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tampa preparatory school
for students in grades 6–12
a place to…
think
Where a rigorous grounding in skills and knowledge is just the beginning — where
teachers and students share inquiry, re?ection and analysis on the path to personal
understanding.
create
Where people celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on
canvas, computer and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies.
be yourself
Where people respect di=erences and can >nd their place in a diverse community.
aspire to excellence
Where students develop winning attitudes in academics, athletics and arts.
is 2014 your reunion year?
go beyond
To initiate a reunion weekend or party, first please contact
Where Florida Keys, North Carolina mountains, museums, concert halls and
Mrs. Kennedy, rkennedy@tampaprep.org. Planning begins
community service become classrooms that foster deeper understandings of one’s
by connecting with members of your class through Facebook
2014 reunions
self, others and the world.
or through the Alumni Online Community.
start planning your reunion now!
r 5-year: Class of 2009
r 10-year: Class of 2004
r 15-year: Class of 1999
r 20-year: Class of 1994
r 25-year: Class of 1989
r 30-year: Class of 1984
r 35-year: Class of 1979
more than just a college preparatory school…
a preparation for life with a higher purpose than self
reunions: just another reason why
it’s great! to be! a tampa prep terrapin!
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laughing in ap music theory class, katie hochhausler, grade 10; kristen
mcfarren, grade 12; sam martin, grade 12; esther schneider, grade 12
Contents
spring 2014 tempo
3 head’s message
5 on the terrapin trail
the tampa preparatory school magazine
volume 31 issue 1
13 changemakers
21 annual report 2012–13
39 alumni news
44 the scoop: celebrations
and news of note
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Introducing Carl Carlson, Director of the Upper School;
Opening Convocation Address, Anddrikk Frazier ’94;
Presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award; Visiting
Author: Ruta Sepetys; 2014 Careers Program Debunks
Students’ Preconceptions
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changemakers
Adam Dalton ’00: Asking the Big Questions; Alex Novitzky ’03:
Inventor; Kaitlyn Armstrong ’08: Answering the Call
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golf outing 2013
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annual report
Giving Matters, Susan Depatie; Annual Fund Giving at a
Glance; Giving in 2012–13; Why We Give: Michael and Stacy
Leeds; Being A Terrapin Matters, Anne Giles; Opportunity
Matters: Tanya Olson ’10, Founders Scholar; Education
Matters: Zak Mesyan ’97
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alumni news
Summer in Montana, Taylor Burdge ’12; Class of 1993 TwentyYear Reunion; Class of 2003 Ten-Year Reunion; The Scoop;
In Memoriam; Jessica Euliano ’03: Animal Trainer; Traveling
Terrapin
front cover: Underwater Robotics in the stem classroom,
Clark Mishler, photographer. photography credits: Clark
Mishler, Robin Kennedy, Katie Hehn, and Studio Artistry.
Thanks
tampa preparatory school
board of trustees
Gail D. Bernucca, President
Jeffrey C. Mitchell, Vice President
Kenneth D. Fullerton, Secretary/Treasurer
Maureen S. Ayral
Bruce D. Burdge
Christine M. Burdick Ex-officio,
Tampa Downtown Partnership President
Charles H. Carver
Matthew R. Danahy, ’79
Eric C. Ebbert
John P. F. Fahey ’90 Ex-officio, President,
Alumni Association
Ira Federer
Laurel H. Fredlake
Donna Hatton Ex-officio, TPPA President
Gail Golman Holtzman
Steven H. Mezer
Donna J. Petersen
Kevin M. Plummer Ex-officio,
Head of School
Todd W. Schlemmer
Arne Skjaerpe
Jon Solomon
Steve Torres
M. Penny Vinik
Jamal M. Wilson, ’93
Christine Newkirk Zettel, ’85
Edward L. Zollinger
trustees emeritae/i
David M. Delo (deceased)
William A. Krusen, Sr. (deceased)
Cathy R. Smith
Robert A. Walter
editor
Robin Kennedy
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Giving
Welcome to the Annual Report issue of
Tempo. This issue is a celebration of our
community and its support of Tampa
Preparatory School. Parents, faculty,
alumni, students, friends of Prep, foundations, businesses and the Board of
Trustees have demonstrated an unyielding
commitment to Prep through giving and
service. While this report does not capture
the incredible amount of volunteer hours
the school also receives from the parents
and friends of Prep, please know that we
are deeply appreciative of your support,
engagement and interest in the school.
Simply put, without volunteers and the
generosity of the community that cares
for Prep, we would not be the school or
community that models and lives the
Mission, “a higher purpose than self.”
I turn to two sources to define philanthropy to provide a common definition
for my remarks. These definitions also
provide the community platform to
understand my gratitude.
r Merriman-Webster Dictionary:
phi • lan • thro • py: the practice of giving
money and time to help make life better
for other people
Origin of PHILANTHROPY: Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek philanthrōpia, from
philanthrōpos loving people, from phil- +
anthrōpos human being. First known use:
circa 1623.
r Wikipedia: Philanthropy etymologically
means “love of humanity” in the sense of
caring, nourishing, developing and enhanc-
Without volunteers and the generosity
of the community that cares for Prep, we
would not be the school or community
that models and lives [our] Mission.
Our “practice of giving” has without
question helped make life better for the
students of Prep. Charitable giving matters at Prep; it is important for our community to know how giving has elevated
our program and student services. I am
honored to share a brief and diverse list
of wonderful opportunities giving has
provided.
ing “what it is to be human” on both the
benefactors’ (by identifying and exercising
their values in giving and volunteering)
and beneficiaries’ (by benefiting) parts.
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r The Lightning-Crozier Fund financial-
ly supports the breadth and depth of
the student experience that our
Academy Prep alumni students experience at Tampa Prep.
r The success of our current iPad 1:1
program found its roots in an initial
gift of ten iPads to the English department three years ago. Our school was
fortunate to be on the forefront of this
emerging technology as the most ubiquitous tablet was unveiled to the
world.
r Need-based Financial Aid, primarily
funded as a line item within the overall school budget, continues to receive
additional support that strengthens the
socio-economic diversity of the School.
r Giving provides additional support for
faculty professional development, more
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In Assembly, Mr. Plummer spoke to students
about safety during the Gasparilla Parade
and festivities, a subject he takes seriously.
specifically giving supports two members from every academic department
to attend the national conference in
their subject area. We are therefore
present in the national educational
conversation and have recently become
regular presenters as well.
r Our visiting artist and speaker series
has opened up a new world of conversation and experiences for our students. From Astronaut Shane
Kimbrough to author Ruta Sepetys,
our students have been exposed to and
had conversations with intellectual
and experiential changemakers and
consequently are inspired to dream
bigger dreams.
r Support for Foreign Languages has
strengthened our school’s commitment
to language fluency, led to the creation
of travel experiences and created a
sense of urgency to participate in
extracurricular language competitions.
r “Brick and mortar” additions to the
School—a byproduct of curricular
innovation—building and renovation
projects have been supported to provide the learning spaces critical to
21st-century education, and giving has
been critical to the internal refinement
of our institution as evidenced by the
classroom of tomorrow, the digital
video studio, the Student Center, Peifer
Library renovation, the Schlemmer
Family Engineering and Robotics
Center, the College Counseling suite
and its Marshall Family Conference
room and the pending renovation to
the Middle School.
This brief list only scratches the surface
of the tremendous impact of giving to
Prep. Does giving matter? Yes it does!
One of the characteristics shared by
the finest schools in America (universities, colleges and early education through
secondary schools), is the maturity of
their philanthropic support. Annual charitable contributions, endowment growth,
planned giving and volunteering are the
three critical areas schools need and point
to as a demonstration of support, understanding of mission and commitment to
their students and faculty. I believe we
are one of the finest schools in America
and we are boldly continuing the process
of developing, strengthening and recognizing the philanthropic support of
Tampa Preparatory School.
Proudly, philanthropic giving at Prep
has grown each and every year. This is a
testament to how our community has
understood and understands the needs of
the School and our community has
demonstrated a profound and important
willingness to share its “time, talent and
treasure.” Parent participation in the
Annual Fund has steadily grown over the
last seven years and in that time 100% of
the Board of Trustees, the faculty, the staff
and administration of Tampa Preparatory
School has given to the Annual Fund. This
is a point of pride for us.
Thus, giving demonstrates our “love of
people,” our love and support of this
community and our dedication to ensure
that this institution has the resources to
fulfill our promise to research, analyze,
engage and develop the program, experiences, opportunities and facilities that
will answer the question, “What is best
for students?”
We thank you for your gift and sincerely apologize if there are errors or
omissions in this report. T
Kevin M. Plummer
Head of School
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Mr. Carlson’s friendly smile is his trademark.
Introducing Carl Carlson, Director of the Upper School
Although it’s the first time in his academic career that he hasn’t coached basketball, Carl Carlson is happily making
do by coaching his youngest son’s ymca
team. Invigorated by the Tampa Prep
“vibe,” the students and the school’s
overall jovial ambiance are making a difference for him, too.
Mr. Carlson’s background is Old
School. His parents were boarding school
teachers at Lawrence Academy in
Massachusetts and Carl is a graduate of
Groton School. He attended Wesleyan
University where he received a B.A. in
Economics. His first teaching job was at
St. Mark’s School in Massachusetts where
he lived in the dorm, coached three
sports, and taught math for four years.
He met his wife, Alison, at St. Mark’s and
they became engaged. Because his career
plan always included getting an advanced
degree, he took a year off from teaching
to go to Harvard and, in 1995, he
received his Master of Education degree.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlson landed next at
the Taft School in Connecticut where
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at left: The Carlson family upon arrival, Allison, Owen, Cameron, Zachary and Carl. above: Mr.
Carlson goes over Erin Hollar’s transcript during Senior Orientation.
I like the way the School continues to be the same place it’s
always been, by reflecting the Mission in all the ways
that it does, while continuing to be open to change, too.
they lived on campus and taught, he continuing to teach math, AP Economics and
coach. A few years later the Carlsons took
a sabbatical year in Aix-en-Provence,
France, with their two boys Cameron and
Owen, then 5 and 3. While there, Mr.
Carlson became proficient in French and
the Carlson family traveled extensively in
England, France, Italy and Spain. He
documented their travels in a 200-page
travel journal. In January of that year
their third son, Zachary, was born. Upon
their return to the U.S., he became Taft’s
Dean of Students.
When the position of Director of the
Upper School became available, Mr.
Carlson submitted his resumé. On his
visit to the School as a candidate, he
found that the School’s Mission was in
line with his experience. He also liked
the people.
“Being new to a school always presents surprising challenges. Every school
has a written mission coupled with an
unwritten culture. At Tampa Prep these
are fairly closely aligned, but there are
places where they diverge, and it is interesting to figure this out. Like any great
school, people make the difference.
Tampa Prep has outstanding leadership
and a tremendous faculty and staff,” Mr.
Carlson said.
Mr. Carlson arrived at Tampa Prep
with the idea that he didn’t want to make
major changes right away. He found that
parents and others in the school community are interested in his perspective
because of his experience at other schools.
“School culture affects how you adapt. I
like the fact that Tampa Prep isn’t afraid
to make changes,” he commented.
“Making it a priority to learn as many
students’ names as possible and putting a
candy bowl on my desk makes the kids
want to come in and sit down. Going to
sports events and arts performances helps,
too,” he added. “There is so much going
on at Tampa Prep. I like the way the
School continues to be the same place it’s
always been, by reflecting the Mission in
all the ways that it does, while continuing
to be open to change, too.” T
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Opening Convocation Address
by anddrikk frazier ’94
l–r: Anddrikk Frazier ’94, Convocation Speaker; Kevin Plummer, Head of School; John Fahey ’90,
President of the Alumni Association; Bud Meadows ’85, Distinguished Alumnus
Good afternoon, Tampa Preparatory
Headmaster Kevin Plummer, Board
members, Faculty, Administration, Guests
and, most importantly, Students of the
2014 school year. I am honored to address
you this year during Convocation.
When I was first approached by
Alumni Director Robin Kennedy about
the opportunity to participate in this
year’s Convocation ceremony, a couple of
thoughts instantly came to mind: I must
be getting old when these type of
requests are coming in; what in God’s
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green earth am I going to talk about; and
I’d better not bomb this or Ariana is
going to have a tough junior year.
For several reasons, this year has been
a constant reminder that the hands of
time are not slowing down for me. A salt
and pepper spray has mysteriously
appeared in my goatee; I spent two hours
at the dmv in March waiting for Ariana
to get her driver’s license; and just last
week after a trip to Disney, my four-yearold, Alivia, started crying when she put
the Tangled disk in the blue ray player
and it only played music instead of a
movie. Where has the time gone?
Twenty years ago I sat where you seniors are positioned today with some glaring similarities, I’m sure. I was excited
about approaching the finish line of secondary education, looking forward to
selecting where I would be furthering my
academic career in college and nervous as
heck about not completing my summer
reading list.
In 1993 there were also several minor
differences I was faced with compared
with you seniors today. I had to spend
three weeks tracking down the books
needed for AP English, AP Biology, and
Mr. Bradshaw’s American History Class (I
refused to face Mr. Jalbert’s AP Calculus
class and chance a blemish in my perfect
academic record). I had to dig into my
black book (if I didn’t have it memorized) to find my best friend Jared
Capouya’s phone number to call him on
his house phone and leave a message on
his answering machine to remind him to
pick up Carl Thomas and me for the first
day of school. In order to pick up the new
Snoop Dogg album, I physically had to go
to Circuit City and make a major decision, whether to buy the CD which would
skip every time someone breathed on my
handheld CD player, or purchase the tape
which guaranteed that I would wear the
words off within two months by playing
over and over and over again in my
Walkman. It wasn’t as simple as downloading my books on my iPad, or sending
Jared a text message, tweet, or instagram
from my smart phone, or going to Vevo,
YouTube, or Bearshare to download
Snoop Dogg on my iPod, iPad, or iPhone
to listen with perfect studio sounds
through my Beats by Dre’ Headphones.
In the last 20 years technology has
grown astronomically, but we have to
remember that technology is a tool by
which civilizations can make enormous
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Presentation of the Distinguished Alumnus Award
John Fahey ’90, President of the Alumni
As students in the early ’80s, Bud and Ron
Association, presented the Distinguished Award
Meadows could be counted on to lead the cheer-
to Bud Meadows ’85 at the Opening
ing at games and perform hilarious skits in
Convocation. And he presented it again to Ron
Assembly. Nearly 30 years ago, Bud and Ron
Meadows ’83 at the 2013 Golf Outing in October.
played in the first Tampa Prep Golf Outing as
Here is what he said:
students and since then they have never missed
The Distinguished Alumnus Award celebrates
a Golf Outing. A few years ago they were invited
the education and character-building all alumni
to come to an Assembly on this campus to res-
receive during their years as Tampa Prep stu-
urrect the old School cheer, “Give A Yell.” They
dents, laying the foundation for future accom-
demonstrated “Give A Yell” to delighted Tampa
plishments. The recipient is distinguished by his
Prep students and, as in days gone by, today’s
Bud ’85 and Ron ’83 Meadows show their
or her significant contributions to the School,
students now call it their own.
spirit circa 1983.
and those contributions are as unique as alums
For their school spirit and their continuing
themselves. The Distinguished Award is pre-
support of Tampa Prep throughout the years,
sented to a graduate who has won the respect,
the Distinguished Award is presented to Bud
confidence and affection of the community.
Meadows, Class of 1985, and Ron Meadows,
Class of 1983, in absentia.
strides and it can also be a crutch, handicapping its dependents by instilling the
misconception that the tool has evolved
into a necessity.
The advent of the World Wide Web
and e-mail has shortened the communication distance from America to Asia to a
fraction of a second and at the same time
has widened the communication gap
between people that live under the same
roof. The idea that it is more important
to be able to have someone track my
every action and thought through Twitter
than writing a hand-written diary or
memoir to record my life occurrences, or
sending a thank-you text for birthday
gifts and holiday cards instead of a phone
call as a gesture of sincere gratitude,
leaves me to wonder where my children
will be socially in 20 years. If not utilized
correctly, social media can impact your
ability to get into the college of your
choice, land the job of your dreams, and
create obstacles in personal relationships.
As intelligent as we all are sitting here
today, our second and third answers are
usually better than our first. Instantanswer media tools at our fingertips pro-
vide an opportunity to allow the first
answers to be a representation of our
intelligence…or lack thereof.
Imagine if Christopher Columbus had
Instagram. I am sure the people of Spain
would have been ecstatic to find out the
world wasn’t flat by his immediate post
upon arriving in the Caribbean, but the
people of India would have been wondering what beach it was that Christopher
took the picture of. Why hasn’t he shown
up to pick up these spices, and who are
those tan people hiding behind those
bushes photo-bombing his posts?
In 1993, I was a 16-year-old kid from
Clair-Mel City. Arriving on the south side
of Cass Street, in the school nestled next
to the Hillsborough River, I was not sure
what to expect after spending my sophomore and junior year at Bayshore
Christian. Landing in an atmosphere that
promoted individualism, creativity and
socialization was a vast contrast from the
structured and homogenous environment
I had become accustomed to at my former school, not to mention I was one of
only six African-Americans in the entire
school. (I take that back. I forgot about
Coach Jones and Ms. Quinn.) I was sure
that no uniforms, off-campus lunch and
study-hall periods could be an easy path
to bad decisions in clothing options, skipping school and long naps. With the
exception of the hideous selections in
clothing (I have the yearbook to prove it),
I was terribly mistaken. It took me a
while to understand how a group of people that—for the most part—had the
world at their fingertips and access to
provisions I dreamed of one day providing for my children, could not fall victim
to the world’s vices and temptations with
so little rules and structure in place? To
this day I yell at Ariana about leaving her
bag out on the breezeway and not locking
her locker. Where I’m from, those actions
are invitations to an empty bag, empty
locker and a father who is not replacing
an iPad.
Nevertheless, 20 years ago I was introduced to the Honor Code and the notion
that people can actually police themselves, peer pressure can work in a positive manner and internal competition can
raise the bar intellectually, spiritually and
physically. In a society where individual
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r tell those who are important to you
that you love them every opportunity
possible, and
r there is no better place to become a
person of character, dignity, and honor
than Tampa Prep.
Good luck this year and Go Terrapins!
