RE LOG - Spring 2017

SPRING 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 59 2001 Daniel Ciraldo writes, “I work in my home town of Miami Beach as the Preservation Officer for the Miami Design Preservation League, a local non- profit. Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote Miami Beach’s twelve historic districts.” Blair Reinarman writes, “2017 is a time of big transitions for me and my husband, Anthony. We welcomed our first baby in November – Lidia! Pictured here. And, after five years as a political appointee in the Obama Administration (at the White House, the United States Agency for International Development and the Treasury Department), I am thinking through my next steps. We are still in Washington for the moment, though we may find ourselves elsewhere in the coming months.” 2002 Tracy Friedlander Ley and Andrew Ley are pleased to share the news of the birth of their daughter Heather Ann Ley. Born on November 16, 2016, in Miami, Fla. 2003 Tom Buchanan recently started Columbia University’s Executive MBA program. Charlotte Joseph Cassel and Philip Cassel welcomed daughter Emilia Ruth on November 15, 2016. Terrin Jones Marshall currently resides in Charlotte, NC. On January 21, 2017, Terrin married Randall Marshall at the Four Seasons Miami. Terrin is a Senior Commercial Lines Underwriter for Selective Insurance and Randall recently opened a dental practice in the South Charlotte area. Janelle Milanes ’ first young adult novel, The Victoria in My Head , is currently on pre-order and will be out in September 2017. Riveted, a website that reviews young adult works, described the book as “a laugh-out-loud novel about a shy, rule-following teen who joins a local rock band.” The book will be published by Simon Pulse – Simon & Schuster. http://amzn.to/2lLLD1q. Dan Otero made it to the World Series with the Cleveland Indians in 2016. Though the Indians fell in seven games to the Chicago Cubs, Otero, a right-handed reliever, had a terrific season, posting a 5-1 record with a 1.53 earned-run average in 62 appearances. In the World Series, he pitched 3.1 innings in three games with a 2.70 ERA. Lorraine Pereira writes, “I got married on November 12, 2016, in Coconut Grove, and wanted to share the news with the RE community. I am presently residing in Boston, Massachusetts, and returned to Miami to share in the celebration with my family and friends, including several of my Class of 2003 classmates! His name is Andrew Stark, and we are both attorneys. I specialize in divorce and probate litigation, and Andrew practices commercial litigation.” 2004 Alex Javelly has been living in New York City since graduating from George Washington University Law School in 2013. In November 2016, he started a new job as the Director, Business & Legal Affairs at a TV production company called Left/ Right ( www.leftright.tv ). It turns out a co-founder/co-president of the company is a fellow Ransom Everglades grad — it’s a small world! Benjamin Markus has accepted a position at his alma matter, the University of Florida, as a communications specialist for the university’s Campus-Wide Modernization Program to Advance Student Services, aka: COMPASS (https://compass.ufl.edu/) . Go Gators! 2005 Brian Braddy married Cristina Gerard Braddy on November 4, 2016, at the Orchid Garden on Church Street in Orlando. He notes that “after graduating from law school The top two photos are me (Class of ’00) holding Pancho when he was a day old and the below two photos are of Pancho holding Emerson (RE Class of ’34) when he is a day old.”