Alumni Class Notes - March 2026

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

Domingo Latorraca ’82 was recently ratified as Board Member of the Panama Canal Authority, the entity responsible for the operation of the Panama Canal.

Jodi Furr Colton ’93 has been selected as the new Family Law Department Chair at Brinkley Morgan law firm.

Shannon (Blackwell) Budnick ’89 was named one of the 2026 Business Women First Enterprising Women Awards honorees!

Jared Firestone ’08 not only competed in the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, but served as the flag bearer for Team Israel during the opening ceremony. 

Spotted

Nicole Hisam Gorton ’86, Mia Vitale Riedmiller ’84 and Robin Brown Holloway ’84 attended a basketball tournament at MIT and connected with freshman student-athlete Francesca Garfi ’25!

An annual tradition of basketball players from the Classes of 2004 to 2015 getting together with their former coach, David Beckerman.

We were honored to welcome 16 alumni back to campus this quarter. Here are 15 of them signing their names on the Alumni Wall:

Mary Chandry ’97

Ben Fader Rattner ’99

Troy Noesser ’24 and Mehak Gadh ’25

Sabrina Kreiss ’21 

John Leech ’56 

Dr. Danielle Gilbert ’04

Errol Christian ’03

Zoe Antonio ’25

Nadine Kurten ’01

Jack Cole ’25 

Sammie Spector ’13 

Gaston Mendez ’99 

Mattox Weingarden ’25 

Camila Cervantes-Flores ’25 

Katherine Jovanovic ’17 completed the Boston 10K for Women!

Tracey Cooper ’85 was on campus recently. He still holds the School record for the high jump!

Major Heather (Udell) Kelly ’09 presented to fourth grade students ahead of their annual trip to Kennedy Space Center. She shared that her class trip there launched her path to becoming a Program Manager for the Space Dominance Branch at the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM.

Nathan ’25, Andrew ’27 and Gordon ’97 Chen celebrated Andrew's state runner-up title at the FHSAA State Championship Wrestling Tournament! 

Chandler Cissel  ’14, Brooke Gilbert  ’20 and Jana Blackwell ’81 at Mardi Gras.

Rachel (Quigley) Gerli ’05 and Andrew Malcolm ’05 on the roof of the Department of the Interior watching the Washington Monument light show as part of the Freedom 250 celebration.

Marriages

Anabel Starosta ’13, married Jonathan Amsili in Cartagena, Colombia, on January 25, 2026.

Michael Rothenberg ’17 married Gracy Whitaker in Villages of Golf, Florida on December 6, 2025.

Annie (Cassius) Kubiliun ’16 married Jake Kubiliun on November 9, 2025

Lauren Shapiro ’09 married Reid Peterson on November 22, 2025.