Alumni Events

Young Alumni Lunch • January 7, 2020

The annual Young Alumni Lunch on campus in early January brings together LFA’s college students for a fun afternoon of food and conversation in the Garden Room in Reid Hall. Faculty and current students drop by to say hello and to hear how LFA’s most recent graduates are doing at university. One of the most popular events on the alumni engagement calendar, the lunch brought together more than 80 alumni and teachers this year.

Blake Cedergren ’17 (left) with Hunter Wolff ’17 (Peter Corsiglia ’17 is pictured in the background with Cam Reidy ’17) l to r: Nate Koh ’20, Terry Li ’19, Liam Larsen ’19, and Sky Wang ’20

LFA English and Journalism Teacher Mandy Krause (right) with Teni Bakare ’19

Lena Ansari ’19 (left) and Carrington Newsome ’19

Photo Credit: Pfoertner Photography

Seattle, Wash., and Naples, Fla.

In November 2019 and February 2020, Head of School José M. De Jesús P’22 visited with alumni, alumni parents and friends at receptions in Seattle and in Naples, Fla. Since being named Head of School, De Jesús has had interaction with more than 1,700 alumni, parents and alumni parents at events on campus and throughout the country.

In Seattle, De Jesús attended a reception hosted by Rosamond “Roz” Edison ’91 at the Birch Road Cellar that included parents and alumni from the Class of 1948 (Dick Bressler) through the Classes of 2015 and 2016 (Jordan Wolff and Morgan Baylor).

In Naples, he attended a luncheon with alumni, alumni parents and friends at the Port Royal Club, a gathering hosted by alumnus Phil Collins ’69 and his aunt, Lavern “Lal” Norris Gaynor ’41. At the luncheon, alumnus Michael Springer ’71 and alumni parent Jill Selati P’14, P’19, shared their thoughts about the Academy, the importance it played in their lives or the lives of their children and why they direct their philanthropy to LFA.

College Dinner Series: Case Western Reserve University

January 16, 2020

(clockwise from bottom left): Jinny Hong ’16, Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso, Alexander Mullarkey ’16 and Liam Larsen ’19.

Black Student Union Lunch

On Sunday, February 23, 2020, in celebration of Black History Month, nearly two dozen students in the LFA’s Black Student Union gathered in the JC Cowart Student Center on campus for a soul food lunch and conversation with area alumni. This was the second consecutive year that students met with alumni to talk about their experiences at the Academy and to make connections that will last a lifetime. History and Social Science Teacher Ackim Mpofu and Asst. Dean of Pluralism and Multicultural Affairs and Modern and Classical Languages Teacher Tameka Carter facilitated the gathering.

Front row: Kingston, son of Life Trustee Regina Spellers Sims ’85; Second row: Taylor Moore ’17; Third row (l to r): Shaliya Heard ’20, Caitlin Anasi ’20, Giselle Annan ’20, Alumni Advisory Board member Gail Gadberry ’85, P’14, Life Trustee Regina Spellers Sims ’85; Fourth row (l to r): Ramya Herman ’21, LFA History and Social Science Teacher Ackim Mpofu, Marlena Stathos ’20, Jaiyenan English ’20, Kayla Kuehmann ’20, Angela Levi P’21, Eden Kalaj-Rice ’21, School Counselor and Seminar Department Chair Jen Madeley P’11, ’14; Back row, l to r: Johnnie Johnson ’01, Trustee Duane Jackson ’01, Margeaux McReynolds ’02, Marylin Wen ’20, Michael Xing ’23, Rohan Vashi ’23, Heewoong Kim ’23, Braeden Murray ’23, Halbert Kim ’21, Brian Figueroa ’21, Thales Gao ’23, Bill Le ’23, Aaron Zhang ’23, and Asst. Dean of Pluralism and Multicultural Affairs and Modern and Classical Languages Teacher Tameka Carter and her husband, Vernon Richardson.

Alumni Events

Josh Rothstein Young Alumni-Student Networking Night

LFA celebrated its sixth annual networking night for students and alumni on March 4, 2020. This year, the event was rebranded in honor of Josh Rothstein ’05, a budding entrepreneur who died during his sophomore year at LFA. His mom, Nancy, and friend Roger Oronsaye ’05 proudly represented the family at this event. The goal of the gathering is to connect current students with young alumni professionals for conversation about college, internships, and careers.

Josh Rothstein ’05

(l to r): Head of School José M. De Jesús P’22; Peter Kane ’03 VP at Goldman Sachs, Consumer and Investment Management Division; Wes Annan ’15, Consultant at Guidehouse; Izabela Tyszka ’13, Project Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Impact at Horizon Therapeutics; Amelia Moses ’13, Managing Director of Notam Branding LLC; Kathleen Kennedy ’11, Account Manager, Global Business Group at Facebook; Samantha Moore ’09, Software Engineer, Chicago Trading Company; Rick Lindstrom ’06, VP, Projects at Jones Lang LaSalle; along with Roger Oronsaye ’05, a close friend of Josh Rothstein, Nancy Rothstein and Asst. Head of School and Dean of Students and Academic Affairs Chris Tennyson.

Samantha Moore ’09, Software Engineer, Chicago Trading Company, with Sunny Sun ’22

A full house in the Little Theater in Reid Hall as students from all grades join alumni to talk about college and careers.

Izabela Tyszka ’13, Project Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability & Impact at Horizon Therapeutics, with Mia Castle ’20 on left

Rick Lindstrom ’06 (right foreground) with (clockwise from bottom left): Ben Kolontyrskiy ’22, Alex Zhou ’20, Sebastian Delgado ’21, Rohan Miglani ’21, and Conor Fryer ’21

Peter Kane ’03, VP at Goldman Sachs, Consumer and Investment Management Division

Mimi Moses ’13, Managing Director of Notam Branding LLC

Kathleen Kennedy ’11, Account Manager, Global Business Group at Facebook

Wes Annan ’15, Consultant at Guidehouse in Chicago

Head of School José M. De Jesús P’22 with Nancy Rothstein P’05 and Andrea De Jesús P’22

Alumni Events

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. • February 20, 2020

The annual alumni reception in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on February 20, 2020, brought together three generations of heads of school, the Hodgkinses P’82, ’85, GP’19, the Strudwicks P’13, ’15, ’18 and José M. De Jesús P’22, at the home of Life Trustees Tom ’53 and Bondy Hodgkins.

Pictured are (seated, l to r): Gay Grumhaus P’86, Susie Spiel P’82, ’84, Jean Royster Smiley ’56, Bondy Hodgkins P’82, ’85, GP’19, Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18; (middle row, seated): Teddi Siragusa; (standing, l to r:) Director of Alumni Engagement Ruth Keyso, Dick Siragusa ’53, Todd Woloson, Eliza Ellsworth Woloson ’85, George Spiel P’82, ’84, Tom Hodgkins ’53, P’82, ’85, GP’19, José M. De Jesús P’22 and John Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18.

Susie Spiel P’82, ’84, Teddi Siragusa and Gay Grumhaus P’86

Jean Royster Smiley ’56 and Loring Strudwick P’13, ’15, ’18