RE Log Fall 2019

40 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2019 Ransom Everglades introduced an accomplished team of new faculty, whose addition allows the school to continue to decrease class sizes while enriching the educational experiences of all students. A strong faculty helps RE continue its long tradition of honor and excellence. Scott Berman , Assistant Athletic Director and head boys’ varsity basketball coach, arrived to RE after re- building the basketball program as head coach at Hebrew Academy in Miami Beach. There, he also served as assistant athletic director, coached tennis, taught government and econom- ics and sponsored the school’s Model UN team. Mr. Berman previously worked as head boy’s varsity coach at Maccabi USA, leading teams in the Pan American and European Games and on an exhibition tour of Europe. He also served as director of basketball operations and assistant coach at Hawaii Pacific University. He earned his BA at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his master’s in secondary education at Hawaii Pacific University. Rick Bernasco , Chief Financial Officer, came to Ransom Everglades from the Winsor School in Boston, where he spent a decade as chief financial officer overseeing the school’s $28 million annual budget while also serving as a member of the finance, audit and risk and investment committees of the board, and co-leader of the school’s building project team. He previously served as CFO at the Vermont Academy and The Pennington School, an assistant control- ler at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, N.J., and as an adjunct accounting professor at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J. He also founded and directed Bernasco & Co., certified public ac- countants that provided accounting, audit, tax and consulting services. Mr. Bernasco earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Rider University. Jacob Caron arrived from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he served on the strength and conditioning staff for the football team while also working in the private sector at various training facilities. Prior to his tenure at UNLV, Mr. Caron worked as an assistant football coach at the University of Redlands and Passing Game Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, Ca. After earn- ing his BA at Pitzer College, Mr. Caron was a professional football quarter- back for four years in the International Federation of American Football (in Bern and Stockholm) and the Arena Football League (Utah Blaze). While at Pitzer, he was Student-Athlete of the Year in 2011 and was a two-year team captain. Mr. Caron attended Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. Daniel Creasy brought 20 years of experience in college admission offices to RE, where he serves as Senior Associate Director of College Counseling. Mr. Creasy most recently worked as Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Admission Communication at Hamilton College where he was responsible for the first review of some 400 applications annually. He also worked in admissions at Emory University, Johns Hopkins University and American University. During his career, Mr. Creasy has presented at myriad conferences with the National Association of College Admission Counselors and regional college counseling associations. He graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Victoria Druehl came to RE from IMG Academy in Bradenton, where she served as a strength and condition- ing coach. During her IMG tenure, she over- saw the strength and conditioning program for the girls’ bas- ketball and girls’ soccer teams, as well as the Chinese Soccer Residency Program through Beijing Sport University and the General Administration of Sport of China. She previously worked at Palmer Trinity School and Harvard-Westlake School outside of Los Angeles. Ms. Druehl earned her undergraduate degree in exercise science at the University of Connecticut and her MSEd in exercise physiology at the University of Miami. Brittney Ellzey came to Ransom Everglades from the University of Miami, where she served as a lecturer in the mathematics depart- ment and earned the school’s Math Department Excellence in Teaching Award. She also taught math at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and as an adjunct instructor at Miami Dade College. While a graduate student, Dr. Ellzey founded and served as president of the University of Miami Graduate Student Chapter of the American Mathematical Society, and her work on chromatic quasisymmetric functions is published in the journal Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire . She has also presented her work at American Mathematical Society special sessions, seminars and conferences. She earned her master’s degree and PhD in math at the University of Miami, and bachelor’s degree in math with minors in Spanish and computer science at Louisiana Tech University. Aleny Garcia joined RE as Associate Director of College Counseling after serving as director of counseling and guidance at Cardinal Gibbons High in Fort Lauderdale, where she introduced and fine-tuned relevant and compel- ling programming for parents and students. She also worked as a Network Master Counselor for Chicago’s public schools; as a Counselor Department Manager for a Chicago-based high school; and in the counseling office of Nova High in Broward County. She has been frequently invited to give pre- sentations at the annual conferences Talent New