CLASS NOTES | SUMMER 2023 | 61 between NYC and Pittsburgh. A bunch of us got together at her place for a white elephant/holiday party, including Robin (Shatto) Labiak, Sharon Seigel Voelzke, Kerry (Loughman) O’Hearen, Karen (Kornheiser) Farber, Amy (Kantrowitz) Frei, Tamara Mohuchy-Collins, Lisa Horning (wife of Andy Horning) and Aimee (Politziner) Jalazo. We all had a great time and promised to get together more frequently. Congratulations went out to Tamara’s son Alexander Collins, Kerry’s son Liam O’Hearen and my niece, Briana Spitalnik, who will all be freshmen at Lehigh in the fall. Sharon Seigel Voelzke was in charge of the gift exchange. She and her husband, Bob, opened up the Mercer Bucks Pickleball Club last year. The 26,500-square-foot indoor facility is in Ewing, N.J., conveniently between Philly and NYC. The club has over 1,300 members and over 70 events per week. MBPC has created an incredible community for pickleball players. Robin (Shatto) Labiak played bartender that evening. She recently visited Nicole (Bolwell) Heiden and her husband, Chris, in Vail. Robin reports that Nicole skied 100 days this year and together Robin and Nicole skied days 95 and 97! For the last 24 years, Nicole and Chris have owned and run Main Street Grill, a bustling and delicious hot spot in Vail. Make sure to stop in when you are in town. Another DG on the move. After 25-plus years as a C-suite executive in the financial services industry, Liza Kahn-Garber is embarking on a new career in business development as a client relationship executive for CohnReznick, a national accounting, tax and advisory firm. In this role, she will specialize in servicing companies, particularly those in the family office, hedge funds, venture capital and private equity sectors. Aimee (Politziner) Jalazo, Shari (Sitkoff) Rosenberg, Donna (Benedek) Levitz, Renee (Ross) Coyle and Cecile (Rottenberg) Smith and I get together regularly to catch up and celebrate birthdays. Renee and her husband, Steve, are moving from Boston and plan to split their time between their places in NYC and Paris. Renee has taken up running, and together, we hope to run the Paris Half Marathon next March. Donna (Benedek) Levitz has become an avid golfer and just got back from her winter “happy place” in Marco Island, Fla. Cecile is busy running around visiting colleges with her youngest child (her fourth), Henry. We can’t wait for her to become an empty nester, so she can fulfill a promise she made to me in 1988 to take me to visit her family home in France. Shari and Eric Rosenberg recently downsized from their home in Kinnelon, N.J., and have an awesome place in Cape May. Aimee and Brian Jalazo reside on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Somehow in a city where people move all the time, they still live on the same corner of Manhattan where Aimee and I lived together in law school! Brian and Aimee recently joined us for a fun-filled ski trip in Park City, Utah. On a personal note, this fall, I married my longtime boyfriend, Mitchell, in Montauk, N.Y. Together, we have been enjoying life, travel, friends and our six children. Kenny Holdsman ’89 is doing incredible, meaningful work and helping thousands of kids. He ran an event in Philly to raise funds for the Philadelphia Youth Basketball organization and the Sixth Man Center. The Sixth Man Center will be a 100,000-square-foot facility that will serve as a transformative community center for thousands of young people and promote the academic, intellectual, social and emotional values of the Philadelphia Youth Basketball program. Class of ’88 attendees included Kerry (Loughman) O’Hearen, Mariana Gonzales-Gilbert, Andy Horning, Steve Hiltabiddle, Kellie Fisher, Jon Harvey, Eric Sejourne, Jeff Senior, and Tracey Danforth with Lisi (Moody) Rutledge ’89. Jim Stone had a busy spring in the Lehigh Valley. Not only was he busy with reunion planning and organizing the reunion golf outing at Saucon Valley Country Club, but Jim’s daughter Maxine graduated from Muhlenberg in May. She was a theatre major focusing on costume and set design. Jim was thrilled to travel with Scott MacMillan, Allen Brian and Mike Lewis ’90 on a Fiji ski trip to Sugarbush, Vt., in March. Lots of laughs and fresh powder were enjoyed — and perhaps a few of Vermont’s finest craft IPAs. Jim was also looking forward to the annual Fiji-Saucon Valley Invitational in June, which he hosts with Ralph Shields and Paul Knollmeyer ’87. Last year, they had 25 Fijis from the Classes of ’86 through ’90 join! Jim is very proud to maintain such strong friendships with his fraternity brothers and can’t wait to play with fellow ’88s Kim Kassar, Mike Davi, Don Culhane,Aaron Frantz, Scott MacMillan, Allen Brian, Keith Engleka and many more. Even 35 years after graduation, Lehigh still plays an important role in our lives and in our hearts. Things on campus may have changed, but it is the people who have always made the place special. ’89 Jocelyn (Gitlin) Deutsch, 9 Vincent Lane, Armonl, NY 10504; jocelyndeutsch@hotmail.com Joshua Petersohn lives in Pennsylvania and is a partner at Moreland Development. He was named the USA master’s hockey team head coach. Josh played for USA’s gold medal-winning team in 2013 and brings his long history of playing, coaching and hockey passion to the games. Many in our class are involved in charitable organizations. If you support an organization and would like me to share it with our class, please drop me a note. There are three gentlemen from the Class of ’89 that I am so proud to highlight and call my friends. Kenny Holdsman is CEO and president of Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB), a leading sports-based youth development organization. In addition to being an attorney, Kenny has developed a passion for empowering and supporting youth to be the absolute best they can be. Early on, he worked for the Academy for Educational Development in New York and Washington, D.C. He then moved on to be the president and CEO of Legacy Youth Tennis and Education (formerly Arthur Ashe). All of these incredible experiences led him to what today has to be one of his greatest achievements: the building of The Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center powered and operated by Philadelphia Youth Basketball. “Located in the Nicetown neighborhood of north Philadelphia, this 100,000-square-foot worldclass facility will be a second home for thousands of young people and a resource for the community, transforming lives for decades to come. The center will provide everything that PYB believes young people need to thrive academically and intellectually, socially and emotionally, and civically and vocationally,” according to the website. Late January 2023, Kenny and many of our closest Lehigh friends came together for an old school pub night in Philly to raise money for this incredible project and reunite with our classmates. Reach out to Kenny or check it out online if you would like to learn more. Talk about giving back— Jay Canell and Neil Canell
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