Brandeis Magazine

Shari (Rosen) Ascher is director of policy and programs for small business and Chambers of Commerce in Westchester County, New York. An ardent Democratic volunteer, she’s planning a run for a seat on the Dobbs Ferry Village Board of Trustees. She and husband Neil are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. Suzanne Beizer has been getting together with Karen (Siegel) Draymore; Ruth Edelman ’86; Mark Friedman ’84; Roger Jassie ’84; Sharon Josephs-Shereff; Josh Levin; Cari Pepkin-Jassie ’84; Eric Portnoe; Francine Ferraro Rothkopf ’86, P’23; and Charles Shereff ’84 for biweekly cocktail hours on Zoom. Amy Mager, P’21, is vice chair of public policy at the American Society of Acupuncturists. David Paris, P’16, and his wife, Julie, live in Bowdoinham, Maine, on their 24-acre farm. David is judge of probate in Sagadahoc County, the first Democrat elected to the position in nearly 30 years. He has maintained a private law practice in Bath since 1991. Ulrike Tillmann will become director of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, in Cambridge, England, in October. Cheryl Vollweiler in January joined law firm Skarzynski Marick & Black as a partner in its New York City office, specializing in the area of insurance coverage. Renee Wetstein, who lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, has been taking advantage of communications technology to join Rabbi Stacy (Laveson) Friedman, who lives in Mill Valley, California, for weekly meditation and mindfulness practice; watch Rabbi Jaime (Klein) Aklepi’s weekly sermons in her Miami temple; and stay in touch with Laurie Rosenberg and Risa (Glaser) Grimaldi on Zoom.