RE Log Fall 2018

)$// Ransom Everglades LOG 73 Constantine “Takis” Alexandrakis writes, “As of July 1, I am leading the $PHULFDV 8QLWHG 6WDWHV &DQDGD DQG Latin America) for Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search and OHDGHUVKLS DGYLVRU\ ¿UP ZKHUH , KDYH worked for the past 14 years. Previously I OHG WKH 8QLWHG 6WDWHV¶ PDUNHW Peter Gardner writes, “Over spring break we were able to spend time with Eric Hermelee ’85 and his family in Seattle. L-R: Peter Gardner, Jared Gardner ’21 , Christian Gardner ’23 , Simon Hermelee, Patrick Gardner, Eric and his daughter Stella. Eric Hermelee , see Peter Gardner ’85 Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber, the Founder and Executive Director of the Columbia Lighthouse Project ( www.cssrs. columbia.edu ), continues to be one of the world’s leading experts in suicide preven- tion. Her programs are used worldwide to save lives. After the school shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Kelly was interviewed by CNN (photograph shows Kelly with Chris Cuomo) and MSNBC to speak about her work and how it can help prevent similar tragedies. Later in May, Kelly ZDV D IHDWXUHG VSHDNHU DW 7KH :DON8S Foundation’s forum on suicide risk and SUHYHQWLRQ 7KH :DON8S )RXQGDWLRQ was created by Ryan and Kelly Petty, the parents of Alaina Petty, a student killed in the Parkland shooting. April Yvette Thompson made a guest appearance on the CBS hit show Bull , starring as a psychologist who runs a QRQ SUR¿W IRU GRPHVWLF DEXVH VXUYLYRUV To portray the strength and passion of the doctor, April shaved her hair for the episode. She has had many previous roles, including in Blue Caprice, Gotham, Blue Bloods, Babylon Fields, The Exonerated, Accidental Husband, Backwards, Babylon Fields, Law & Order, Third Watch and others (Photo: Bull director, Dennis Smith, April Yvette Thompson and Bull star Michael Weatherly photobombing.) 1986 Class Agents: Pam Pennell Kelly (pam@kellyart.com ), Seth Nachman (sethn@bellsouth.net ), Roland Samimy (rsamimy@umassd.edu ) Roberto Aguilar presented a photo exhibition “Habana, Habanos, Habaneros: Cuba and the Special Period” at the Spéos Gallery in Paris from June 7 to September 28, 2018. Roberto captured the photos during his intermittent trips to Cuba between 1995-99. The images reveal a multiplicity of journeys and bring to WKH SUHVHQW D JOLPSVH RI WKH ÀHHWLQJ +H shares this from the collection: “Below is one titled ‘Staring at the Sea’ taken in the Canary Islands. It is one of my favorite im- ages since it captures not only a stunning landscape, but a woman sitting on a rock staring at the sea and I always wonder what is going through her mind.” Frank Einspruch writes, “I’m pleased and honored to announce that I have been named the Fulbright-Q21/ MuseumsQuartier Artist-In-Residence for the 2018-19 grant cycle. Q21 is a collec- tive of more than 60 alternative arts or- ganizations within the MuseumsQuartier :LHQ >LQ 9LHQQD $XVWULD@ ZKLFK LV RQH RI the largest cultural districts in the world and includes the Leopold Museum and 0802. WKH FRQWHPSRUDU\ PXVHXP Every year the Fulbright organization VHOHFWV RQH 8 6 EDVHG DSSOLFDQW IRU D )XOEULJKW DɤOLDWHG UHVLGHQF\ DW 4ɳɲ ´ +H adds that in July he returned for residency at Bascom Lodge on Mt. Greylock in western Massachusetts. During that time, he worked on a new book of comic poetry that will debut at the 2018 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo in October. Pam Pennell Kelly writes, “We just returned from a super-fun two-week trip to the Abacos. We ran into Travis Blain ’86 at the Palm Beach airport; he was on RXU ÀLJKW WR 0DUVK +DUERU 7UDYLV LV SKR- tographed below with L-R: Lee Irvin ’87, Ed Kelly , Pam Pennell Kelly ’86 and &DUROLQH ,UYLQ :H VSHQW WKH ¿UVW ZHHN LQ Hope Town with the Irvins and the sec- ond week in Green Turtle with Lissette Suarez Stancioff ’86 and her family. I have attached a few photos from our trip! Notice all the RE swag the kids are wear- ing. I met Tina Khoury Rogers ’87 over there … she was with her husband and son on the Coral Reef Yacht Club cruising trip, also. Her husband Brian Rogers is Lissette’s and Alex’s landscape architect (small world). The large group photo has .HOO\V 6WDQFLRɣV 5RJHUV DQG RXU IULHQGV the Robinsons (not RE family). Travis Blain , see Pam Pennell Kelly ’86.