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marketplace alumni MARKETPLACE Celebrating Alumni Entrepreneurship, Accomplishment and Ingenuity In print Enterprising · Jackie Meyers-Thompson '80 Jackie has written two books (Wiley Publishing), titled Fertility for Dummies (2003), and Infertility for Dummies (2007). These stories chronicle her journey to conceive and give birth to her miracle children, as well as provide information for others who still struggle. · Ira L. Williams '85 Ira has published a book titled Speaking Softly… What's Happened to American Humility (iUniverse, 2007). The book focuses on the idea that humility is centered in strength not weakness, and that we're at our best when we focus on the needs of others. All profits made by the sale of this book are given to charitable organizations. (See our profile of Ira in the Alumni Authors article.) · Michael Berland '86 Michael recently published a book What Makes You Tick?: How Successful People Do It – and What You Can Learn from Them (Harper Collins, May 2009). Exhibiting and Performing · Jackie Meyers-Thompson '80 As a part of her business J.D. Thompson Communications/Coppock-Meyers Public Relations, Jackie manages her husband's fine art career and distributes his works to galleries nationwide (www.dtfineart.com). · Susan Pomerantz Moore '86 One of Susan's photographs was recently exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. · Darius C. Dennis '02 Featured on the Cover of the Chicago Reader on January 1, 2009 as part of Novem Studios, a club for DJs created by DJs (http://novemlife.com/). · Rachel Levitin '05 Rachel recently performed alongside Latin Alums Casey Gibson, Pete Mathias, Ted Mathias (all '05) and Johnny Mathias '07 from the band Filligar. The show was in Washington D.C. at The Red and Black as part of Filligar's Stray Dogs Tour (www.filligar.com). · Amanda Marien '07 Amanda was nominated for a Chicago/Midwest Chapter Emmy for her short student film Snow Tides (http://amandamarien.com/). 60 Latin Magazine · Kenneth A. Fischer '54 Kenneth started True Green (http://www.truegreenonline.com/); an Earth friendly and people friendly company that provides eco-friendly products. · Tracy Marx Arnold '81 Tracy's company, called Playful Paws, specializes in doggie daycare, cagefree boarding, grooming and training at its 6,000-square foot facility in Prospect Heights (www.playfulpaws.com). · Dawn Drewganis '83 Owns Greystone, Ltd., a real estate and foreclosures company, and REO Solutions, Ltd., a home repair business. She also has a side business in sterling silver jewelry called, Silpada Designs. · Chris Freund '90 Chris is founder and managing partner of Mekong Capital, a private equity firm that focuses specifically on growth equity in Vietnamese companies. · Jonah Levey '90 Jonah is the founder and CEO of Navigos Group, Ltd., which provides human resource solutions to multinational companies and businesses in Vietnam. Navigos offers human resource advisory services, including executive search, human resource consulting, outsourcing, and research; corporate training; and employment advertising services and has more than 8,500 corporate clients and 250 employees. He also works with classmate Chris Freund as the non-executive director of Mekong Capital. · Samantha Thompson '96 Eloise Carr is a new women's wear collection that offers stylish, sophisticated fun clothing in larger sizes for the contemporary woman. The company's motto is "Being well dressed is the right of all women." To see Samantha's latest designs and updates visit her Web site (http://www.eloisecarr.com/). · Reina Hardy '99 Reina's Chicago based non-profit, the Viola Project (Shakespeare for Girls) focuses on empowering young women through the understanding and performing of Shakespeare's plays. Sign up and find more information at http://www.violaproject.com.