Adirondack- School the star of the popular eight season television show, Everglades School for Girls Dexter. Read more at www.booksandbooks. com/event/jeff-lindsay-dexter-dead-gables 1938 1961

Katherine “Kaki” Swenson Kahan, a noted women and children’s rights activist, was named to New York City’s newly created Commission on Gender Equity, established by Mayor Bill De Blasio to achieve economic mobility and social inclusion for all New Yorkers, particularly women and girls. The new Commission replaces former Mayor Bloomberg’s New York City Commission on Women’s Issues, on which Ms. Kahan served for all three of Mayor Bloomberg’s terms. The Commission is made up of a diverse group of leaders spanning public and private industries, nonprofit organizations and academia. “I am looking forward to serving and learning,” Ms. Harry Anderson Kahan reports. “It’s a great adventure at this point See Nathaniel Johansson ’14 Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in my life and I look forward to doing my best to contribute to this historic effort.” American Masters: The Women’s List premieres 1941 Friday, September 25, 9-10 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings) Hear from 15 women who created and 1963 defined contemporary American culture in the newest David Anderson writes, “I am retired but still chapter of filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ keep active in working on environmental issues; in “List” series (The Boomer List, The Black List, The particular Global Warming. I am a board member Latino List, The Out List). This film features interviews of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters with Madeleine Albright, Gloria Allred, Laurie where we use our influence on the Connecticut Anderson, Sara Blakely, Margaret Cho, Edie Falco, Legislature relative to environmental issues. I also Betsey Johnson, Alicia Keys, Aimee Mullins, Nancy serve on the Board of the non-profit Reforest the Pelosi, Rosie Perez, Shonda Rhimes, Wendy Williams, Tropics which is a unique controlled reforestation and Nia Wordlaw. project in Costa Rica. We plant special trees for most effective carbon sequestration for emitters in the USA. We have a very effective program for schools. (www.reforestthetropics.org) Otherwise, I keep Nat Harrison is a chef at Quail Creek Plantation busy with my nine children, eighteen grandchildren in Central Florida. www.quailcreekplantation.com and four great grandchildren.” Judith Walker McGuirt writes, “These are my 1971 grandgirls Morgan McGuirt, 8, and Miranda McGuirt, Ransom School 3, at Brenau University in Gainesville,Ga. I spent a long weekend with them to attend Morgan’s dance recital Mark Harrison reports that he and his brothers on May 30. Wonderful visit and great performance — Nat ’70, Patrick ’73 and Peter ’74 — split off by Morgan! Wish they could both be RE students - 1958 from their family ranch business, Adams Ranch, a few years ago and established four cattle ranches Everglades Girls! Enjoy! Edward Carter (great nephew of Alice Ruth known as 4H Ranch Inc. on more than 11,000 acres Ransom) has retired from University and in St. Lucie and Osceola counties in Central Florida. has settled in a primitive village in Isaan, Thailand Mark runs the cattle operation. The 4H Ranch, 1970 near the Cambodian border in the North-Eastern whose name refers to the four brothers, also includes corner of the country. He lives in a large Lanna-style income-producing commercial properties. Mark has Gail Beckham is a new grandmother. Her son, home with pool and a guest house for friends. (Aunt two others businesses. He is “trailboss” and owner of Otto, and daughter-in-law, Mariana, welcomed Amelia Ruth’s 1896 LV trunk supports the silver tea service Florida Ranch Adventures, which offers tours — with Beckham to their family on 7.11.15. she used to serve the boys on the shore of Clear Pond or without a barbecue — on a 12-passenger custom when AFS was in residence.) vehicle (known as The Armadillo) of private ranches and public wildlife areas in Florida’s Treasure Coast. Sarah Morgan Nihms writes “I am retired Mark also is president and owner of ADEVCO Inc., a from practicing equine law. I am living with and 1970 real estate and property management company. working for my significant other, Cecil Seaman, who has a business where we bio-mechanically measure Jeffry Freundlich, also known as New York and evaluate thoroughbred race horses. We recently Times bestselling author , was in town 1974 measured American Pharoah, the horse that won the for a reading from his new book, Dexter is Dead, at Triple Crown. We live in Lexington, Ky. My brother Books & Books, Coral Gables. Jeffry is the author of Wes White is a candidate for State Attorney for and I still own our family house in , seven bestselling books about -based serial the 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida comprising Clay, FL so I make it down there on occasion. We also killer, Dexter Morgan. His fictional character, who Duval, and Nassau counties. www.WesWhite.com still own a family farm here in Versailles, KY where not only commits the crimes, but solves them, was

