--- title: Alumni Class Notes - July 2020 description: Notes from Pine Crest School alumni about professional achievements, on-campus engagement, and more! image: https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/CathyMadigan73.png --- [ 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 - July 2020 Posted by [Pine Crest School](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/author/pine-crest-school) on July 16, 2020 at 2:32 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: ![lindsay weisner](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/lindsay%20fancy%20happy%206.jpg?width=300&name=lindsay%20fancy%20happy%206.jpg)**Dr. Lindsay (Kallan) Weisner** **’95**, Psy. D. released her first non-fiction book, ["Ten Steps To Finding Happy,"](https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Steps-Finding-Happy-Satisfaction/dp/0996430660/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=selene+castrovilla&qid=1581521872&sr=8-4) a self-help book on making yourself happier.  The book features work  from fellow alumnae **Candice Hoyes ’95**, jazz musician, and **Nicole Glassman**, Holistic Health Guru and owner of Mindful Health Holistic Nutrition. ![PFarood](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/PFarood.jpg?width=300&name=PFarood.jpg)**Pari Forood** **’76 **has wrapped up a four year tour speaking about the 2015 release of ["The Gates of Light."](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0988450321/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) The book is about working on Capitol Hill in the 1980's for a Congressman from New York. While there and working on immigration reform, she was pulled into helping the flight of her cousin from Iran to the U.S.A.   ![DylanGeller](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/DylanGeller.jpg?width=300&name=DylanGeller.jpg) **Dylan Geller ’19 **was selected to be a student manager for the Duke Men’s Basketball Team.  ** ** ![CathyMadigan73](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/CathyMadigan73.png?width=300&name=CathyMadigan73.png)**Cathy Madigan** **’73** received the Lulu Wolf Hassenplug Alumni Award for Distinguished Career in Nursing from Vanderbilt University. She is Chief Nurse Executive for the University of North Carolina Health Care System and Associate Dean for practice at the UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing.   ![Alexandra Rubinstein Levitt Headshot](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Alexandra%20Rubinstein%20Levitt%20Headshot.jpeg?width=300&name=Alexandra%20Rubinstein%20Levitt%20Headshot.jpeg)**Alexandra (Rubinstein) Levitt** **’09 **recently returned to South Florida after living in New York City.  She is now a real estate agent with the Koolik Group at Compass Realty.    **![deyoungheadshot](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/deyoungheadshot.jpeg?width=252&name=deyoungheadshot.jpeg)John De Young** **’11 **is a television news producer at CBS News 4 Miami. He joins fellow alumna and news anchor Lauren (Granado) Pastrana ’05 at the network.           **![Holland Descartes 13](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Holland%20Descartes%2013.jpg?width=300&name=Holland%20Descartes%2013.jpg)Descartes** **Holland** **’13 **was the recipient of the Johnson Space Center Group Achievement Award "for exceptional performance by the Habitable Airlock (HAL) Design, Integration, Test, and Evaluation Project Team," presented by Mark Geyer, Director of Johnson Space Center.  Descartes helped design and implement software to support this module. The software was designed to be general-purpose and is currently being used at multiple centers within the agency. The module itself may be a part of future deep-space gateway missions. ![KBodner](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/KBodner.jpeg?width=300&name=KBodner.jpeg)**Katie Bodner ’11** earned her Ph.D in Bioengineering from Stanford University as a Hertz-Draper Fellow and Stanford Graduate Fellow. Dr. Bodner started a new field of research exploring how bacterial viruses influence the human immune system. Her work has been published in scientific journals, including Nature Chemical Biology and Cell Systems, and has led to a patent and foundational technology for a start-up therapeutics company.   ## Spotted: ![tommysullivan](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/tommysullivan.png?width=300&name=tommysullivan.png) **Tommy Sullivan ’17 **delivered the sports segment on Univisión at the University of Miami!  Scroll over to the 11:30 mark [in the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEDjSXBt4hY&feature=youtu.be) for his segment.            ![AllysonSamiljan68](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/AllysonSamiljan68.png?width=300&name=AllysonSamiljan68.png)**Allyson (Staley) Samiljan ’68** retired recently from the YWCA of Palm Beach County after more than ten years managing Communications and Special Events. She fulfilled a bucket list item by appearing, and winning one game on Jeopardy.  ## Marriages: ![Blair Willis](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/0821161831a-1.jpg?width=300&name=0821161831a-1.jpg)**Blair (Waters) Willis** **’71 **and her husband Stu are celebrating 45 years of marriage! They have two sons and four grandchildren, and live in northern Idaho.                  ![Kate 00 and Eric Dobbie](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Kate%2000%20and%20Eric%20Dobbie.jpeg?width=300&name=Kate%2000%20and%20Eric%20Dobbie.jpeg) **Kate (Weihe) Dobbie** **’00 **married Eric Dobbie on December 7, 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kate's wedding party included her siblings and fellow alumni **Ally Weihe ’08, Brooke (Weihe) Edge ’98, and Will Weihe ’10.**             ![Adam and Alexandra Levitt-1](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Adam%20and%20Alexandra%20Levitt-1.jpeg?width=300&name=Adam%20and%20Alexandra%20Levitt-1.jpeg)**Alexandra (Rubinstein) Levitt** **’09 **married Adam Levitt on November 23, 2019.                         ![Harrison Leiberfarb and Caroline Brand](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Harrison%20Leiberfarb%20and%20Caroline%20Brand.jpg?width=300&name=Harrison%20Leiberfarb%20and%20Caroline%20Brand.jpg)**Harrison Lieberfarb ’09** and **Caroline Brand ’10** are recently engaged! Reminiscing about their days at Pine Crest (including senior prom dates), Harrison said, "Pine Crest will always be a huge part of our lives, and we think of everyone there often." ## In Memoriam:   ![Bobby and Vanessa (Bancroft) Drackett ’82](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/June%202020/Bobby%20and%20Vanessa%20(Bancroft)%20Drackett%20%E2%80%9982.jpg?width=300&name=Bobby%20and%20Vanessa%20(Bancroft)%20Drackett%20%E2%80%9982.jpg)**Robert "Bobby" Drackett** **’82 **passed away on June 12, 2020. 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