Bud Meadows ’85; John Fahey ’90; Robin Kennedy, Director of Alumni Relations; Anddrikk Frazier ’94.
accomplishments are worshipped and
monikers such as “I Built This” are
championed as slogans, you are in an
environment at Tampa Prep that truly
reinforces teamwork, togetherness and
the importance of depending on one
another to reach a common goal.
Take some time to look around you.
You are in a farm of future philanthropists, a sea of successful stewards, a link
to a legacy of leaders raised by Tampa
Prep. It is in these very halls that I
learned to serve a higher purpose than
self; truly placing others first is the only
way you can reach your optimum potential. It is not by accident that this school
is on the wish list of many for admittance, places 100% of its students in postsecondary education and dominates in
competitions from Athletics to Chorus.
You are in an atmosphere that stimulates
thought, provokes creativity, allows you to
be yourself, accepts nothing less than
excellence, and makes the wildest dreams
attainable.
It has taken me nearly 20 years, to
come to understand the true meaning of
being a Terrapin. When this school was
founded in 1974, the founding body
decided the Titans would be a great selection as a mascot, but the student body in
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1976 elected the Terrapin, a freshwater
turtle with lozenge-shaped markings on
its shell, as the mascot to best represent
us. Unlike the Tortoise who lives on land
and the Turtle who is bound to water, the
Terrapin is not confined to land or sea
and has a nearly impenetrable shell for
protection.
The Tampa Prep experience will arm
you with skills to make your potential
limitless. Your classmates, teachers and
alumni will serve as your shell, here to
provide shelter, warmth and protection
for the rest of your life. But in order for
you to be a true Terrapin you have to be
willing to come out of your shell, to test
the bounds placed upon you, explore your
surroundings and challenge the
unknown; to seek the truth even if the
truth is not the answer you were looking
for, to fight for what’s just and civil even
if it is unpopular and to remember where
you came from so you can find your way
back home to help others avoid the same
mistakes that you made on your journey.
In closing, if you do not remember anything said today, please remember this:
r Take time each day to look in the mirror and be honest about what you see,
Anddrikk Frazier has been an active member of the Tampa Prep community since
he set foot on campus as a student. He
graduated from the University of South
Florida with a degree in Electrical
Engineering and worked for Tampa
Electric Company as an engineer and,
later, as Tampa Electric’s Community
Relations Director. Now he is the
Southeastern Region Business
Development Manager for Integrys, an
alternative energy company.
Anddrikk’s school spirit runs deep. As
an alumnus, he served as assistant boys
basketball coach; volunteered as a presenter
for the Careers Program; is an active
member of the Alumni Association Board;
and is a Gold Sponsor for the Tampa Prep
Golf Outing. His daughter, Ariana, is a
Tampa Prep junior this year. T
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Award-winning author Ruta Sepetys received
standing ovations following her seminars
and workshops on campus.
Visting Author: Ruta Sepetys
The bleachers in the Walter Athletic
Complex Gym were filled with over 660
students, faculty and staff, yet the only
sound that could be heard was the voice
of author Ruta Sepetys. Sprinkling her
talk with thought-provoking questions
and ideas, Ms. Sepetys left an indelible
image and a lot to think about. For many
students she was the best speaker they
had ever heard.
Ms. Sepetys is the author of Between
Shades of Gray, a young adult novel and
required reading for Tampa Prep students.
Inspired to write her family’s story after
visiting her father’s cousin in Lithuania,
she discovered there was a great deal of
her family history that neither she nor
members of her family knew. Discovering
the truth and learning about the millions
of people whose lives were taken or affect-
ed by the Soviet occupation of Lithuania
was like unraveling a mystery with unexpected twists and surprises, and ultimately
connected her with survivors of that dark
time in Lithuanian history.
Although she was born and raised in
Michigan, Ms. Sepetys’ father was a
Lithuanian refugee who, as a boy, escaped
to America with his family during
Stalin’s persecution of the Baltic people.
Between Shades of Gray tells the fictional
story of a young girl who survived deportation by boxcar to the forced labor camps
of Siberia, a journey of thousands of
miles and more than 10 years of deprivation, hardship, cruelty and hunger in a
Siberian gulag. Interviews with
Lithuanian survivors still living today
gave Ms. Sepetys intimate knowledge of
what they experienced, and inspired the
unforgettable characters who populate
her book.
“The more we know about our family
stories,” she said, “the more resilient we
are likely to be. A study of history only
shows how people are divided, but telling
our family stories facilitates human
understanding.”
“This superlative first novel (New York
Times)” is a “heart-wrenching…story of
hardship as well as human triumph (Los
Angeles Times)”, “equally brutal and
uplifting (Family Circle),” “engrossing
and poignant (Associated Press)” and
“beautifully written (Washington Post).”
Ms. Sepetys cried a lot while writing the
book and often gets “teary while discussing” it. Many reviewers called it a
book that was “long overdue” that should
be read by everyone. Ms. Sepetys describes
the story as one of love and survival, illustrating how “love reveals the miraculous
nature of the human spirit.” The book is
also a page-turner that keeps you on the
edge of your seat as the story unfolds.
Animated, eloquent, and passionate,
Ms. Sepetys engaged her eager listeners,
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the characters in my book, sometimes
suffering can be a spiritual teacher.”
Tampa Prep was a stop on a multicountry tour for Ms. Sepetys. Published in
46 countries and in 31 languages, her
book has generated school programs in
European countries that deal with the
topic of genocide and is required reading.
From Tampa she was going to Paris. Ms.
Sepetys ended her talk by showing a
video of Lithuanian school children waving and shouting greetings. She then took
a video of her Tampa Prep audience saying hello from Tampa Prep that she
would share with other schools on her
tour, just another way of bringing the
people of the world together.
Following the open-to-the-public evening seminar and question-and-answer session, Ms. Sepetys
signed books for her many young fans.
telling stories about her career path, her
decision to become a writer and joking
about her tendency to sometimes forego
good decision-making when she was
immersed in her subject. She related the
time she spent in a boxcar—now a kind
of museum—that had been used to transport Lithuanians to the forced labor
camps. Because she wanted to actually
experience what the Lithuanians themselves might have felt, she got into the
boxcar and locked herself in. As the day
dragged on and no one came to release
her, she got her wish. Eventually she was
released but not until after several hours
of panic and fear. Despite that, she also
signed on for a 24-hour simulation in a
former Russian prison where she was the
only woman (and American). Her time as
a “prisoner” included real physical hardships and “rats!” Laughing now, she cautions future writers not to put themselves
in danger for the sake of research.
Between Shades of Gray gave “a voice
to the hundreds of thousands of people
who lost their lives” during the Stalin-
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driven genocide of the Baltic people and
last year Ms. Sepetys was recognized for
her work by the government of
Lithuania. Receiving the Lithuanian
Cross of the Knight of the Order, the
Lithuanian National Patriot Award and
the Global Lithuanian Leader Award,
forged a deeper relationship between Ms.
Sepetys and the Lithuanian people and
increased her already-ardent patriotism
for Lithuania and its people.
In addition to the all-school assembly,
Ms. Sepetys gave interactive writing
workshops for students and an evening
forum open to the public, often talking
about the relationship between the reader
and the book. “Good fiction raises questions and doesn’t necessarily give
answers,” she pointed out. “But when you
connect with a character in a book, suddenly the world can be a lot less lonely.”
Addressing a question about the deeply
tragic nature of events in her book, she
answered, “How can we ever learn if all
we ever know is joy? In life, as well as for
Between Shades of Gray
r New York Times Bestseller List
r New York Times Notable Book
r Carnegie Medal/Finalist
r Wall Street Journal Best
Children’s Book
r Publisher’s Weekly, Best
Children’s Book of 2011
r France: Winner of the Prix Livrentete;
Finalist, Historia Prize
r Sweden: Peter Pan Silver Star
r Belgium: Prix Farniente
r Other book awards: Holland, Poland,
Quebec, Germany, Australia, Japan,
Texas, Pennsylvania, Kentucky,
Nevada, Rhode Island, Missouri, South
Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Nebraska,
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Iowa,
Minnesota, Georgia
Ruta Sepetys’ workshops and forums were
made possible by the Tampa Preparatory
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clockwise from above: Dr. Jill Levine Hechtman ’89, Natasha Babbitt Grogan ’06, and Alexei Novitzky ’03 listen as seniors ask questions; Presenters share their
career stories with seniors in the Student Center; In the Menke Lecture Hall, John Terry ’84 talks about his career as a State Attorney as other presenters listen.
2014 Careers Program Debunks Students’ Preconceptions
Twelve alumni and other community
leaders volunteered to speak with the
Class of 2013 about the often-unexpected
turns in their career paths. As senior
advisor Bob Bradshaw enthusiastically
opined, “The presenters pry open a planet of adventure, with a variety of opportunities and a myriad of ways to advance,
thus….awakening them to a wondrous
world in which they may frolic forever!”
And it was true.
On a follow-up questionnaire, students
chimed in with comments about being
inspired by the visiting professionals and
the memorable words of advice they
retained including “Go for your dreams,”
and “Do what you love.”
What did they learn? As one student
recalled, “The importance of internships.
You might also learn what you don’t want
to do.” Another student summed up his
experience with, “It was comforting to
know that when they were in high
school, they had no idea what they wanted to be.”
Participating presenters included Bill
Duryea, Editor, Tampa Bay Times; John
Fahey ’90, Calusa Asset Partners; Lisa
Henthorne, Water Standard Col. llc;
Peter Hepner, Holmes Hepner &
Associates, Architects; Shamus Warren
’92, Wells Fargo; Natasha Babbitt Grogan
’06, APB Academic Coaching; Dr. Jill
Levine Hechtman ’89, Chair, St. Joseph’s
Women’s Hospital Obstetrics; Alexei
Novitzky ’03, Inventor; Deidre Dixon,
College Professor; Hugh Gross ’84,
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s
Department; Miranda Harrison-Quillin
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Changemakers
Researcher Adam Dalton talks with stem students in a Robotics Class, part of the stem program speaker series. Adam’s research aims to amplify and extend
human cognitive, perceptual and physical capacities.
Adam Dalton ’00: Asking the Big Questions
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Adam Dalton seemed right at home in
front of the first-period Robotics class in
the Engineering/stem classroom. One of
his first power points graphically emphasized, “Experts aren’t always the best
teachers.” Using top soccer star Zlatan
Ibrahimovic as an example of someone
who is inherently talented but who prob-
ably can’t teach other soccer players to
play as well as he does, Adam emphasized
his point that teaching is a skill. “If we
want to ensure that future generations
continue to make significant advancements ,” he said, “then it is important
that the smartest people in stem programs are also skilled educators.”
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left: Adam and his wife Larissa Balko Dalton ’00
and their son, Sam; above: Adam talks about the
importance of having teachers who are not only
experts in their field but who are also skilled
educators.
Adam is a research associate at the
Florida-based Institute for Human and
Machine Cognition (ihmc), one of the
nation’s premier research organizations.
There, world-class scientists and engineers investigate a broad range of topics
related to building technological systems,
and research is aimed at amplifying and
extending human cognitive, perceptual,
and physical capacities. In particular,
Adam studies cyber security, natural language processing, and cognitive science.
This might help you understand something about what Adam does: Have you
ever used Siri on an iPhone or seen the
Oscar-nominated movie, “Her?” In the
creation of Siri and Her, imaginary techno-women, natural language processing
and machine learning are inherent in
their concepts and designs.
Research in this field is also applied to
intelligence, cyber security and health
care. For example, doctors are exploring
novel ways to leverage the vast amount of
information contained in medical records
and research literature, but this must be
done while ensuring the safety and confidentiality of their patients. Analysts use
natural language processing and theories
about belief from cognitive science to discover vital or anomalies data in vast
amounts of unstructured text.
Adam graduated from McGill
University in Montreal, Canada, with a
degree in Computer Science. He followed
his undergrad years at the University of
Central Florida with a Master’s in
Modeling and Simulation. This led to a
six-year career at nasa, starting as a
workforce analyst and eventually to his
former position as a technical lead for
Information Architecture development
on nasa’s Launch Control System at the
Kennedy Space Center.
“Five years later, ihmc showed me
what was possible, how computers and
robotics can advance human capability. It
is about finding new solutions to unsolved
problems.” As Adam talked to students in
Tampa Prep’s stem classes, he gave
examples of research that studied mobility and better maneuverability in robots.
That research led to the development of
robotic exoskeletons, which help people
walk who are confined to wheel chairs
with lower extremity paralysis.
Adam’s journey from Tampa Prep to a
world class research institution provided
students with a tangible example of how
their current stem studies can lead them
to related careers that, as he pointed out,
serve “a higher purpose than self.”
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Dalton, live in Ocala with their sons, Sam,
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Alexei demonstrates the BriefSkate.
Alex Novitzky ’03: Inventor
For seven years, Alexei Novitzky put
countless miles on his skateboard traveling to and from classes on two different
campuses while he pursued undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado
and a graduate degree at the University
of South Florida. Thinking that there
must be a better way than wearing a
backpack to “haul stuff around,” it
occurred to him that a skateboard could
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serve as transport, not only for its rider,
but also for necessities.
It took some time, trial and error, but
eventually he made the first BriefSkate.
Alexei took his prototype to an engineering class at usf and put it where his professor, Dr. Lodato, could see it. Formerly a
designer for Ferrari and Motorola, Dr.
Lodato passed by and stopped. “You
should patent that,” he said.
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Local to Tampa? You might find Looshes here at Ballast Point Pier, a great spot for relaxation.
After applying for and getting a nonprovisional patent in partnership with
usf Connect, a process that took three
years and seven days, he received a general utility patent. His next break came
when he entered a Startup Bus competition that resulted in an opportunity for
him to create a company while traveling
on the bus to the South by Southwest
Interactive in Austin, Texas. He met his
two partners on the bus.
He has never borrowed money for
either of his companies. “I bootstrapped
the whole thing. I had no funding from
anyone,” Alexei explained proudly,
“although I would gladly accept an
investor. I just don’t want to take out a
loan or use credit.” To pay for his projects, he started a handyman service, a
lawn care service, and does 3d printing
and industrial cad. In 2011 Alexei started
Looshes Labs llc , his invention/
art/service company, and Looshes Labs
Skate llc in 2013, the skate company that
has the patent rights.
In 2012 Alexei was selected by the
Tampa Bay Business Journal as a finalist
in the Innovation of the Year Awards,
and was a speaker at the usf Student
Innovation Incubator where he presented
University of South Florida’s President,
Judy Genshaft, with her own usf Bulls
BriefSkate. Soon after, usf’s Dr. Paul
Sandberg recommended that Alexei apply
for the Smithsonian’s Innovations,
Brainstorms and Big Ideas, sponsored by
the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (uspto). He was one of 13 finalists
selected to speak December 8, 2013, in
Washington D.C.
At the Smithsonian Alexei gave a presentation that outlined his inventive
process: how he wrote the patent, managed all aspects associated with his business, and created a skateboarding network
(his partner put him in touch with famed
skateboarder Tony Hawke who endorsed
BriefSkate on his radio show). His time
on stage also included an original piano
piece and an original poem.
It’s clear that Alexei’s degrees in
Physics and Engineering have impacted
the success of his skateboard business, but
where do his undergraduate degrees in
Astrophysics, Planetary Science and
Astronomy fit into his plans for the
future? “I’ve always liked space,” he
explained. “My goal after college was to
own a space travel company that would
provide trips into space for individual
travelers,” he explained. “I’m still interested in the private space industry.
Someday I’d like to go to the moon.”
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Kaitlyn Armstrong on duty at a Hillsborough County Firehouse.
Kaitlyn Armstrong ’08: Answering the Call
After Kaitlyn Armstrong graduated from
the University of South Florida with a
degree in Elementary Education, a series
of events changed her thinking about
what she wanted to do with her life.
To add an extra certification to her
teaching resumé, Kaitlyn decided to take
a first responder class. A week after she
completed the class, she was visiting her
brother, Brett Armstrong ’03, a doctor in
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Savannah, and while they were watching
a parade, an older gentleman collapsed in
front of them and went into cardiac
arrest. “We performed cpr on him until
the paramedics came,” she recounted.
“After that I felt like I needed to know a
lot more than I did.”
While finishing a full time internship
at McKitrick Elementary, she started
working full time for an ambulance com-
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Kaitlyn and Mr. Plummer during her recent visit to Tampa Prep in the summer.
pany that transported senior citizens to
hospitals, an experience that validated
her thoughts about attending Emergency
Medical Technician (emt) school. After
six months, Kaitlyn graduated with the
highest grades.
As an emt she was qualified to work
for an ambulance company that responded to 911 calls, a completely new ball
game. “You never know what’s going to
happen with 911 calls! You can be dispatched for someone who just feels sick
and when you show up they are in cardiac arrest, or a minor car accident that
turns into a trauma alert. It is totally
unpredictable,” she said cheerfully. “With
that kind of experience now I can run a
call for someone having a heart attack
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with my eyes closed….oxygen, IV, drugs,
ekg, 12 lead, ….”
Paramedic training followed and took
a year to complete. Paramedic training is
on site at fire stations and Kaitlyn rode at
two of the busiest stations in Tampa,
often running 12 calls in a 12-hour shift.
“To be a firefighter for the City of
Tampa, you must also be a paramedic or
an emt,” Kaitlyn explained. Attracted to
the combination of the two careers, she is
now attending the Fire Academy, adding
another skill set to her growing list.
Because the demands of a firefighter’s job
include running up and down stairs with
heavy bunker gear and water-laden fire
hoses and carrying people out of burning
buildings, firefighter training also
includes challenging physical agility tests.
Kaitlyn is meeting the challenges of firefighter training and looks forward to
passing with flying colors in the very
near future.
“Everything we do is about life and
death,” Kaitlyn said. “We have protocols
for everything to help us decide quickly
what kind of treatment people need who
are battling for life, or breath, or those
who are in severe pain. And then we give
them what they need. You learn the
basics in school about what to ask
patients. It’s like detective work sometimes. Once you figure out what is wrong
with them, it’s a matter of going back to
your protocols and treating them. Despite
all that you know, sometimes you don’t
have the answers and there is nothing
you can do, which is very frustrating.”
The hardest part of her job is learning
to have patience for everyone involved,
the patients, coworkers and bystanders.
