RE Log Spring 2019

52 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2019 Class Notes in attendance. Kevin and I live in Los Angeles where I am the director of opera- tions at a pharmaceutical research firm and he is a screenwriter. His first feature, The Package , was released on Netflix in August 2018. I am currently training for my sixth of the six World Marathon Majors, with plans to run the Tokyo Marathon in March 2019. My family and I continue to miss Lionel James Murray, son of my sister Kathleen Eagan Murray ’99 , every day.” Maggie Crosland lives in London, England, and is in the last year of her PhD in art history at The Courtauld Institute of Art. She is also an associate lecturer at The Courtauld and just fin- ished teaching an undergraduate seminar on Gothic art. Kiry Tiberius is an oil painter in Miami, where she works alongside her father at the Tiberius Art Studio (http://www. tiberiusart.com/ ) . Kiry married Kyle Matthews ’06 in 2016 and in May 2018 their daughter Lily was born. Gabriella Torcise lives in Florence, Italy, where she is a certified sommelier guiding private wine tastings. She also recently started a new position as an Assistant Program Coordinator at Study Abroad Italy. 2007 Class Agents: Danielle Calleja (decalleja@gmail.com ), Jacques Holzmann (jacquesholzmann@gmail.com ), Rebecca Noble (rebnoble11@gmail. com), Stephanie Peral (stephanie.peral@gmail.com) Alex Pimentel played a leading role in the Miami world premiere of Havana Music Hall , a musical by playwright Carmen Pelaez and composer-lyricist Richard Kagan that played at the Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables last October and November. Set in 1958 Cuba, Havana Music Hall tells the story of husband-and-wife musical team Rolando and Ramona Calderon, who are on the verge of breaking through to the world’s stage at the dawn of the Cuban Revolution. Alex shined as Young Rolando alongside Tony Award nominee John Herrera ( The Mystery of Edwin Drood ), who played Older Rolando. Cast members pictured L-R: Alex Pimentel, Linedy Genao, Lauren Horgan, Anissa Gathers, Jorge Barranco, Isbelia Duran and John Herrera (photo by Alberto Romeu). 2008 Class Agents: Natalie Aguilar (Natalie.aguilar5@gmail.com ), Monica Mengotti (mmengotti1@gmail.com ), Natalia Reina (reinan1989@gmail. com) Christopher Hague recently returned from Madrid after graduating from IE Business School with an International MBA. Elisa Wouk Almino de Souza taught a six-week online workshop last fall, “Introduction to Writing in Translation.” This class is primarily geared to writers who have never translated before or who are just getting started in the industry. Elisa is a writer, editor and literary translator from Portuguese. In 2017, Scrambler Books published her transla- tions of poetry by Ana Martins Marques in the book This House , which she also il- lustrated. Formerly the book reviews edi- tor of Words Without Borders , she is cur- rently an editor of Harlequin Creature’s new online translation platform and a senior editor at Hyperallergic . You can find her writing and translations in Asymptote Journal, Guernica, the Paris Review Daily, n+1, Ugly Duckling Presse’s 6x6 Journal and other places. 2009 REUNION (NOVEMBER 2019) Class Agent: Christina Ravelo (Christina.a.ravelo@gmail.com ) Nicolas Bergengruen is co-founder of Jubel, a travel tech start-up that offers the luxury of expert travel advice at a fraction of the cost. Nicolas recognized that planning experiential travel can be difficult and time-consuming for the typical traveler. His start-up uses AI soft- ware to create complex itineraries that fit each user’s style, budget and preferences. Founded in 2015, Jubel has helped over 2,000 travelers discover every continent around the globe and is recommended by 96 percent of its clients. In early 2018, Jubel raised $100K from the Lindbergh Technology Fund and graduated from a top U.S startup accelerator called Capital Innovators. Nicolas continues to actively seek investors for Jubel. David Gellman recently started a new job as Intergovernmental Affairs Associate for a small government rela- tions firm in Washington, D.C. called Simon & Company, Inc. The firm represents municipal entities across the country, including city governments and transit agencies. Jeanine Mason earned the lead role in the CW series Roswell, New Mexico , a remake of the old Roswell show. Jeanine, who played a first-year resident in the last season of Grey’s Anatomy and has appeared in a host of shows since win- ning So You Think You Can Dance at age 18, plays Liz Ortecho in the story about a daughter of un- documented immigrant parents who returns to her hometown. 2010 Class Agent: Javi Henriquez (javiahenriquez@gmail.com ), Michelle Nahmad (michellenahmad@gmail. com), Jason Schwartz (jasontschwartz@icloud.com) , Najib Wahab (najibwwahab@gmail.com )