--- title: Alumni Class Notes - March 2026 description: Notes from Pine Crest School alumni about professional achievements, on-campus engagement and more! image: https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Nicole%20Hisam%20Gorton%2086%2c%20Francesca%20Garfi%2025%20%2c%20Mia%20Vitale%20Riedmiller%2084%20Robin%20Brown%20Holloway%20%2084.jpg --- [ pine crest school ](https://www.pinecrest.edu/) [#PCFutureReady](https://www.pinecrest.edu/media?SearchExpression=#PCFutureReady) Fort Lauderdale Campus 1501 NE 62nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334 [(954) 492-4100](tel:9544924100) Boca Raton Campus 2700 St. Andrews Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida 33434 [(561) 852-2800](tel:5618522800) - [inquire](https://www.pinecrest.edu/inquire) - [apply](https://www.pinecrest.edu/apply) - [visit](https://www.pinecrest.edu/visit) # Alumni Class Notes - March 2026 Posted by [Pine Crest School](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/author/pine-crest-school) on March 31, 2026 at 4:39 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Once a Panther, always a Panther. [Stay connected](https://www.pinecrest.edu/alumni/share-news) 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](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Domingo%20Latorraca%2082.jpeg?width=300&height=225&name=Domingo%20Latorraca%2082.jpeg) [Domingo Latorraca ’82](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/domingo-latorraca-82) was recently ratified as Board Member of the Panama Canal Authority, the entity responsible for the operation of the Panama Canal.       ![IMG_3251](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_3251.png?width=300&height=226&name=IMG_3251.png) Jodi Furr Colton ’93 has been selected as the new Family Law Department Chair at Brinkley Morgan law firm.       ![IMG_3256](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_3256.png?width=300&height=296&name=IMG_3256.png) Shannon Blackwell Budnick ’89 was named one of the 2026 Business Women First Enterprising Women Awards honorees!           ![Jared Firestone Flag at Milano Cortina games](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Jared%20Firestone%20Flag%20at%20Milano%20Cortina%20games.jpeg?width=300&height=168&name=Jared%20Firestone%20Flag%20at%20Milano%20Cortina%20games.jpeg) 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.    ![Kyle Martin 22](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Kyle%20Martin%2022.jpeg?width=300&height=496&name=Kyle%20Martin%2022.jpeg) Kyle Martin ’22 was recognized as the 2026 Florida State University Health Services Student of the Year.                       ## [![Share News with Pine Crest School](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1)   ## Spotted 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 ‘97-1-1](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Mary%20Chandry%20%E2%80%9897-1-1.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Mary%20Chandry%20%E2%80%9897-1-1.jpeg) Mary Chandry ’97 ![Ben fader rattner ‘99](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Ben%20fader%20rattner%20%E2%80%9899.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=Ben%20fader%20rattner%20%E2%80%9899.jpeg) Ben Fader Rattner ’99 ![Troy Noesser ’24 and Mehak Gadh ’25](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_2293.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_2293.jpg) Troy Noesser ’24 and Mehak Gadh ’25 ![Sabrina Kreiss '21](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_9857.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_9857.jpeg) Sabrina Kreiss ’21  ![John Leech ’56](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_2179.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_2179.jpeg) John Leech ’56  ![Dr. Danielle Gilbert ’04](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_2501.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_2501.jpeg) Dr. Danielle Gilbert ’04 ![Errol Christian 03](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_2638.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_2638.jpg) Errol Christian ’03 ![Zoe Antonio '25](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_2836.jpg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_2836.jpg) Zoe Antonio ’25 ![Nadine Kurten ’01](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1409.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1409.jpeg) Nadine Kurten ’01 ![Jack Cole](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1571.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1571.jpeg) Jack Cole ’25  ![Sammie Spector 13](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1397.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1397.jpeg) Sammie Spector ’13  ![Gaston Mendez ](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1502.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1502.jpeg) Gaston Mendez ’99  ![Mattox Weingarden ’25 ](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1385.jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1385.jpeg) Mattox Weingarden ’25  ![Camila Cervantes-Flores](https://3951591.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/3951591/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_1400%20(1).jpeg?width=1200&length=1200&name=IMG_1400%20(1).jpeg) Camila Cervantes-Flores ’25   ![image3](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/image3.jpeg?width=640&height=480&name=image3.jpeg)An annual tradition of basketball players from the Classes of 2004 to 2015 getting together with their former coach, David Beckerman.  ![katherinejovanovic boston10k](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/katherinejovanovic%20boston10k.jpg?width=300&height=393&name=katherinejovanovic%20boston10k.jpg)Katherine Jovanovic ’17 completed the Boston 10K for Women!                 ![Tracey Cooper 85](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Tracey%20Cooper%2085.jpeg?width=300&height=225&name=Tracey%20Cooper%2085.jpeg)Tracey Cooper ’85 was on campus recently. He still holds the School record for the high jump!                 ![Heather Udell Zoom](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Heather%20Udell%20Zoom.png?width=300&height=176&name=Heather%20Udell%20Zoom.png) 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 94 Chen](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Nathan%2025%2c%20Andrew%2027%20and%20Chris%2094%20Chen.jpeg?width=300&height=225&name=Nathan%2025%2c%20Andrew%2027%20and%20Chris%2094%20Chen.jpeg)Nathan ’25, Andrew ’27 and Gordon ’97 Chen celebrated Andrew's state runner-up title at the FHSAA State Championship Wrestling Tournament!                ![IMG_8038](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/IMG_8038.jpeg?width=300&height=244&name=IMG_8038.jpeg)Chandler Cissel  ’14, Brooke Gilbert  ’20 and Jana Blackwell ’81 at Mardi Gras.           ![E62752B5-4BF6-416B-BE6C-D5BF22A82865_1_105_c](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/E62752B5-4BF6-416B-BE6C-D5BF22A82865_1_105_c.jpeg?width=300&height=400&name=E62752B5-4BF6-416B-BE6C-D5BF22A82865_1_105_c.jpeg) 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   ![Starosta Wedding](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Starosta%20Wedding.jpg?width=300&height=451&name=Starosta%20Wedding.jpg)Anabel Starosta ’13, married Jonathan Amsili in Cartagena, Colombia, on January 25, 2026.                   ![Mike Rothenberg wedding](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/December%202025/Mike%20Rothenberg%20wedding.png?width=300&height=334&name=Mike%20Rothenberg%20wedding.png) Michael Rothenberg ’17 married Gracy Whitaker in Villages of Golf, Florida on December 6, 2025.             ![Annie Cassius Wedding](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Annie%20Cassius%20Wedding.jpg?width=300&height=450&name=Annie%20Cassius%20Wedding.jpg) Annie (Cassius) Kubiliun ’16 married Jake Kubiliun on November 9, 2025                   ![Lauren Shapiro wedding](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Lauren%20Shapiro%20wedding.jpg?width=300&height=450&name=Lauren%20Shapiro%20wedding.jpg) Lauren Shapiro ’09 married Reid Peterson on November 22, 2025.                     ![Madison Dearman 19_engagement-1](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202026/Madison%20Dearman%2019_engagement-1.jpeg?width=300&height=223&name=Madison%20Dearman%2019_engagement-1.jpeg)Congratulations to Madison Dearman ’19 and Justin Fisher on their recent engagement! 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