March - September 2015 • Class Notes • Ransom Everglades School | 1 I used to run a thoroughred breeding and racing Paul Donner moved from Cisco to DTV America business, but have also retired from that. I have five Corp where he is Vice President, Architecture and retired horses left who spend their days grazing on Product Development. He is based out of Sunrise, the lush bluegrass of Kentucky! I just saw Denny FL but still lives in New Mexico with his wife Lauren Gibbs ’68 briefly as she was driving south from and son, Wyatt, who is entering eighth grade at Cincinnati where her sister lives.” Sandia Prep, in Albuquerque. Paul is a Boy Scout adult leader, and stays in touch every so often with 1975 classmate Chris Marsh.

Catherine Young writes, “I started a new job as VP Internal Audit for Globalfoundries in Santa Clara, CA. My daughter Katie Buhai graduated from Torrey Pines High School and will be attending the Paul Zuccarini writes, “My son Parker and I Honors College at the University of Alabama in have moved back to my childhood island of Key the fall. She plans to study elementary education Biscayne. We snorkel, build sand castles, race go and administration.” karts, and catch iguanas.”

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Jaymie Meyer writes, “In December of 2014, I was hired by Ornish Healthways as a Stress Management Specialist. Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease is an integrated lifestyle modification program employing four equally weighted elements: nutrition, exercise, stress management, and group support, now 100% covered by Medicare. Additionally, I work privately delivering Yoga Therapy and New Life Story coaching and deliver two group programs through my business: Resilience for Life ® Stress Reduction and HeartMath’s Resilience Advantage.” www.resilienceforlife.com

Ransom Everglades School Bill Shandor (faculty from 1985 to 1999) Andy Ansin reports, “I was named President of writes, “In keeping with our family’s urban bedouin IUSA, the international organization that maintains 1976 lifestyle we have moved again this past year though free-dive spearfishing records. The organization was fortunately this was a local move in St. Augustine founded in 1950; founding members included Jacques Marilyn Glassberg, professor of medicine, surgery, of just a mile or two. In the decade or so since we Cousteau. Travels included Boston and Bermuda with and pediatrics was profiled by University of Miami were married and started a family we have lived the family this summer. Tatsiana and I had our first Health system for her work investigating hard-to- in the following places; Agadir, Morocco / Miami son last year and celebrated our marriage in May. treat lung disease. Read more at www.med.miami. Shores, Florida / Marrakech, Morocco / Indialantic, Many RE friends joined us at the celebration. Recently edu/news/i-work-in-a-field-of-unknown.-its- Florida / Rabat, Morocco / Sedona, Arizona / I’ve made RE connections through business and intriguing-because-there-are-no-cures Malibu, California / Vero Beach, Florida / and now started two new hobbies - raising a son and planting a St. Augustine, Florida. Fortunately my wife is a fruit tree garden.” master mover, skillful packer and a kindred spirit as far as adventure goes. Every time we leave a place Alice Greenfield writes, “I have recently been we seem to land somewhere interesting and find given the new title of Assistant Clinical Professor Lisa Landy writes, “Alex Glaskowsky Leavell, fun things to see and do. Not sure if we can keep of Psychiatric Social Work at Columbia New York Tammy Ho and I, and all of our collective families, the moving streak alive as the kids are now eight, Presbyterian Hospital. This is a not a promotion but spent June 14 - 21 together on the Outer Banks of six, and four but we are looking forward to whatever a new title and I am one of two clinical social workers North Carolina watching wild horses, surfing and comes. For now the three kids are settled in school at NY Presbyterian Hospital who have the title. trying beginner hang gliding. We try to get together and I am coaching swimming in the small town of Columbia University’s Department of Psychiatry once a year somewhere new and once a year rotating St. Augustine which has been a wonderful host for and New York Presbyterian Hospital work together between our houses.” the past year. I have been surfing, doing yoga and in training psychiatry fellows, psychology interns/ am biking quite a bit around town. We are a mile externs and social work interns. I have been from the pier in St. Augustine Beach and welcome 1983 supervising social work interns for over 20 years and any alumni or faculty from the old days at RE to have had the title Senior Social Worker in Pediatric drop in for some Moroccan tea, sweets and good st Psychiatry. I specialize in treating children who have Todd Friedman writes, “As of July 1 , my wife conversation anytime.” experienced trauma, anxiety and depression. My (Megan Andrews) and I have relocated from Walnut family includes husband, Keith Gold, who runs a Creek, CA back to Fort Lauderdale after living in the company called Team Makers of Northern NJ (skill Bay Area for five years. I will remain an agent with building educational company for kids to learn better John Tawa writes, “I sold my business, Mass Mutual Financial Group and support my clients team making skills), Alex, 19, upcoming Sophomore PrepVolleyball.com, to Advanced Sports Media of from my offices located in Walnut Creek and Fort at Rutgers University (New Brunswick) and Ben, Long Beach effective April 1. ‘It doesn’t mean I’m Lauderdale, both top performing agencies within 15, upcoming Junior at Tenafly High School. Enjoy rich; only that the company I created now has a the MassMutual system. I look forward to campus meeting on occasion with fellow alums in NYC. And, media team working in the background to better our visits, attending local events and the opportunity I’m a big fan of Mr. Bowden of course!” product.’ I started PrepVolleyball.com in 2003 after to reconnect with other Ransom Everglades alumni tiring of the practice of law. Who knew it would grow living in South Florida.” into a salable commodity?”

