RE Log - Spring 2020

SPRING 2020 Ransom Everglades LOG 61 Moish Peltz ’04 and Matt Beatus ’05 joined Dean of the Senior Class Greg Cooper and students from his 9/11 class in New York City over dinner to share personal experiences. Hillary Hertzberg , see Phil Cassel ’03 Alexi Laffoon and Coley Laffoon ’92 write, “Hey Raiders! Our SoCal Raider romance has brought us more joy than we could have ever imagined: We are raising our three children Homer (18), Zoey (5) and Emmylou (3), and we work together as husband and wife real estate team, aka The Laffoon Group in Los Angeles. Follow us Instagram: @alexilaffoon — peace and blessings!” John Maxsween writes, “I got married in July 2018 to Monica Fields. Monica and I met in New York whilst she was finishing her master’s at Columbia in their nurse midwifery program; and we tied the knot on Roosevelt Island. Fast forward to 2019, and we have bought our first home together in the great Austin, Tex., area, where I will be continuing my work as the Creative Director for Audio Network US, Inc., and Monica will be starting her first job as a midwife for the U.S. Army.” 2006 Class Agents: Maggie Crosland (maggie.crosland@gmail.com) , Alejandra de la Cruz (ale.delacruz@gmail.com ), Marissa Schwartz Gimelstein (marissalorenschwartz@gmail.com ), Sebastian Gregg (sebastian.gregg@gmail.com ), Cristi Sanchez (cristina.t.sanchez@gmail.com ) Marissa Stamler Candida , see Phil Cassel ’03 Alex Daly , see Meg Thomson Daly ’78 Ale de la Cruz attended the Atlanta area RE alumni reunion this past October. L-R: James Weaver ’90 , Janelle Weaver, Associate Head of School John King, Jordan Rubenstein ’02, Matt Tilghman ’05, Matt McGrath ’02, Sarah Gintel ’02 , RE Humanities Department Chair Jen Nero, Rafi Jimenez-Faisal ’17 , Ale and her husband Ricky. Thomas Willis chaired the Young Alumni event at the Taurus over Thanksgiving break. More than 150 alumni attended along with several faculty and former faculty members. The Class of 2014 had a very strong presence as alumni gathered early to celebrate their Five-Year Reunion. L-R: Ricky Lambert, Thomas Willis, Alina Mendoza, Alec Hyde ’11, Ellery Altshuler ’11 and Logan Roberts ’11. Also see Phil Cassel ’03 . 2005 Class Agents: Wifredo Fernandez (wifredo.fernandez@gmail.com ), Hillary Hertzberg (hillary@thejills. com), Daniel Lafuente (dmlafuente87@gmail.com ), Lara Levi Lauria (laraslevi@gmail.com ) Matt Beatus , see Moish Peltz ’04 Najee A. Coverson writes, “I got the opportunity to reminisce about the good old days and admire the amazing new improvements to the campus back in November 2019 with some of my oldest and best friends: Jordan Ziegler and Timmy Zenderman . The three of us will be reuniting again (along with Gilli Basto ) in Buenos Aires at the end of February!”