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AIS/AES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC.
Certificate of Incorporation

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the AIS/AES Alumni Association, Inc. is to promote and facilitate the lifelong communication and camaraderie of alumni, faculty, staff, family and friends of AIS/AES.
- AIS AES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC., July 2008

Ek, Do, Teen, Char - This Is Who We Are!!!! Our Alumni Association Story

AIS/AES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, INC.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President:  Mary Williamson
Vice President:  Anne Weathersby
Treasurer:  Anne Kerr
Corresponding Secretary:  Suzanne Fricke
Recording Secretary:  Christopher Dunn
Director:  Judy Ashley
Director:  Julie Marquis
Director:  Eric Peterson
Director:  Sandhya Iyer
Director:  Jason L. Becker
Director:  Diane Reppun

MEET YOUR 2013 BOARD MEMBERS



Mary Williamson

Mary Flanagan Williamson, Class of 1974
President
MaryWilliamson74@aol.com
Mary joined the Board in 2007, having held the positions of Recording Secretary and Vice President before coming President in January 2011. She attended AIS-New Delhi from 1971-1973, along with her younger sister, Ellen (Class of 1976). Their mother worked for the US Dept. of State. For both 10th and 11th grades, Mary was on the varsity cheerleading squad, swim team, girls' basketball team, and the yearbook club. She also went horseback riding and sang in her church choir. In 2005, she became the alumni secretary for the Class of 1974 and in 2007, she hosted her class' first-ever reunion in Philadelphia. In 2009, she created the AIS/AES Alumni Class Secretaries Program and in 2013, she created the AISAES Alumni Network on Facebook page. Mary is an Air Force spouse, having recently returned stateside after four years overseas with her husband. They have four children. Read more about Mary.


Anne Weathersby

Anne Weathersby, Class of 1965
Vice President
aweathersby@erols.com
Anne was in India in three incarnations - the first while in high school from 9th through 12th grade, graduating in 1965; the second while in college to visit her family in 1968; and the third while in graduate school at Delhi University and while teaching at AIS in '72-'73 - making her one of the few teachers who actually graduated from AIS. Both Anne's siblings attended AIS - sister Amanda (Class of 1972) and brother Jeff (Class of 1962). Anne is now living in the Washington, DC area with her husband, Ed Rykowski, who she met at the ACSA swimming pool in 1972. They have two children, also both in the Washington, DC area. She works for Information, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, with no sign of retirement in the future.


Anne Beattie Kerr

Anne Beattie Kerr, Class of 1967
Treasurer
akerr79349@aol.com
Anne attended AIS as a boarder during the years 1965 and 1966. She played many sports while in Delhi. Anne's family was stationed in Burma (now Mynmar). The other boarders were Anne's family in India. Anne had to leave Delhi before her class graduated. She and her husband Tim and their two grown sons live in Castleton, Virginia, about 65 miles southwest of Washington, DC.


Suzanne Fricke

Suzanne (Suzy) Bakey Fricke, Class of 1972
Corresponding Secretary
suzanne.fricke@verizon.net
Suzanne works for Computer Sciences Corporation and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband Bob (Class of 1969) and their two children. Their AIS family includes her sister Charlotte (Class of 1974), Bob's brother Dick (Class of 1972) and his sister Barbara (Class of 1974). Suzanne's father was with the US Embassy, and their family lived in Delhi (Greater Kailash, then Annand Niketan) for five years. As the alumni secretary for the Class of 1972, Suzanne has been successful in tracking down over 30 missing classmates and friends from other AIS classes. More recently, she is the proud grandmother of a beautiful baby girl! Feel free to contact Suzanne for tips on finding your lost classmates. (Tip #1 - Google!)


Christopher Dunn

Christopher Dunn, Class of 1986
Recording Secretary
bcdunn@verizon.net
Christopher attended AES twice, from 1974-1976, and then again from 1981-1984 for 8th, 9th, and 10th grades. His brothers - Ed, Jon, and Andy - as well as his twin sister, Lora, also attended AES. Chris left Delhi in 1984 to move back to Potomac, Maryland, where he graduated from Winston Churchill High School. He attended the University of Pittsburgh for his BA and attended George Washington University for his Masters in Information Systems. Chris resides in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, with his wife Barb and daughter Emma. He enjoys genealogy, fly fishing, hunting, and running. He is the Chief Operating Officer for Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation, and is the alumni secretary for the Class of 1986. Chris joined the Board in 2011 and became Recording Secretary in March 2013.