“The best advice I was ever given in any
ems training I went through was from a
captain who said, ’It might not be an
emergency to you, but to the person who
called 911, it is.’”
The most rewarding part of Kaitlyn’s
job isn’t always what most people would
assume it to be, “…the calls that you
walk away from saying ’that was so cool!’
or ’we brought them back from being
dead….literally!’ Rewards come instead
from the calls that cause you to pause and
reflect on the fact that you actually did
something that made a difference in
someone’s life. That call isn’t always a
person who is teetering between living
and dying that you can treat with the
right medications. It’s about the person in
the back of an ambulance who needs
someone to talk to.”
Although her work hours are long and
the work can be frustrating, Kaitlyn is
happy. She is doing what she loves. T
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golf outing 2013
Tampa Prep at Westchase Golf Club
chance drawing sponsor
McNamara & Carver
faculty play sponsor
Jim Soble
special thanks
title sponsor
putting contest sponsor
Home Loan Alliance
Jeff and Judy Mitchell
red sponsors
tee sponsors
agw Capital Advisors
Paul Whiting, Jr. ’86
Danahy & Murray
Matt Danahy ’79
Amalie Oil Company
Bayshore Title
Gail Bernucca
Florida Dental Centers
Griffin Law
The Hatton Sullivan Group, Morgan
Stanley
The Plummers
gold sponsors
Catering by the Family
Coldwell Banker
Anddrikk Frazier ’94
MarkMaster
Ron ’83 and Bud ’85 Meadows
pdq
uci Construction
PriceWaterhouseCoopers llp
Vitalz
ball sponsor
avi
hat sponsor
Home Loan Alliance
reception sponsor
closest to the
terrapin sponsor
The Fredlakes
par Inc.
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Golf Outing Volunteers, Hilary Dalton
Banks ’89, Boca, Captain Wes Burns, Datz
Deli, evos, Executive Golf, Rick Fueyo,
Karl Leibensperger, The Lightning,
Mitchell’s Fish Market, Play It Again
Sports, Tampa Prep Development Office,
Trenam Kemker, Village Health Market,
World Woods Golf Club, The Write Stuff,
Pat Baskette, Brooksville Country Club,
Capitol Marketing Concepts,
Embroidered Pelican, Mike Giroud,
Inkwood Books, Mad Dogs and
Englishmen, Jennifer Menendez ’90,
Pané Rustica, Walter Perkins ’07, Kevin
Plummer, Tampa History Center, Clay
Thomas, Richard Veghte ’84, Westchase
Golf Club, Wisteria, Wright’s Gourmet,
John Fahey ’90
Proceeds from the Tampa Prep Golf
Outing benefit the Alumni Financial
Assistance Fund.
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clockwise from left: Low Net: Graig Paglieri,
Allison Paglieri (Longest Drive), Don Paglieri,
Gene Berry; Low Gross: Jeff Kern, Spender
Goetz, Jim Canale, Tom Feeney (Closest to the
Terrapin); Terrapin Award: Scott Perez ’86, Mark
Valenti ’87 (Longest Drive), David Weathers, Bill
McCarty; Paul Whiting, Jr. ’86 presents the
Distinguished Alumnus Award to Ron
Meadows ’83 as his brother Bud ’85 looks on;
Low Net, 2nd: Carl Carlson, John DeTringo.
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annual report
2012–13
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Giving Matters
Dear Tampa Prep Friends,
I have heard that “the true meaning of
life is to plant trees under whose shade
you do not expect to sit.” In his book
Living a Life That Matters, Harold S.
Kushner says it another way, “We need to
know that we matter to the world…At
the same time, we need to be assured that
we are good people.” Kushner encourages
us to fulfill these two basic human needs
in one lifetime: do well by doing good.
In this 2012–13 Giving Report, you
will read lists of names but they are more
than that. The people who bear those
names are people who have made a difference in the lives of children since 1974
when Tampa Preparatory School first
opened its doors.
We thank each and every person who
has believed in the Mission of Tampa
Prep and trusted in the leadership to do
what’s best for students for 40 years. Each
donor has a story, each gift has meaning
and there are as many reasons to give as
there are donors.
What is consistent is that every gift
matters, each gift makes a difference, and
many have an immediate impact—as it
did for Founders Scholar Tanya Olson ’10
- while others are not realized until some
future time, as for Zak Mesyan ’97. The
Tampa Prep community impacts more
than our students, too, as evidenced by
former faculty member Anne Rimbey
Giles, who will “always be a Terrapin,”
and who has demonstrated her gratitude
by becoming the most recent member of
our planned giving society.
We have witnessed many changes at
Tampa Prep over the last months, and
there are more to come. Born from the
last Strategic Plan, curricular enhancements are driving our progress. Our physi-
cal plant must morph to support and sustain our programmatic growth. Currently
the Board of Trustees is working on a
new strategic plan, including a campus
master plan, which will ensure Prep’s
future success as a leader in independent
school education.
In the end, what I know for sure is
what you do matters, what you give matters and what you have done and given is
meaningful to Tampa Preparatory School.
Thank you, all past, present and future
donors!
Susan Depatie
Director of Development
We have made every effort to ensure correct listings in this Annual Report of
Donors. Please let me know if we have
made an error. T
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Annual Fund Giving at a Glance
Gifts to the Annual Fund for Prep benefit every facet of the School’s operation, from financial aid to professional development, technology to the arts, athletics and academic programs. A gift to the Annual Fund is the first and most important gift we ask of our current parents, alumni, trustees, alumni parents, grandparents, faculty, staff, and friends.
During fiscal year 2013, beginning July 1, 2012 and ending June 30, 2013, the School received unrestricted and restricted gifts to the
Annual Fund from over 739 parents, trustees, faculty, alumni, grandparents, businesses and other friends of Tampa Prep.
2012–13 annual fund giving, percent of total, by constituency
5
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
2
3
4
Trustees
Faculty/Staff
Alumni
Current Parents
Other
$134,315
$21,883
$30,872
$307,161
$100,996
22.7%
3.6%
5.1%
51.6%
17.0%
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2012–13 annual fund participation rate, by constituency
58%
1.
2.
3.
4.
Trustees
Faculty/Staff
Alumni
Current Parents
100.0%
100.0%
7.5%
58.0%
7.5%
Tampa Preparatory School’s program and experience is primarily funded by tuition and fees. However, as with all independent private
schools, non-tuition revenue is also a critical source of support.
3 5
2012–13 sources of revenue
2 4
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Tuiton and Fees
Annual Fund/Auction
Endowment
Auxiliary Programs
Other
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$892,000
$131,000
$242,000
$44,000
90.0%
6.9%
1.0%
1.8%
0.3%
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generosity matters
Generous can be defined as “giving
without wanting anything in return.”
Therefore, it is with great humility and
deep appreciation that we acknowledge
those who have donated generously more
than $40,000 over the life of the School.
For some, it was a single gift; for others,
their giving is cumulative. These donors
and their investments in Tampa
Preparatory School have advanced our
school in immeasurable ways.
Anonymous (2)
Vicky and Mike Auger
Beverly and Al Austin
Maureen Ayral
Shelly and Herb Baumann
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Karen and Lyle Blanden
Kim and Jane Buchanan
Melissa Buda Torres and Steve Torres
Katherine and Bruce Burdge
Karen and Mike Bynum
Dimity and Mark Carlson
Glenda Clare
Debbie and Chuck Colwill
Janice Crozier
Gerald Curts
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Dr. and Mrs. Garry Drummond
Amarilis Torres and Hector Fontanet
Jane and Jerry Ford
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Kim and Peter George
Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Juli and Dan Greenwald
Dr. and Mrs. Ben B. Harriman
Elizabeth and Chuck Harris
Angela and Kevin Hawkins
Sherre and Ed Henley
Sally and Lewis Hill
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Jeannie and Rick Kouwe
Margo* and William A. Krusen*
Nancy and Brian Lee
Stacy and Michael Leeds
*deceased
The Leslie Peter Foundation
Sue and Lou Levitt
Karen and Jon Levy
Betty Lindsey*
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Nancy McDonald and Ron Sweet
Caroline McKethan,
Ron Meadows, Sr.
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
Pam and Rick Mortensen
Elaine and Jorge Navas
Ronald and Sue Oxtal
Sadie and Rob Pariseau
Susan and Chris Peifer
Joanne and Harvey Prior
Karan and John Rains
Christie and Jim Roberts
B.J. Spoto-Russell and Don Russell
Eve and Felix Sawicki
Alta and Todd Schlemmer
Glenn Sharoky
Alexias and Mel Sharoky
Beth and Birge Sigety
Cathy and Bob Smith
Laurie and Darrell Smith
Joan and George* Steinbrenner
Jessica Steinbrenner
Cathy and Lou Suglia
SunTrust Bank
Marjorie* and Francis J. Thompson*
Cindy and Bruce Tigert
Lavinia H. Touchton ’85
Michael Tubbs ’89
Mimi Farmer and Glenn Vaughn
Penny and Jeffrey Vinik
Zan and Bob Walter
Gail and Paul Whiting
Paul, Jr. ’86 and Dana Whiting
Jack* and Carolyn Wilson
Jamal Wilson ’93
Jeff Wuliger
Jean and Jim Wurdeman
loyalty matters
Thank you to those donors who have
demonstrated their loyalty and trust in
Tampa Preparatory School by giving
consecutively for five or more years as of
June 30, 2013.
Linda and Timothy Adams
John Alden
Gail and Reid Anderson
Anonymous
Beverly and Al Austin
Maureen Ayral
Allison Depatie Bachman ’04
Michelle and Nedin Bahtic
Gerritt Bangma
Bank of America Matching
Gifts Program
Peggy and Pat Baskette
Lisa and Keith Bass
Shelly and Herb Baumann
Jill Gunn and Steve Berman
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Felicia and John Bettini
Karen and Marc Blumenthal
Pamela and Steven Blustein
Harold Bono
Ann and Howard Bowers
Lindsay Bowman
Bob Bradshaw
Karen Bravo
Andy Bricker
Angela and Jeff Bryant
Ryan Buchanan ’00
Melissa Buda Torres and Steve Torres
Katherine and Bruce Burdge
Traci and Stephen Burns
Karen and Mike Bynum
Matt and Stephanie Cardillo
Claire and Frazier Carraway
Meg and Devon Carter
Gael and John Carter
Lisa and Chuck Carver
Kim and Darrin Cates
Ginger and Richard Chapman
Laila and Hafeez Chatoor
Shirley Smiekel ’95 Chodakiewicz and
Marek Chodakiewicz
Mike Circle
Michele and Tim Cole
Kathy and Jeff Collins
Frankie Crumpton
Stacey Cummins
Terry and Clif Curry
Lauren Cury ’97
Nancy and Carlos Dalence
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Shannon and Michael Danielson
Stephanie and Rodney Dann
Martha and Scott DeAmbrose
Laura Maniscalco DeLise ’89 and
Damon DeLise
Megan Depatie ’04
Susan and Peter Depatie
Stephanie and John DeTringo
Richard Diaz
Shirley and Maurice Dobbins
Sherry Dorsey
Andrea Seymore and
Dan ’97 Eckstein
Sue Eckstein
Pat and Mike Embry
Shannon Liston Encina ’99
Enaye Englenton
Dennis Facciolo
Cindy and Joe Fenlon
Clark Fernon ’84
Dawn and Frank Ferrara
Lynette and Robert Fields
Vincent Figueredo ’79
Michael Flynn
Donna Fowler
Mike Fowler
Lynda and Naheem Francise
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Lorraine and John Fredlake
Betty Fueyo
Mary Ann and Rick Fueyo
Flora Garcia ’83
Mery Garcia
Lu and Stephen Garrett
Shary Taylor ’87 Gentry and
John Gentry ’87
Dominick Giombetti
Dawn and Horace Gordon
Ansley Cowart Graff ’94
Veronique Dienemann and
Leopoldo Grauer
Kristin Smith Greco ’95
Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Juli and Dan Greenwald
Jeffrey and Karen Grove
Anne and Paul Hagenau
Shirley and Lee Hamilton
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Lisa and Rick Harman
Elizabeth and Chuck Harris
Donna and Paige Hatton
Susan Alden and Robert Hauser
Angela and Kevin Hawkins
Kathy and Michael Head
Susan and Chris Heath
Kathy and A.J. Hendrix
Teri and Jeffery Hickey
Mary Beth and Andrew Hill
Shannon and David Hitchcock
John Holmes
Gail and Steven Holtzman
Carole and James Holway
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Barbara and Tracy Hood
Nancy and Everett Horbert
Nancy and Earl Horton
Karen and Mark House
Prima and Alvin Hower
Sheila and Chris Hughes
Pamela and Tony Iannacio
Marcia Israeloff and Paul Jacobsen
Gregg Jaffray ’79
Pim Jager ’89
Mary and Butch Jalbert
Chrissy and Jay Jisha
Robin and Scott Katz
Jennifer Reid ’91 Keene and
Jarret Keene ’91
Grace Kelly
Steve Kelly
Robin and Tim Kennedy
Judy and Larry Kent
Grant King ’83
Kaki and Jack King
Naomi and Larry Kirsch
Cathy and Bob Knoke
Jeannie and Rick Kouwe
Linda and Stanley Kranc
Marion and Hamid Latif
Reva and Harry Lerner
The Leslie Peter Foundation
Joan and Bruce Levine
Sue and Lou Levitt
Karen and Jon Levy
Sarah and Dax Lonetto
Carmen and Luis Lorente
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Chrissy and Chris Maraghy
Suzanne and Jim Marks
Jean and Rex Mason
Barbara and Jimmy Mayer
Marjorie McDuffie
Tami and Chris McFarren
Bud Meadows ’85
Ron Meadows ’83
Nancy and Randy Metzger
Karen and Steve Mezer
Christina Mimms ’91
Janet Mistretta
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
Kurtis Mohr ’97
Anthony Morrison
Kim Jago ’81 and
Donald Morrison ’86
Laura* and Anthony Morrison
Katherine Essrig and Kevin Napper
Lisa and Keith Nehrboss
Tara Nelan
Latonigi Nembhard
Susan and Jeff Neustadt
Northern Trust Bank of Florida N.A.
Celia and Abraham Nuflo
Lois and Jay Older
Maryann and Keith Olsen
Halima Olson
Randy O’Neal ’82
Lori and Mike Palmer
par, Inc.
Chris and Peter Park
Carmen Martinez and Felix Perez
Stacia Perry-Eaton
Ruth and Stephen Peter
Nell and Ron Peterson
Patricc Petti ’81
John Phelps
Jennifer and Kevin Plummer
Missy Polo ’87
Lori and Alan Ponoroff
Susan and Ed Pritchard
Fran Prockop
Danielle and Richard Puls
Melanie and Bruno Quattrone
Sherri Queen
Linda Quinn
Siri and David Rainone
Karan and John Rains
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leadership matters
Tampa Preparatory School recognizes those listed below who gave of their
time and talents during 2012–13 in support of the Annual Fund. Their leadership contributed to Prep’s successful implementation of vision to reality,
and their influence maximized the efforts of us all as we moved toward the
achievement of both the Mission and a growing culture of philanthropy.
r Gail Bernucca, Board of
r Ginny Cates
Trustees Chair
r Laurel Fredlake, Development
Committee Chair and Parent
Annual Fund Chair
r Blythe Ebbert
r Betsy Hardin
r Melodie Hodges
r John Husfield
r Pamela Iannacio
Annual Fund for Prep Committee
r Hillary Aubin
r Vicky Auger
r Pam Blustein
r Terri Burmeister
r Traci Burns
r Gael Carter
Sheila Connery and Tony Raitano
Lori Ransohoff
Kathleen Kilbride and Chris Reiner
Allison and Chris Richardson
Patricia B. Riggs
James Riley
Meredith Roberts
Kay and David Robinson
Melanie and Nick ’99 Rodriguez
Bevan and Stuart Rogel
Julia Roper
Jenny and Scott Rutz
Carol and Greg Savel
Eve and Felix Sawicki
Adelaide Sayers
Eleanor and Arthur Schiffner
Alta and Todd Schlemmer
Marianne Shaw ’93
Dianne and Peter Shepley
Steve Shlemon
Diana and Jim Shuler
Valerie and Michael Siegman
Beth and Birge Sigety
Nancy and Elliot Silverston
Holly Smiekel ’93
Justin R. Smith ’98
r Sung Lee Hochhausler
r Lynda McDermott
r Tony Raitano
r Alta & Todd Schlemmer
r Valerie Siegman
r Janet Valesares
r Betsy Zollinger
Cathy and Bob Smith
Kim and Doug Smith
Susannah Wilson ’87 Smith
Ann and Jim Soble
Berta and Ivan Sosa
Kristy and Eric Steel
Cathy and Lou Suglia
Victoria and Richard Sunderland
SunLabs, Inc
Sunrise Utility Construction, Inc.
SunTrust Bank
Marcia and Joel Sussman
Sykes Security Inc.
Jeannette and Stephen Szabo
Kent and Joanne Takemoto
Lincoln Tamayo
Gita and Sanjeev Taneja
Ann Tihansky ’79
Michael Tubbs ’89
Natalie Tucker
Janet Valesares
Mimi Farmer and Glenn Vaughn
Pam and Alan Vernick
Megan Smith Vinson ’03
Lynda McDermott and Bill Waite
Jean and Jim Wall
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The Walter Foundation
Zan and Bob Walter
Jeanne and Buddy Walters
Suzie Eldridge Ward ’99
Bonnie and Scott Warfel
Amy Wasser
Rosemary and John Watts
Madalena and David Weiss
Paul, Jr. ’86 and Dana Whiting
Jay Wiley ’96
Nada and Brian Williams
Margit Williams
Gary Wood
Christine Newkirk ’85 Zettel and
John Zettel
Betsy and Ted Zollinger
Joan and Jack Zollinger
“what’s best for students?” matters
In 2012–13, Tampa Preparatory School embarked on a phased program of facility enhancements. As the Board of Trustees,
faculty and administration focused on answering the question “What’s Best for Students,” new programs were born that
required us to improve some of our spaces—which we did quickly and with the help of generous donors.