2 | Ransom Everglades School • Class Notes • March - September 2015 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. The competitors Luncheon for his dedication and service to the alternated swimming and kayaking, with the kayaker School. The event was hosted by future residency guiding the swimmer. This is just the latest open Park Grove. www.park-grove.com water swim for the Luttons; they last competed together in the Tampa Bay Marathon Swim last year — a 24 mile swim. For that event, their team also 1989 included RE Athletic Hall of Famers Gene “Bubba” Drody ’88 (cousin of the Luttons) and Chris Beach Rosalie Berg writes, “I have been hanging ’87. The Luttons’ sister is Stephanie “Teppie” out quite a bit with Frynie Sfakianakis ’88, Lutton Carey ’91, also a RE Hall of Famer. When Adam Fels ’89, Russell King ’89, and Alex not participating in competitive open water swim Barrocas ’91, and sometimes also get to see Kristy events, Don continues his career in public service O’Phelan ’88. We have been having a lot of fun. I Lillian Hayes Martin and Scott Tornek, as Superintendent for the City of Miami Parks and recently moved to the Grove, really close to Ransom reunited for dinner this past March in Austin, Texas Recreation Department, serves on several non-profit Everglades Middle School, which helps since my where Lillian lives and where Scott was visiting boards of directors, is a recreational stone crab two boys, ages 11 and 13, now go there.” Rosalie is for business. fisherman, and is the drummer for Miami’s favorite currently the president of Strategic Vantage. roots and blues band — the Mangrove Root Band.” 1985 1990 1988 Ondi Timoner’s latest film, BRAND: A Second Asako Toyoda writes, “Our family returned Coming” opened at the South by Southwest 2015 Film at the beginning of the year from Fukuoka, Japan, Festival and has been picked up theatrically, opening Rob Koreman, “After 10 1/2 years I am back where I was on a research fellowship. We have nationwide in October (to be notified of screenings in the cockpit for American Airlines. I returned moved to Boston, where I am the new Dean of the from furlough on June 4 and am currently flying near you, subscribe to brandthefilm.com) This College of Arts and Sciences, Suffolk University.” the Airbus A320 out of Miami. I am the number July, Ondi was invited to join the Academy of Motion one First Officer so I have a lot of control over my Picture Arts & Sciences; and elected to the Board of 1986 schedule and life. My daughter is starting her senior the Director’s Guild of America. year of high school which means I’m only one year away from being an empty nester. My wife, Lynne, and I are both dreading and looking forward to the 1992 change. “

Beth Tornek Schulman is enjoying life in Charlotte, N.C. with her husband, David, and three kids. If she is not touring colleges with her daughter Daniel Alan Finkle and his wife, Awilda Finkle, Sydney, she is enjoying her work with puppies who Christopher Stadler writes, “I just hit my announced the birth of their first baby, a boy, Valens are raised and trained to be service dogs. Her oldest two year anniversary as Chief Marketing Officer of son, Ben, has committed to Washington University’s IRONMAN, where I produced over 25 TV shows for Daniel Finkle, on January 19, 2015. graduating class of 2019, and her youngest, Sam, NBC Sports in Australia, South Africa, , spends his free time wrestling and running around and — and received four Emmy with his dog S’mores. nominations as Executive Producer of the IRONMAN Christa Gurka, founder of Pilates in the Grove, World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. I recently ran was featured in the Miami Herald with a new fitness the Boston Marathon, and went to Costa Rica with workout dubbed Pilates H2O. Read more at www. 1987 my sisters -- Allison Hendrix ’90 and Jenny Krueger miamiherald.com/living/health-fitness/ ’93 — to celebrate Jenny’s 40th birthday.” article21744813.html

