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16 International House Times Tahir Masood (IH 1983-92) joined the National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) as its president and managing director on July 13, 2018. NESPAK is the largest state-owned consulting engineering company in Pakistan, with over 5,300 employees. As an I-House resident program assistant, he organized several in-house events, tours for the residents, and orientation sessions. Erin Andrews (IH 1989-91) is living in Seattle with her husband and daughters and is the founder of two chocolate companies: Cotton Tree Chocolate in Belize, and Indi Chocolate in Seattle, WA. When she is not out hunting beans, you can usually find her in the chocolate factory or Indi Chocolate in Pike Place Market in Seattle. She is always searching for the next great flavors in chocolate, so if you know of any cacao farmers, please contact Erin at info@indichocolate.com. 2000s Michelle Bravin (IH 2008) writes, "Over the past years, I have been working in the contract furniture industry. I am now the vice president of KBM Hogue furniture!" 2010s Kezhou "Melody" Lu (IH 2016-18) shared a sweet story: "I am a big fan of classical piano, and I was a frequent music practice room user. I found someone who was very good at classical piano and always practicing next door. I loved his music, and somehow we always found ourselves practicing at the same time. Before the end of summer, I finally brought myself to knock on his door. His name is Rohan Sahai (IH 2018) and he is from India. Since then, we've been very good friends!" Eda Yu (IH 2014-16) graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in chemical biology. She has since pursued a career as a writer, working at many notable tech firms in the Bay Area. Her writing has appeared in publications like VICE, HuffPost, and KQED Arts (NPR), among many others. Visit the HuffPost to read her recent article, "What It's Really like To Be a Young Woman of Color in Tech." Joël ai (IH 2010-11) writes from London, "One of our I-House friends had a wedding in Bali so several of us flew from different parts of the world to make a reunion trip out of this wedding. We are planning to celebrate our 10th friend-versary next year (2020) in Berkeley." Pictured from left (names in bold are IH alumni 2010-11): Howard Cheng, Ivy Chu, Cynthia Or, Benjamin Maurice, Como Shin, Jeff Yuk, Peter omas, Karin Vernooij, Joël ai, and Ankit Mishra. Alumni News & Notes/Staff Transitions Staff Transitions June 1, 2018 - March 1, 2019 Welcome New Staff Maria Gonzalez Guiza – Custodian Bill Howley – Director of Philanthropy Chaoqiang Huang (Simon) – Cook Pou Leng Lei – Custodian Charles Scott – Custodian Morgan Townsend – Cook Lisa Wafer – Custodian Farewell Ivan Barrios – Cook Aaron Clark – Resident Life Coordinator Sean Garcia – Cook Maribel Guillermo - Manager of Resident Support Services Christina Lo – Purchasing Clerk Kimi Mojica – Student Engagement Officer Jacqueline Trovato – Custodian If you enjoy reading News & Notes and would like to be featured in our next newsletter, please send your news and photo to ihalumni@berkeley.edu.