Alumni Class Notes - January 2024

Once a Panther, always a Panther. Stay connected with each other, and your Pine Crest family by sharing your success, life events, the good and bad, and everything in between.

Professional Achievements

Ilana Wolpert ’11 is the writer and co-wrote the script for the upcoming full-length feature film "Anyone But You," to be released on December 22.

Jordan Isrow ’02 recently launched Isrow Legal P.A. and PureCounsel. Isrow Legal specializes in complex litigation, commercial transactions, corporate counseling, and government affairs. PureCounsel is an innovative digital marketplace for on-demand legal services. 

Kyle Garfinkle ’16 is the Owner and Director of Camp Lindenmere, an overnight, summer camp in the Pocono Mountains. 

Justin Wexler ’11 has been named one of Business Insider's 2023 Rising Stars of Venture Capital. 

Ian Singer ’00 was named Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale. 

Spotted

Eight swim team alumnae were on campus to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the 1993 girls swimming national championship team! The former swimmers, Eugenie O'Connor '94, Kara Goodin '93, Abbie Goff '95, Allison Sanders '95, Janey (Rountree) O'Brien '95, Keri King, Kalah (Tompkins) Fanning '95, and Coach David Zubero were handed a replica of the banner in their honor that hangs in Stacy Gym.

We welcomed Kristine Kovacs ’06 to campus for this year's Veteran's Day assembly.

Longtime friends from the Class of 1988 met up in Nashville, Tennessee recently. Leslie Perez, Lee (Pressley) Locke, Jodi (Thorz) Dawson, Vivian (Sneider) Sklar, Kim (Simeone) Tessitore, Holly (Hudson) Bodenweber, Natalie Umbert, Allison (Smith) Iosia, Jennifer (Busto) Grnja, Erica (Zeig) Crissy, Debbi (Morningstar) Bernstein, and (Tara Monteleone) McGinn.

Former basketball teammates and coaches celebrated their annual tradition of getting together. Left to right in the back row, Marvin Pierre ’09, Keith Parkinson ’11, Brandon Knight ’09, Greg Drozdow ’08, and Coach Ike Smith.  Left to right on the bottom, Aaron Scharf ’12, David Beckerman, and Travis Henry ’12.

Jennifer Aguirre ’11 poses with Coach Mariusz Podkoscileny, Pine Crest School Aquatics Director at NBC 6 News Studios where Jennifer serves as a Producer for South Florida Live. 

Marriages

Harrison Braun ’10 married Victoria Morris in Sarasota, Florida on October 28, 2023.

In Memoriam

Robert Blanford ’65 passed away on November 22, 2023, in Saginaw, Michigan.

Charles (Chip) Barger ’80 passed away December 20, 2023.