Coley Laffoon. See Alexi Luger ’05

Don Lutton ’87, writes that he “and his brother Andy Lutton (left) finished second in the men’s relay division of the inaugural 7 Mile Swim Around Lido Michiel “Monkey” van de Kreeke, pictured Key event on April 12, 2015. About 100 swimmers here with his wife Jacqueline, was honored at the competed in the event, including athletes from 16 annual Ransom Everglades Volunteer Appreciation

March - September 2015 • Class Notes • Ransom Everglades School | 3 1993 Ted Hutchinson is the Government Affairs & Advocacy Manager for Feeding South Florida, which is part of the Feeding America network of food banks.

Mark Alhadeff, his wife, Amy, and son, Parker, welcome their newest family member Ellie Rachel Darcy Rashford Smith and her husband, Alhadeff. Ellie was born on April 2, 2015 at 21 inches Morgan, welcomed a new baby on June 21, 2015. long and 7 pounds 14 oz. The now family of 12, live in Ohio where Darcy keeps busy homeschooling the children.

Linda Kohn Heller writes, “I recently signed a three-book deal with Grand Central publishing. 1996 The romance novels have release dates in July and October 2015, and January 2016 under my pen Claudia Miyar announced the birth of her son name, Lynne Silver. Also, I celebrated my son’s Bar Max, who joins big brother Axel. “I am also working as the contributing Style Editor for The Miami Mitzvah in August.” Jacob Ratzan writes, “Lots happening in my Herald’s lifestyle magazines INDULGE and Palette.” life. I married Sara Reynolds on 11/29/2014. The following were groomsmen in my wedding - Evan Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Lego Movie Goldman ’93, Peter Ratzan ’87, Stuart Ratzan directors) will direct a Han Solo spinoff movie, a ’83 and Lance Hellring ’93.” Star Wars Anthology film focusing on the early days of Han Solo. Read more at www.yahoo.com/ movies/s/han-solo-star-wars-standalone- 1994 film-21-jump-202608959.html Heather Tillett Stentrom writes,“We recently added to the family! Lily Grace Tillett Stenstrom was born on December 12, 2014. Brother Hugo and sister Stella are so excited to have a baby sister!”

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Pilar Alvarez-Palazio and Dr. Mauricio Tara Narula writes, “After graduating RE in Gutierrez ’90 recently celebrated their nuptials ‘93 and Stanford in ‘97 I opened a smoothie juice in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, surrounded by bar in Miami (Sun Juice) for a few years, then sold it many RE alumni. Pilar and Mauricio split their and headed to LA to USC for Med School. After that time between Miami, where Pilar is the Director I moved to Boston for internal medicine residency at of Marketing & PR for Salvatore Ferragamo- Brigham and Women’s Hospital and finally to NYC Latin America, and Palm Beach, where Mauricio for cardiology fellowship at Cornell. Because of my is managing partner at the Florida Institute of long interest in medical media, I actually worked Periodontics and Dental Implants. as an “intern” at NBC Nightly news when I was a cardiology fellow (the first intern they had who was Maggie Eidson Fader writes, “Since graduation not in college :). I am currently still living in NYC I attended U Miami for my Bachelor of Science 1997 working as a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital/ degree and my Medical degree. I completed residency North Shore LIJ. I am the associate director of the training in Pediatrics at the University of Miami writes, “I left private Cardiac Care Unit at Lenox Hill Hospital and also Sheila Carrera-Justiz Jackson Memorial Hospital. I then went to New York practice in Los Angeles in 2014 and accepted a have an outpatient office practice. In addition to to complete my fellowship in Pediatric Hematology- faculty position at the College that I am a medical contributor for CBS News and Oncology. I have been back in Miami since 2009 of Veterinary Medicine. I am currently a clinical regularly appear on CBS this Morning. I recently working as a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist at associate professor and service chief for the Neurology also had my first article published in O, The Oprah Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. I am board certified in Service at the UF CVM.” Magazine. Work is great, but it is family life that Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, and in is the most special. I feel blessed every day for my Hospice and Palliative Care. I am living in the Grove husband, David (plastic surgeon), and our three with my husband, Adam, and our four children (Navraj, year old daughter, Siena, who is the best part of our Kiran, Jacqueline, and Jacob). We just welcomed our lives! Most of my media work can be seen/followed fourth child!” on my “doctor” Facebook page www.facebook. com/Tara.Narula.MD?ref=hl”

