Sidney Hardee -- new podcast episode

Had a great conversation with classmate Sidney Hardee, who shared some great stories about his time at Yale.  His mother was a hug influence on Sidney, as were his fraternity brothers.  He also talks about how he has built his own business.  Listen in!

So you know more about Sidney, he is the Managing Partner of Hardee Brothers, LLC and Global Investment Advisor for the Probabilities Fund, LLC. He has a broad base of experience in global investing, derivatives research, quantitative analysis, and portfolio management.

Sidney is a former Trading Manager at the Bank of NT Butterfield in Bermuda where he led their fixed income and derivatives trading initiatives. He began his career as a Market Analyst at Salomon Brothers focused on European Bond Markets. Later he joined Lehman Brothers in both New York and London as a Bond Trader. He was also a Vice President in both Credit Markets Trading and Global Rates Strategy groups at JPMorgan.

A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Sidney is a member of the Alternative Investments committee and the Performance and Risk committee of the CFA Society of New York (CFANY). He is a former member of the United States Investment Performance Committee (USIPC) and current member of Global Promotions committee for the Global Investment Performance (GIPS). He is also a member of the Board of Advisory for the Master of Science Program in Financial Risk Management at the University of Connecticut School of Business. He holds a B.A in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University and holds a M.S in Applied Statistics from Columbia University.

To listen, click here.

Yale’s Happiness Professor Says Anxiety Is Destroying Her Students

 A super interesting article in the New York Times from the professor who teaches the Yale Happiness Course.  I would recommend you take a read.  Here's how it begins:

Since the Yale cognitive scientist Laurie Santos began teaching her class Psychology and the Good Life in 2018, it has become one of the school’s most popular courses. The first year the class was offered, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate student body enrolled. You could see that as a positive: all these young high-achievers looking to learn scientifically corroborated techniques for living a happier life. But you could also see something melancholy in the course’s popularity: all these young high-achievers looking for something they’ve lost, or never found. Either way, the desire to lead a more fulfilled life is hardly limited to young Ivy Leaguers, and Santos turned her course into a popular podcast series “The Happiness Lab,” which quickly rose above the crowded happiness-advice field. (It has been downloaded more than 64 million times.) “Why are there so many happiness books and other happiness stuff and people are still not happy?” asks Santos, who is 46. “Because it takes work! Because it’s hard!”

Click here for the article.

Click through to read the one section I found most interesting

Class Podcast

 Wow.  The response to our class podcast has been terrific.  I am so happy everyone is enjoying the episodes.  

Given the ever growing interest in hearing from our classmates, I have decided to continue the podcast after our 35th Reunion in June.

If you'd like to be a guest, or nominate a classmate to be a guest, please let me know!

To listen to the podcast, click here.

Mary Broach -- new podcast episode

 

Mary Broach has been changing her community by organizing women to support organizations that make a difference.  Starting with a simple concept -- let's get 100 women to donate $1,000 each -- Mary and her colleagues have had a profound impact on the greater Philadelphia area.  Each year, they band together and make a difference.  Listen in as Mary explains what she has done and how her efforts have evolved over time.  Truly inspirational.

David Kramer -- New podcast episode

 

Listen to our latest podcast episode as David Kramer shares his thoughts about real estate, the future of New York City and making sustainable housing in the wide-ranging discussion.

David is a native New Yorker who loves developing housing as part of his commitment to help build a better city. David joined Hudson back in the stone age of 1995 and has played a role in many of Hudson’s most exciting achievements of the past 3 decades including the world’s largest Passive House building, the House at Cornell Tech, the development of the Riverwalk neighborhood on Roosevelt Island, and the redevelopment of the Brooklyn Heights library, One Clinton. David has a Bachelor Degree from Yale University and graduated from the Coro Foundation’s Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He’s served on the boards of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, the Coro Foundation, New York City School Support Services, the Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable and the Collegiate School Alumni Council. David has seen most Broadway musicals and plays a lot of KenKen.  

Lan Samantha Chang -- a new podcast to discuss Sam's new novel, The Family Chao

Sam Chang is an accomplished writer who has just come out with a novel, The Family Chao.  The story of a family of immigrants and first generation children who struggle with life in a midwestern town.  In this episode, we discuss the book, its themes of belonging, assimilation, alienation and ethnicity.  

Listen by clicking here.

For more about Sam and her new book, please visit her website: https://lansamanthachang.com/

Our classmate, Rosario Ceballo, appointed Dean of Georgetown College

 Rosario Ceballo, Ph.D., an interdisciplinary scholar with a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, will join Georgetown as dean of Georgetown College and professor of psychology on January 1, 2022.

Ceballo currently serves as professor of psychology and women’s and gender studies and associate dean for the social sciences at the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. From 2015-2018, she served as chair of Michigan’s Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

“Dr. Ceballo is a celebrated interdisciplinary scholar whose research has examined community violence, families, culture, and gender through a psychological lens,” says Georgetown President John J. DeGioia. “We are deeply grateful that our community will have the opportunity to benefit from Dr. Ceballo’s extraordinary experience and expertise, and look forward to her leadership of the College.”

Natasha Zupan -- new podcast episode

 

"What's your favorite color?" I asked, as if such a question would elicit a simple answer.  It didn't.  Our classmate, Natasha Zupan, has spent a lifetime not following her father's warning not to become an artist.  She has created and travelled and explored.  She has built a life centered around beauty and reflection.  Listen in as Natasha shares her view. For more about Natasha, visit her website: http://natashazupan.com/

Listen by clicking here.

Paul LaMonica -- New podcast episode

 Our classmate Paul La Monica offers his reflections on parenting special needs children and coping with the death of one of his children.  Paul brings grace and wisdom to these serious topics.  I laughed and I cried during this conversation.  I will let Paul speak for himself.