Concentration: Applied Math/Economics

First Year Dorm: New Pembroke #4

Favorite Memory: Orientation - meeting so many new, interesting, and fun people and having so many events to start my Brown experience.

Jonathan currently is the CEO of Modesail, an executive consulting firm. He primarily resides in Colorado and also resided in Australia for many years before moving to the UK and then later to the USA. Jonathan also is a Patron of the University of Oxford’s Mansfield College and the Bonavero Center for Human Rights, an institution he helped develop and launch. He met his wife, Elizabeth Barrekette, at Columbia Business School; together they have two children named Erin and Sam. Jonathan loves to run, ski, surf, hike and preferably not get injured doing any of these activities.

Concentration: American Civilization

First Year Dorm: Perkins

Favorite Memory: Being Karyn Bryant’s plus one at so many WBRU events like meeting Stewart Copeland in person, rocking out at the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Athletic Center. Working on the BDH, Good Clean Fun, and the Film Bulletin.

Originally from Tucson, Lisa lives in San Francisco, designing spaces, helping homeowners electrify to help save the planet, and creating media with Studio Potrero. She currently serves as Co-President of the Brown Club of Greater San Francisco and enjoys connecting Brown alums socially and professionally around the area. In 2020 Lisa received the City’s Neighborhood Empowerment Award from Mayor London Breed.

First Year Dorm: Keeney/ Everett

Favorite Professors: (Alice) Brown, Hazeltine, Fruzetti, Bass

Outside of Class You’d Find Me: Frosh year I joined Fusion, OWC, OUAP,  TWW as Friends/Sarah Doyle, marginally performed in a RISD play.

What’s Going On These Days: This Year I moved to Luanda, Angola for my eighth tour in the Foreign Service. I am the Deputy Political Economic Counselor here. Apart from the 65hrs + weekly spent on that endeavor, I am Mom to Amalia (age 9), wife to Alton.

Concentration: Neuroscience

First Year Dorm: Wriston Quad

Favorite Memories: My times at Brown were amongst the most fun and formative times of my life, and my "58 John St." group are my backbone who helped shape who I am today.

Where I am Now: I currently live in Long Beach, New York which is known as the City by the Sea.  It is a wonderful beach community with surfers and boogie boarders. I love to swim and go to the beach with my family and friends, especially at sunset.

VW or Ratty?

VW as a first year because I lived in New Pembroke 3. After that Ratty all the way.

What did you study at Brown?

Political Science.

Favorite Memory?

I loved so much about my time at Brown starting with orientation and going through all

of our reunions. Some top memories include the Midnight Organ concerts, Dave Binder at Spring Weekend, attending acappella concerts and campus theater and improv shows,

and the party my friends and I hosted for our families during commencement weekend. 

What are you up to now?

I work in market research and consulting for clients across a wide range of industries from CPG to technology to retail. I split my time between New York City and the Pocono Mountains I got to relive my Brown experience vicariously during the past four years while my daughter attended Brown (although she was a much more diligent student than her mom!) 

Concentration: English and American Literature; Honors Program in Creative Writing

First Year Dorm: New Pembroke #4

Favorite Memories: Starting every women's ice hockey game in net, working as a counselor at the Brown Summer Sports Camp, poetry class with Michael Harper, and student teaching at Fox Point Elementary (Vartan Gregorian Elementary).

What I’m Up To: After 28 amazing years in Hong Kong, I repatriated to the States in 2024 and currently live in Colorado. A fair amount of my time is spent supporting our medically complex daughter who is finally well enough to take her first college class. (Yay!) I also write and teach part-time.

Concentration: Theatre Arts which is now TAPS (Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, which is a lot more accurate)

First Year Dorm: Emery Woolley but I dated someone in the Quad lol

What I Did Outside of Class - lots of Asian American/TWC stuff, MPC, Higher Keys, and of course, theatre

Latest 2026 Share - I'm really into the WNBA so I don't read the news

Ratty or VW?

Proud Ratty and ECDC Employee and card carrying member of Brown Catering but my true love was The Blue Room

Where Did You Live First Year? Littlefield - home to the famous Love Boat party and our own wiffle ball court until they extended the John Carter Brown Library. #MainCampusrocks

Concentration? English Concentrator with a generous side helping of History, Comp Lit and Poli Sci

Favorite Professors? Ed Beiser, James Patterson, Walter Davis, Tim Harris and of course Ross Cheit, Talking ‘Bout Ross Cheit,  

Favorite Memory - Midyear orientation, Thursday Night Combo of Open Bar/Funk Night, allnighters in Wilson Hall and the Chapin Lounge studying for finals, ordering White Truck out the window of our Harkness dorm room window, Good Clean Fun, Spring Weekend, step shows on the Green, summer on the Brown Paris program, Wickenden Pub, 95 Benevolent Street, grilled cheese at Louies, Brown Basketball games, the bus trip to DC for the Women’s March.

What you are up to now? Recovering political hack and current strategic consultant in our nation’s capitol along with a great crew of Brownies although I escape to Vermont when I can with Ed, Jack and Beats the Dog. Love to organize mini-Brown reunions and trips with Class of ‘90 friends.

First Year Dorm: Keeney Quad, Poland 2nd floor, Unit #5

Concentration: Psychology, ScB

My senior project was with the Brown-Bradley Hospital Sleep Lab.

Favorite Brown Memory: Many…My senior piano recital (classical music). Organ concerts. Brownie study breaks with friends across the street from the Quad. And of course : Funk Nite !

What She’s Up To These Days: Pivoted away from the Emergency Department. Currently working in a hospital Occupational Health department. This work involves urgent care medicine and health management for work injuries. It has been a large learning curve, but I’m happy with working in this new job.

(Troy with John Robertson ‘90)

Concentration: Political Science

First Year Dorm: Littlefield Hall

Life Outside of Class: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Theta Epsilon, Freshman Football team

Life in 2026: I live in Washington DC and I spend my time with my partner, family, friends, her family, fraternity brothers, and working as a Senior Personal Coach, Senior Program Leader and Instructor, and Senior Consultant for Landmark Worldwide and the Vanto Group. I also am a season ticket holder for the Baltimore Ravens, I love to cook and travel