4 | Ransom Everglades School • Class Notes • March - September 2015 Giselle Ferro Puigbo and Andres Puigbo 1999 welcomed the newest member of their family, Diego Puigbo, in June. They were busy this summer caring for and entertaining their three wonderful kids– Santiago (12 yrs), Amaya (18 mos), and baby Diego.

Marie Mijalis Lipsky and Michelle Reese met up at the Miami Open last spring where they watched Marie’s husband, Scott, play in the men’s doubles. Scott has been a professional tennis player on the ATP tour for many years and has done very well winning a grand slam in mixed doubles at the French Open. As fate would have it - early in his Jeanne Mijalis Baca and her husband, Juraj, career Scott’s partner was David Martin ’99 (Chris’ residents of Slovakia, traveled to Budapest to visit brother). Marie and David stayed in touch after RE with former RE parents Mr. and Mrs. Fernando and David introduced her to Scott and was the best Tamayo who were vacationing. Jeanne will be man in Marie and Scott’s wedding five years ago. teaching English this year in a private Slovakian Marie has been a specialty representative for Pfizer Chris Silversmith writes, “2015 has been a big school. Her husband, a native Slovakian, is a Pharmaceutical for over 10 years. She and Scott year for me with a major move and lifestyle change. I project manager for one of the country’s most live in Southern California and have a two year old got engaged in March to my lovely fiancée, Stephanie, influential individuals, and just finished building a son, Matthew. at the top of Vail Mountain, and in June we made the biodegradable power plant. In a few months he will decision to pack up our lives and move to Colorado. be opening a hotel and a race track with 500 stables On our road trip out west we visited RE alums in outside the capital city of Bratislava. They have two New Orleans and Austin, and also made stops at children, Sammy (4) and Izabela (2). the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas before heading to Colorado. Stephanie and I are currently living in Vail and plan to teach ski and snowboarding school this coming season and I’m still working remotely part- time for my firm in Coral Gables. Please reach out to us if you make it up to the mountains.”

1998 Saroj Siegler Quinn married Sean Quinn at the Ancient Spanish Monastery in Miami, Florida in November 2012 and then relocated to Hong Kong. Saroj currently works for the City University of Hong Kong managing their international partnerships. Saroj and Sean spend their weekends hiking through the many country parks in Hong Kong and traveling around Asia. They are expecting their first child on Halloween. Pat Hourani writes, “I moved back to Miami and am working with a group called Miami International Cardiology Consultants as an Interventional Cardiologist Josh Tarkoff writes, “I recently completed in Mercy Hospital, Kendall Regional Medical Center, a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the Aventura Hospital and Plantation Hospital, and University of California, San Francisco. I moved back the Jackson system. I did all of my post-graduate to Miami this month to begin practicing medicine as medical training (internship, residency, fellowship a Pediatric Endocrinologist at Nicklaus Children’s #1 and #2) in New York City for the past eight years Hospital. I’m thrilled to be home and look forward Rodolfo Ruiz announced the birth of his son. after attending Duke University for undergraduate to treating new patients!” “Rodolfo Ruiz or ‘R3,’ is named after me and was and University of Florida for medical school. My born on April 28 weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and wife of three years, Erin Kastenschmidt, who is a measuring 20.5 inches. Victoria is doing great and psychiatrist from South Carolina, and I are going to 2000 loves being a big sister!” be having our first baby in September. I am happy to be back in the Miami area and hope to make it Larry Bassuk announced the formation of the out for some cross country alumni events. I was able Leto Bassuk Law Firm. “My partner, Justin Leto, is to work with Gian Traina ’99, a real estate agent, an accomplished trial lawyer who focuses his practice to find a place to live in Miami; he also helped one on medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful of my physician colleagues in New York City to find death and products liability. He is also an excellent a home after my recommendation. The Hernandez commercial litigator. Justin is a forceful advocate family (JR Hernandez ’99) have also been helpful who routinely obtains substantial recoveries for his in terms of construction contracting and interior clients. Justin and I have been business partners design in moving in. And Joshua Shore ’99, an in an insurance venture for several years. I will attorney in Miami, helped me sort through the continue to focus my practice on resolving business contractual issues involved in getting a job here. disputes in and out of court, and all aspects of family Also, I keep in touch with several other alumni law, including divorce, child support, prenuptial as well socially in both New York and Miami. So I agreements and alimony issues. Justin and I look would say RE provided an excellent network. forward to serving our clients together and welcome you to stop by our office.”

