee University
Daniel Dougherty | Purdue University
Kyle Robert Reddish | University of Vermont
Maura Collins Eagan | College of the Holy Cross
Caroline Rena Ricke | University of Colorado at Boulder
Quinn Connolly Egan | Bucknell University
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Tiquan Rahmain Ewell | Baruch College of the CUNY
Cole Michael-Lee Rogalin | Elon University
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Kyra Vail Foley | Parsons School of Design
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Johnson Geng Zhu | New York University
Justice Deamere Seales | Marist College
Yasmin Nechelle Geradeau | American University
Catherine Reed Seiler | University of Virginia
David Matthew Gingold | Skidmore College
Olivia Hughes Stanley | The George Washington University
Barrett McNamee Goldstein | College of Charleston
Hae Seok Suh | Johns Hopkins University
Elena Gullo | Returning to Italy
Naoki Takahashi | University of British Columbia
TahjMichel Herring-Wilson | University of Connecticut
Max Henry Teitelman | Wake Forest University
Niklas Julian Hess | Instituto de Empresa Business School
Colin William Thorne | Lafayette College
Aya Ishikawa | University of Colorado at Boulder
Dang Anh Tran | Wesleyan University
Joseph Matthew Islam | Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Ha Anh Tran | Parsons School of Design
Marquez Y’asson Jackson | SUNY Brockport
Emma Hargreaves Tryon | The George Washington University
Miles Lucian Johnson | Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts, Providence
James Edgar Turner | Dickinson College
Baek Joon Kang | Carnegie Mellon University
Iñigo Maren Alegrado Ugarte | Skidmore College
John Fred Kang | Boston University
Margaux Miller Vallely | Pratt Institute
Conor Patrick Keough | Manhattanville College
Angela Marie Vecchiarelli | Williams College
Joohyun Kim | University of California, Berkeley
Edwin Haigh Wallis | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bradley William Klimczyk | Liberty University
Shannelle J. Watson | The George Washington University
Ralph Yat Ho Koo | Southern Methodist University
Haven Immanuel Williams | The George Washington University
James Walter Krueger | Pennsylvania State University
Megan Marie Williams | University of Connecticut
Hau Ying Ku | University of San Francisco
Nicole Michelle Williams | Florida State University
Kathleen Ellen Kuzmeski | Marquette University
Elijah Wilson | Wesleyan University
Oskar Kvaternik | New York University
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