How did you get involved with ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Jericho Project? A friend convinced me to Ian Devine, Class of 1968 join Jericho Project’s Board of Directors at a time when my own life was in an Devine was born in New York City. What did you do after college? turmoil. Helping He entered Palm Beach Private School homeless men and I(PBDA) in the second grade in 1960. His Entrepreneurial urges led me women in recovery sister Mallory entered sixth grade. Ian has to forego grad school and actually clarified my vivid fond memories of many of his former open a large pet store in own values. I found teachers: Mrs. Logsdon, who brought a TV Massachusetts instead. I had a real interest in into class so her students could watch Alan Later I moved to New helping others put Shepard’s fifteen minute ride into sub- York City and worked their broken lives and orbital space, Miss Hajenian, his third at Burson-Marsteller, families back together. grade teacher, Mr. Ten Eyck, his sixth grade The idea that a person the public relations Ian Devine ‘68 teacher, and Mr. Bayless, Sr. whose Civil firm. I specialized in who had been living on War course was better than The History marketing for financial the street could one day Channel. Mallory now lives in Lenox, services companies. About six years ago, I get a master’s degree in social work blew Massachusetts, where she is an active started my own marketing firm. My wife, me away. I began to see the connection volunteer with the United Way and at Kerri, who writes speeches for CEOs, is between external needs and internal Tanglewood, the summer home of the also my business partner. abilities. Now, as head of the Board, I am Boston Symphony Orchestra. Ian agreed to trying to help Jericho rise to the next level answer our questions via e-mail for The What does your business involve? and serve many more people. The fun part Bridge. is getting talented people from a range of I help investment management firms backgrounds to work together toward a What are some of your fondest memories of the communicate with their key audiences – shared goal. This work is deeply fulfilling. Day School? their clients, employees and stockholders. My goal is to help define themselves and Any advice for students at the Day Academy? Where do I start? The sun rising over the their financial products in a way that’s as ocean while I waited for the bus. The relevant as possible. I concentrate on firms Ask questions. Remind your teachers to Pelicans snapping the Flamingos’ long working with high net worth families. My make the textbooks relevant. Draw winning streak on Field Day. Beating Palm sense is that affluent families today are connections between random ideas. Get Beach Public in football. Reading Huck more likely to have a dialogue about really good at something. If all else fails, Finn after lunch. Beach days – does the money and values than they were back in convince yourself that school is great school still do that? Root beer floats at the 1960s. preparation for Jeopardy. Perna’s. Working for myself gives me flexibility to Looking back, I am still impressed by the spend time with my 4-year-old daughter. I Alumni enthusiasm that PBDS teachers showed for also have a son at Northwestern and a Be Included in the Next Alumni Edition their work. They were entertaining and daughter who graduated from Macalester Contact Alumni Director Rosemary Cove passionate. From the classroom to the College last May. Being self-employed [email protected] athletic fields, my teachers cared about also allows me to focus time and energy what they taught. I remember Mr. Bayless, on charitable activities. Sr. on the Civil War, Mr. Skinner on Latin tense structure and Mrs. Bayless on Venn Describe your charitable work. diagrams like it was yesterday. I am actively involved with Jericho PALM BEACH DAY ACADEMY Where did you continue your education? Project, which provides supportive housing for homeless substance abusers in FLAGLER CAMPUS 1901 South Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33418 I went to Deerfield Academy – four of us New York. Jericho (www.jerichoproject.org) (561) 832-8815 Fax (561) 832-3343 from PBDS were there together in the late is very successful in addressing the SEAVIEW CAMPUS ‘60s – where I, uh, did not distinguish multiple causes of homelessness and each 241 Seaview Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480 myself academically. Nevertheless, the year returns about a quarter of its (561) 655-1188 Fax (561) 655-5794 University of Pennsylvania admitted me, residents to the community as productive, The Bridge is published by Palm Beach Day Academy to inform its community