March - September 2015 • Class Notes • Ransom Everglades School | 5 Felipe Pedroso writes, “I just finished my General. I am looking forward to reconnecting with 2002 third year of general surgery residency at Columbia old friends, and I will miss the new friends I met University Medical Center and I’m taking a year along the way. Please reach out to me if I can help off to do an MPH at Harvard, then I’ll return to you or your loved ones.” Columbia to finish up my training. If anybody is in Boston this year, feel free to reach out.” Nigel Duara writes, “In January, I became a national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times.”

Tracy Friedlander and Andrew Ley were married on April 18, 2015 in Miami, Florida. The ceremony was held at St. Louis Catholic Church and the reception followed at the Rusty Pelican on Key Biscayne.

Joner Strauss has started to design and build paved tracks for all wheeled sports. His company Jeff Howard married Sabine Gempel on March Velosolutions is the world’s leader in paved 21, 2015 and honeymooned for two weeks in France pumptrack construction. Their pumptracks across in May. Europe have revolutionized the way open spaces are used. The company’s proven, unique designs and construction methods are currently being enjoyed Marley Lewis writes, “I had a little daughter, year-round by novices to professional riders, and are Nina Louise Vilensky, on December 5, 2014.” the only tracks that allow for year round maintenance free riding. Their latest build is in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY. Marcela McCarthy works for Fine Art Auctions Miami. Marcela works with top auction houses in NY (Christies and Phillips) and specializes in jewelry. Justin Luger is a commercial and government litigator at the law firm of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L. in Coral Gables, FL, and was Geri Fishman Satin and her husband, Eric, recently named a 2015 Florida Rising Star by Super welcomed Stevie June Satin into their family Lawyers magazine. this summer.

Michael Mijares writes, “I was accepted into the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency program at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and started on June 24th. I’m looking forward to being Ransom Everglades’ future team doc!”

Andrew Warman writes, “I started a new job as Director of Acquisitions at Synapse Development Group (www.synapsed.com) on June 1 (after Kate Samson Valois and her husband, nearly 9 years at Clarion Partners) and also got Jacques, are the proud parents of son, Hugo William engaged three weeks later to my amazing girlfriend Valois on May 19, 2015. Laura Defortuna Sherman writes, “My of 2.5 years, now fiancée, Lindsey Goodman. “ husband Scott and I welcomed a little baby boy on March 24. His name is Lucas Defortuna Sherman 2001 and he is such an amazing addition to our family. 2003 He can’t wait to join the RE family! Also, after Frank Buttacavoli writes, “After a fulfilling 10 amazing years in NYC, we are moving home to Jonathan Truppman writes, “Earlier this academic journey taking me to Houston, Los Miami in the fall so we can be closer to family and year, I made the leap to sleep, leaving Paul, Weiss Angeles, San Antonio, Boston, and Switzerland, friends. It is bittersweet to leave such an amazing to join the startup Casper (casper.com) as VP of I am happy to announce that I am coming home city but we are looking forward coming back to our Business Development & Legal. For context, Casper to practice medicine in Miami and live in Miami Miami roots!” is an award-winning sleep startup that launched Beach starting October 2015. I joined an orthopedic with an outrageously comfortable mattress sold practice based in Aventura. They are a well- directly to consumers — eliminating commission established group that has been caring for patients ­driven, inflated prices. The critically­ acclaimed sleep in South Florida since 1973. I will concentrate on hip surface was developed in-house by a team of product and knee reconstruction, as well as fracture care. My engineers with experience from IDEO, has a sleek partners specialize in sports, foot and ankle, spine, design, and is delivered right to your door in a small, and shoulder and elbow. You can see where my ‘how did they do that?’ sized box.” office is located and other information at www. orthopedicare.com. The hospitals I will operate at are Mount Sinai on Miami Beach and Aventura 2004