Beginning with the Student Center, which had its official ribbon cutting on January 7, 2013, the School has witnessed
significant changes in our physical plant. The most recent project, the rehabilitation of the third floor, was ready for the
beginning of the 2013–14 school year, and includes a state-of-the-art College Counseling Center, Robotics and Engineering
Center, Physics Lab and E-Learning Center.
Future projects on the drawing board for which we are actively seeking funding are the refurbishment of the Middle
School into cutting-edge Active Learning Environments, plus an expansion of The Walter Athletic Complex.
capital giving
Donors listed below made gifts and pledges totaling nearly $450,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and are
gratefully acknowledged for their capital support.
r Gail and Lou Bernucca
r Blythe and Eric Ebbert
r Marie and Allan Martin
r Melissa Buda Torres and
r Laurel and Jim Fredlake
r Ina and Scott McNichols
r Sheri and Rob Freedman
r Susie and Mitchell Rice
r Linda and Ken Fullerton
r Alta and Todd Schlemmer
r Maureen Hamrock
r Cathy and Bob Smith
r Lonni and Greg Kehoe
r Jamal Wilson ’93
r Stacy and Michael Leeds
r Karen and Lance Zingale
annual fund for prep
We gratefully acknowledge the following
individuals, families, foundations and
corporations who made gifts in support
of Tampa Preparatory School during the
2012–13 fiscal year.
founders society
gifts of $15,000+
Anonymous
Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Ruth and Stephen Peter
Cathy and Bob Smith
Penny and Jeffrey Vinik
head’s society
gifts of $10,000–$14,999
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Pamela and Tony Iannacio
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
Zan and Bob Walter
charter society
gifts of $5,000–$9,999
Anonymous
Melissa Buda Torres and Steve Torres
Jill and Gary Buhler
Karen and Mike Bynum
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
*deceased
r
r
r
r
Steve Torres
Jill and Gary Buhler
Karen and Mike Bynum
Stacey and Bradley Chais
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Vicki and Scott Dols
Dennis Facciolo and Larry Mee
Denise and Ira Federer
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Jeffrey and Karen Grove
Lonni and Greg Kehoe
Wiilliam A. Krusen*
Christine and Allan Marshall
Darren Parslow ’89
Donna Petersen
Joanne and Harvey Prior
Fran Prockop
Susie and Mitchell Rice
Susannah and Lary Robinson
Alta and Todd Schlemmer
Mimi Farmer and Glenn Vaughn
Gail and Paul Whiting
Dana and Paul ’86 Whiting, Jr.
Jamal Wilson ’93
partner circle
gifts of $2,000–$4,999
Tara and Ed Armstrong
Maureen Ayral
Barbara and Gordon Babbitt
Linda Hower Bates ’92
Terri and Jeffrey Burmeister
Traci and Stephen Burns
Gael and John Carter
April and Craig Diemer
Yoniece and John Dixon
Blythe and Eric Ebbert
Linda and Ken Fullerton
Lu and Stephen Garrett
Ann and Dale Golden
Dale and Scott Guenther
Elizabeth and Chuck Harris
Chandra and Keith Henthorne
Sung Lee and Tom Hochhausler
Melodie and Michael Hodges
John Holmes
Heather and Lee ’96 Hower
Sarah and David Hull
Kalebra and Scott Kelby
Alicja and Leonard Kirsch
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Natalie and Karl Leibensperger
Milene and Luiz Lima
Rosemary and Jeffrey Lowenkron
Ina and Scott McNichols
Karen and Steve Mezer
Lisa and Keith Nehrboss
Joli Cooper-Nelson and
Anthony Nelson
Chris and Peter Park
Siri and Bernard Rock
Eve and Felix Sawicki
Marie and Jeffrey Stone
Cathy and Lou Suglia
Michael Tubbs ’89
Laurrene and Bill Winters
Betsy and Ted Zollinger
banner circle
gifts of $1,000–$1,999
Vicky and Mike Auger
Beverly and Al Austin
Betty and Fred Ayers
Shelly and Herb Baumann
Kellie and William Blanchard
Stacey and Bradley Chais
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Why We Give: Michael and Stacy Leeds
The first time Michael Leeds saw his son,
Ben, then a ninth grader, singing onstage
in Tampa Prep’s Nights on Broadway performance, he wanted to hug [former theater teacher] Scott Warfel. “Ben
participating in theater was a thriller for
me,” he said. That was three years ago.
This year as a senior, Ben is taking Tech
Theater, the last of the theater classes he
has taken at Prep. “Theater is an expression of his personality,” Michael said.
And that’s just one part of the story.
Michael and Stacy both speak warmly
of the relationships Ben has forged with
his teachers and advisors who have guided and challenged him along the way,
including his chemistry teacher, Dr.
Kranc, and his English teacher, Mr.
Bamford. “It’s one of the reasons we send
our children to Tampa Prep.”
“Learning in school isn’t just about
memorizing information,” Stacy said.
“It’s about the process and the people
along the way. It adds to who a person
becomes. Teaching kids to be responsible,
to help others and be committed to their
community is also what school is about.
They take all of what they learn with
them when they graduate.”
Michael believes that messages about
what is important become a part of their
children’s thinking. “We talk about it at
the dinner table a lot. When we talk with
our kids we know what their school is
doing for them.” His son, tenth-grader
Jeremy, rows on the crew team and is
having a “phenomenal experience with
that and loves video production and being
part of the tptv crew.”
Why do the Leeds give to Tampa Prep?
Michael answer was enthusiastic. “When
you see kids respond to Tampa Prep the
way ours have and we see how engaged
they are, of course we are going to support Tampa Prep! It’s important to show
your appreciation by giving. If the School
is doing what you hope, then give.” T
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Michael and Stacy Leeds (center), John
Fahey ’90 and Kevin Plummer attended the
annual National Philanthropy Day luncheon
in November given by the Association of
Fundraising Professionals Suncoast Chapter.
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Laila and Hafeez Chatoor
Amy and Jim Crumpton
Faye and Larry Danger
Sharon and Bob Davie
Abla Zayed and Samir Douidar
John Downs
Pat and Mike Embry
Trudie O’Riley and Mark Fernandez
Rachel and Mike Fletcher
Michael Flynn
Sheri and Rob Freedman
Susan Alden and Robert Hauser
Marj Haydon
Susan and Chris Heath
Teri and JJ Hickey
Shannon and David Hitchcock
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Janel Newkirk ’89 Hutchinson and
Keith Hutchinson ’89
Alisa Smith and Jeff Klepfer
Joan and Bruce Levine
Berval and Joseph McAleer
Ethel and Patrick Murphy
Rebecca Feaster and Hal Pittman
Jennifer and Kevin Plummer
Karan and John Rains
Kathleen Kilbride and Chris Reiner
Patricia B. Riggs
Kelly Everson and Claude Sagi
Pamela Ross and David Smolker
Anne-Marie and Douglas Spriggs
Rebecca and Mark Stasch
Shana and John Stokes
Kent and Joanne Takemoto
Tampa Prep Class of 2013
Lavinia H. Touchton ’85
Kim and Steve ’86 Trundle
Deborah and Chris Tsokos
Shaun and George Vaka
Pam and Alan Vernick
Jean and Jim Wall
Paula and George Wilson
Alisa Jenkins and Mike Wilson
Holly and Scott Wintrip
Tracy and Arthur Wood
Gary Wood
*deceased
Andrew Wright ’06
Su Wang and Ting XU
Paula Yanes ’99
Michael Young, ’78
Joy and Max Zalkin
Catherine Zidow, ’02
Carrie Zollinger ’12
Joan and Jack Zollinger
red and gold circle
gifts of $500–$999
Stacey and Mark Abitabilo
Gia Pitisci ’90 Agresta and
Sam Agresta
Gail and Reid Anderson
Sharon and Reed Baker
Karen and Marc Blumenthal
Pamela and Steven Blustein
Donna and Peter Bridge
Robin and Michael Brodsky
Tuk and David Bronstein
Christine and Davis Burdick
Jenny Carey
Lisa and Chuck Carver
Ginny and Van Cates
Jennifer Cox
Mizel Lizasuain-Cuevas and
Anibal Cuevas
Susan and Peter Depatie
Sherry Dorsey
Hazel and Bill Ebsary
Cindy and Joe Fenlon
Leigh and Scott Feuer
Lynda and Naheem Francise
Tonya and Robert Fulton
Maureen Hamrock
Hala and Ahmad Hamzah
Donna and Paige Hatton
Mary Beth and Andrew Hill
Laura and Greg Horn
Nancy and Earl Horton
Chris Hutton
Gregg Jaffray ’79
Kim Jago ’81 and
Donald Morrison ’86
Elizabeth and Ziad Kazbour
Robin and Tim Kennedy
Elyssa and Paul Kornberg
Irena and Brian Lukasik
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Mary and Scott McLaren
Moffitt Cancer Center scu Staff
Laura* and Anthony Morrison
Susan and Jeff Neustadt
Elizabeth and Geoffrey Okogbaa
Kim and Charles Puleo
Tebbi and Joseph Purvis
Maha Sallam and K.K. Quah
Lori Ransohoff
Julia Roper
Nancy and Craig Schwartz
Dianne and Peter Shepley
Heidi and Scott Shimberg
Rachel Mitchell Smith ’91
Susannah Wilson ’87 Smith and
John Smith
Jillian Stanton
Victoria and Richard Sunderland
Carmen and Samuel Tarantino
Robert Troke
Janet Valesares
Jeanne and Buddy Walters
Cherie and Michel Ward
Carolyn and Earle Wilson
Dana and Matt Young
Christine Newkirk ’85 Zettel and
John Zettel
Dina and Michael Zuccolillo
Shari and Jeffrey Zwirn
prep circle
gifts up to $499
Tim Abrahamsen ’02
Andrea Szigeti and Geza Acs
Linda and Timothy Adams
Wendy Addison ’02
John Alden
Denise Vaughan and Matt Alexander
Ashley Alfonso ’00
Anonymous
Amy and John Arrington
Hillary and Mike Aubin
Liz and Bill Ayers
Sandy and Steve Babbitt
Allison Depatie ’04 Bachman and
Michael Bachman
Michelle and Nedin Bahtic
John Bamford
Gerritt Bangma
Lynn Koletic ’87 Bankston and
Morris Bankston
Jane and Leroy Barnard
Janice and Robert Barnard
Michele Barrett-Dew ’85
Peggy and Pat Baskette
Lisa and Keith Bass
Dianne Morrison-Beedy and
Michael Beedy
Betty and Ronald Bennett
Shirley and Mickler Bentley
Laura and Don Blair
Kwang-Sun and Kym Blair
Ellen Blakely
Amy and Michael ’95 Bloom
Harold Bono
Hope Boorojian ’04
Ann and Howard Bowers
Lindsay Bowman
Yamile and Richard Brabant
Edna and Norman Bradney
Bob Bradshaw
Eldridge Bravo
Karen Bravo
Mark Bremmer
Pam Bremmer
Kathryn Van Spanckeren and
Stephen Breslow
Andy Bricker
Jamie and David Broderick
Katey and Cary Brown
Kari Solomon ’88 Brown
Vermille and Ryan ’00 Buchanan
Pat and Russ Buhite
Kerry Bunting
Caryn and Dale Burdine
Kay and Henry Burmeister
Susan and Scott Burns
Bertha and Stephen Burns
Noreen and Phillip Cacciatore
Jessica Calandra
Barbara Calliott
Katie Calvin
Julie and Peter Campo
Julie Brabham ’99 Candia and
Alexander Candia
Susan and Sandy Cannon
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Being a Terrapin Matters!
anne (rimbey) giles, former
faculty, terrapin legacy society
Once a Terrapin, always a Terrapin! Ms.
Anne Giles (formerly Mrs. Rimbey), was
a Tampa Prep Middle School teacher for
a total of 11 years, between 1991–2006.
Anne influenced scores of students with
her passion for writing and reading and
she is still in touch with many of them,
and with their parents, too.
Since leaving Tampa Prep in 2006 to
return to Virginia, Anne has been busy!
She is the president, ceo and founder of
Handshake Media, Incorporated, the
founder of Handshake 2.0®, and a cofounder of Cognichoice®. She was selected as a gap 50 Entrepreneur Award
finalist and was nominated by the
Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council
in the entrepreneur category for
TechNite Awards in 2009, 2010 and 2013.
She Chooses®, a personal awareness and
social sharing network for women cofounded by Anne, was nominated in the
Rising Star category at TechNite 2011. In
2012 Cognichoice® was selected as one of
five finalists to compete in the 2012 VT
KnowledgeWorks Entrepreneurship
Challenge.
All these years later, Anne “feels
touched to still be considered a Terrapin.”
For that reason, she chose to become the
most recent member of the Terrapin
Legacy Society, together with other Prep
Former Middle School English teacher, Anne
planned giving
Giles
Are you thinking about making a planned gift to Tampa Preparatory
School? Consider giving through such means as life insurance, bequests
in your will, or charitable trusts and become a member of the Terrapin
Legacy Society. Planned giving may be a way to reduce or avoid estate or
inheritance taxes. Please consult your tax advisor when considering any
type of planned gift. For additional details on various ways to give, contact Susan Depatie, Director of Development, sdepatie@tampaprep.org
or call 813.251.8481 ext 4007.
terrapin legacy society
The following individuals have included Tampa Preparatory School in
their philanthropic planning by making bequests and we thank them for
their commitment to the School’s future.
Patricia and Clark ’84 Fernon
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r Susanna F. Grady
r
William A. “Bill” Krusen deceased
r Jean and Rex Mason
r Cathy and Bob Smith
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friends who have included Tampa Prep in
their estate plans.
“The Faculty Life Fund committee
was very generous to me during the last
three years I was a teacher at Tampa
Prep, helping me fund the master’s
degree I was earning in counseling. Then
my mother fell very ill and I left Tampa
and Tampa Prep to be near my parents. I
served on the Faculty Life Fund
Committee and know the Fund’s committee members felt justifiably concerned
about awarding precious funds to teachers
who might leave or who end up leaving. I
want to express profound gratitude for
their belief and investment in me the best
way I know how. I wish I had the funds to
award now, but through the Terrapin
Legacy Society, I can express my thanks
with the promise of a means to invest in
future teachers. It just feels right.” T
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Sabrina Carpenter Caras ’97
Matt and Stephanie Cardillo
Richard Carlo
Melissa Smith ’89 Carlson and
Erik Carlson
Anna and Nicholas ’01 Carlson
Chris and Mike Carnes
Claire and Frazier Carraway
Kathleen and Santiago Carreño
Meg and Devon Carter
Ann Carver
Lucy Casteel
Anna and Alfredo Castro
Genelle Catania
Kim and Darrin Cates
Ginger and Richard Chapman
Shirley Smiekel ’95 Chodakiewicz and
Marek Chodakiewicz
Mike Circle
Mary Ann and Michael Clukey
Danielle and Philip Cohen
Nancy and Myron Cohn
Michele and Tim Cole
Tiernan Cole ’02
Melanie Lopez Collinson ’97
Garda Menghetti-Collison and
John Collison
Sherrie and Wayne Collison
Sue and Bill Cook
Barbara and Robert Cooney
Sue Ellen and Jim Corning
David and Irene Couchman
Maureen and Ben Cristal
Frankie Crumpton
Stacey Cummins and Randy Rone
Michele and Jerry Curtis
Lauren Cury ’97
Myles Cyr
Jaci and José DaCosta
Robby Daisley ’11
Nancy and Carlos Dalence
Shannon and Michael Danielson
Stephanie and Rodney Dann
Cassandra and
Carlos ’86 de Quesada
Martha and Scott DeAmbrose
*deceased
Robert Dedrick
Sharon and Chester DeLaMater
Laura Maniscalco ’89 DeLise and
Damon DeLise
Megan Depatie ’04
Isabel and John DeTringo
Stephanie and John DeTringo
Richard Diaz
Felicia and David Dickey
Patricia and Anthony Diorio
Martha and Joe Dixon
Deirdre and Paul Dixon
Gary Djeu ’93
Shirley and Maurice Dobbins
Eunice Kindred ’98 Dockery and
Prince Dockery
Dianne Donovan
Dionna Doss
Darren Douglas
Kathleen Doyle
Matthew Dunham ’89
Patrick Dunnigan
Vilma and Douglas Duquaine
Dori and Jerry Duquaine
Caroline Dyal ’90
Logan Echave ’07
Sue Eckstein
Jane and David Egbert
Gerald and Maureen Eisman
Heather Eisman
Tricia and Mark Eisner
Shannon Liston ’99 Encina and
Eduardo Encina
Melody and Stephen Engle
Enaye and George Englenton
Genevieve Essig ’01
Barrett Eubanks ’03
Carole and Harold Ewen
Kim and Gabriel Falbo
Heshanthi and Mitch ’02 Federer
Conner Fenlon ’08
Mychael Fenlon ’06
Doris and Gene Fernandez
Patricia and Clark ’84 Fernon
Dawn and Frank Ferrara
Mary Ferrara
Lynette and Robert Fields
Anne and Vincent ’79 Figueredo
Debbie Fisher
the founders scholarship
For over 20 years, the Founders Scholarship Program at Tampa
Preparatory School has provided African-American students with the
opportunity to compete for the School’s only full-tuition merit scholarship.
From the beginning, the Founders Scholarship was dedicated to providing
a rigorous college-preparatory education to talented children of families
that historically have not been a part of the fabric of independent schools.
Cultivating centered, inquisitive and selfless adults through contact with
diverse experiences and people, and fostering character development,
commitment to community and altruism, were central to its purpose.
Founders Scholarship candidates entering grades 6-9, who consistently
score in the upper quartile (75–99%) on standardized tests, whose
achievement record falls consistently within the A range and whose
personal qualities include drive, initiative and a competitive spirit should
give serious consideration to taking the Founders Scholarship test.
Administrators, teachers, guidance counselors and community
leaders can nominate qualified student scholars who meet the criteria.
The test is given annually on the first Saturday of December. Selection is
competitive. The top six participants with the highest test scores on the
Educational Records Bureau’s ctp iv are chosen as finalists. The
recipient of the merit scholarship will be judged on the basis of her/her
academic transcript, strong recommendations and a personal interview.
Recipients of the Founders Scholarship Program have gone on to
attend some of the finest and most prestigious universities in the United
States including Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Morehouse, M.I.T., Princeton,
the United State Naval Academy, University of Miami, Yale, and the
Honors Programs of four Florida state universities.
