RE LOG - Spring 2017

60 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2017 Class Notes at FSU (when was the last time the ’Canes beat us BTW?) I worked as corporate defense counsel for Verizon’s collections and regulatory departments.” Brian has moved to Atlanta with his family and is now director of probation and special programs at the City of Atlanta Municipal Court. Braddy is pictured with Terron Ferguson ’04 . (See more on page 7.) Bryan Corse writes, “Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to be offered a position at Rutherford Ranch Winery, right in the heart of Napa Valley. Since day one, it has been a dream come true. Rutherford Ranch is a family-owned winery on Silverado Trail that is committed to producing quite a few small production wines with a range of varietals and growing regions within Napa, Sonoma and Monterrey. Our estate wines are grown on property, in the Rutherford appellation, where we have a 100-percent sustainable and organic farming certification. It would be my absolute pleasure to host any current RE students, faculty or RE alumni and/or their families who are visiting in Napa or Sonoma. Our most popular tasting at the winery is a chocolate-and- wine pairing that is heavenly! I have been in the valley for nine months now, and have some well-established connections both at other wineries and with hotels. In addition to hosting guests at our winery, I am also happy to assist anyone planning a trip out here with selecting other wineries to visit based on their likes and desires. Please feel free to contact me at any time. 707 968 3212. I hope to see you in 2017!” 2006 Jannis Brea writes, “Ten years ago, I left RE convinced I would do an MD/PhD in neuroscience at Harvard. Today, instead, I am an experience designer at a healthcare startup about to launch a hospital service to help patients navigate the health system. I am grateful for the fun classes I took – Mr. Rodriguez’s art history classes, Mr. DuBard’s robotics class – and how they’ve served me in unexpectedly delightful ways. If you’re ever in Boston, I’d love to reconnect!” Alex Daly , who was listed in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2016 after founding the crowdfunding com- pany Vann Alexandra, has written a book called Crowdsourceress that will be released in March. Courtney Lenner became engaged to Sean Comroe in May of 2014 and is plan- ning a wedding in March 2017. He is an associate attorney and works in Miami. Cristina Sanchez writes, “After graduat- ing from the University of Michigan Law School, I moved back to Miami and am now a real estate attorney at Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.” Michael Segall is currently working in Boca Raton as an associate attorney for Beller Smith, P.L. 2007 Vera Bergengruen is a national corre- spondent at McClatchy Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C. She is currently cover- ing the White House and Donald Trump’s transition. Last August, she was among 21 reporters who earned prestigious Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships from The National Press Foundation. 2008 Claudia Curiel is working as a reporter and anchor at Telemundo, Washington, D.C. She won an Emmy Award at the 58th Emmy Awards for The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the story “La Casa del Futuro/ The House of the Future” about renewable energy. This was her first Emmy nomina- tion as well as first win. During her time as a journalist in Washington, Claudia has served as mistress of ceremonies at several high profile events and has covered a range of stories including the recent immigration crisis, special invitations from the White House, the historic Papal visit, and the presidential election and inauguration. Sadie Kurzban was featured on WLRN for her efforts building 305 Fitness, a brand of boutique gyms inspired by Miami’s culture and music that have taken New York City, Washington, D.C. and Boston by storm. Kurzban, her RE class valedicto- rian, launched the popular fitness studios in part with the $12,000 first prize from an entrepreneurship competition she won as a Brown University senior. 2009 The University of Wisconsin School of Business recognized Zena Stephens – a Sugarbaker Scholar at RE – for her accep- tance into The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, a national academic and business network to help students of diverse backgrounds succeed in corporate America. Stephens, who specializes in strategic human resources management, is due to earn her MBA in 2017. While at RE, Stephens was a recipient of the Everett M. Sugarbaker ‘89 Memorial Endowment Scholarship Fund whose goal is to support academically gifted students at all grade lev- els who have financial challenges. Stephens started at Wisconsin’s business school in the fall of 2015 and completed a summer intern- ship with Yum! Brands’ KFC in Louisville, Ky. She earned her bachelor’s degree in so- ciology and human resources at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. Stephens has been a volleyball coach and helped develop a mentorship program for an Atlanta high school. She also helped create a nonprofit to gather supplies for a local school and volunteered with Breakthrough, an organiza- tion that helps urban middle school students with academics. Read more at http://bit. ly/2hHGGIm. 2010 Adrian Diaz-Granados writes, “After graduating from Cornell in 2014, I went on to work as an analyst in Citigroup’s Corporate & Investment Banking division in Chicago. In June 2016, I made the deci- sion to transfer to Citi’s office in Frankfurt, Germany, primarily covering German multinational corporations in a variety of industries. In January 2017, I was promoted to Associate. I look forward to continuing my career abroad in banking and welcoming any RE alumni in the area with some good German beer!”