Brett Garver
Brett Garver is an attorney at Moritt, Hock, Hamroff & Horowitz in Garden City, NY. His wife, Elaine, is a dentist in the second year of her residency at Nassau County Medical Center. They live in Rockville Centre, NY. Brett spent the summers of 1991 and 1992 with IEI, both as a Law Intern. (updated Oct. 2003)

Michael Ritter
Michael Ritter is in his second year of Ph.D. training in clinical psychology at the Derner Institute at Adelphi University. This summer he went hiking, camping and canoeing in the Brooks Range in Alaska. After his Stock Exchange Internship, Michael returned to IEI as an RA. Highlights of these summers include shooting IEI’s promotional video, working in special education classrooms, meeting RA Nikki Johnson, and exploring London. Michael lives in Brooklyn. (updated Oct. 2003)

Andrea Sachs Otto

Andrea Sachs Otto lives in Rydal, PA with her husband and three children, including Nathaniel, who was born in February 2007. Andrea is marketing director at Beth Sholom Synagogue; she worked in publishing for seven years before moving to the non-profit sector. The University of Pennsylvania alum has a master’s of science degree in publishing from NYU. She and Stephanie (Seader) Zinn have been friends since her IEI internship at the Illustrated London News. She writes, “Congratulations on such a great program! You must keep this going another 10 years for MY kids!” (updated Oct. 2007)

Heidi Slurzberg
Heidi Slurzberg completed her graduate studies this summer, earning a master’s degree in education from Holy Family University. Now, she’s a pre-kindergarten teacher in Linden, NJ. Heidi did her undergraduate work at Franklin and Marshall, where she majored in French and psychology. A former Medical Intern, Heidi’s fondest memory was going to the operating theater with Dr. Ramesh Patel. “The independence and responsibility that my Internship fostered are crucial in school and any career,” she writes. (updated Oct. 2003)

Stephanie Seader Zinn

Stephanie Seader Zinn is a science teacher at Columbia Grammar and Prep School in New York. She enjoyed spending lots of quality time this summer with her husband, Andy, and her kids: Cody, 3, and Abigail, 6. She writes, “It's great to have been in touch with you for so long and watch IEI grow. I can't believe I was an Intern half my life ago, and now I've seen countless of my own former Spence students attend your program as well. Plus, a good friend of mine (Jill May) became one of your RAs! I still fondly remember many great times from the summer of 1991.” Stephanie keeps in touch with Andrea (Sachs) Otto. (updated Oct. 2007)

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