where I majored in English Lit. I’ve always tax-paying citizens. And it does this for of the activities of the school, its students, liked reading, analysis and writing. faculty and parents. Editor Richard about half the cost of keeping a person in Tummon and Alumni Director Rosemary a homeless shelter without any services at Cove invite your suggestions, reactions all. Jericho’s model really works and is and comments regarding The Bridge. recognized nationally. www.palmbeachdayacademy.org November / December 2006 9 A L U M N I N O T E S ‘03 Blair Brandt is a graduate of Deerfield ‘60 Academy in Deerfield, MA, where he was John Garvan has fond memories of the one Miller School of Medicine at the on the Honor Roll and a class agent in his year he spent at Palm Beach Private School. University of Miami. senior year. He played varsity tennis and He lived with the Assistant Head, Bill his team placed third in Western New Layton and his family, played on the soccer ‘99 England Division 1 and fifth in New team, and was active in drama Andrew Cove was awarded the degree of England. During the summer he worked in productions, Mr. Skinner’s 9th grade Master of Science in Computer Science by the family business, played tennis, English class, Latin with Mr. Hensley Carnegie Mellon University. He is now traveled, and prepared for college. He is a Nankivell, Math with Mrs. Hamilton, and living in Santa Monica, CA, and working freshman at the University of Richmond. French with Madame Maddox. From PBPS as a video game developer at Naughty he went to Hotchkiss, then on to Yale. After Dog, Inc. The company produces video Katie Brown graduated from Wellington a business career in New York City, he took games for PlayStation 3. High School. She a job fifteen years ago running the continues to compete in development operation of a startup Alex Rampell graduated in June from horse shows and she has independent school, Sage Hill School, in Phillips Academy in Andover, MA., been riding in the Grand Newport Coast, CA. where he was elected to the Cum Laude Prixs for two year olds; Society and honor roll for the spring she has placed in over ‘88 term. He was awarded the Goodhue ten competitions. During The marriage of Chad Murray and Marissa Prize in English, the Scoville Prize in the summer she Berg took place June 9, 2006, on the beach Mathematics, and a National Merit competed in several at the Ocean Club Resort in Providenciales, Scholarship. He is a freshman at Harvard shows on the East Coast. She also spent a Turks & Caicos Islands. Chad is a graduate College. week on a boat in the Mediterranean and of the University of Akron School of Law. traveled to Hawaii. Katie is a freshman at They are living in Sunrise, FL. ‘01 California State University at Monterey Bay. Her sister Fain ‘99 is attending Jesse Stoll began his junior year at the ‘96 California Baptist University, where she is University of Miami in August. He is on the Dean’s Honor List. Benjamin Hufty Griswold married majoring in business management with a Andrea DeMuth on July 8, 2006, at St. minor in music business. For the past two Olin Brown, a golf four-year letter winner, Michael’s Church in Bermuda. They are years Jesse has been a college marketing graduated from The Benjamin School. He is living in New York representative for Sony BMG Music a freshman at Pepperdine City. His brother Entertainment. He also manages an University in California. Alex ‘99 was best alternative rock group named Big Band This past summer he man. Benji Radio. You can check out the band on played in several amateur graduated from MySpace. Jesse spent the summer golf tournaments, Princeton University, traveling with friends to Costa Rica, including his first U.S. where he was a Atlantis, and New York City. Amateur qualifier, and member of the shot rounds of 76 and 78. NCAA National ‘02 While studying, he will pursue his love of Champion Lacrosse Adam Goodman, a sophomore at Emory golf. team in ‘01 and Ivy League Champion University appeared on the national teams in ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, & ‘03. He is a partner Today Show on August 14. He was Cameron Colpitts graduated in the top ten in Nexstar Capital Partners, a Latin interviewed in the segment about “new percent of his class at William T. Dwyer American distress debt investment firm in Ivies”, which was a discussion about High School’s Academy of Finance, where New York. Alex spent time in Los Angeles other universities thought to be he was a member of the varsity tennis working for Fox Television, and following equivalent to the schools of the Ivy team. Cameron received a Bright Futures graduation from Southern Methodist League.