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Alumni Class Notes CLASS OF 1986
John Mercurio’s original new musical, Through the Looking Glass, premiered with rave reviews in the fall of 2012 at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (FL). Among other performers, current TBS student Alina Pimentel ’19 enjoyed working with John. CLASS OF 1988
David Szmukler moved to London with his family in 2005 and works for HSBC Bank. He earned a BSE in chemical engineering and a BA in economics from the University of Michigan, and went on to earn a JD and MBA from New York University. David enjoys hosting family and friends who visit London and has many memorable experiences while living overseas, especially the birth of his second daughter, traveling to Africa and meeting people from all over the world. CLASS OF 1990
John Zaloom, the newest member of The Benjamin School Alumni Council, is vice-president of finance at Allegiance Marketing Group
in West Palm Beach, FL. John earned a BS in accounting from Boston College and an MBA from the University of Miami School of Business. John has three children - Jason (11), Chloe (8) and Jenna (5). CLASS OF 1991
Kathleen Fay Walter, an anchor/ correspondent for Newsmax Media covers politics, health and financial news and has interviewed many notable figures including President Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell, Jeb Bush, Donald Trump and Steve Forbes, plus Benjamin favorites like Jack Nicklaus and Rep. Tom Rooney. In December 2012, Kathleen graduated with honors from Florida Atlantic University with a MA in political science. Her greatest joy is her 16year old son, Timmy, a high school freshman and star baseball player. Kyle Smith lives in Jupiter, FL, with his wife, Mollie, and three daughters, Sophie, Annabelle and Maggie. He works as a certified financial planner for UBS in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. CLASS OF 1993
Kristen Desmond LeFevre works as a freelance publishing consultant, and was recently named associate editor of The Key, a quarterly magazine published by Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kristen and her husband, Joffre, reside in North Palm Beach, FL, with their two sons Sawyer (6) and Wyatt (3). The boys attend TBS and
were thrilled to serve as waterboys at the 2012 Homecoming game. Ryan Smith (pictured with his father, Don, and brother, Scott ’91) is the upper school athletic director at The Benjamin School. He lives in Jupiter, FL, with his wife, Megan, and three children, Emeline, Maggie and Ryan who all attend Benjamin. Rebecca Szmukler Seelig (pictured with retired PGA CEO Joe Steranka) was recently
honored with the PRSA Palm Beach Founder’s Award for her years of service to the Public Relations Society of America and ongoing promotion of the public relations profession. CLASS OF 1994
Ivy Ingram Larson and Andy Larson, M.D., have completed their fourth book published by Penguin, Clean Cuisine: An 8-Week Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition Program That Will Change the Way You Age, Look & Feel, a spinoff of their website, CleanCuisineandMore.com. Ivy also launched Full Fitness Fusion, a workout video featuring Benjamin classmates, Susan Malt Josephson and Cherie Tarek Fromson. Andy serves as the 2013 president of the Palm Beach County Medical Society. The