Charlotte and David Fletcher
Melissa and John Flynn
Jon Ford ’02
Victoria and Walter Fordyce
Cheryl and Steven Forehand
Donna Fowler
Mike Fowler
Grace Fredlake ’09
Lorraine and John Fredlake
Deon and George Freeman
Laura and Frank Fren
Betty Fueyo
Mary Ann and Rick Fueyo
Catherine and Troy Fuhrman
Karen and Kim Fulton
Branch Furtado ’95
Maria and Rick Galdos
Nicole and Rafal Garba
Flora Garcia ’83
Hiram Garcia ’02
Mery Garcia
Manuela García Luque
Shary Taylor ’87 Gentry and
John Gentry ’87
Melissa and Phillip Gerardi
Donna Magruder and
Robert Gidjunis
Dominick Giombetti
Rachel and Peter Glynn
Brenda and Peter Goltermann
Dorothy and Horace Gordon
Dawn and Horace Gordon
Elizabeth and William Gourdine
Susan Grady
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Opportunity Matters:
Tanya Olson ’10, Founders Scholar
“From early on, my parents always
stressed the importance of a good education. Not because it would get me into college or I could make more money. They
wanted me to enjoy learning for learning’s sake. Tampa Prep did that for me.”
Tanya believes that being a part of the
Tampa Prep community changed her in
more ways than one. Because of her Tampa
Prep experience, she sees herself as wellrounded and engaged with life and people.
She credits Tampa Prep for not only her
love of learning, but also for teaching her
important critical thinking skills.
As a fifth-grader in a Hillsborough
County elementary school, she learned
about the Founders Scholarship Tampa
Prep offers when she received a letter
from the Tampa Prep Admissions Office
with information about Founders testing
dates. She thought it was a joke until her
teacher told her that she had given
Tanya’s name to the Tampa Prep
Admissions Office. Tanya took the test
and excelled, and was offered the
Founders Scholarship.
As a student, she loved her years of
Latin with Ms. Roper, which had an
impact on her choice of college major,
Archaeology. Her favorite classes included
Ancient History, taught by Mr. Facciolo
(“He was an awesome teacher!”), and Mr.
Morrison’s World Religions class. “World
Religions really opened my eyes. We visited temples, a mosque, and churches, and
studied beliefs and histories. I realized
that all people share certain fundamental
values, no matter what religion they are,
and everyone wants to live peacefully, to
be able to go about their day-to-day lives
without strife. Many people are stereotyped by the actions of a few.”
As a Tampa Prep student, Tanya won
the English Award her senior year and
Tanya on a dig at an excavation site in Pennsylvania (left); Mr. Plummer presenting Tanya with the
English Award during Senior Celebration the year she graduated.
was a finalist for the History Award. In
the top 10% of her class, Tanya was
inducted into Cum Laude society her junior year. Selected to be a member of the
Writing Center staff, she learned a lot
herself by mentoring other students.
Tanya will graduate from Brown
University in May with a Bachelor of
Arts in Archaeology and Ancient History.
Tanya’s volunteerism in college includes
lecturing and mentoring in the Student
Gallery of the Rhode Island School of
Design Museum of Art. A summer
internship at an archaeological field
school in Pennsylvania taught her excavation methodology. She is a leader in the
Archaeology Department Student Group,
planning and organizing events of the
Department, and a volunteer in the
Department Outreach Program, educat-
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archaeological methodology. Using her
editing skills she was a copy editor for the
Brown Daily Herald. In addition to her
studies and extracurricular activities, she
worked in various capacities for Brown
Dining Services all four years. Tanya will
go to graduate school eventually, but after
graduation from Brown in May, she hopes
to be able to work in the field of her
major or a related area.
Although Tanya is not certain about
what she wants to do with her life in the
long run—perhaps work as a museum
curator or a college professor—she
believes that her education has prepared
her with skills that go beyond classes. She
is prepared for whatever opportunities
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Ansley Cowart ’94 Graff and
Jamie Graff
Kelley and Brian Graff
Veronique Dienemann and
Leopoldo Grauer
Kristin Smith ’95 Greco and
Dan Greco
Patience Green ’05
Bonnie and John Greene
Jean and Robert Greenleaf
Alix Greenwald ’06
Juli and Dan Greenwald
Ryan Griffin ’08
Kerri Grosso
Geoff Guidera ’95 and
Dave Schintzius
Anne and Paul Hagenau
Kevin Hakala ’90
Shirley and Lee Hamilton
Betsy Hardin
Lisa and Rick Harman
Lolita and Daniel Harris
Mary Beth Harris
David Harrison
Anne and Winston Haydon
Kathy and Michael Head
Jill Levine ’89 Hechtman and
Jason Hechtman
Joyce and William Hemingway
Kathy and A.J. Hendrix
Nelly Hicks
Andrea and Norman Higgins
Sally and Lewis Hill
Nadyne and James Hines
Tarah Hines ’07
Kimberly Hitzel
Leslie Hoffman
Simone and Lea Hollar
Lisa Pointer-Holmes and Van Holmes
D.J. Holt ’88
Gail and Steven Holtzman
Carole and James Holway
Shirley and Charles Hood
Barbara and Tracy Hood
Nancy and Everett Horbert
*deceased
Alexa Nimphie ’94 Horton and
Ward Horton
Oscar Horton
PACU staff at Moffitt Cancer Center
Karen and Mark House
Prima and Alvin Hower
Judy and William Howlin
Brenna and Andrew Hoy
Susan Huberth
Sheila and Chris Hughes
Shaun Hurley
Susan Weitzel and John Husfield
Paula and Jay Hutchinson
Lisa and Danilo Iglesias
Elizabeth and Alan Illig
Juliet and Karl Illig
Jacqueline Rivera and Darrell Irions
Sandy Irvine
Ashley and Jonathan Ise
Richard Ishizaki
Elizabeth Jacobsen ’08
Marcia Israeloff and Paul Jacobsen
Carol and Mark Jaffe
Robin and Pim ’89 Jager
Mary and Butch Jalbert
Eric Jankel
Michelle Jerrold
Chrissy and Jay Jisha
Charlotte and Elijah Johnson
Akiko Kuchina and Ken Johnson
R.B. Johnson ’79
Mary Jane and Buck Jones
Ann and Craig Kalter
Deborah and Bruce Kaschyk
Jennifer Reid ’91 Keene and
Jarret Keene ’91
Jennifer and Thomas Keller
David Kellogg ’02
Grace Kelly
John Kelly IV
Steve Kelly
Maura and Larry Kemm
Judy and Larry Kent
Nancy and Grant ’83 King
Kaki and Jack King
Kwynn Kirkhuff ’07
Naomi and Larry Kirsch
Cathy and Bob Knoke
Essie Knowles
Aaron Koch ’08
Emily Shaw ’02 and Ryan Koski ’02
Janina Kowalik
Linda and Stanley Kranc
Jane and Rudy Kriebel
Surbhi and Atul Kshatri
Susie Ladd
Shannon and Christopher LaFrance
Sean Lake
Sandra and Sergio Lamas
James and Frances Langerfeld
Georgia and Fritz ’03 Langerfeld
Joseph Langerfeld ’97
Jacqueline Libster and
Thomas ’93 Langerfeld
Marion and Hamid Latif
Susan Leavitt
Selena and Jim Leavy
Elaine and Jimmie Lee
Mimi and Leonard Leeds
David Lemuel
Jean and Richard Lena
Lagretta and Mark Lenker
Karen and Joe Leonardo
Joan Leritz
Reva and Harry Lerner
Margot Levin ’84
Karen and Jon Levy
Victoria and Chad Lewis
Susy Lienhart
Sonjia and Perry Little
Jinhong Liu and Sheng Wei
Joan Lochridge
Sarah and Dax Lonetto
Carmen and Luis Lorente
Nancy and Tim Lorenzen
Mary and David Lower
Anna and Michael Lukasik
Allison Beard Luzier ’91
Jill and Greg Lynn
Bette and Benny Maniscalco
Jeanine Mansour ’04
Chrissy and Chris Maraghy
Elaine and Bernard Markowitz
Barbara Marks
Suzanne and Jim Marks
Sheryl and Steven Matheson
Barbara and Jimmy Mayer
Elwyn and Lee McCargar
Marlina and Fred McClure
Margaret and John ’79 McCoy
Vikki McDonald
Marjorie McDuffie
Tami and Chris McFarren
Bill McGurk
Andrew McIntosh ’06
William McLuckie
Fran McWhorter
Liza and David Medina
Jessica Meloy ’02
Jennifer Menendez, ’90
Nancy and Randy Metzger
Gayle and Keith Miller
Christina Mimms ’91
Janet Mistretta
Taylor Mitchell ’12
Moffitt Cancer Center Operating
Room Staff
Amy and Byron Moger
Kurtis Mohr ’97
Noël Monea and Michael DeJonge
Beth and Lenny Monsour
Simone Leal and Alvaro Monteiro
Delina and James Montgomery
Eduardo Montiel
Nancy Mook
Frances Morales
Kelly and Tony Mosco
Machelle and Christopher Muir
Cathy and John Murphy
Allene and Jamie Myers
Katherine Essrig and Kevin Napper
Jan Needles
Stacy Wachtel and Michael Needles
Tara Nelan
Liz Nelson
Latonigi Nembhard
Francene and Mike Newbury
Anh Ho and Son Nguyen
Tina Nimphie
Celia and Abraham Nuflo
Lois and Jay Older
Maryann and Keith Olsen
Kristopher Olsen
Halima Olson
Randy O’Neal ’82
Sherrill and Solon O’Neal
Keara Danger and Stephen O’Rourke
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Steven Pagan ’02
James Pagano ’02
Kelly Palmer ’10
Lori and Mike Palmer
Barry Parks
Julie and Brian Pearlman
Shannon and Chris ’92 Peifer
Sandra Wheeler ’97 Pennino
Carmen Martinez and Felix Perez
Stacia Perry-Eaton
Roselyn and DuWayne Peterson
Nancy and Pete Peterson
Nell and Ron Peterson
Cindy and Jonathan Petracelli
John Phelps
Renata and Andre Pires
Kathy and Howard Pitcher
Brucie de Alejo ’99 Pitino
Missy Polo ’87
Lori and Alan Ponoroff
Christine Pratt
Lesley and Donald Pratt
Marcia and Dennis Prince
Susan and Ed Pritchard
Lindsay Prokopetz,’06
Angel and Mario Pullara
Danielle and Richard Puls
Melanie and Bruno Quattrone
Sherri Queen
Linda Quinn
Alisa and Mark Ragusa
Siri and David Rainone
Perrin and John ’98 Rains IV
Sheila Connery and Tony Raitano
Christina and Jorge Ramirez
Tynese and Trennis Randolph
Lori and Alan Rash
Margaret Reifsnyder
Betty and Joseph Reineman
Ragini Kudchadkar and
Graham Reiney
Lori Pucci-Rey and Andy Rey
Erin Carr ’01 Rice and Dan Rice
Nicole and Scott Riddell
Ona Riggin
James Riley
Carolyn and Robert Rinehart
Pamela and Alfred Roberts
Meredith Roberts
Kristy and Neill Roberts
Brenda and Robert Robertson
Sharilyn Robinson
Judy and Dan Rodriguez
Jody and Bryan Rodriguez
Lori Bennett and Jorge Rodriguez
Melanie and Nick ’99 Rodriguez
Santiago Rodriguez, ’83
Bevan and Stuart Rogel
Samantha and Nathaniel ’95 Roland
Pamela and Ian ’00 Rovira
Carolyn Rupolo
Vincent Rupolo
Jenny and Scott Rutz
Jill Bentley ’95 Saint
June and John Saltzgaver
Taylor Sanford ’11
Dorilee and Alan Savitt
Adelaide Sayers
Frances Sayers ’91 and
Reid Bramblett
Edesa and Matthew Scarborough
Patricia and John Schaefer
Gerda and Jon Scheele
Eleanor and Arthur Schiffner
Dominique Schneider-Labauvie and
Erika Schneider
Caroline Schwartz ’92
Ted Scott
Art Sentif
Tracy Sever
Andrea Seymore and
Dan Eckstein ’97
Rania Shamekh and Timothy Wiles
Kaye Shannon
Kelly Shaw ’93
Marianne Shaw, ’93
Meghan and Patrick Sheil
Lisa and William Shepherd
Sara Shevel
Steve Shlemon
Diana and Jim Shuler
Jane and Raymond Siedlarz
Valerie and Michael Siegman
Austin Sigety ’04
Colyer Sigety ’08
Nancy and Elliot Silverston
Gael Levin ’90 Simon and
Jamie Simon
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Shalini and Agus Siswanto
Unni and Arne Skjaerpe
Holly Smiekel ’93
Kim and Doug Smith
Octavia Smith ’98
Eric Snow
Helene and Herb Solomon
Margarite and Jon Solomon
Berta and Ivan Sosa
Kim and Jim Souza
Kim and Peter Spezza
Karin and Russell Stahl
Lori and Glenn Stambo
Deanna and Chad Stec
Kristy and Eric Steel
Charise and John Strandberg
J.T. Stukes ’01
Andrew Sufficool
Erika Sugar ’04 and Andy George
George Sunderland ’07
Sermin and Aydin Sunol
Marcia and Joel Sussman
Beth and Jay Sussman
Bryan Sykes
Jeannette and Stephen Szabo
Lincoln Tamayo
Tampa Prep Class of 2002
Gita and Sanjeev Taneja
Douglas Taylor ’84
Barbara Thomas
Melissa and Wray ’89 Thorn
Kelly and Jeff Thorson
Beverly and Gerald Tienstra
Ann Tihansky ’79
David Tockman ’05
Cynthia Holland-Tucker and
Everett Tucker
Paul Tucker ’05
Donna and Thomas Tullo
Julie and Joseph Urso
Jennifer Simoneau Vaden ’98
Janna and Dan Vincent
Albert Wagner
Lynda McDermott and Bill Waite
Barbara and Frank Walsh
Shelby Walters ’10
Suzie Eldridge Ward ’99
Bonnie and Scott Warfel
Lauren and Shamus ’92 Warren
Amy Wasser
Rosemary and John Watts
Leslie and Bryant Weaver
Rory Weiner
Jill and David Weinstein
Madalena and David Weiss
Leah and Frank Welch
Nick Wendrich ’77
Lynn and Bruce Wertheim
Laura White
Valerie Whiteman-White
Amy and Frank Whitworth
Inglis and Stephen Wiley
Jay Wiley ’96
Mason Wiley ’02
Brooke Williams and
Amon Chulikavit
Nada and Brian Williams
Francis Williams
Wyvonne and Hal Willoughby
Ashley Wilson ’85
Carol Wilson
Paula and George Wilson
Alisa Jenkins and Mike Wilson
Holly and Scott Wintrip
Tracy and Arthur Wood
Gary Wood
Andrew Wright ’06
Su Wang and Ting Xu
Paula Yanes ’99
Michael Young,’78
Joy and Max Zalkin
Catherine Zidow ’02
Carrie Zollinger ’12
Joan and Jack Zollinger
businesses
Farina Orthodontics
Florida Pool Finishers, llc
Francise & Francise, Inc.
Gary L. Wood & Associates
Henry B. Plant Museum Society, Inc.
Leverage Financial–One
Market Realty
Mid-Atlantic Finance Company
P & J Graphics, Inc.
par, Inc.
Provise Management Company Inc
Radarworks
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Robert Hauser Consulting, Inc.
Robotics Association
Sunrise Utility Construction, Inc.
Sykes Security Inc.
Tampa Bay Technology Alliance Inc
tlb Group llc
uci Construction Services, llc
Vernick Technology Inc.
Vology Data Systems
sydney burnett ’16
Elizabeth and William Gourdine
mary beth hill
Stacy and Michael Leeds
dianne shepley
Mary Beth Harris
kelsey burnett ’20
Elizabeth and William Gourdine
spenser hollar ’12
Simone and Lea Hollar
stephanie cardillo
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Susan and Jeff Neustadt
butch jalbert
Stacy and Michael Leeds
foundations and
donor advised funds
santiago carreño
Stacy and Michael Leeds
peter shepley
Jaci and José DaCosta
Jane and David Egbert
Conner Fenlon ’08
Mychael Fenlon ’06
Susan Grady
Ryan Griffin ’08
Mary Beth Harris
Carol and Mark Jaffe
Jane and Rudy Kriebel
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Elaine and Bernard Markowitz
Erin Carr ’01 Rice and Dan Rice
Patricia B. Riggs
Cruse Fund
sbj Resch Family Foundation Inc.
Sunset Cove Foundation
The Leslie Peter Foundation
The Walter Foundation
Vinik Family Foundation
Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign
susan depatie
Megan Depatie ’04
joshua ewen ’92
Carole and Harold Ewen
sara ewen ’95
Carole and Harold Ewen
matching gifts
kaki king
Ryan Griffin ’08
Jane and Rudy Kriebel
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Elaine and Bernard Markowitz
Patricia B. Riggs
Tracy and Arthur Wood
nadia kirsch ’14
Alicja and Leonard Kirsch
doug smith
Abla Zayed and Samir Douidar
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Publix Super Markets Charities, Inc.
Time, Inc.
Travelers Community Connections
Matching Gift Program
Verizon Foundation
Visa Givingstation
Wells Fargo Foundation
joe fenlon
Erin Carr ’01 Rice and Dan Rice
victoria rose koski
Emily Shaw ’02 Koski and
Ryan Koski ’02
tampa prep faculty
Susan Alden and Robert Hauser
Donna Fowler
Stacy and Michael Leeds
pat lane
Meredith Roberts
alicia vernick ’12
Pam and Alan Vernick
dominick giombetti
Melodie and Michael Hodges
chris maraghy
Stacy and Michael Leeds
michele vernick ’10
Pam and Alan Vernick
gifts in honor of
rachel gordon ’14
Dorothy and Horace Gordon
Bruno Quattrone
Stacy and Michael Leeds
scott warfel
Stacy and Michael Leeds
quint gordon ’17
Dorothy and Horace Gordon
jade ransohoff ’14
Lori Ransohoff
gail whiting
Laura and Greg Horn
susan grady
Patricia and Clark ’84 Fernon
paul whiting, sr.
