Dana Klein was born at Offut Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska and grew up in Westport, CT. He received his BS from Boston University School of Management and his MBA from Cornell University. He and his wife Sonya moved to Darien in 1997 raising two daughters who both now live and work in New York City. Dana spent his career in the banking industry, working in Nassau, Bahamas and Zurich, Switzerland before settling in New York City focusing on corporate loan financing spending the last 27 years of his career at DLJ/Credit Suisse/UBS in the loan capital markets group and managing a corporate loan original group until retiring mid-2024. His interests include (but are not limited to) cycling, skiing, boating (including sailing), hiking, music of all genres, reading non-fiction and active travel.
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Geoffrey is an OBGYN, recently retired and relocated from Houston in January. He was a Clinical Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine with a special interest in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecological surgery. Geoffrey moved to Darien with his wife Joan, to be close to his son, daughter and 4 grandchildren who live in Weston.
Mr. Ritchey is 65 years old and recently retired as Chairman of K2 Advisors (an $11 billion hedge fund division within Franklin Templeton Investments). His 42 year career focused on the following investment areas:
a) Analyzing market and macroeconomic conditions,
b) Determining responsible asset allocation tilts,
c) Managing institutional and high net worth portfolios.
Mr. Ritchey began his investment career in 1982 as a proprietary trader for the NYSE Specialist Firm of Conklin, Cahill & Co. Since 1987, Mr. Ritchey has successfully managed multi-asset institutional and registered mutual fund hedged portfolios while located in New York, Paris, Connecticut, and Fort Lauderdale during his employment with organizations including K2 Advisors (a Franklin Templeton Investments company), Steinhardt Partners, Citibank, Finch Asset Management, Paribas, AIG, and ING/Barings.
He is married to Sarah Griffin Ritchey and has two wonderful daughters; Campbell and Lauren. He enjoys competitive sailing, investments, tennis, and completing/removing items from his ‘Honey-Do” list. His sponsor is Doug Bora.
Peter went to Andover, then Rutgers. He started his career in banking: Chase Bank’s Global Credit and was an officer in Midtown. Chase’s largest branch, where he worked, is now a giant hole in the ground. Peter then worked (for the stars) in Beverly Hills as a mortgage banker, then came back east and started in the Investment Advisory business. He’s worked with many significant people over the years including Wm. F. Buckley locally. He would chuckle as Henry Kissinger might have to wait for him to finish with Bill. One time, after a meeting, Secret Service people started arriving as Ronald and Nancy Reagan were coming for dinner……. He has been married to Phyllis for many years and they have two grown sons. Our first grandchild (daughter) is due in May!
Mark Campbell was born in Holyoke, MA and grew up in Belchertown, MA. He received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He moved to the Stamford, CT area in 1993 to attend Pace University where he received his MBA and JD. Mark moved to Darien with his wife, Vikki, in 2002. They have two sons: Brady, currently a Junior at Sacred Heart University, and Taylor, currently a Senior at DHS, where he is captain of this year’s varsity baseball team.
Mark owns a business valuation firm, Scout Valuations, in Stamford and has been providing business valuations for 25 years. Mark began his career at Deloitte (where he met his wife) in 1997 and had additional stints at a boutique investment bank in Westport and regional accounting firm in Shelton, prior to starting Scout.
Mark is active at Saint Luke’s Parish and the YMCA and is currently the treasurer for Darien Babe Ruth. He enjoys golf, skiing and the outdoors.
I first came to Darien in the mid-70’s for a wedding, with no idea this would become my home for the past forty years. I grew up in Falls Church, Virginia, graduated from Princeton University, followed by a year of active duty in the US Navy Reserve Hospital Corps, and graduation from the Harvard Business School. Health care, starting with the Navy, has been the single, continuing thread throughout my career – with numerous roles in management consulting, investment banking (First Boston), and 20 years as an investment research analyst (at Sanford Bernstein and Legg Mason) – all focused on the healthcare industry. Eight years ago, my wife, now deceased, mentioned that we knew a lot of people who were confused by Medicare. That led to my current work in health and life insurance at Bankers Life.
I have a son who is a junior at Darien High School and beginning the college search and application process. Over the years, I have been involved in his sports and activities in Darien, and a member of the Noroton Yacht Club and St. Lukes Church.
Howard Courtemanche grew up in Oyster Bay, LI, Mendham, NJ, and Tuxedo Park, NY. He graduated from Delbarton School, Morristown NJ and Bowdoin College.
He has worked on Madison Avenue for 41 years. Rising to CEO and President of the Health. Divisions of J. Walter Thompson and Young and Rubicam for holding company WPP. Clients over his career have included Procter and Gamble, General Mills, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, and Merck.
He met his wife Amanda in Manhattan, and they married in 1992 in Newport, RI. They moved to Rowayton in 1995 and have raised their 3 children there. Marguerite, who lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband Lucien who she met at JP Morgan, Charlie, who lives in Boston and works in Biotech in Cambridge, Mass, and Win, who will complete his BA in Economics this May.
