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Class of '84
Jill (Topolski) Mesirow graduated from the University of Miami with her Bachelor of Arts in 1988 and from the University of Maryland with her Master of Arts in 1990. Currently living in Deerfield, Illinois and has been working as a professional fund-raiser for more than 10 years.
Linda K. (Knoer) Hobales is an attorney with an office in Sunrise, Florida. In addition to teaching dance one night a week, she recently completed the Walt Disney World Half Marathon for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Class of '88
Jason Morey, resides in Los Angeles, is the senior director of ticketing for Live Nation's North America Music division.
Class of '89
Following graduation from USchool, Jennifer Rhodes attended Cornell University, studied abroad in Paris, and traveled extensively around Europe and South and Southeast Asia. She also spent two years in West Africa with the Peace Corps, taking part in a UNICEF public health project. Rhodes completed her medical studies at University of Pennsylvania, nearly 10 years of training in surgery and plastic surgery in New York City, and a year-long pediatric fellowship in Dallas. She is a craniofacial, cleft, and pediatric plastic surgeon at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.
Class of '90
Now living in West Virginia, Damian Maxwell completed his surgical residency in 2006 at West Virginia University and has remained on the faculty, teaching surgical techniques to students.
Class of '92
As a licensed psychologist, Bonnie Zucker has a private practice in Washington, D.C., and recently released a book entitled, Anxiety-Free Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children.
Jodi Beck graduated from NSU's College of Pharmacy in 1999 with her Doctor of Pharmacy degree and from NSU's H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship in 2005 with her M.B.A. in Health Care Administration. She lives in Hollywood, Florida, and works for Memorial Healthcare System.
With a Bachelor of Arts in Historic Preservation and a Master of Arts in Anthropology from George Washington University, Jennifer Stringfellow has worked as a field archaeologist and at the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the Marine Corps, and Everglades National Park. She now works as a museum specialist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
Class of '93
Scott Weinger, a writer for the CW television show Privileged, recently named a character after our own teacher Linda Winrow. Be sure to check it out!
Don't miss Matthew Pearl's latest book, The Last Dickens, now available at a bookstore near you!
Class of '95
The Price Is Right recently began featuring people demonstrating various prizes, including musical instruments. On Friday, April 10, 2009, Mandel Ilagan made an appearance on the popular CBS game show, playing a baby grand piano.
Class of '96
Associate produced by Michael Maizner, the movie Explicit Ills was released in early March and stars Rosario Dawson (Kids, Rent, Sin City) and Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood).
Class of '98
Ross Tuttleman has spent the past four years living in Japan. Fluent in Japanese, he works on Japanese equities. Tuttleman graduated from Johns Hopkins with his Bachelor of Arts degree and from Columbia with his master's degree and has spent seven years living overseas.
Kimberly (Moshier) Gomez received her bachelor's degree in management information systems from Northwood University and is a business analyst for Ryder Systems, Inc. in the IT Department.
Class of '99
Maria Cristina (Venereo) Halling received both her Bachelor of Science and Master of Education in Special Education degrees from Vanderbilt University. A resource specialist for students with learning disabilities in San Diego, Venereo also coaches middle school volleyball at Santa Fe Christian School.
Class of '00
A J.D. candidate at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Harris Howard, who also earned an M.B.A., is working at Kramer Green in Hollywood.
Class of '01
Plum TV (www.plumtv.com) personality Erin Newburg is very active in the city of Miami as a board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Shakers, a group of young professionals actively involved in the artistic and cultural scene. She has also recently started a singles group called Single and Fabulous.
Allan Rotlewicz graduated from Brooklyn Law School in May 2008. Having passed The Bar exam in November, he is working at Aboulafia Law firm in Manhattan.
Class of '02
WFTL 640 Sports in Fort Lauderdale is lucky to have Adam Barron as the producer of The First Team morning show. Barron also anchors sports updates; covers games; and does the play-byplay of high school football, basketball, and baseball games that air on AM 1470 WWNN.
Rebecca Lindsey has worked as a production assistant for approximately 15 movies and television shows and serves as the first team production assistant on the ABC television show Ugly Betty. She lives in New York City.
Class of '04
Currently living in Mumbai India, Aneesh Deshpande is a software engineer for Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
Class of '06
Katie Packer recently received the 2008 Anderson Scholar Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Packer, who is majoring in political science and journalism, is studying abroad as an exchange student at Pompeau Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain.
While she studies marketing at DePaul University in the College of Commerce, Corinne Nelles also keeps busy with her dual minors in biology and French. Additionally, she is a founding member and the director of rituals of the Delta Gamma sorority (Eta Pi Chapter), as well as a member of the Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity (Tau Chi Chapter). She hopes to pursue international business and marketing.
Alex Weisman delivered what the Chicago Sun Times called a “riveting” performance as Posner in the award-winning play The History Boys at the TimeLine Theatre in Chicago.
Multiple Years
In December, Adam Fischer '04, and Chelsea Fuller '07 were tapped into Florida Blue Key, University of Florida's top leadership honorary. They were joined at the Florida Blue Key Banquet by fellow members and USchool graduates Dana Somerstein '06, Stefanie Brown '04, and Jason Silver '04.