Laura and Greg Horn
kendall graff ’16
Kelley and Brian Graff
del sayers
Ryan Griffin, ’08
Jane and Rudy Kriebel
Gordon and Sue MacLeod
Elaine and Bernard Markowitz
Patricia B. Riggs
Frances Sayers ’91 and
Reid Bramblett
lisa harman
Stacy and Michael Leeds
andrea seymore
Sue Eckstein
john bamford
Stacy and Michael Leeds
zachary blustein ’13
Pamela and Steven Blustein
Lindsay Bowman
Siri and David Rainone
andy bricker
Stacy and Michael Leeds
ryan buchanan ’00
Stacy and Michael Leeds
*deceased
ethan graff ’19
Kelley and Brian Graff
brian williams
Stacy and Michael Leeds
gifts in memory of
donald doss
Dionna Doss
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Education Matters: Zak Mesyan ’97
Zak Mesyan came to Tampa Prep only a
few years after his non-English-speaking
family immigrated to the U.S. from
Russia and were “still going through very
rough times. We were amazed that not
only did Tampa Prep admit me, but I was
allowed to attend almost tuition-free.”
Four years later he graduated as the
Valedictorian of his class.
Zak credits Tampa Prep for giving
him “a good early push toward his
career” for which he is grateful. He has
“been able to achieve many of his goals”
and no small success in his career. An
Associate Professor at the University of
Colorado, Colorado Springs, his academic
credentials include a B.S. from Brown
University; a Ph.D. in Mathematics from
the University of California, Berkeley; a
three-year stint as Lecturer at the
University of Southern California; and a
Post-doctoral Fellowship at Ben Gurion
University in Israel.
His research specialty is (abstract)
Algebra, and in addition to teaching
lower-level classes like Calculus, he
teaches various advanced algebra courses.
He explained, “While Algebra has mostly developed as a purely theoretical subject, various bits of it have been used in
cryptography (particularly for securely
transmitting information over the
Internet), engineering (for modeling car
traffic and electrical circuits, for
instance), and physics, specifically in
quantum mechanics.”
Zak has been a professor at the
University of Colorado for three years. He
enjoys both the research and the teaching
aspects of his job. “Meeting with collaborators is a great excuse for traveling and
has taken me to Scotland, Germany and
Poland in the last few years.” He has
authored numerous publications and been
While on a post-doctoral fellowship at Ben Gurion University, Dr. Zak Mesyan enjoyed traveling in
Israel.
a speaker for various conferences and colloquiums in both the U.S. and other countries. He and his wife, Maria, whom he
met while in Israel, enjoy their life in
Colorado Springs, “living in our wildlifeinterface part of town.”
Recently, Zak donated generously to
the Annual Fund. As he said, “While
there are many great causes in the world,
I’ve come to realize that education is the
one closest to my heart.” His donation
will help today’s Tampa Prep students
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anthony figueredo ’82
Anne and Vincent ’79 Figueredo
meg heisel
Melissa Smith ’89 Carlson and
Erik Carlson
anna hill ’99
Shannon Liston ’99 Encina and
Eduardo Encina
matt klein ’87
Shary Taylor ’87 Gentry and
John Gentry ’87
sam lewis ’88
D.J. Holt, ’88
gilbert pitisci
Gia Pitisci ’90 Agresta and
Sam Agresta
chris smiekel
Shirley Smiekel ’95 Chodakiewicz and
Marek Chodakiewicz
Jessica Meloy ’02
Steven Pagan ’02
James Pagano ’02
Nicki Morganti Readinger ’02
Tampa Prep Class of 2002
Morgan Camara ’02 Tapp and
Andy Tapp ’02
Yogi 18, llc dba Yogurtology
general endowment
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
laird davis fund
Kay and David Robinson
francis j. “jack”
thompson fund
Kay and David Robinson
peter valesares fund
Sarah and David Hull
Patricia and John Schaefer
glenn c. vaughn fund
for language study and
cultural exchange
Bob Bradshaw
Mimi Farmer and Glenn Vaughn
david warren ’98
Anne and Paul Hagenau
paver campaign
beyond the annual fund
Thank you to those who honored
alumni, students, and faculty with an
engraved paver.
Thank you to those donors who have
supported Tampa Prep’s Endowment
Funds and other named funds.
tampa prep alumni
financial assistance fund
Tim Abrahamsen ’02
Tiernan Cole ’02
Adelisse Fontanet ’02
Jon Ford ’02
Alleo Frazier ’02
Hiram Garcia ’02
David Kellogg ’02
Jamie Magrill ’02
*deceased
Tim Abrahamsen ’02
Linda and Timothy Adams
Wendy Addison ’02
Denise Vaughan and Matt Alexander
Peggy and Pat Baskette
Lisa and Keith Bass
Shirley and Mickler Bentley
Yamile and Richard Brabant
Katherine and Bruce Burdge
Ryan Cameron ’02
Chris and Mike Carnes
Gael and John Carter
Laila and Hafeez Chatoor
Tiernan Cole ’02
Abla Zayed and Samir Douidar
Rabia Shaikh and Elamin Elamin
Jon Ford ’02
Catherine and Troy Fuhrman
Linda and Ken Fullerton
Hiram Garcia ’02
Miriam and Mohamed Ghabour
Dorothy and Horace Gordon
Dawn and Horace Gordon
Jeffrey and Karen Grove
Shirley and Lee Hamilton
Nancy and Earl Horton
Angelia and Kevin Hunter
Pamela and Tony Iannacio
Marcia Israeloff and Paul Jacobsen
Karen and Matthew Johnston
Ann and Craig Kalter
Kelly and William* McLuckie
Jessica Meloy ’02
Nancy and Randy Metzger
Steven Pagan ’02
Marilyn and Michael Perez
Lesley and Donald Pratt
Joanne and Harvey Prior
Susan and Ed Pritchard
Nicki Morganti Readinger ’02
Allison and Chris Richardson
Heidi and Scott Shimberg
Unni and Arne Skjaerpe
Kim and Peter Spezza
Cathy and Lou Suglia
Ellen and Pieter van Egmond
Jean and Jim Wall
Jeanne and Buddy Walters
Rosemary and John Watts
Nada and Brian Williams
joshua d. robinson
memorial fund
Newly established in 2012–13, this fund
was created in memory of Joshua D.
Robinson ’13 and supports students with
demonstrated financial need.
Amy and John Arrington
Lisa and Keith Bass
Lindsay Bowman
Robin and Michael Brodsky
Julie and Peter Campo
Susan and Sandy Cannon
Chris and Mike Carnes
Laila and Hafeez Chatoor
Jennifer Cox
Cruse Fund
John Downs
Dr. Duga, Dr. Feeny & Associates
Tricia and Mark Eisner
Farina Orthodontics
Victoria and Walter Fordyce
Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Bonnie and John Greene
Elizabeth and Chuck Harris
Susan Alden and Robert Hauser
Kathy and Michael Head
pacu staff at Moffitt Cancer Center
Judy and William Howlin
Sarah and David Hull
Richard Ishizaki
Marcia Israeloff and Paul Jacobsen
Robin and Tim Kennedy
Marion and Hamid Latif
Elaine and Jimmie Lee
Joan Leritz
Jinhong Liu and Sheng Wei
Irena and Brian Lukasik
Suzanne and Jim Marks
Nancy and Randy Metzger
Moffitt Cancer Center
Operating Room Staff
Moffitt Cancer Center scu Staff
Francene and Mike Newbury
Julie and Brian Pearlman
Lori and Alan Ponoroff
Christine Pratt
Ragini Kudchadkar and
Graham Reiney
Robert Hauser Consulting, Inc.
Susannah and Lary Robinson
Sharilyn Robinson
Sara Shevel
Cathy and Bob Smith
Cathy and Lou Suglia
Victoria and Richard Sunderland
Tampa Prep Faculty
Albert Wagner
Barbara and Frank Walsh
Su Wang and Ting Xu
Joy and Max Zalkin
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Debra McMillen and John Skicewicz
Ron ’83 and Bud ’85 Meadows
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
Northern Trust Bank
Elizabeth and Geoffrey Okogbaa
par, Inc.
pwc
Mark Ragusa
LeeRoy Selmon’s
Unni and Arne Skjaerpe
Bob and Cathy Smith
Ann and Jim Soble
SunTrust
Bruce and Cindy Tigert
Paul, Jr. ’86 and Dana Whiting
Carolyn Wilson
Jamal Wilson ’93
bella sera
auction patrons
lightning–crozier fund
Linda and Timothy Adams
agw Capital Advisors llc
Anonymous
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Linda Hower Bates ’92
Pat and Russ Buhite
Community Foundation of
Tampa Bay
Maureen and Ben Cristal
Martha and Scott DeAmbrose
Susan and Peter Depatie
Darren Douglas
Kathleen Doyle
Patrick Dunnigan
Dennis Facciolo
Linda and Ken Fullerton
Lee Hower ’96
Nadyne and James Hines
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Oscar Horton
Sarah and David Hull
Janel Newkirk ’89 Hutchinson and
Keith Hutchinson ’89
Robin and Tim Kennedy
Sonjia and Perry Little
Nancy and Tim Lorenzen
Marlina and Fred McClure
Mary and Scott McLaren
Elizabeth and Geoffrey Okogbaa
Nell and Ron Peterson
Rebecca Feaster and Hal Pittman
Jennifer and Kevin Plummer
Karan and John Rains
Sheila Connery and Tony Raitano
Betty and Joseph Reineman
Julia Roper
Sunset Cove Foundation
Lincoln Tamayo
Jean and Jim Wall
Rosemary and John Watts
Gail and Paul Whiting, Sr.
Paul, Jr. ’86 and Dana Whiting
Francis Williams
special events
Event fundraising provides both
additional revenue and the opportunity
for the Tampa Preparatory School
community to socialize and celebrate
together. Thank you sponsors, patrons
and underwriters of the Tampa Prep
Golf Outing and Auction.
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agw Capital Advisors
Airport Business Solutions
Bayshore Title
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Angela and Jeffrey Bryant
Paul and Tom Bowman
Catering by the Family
Coldwell Banker, South Tampa
Cristal Law Group
Maureen and Ben Cristal
Danahy & Murray P.A.
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Florida Dental Centers
Gunster Law
Keith and Janel Hutchinson ’89
Andrikk ’94 and Rena Frazier
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Linda and Ken Fullerton
Griffin and Associates
Eileen and Woody Griffin
Kevin Govin
Gunster Law
Home Loan Alliance
Karl Krausman and Donna Feldman
Levy Marketing and Awards
MarkMaster
Addison & Company, llc
Maureen Ayral
Barbara and Gordon Babbitt
Jill Gunn and Steve Berman
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Pamela and Steven Blustein
Buda Law Group PA
Melissa Buda Torres and Steve Torres
Traci and Stephen Burns
Julie and Peter Campo
Meg and Devon Carter
Lisa and Chuck Carver
Ginny and Van Cates
Linda and Michael Connelly
Amy and Jim Crumpton
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Shannon and Michael Danielson
Shawna and Jim Diamond
Vilma and Douglas Duquaine
Blythe and Eric Ebbert
Lynette and Robert Fields
Rachel and Mike Fletcher
Jane and Jerry Ford
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Sheri and Rob Freedman
Linda and Ken Fullerton
Tonya and Robert Fulton
Nicole and Rafal Garba
Maureen and Michael Gigliotti
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Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Jeffrey and Karen Grove
Elizabeth and Chuck Harris
Donna and Paige Hatton
Susan Alden and Robert Hauser
Teri and JJ Hickey
Melodie and Michael Hodges
Gail and Steven Holtzman
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Barbara and Tracy Hood
Sarah and David Hull
Susan Weitzel and John Husfield
Pamela and Tony Iannacio
Lonni and Greg Kehoe
Marion and Hamid Latif
Mary Ellen Hogan and Robert Lavey
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Natalie and Karl Leibensperger
Karen and Jon Levy
Milene and Luiz Lima
Nancy and Tim Lorenzen
Nancy and Randy Metzger
Karen and Steve Mezer
Shari and Todd Mezrah
Judy and Jeff Mitchell
*deceased
Amy and Byron Moger
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Kim and Eduardo Moros
Katherine Essrig and Kevin Napper
Lisa and Keith Nehrboss
Tracey Jaensch and Tim Neubert
Northern Trust Bank of Florida N.A.
Lori and Mike Palmer
Donna Petersen
Renata and Andre Pires
Jennifer and Kevin Plummer
Joanne and Harvey Prior
Provise Management Company, Inc.
Beth and John Ransom
Susie and Mitchell Rice
Robert Hauser Consulting, Inc.
Eve and Felix Sawicki
Edesa and Matthew Scarborough
Alta and Todd Schlemmer
Segal Funeral Home
Charles Segal
Shagbark Properties llc
Heidi and Scott Shimberg
Unni and Arne Skjaerpe
Cathy and Bob Smith
Sourini Painting, Inc.
Anne-Marie and Douglas Spriggs
Cathy and Lou Suglia
Suncoast Family Medical Associates
SunLabs, Inc
Sunrise Utility Construction, Inc.
SunTrust Bank
Kent and Joanne Takemoto
Carmen and Samuel Tarantino
Deborah and Chris Tsokos
Shaun and George Vaka
Janet Valesares
Mimi Farmer and Glenn Vaughn
Vinik Family Foundation
Penny and Jeffrey Vinik
Rosemary and John Watts
Paul, Jr. ’86 and Dana Whiting
Laurrene and Bill Winters
Karen and Lance Zingale
Betsy and Ted Zollinger
fund-a-future
paddle raise
Monies raised during the Bella Sera
“Paddle Raise” established Tampa
Preparatory School’s Earnest Fund that
provides financial assistance for qualified
students by covering expenses such as
iPads and trips.
Anonymous
Tara and Ed Armstrong
Lisa and Keith Bass
Gail and Lou Bernucca
Lindsay Bowman
Melissa Buda Torres and Steve Torres
Traci and Stephen Burns
Genelle Catania
Kim and Darrin Cates
Sue Ellen and Jim Corning
Amy and Jim Crumpton
Lori and Matt ’79 Danahy
Shannon and Michael Danielson
Cassandra and
Carlos ’86 de Quesada
Susan and Peter Depatie
Dennis Facciolo and Larry Mee
Trudie O’Riley and Mark Fernandez
Jon Ford ’02
Laurel and Jim Fredlake
Karen and Kim Fulton
Melissa and Phillip Gerardi
Judy Genshaft and Steve Greenbaum
Teri and JJ Hickey
Melodie and Michael Hodges
Tammy and Dan Honegger
Barbara and Tracy Hood
Pamela and Tony Iannacio
Robin and Tim Kennedy
Stacy and Michael Leeds
Rosemary and Jeffrey Lowenkron
Liza and David Medina
Kelly Palmer ’10
Donna Petersen
Jennifer and Kevin Plummer
Lesley and Donald Pratt
Susan and Ed Pritchard
Maha Sallam and K.K. Quah
Susie and Mitchell Rice
Jenny and Scott Rutz
Eve and Felix Sawicki
Pamela Ross and David Smolker
Carmen and Samuel Tarantino
Deborah and Chris Tsokos
Janna and Dan Vincent
Penny and Jeffrey Vinik
Carol Wilson
Carrie Zollinger ’12
Betsy and Ted Zollinger
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A Summer in Montana with NRDC
by taylor burdge ’12
Growing up in Florida, the West was a
mystery to me. Yellowstone was nothing
more than “that place where Old
Faithful is,” the Rocky Mountains were
where my friends went skiing, and grizzly
bears and wolves were figments of both
my nightmares and dreams. But as I
grew into an avid hiker and cyclist, the
snowcapped mountains and empty roads
of Montana caught my attention. In
Florida, the highest elevation is 429 feet,
while in Montana some mountains reach
heights of nearly 13,000 feet. I had the
“grass is always greener” mindset, and
the alpine elevation and unadulterated
wilderness attracted me to the Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem even more.
I yearned for mountains, for big skies,
for Montana. Finally an opportunity presented itself that combined my academic
interests with my love for nature. I
applied for an internship with the
Natural Resources Defense Council
(nrdc) in Bozeman, Montana, a town situated around more mountains than I
could possibly name. I was offered the
internship in the spring, and I arrived in
Big Sky Country that June. Now, in my
last week, I realize that my summer was
much more than an internship with one
of the nation’s top conservation groups: It
may sound clichéd, but I lived my dream.
I became interested in environmental
policy last year when I was a freshman at
Stanford University. In Introduction to
Earth Systems, I learned about the
Keystone XL Pipeline and found myself
captivated by the controversy. An internship with nrdc was a great fit for my academic interests, and it presented me with
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exactly what I wanted: hands-on experience with major environmental issues.
When I arrived in Montana, I was
oblivious to the wolf-hunter-rancher
dilemma I would soon find myself reading about. But my ignorance was bliss
when it came to my job; I was a blank
slate. I had no previous ideas, views, or
opinions, and I could present my unbiased analysis.
Before I could start analyzing the hundreds of wolf studies sent my way, I had
to catch up on the background information about a subject I knew nothing
about. My knowledge of wolves consisted
of movies, fairytales, and not much else.
Quickly, I learned about the misundercontinued on page 43
Taylor tops the summit of Saddle Peak in the
Montana Bridger range.
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Class of 1993 Twenty-Year Reunion
pondering the wonders of robotics and other antics
by robin kennedy, director of
alumni relations
Facebook planning started eight months
ahead of time. Joanna Mendzycki Wilson
created the reunion group Facebook page
and members of the class started signing
on. As November 21 approached the
anticipation grew. Debra Browarsky
Coffey started work on a video with pictures from their collective pasts to show
during the class brunch. Reservations and
checks arrived in Joanna’s mail. Online
discussion about what to inscribe on the
reunion paver for the school courtyard
waxed and waned. Joanna and Cristy
Gerhardt Braun volunteered to put gift
bags together at Tampa Prep the week
before. When alums arrived for the
reunion, some had traveled from
California, New York, Washington D.C.,
Atlanta, and Orlando.
Greeting familiar faculty who stopped
by during the brunch—Joe Fenlon, Peter
Shepley, Kim Jago and Bob Bradshaw and a tour of classrooms by Head of
School Kevin Plummer brought back
memories, even though most of them
had never visited the Cass Street campus.
