

Prior to this position, she worked at McKinsey in South East Asia, was a counselor to the assistant attorney general in the office of legal policy in the US Department of Justice where she advised on and negotiating policy on national security and criminal law matters. In addition, she supervises MCC’s relationships with partner countries and provides oversight and guidance to teams for the development and implementation of sustainable programs focused on capital investments and policy reforms to ensure the achievement of program objectives.

She oversees the agency’s two billion dollar portfolio of compact investments for that geographic region. Currently, she is the acting deputy vice president for Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America for the Millennial Challenge Corporation, a government agency that provides time-limited grants for promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, and strengthening institutions. Jacob Schwartz, son of Lisa and Gary Schwartz of West HartfordĬaroline Nguyen ’96 was the keynote speaker for the ceremony. Snehaa Ram, daughter of Shwetha Ram and Ram Narayan of South Windsor Olivia Pear, daughter of Patty Flanagan and Brian Pear of MoodusĮthan Raisner, son of Amy and David Raisner of West Hartford Sadie Margolis, daughter of Kim and Scott Margolis of West HartfordĪhana Nagarkatti, daughter of Shikha Sarkar and Durgesh Nagarkatti of West Hartford Jingyun (Jane) Liang, daughter of Xuelian Lai and Anji Liang of Beijing, China Kyle Frankel, son of Amy and Glenn Frankel of West HartfordĮmma Henry, daughter of Kerrie and Mark Henry of South Glastonbury Ling (Felix) Fei, son of Beilei Zhang and Jia Fei of Shanghai, Chinaīraden Flowers, son of Tammi and Charles Flowers of West Hartford Sloan Duvall, daughter of Leigh and Lane Duvall of West Hartford Zeyu (Aaron) Duan, son of Mengying Wang and Hongqi Duan of Beijing, China Huaxu (Tommy) Dan, son of Huifang Zhang and Houjun Dan of Xiamen, Chinaīrandon DeLucia, son of Deborah and Orlando DeLucia of Simsbury Shreeya Chalikonda, daughter of Aruna and Srinivasa of South Windsor Matthew Bzowyckyj, son of Lisa and Daniel of Tolland The following students in the Class of 2021 were inducted into the Cum Laude Society: Updike viewed Williams’ unremitting dedication to the game as the tissue-thin difference between “doing the thing done well and the thing done ill.” Just like Williams, Monroe said these honor students pursued their academics with a steady and deep commitment and took personal pride in their work every step of their journey. In the final game of his career, Williams hit a home run in his last at-bat. In his opening remarks for the Kingswood Oxford Cum Laude induction ceremony, Upper School English teacher and Cum Laude advisor Ron Monroe likened the students’ academic journey to John Updike’s description of preternatural Red Sox slugger Ted Williams whose 482 on-base percentage is ranked the highest of all time.
