Ian Barlow, FPPA ’99 SF, and wife Kirsten are the proud new parents of a son, Myles James Barlow, born July 29, 2010.

Zach Blume, FPPA ’08 SF, recently began as director of business development & marketing at Portal A Interactive, a startup online video and web marketing company.

Erika Carlsen, FPPA ’10 SF, is the new special projects coordinator for the Rockwood Leadership Institute.

Danny Carreto, EL ’10 SF, from Mission High School, and Char-Leen Craner, EL ’10 EB, from Oakland High School, have been accepted into the Students Rising Above program. Learn more here: http://studentsrisingabove.org/about-us

Michael Chandler, FPPA ’02 SF, is currently doing a five-month Fulbright fellowship in Seoul, Korea studying the educational system.

Elena Chavez, FPPA ’90 SF, is a new resident of New York State, where she is the manager of the Spanish language outreach for the Consumers Union.

Sarah Ihmoud, FPPA ’07 SF, was recently awarded a fellowship from the National Science Foundation, which will fund her studies and research for the next 3 years.

Christine Johnson, FPPA ’95 SF, was promoted to director of communications and strategic relationships at SAP Labs in Palo Alto.

Michael Knuepfel, EL ‘02 SF, is a 2011 grad school student at NYU in the Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Nancy Ko, EL ’99 SF, is the public policy specialist for On Lok, Inc. in San Francisco, a nonprofit serving senior citizens through a variety of programs and services.

Amy Laitinen, FPPA ’01 SF, lives in Washington, D.C. where she is serving as a policy adviser to the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.

Jim Murray, FPPA ’06 SF, is the new postgraduate public service program director at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University

Malcolm Penton, FPPA ’10 SF, is receiving a Community Service Hero award by the American Red Cross at the Contra Costa County Heroes Breakfast on October 1, 2010.

Li Qui, EL '01 SF, is a freelance graphic designer currently working in San Francisco. She and fiancι Ibrahim Elbouchikhi reside in Palo Alto.

Clayton Schloss, CLP ’05, recently began a new job in San Francisco as a program manger for OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company. 

Liz Smith, FPPA ’98 SF, is a program manager for the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries, overseeing wage and hour/workplace rights compliance and enforcement.

Neheet Trivedi, FPPA ’04 SF, is pursuing an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He recently returned from a two-year engagement in Salvador, Brazil, with E+Co, a non-profit investment company that finances clean energy projects in developing countries. At Sloan, Neheet plans to continue focusing on clean technology and entrepreneurship.