First, a big thank you to those organising this reunion. As time goes on these opportunities to gather become ever more rare, and we can only begin to imagine how much work goes on behind the scenes to make the event happen.
After TZHS I went to Columbia University, majoring in history. My third year I did a junior year abroad at the London School of Economics. Fair to say, this changed my life. At the time I was still doing a lot of music, and manged to get into a very active choral group, The London Chorale. This became a big part of my social life outside of school. After returning to Columbia for my final year I was desperate to return to England. Happily, I got a fellowship to do a Masters at Cambridge University and on arrival immediately rejoined the Chorale. Not long after, I met a fellow choir member, Jacqueline (Jackie) – we have now been married for more than 41 years, and are still singing together. We have three wonderful daughters (all themselves now married) and two amazing granddaughters.
After Cambridge, I qualified as a lawyer in the UK, specializing in labour and employment with a firm in London. Over time the labour and employment practice alone has grown from just me to over 200 lawyers, which still kind of stuns me. It’s been a great journey and I’m super proud of the team we’ve built. Over the last couple of years I have gradually been stepping back from management.
Of course, there have been some challenging times along the way, but overall I feel immensely fortunate.