The stem classroom provided fun for the
young children in tow as they played on
the Lego board while their parents marveled at the technology. That evening the
group met for tapas and drinks at
Channelside’s Tinatapas, sharing more
hugs and more laughter.
Surprising even themselves, members
of the Class of ’93 had a great time
together and when the party ended very
late that night, they were making plans
to reunite, some in Atlanta later in the
spring.
And the online paver discussion continued. Robert Jacobson suggested, “It
will be in a code that the TP cryptography department can decipher.” T
at top: Class Reunion funded paver; middle:
Caroline Wiley LaRosa and Jill Carr; above:
Former college roommates reunite at
Tinatapas, Allison Price Hipp and Debra
Browarsky Coffey; at right: Back row: Kevin
Gowen, Allen Pedrick, Cortney Freeman
Suthard, Robert Jacobson, Jesse Norton,
Thomas Langerfeld, Jay Hertweck, David
Lane, Sarah Weinzierl Pellenbarg, Jeff
Weekes, Matt Curtis; Front: Debra Browarsky
Coffey, Anabelle Bergess Filbert, Joanna
Menszycki, Michelle LeFloch, Holly Smiekel,
Cristy Gerhardt Braun
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clockwise from image at left: Jesse Norton, David
Lane; Joanna and Cristy put gift bags together for
alums attending the reunion events; Allen Pedrick,
Kevin Gowen, Jeff Weekes, Robert Jacobson; Holly
Smiekel and Sarah Weinzierl Pellenbarg; an end of
the evening picture at Channelside: (front) the
Brauns, Anabelle, Joanna, Lamara Heartwell, Caroline
Wiley LaRosa, Jill Carr; (middle) the Nortons, the
Curtises, the Morejons, Rob Wilson, Jeff Weekes, the
Pedricks; (back) the Suthards, Robert Jacobson, Jay
Hertweck, Debra Coffey, Allison Price Hipp, Mac
Guidera ’94, Thomas Langerfeld, the Lanes; Jay
Hertweck and Mr. Bradshaw at the Reunion Brunch;
Matt and Amy Curtis and their daughter Lily.
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Class of 2003 Ten-Year Reunion
clockwise from image at
left: Alums peruse senior
pictures in the ’03 yearbook,
The Who; Aubi Schmidt
Martinez, her husband T.A. and
family; 2003 group picture;
Jessica Euliano and Kyle
Dalton; Andrew and Mary
Cockey, Megan Smith Vinson,
Randy Lebowitz, Kevin
Plummer; Chris Matthew and
Lauren Adriaansen.
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standings surrounding this top predator.
During the early 20th century, fear
sparked the killing campaign throughout
the United States that drove wolves close
to extinction in the Lower 48. With
wolves gone, however, ecosystems began
to fall out of whack. Elk numbers skyrocketed, vegetation suffered, coyote
numbers went up, pronghorn antelope
numbers went down. With knowledge
gained and the problem realized,
Yellowstone National Park reintroduced
approximately 30 wolves in 1995–96 in
an attempt to restore the ecosystem. This
reintroduction is one of America’s greatest conservation success stories.
But the return of the wolf also
brought conflict and resentment. When
new friends this summer asked me what I
was working on for nrdc, I had to be
careful about my response. Talking about
wolves in Montana is the equivalent of
talking about politics or religion; it’s
almost always a heated subject. Some love
’em, some hate ’em, and the State of
Montana decided this summer to further
liberalize the hunting and trapping of
wolves during the upcoming season.
Whenever I explained that I studied
wolves, people had an opinion to share.
My main project focused on analyzing
and summarizing hundreds of wolf-related documents and studies and organizing
them by topic, date, and author. Topics
ranged from common wolf diseases to
how wolves affect ungulate browsing in
Europe. Reviewing and organizing all of
these studies taught me how to analyze
wildlife conservation issues, and the documents I pulled together will help nrdc
with its wolf work for years to come.
Although I spent most of my time
behind the desk analyzing studies, my
knowledge was supplemented with several
out-of-the office meetings and hearings.
During my first few weeks with nrdc, I
drove to Helena for the Montana Fish,
Wildlife and Parks meeting about, my first
exposure to the heated politics surrounding wolves. The board presented the current wolf hunting plan and dozens of
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Montana residents, wildlife advocates,
hunters, and ranchers gave their personal
opinions on the matter. Before that day, I
did not appreciate that snaring and trapping still exist. I had heard of these methods and had seen them in movies but
foolishly thought they were a part of the
past. Although fwp ruled it illegal to snare
wolves, they are again allowing trapping.
Working in the small nrdc office gave
me more responsibility. In addition to the
wolf studies, I had a short-term project
where I had to determine whether nrdc
should support a proposed land exchange.
My project involved researching and analyzing all of the background information—and then offering my conclusion
on which position was in the environment’s best interest. Again, the controversy and debate fascinated me, and it was
enthralling trying to determine which
course of action made the most sense.
In two words, the summer was about
new experiences. With the exception of a
few mountaineering and backpacking
trips, I had never been above sea level.
Working with nrdc allowed me to see
how adrenaline-rushing life in the
Northern Rockies can be. I climbed
mountains that pushed my comfort zone
to a new level and learned how to live on
my own. Although I often felt overwhelmed by information and details
beyond my 19 years, it forced me to learn
outside of the classroom. Intellectually,
this summer exposed me to pressing
dilemmas and problems that could gravely impact the wilderness I love.
As I go into my sophomore year of college, my mind is filled with new thoughts
and ideas surrounding my goals in life.
Should I go to law school? Would I rather
work for a nonprofit or large corporation?
Do I want to live in a huge city surrounded by people or in a smaller town close to
the outdoors? Most of these questions
remain unanswered for now. But after
spending my summer in Bozeman interning for nrdc, I have reached one conclusion: heated debates about controversial
environmental issues give me the same
Taylor takes a breather while hiking Crazy
Peaks.
adrenaline rush as summiting a 12,000foot mountain.
Taylor’s blog was published September 9,
2013, in “Switchboard,” NRDC’s online
news. T
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left: Chris Lohden ’85 on a recent trip to Greece. right: Matt Danahy ’79 and Robotics teacher, KK Quah, in the stem classroom.
class of 1979
matt danahy visited Tampa Prep
classes along with other members of
the Board of Trustees during Trustee
Visitation Day in the fall. He enjoyed
talking with Mr. Quah, Engineering
teacher in the stem classroom.
class of 1980
Brothers gerry monroe and kevin
hakala ’90 visited Tampa Prep
before the holidays, spending time
with Coach Joe Fenlon, Dr. Kranc,
Kim Jago and Robin Kennedy, taking
with them the popular Tampa Prep
Football t-shirts. Kevin is with Intel
and lives in Portland, Oregon, and
Gerry is a software consultant for
Cloud services and search engines.
Gerry lives in Maryland.
class of 1983
toby tedrowe is in-house counsel
for Good Times usa llc in Tampa, a
national cigar distributor. Toby is
Chief Corporate Counsel.
class of 1984
margot levin is a partner with The
Ironwood Consulting Group. She
graduated from Princeton University
and received an mba from University
of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of
Business. Margot attended the past
two alumni parties in New York City.
class of 1985
chris lohden recently authored a
book, By the Grace of God: A Roadie’s
Tale, available on Amazon. For the
past two decades Chris has been a
stage manager for just about every
major rock group, traveling around
the world with Bryan Adams, the
Grateful Dead, Jimmy Page and
Robert Plant, Primus, Santana,
Counting Crows, David Bowie, Eric
Clapton, Brian Setzer and, in the past
few months, Yanni world-wide.
Through his work, Chris has traveled
to nearly every country in the world.
bud meadows is the first Chief
Revenue Officer and Executive Vice
President for Ability Network Inc.
According to Virtual-Strategy
Magazine, in 17 years of sales, business
development and marketing leadership
experience, centered on various
aspects of health care services under
Bud’s leadership, ability has developed an unrivaled sales and marketing
team that has helped fuel the company’s explosive growth. Bud is responsi-
ble for a majority of customer interfaces, including sales, marketing,
account management, product implementation and customer support services. Bud received the Distinguished
Alumnus Award in 2013 (see page 8).
class of 1988
Since 2011 juliet dyal gray has
been Program Director of The
Performing Arts Project at Wake
Forest University, a residential 3-week
summer intensive in acting, dancing
and singing for young actors.
vince weiner happily
announced that he received an
Associate Science degree in Nursing,
cum laude, from the University of
Hawaii’s Kapi’olani Community
College in August 2013. He will work
in Intensive Care, Emergency
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CELEBRATIONS AND NEWS OF NOTE
clockwise from image at left: Vince Weiner ’88 celebrates his new diploma and career; Dr. Kranc and
John Fahey ’90 connect during the Careers Program for Seniors; Deborah Browarsky Coffey, Joanna Wilson
Menzycki, Anabelle Burgess Filbert, Class of ’93, attended the Class Reunion Brunch; Jonathan and Jacob
Mallin, children of Karen Levine Mallin ’91 and Jonathan Mallin ’90; members of the Class of ’88 celebrate
their 25th graduation anniversary in Tampa, Francine Cohen Lazarus, Heidi McKinnon, Robert Solomon,
Allison Fields Newton, Jenny Mook.
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clockwise from image at left: Craig McClain and Caroline Walkup, Class of ’99, celebrate their
engagement; Mary Ottinger ’02 and Thomas Herron on their wedding day; Gerry Monroe ’80 and Kevin
Hakala ’90 visited campus and Dr. Kranc; Rima Garsys and Kelly Palmer, Class of ’08 , connected in
London; Catherine Guthrie Bailey ’95.
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soccer alums return for annual
reunion game
college freshmen share insights
about college life
On Friday, January 3, roughly 20 former Tampa Prep soccer players
Graduates from the Class of 2013 returned to Tampa Prep for the
gathered on campus to play in the Tampa Prep Alumni Soccer Game.
Junior Class College Retreat. Sharing their thoughts about adjusting
Many of the alums who played in the match had won two or three
to college life, they answered questions from juniors on topics that
state championships while playing for the Terrapins, and some of
included academics, accessibility to professors, majors and minors,
these alumni are still playing (in college) today. The game was fun
sorority rush, making friends, cold weather, athletics, and offered
and competitive, and we thank our soccer alumni for coming back to
recommendations about college applications and test-taking. They
once again work their soccer magic at Tampa Prep.
also discussed “fun classes” available at college. Some alums
From the left (top row): Ryan Griffin ’08, Alex Glaser ’09 , Sean
thought math was fun and others enjoyed classes like “Dramatic
Regin ’09 , Wes Sever ’10, Zach Taylor ’07, Coach Smith, Chris
Imagination” and “History of Superheroes.” The alum college panel
Friedrich ’08, Brian Steel ’11, Henry Perez ’13, Daniel Kalter ’13, Zach
included: Alex Acs, Southern Methodist University; Maddie Walker,
Hebert ’12, Brad Sienkiewicz ’08, Macsen Pritchard ’13, and current
Temple University; Robbie Carter, Holy Cross College; Shanna
players, Addison Iannacio, Andrew Samuels, Oscar Skjaerpe.
Krausman, University of South Carolina; Chris Carnes, Harvard
From the left (bottom row): Twain Glaser ’10, Ralph Grauer ’12,
University; Alex Benbadis, Tufts University; Alex Blustein,
Gregg Suglia ’13, Shaddy Douidar ’13, Destin Lyons ’11.
Washington University; Daniel Weiss, Washington University.
Medicine, or Adolescent Psychology
and plans to continue his education
with a view toward teaching or managed nursing care.
November hosted by the Association
of Fundraising Professionals and
was a presenter for the 2014 Careers
Program.
class of 1989
stephen dann is President of Dann
Ocean Towing Inc. Stephen and his
wife, Shannon, reside in Tampa and
have two children. Stephen attended
Mercer University and received a bba
degree, with majors in Economics
and Communications.
class of 1991
class of 1990
class of 1992
john “bump” fahey, President of
shamus warren and his wife,
the Alumni Association, attended the
National Philanthropy Luncheon in
Laura, announce the birth of a
daughter, Wesleigh Turner. Wesleigh
joined her brother, Whit, in the family June 28, 2013. Shamus writes: “She
is the first Warren girl in over 70
years and we couldn’t be more
proud.” Shamus was a 2014 Careers
Program presenter.
karen levine mallin and
jonathan mallin announce,
“Jonathan and I welcomed our second son, Jacob Matthew Mallin,
May 3, 2013. He was 8 pounds and
20.5 inches. Our four-year old son,
Benjamin, is a proud big brother!”
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class of 1993
See pp. 40–41 for 20th reunion story.
debra browarsky coffey is an
intervention teacher for Gwinnett
County Public Schools in the Atlanta
area. Debra graduated from the
University of Tampa and received a
Master’s degree from Walden
University.
kevin gowen is an attorney with
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell P.A. He
received a B.A. in History from Emory
University and a J.D. from the Florida
State University College of Law.
jay hertweck lives in the Atlanta
area and works for Thermo Scientific
in Biotechnology Sales. Jay graduated
from LaGrange College with a degree
in Biochemistry.
david lane is an Emergency Room
physician in Washington, DC; he graduated from Swarthmore College in
1997 and the Emory University School
of Medicine in 2002.
tom langerfeld is the
Computer Programming Project
Manager for the New York City
Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene. Tom received a B.A. from
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clockwise from above: Jamal Wilson ’93 and his family, Rochelle Gonzalez and son, Cannon; Margot
Levin ’84 and Flora Garcia ’83 attended a recent New York City alumni party; Eunice Kindred Dockery ’98
and her daughter Winter; Cameron White ’05; Kelly Sutton-Skinner on vacation in Puerto Rico; Chelsea
Marnell Sperger ’94 with Ginger Chapman, and their kids hiking in Maine; Andrew Cockey ’03 and Mary
Cockey on their wedding day; friends from the Class of ’01 on vacation in Chicago, Rachel Seymour, Gillian
Brautigam, Lindsay Gold, CC Barker Marshburn and Laura Warren.
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above: Attending the wedding of Grant Hutchinson ’01 and Mallory Bynum ’04, guests included Tampa Prep alums Laura Warren ’01, Phill Hartmann ’01,
Lindsay Gold ’01, Anne Hutchinson ’05, Rachel Seymour ’01, Allison Depatie Bachman ’04, Lindsay Karlin Mirabal ’04, Megan Depatie ’04, Alex Berger ’01,
Gillian Brautigan ’01, Nicholas Carlson ’01.
Hunter College. He is married to
Jackie Libster.
jeff rice received a Ph.D. from
the University of Pennsylvania in the
spring of 2013. He is teaching Chinese
History at the University of Delaware
and lives in Philadelphia. Jeff received
his undergraduate degree from the
University of Chicago.
kelly shaw is an Associate
Professor of Computer Science at the
University of Richmond, teaching in
the field of Computer Architecture.
Last fall she attended a computer
architecture conference in Scotland.
“Sometimes computer conferences
can be in the best places!” she wrote.
Kelly received a Ph.D. from Stanford
University.
jamal wilson and Rochelle
Gonzalez announce the birth of a
son, Cannon. Jamal is a Trustee on
the Tampa Prep Board of Trustees.
Magazine and has won many awards
for her creative design. She graduated from the University of Florida
with a b.f.a.
class of 1994
danny amparo has written a book
about hiking the Appalachian Trail,
An Adventure, available in paperback
on Amazon.
chelsea marnell sperger and
Tampa Prep teacher Ginger Chapman
hiked Acadia National Park off the
coast of Maine with their children,
McKinley Chapman, and Maria and
Anna Lenore Sperger. During their
hike up Beehive they took a group
picture with the Traveling Terrapin.
allisun clarke sfeir is the
Creative Director of AAA Going Places
class of 1995
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website online. catherinebaileybooks.com
taro radke and his wife, Julie
Le, announce the birth of a daughter,
Nagisa Le, born October 2013, in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
catherine guthrie bailey
announces the publication of her
book for children, Mind Your
Monsters, in the fall of 2014.
Catherine graduated from Emory in
1999 and received a J.D. from Stetson
College of Law. She updates: “I write
full time for the children’s market—
magazines and books—and have two
little girls, Allison and Sarah. We are
still in Stuart (where my husband
works with TP alum eric pfeiffer ’85!) and we just started building our new house.” See Catherine’s
class of 1996
lee igel is an Associate Professor at
the nyu Tisch Center and is a regular
contributor to Forbes.com. In January
he wrote “Arbitrator Bias or Not, Alex
Rodriguez is Still Not Taking Any
Responsibility.” His teaching and
writing focus on behavioral insights
and decision-making. He is affiliated
with nyu’s Sports and Society
Program.
lou probes has an album,
Subways and Steeples, on iTunes with
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clockwise from above: Kristin Beyer ’05
tagged gopher tortoises while doing field
work for her master’s degree; Kim Sears ’09
on the ktab-tv set; Alexandra Cunningham
James ’02 and the Traveling Terrapin on her
graduation from medical school; Alex
Berger ’01 and his bride Rebecca Eskin
exiting their wedding ceremony at the
National Building Museum in D.C.
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beryl solomon is Senior
Director of Commercial Operations
at Kate Spade in New York City. She
has been with the company for nearly five years. Beryl received a B.A.
from the University of Pennsylvania,
and a Master’s in Government
Administration and Public Policy in
2004. She studied fashion at Parson
School of Design and received a
degree in Fashion Studies in 2007.
class of 1999
Major chris tison, United States
Army, was deployed to Afghanistan in
2013.
lindsay tolton and her husband, Pedro Diaz, announce the birth
of a daughter, Ainara Marie Diaz
Tolton, born November 22, 2013, in
Concepción, Chile, where Lindsay
has lived since 2008. The name
Ainara means “little swallow” in
Basque. Lindsay is an English professor in Concepción and posted these
lovely words when Ainara was born:
above: Kate Biladeau ’08 and Kurt Freemyer on their wedding day in
Asheville, North Carolina.
her group Modern Secrets. Here’s the
link: http://bit.ly/18ztg2z
Laura Bosek Rowland is a
Senior Supervisor at 22squared, a
marketing and advertising company,
in the greater Atlanta area. Laura
graduated from the University of
Florida in 2000 with a bba.
class of 1997
molly guidera burnham and hus-
band, Jake, announce the birth of a
daughter, Anna Elizabeth, born
November 20, 2013.
class of 1998
For last year’s words belong
to last year’s language
And next year’s words
await another voice.
