3. Brian Farfel Rose

Several of the alums featured between now and reunion were degree marshals for their respective colleges during our commencement ceremony in May 1995, an honor awarded to the two students in each college with the highest GPA.

Dallas, Texas · Arts and Sciences

Tell us about what you're doing with your life.

The last twenty years have gone by at a frenetic pace. I'm grateful to God for granting me a life which is better than anything I deserve.

I've spent the years in the investment industry, returning to my native Texas to join a private firm after stints with hedge funds in London and Chicago. I spend most of my spare time with my amazing wife and our four awesome kids, ages 11, 10, 7 and 3— maybe there is a future Cornellian among them!

Giving back is important to me, so I serve on the board a few local nonprofits. And I love academia, which I get to support as executive-in-residence for a unit of the SMU business school, where I taught in the past as a faculty adjunct. The Big Red is forever in my veins—I'm the community service chairman for the Dallas Cornell Alumni Chapter.

What was your favorite class at Cornell, or the one you found the most useful?

In my junior year of undergrad, I had the privilege of taking a finance class at the Johnson school, which was taught by Professor Kent Womack. It was a great introduction to the business world, but more importantly the beginning of an amazing dialogue with an amazing teacher. Professor Womack was my mentor through all the early years of my career—to the extent I have made good decisions, it is to his credit and not my own.

· What advice would you give to a student starting at Cornell this year?

Have a good time, but put the books first.

If you could change anything about your Cornell experience, what would it be?
Those Ithaca winters were tough on a boy from Texas—I sure could have used some global warming back then!

25. Paul Terranova

Austin, Texas · Engineering

p_terranova@hotmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.terranova.37
http://grandkonaslam2012.wordpress.com/

Tell us about what you're doing with your life.

Been living in Austin, Texas with my fantastic wife of 10 years, Meredith, and our 2 German shorthaired pointers, Flyer and Shiloh.  When we are not trail running, cycling, swimming, or traveling to events involving such fun, Meredith is a sports dietician and I'm a consultant helping deliver transportation projects.  I also serve as a CAAAN volunteer for prospective Cornell students in the Austin area!

What extracurricular activity or hobby from your time at Cornell was the most meaningful?
Definitely my 4 years as a lightweight rower and Army ROTC.  The discipline, sacrifice, and hard work set the stage for a budding semi-professional career as an ultra trail runner later in life.  No excuses, do the work.  

Which Cornell classmates do you keep in touch with?
Most of my current close Cornell connections are through rowing, Army ROTC, and the best-man at my wedding Kevin Yelenik '95!

What are you most looking forward to at Reunion 2015?
Showing my wife Meredith (a native Texan) around campus for the first time!

36. Carla Bravo

Dallas, Texas · Agriculture and Life Sciences

carlamariabravo@gmail.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/carlamariabravo


Tell us about what you're doing with your life.
I am a wife and mother of two little girls—2 and 3 years old. We live in Dallas, Texas, and I work for Lucchese, bootmakers since 1883, in an operations role. I love my job, love Texas, and plan to make this our permanent home.

What was your favorite class at Cornell, or the one you found the most useful?
Wines! Wasn't that everyone's favorite?

What is your favorite memory of your time at Cornell?
Friends, spending hours at the cafeteria for dinner, slope days. How tough it was but at the same time rewarding and enriching. Wouldn't change it for the world, Cornell is a place that will always be special to me.

What advice would you give to a student starting at Cornell this year?
Work and play hard, don't lose perspective of why you're there. You are surrounded by talented people, however don't be intimidated, you are as smart and talented as everyone else. Make the most of this stimulating environment, won't always be like that once you leave Cornell.

43. Amy Hunt Coslik

Forth Worth, Texas · Agriculture and Life Sciences

Name at Cornell
Amy Suzanne Hunt

acoslik@fortworthzoo.org

Tell us about what you're doing with your life.
I love spending time with my family... my husband, Erik, two daughters, Lucy, 4, and Mia,1, and our animals.  We have many pets, including 6 horses and a donkey.

I have worked as a Nutritionist/Lab technician at the Fort Worth Zoo for 15 years.  The last five years I have worked part time in order to spend more time with my family.

What was your favorite class at Cornell, or the one you found the most useful?
Animal Nutrition 212 taught by Dr. Alan Bell.  This class is the reason I became interested in zoo nutrition as a field and why I have the career I do today.

What advice would you give to a student starting at Cornell this year?
Get to know your teachers and the graduate students in your department - there are amazing people learning and working at Cornell!

What does being a Cornell alumnus mean to you?
An incredible network of friends and colleagues.  I was Social Director and President of  the Cornell Alumni Association of North Texas for several years and was fortunate to meet and socialize with many, many wonderful people.

81. Chauncy Cay Ford

Every few weeks, Cornell '95 Faces features a profile of one of our class officers. This week, meet the class webmaster.

Austin, Texas · Arts and Sciences 

Name at Cornell
Chauncy Cay Maddox

Tell us about what you're doing with your life.
Investigating digital [online] technology, database debunking, minor coding and scripting, organizing anything and everything. Being green in Austin. Avid foodie and epicurean. Yoga. Singing, dancing, music, painting, travel, cooking, walking and hiking with my husband and dog, and drinking lots of Tea!

What are your duties as class officer and what have you enjoyed about the job?

I am the Class webmaster, which became very streamlined with Cornell's transition from separate alumni websites to a templatized format called CornellConnect.  The nice thing about this transition? We have persistent links to all other Cornell Alumni sites and resources.  The bummer? It's kind of, well, boring. 

So as our Class Officer team has evolved over the past three years and added committees with the support of (amazing!) council members we've morphed into a more modern digital media relationship with Social and Communities roles.  Our website is a great springboard to cultivate our connections with fellow alumni socially on Facebook, Twitter, and the Faces blog!

My favorite part of online/digital media? That it leads you to people offline! Following and connecting with friends [in person!] at a local spot in Austin, TX or on vacation.

What advice would you give to a student starting at Cornell this year?
I do CAAGH interviews for high school candidates and I always tell them to be yourself, be prepared to meet all kinds of people and learn more outside the classroom than in it. (And careful of those chairs at the library, zzz...)

How has your time at Cornell influenced you since you graduated? 
I've lived and worked all over the world. Starting in NYC, with an alumnae connection. I was picked out of a stack of candidates who I'm positive had more relevant experience than I did at the time. My new boss said, "It doesn't matter what you've done, I know you'll get more done than anyone else in that pile and you'll do it better - or try like hell to!" NYC, London, Tokyo, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas to Austin - and that's just where I've lived and worked, not the travels in between. It's been an adventure!

What random or surprising encounters with Cornell or Cornellians have you experienced since you left? 
Running into a sorority sister at a job interview a few years after graduating. I worked at the company, she was interviewing, I had to quietly advise her to take another job - that company was awful! I left a few months later and started my career that I love. She was happy at the other gig and thanked me. Whew!