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Dinner with 12 Strangers Fall 2024

Dinner with 12 Strangers Fall 2024

Schedule of Events

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Sunday
Sep
15
Thursday
Sep
19
Friday
Sep
20
Saturday
Sep
21
Sunday
Sep
22
Wednesday
Sep
25
Thursday
Sep
26
Friday
Sep
27
Friday
Oct
4
In Home
Restaurant
Candler School of Theology
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Oxford College
Rollins School of Public Health
School of Law
School of Medicine
University-Wide (open to all)

Dinner 30- Kay Lawton 84N, Shayna Steinfeld 89B 89L, Patti Landerfelt 96N 19, and Robin Fitch 79T

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 1- Harriet Ruskin 90B

Dinner Guests must be comfortable being around dogs. 

Host Bio: Harriet currently serves as an assistant dean for Full-Time MBA Program Office at Goizueta Business School. In addition to serving on university committees for the Business School, she manages orientation and programming for international degree seeking MBA students and visiting MBA exchange students; coordinates MBA exchange opportunities, short term and semester exchanges. Additionally, Harriet advises students on academic requirements. When she is not traveling, Harriet enjoys her two dogs, cooking for family and friends, and volunteering with her Girl Scout troop.

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 20- Ellen Adair 77C and Henry 71Ox Wyche Dinner

The Theme for this dinner is Georgia Grown

In Home
In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 24- Joe Choe

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Waitlist for Dinners on September 19th

In Home
 

Dinner 8- Courtney Phillips

Restaurant
 

Waitlist for Dinners on September 20th

By signing up for this, you are agreeing to be placed on the waitlist, and we will contact you if an opportunity to attend becomes available

In Home
 

Dinner 18- Jeff Hall  04B Dinner

Dinner guests must be comfortable with dogs. 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 34- Vonetta Daniels 02C

This dinner is open to all students, with a preference given to veterans.

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 4- Dawn Francis-Chewning 79C

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 9- Gwyneth Herbein 04C and Matthew Herbein 02Ox 04B Dinner

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
Oxford College
 

Dinner 26- David 81C 81G and Heidi Geller Dinner

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 19- Dr. Elizabeth Ellis 74G 77G Dinner

This dinner is open to all students attending Emory College of Arts and Sciences, or Laney Graduate School.

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 14- Linh Le 22T Dinner

Linh (also known as Lynn) Le, graduated from Emory University in 2022. Linh’s family immigrated from Vietnam to the Dallas, Texas in 2010. After graduating from Emory, Linh currently works at Deloitte Consulting in Atlanta. Fun fact: Linh was a former member of Emory Gymnastics team.

Restaurant
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 17- Margo Walton 23N Dinner

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 29- Marc Cohn 97B

This dinner is open to all students attending Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Oxford College, or Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Oxford College
 

Dinner 6- Sara 11C 13PH and Mukhtar Voss 11C

Guest who attend this dinner must be comfortable with dogs. 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 3- Scott Rosenfeld 99OX 02C

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Oxford College
 

Dinner 10- Cam 92C 95PH and Rich 92C 95L Escoffery Dinner

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Rollins School of Public Health
School of Law
 

Dinner 22- Kate 09C 16B and Jacob 09C Geerlings Dinner

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 33- Dr. Dana Austin 90N Dinner

The theme for this dinner is "International". 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 36- Dr. Jyotirmay Sharma 05MR

Registrants for this dinner must be comfortable with dogs. 

In Home
 

Waitlist for Dinners on September 21st

By signing up for this, you are agreeing to be placed on the waitlist, and we will contact you if an opportunity to attend becomes available

In Home
 

Dinner 25- Rev. Dr. Janice 92T and Nicholas Hume Dinner

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 13- Akeela Dossa 17N Dinner

This dinner is open to all students attending Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

In Home
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
 

Dinner 16- Shavonn Richardson 12G

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 2- Jaden Faunce 20Ox 22B

This dinner is open to all students attending Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, or Oxford College.

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
Oxford College
 

Dinner 31- Boris Kuzmin 04B

This dinner is open to all students enrolled in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, Emory School of Law, Emory School of Medicine, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, or Candler School of Theology.

In Home
Candler School of Theology
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
School of Law
 

Dinner 5- Victoria Skillen 18Ox 20N

This dinner is open to all students attending Oxford College and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.

In Home
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
Oxford College
 

Dinner 27- Mike 86C and Kathy Masters

Restaurant
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 23- Martha 66C 68G and Bill Dobes 65C 69M 70MR and Tom 99B, Alison 97L, and Stewart Key

Restaurant
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 11- Melissa and Jay 02C Perlmutter Dinner

Dinner guests must be comfortable with dogs. 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 12- Dr. Michele Kliem 08G Dinner

Dinner guests must be comfortable with dogs. 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 7- Dr. Colleen Kraft and Dr. Madhu Behera

Dinner guests must be comfortable with cats, dogs, and beehives. 

In Home
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Waitlist for Dinners on September 22nd

By signing up for this, you are agreeing to be placed on the waitlist, and we will contact you if an opportunity to attend becomes available

In Home
 

Dinner 32- Atlanta Young Alumni Edition

This dinner is open to all current undergraduate students. 

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Oxford College
University-Wide (open to all)
 

Dinner 28- Natasha D'Souza 03C

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
 

Dinner 15- Grant Lynde 15G

This dinner is open to all MD/MBA students attending Goizueta Business School or Emory School of Medicine.

Dr. Grant Lynde is an obstetric anesthesiologist and healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience in clinical leadership and quality improvement within diverse healthcare settings. Most recently serving as the Chief Medical Officer for the Anesthesia Service Line at Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) in Nashville, TN, Dr. Lynde had oversight of clinical production, quality initiatives, and compliance across more than 182 hospitals in the U.S. and the U.K.

Before this role, Grant served at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, where he held various leadership positions, including Vice-Chair of Quality and Director of OB Anesthesiology at Grady Memorial Hospital. In this capacity, he significantly enhanced perioperative services, optimized clinical operations, and drove substantial cost savings and compliance improvements.  Grant served on Georgia’s Maternal Mortality Review Commission from its inception in 2012 until 2023. 

Grant served as past Treasurer of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) from 2019-2022.  He also serves the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) as their representative to The Joint Commission.  He has served as the Section Chair for Professional Standards and as the Chair for the Committee on Quality Management and Departmental Administration.  Grant is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt by the American Society of Quality and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  

In Home
Goizueta Business School
School of Medicine
 

Dinner 35- Wendy Reiss 99C

This dinner is open to all students enrolled in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, Goizueta Business School, or Emory School of Law.

In Home
Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Goizueta Business School
School of Law
 

Dinner 40- Oxford Continuee D12

We are thrilled to invite you to a unique Dinner with 12 Strangers that brings together current and former Oxford students with Alumni who also attended Oxford. 

In Home
Oxford College