DR. wILLIAM McCLuRE ▲ Plastic surgeon gone global Ldedication and devotion to transforming children’s lives inast month Napa Valley resident and plastic surgeon Dr. WilliamMcClure was presented with the William C. Lazier award for his some of the poorest places of the world. The award came from ReSurge International as it celebrated its fifth annual Transformations Gala at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. ReSurge International (formerly Interplast) provides free reconstructive surgery to children and adults with clefts, disabling burns and hand injuries in fifteen countries worldwide. Dr. McClure has served as teacher, team leader, mentor and volunteer surgeon for ReSurge for more than thirty years. In 1989, six years before the U.S. established diplomatic relations with Vietnam, Dr. McClure ventured to Vietnam on behalf of ReSurge and helped establish ReSurge’s program in that country. Since then, six thousand Vietnamese children have received more than eight thousand surgical procedures thanks to Dr. McClure’s patients in need. He has practiced plastic surgery in Napa Valley since 1984. commitment and compassion. He completed plastic and general surgery training at Stanford University Dr. McClure is a true hero to the thousands of patients he has treated. Medical Center, and is a graduate of the medical school at the University of He exudes service above self, dedicating six weeks every year to give back to California at San Diego. JuLIETTE HuMER RENAY AND THOMAS CONLIN Change begins at Napa High Local, international culture duo JPerhaps it was her Waldorf Rleading arts organizationsenay Conlin was anopera singer beforeuliette Humer likes tothink outside the box. education up to eighth and becoming the president and grade, where she developed a CEO of Napa Valley Museum. Her love of learning, or the fact that husband, conductor Thomas Conlin, she is the daughter of two parents has led orchestras all over the world. who like to grow their own food. The couple met in an opera when “Cultivating our own food helps they attended Peabody Conservatory me understand its worth,” she says. of Music at Johns Hopkins University. Juliette is also extremely talented Though she eventually gave up in art and attended the Oxbow singing opera and enjoyed a career in School for one semester during her the arts, he stayed in music. junior year. Her final project was a hand-sculpted tree made from rice Renay was born in Manhattan, and sugar. then attended Julliard School Now the honor student carrying of Music, Peabody and the a 4.0 GPA has loftier goals…. ▲Conservatoire de Fontainebleau in she wants to change the world, Paris. She sang opera professionally beginning with Napa High. but switched to arts management. “As an American citizen I feel Before moving to Napa, she spent photo by ART & CLARITY obligated to contribute and heal our government and environment for the ten years as the director of the Toledo people by incorporating sustainability into our education system – to help Opera, where Tom was principal conductor. Tom was born in Washington, create a new green generation that is self-sufficient. I believe once you have D.C. He was the paid organist and choir director of an Episcopal church at learned to be self-sufficient you can go anywhere from there.” fourteen, and had his own seventeen-piece big band in high school. After Her Senior Project is dedicated to implementing a green challenge to the Peabody he decided to focus on conducting, and has conducted orchestras all students of Napa High based on Project Green Challenge, an International over the world. Global Call to Action. “I want to start a Napa chapter of Project Green They moved to Napa Valley two years ago when Renay joined the Napa Challenge. Together my fellow students and I can make a difference.” Valley Museum. She has greatly expanded its programs and has more planned, Her passion for sustainability goes beyond the classroom: She is also a including evening discussions, more outreach to the Hispanic community, promoter of riding bikes and is a member of the Napa High Bike Club, the and multicultural events, including a performance of Stravinsky’s miniopera only club of its kind in the United States. version of Faust’s A Soldier’s Tale, with orchestra conducted by Tom Conlin. 14 w w w. N A PA V A L L E Y L I F E M A g A z I N E . C O M
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