RE LOG Fall 2017

34 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades is pleased to welcome three accomplished professionals and devoted members of the school’s com- munity to the 2017-18 Board of Trustees. David A. Gershman, general counsel for Trivest Partners; Susan M. Lampen ’71 , a longtime counselor and volunteer leader; and Richard S. Stokes ’94 , managing director of HIG Capital, joined the board this summer. The trio replaced departing trustees Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Jeffrey T. Roberts and Kimberly Kyle Smith, who among them served on the RE board for a total of 27 years. “We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Gershman, Mrs. Lampen and Mr. Stokes,” said Head of School Penny Townsend. “All have excelled in leadership positions, earned the admira- tion of colleagues within the Miami com- munity and demonstrated a deep concern for Ransom Everglades. We know they will elevate the work of our board. “I sincerely thank Mr. Dotson, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Roberts for their years of excel- lent service during a transformative time at Ransom Everglades.” Gershman, formerly a partner at Akerman LLP, also serves as a member of Trivest’s six-person Investment Committee and co-chair of the Association for Corporate Growth’s Private Equity Regulatory Task Force. He earned his BA from Union College and JD from the New York University School of Law. Gershman and wife Hilary Gershman have four sons, Emmet ’21 , Leo ’22 , Reed and Charlie. Lampen provided counseling to healthcare professionals at hospitals for more than 40 years. In 2005, she co-founded Casa Valentina, an organization whose mission is to help youth transition from foster care to independent living, where she remains vice chair of programming and an active fundraiser. A ’71 graduate of the Everglades School for Girls, she received her BA at Johns Hopkins University, two master’s degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her master’s in social work from Barry University. She is married to Richard Lampen, a former member of the RE board, and they have two daughters, Katharine Lampen-Sachar ’99 and Caroline Miller ’06 . Stokes, who completed a two-year term as RE Alumni Board president, is responsible for all aspects of the investment process at HIG Capital, and serves on the boards of several HIG portfolio companies. Prior to joining HIG in 2000, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Salomon Smith Barney. He played soccer and golf at Ransom Everglades before head- ing to Cornell University. Stokes and his wife Amy have two children, Ellie and Spencer. David A. Gershman Richard S. Stokes ’94 Susan M. Lampen ’71 Ransom Everglades welcomes three new trustees