RE LOG Fall 2017

FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 69 the next generation of leaders by telling the stories of successful female entrepreneurs. In the piece, Lustgarten spoke about love. “The people who do well are the people who find love,” she was quoted saying, “Love from other people in their surroundings – whomever, whatever. And that is such a message to be talking about. I’m a computer scientist and we’re talking about something very intellectual … and then I turn into a conversation about love.” You can read the full story at http://bit.ly/2lYbZRh Eric Magoon is a foreclosure prosecutor in Miami-Dade County. He has been married 27 years and has a 23-year-old daughter. He earned a black belt in krav maga and is going for second black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. Brad Weiser has worked with RE classmates and friends to open a new hotel, The Perry Hotel, just outside of Key West. He has partnered with Charles Toppino ’77, Carol Greenberg Brooks ’77 , and his brother Warren Weiser ’77 . His daughter Blaire Weiser ’06 contributed as the overall interior designer. The 100-room boutique hotel on Stock Island was featured in a prominent story in the Miami Herald, which noted that, since opening in May, the hotel “has already drawn attention — and accolades. Architectural Digest recently listed it as one of the best-designed new hotels in the country.” 1979 Michael Greenberg , an attorney, served once again as a judge for the fourth- annual RE Business Challenge along with EveryMundo founder Seth Cassel ’98 , WIN Lab Miami Founding Director Nelly Farra ’96 and Remzy.com founder David Harris ’95. Erin Bakes ’18, Eitan Dooreck Aloni ’18 and Julia Ortiz ’18 won first place at the March 9 competition at the Pagoda for their plan for BEST- Ware!, a user-friendly software designed to help parents teach their children healthier smartphone habits. 1980 John Tawa writes: “my eldest son, Tim, will be a freshman at Stanford in the fall. Late in June, Tim Tawa was named MaxPreps’ National Male Athlete of the Year for 2016-17. Tim was Oregon Player of the Year in both football and baseball and turned down more than 40 football offers to play baseball at Stanford.” Lisa Landy writes, “ Alex Glaskowsky Leavell, Tammy Ho and I and our families traveled to Alaska together for 15 days. This picture is in British Columbia not far from Skagway, Alaska. My kids, Gwen Howland ’19 and Jarrett Howland ’22 , are also pictured.” 1982 Ana Alas and her husband were honored when their 29-year-old firm, GAA or Gonzalez-Abreu/Alas Architects, was selected as the only Coral Gables Architectural Firm for the exclusive Luxe Magazine 2017 Gold List after making both the Miami and the national front covers of that publication. The firm also was featured on the front cover of the Miami Herald’s Indulge Magazine Spring Home and Design Issue, and was asked to be a part of Dering Hall’s website. GAA donated its time for the design and architectural construction documents for the new headquarters for “Taylor’s Closet,” an organization that tailors to young girls in foster care in the Fort Lauderdale area. The grand opening is set for September 2017. “As architects and designers, we are always looking for inspiration through our travels. This July we took our three children, Dante (20), Allegra (18) and Luca ’17 (17), to France and Italy.”