RE Log Fall 2016

56 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2016 Class Notes 1999 Jerri Hertzberg Bassuk reports that she and husband Larry Bassuk ’00 welcomed their second son, Jordan Harley Bassuk, into the world on August 22, 2016. Older son, George, is almost two and loves his little brother! Alex Cachaldora reports that he is the proud father of Theodore Alejandro Cachaldora, RE Class of 2032, who was born on April 6, 2015. Alex says he and wife Amanda are “the happiest parents ever.” Camilla Corbit and her husband Trey welcomed their second son, Cason Sanford Hazelton on June 20, 2016. Big Brother Trey, 21 months, is thrilled! Alejandro Miyar was featured in an NBC.com news story “Young Latinos of the Obama White House” in August. Here is an excerpt from the story, which noted that the Obama administration has included more Latinos than any previ- ous: “Miyar was born in Mexico City and raised in Miami. Politics was not a focus in his house, though his grandfather was a political cartoonist in Cuba. ‘I was always intrigued by him,’ Miyar said, ‘and the shadow of the Castro regime definitely had an effect on my family.’ When Bill Clinton spoke at his middle school, Miyar decided to learn more about the political process. He began his public service in local government and found himself ‘smit- ten with the game.’ Miyar played a key role in Obama’s 2008 victory, as regional communications director in Florida for the campaign. ‘It was the opportunity of a lifetime,’ Miyar said, ‘and I put a lot of pressure on myself to do the job we had to do. And everything we did in English, we did in Spanish as well.’ Miyar served in the administration as a national spokes- person for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). A graduate of Haverford College and the University of Miami School of Law, he now works at the prestigious Fox Rothschild law firm in Miami. Miyar believes that it is critical for Latinos and Millennials to get involved in the politi- cal process. ‘If you don’t take an interest in politics, politics will take an interest in you,’ he said. ‘Those people who are disenchanted with things happening at the federal level, they have an opportunity to have be part of process. I am a liv- ing case study of a person who had little involvement in politics before - and was able to serve in the campaign and in the administration.’” Gina Ciraldo Stabile and husband Daniel welcomed their daughter, Siena Loretta Stabile, to the world on March 24, 2016. They live in Miami Beach with their dog Rocco. Gina is chief executive officer of CosMedical Technologies, a skin care company, and Daniel is a partner at the law firm of Shutts & Bowen. 2000 Andrew Bennett reports that he founded BarEye, a way to buy drinks at bars for yourself and people around you, with the support of former NFL and Miami Hurricanes linebacker Jonathan Vilma. The company is launching its new point- of-sale integrated version in Miami and, Andrew hopes, New York. Erika Gragg Dobkin and her husband, Jason Dobkin, gave birth to a son, Sam Lawrence Dobkin, on December 29, 2015. Many Ransom Everglades alumni got together to meet Sam this spring, includ- ing Sarah Brewer Grein ’00, Lillian Peters Osborn ’00, Katie Muraro Pedroso ’00, Lindsey Zohn Parker ’00 and Ashley Zohn ’00. Scott Fuhrman is President of Florida Bottling Co., a third-generation family business located in Allapattah that bottles organic fruit juices. Scott served as a staffer for Senator Bill Nelson on Capitol Hill, a deputy to the national treasurer for Senator John Kerry’s 2004 Presidential campaign, and also was among the young- est members of President Barack Obama’s National Finance Committee. In the Oct. 30 primary in Miami-Dade County, he secured the Democratic nomination for Florida’s 27th congressional district. He is now running to replace longstand- ing Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Scott’s platform includes equal pay for equal work, protecting Social Security and Medicare benefits, and common-sense gun safety legislation, such as closing the terrorist gun show loophole and re-implementing the ban on military- style assault weapons.