Lausanne Board of Trustees

Lausanne welcomed five new members to the Board of Trustees at the start of the 2020–2021 school year. These individuals are highly respected by the Lausanne community for their leadership, thoughtfulness and dedication to our school and to the broader Memphis community.

Mike Derrick

Michael G. Derrick is an attorney with Shuttleworth PLLC where he has practiced law for 27 years. Before entering private practice, he was Vice President and Counsel at Willis Corroon Nashville. Mike is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage Counsel, a Fellow in the Memphis Bar Foundation and a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Civil Mediator. He currently serves as a Commissioner on appointment by the Tennessee Supreme Court to the Tennessee Lawyer’s Assistance Program and sits on the board of directors of the TLAP Foundation.

Mike, a University of Tennessee alumnus, and wife Amy, a Florida Gator alumna, live in Germantown. They are blessed to have daughters Virginia ’21, who promises to attend neither Tennessee nor Florida, and Ashle’, who is currently overseas working on her PhD.

Igal Elfezouaty

Igal has been a serial entrepreneur since an early age. He holds an extensive background in agro related investments with a heavy focus in intensive horticulture and floriculture and holds the position of CEO and founder of Flower Business Park Ltd, Chairman and founder of Panda Flowers Ltd, co-founder of Plantech Kenya Ltd and founder of Aren Investments LLC.

Active in numerous social and environmental organizations for the past 20 years, Igal’s initiatives include Fair Trade Certified Flowers (Member), Naivasha Women’s Health Care Center (Member and Contractor) and Naivasha Children’s Shelter (Trustee), a rescue, rehabilitation and family reunification center focused on health, education and affordable housing in Kenya. Igal is married to Melissa Keng, who was an active parent within Lausanne Parent Connections (LPC) during their time at Lausanne, holding roles including Lausanne Auction Chair and Fall Carnival Chair three years in a row. Melissa is the co-founder of Kitty City, a cat rescue shelter serving Memphis and surrounding communities. Igal’s hobbies include, mentoring startups, offshore fishing and smoking beef. They are proud parents to Rachel and David, who both attended Lausanne from 2007-2015.

Igal and Melissa are committed to seeing Lausanne expand, improve and offer more learning opportunities to the children of Memphis. They are proud parents of Rachel ’15 and David ’18.

Eleanor French

Eleanor French has been with International Paper for 20 years and is currently the Director of Finance & Strategy for their North American Container business. She has a Masters of Business Administration from Wayne State University and received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University Bloomington with a major in Business Marketing Management. Prior to joining International Paper, she held several finance positions within the banking industry. Her current responsibilities include oversight for the finance function in North American Container for 180 facilities in the US, Mexico and Chile.

Eleanor serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Memphis and is a member of the Lausanne Finance Committee. She enjoys traveling, reading and spending time with her family. Eleanor and her husband, Stephan French, have two sons, Stephan II ’20 and Brendan ’23.

Esperanza King de Neglia ’06

Esperanza King de Neglia is a licensed attorney in Tennessee and works as an Associate at Wells & Associates, PLLC. She holds a JD from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from George Washington University. Espe serves as a board member for Latino Memphis and the Unity in Diversity Scholarship Banquet.

She is married to Aaron A. Neglia, and they are expecting their first child in December of 2020. They have two dogs; a bulldog, El Jefe, and a Doberman, Chula.

Richard Paessler

Richard Paessler is the President of Telarray, LLC, a registered investment advising company. He has been in the financial industry for 9 years and previously worked in aviation. Richard holds a bachelor’s degree in Aviation Maintenance Management from EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Memphis. Richard serves on the board for the Professional Development Center at the University of Memphis Fogelman College of Business and as a mentor for the Memphis Institute for Leadership.

He has two children, Lucas ’32 and Jane (6 mos), a future Lausanne Lynx.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019–2020

Peter Heist, President

Andy Wohlfarth ‘96, Vice President/

Development Committee Chair Scott Dawson, Vice President & Treasurer/

Finance Committee Chair Erin Ostrow ‘89, Vice President/Committee on Trustees Chair Kathy Gibson, Secretary

Max Aldrich Noma Anderson, Past President Lawson Arney Leo Bearman Brian Campbell Jacob Church ’00, Alumni Board President Tony Frye Lynette Gaillard Tom Hamic Theresa Heist, Lausanne Parent

Connections President Mary Ruth McKee Hunt ’77 Mike Lenz Naveen Manga Monika Natarajan Kush Shah Glenn Sigler Amy Barnes Wright ’82 Amin Zaki

PAST TRUSTEES

Phillip Adcock Joan Alperin William Applegate Debbie Jacobson Baer ’75 Jenny Baer Jim Barrasso Terinell Beaver ’73 Elionne Walker Belden ’69 Chuck Belina Anise Belz Stephen Biller Carolyn Blackett Fred Blackmon Adrian Blocker, Past President Joe Boals Darin Bommarito Louise Bonach Gordon Bondurant Bernie Bourgeois Donna Bourgeois Ritche Bowden Shannon Brown Frank Bryan Dee Dixon Buhr ’74 Lynn Burnett Mary Campbell, Past President Jim Canfield Rosa Caraballo-Smith Brack Carter Claude Chafin ’94 Cathy Chapman, Past President Julie Chinn Mike Cody, Past President Pamela Cox ’67 Patrick Danehy Kathy DeGive Sam Delk Marc Denton Dean Deyo Michael Dragutsky William Dunavant Jerry Ehrlich Hunt Eldridge Leslie Ferris Cindy Finestone Kathy Finley Peter Formanek H. Lance Forsdick Osama Gaber Gary Garland William Gaskill Bill Giles Jerry Gillis Harry Goldsmith Robert Goldsmith Marshall Gordon Bernard Grisoni Paul Guibao ’91 D.J. Guillory Pat Halloran Emily Hamilton John Hamilton Sharon Hammer Paula Heist Roy Hendrix Scott Hennessy, Past President Pinki Hof Robert Jackson Raymond Ke Marty Kelman, Past President Juliet Klein, Past President Ruth Kopcial Jim Lanier Steve Lawrence Joyce Lyon Tom Machen Tim Maharrey Barlow Mann Anne Mathes Mary McDonald John McDonnell, Past President John McGregor Kathryn Chapman Morelli ’77 Catherine Nicholls Robin Salky Orgel ’84 Marye Helen Owen ’74 Jim Pang Jack Paratore Louis Parvey Arnold Perl Steve Pletcher Nancy Prillaman Jarvis Reed Lyle Reid Richard Robinson, Past President Jake Ross Steven Ross Jennifer Sammons Elkan Scheidt Mike Schneider, Past President Mary Swihart Schupbach ’67 Leigh Shockey Leslie Shockey, Past President Robert Shockey Rob Shurley Frederick Sock Willard Sparks Ben Strafuss Rajesh Subramaniam Dan Taylor Priscilla M. Teixeira L.K. Thompson Joy Touliatos ’90 George Treadwell Nichole Treadwell Kurt Van Scoik Margaret Vanlandingham B.J. Wade David Wadlington, Past President Al Weir Darryl Williams Bert Wolf Suzy Young