6 | Ransom Everglades School • Class Notes • March - September 2015 Terron Ferguson, Breakthrough Scholar and Sadie Kurzban, founder of 305 Fitness, was RE graduate, graduated from New York University interviewed by host Amy Roback on ABC’s Good Morning Law School where he was selected as the student America and featured in Self Magazine’s Up & Out commencement speaker. Terron launched a Fitness Festival in New York City. Read more at https:// successful Kickstarter Campaign to fund Electric gma.yahoo.com/video/305-fitness-craze-brings- Revival, a publication that addresses sociopolitical miami-125637042.html, and in Yahoo Beauty at issues of race and culture in the US. He is a graduate www.yahoo.com/beauty/this-25-year-old-is- of Morehouse College, a School of Economics redefining-fitness-for-124837768708.html fellow, and worked with Teach for America. He has accepted a position with Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL. 2009 John Maxsween was recently promoted to recently moved to Dallas, TX. Creative Account Manager at Audio Network US Inc. Sophie Bracken 2005 and is working as a research analyst with Egon In the past year, he has vacationed all over Northern Zehnder. California as well as Montreal, and Burlington, VT.

Victoria Calleja joined the team at Conergy, Michael Sullivan opened the Golden Fig in July. a leading global solar company, as their Global Serving simple “farmhouse” fare, the eatery replaces Communications Manager this past April. Victoria OTC in the same location in downtown Miami. is happy to be working with fellow RE alumni For reservations call 305-374-4612. Read more at Jacques Holzmann ’07 and Dustin Thaler www.miami.eater.com/2015/7/27/9042137/ ’07, who are both in Conergy’s Miami office. Though brickells-golden-fig-now-open Victoria left the food and beverage industry, she is still passionate about — really, obsessed with — 2006 food. Recently, she traveled to Austin, TX, where she thoroughly enjoyed eating some of the best BBQ in the U.S.! Lucas Santos writes, “I recently started a new job at Conde Nast as an Integrated Marketing and Events Manager for DETAILS Magazine. I was previously working as an Account Manager at a creative agency Beatrice Fischel-Bock and her partners, in the Rachel Laura Kipnis is working as a and before that was in Brand Marketing for several Philadelphia based Zoom Interiors, presented their Prosecutor at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s years at L’Oreal.” proposal on the May 8th episode of ABC’s nationally Office. Rachel was recently promoted to the Juvenile televised series Shark Tank. They accepted a business Division where she is handling felony juvenile cases. deal with businesswoman Barbara Corcoran and Rachel, and her siblings Stuart Ratzan ’83, Peter 2007 worked with her for five months. Ratzan ’87, Jacob Ratzan ’93, and Rebecca Kipnis ’09, traveled this summer to Alaska to Jacques Holzmann and Dustin Thaler: celebrate her father’s 75th birthday. See Victoria Calleja ’09 Rebecca Kipnis is in the agent training program at William Morris Endeavor, Beverly Hills and was recently promoted to the desk of Ari Emanuel, CEO 2008 of WME/IMG.

Alexi Luger and Coley Laffoon ’92 were Katie Kralievits writes, “I graduated with married in Malibu Canyon on May 24, 2015. Many a Master of Science in Global Health from the RE Raiders made the trip and were in attendance, University of Notre Dame in 2014 (Side note: I Andy Estrella writes, “I completed an unassisted including Justin Luger ’02 and Samantha graduated from Notre Dame with a Bachelor of bicycle tour with my sister across the U.S. from Laffoon ’97. Mr. and Mrs. Laffoon and their two Science in Mathematics in 2013), where I did my Miami to Seattle. The trip took 66 days (April 19th children Homer (13) and Zoey Marine (11 months) thesis on maternal and child malnutrition in Trujillo, to June 23rd), went through 13 states and covered are happily residing in Los Angeles, CA, and will Peru. Afterwards, I moved to Lusaka, Zambia for 8 roughly 3,900 miles. We collected donations for forever be grateful to RE and the Alumni Association months to work on a Health Systems Strengthening the trip to benefit a cause close to our hearts–the for bringing them together. Initiative with Catholic Relief Services. I have Monica Burguera Foundation which partners with recently returned to the United States and moved to the U.S. Coast Guard to provide boating safety and Boston, MA to start a new job as a Research Assistant education courses. You can visit our blog at www. to Dr. Paul Farmer at Partners In Health (PIH), whenthesunrises.com for photos. I left my job where I’ll be working in Haiti and other PIH sites at Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLC (MBAF) and worldwide. I am also conducting research with the am beginning law school at the University of Miami Program for Global Surgery and Social Change and starting this fall.” Harvard Medical School and had my research and a comment published in The Lancet medical journal.”

