RE Log Spring 2018

SPRING 2018 Ransom Everglades LOG 53 Indi Avila writes, “Evelyn LaRusse was the guest judge at The Mandelstam School’s Annual Spanish Poetry Recitation Contest. I was thrilled and honored to in- troduce my former teacher to my current students and to have her help me select the finalists!” Ricky Stern , see Jossie Stern-Liddell ’04 . Albert “B.J.” Stieglitz writes, “My fam- ily, wife Amanda and daughters Caroline, 6, and Elizabeth (“Ellie”), 4, and I have relocated to London, following my selec- tion last year to be the U.S. Department of Justice’s representative to the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority and Serious Fraud Office. Following this two-year assignment, we expect to move back home to Arlington, Virginia.” Jessica (Lewin) Zmood writes, “ Nina Ashkenazi ’96 and I completed the New York City Marathon this November. It was my first marathon and Nina’s third. I live in New York with my husband and three children and Nina lives in New Jersey with her husband and two daughters.” 1997 Celeste Den landed the role of Comrade Chin in David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” revival, which played last winter at the Cort Theatre in New York City. She also was selected as a recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship, in the category of Exceptional Merit for early to mid- career performing artists. Celeste can be seen next in the upcoming feature film Sister , written and directed by Sia. Celeste previously appeared in the television series Homeland, Shameless and Scandal . She earned her BA in at the University of Florida and MFA in acting at the California Institute of Fine Arts. See a story on Celeste here: http://www.broad - wayworld.com/article/BWW-Interview- Celeste-Den-Conducts-Dangerous- Liaisons-in-M-BUTTERFLY-20171113 Cooper Jones , Vice President of Trade Traffic LLC, moved back to Miami after four-and- a-half years in Broward County. He and his wife, Karen, are the proud parents of two girls, Olivia Susan Jones, who will be 4 in June, and Ava Carolina Jones, who will be 2 in April. Annie Lord writes, “My husband Nick and I just moved back to town with our two boys in December! We’re thrilled to be back home. In January, I began my new job as Executive Director at Miami Homes for All, a nonprofit that advocates to prevent and end homelessness. It was so nice to see so many of you at reunion back in April. I hope to get the chance to connect again soon. We’re pictured here with my parents.” Michael Vassilaros recently joined Key International, a local real estate investor and developer. 1998 Marisa Fort and Cody Courbier are the proud parents of Malu Rose Courbier, born on October 18, 2017, in Miami.