RE Log Fall 2018

54 Ransom Everglades LOG )$// /HWWHU IURP WKH $OXPQL %RDUG 3UHVLGHQW 5(() 7RXUQDPHQW The Ransom Everglades Epic Fishing Tournament raised $26,137 in support of RE and $5,000 for Breakthrough Miami. 3LFWXUHG FORFNZLVH VWDUWLQJ IURP WKH OHIW 5(() 6WXGHQW &KDLUV Max Tauber ’19 DQG Ben Rosenthal ’18 QRW SLFWXUHG Danielle Peña ’18 &R &KDLUV Elana Oberstein-Harris ’93, Kevin Grossfeld ’95 DQG Peter Diamond ’92 QRW SLFWXUHG Pearce Klevan ’97 5(() FKDPSLRQ Koby Krinsky ’19 DQG 3UHVWRQ *URVVIHOG Dear Fellow Alumni, We did it! We made history by achieving and surpassing our $OXPQL )XQG JRDO RI ɲ PLOOLRQ IRU WKH YHU\ ¿UVW WLPH 7KLV milestone gives us so much to be proud of as we continue to leave our valuable mark on RE as alumni. As graduates of RE, it is important for us to do our part to ensure that current and future Ransom Everglades students have the same or better educational opportunities and experiences that we EHQH¿WWHG IURP 7KH )XQG IRU 5( VXSSRUWV DOO VWXGHQWV DQG faculty by allowing our school to provide the best for them – whether it be through academics, athletics, arts, technology, ¿QDQFLDO DLG RU IDFXOW\ GHYHORSPHQW How did we do it? As a team… Thank you to all the members of the RE Alumni Association Board, all alumni committee members and volunteers, and all class agents for your service. Each year we continue to build upon our dynamic volunteer base. As we all know, every team needs a leader, and we are so thankful to our fearless leader, Alumni Fund Chair Todd Mestepey ’91 , for taking on this role for the second year in a row. His leadership and professionalism will be hard to match! Todd is always willing to look outside the box. 7KHVH DUH VRPH RI WKH HɣRUWV WKDW KHOSHG XV UHDFK RXU JRDOV WKLV year: • 0DUFK 0DGQHVV \RXQJ DOXPQL HɣRUW FKDLUHG E\ Jason Schwartz ’10, Marissa Schwartz ’06 and Natalie Skaf ’04 • Raider Day of Giving • NYC Alumni Match from Jarrett Posner ’88 and Pam Kayton Posner ’92 for alumni in the NYC Region • Harry H. Anderson, Jr. ’38 Matching Gift Challenge in honor of his 80-year reunion • $QG WR WRS LW Rɣ« RXU ɳɵ KRXU $OXPQL &KDOOHQJH LQLWLDWHG E\ DQ DQRQ\PRXV DOXP ZKR RɣHUHG WR PDWFK GROODU IRU GROODU XS WR ɳɱ ɱɱɱ 7KLV ¿QDO SXVK JRW XV WR WKH ɲ PLOOLRQ PDUN and gave our community the encouragement it needed to help reach our Fund for RE goal of $3 million. Thank you to Head of School Penny Townsend and Board Chair Rudy Prio Touzet ’76 for their utmost support of the RE Alumni program. It was my honor and privilege to serve as the 2017-18 Alumni Association Board President. I look forward to working with you again next year! Agustin “Konky” Arellano ’90 President, Alumni Association Board 2017-18