And to make an end is to
make a beginning.
– T.S. Eliot
eunice kindred dockery and her
husband, Prince, announce the birth
of a daughter, Winter Josefina
Dockery, born November 26, 2013, in
New York City.
jolene patton richardson
shares: We have two new exciting
things in life, a new baby boy we
named McCoy Emmanuel Philip
Shepardson, born December 26,
2013, and I am the head volleyball
coach at San Jose State!”
Congratulations, Jolene!
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caroline walkup and craig
mcclain were engaged just before
Valentine’s Day this year. Caroline
emails: “We are so happy!” Caroline
returned to Tampa in 2013 after pursuing an acting career and working
for the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles for
seven years. “My experience in L.A.
led me to my dream job as a market
educator and esthetician for Murad
Skincare.” In her current position
Caroline travels nationally.
suzie eldridge ward and her
husband, Carlton, announce the
birth of Eldridge Ann, born
September 1, in Tampa.
class of 2000
alyssa shafii is a speech/language
pathologist. Alyssa practices in the
Tampa Bay area. She received a B.A.
from the University of Florida and an
M. S. from Nova University in Fort
Lauderdale.
class of 2001
alex berger married Dr. Rebecca
Eskin in Washington, D.C., May 26,
2014. The traditional ceremony took
place in the spectacular Great Hall of
the National Building Museum.
Alums attending included grant
hutchinson; mallory bynum ’04;
yael kauf-stern shmookler;
Alex’s cousins, kevin ’04 and
isaac ’07 karpay; and Alex’s brother,
brian waksman ’09. Alex is Chief
Operating Officer for Vringo, Inc.
Longtime friends and classmates,
rachel seymour, gillian
brautigam, lindsay gold, cc
barker marshburn, and laura
warren got together for a girls weekend in Chicago during the summer,
and had a wonderful time.
Business Insider writer nicholas
carlson has turned his mega-article
about Yahoo ceo Marissa Mayer into
a book for Business Plus, an imprint of
Grand Central Publishing, a division
of Hachette Book Group. Nicholas
continues to write about the tech-rich
in the online Business Insider.
jessica mcdonald is a Clinical
Psychologist Pre-doctoral Intern at
Temple University in Philadelphia.
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in memoriam
The Tampa Prep community mourns the loss of the following individuals who passed on during the year.
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Lawrence A. “Tim” Arango, Sr. June 7, 2013, father of Tim Arango,
Jr. ’78
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Laura Morrison, August 1, 2013, mother of Donald Morrison ’86
Robert Barber ’81 December 2013
David Lemuel, October 11, 2013 Tampa Preparatory Custodial
Staff
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Betty S. Lindsay, October 18, 2013, former Trustee and mother of
Carolyn ’93 and Mark ’94 Lindsay
above: Megan Wall ’09 and Douglas Guidish were married in Las Vegas.
Kirsten Kelsey ’09 was Megan's maid of honor.
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Shawn McMillan ’90, November 21, 2013
Carolyn Parslow, November 19, 2013, mother of Darren ’89 and
Jeff ’93 Parslow
class of 2002
tim abrahamsen, lauren adriaansen ’03 and jessica
ritchie ’03 attended the Alumni
Holiday Party in the Student Center.
jared parker is an economist
with the State of Florida Department
of Revenue. Jared received both his
bachelor’s and his master’s degrees in
Economics from Florida State
University.
alexandra cunningham
james received her M.D. from the
University of Missouri in Columbia,
Missouri, in May 2013. Alexandra and
her husband, John, announced the
birth of a daughter, Mira, born
April 17, 2013. Currently Alexandra is
in a residency program in Pediatrics.
Alex thanks her wonderful teachers at
Tampa Prep for helping her achieve
many of her goals. What she remembers most is the legacy of her Tampa
Prep education, which continues to
inspire her to achieve her dreams.
mary ottinger married Thomas
Herron on October 19, 2013 in a ceremony at Mary’s parents’ Clearwater
Beach home. leah ottinger ’03
was Maid of Honor, and Tampa Prep
guests included jon ford and Dr.
linda kranc. Mary and Tom are
both in their fourth year of general
surgical residency at Brown
University in Providence, RI.
andrew romaner is Director of
SpottedMarket.com, an online website creating online auctions for the
best items offered at antique shows,
garage sales, flea markets, pawn
shops, thrift stores, swap meets and
everywhere else. Watch for Spotted
Market.com to go active soon. Andrew
believes that a Tampa Prep education
“teaches students how to think and to
take risks based on what they think,
the only thing that will hold up…My
unending gratitude to Tampa Prep for
teaching me the things I really, really
needed to know.”
ben schmid can be seen and
heard playing guitar in various Tampa
venues and advertising his business,
Store Startup, on Facebook.
class of 2003
See p. 42 for pictures of the 10-year
Reunion Brunch.
noah chestnut recently moved
from Washington, DC, to New York
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Daniel Deutsch, January, 2014, grandfather of Alex ’13 and
Zachary ’09 Blustein
City where he is Director of Business
Development for The New Republic, a
100-year old magazine recently
acquired by Facebook co-founder
Chris Hughes, now Editor-in Chief.
The New Republic publishes commentary on politics, culture and the arts.
Andrew Cockey and Mary Beth
Swartz were married June 16, 2012, in
St. Vincent’s Episcopal Church in St.
Petersburg. A reception at the St.
Petersburg Yacht Club followed.
Andrew and Mary attended the Class
of 2003 Reunion Brunch.
mackenzie condon is an Agent
with Creative Artists Agency in New
York City. Mackenzie graduated from
New York University’s tish School of
the Arts. She formerly worked for
Comedy Central.
nisha mandilaya bhayani is a
dentist with a general practice in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Nisha received
her bachelor’s degree from the
University of South Florida, and her
ddm from Nova Southeast School of
Dentistry. Nisha and Parin Bhayani
were married December 24, 2010.
class of 2004
mallory bynum and grant
hutchinson ’01 were married at the
Gasparilla Inn in Boca Grand,
Florida, November 9, 2013. Alums
attending the ceremony and festivities
included lindsay gold ’01, phil
hartmann ’01, cc barker marshburn ’01, ann hutchinson ’05,
rachel seymour ’01, allison
depatie, lindsay karlin mirabal,
megan depatie, alex berger ’01,
gillian brautigan ’01, nicholas
carlson ’01, justin buchanan,
and brett bynum ’10. (Photocredit
©Pezz Photo)
michelle navas is a higher education professional at Davidson
College where she is the Program
Advisor for the College Union/Dean
of Students Office. Michelle has been
with Davidson since 2011 in the
Student Affairs Department.
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of disappearing habitats in their native locales.”
Whether she was holding the hyacinth macaw on
her arm or the boa constrictor, barred owl, and
chinchilla (not all at one time!), it was clear that not
only did she know a lot about them, but she has
great affection for them, too.
“People ask me all the time what my ’favorite’
animal is and I really can’t choose. What I want to
tell them is that all the animals are amazing and
you should care about them!”
Prep case studies program in 2012.
The highly popular case studies program includes participation by seven
Tampa area independent schools
whose parents of juniors attend to
learn more about college admissions
from the college’s vantage point.
Kelly received a B.A. from the
University of Pennsylvania where
she majored in Psychology and
minored in Hispanic Studies.
Jessica likes people to know about the trained
macaws at the Zoo that free-fly on command twice
a day from their zoo habitat over a public path to
the front gate of the Zoo, and then fly in a circle
together before returning to their habitat. “It’s a big
guest experience,” she said, “and we usually
jessica euliano ’03:
animal trainer
choose kids who are visiting the zoo to give the
Exotic animals from Lowry Park Zoo were in the
ly interests me,” she said. “I’ve always been inter-
spotlight in the Smith Black Box Theater as Global
ested in how brains work and why people or
Studies and STEM students attended a session
animals do things.” Jessica studied Psychology and
with Jessica Euliano ’03, animal trainer and Lowry
Biology in college at Florida State University.
signal.”
“It’s the animal training part of my job that real-
Park Zoo media spokesperson.
“When you are a child, working with zoo ani-
As the two-toed Sloth slowly climbed up and
mals is a fantasy,” she told students, “but now I
down a vertical tree branch and the New Guinea
know it’s possible to make a career out of it. There
singing dog walked through the audience on a
are so many avenues you can pursue. Education is
leash, students were enchanted and intrigued by
one of them.”
their accessibility. Jessica reminded them that,
“It really is true,” she said, “that Tampa Prep
despite their benign behaviors, the animals were,
prepares you for your next step in life. I was so
in fact, wild. Sharing information and stories about
ready for college when I graduated. But what is
their likes, dislikes, countries of origin and unique
even truer is that Prep students are encouraged to
qualities, she illustrated the personal attachment
follow what makes them happy, even though it may
she has with them.
be the road less traveled. I carry that with me.”
“All these animals are on the endangered
species list,” she told students, “mostly because
jason peterson is a Portfolio
Management Analyst at BlackRock in
greater New York City. He previously
worked for Raymond James. Jason
received a bachelor’s degree from Yale
and a master’s degree in Public Policy
from Columbia University.
erika sugar george is the IB
Guidance Counselor at T. R.
Robinson High School in Tampa.
Erika holds a master’s degree in
School Counseling from Nova
Southeastern University and a bachelor’s degree from Florida State
University.
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kelly sutton-skinner is
Associate Director of Admissions for
Barnard College in New York City. She
recently received an M.A. in Higher
and Post-Secondary Education from
Columbia University’s Teachers
College. In her role in college admissions, Kelly participated in the Tampa
class of 2005
kristin beyer is studying for a master’s degree in Environmental Science
at Florida Gulf Coast University. She
will graduate in 2015. Her field work
included radio tagging a gopher tortoise at Delnor-Wiggins State Park.
liz ford is the early evening
News Producer for the Fox affiliate
out of Miami, wsvn-tv, Channel 7.
Liz graduated from Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
mark luchi malinsky is working in New York City. He is “…consulting for a healthy living startup.
It’s been great experience, taking back
a lot of knowledge to apply to my
own ventures!”
cameron white is the Associate
Director of a learning games accelerator called co.lag, a partnership
between NewSchools Venture Fund
and Zynga.org. A story in Venture
Beat outlined the partnership. Here’s
the link http://venturebeat.com/
2013/05/01/zynga-newschools-teamup-to-launch-an-accelerator-for-educational-gaming-startups/ Cameron
is in the Columbia University
Teachers College doctoral program,
working toward his Ed.D. He is specializing in instructional technology
and media. Cameron received his
bachelor’s degree from Princeton.
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Retraction: Tampa Prep’s cameron
white ’05 did not win a film competition, as previously noted in the 2013 Fall
Tempo. We apologize for the error.
class of 2006
kendall carey graduated from
College of Mount St. Vincent in 2010
with a B.A. in Communication and
Media Studies. Kendall is a marketing
specialist for Client Legal Funding in
Burbank, California.
matthew knapp is a business
development professional with Piper
Enterprise Solutions, a specialized
recruiting service provider, in the
greater Raleigh-Durham area of
North Carolina.
brandon parham is a sales
associate with Landers Chrysler
Dodge in Southaven Mississippi. For
a year he lived in the Memphis area
working at Life Time Fitness as the
League Coordinator for the Ultimate
Hoops basketball league as well as
teaching youth basketball classes and
private lessons. Brandon received a
bachelor’s degree from Loyola
University New Orleans.
ariella shaw-terry is the Lead
Administrator for The Mercer Group
Real Estate Department, in Tampa.
Ariella volunteered to help with the
All-Alumni Holiday Party in December.
class of 2007
cole carlson is a third year law
student at Stetson Law School who
will graduate in 2013. Cole had a 2013
summer internship with the Gray
Robinson law firm in Tampa. In 2012
he had a summer internship with
Circuit Court Judge Herbert Bauman.
Cole is interested in Intellectual
Property Law. He graduated from
Vanderbilt in 2011 with a Bachelor of
Engineering degree.
nat pariseau is an Associate
with Ballast Point Ventures in Tampa.
He graduated from Vanderbilt in
2010 with a B.S. in Economics and
Finance. During his time at
Vanderbilt he attended the University
of New South Wales on a study
abroad program.
george sunderland is a
Senior Associate Consultant with
Bain & Company in the greater
Nashville area. George graduated in
2011 from Vanderbilt University with
a Bachelor of Engineering degree.
class of 2008
kate biladeau and Kurt Freemyer
were married October 19, 2013, on the
Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North
Carolina. jessica mine ’09 was a
bridesmaid. Kate graduated from
Clemson with a bachelor’s degree in
Marketing and International
Management. She is a Marketing
Associate with LivingSocial.com, a
deal-of-the-day website that features
discounted gift certificates usable at
local or national companies. Based in
Washington, D.C., LivingSocial has
more than 70 million members
around the world. The Freemyers
reside in Arlington, Virginia.
From rima garsys last summer:
“Greetings from London! A friendly
face came to study in London this
summer—kelly palmer! It was an
absolute treat, like seeing family. We
made sure to take this photograph at
our farewell tea at the National
Gallery Dining Room in Trafalgar
Square. We hope that all is going
swimmingly this summer at Tampa
Prep as we keep our Prep roots
vibrant abroad on the island.”
home for the holidays
Michelle Catchur ’10, Gregg Suglia ’13, and Will Black ’13 stopped by
during their Thanksgiving breaks to say hello to teachers.
class of 2009
rachel krausman is with the
American Red Cross in Washington,
D.C. and heads up a domestic and
international emergency awareness and
preparednesss program for children.
amanda steel teaches fifth
grade at Frost Elementary, a Title I
school in Tampa. Amanda graduated
from Stetson University in 2013.
kimberly sears is a reporter for
ktab-tv news in Texas. She works at
the Brownwood bureau Wednesday
through Friday and covers stories in
Abilene Saturday and Sunday. Kim
covers a variety of stories including
hard-hitting news, features, and
sports. She graduated from the
University of Miami with a degree in
Broadcast Journalism and Sports
Administration, and a minor in
Marketing.
megan michelle wall and
Douglas James Guidish were married
August 3, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
kirsten kelsey was Megan’s maid
of honor. Megan and Doug are both
graduates of the University of Central
Florida and they live in Orlando.
Megan teaches third grade at Sun
Blaze Elementary and Doug is an
Engineer for Lockheed Martin.
class of 2010
alex cardoso updates: “I’m majoring in economics, minoring in chemistry, but all the while I’m doing
pre-med.” Alex started interviews
with medical schools this spring. He
graduates from Florida State
University in May.
mallorie head will graduate
from Florida State University in May
where she majored in English. During
her time at fsu, Mallorie studied
abroad in Florence, taking a broad curriculum program that included courses
in food and culture. She writes: “Now,
I work as a student recruiter making
presentations and working events for
fsu International Programs!”
tanya olson is a candidate for a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Archaeology
and the Ancient World from Brown
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clockwise from above: Xan Peters ’13, his brother, Rayce, and the Traveling Terrapin on vacation in Costa Rica; Andre O’Sullivan ’13 (right) and his brother,
Adrian, provided music, along with junior Catie Chapman at the alumni holiday party; Ariella Shaw-Terry ’06, Mallory Scarritt ’06, and Kim Jago ’81 at the
holiday party; Tim Abrahamsen ’02, Lauren Adriaansen ’03 and Jessica Ritchie ’03 in the Student Center.
University. She will receive her degree
in May. See story p. 31.
katie patterson is a senior at
the University of Louisville where she
is a cheerleader. She will graduate in
May with a major in Communication
and a minor in English. Katie plans
to attend graduate school for a master’s degree in Political Science.
class of 2013
andré o’sullivan volunteered to
play cello for the Alumni Holiday
party, joining his brother Adrian,
grade 10, and Catie Chapman, grade
11, who played violin. Andre is a
freshman at Rollins College in Winter
Park, Florida.
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xan peters was featured in a
story in the December issue of
“Belleair Living.” He is a Montana
State University freshman, majoring in
Fine Arts, Geology and Paleontology.
Xan was recently commissioned by a
talc mining company to sculpt
Montana wildlife out of talc boulders.
He and his brother, Rayce, vacationed
in Costa Rica over the holidays. T
E-mail your news and pictures to Robin
Kennedy, rkennedy@tampaprep.org.
Deadline for fall Tempo Scoop is June 1,
2014. Update your address, cell phone,
email and other contact information by
going to www.tampaprep.org/update.
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oh! the places you’ll go! where in the world are you?
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tampa preparatory school
for students in grades 6–12
a place to…
think
Where a rigorous grounding in skills and knowledge is just the beginning — where
teachers and students share inquiry, re?ection and analysis on the path to personal
understanding.
create
Where people celebrate the imagination in geometric proofs and formal essays, on
canvas, computer and stage, in poetry readings and morning assemblies.
be yourself
Where people respect di=erences and can >nd their place in a diverse community.
aspire to excellence
Where students develop winning attitudes in academics, athletics and arts.
is 2014 your reunion year?
go beyond
To initiate a reunion weekend or party, first please contact
Where Florida Keys, North Carolina mountains, museums, concert halls and
Mrs. Kennedy, rkennedy@tampaprep.org. Planning begins
community service become classrooms that foster deeper understandings of one’s
by connecting with members of your class through Facebook
2014 reunions
self, others and the world.
or through the Alumni Online Community.
start planning your reunion now!
r 5-year: Class of 2009
r 10-year: Class of 2004
r 15-year: Class of 1999
r 20-year: Class of 1994
r 25-year: Class of 1989
r 30-year: Class of 1984
r 35-year: Class of 1979
more than just a college preparatory school…
a preparation for life with a higher purpose than self
reunions: just another reason why
it’s great! to be! a tampa prep terrapin!
Tampa Preparatory School Tempo Magazine: Spring 2014. Cover artwork. Finished Size is 11.0 inches tall by 17.0 inches wide, folds down to 11.0 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. Prints 4/4 and bleeds all four sides. Cover II and Cover III.
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spring 2014
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Tampa Preparatory School Tempo Magazine: Spring 2014. Cover artwork. Finished Size is 11.0 inches tall by 17.0 inches wide, folds down to 11.0 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. Prints 4/4 and bleeds all four sides. Cover IV and Cover I.