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Tara Goodwin
Tara Goodwin (COM'86) of Boston, Mass., founded the award-winning PR firm Goodwin Consulting. Her crisis communications services have been used by professional athletes, Fortune 500 companies, and celebrities. In fall 2025, Tara published Manage the Message, Change the Outcome: An Executive’s Guide to Crisis Management (Routledge, 2025). “The book is a wake-up call that inspires leaders to take a proactive approach to crisis management and guides them step-by-step through a field-tested approach to be more effective during a crisis,” she writes. It’s also an entertaining tale of lessons from the trenches, including her collaborations with Bill Belichick (Hon.’04), Tom Brady, and Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer. Tara is an international crisis preparedness speaker, a workshop leader, and a trusted field expert for outlets such as Business Insider and Fast Company.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Amy (Getchell) Safford
Amy (Getchell) Safford (COM’85) of Saco, Maine, writes that her debut novel, Goode Vibrations of the Wresting Place (Safford Communications, 2024), won three international literary awards in 2025: the Eric Hoffer Spiritual Fiction Award, the First Horizon Book Award, and the Independent Publisher IPPY Silver Medal in the category of Visionary/New Age Fiction. She was also named a finalist in the 2025 IAN book awards, the 2024 American Book Fest Best Book Awards, and the 2025 Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Fiction Awards. In 2025, she published the sequel, Goode Vibrations of the Dead River Valley (Safford Communications). Amy’s stories blend New England history with literary fiction, suspense, and the paranormal. She taught English composition at the University of New England and is a former executive director of the Maine Psychological Association. Friends can email her at safford.amy@gmail.com.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Deborah Farone
Deborah Farone (COM’85) of New York, N.Y., published Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Lawyers Build Thriving Practices (PLI Press, 2026). She distills lessons from 60-plus interviews with leading women in the field and academics worldwide, revealing how “the most successful women in law have built enduring, profitable, value-driven practices in an industry still grappling with gender parity,” she writes. Deborah is founder and CEO of Farone Advisors LLC and a former chief marketing officer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Debevoise & Plimpton. She has built her expertise at the intersection of branding, business development, and leadership.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Nadene Stein
Nadene Stein (CAS’84, Wheelock’86) of Waltham, Mass., retired after 40 years as a teacher, building leader, and school administrator. In her honor, a retirement gift established the Dr. Nadene Stein Growth and Independence Scholarship, which reflects her dedication to resilience, self-advocacy, and progress. The scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate determination and perseverance, along with growth in areas such as independence, community involvement, academic improvement, career readiness, and progress toward individual goals. You can email her at nadene.stein@comcast.net.
From the Summer 2026 issue.William J. Connell
William J. Connell (COM’84) of Forestdale, R.I., an attorney, writes frequently in professional and legal contexts. In the past few years, he has branched out into fiction. His stories have appeared in several short-story anthologies, and he has published two volumes in his Black Death Trilogy: Mask of Death (Wild Ink Publishing, 2024) and Race with the Black Death (Wild Ink Publishing, 2026). Learn more at williamjconnell.com.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Tracy Burtz
Tracy Burtz (CFA’78) of Pleasantville, N.Y., a painter, exhibited her work in Unspoken, a solo show at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury, Vt., from July through August 2025. In March 2026, she exhibited at the solo show What She Knows at the Painting Center in New York. Her work is represented by Edgewater Gallery, the Painting Center, Thomas Deans Fine Art (Atlanta, Ga.), Nantucket’s East End Gallery, and Nantucket Looms. Visit tracyburtz.com, and email her at tracyburtz@gmail.com.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Norman M. Shulman
Norman M. Shulman (Wheelock’77) of Lubbock, Tex., received national recognition for his debut book, Love, Norm: Inspiration of a Jewish American Fighter Pilot (Texas Tech University Press, 2nd ed., 2024). In 2025, Love, Norm was named a finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards, in the Non-Fiction: Military/War category. The memoir was inspired by a conversation Norm had with his stepson, who confessed to feeling isolated during his Air Force training. Norm set out to encourage him by delving into the history of Jewish people in the military. The result, a series of 52 letters to his stepson, became the foundation for Love, Norm. Norm is a psychologist with more than 50 years of experience in the field and a lifelong scholar of Jewish history. His stepson, Captain Greg “Glick” Levenson, is a decorated F-16 combat pilot. Learn more about the book at www.lovenormmemoir.com.
From the Summer 2026 issue.Gershon Blumstein
Gershon Blumstein (CGS’74, CAS’76) of West Bloomfield, Mich., was honored with the Hospice Hero Award from Jewish Family Services of Michigan for his volunteer work supporting individuals in palliative and dementia care. His goal for his weekly visits is to “focus on dignity, presence, and compassionate companionship for clients navigating profound vulnerability.” He writes that he is grateful for the recognition and remains deeply committed to community-centered service. You can email him at gershblumstein@gmail.com.
From the Summer 2026 issue.William Blocher
William Blocher (CAS’76, GRS’85) of Amherst, N.H., completed a dissertation in 1985 that, while focused on laboratory experiments in psychology, was firmly rooted in the emerging field of computer science: operating systems, hardware/software integration, and distributed processing. Email him at wkb@bu.edu.
Marc Morgenstern
Marc Morgenstern (LAW’75) of Cleveland, Ohio, is mentor-at-large for the University of California, Berkeley, House Fund, which oversees $250 million of early-stage venture funds primarily concentrated in the artificial intelligence and robotics fields. Previously, Marc was chief executive officer and managing partner of Kahn Kleinman, now part of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP. In January, Forbes selected his book, The Soul of the Deal: Creative Frameworks for Buying, Selling, and Investing in any Business (Rodin Books, 2022), as “One of the 25 Mergers and Acquisitions Books Every CEO, Founder, and Business Owner Should Read.” The book is based on Marc’s experience “selling encyclopedias door-to-door and following the Grateful Dead, and 400-plus transactions as C-suite, director, investor, or counsel.
From the Summer 2026 issue.