Howard has been an active member of St. Luke’s Parish since moving to Rowayton. He and Amanda are also members of Roton Point, Rowayton Yacht Club and the Yale Club of NYC.
Howard loves the NY Yankees and Bruce Springsteen in addition to his wonderful family.
I was born in Cambridge, Mass and grew up in Duxbury, Mass. I went to Phillips Exeter (’75) and then to Colby College (’79) where I majored in Economics and History. My first job after college was fracking oil wells in California (1980). After a year of that (and almost getting killed twice), I started my 43 year career on Wall Street where I held Managing Director roles at Greenwich Capital Markets, UBS, RBS and, for my last 9 years, at Citigroup where I was Head of US Rates Desk Strategy.
I met my wife at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1983 and we were married in 1984. We moved to Darien in 1987 and have no plans/desires to ever leave. We raised 5 daughters here, all of whom went to New Canaan Country School before scattering. I have 5 grandchildren. My interests include fishing, skiing, hunting (upland birds), swimming and cribbage. I’d love to add table tennis and other endeavors to this list…
David Earle was born in Williamstown, MA., and moved to Darien when he was three. He attended Darien High School, then Williams College and L’Ecole Normale de Musique as a music and theater major, graduating in 1968. His career began with teaching high school French in Arizona and evolved into college text book publishing, arts administration, public television, cable television, broadcast television, technology consulting and human resources consulting.
He has lived in 14 different places since college, moving to Rowayton from Weston, CT., with his wife, Susan, in 2011. Their three children live in Navada City, CA., Fairfield, CT., and Brooklyn, NY.
His retirement interests include sailing, hiking, golf, gardening, travel, tai chi, woodworking, genealogy and writing. He is currently working on a multi-generational family history and a 100th anniversary project for Noroton Yacht Club.
Pat Gannon was born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx. He received a BBA degree in Economics and Management from St. John’s University where he played freshman basketball and varsity baseball, pitching for St John’s in the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.After graduation he joined IBM Corp in the Data Processing Division in White Plains, NY. Pat met his wife, Charlotte at IBM, and they resided in Westchester County before moving to Rowayton 21 years ago. Pat and Charlotte’s 4 children have blessed them with 9 grandchildren.
During Pat’s 51 years at IBM he worked in various Planning and Forecasting positions in multiple organizations; Corporate Hqs, Product Group, European Hqs and the IBM PC Division. Early in Pat’s IBM career he was a member of the USMC at Ft Schuyler in the Bronx, serving as a reservist for 6 years.
Since retiring Pat has been an active walking and hiking enthusiast, avid reader, and sports fan, as well as being a spectator for all of the grandchildren’s events and games. Pat has also enjoyed attending the Norwalk Lifetime Learners classes.
I was born in Berkeley, California. I lived in the Bay area until 1962. We then moved to Woodcliff Lake, NJ. We moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1965. I graduated from Albion College in 1972 with a degree in Religion. I then briefly attended Boston University Seminary.
In Boston I worked for the U.S. Defense Department and later I sold steel. In 1986 I received my MBA and MS in MIS from Boston University.
Later that year I moved to the New York area and worked for Swiss Bank Corp which became UBS. At the bank I managed the FX trade processing department and helped design and install trade processing systems. In the IT department I was responsible for the bank’s US dollar payment and investigations systems. I also managed the bank’s MIS department and worked on some of the bank’s credit systems.
I met my wife Jane in a bereavement group. We married in 1999. My late wife Diana died a year after the bank moved us to CT in 1996. My daughter Katie died in 1990. My adopted son Dave was born in southern India. He and his wife Catherine live with their six year old daughter in Norwalk. Jane’s son Derek and his wife Judy also live in Norwalk. Their twin boys are both college freshmen.
Jane and I are both members of the Noroton Presbyterian Church. I am currently serving as an Elder on the Mission team. I have been legally blind from birth and became totally blind in the early 2000s.
I play guitar, read extensively and am very interested in current events and in investing. I root for the Red Sox, Michigan and I am a disappointed Lions fan.
I have lived in Darien for 38 years in the same house on Allwood Road. We raised three daughters here and now have six grandchildren.
I was a research analyst in NYC for 45 years following consumer staples. I was on the sell side for 30 years mostly at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) where I worked for over 20 years. After that I worked at Banc of America Securities, Neuberger Berman and TIAA-CREF.
After 30 odd years on Metro North, I retired in 2017. I am currently on the boards of the Avon Movie Theatre and Orchestra Lumos (formerly the Stamford Symphony) in Stamford and Okemo Trailside and the investment committee of Kurn Hattin Homes for Children in Vermont. I was formerly on the boards of Northwood School in Lake Placid and the Norwalk Yacht Club and on the admission committee of the University Club in NY.
I graduated from NYU in 1973. We are currently members of Wee Burn CC, Ox Ridge Riding and Racquet Club, the Norwalk YC, the University Club in NY and the Coral Beach Club in Bermuda. I have been married to my wife, Cate, for 42 years. She was formerly a dancer with the NY City Ballet and is now a fine artist.
