Cornell Name: Jo-Ann Dragonetti
Current Home City: Cleveland, Ohio
Your College: Human Ecology
Email Address: Jo-Ann@JoAnnMcFearin.com
Tell us what you’re doing with your life:
I worked in the consumer products industry in various levels of sales, marketing, management with several large national companies. Ended up in Cleveland OH with GE Lighting. I have been a top realtor in Cleveland now for 17 years. 2 wonderful children! My son graduated from RIT and my daughter graduated from University of Louisville. I enjoy working out, running, rollerblading, golf, travel and on-going learning and challenges. I am a certified personal trainer and also a wellness coach. I have done stand-up comedy. I am single with lots of energy. I am blessed with great friends and a great business that allows me flexible time to do what I enjoy. I also enjoy giving back – and am currently on City Council. Looking forward to seeing everyone at reunion!
In what year did you last set foot on the Ithaca campus, and what was the purpose of your visit?
Graduation!
List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Consumer Economics and Nutrition 101
Which piece of information or advice did you pick up while a student at Cornell that has been useful in the past 40 years?
There is always going to be more to do than you can do… you just have to figure out what is the most important thing to do with the time you have.
Which piece of advice or information turned out to be completely WRONG?
The date winter actually ends in Ithaca
Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
“face time” at the library
Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1977.
– Performed stand up comedy at the Improv
– Played golf at the Emirates Golf Course in Dubai
– Ran a 5K race in Dubai
– My photo was in the United Hemispheres Magazine
– I ran 7 half marathons in one year… including the A1A in Fort Lauderdale on a “big” birthday & a women’s half in Toronto
– Ran one international marathon (started in Canada and ended in Detroit)
– Ran and was elected to City Council
Share any random or surprising encounters with Cornell or Cornellians since you left.
As a realtor, I usually never meet a buyer who purchases one of my listings as I represent the seller. On the one rare occasion I did, she actually graduated from Cornell. We have stayed in touch since then!
What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2019?
Stay in touch with your classmates through all the means you have available. Having the fact that you graduated from Cornell will go a long way on your resume.
Do you have a favorite memory from a Class of 1977 reunion?
This is going to be my first reunion.
What are you looking forward to at our 40th reunion in June, 2017?
Being back on campus and meeting new people!
Cornell Name: Donna Fulkerson
Island in the late 80’s and managed to stay in one state until 2004! Went back to school at the University of Rhode Island and got a MS in Textile Conservation. Did an internship at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC and an apprenticeship at The Textile Workshop in South Salem, NY. Moved to Connecticut in 2004 and San Francisco in 2006. Worked briefly at the de Young museum in San Francisco and then The Lace Museum in Sunnyvale. Have just changed to volunteering as a Health Navigator at the Community Wellness Center at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Have 3 fun grandsons who live too far away – in Massachusetts.