TODAY AT BRECK
SPRING 2013
1995
Raslyn Wooten came back to Breck for
company, Matt has worked for the last
Jason Ilstrup returned to Breck to talk
the Upper School’s Global Alumni MLK
three years with Blue Zones, Inc., a
Day in January. She currently works at
Minnesota- based partner of National
Target, where she was a spokesperson
Geographic, to study the world’s hap-
and is now an executive in Events
piest and longest living people. Matt is
Planning.
co-chairing the Alumni Annual Fund
to upper school students for MLK Day in January. After Breck, Jason went to Niger to serve in the Peace Corps, and now runs the iHotel Red in Madison, Wisconsin. When WCCO-TV needed an expert to interview about Gov. Mark Dayton’s back surgery at the end of December, 38
they turned to Dr. Tenner Guillaume. He currently lives and practices medicine in Minneapolis.
1997 Sarah Bellamy came back for the Upper School Global Alumni MLK Day in
1998 Catherine Turner returned to Breck
2003
to talk to Upper School students for
J. C. Cannon returned to Breck for
Global Alumni MLK Day in January.
Global Alumni MLK Day in January.
She is currently an attorney at Turner
J.C. is the son of a judge and an expe-
Law Minneapolis.
rienced advocate for the rights and
Molly Varecka, Mike McKeon and Sara Marsh are planning the class of 1998’s 15-Year class reunion. Date for the reunion is still TBD.
for St. Paul’s Penumbra Theatre, and
2000
has designed several programs that
Chenelle Boatswain returned to
get participants thinking, talking, and
Breck to talk to Upper School students
acting around issues of race and social
for MLK Day in January. She is cur-
justice.
rently the Middle School Director of a
January. She is Director of Education
Eli Kramer has been named executive director of Hiawatha Academies,
with Michael Proman ’99.
groundbreaking Minneapolis Charter School.
responsibilities of young men who have been through (or near) the criminal justice system. His current work involves helping people stay employed at R.I.S.E. in Minneapolis. Liza Lieberman returned to Breck for MLK Global Alumni day to talk to Upper School students. Liza currently works in Washington on immigration and refugee policy as the Associate Director of U.S. Policy and Programs for HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
elementary school in the Nokomis
2001
area and a middle school in the King-
Attorney Megan Cross Rogers will
field neighborhood of Minneapolis.
serve as the interim active director
A graduate of the Teach for America
of Palm Beach, FL, County’s ethics
program, Eli taught in the Bronx, New
commission. The commission unani-
York, public schools for six years before
mously selected Rogers, who currently
moving back to Minnesota. An article
serves as the board’s in-house legal
2004
in the Star Tribune noted that the
counsel, to fill the position. Megan
Mike Vargas returned to Breck in Janu-
school is “one of the top achievement
will also be the Cum Laude Speaker at
ary to talk to Upper School students
gap-closing schools in the state.”
Breck in April.
on MLK Day. Mike is currently in law
a charter school that operates an
Leah Lussier Sixkiller returned to Breck in January for Global Alumni MLK Day. Leah currently practices law at Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Minneapolis.
school at the University of Minnesota.
in January for the Upper School
2002
Global Alumni MLK Day. Her daughter,
Matt Bartel returned to Breck in Janu-
2005
Sydney, is a second grader at Breck.
ary to speak to students for Global
For the past year, Alex Frecon has
Tarnika works in advertising and is
Alumni MLK Day. Matt has developed
been recording and producing his own
the Associate Director of Local Media
an untraditional career path while
hip-hop music. He has garnered some
Investment for Novus Media Inc. in
living and traveling in Europe, Asia,
success and was featured on 89.3FM
Plymouth.
and South America. He is currently the
The Current and their blog while
President of Posse Media, a Minneapo-
continuing to build steam. He says his
lis web development and consulting
education at Breck plays a lot into his
Tarnika McDaniel returned to Breck