Bonjour from Sue Dolan Gradascevic

Hi all.

Thanks to Lisa, Carol and Amy for putting all this together! I'm really looking forward to the reunion, it should be a real laugh. Carol asked that we suggest some teachers to invite, so I wracked my brain to even remember who my teachers were and those I could come up with were Mr. Johanek (of course), Mr. Lynn, Mr. Rauser (I think he even still teaches at the junior high), and Mr. Valentine. And for Lisa, who asked for music suggestions, I felt obliged to request Billy Idol. I can't think about high school days without thinking of Billy Idol.


A very brief recap on my past 20 years - 4 great years at LMU with Jill Tregillis, Mindi Comunale and Sandy Rodgrigues, an MBA from Pepperdine, and an MIB from Pepperdine that brought me to Paris back in 1996. I've pretty much been here ever since but with lots of trips back home and 18 months in Geneva, Switzerland. I work for a French asset manager as a global equity specialist and have travelled quite a bit around Europe, especially Scandinavia, with my job. My husband and I met about 9 years ago at my previous job and we were finally married in Paris last summer. Our son Keenan was born 2 months ago.


We are moving back to LA this summer as I'm lucky enough to be transferred with my job to our US subsidiary that happens to be based in downtown LA. So my son can grow up with the Pacific Ocean at his backdoor, something I took for granted until moving here. The closest beach is about 2 hours away, the sand is actually small rocks, and it's sunny maybe 2 months out of the year! Vive l'Amerique!


Cheers,
Sue