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Ashleigh Johnson, was featured on ESPN after Nathaniel Johansson ’14, Stefan Johansson, the U.S. national water polo team defeated Canada Commodore of the Cat Cay Yacht Club, Bahamas, (13-4) on home turf and won the gold medal at and Jack Johansson were invited guests of Harry the Pan American Games in Ontario. Earlier this Anderson ’38, the honorary past commodore Fabiano Praca writes, “After graduating from summer she made news on the world water polo of New York Yacht Club at the Twenty-eighth RE, I attended the University of Miami where I scene as she helped to propel the team to winning the Commissioning of Harbour Court in Newport, enrolled in the five-year B.S./M.S. program in 2015 FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, Rhode Island in early May. They were honored to Civil Engineering. At UM, I had the pleasure of and opened with a triumphant 16-3 win over join him at the dinner where he spoke about his participating in various student organizations and Brazil. Selected to be a member of the USA Water life, his passion for sailing, and his support of his served as the Vice President of Internal Affairs, Polo 2015 Women’s Senior National Team, Johnson alma maters, Ransom and Yale. During the “most Steel Bridge Captain, and Graduate Advisor for the participated in the Kunshan Cup in Kunshan China. elegantly traditional and memorable event” Harry American Society of Civil Engineers. I also was able to Johnson, a rising senior at Princeton, will take the passionately spoke of sailing in general, as well as his attain several internships in local and international 2015-16 academic year off to compete with the USA admiration for Nathaniel and his passion for sailing engineering firms such as United Engineering and National Team in preparation for Games of the XXXI and academics. In June Nathaniel taught aviation HJ Foundation. In 2012, I co-founded On Point Olympiad in . Read more at www. classes as part of the Ransom Everglades Summer Tutoring with the aim of helping local high school teamusa.org/News/2015/June/09/From-A- Explorations Program prior to setting off on a cross- students with their science and mathematics. Since Community-Pool-In-Miami-Goalie-Ashleigh- country flight in a single engine Cessna with his then, the company has grown tremendously and Johnson-Became-A-Water-Polo-Star father, Stefan. we now serve over 100 students per semester from K-12, as well as college students in a variety of subjects including the SAT and ACT examinations. In 2014, I passed my Fundamentals of Engineering Cai Thomas was recognized as the Boston College (FE) examination, which is the first step to becoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship winner from a a licensed Professional Engineer. I graduated from pool of five finalists. The scholarship recognizes a UM with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering in Boston College junior for academic merit and service May of this year and have since begun my career as activities promoting social justice. A communication a Project Engineer at HJ Foundation. I look forward and film studies major, Thomas was recognized to continuing to learn and grow as an engineer in the “for her service and work in exposing narratives booming construction economy of South Florida, as through film.” Read more at www.bcheights. well as continuing to grow On Point Tutoring as we com/news/2015/five-students-recognized- look to ensure the success of our students in their embodying-spirit-mlk-annual-scholarship- academic careers and beyond.” event/

Najib Wahab graduated cum laude from 2013 Georgetown, class of 2014, with a Major in Bio- Physics and Minor in Philosophy. He started work Briana Christophers writes, “I spent the at Goldman Sachs Miami in the Private Wealth summer working on an independent research Management division in August 2014 as a Financial project in the Burdine Lab (Department of Molecular Analyst. Though he has been busy working away, Biology) at Princeton University. My project focused he visited Lebanon for a wedding in August, and on understanding the physical mechanism behind stopped in London, England on his way home. cardiac looping in zebrafish, as they are a model organism for vertebrate development. The hope is that using the zebrafish model we will be able to 2011 understand the development of the heart chambers in humans and how aberrant looping is connected to William Hector graduated from the University congenital heart defects.” of Miami summa cum laude this past spring. William was featured by UM News (5.5.15) as The Independent Man. William was the first student Natalya Doris (RE ‘13 & Yale ‘17) was included to graduate from the CAS Independent Major as a member of the All-American Crew by the Inter- Program. Read more at www.news.miami.edu/ Collegiate Sailing Association when they announced stories/2015/05/the-independent-man.html the 2014-2015 All-American Team. She was also part of the women’s team for Yale that won the ISCA Women’s College National Championship this year. 2012

Brandy Smith won the NCAA National Discus title with a career-best throw of 53.00 meters (173 feet, 11 inches). (Read more)

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