Judy Newberry Ashley

Judy Newberry Ashley, Class of 1969
Director
judithlashley@gmail.com
The Newberry family lived in New Delhi from 1964 through 1969. Judy's father was Director of AIS for three years and then moved to USAID for the last two years. Judy's mother served a stint as school nurse. Brother Dean (Class of 1965) lives in nearby Davis and owns a solar/radiant heating company; and brother Jim (Class of 1970) lives in Hawaii and works for an insurance company. After graduating from AIS in 1969, Judy moved with her family to Indiana, where she attended ISU; then she headed back to her native California and found her niche - working for associations. In 1986, she started a successful association management company. She and her husband Bob have two grown children (Cori and Chris & daughter-in-law Alicia) and have a grand-dog. Judy and Bob love to travel both overseas and in their mini-motorhome crisscrossing North America. Judy and classmate, Cindy, share the alumni secretary duties for the Class of 1969.


Julie Marquis

Julie Marquis, Class of 1981
Director
jumarq10@yahoo.com
Julie's first trip to India was when she was two months old; and unfortunately, she has no memories of the first-class Pan Am flight…complete with dinner catered by Maxin's of Paris (but her mother still has the menu as proof!) During her total six years spent in India (in two increments, 1963-65 and 1970-74), Julie and her family - siblings Kathy (Class of 1971); Eric (Class of 1974) and Robin (Class of 1976) - took in as many signs and sounds of the country as possible.
Currently, Julie works at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC and is the alumni secretary for the Class of 1981.


Eric Peterson

Eric Peterson, Class of 1985
Director
olafro@yahoo.com
Eric attended AES for 10th-12th grades during 1982-85. He was active in all sports with a concentration on swimming. His sister Andrea also attended AES during those years but graduated from high school in Chile. Eric went to college at Boston University and has since lived in Boston, Houston, and San Francisco. He currently resides 20 miles west of Boston in Stow, Massachusetts with his wife and two children. He works for an Indian software company, is a competitive cyclist, and is the alumni secretary for the Class of 1985.


Sandhya Venu

Sandhya Iyer, Class of 2003
Director
siyer85@gmail.com
Sandhya attended AES during her last year of high school and graduated in 2003. Her mother works for UNICEF and is currently posted in Kenya. While in AES, Sandhya enjoyed participating in the Photography Club and enjoyed learning from some of the best faculty. From there, she went on to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. Apart from speaking native Indian languages - Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Malayalam - she also speaks French. She currently lives in New York and works at Alcoholics Anonymous in Publications. Prior to this, she taught preschool-aged children for 2-1/2 years. She hopes to pursue her graduate studies in Education. Sandhya and classmate, Kunal, share the alumni secretary duties for the Class of 2003.


Jason Becker

Jason L. Becker, Class of 1989
Director
Jason.l.becker@verizon.com
Jason attended AES for 11th & 12th grades and was in India off and on from 1987-1991. During his tenure at AES, he was most active in music (Thank you Dr. E.) and theater (Thank you Mr. P). Jason is currently residing in Pennsylvania with his wife of 20 years and his 19 year old daughter. He works for a major Telecommunications Company as a Metrics and Reporting Specialist. Jason is also an active member of the Quest Forum (Chair of Network Services Reliability & Benchmarking) and a contributing author to the TL9000 quality standard. He is the alumni secretary for the Class of 1989.


Diane Reppun

Diane Reppun, Class of 1975
Director
dreppun@att.net
Diane attended AIS in Delhi from 1972-1975, along with her older brother Fred. Her father worked for Pan American Airlines and was the Airport Manager at New Delhi airport. Diane was on the swim team, the softball team, and the basketball team, so it is not hard to see why she chose to get a BA, then MA, in Physical Education at San Francisco State University upon graduating from AIS. Along the way she also joined the Army Reserves; and following an internship with the Department of Education that ran into an 80's government hiring freeze, she converted to Active Duty. For the next 7 years she served in Colorado, Korea, Indianapolis and then Munich, Germany, and was trained in the new'ish' field of personal computers. Leaving active duty as a Captain, she was hired in Silicon Valley and worked for several years in chip manufacturing before starting her own consulting business assisting legal offices to upgrade to computers, networks and other office automation and software. She continued to serve in the Reserves in California and also began teaching in her initial field of study - Physical Education - at City College of San Francisco, where she continues today as a part time instructor. Her business was 'interrupted' in 2008 by a call back to Active Duty, and a tour in Iraq from 2009 to 2010. After her tour, she took advantage of the new GI Bill and attended San Francisco State University, and obtained another Master's Degree (30 years between degrees), this time in Instructional Technology. Diane is not married and lives in Cupertino, California, frequently traveling to the UK, Australian, and occasionally Nepal and India. She is the alumni secretary for the Class of 1975.



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