Class of: 1972

Wendy (Rice) Walleigh

Wendy (Rice) Walleigh (COM’72) of Los Altos, Calif., published From Silicon Valley to How One Couple Found Purpose & Adventure in an Encore Career (Wheatmark, 2015). Former high-tech executives, Wendy and her husband moved to Swaziland for six months, then Nairobi, Kenya, for one year to work in economic development for TechnoServe, to which all royalties are donated. The book describes the challenges of daily living in unfamiliar cultures and the joy of helping people in poverty grow their own businesses. They hope to inspire readers to expand their horizons and pursue their own socially beneficial endeavors. Learn more at www.walleigh.com.

From the Summer 2015 issue.