Class Notes

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Magali Filipuzzi Chuffart ’93 participated, with a friend, at the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles in Morocco. An off-road rally, organized by women, for women. No GPS and no phones for navigation, only old-fashioned navigation with a map and compass. A mix between old and the modern world!

charge of all radio communications equipment. He has also overseen many of the technology improvement projects for the LAPD, especially in the area of trying to go paperless.

Anna Cho ’96 remembers Ed Lee ’96, who passed away, as a beautiful soul. Ed is second from the left with Richard Vaughn ‘96 to his right, Anna Cho ‘96 to his left, and Dukki Moon ‘96 at the end.

SFS classmates of 2003, Ted Kim ’03, Brian Park ’03, Joon Lee ’03, and Andy Oh ’03 are still at it after 20 years!

Chris Chang ’05 sends his best to his classmates. Here, he is visiting SFS and catching up with Paul Rader.

Gene Moon ’93 would welcome any SFS Alumni to look him up while in the Los Angeles area. His contact details are on sfsconnect.com. Gene was on campus as the APAC Orchestra Festival Guest Conductor with Eric DeHaan, Director of Alumni Relations, and Jack Moon.

In January Alex Paik ’04 and his wife Jihyun Oh welcomed the birth of their baby, Hailey. Alex manages AP Communications, a PR & Marketing agency in Seoul. He lives near Hongdae and enjoys visiting and staying in touch with SFS by serving on the Alumni Committee.

Meganne Benger ’09 and Alli Gingerich ’14 were both staff kids for one year together at SFS. While they weren’t exactly buddies (grade 4 and grade 9) at that time, they both moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2020 and reconnected there. They now enjoy being housemates, colleagues, adventure buddies, and good friends as they teach, travel, and reminisce about childhood in Korea.

Upon graduation Larry Park ’93 worked in several different fields but has found law enforcement to be his calling. He has been working with the department’s Information Technology Bureau (ITB) as a Sergeant in

Sanchit "Sunny" Sehrawat ’04 currently lives in San Diego with his wife, where they bought a house in the middle of COVID. After various engineering roles in the automotive industry, he is now working as a Technical Program Manager at Amazon, making software for nextgeneration electric vehicles.

Michelle Wilde ’12 enjoyed her time back on campus this winter. It was the first time she has been back since her graduation. She shared some pictures of her time at SFS both in 2012 and during her visit this winter. A highlight of her visit was seeing Edie Moon and reminiscing about the theatre productions she was involved in.

Sam Joo ’13 joined the International Finance Corporation (IFC, part of the World Bank Group) in 2021, focusing on private equity investments in emerging markets. Over the last two years, he has invested in companies based in India, Egypt, Kenya, and Indonesia. He is most proud of the fact that these investments were completed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current global macroeconomic downturn, when other global investors’ appetite for investing in companies in emerging markets was declining rapidly, and that he was able to mobilize capital into companies and geographies that he felt needed it most.

After graduating from SFS, Richard Cho ’15 and David Lee ’15 have kept in touch and continue to remain strong Crusader friends! This photo is from a recent trip to LA where they spent too much money on mediocre food at NOBU in Malibu.

Albert Kim ’14 and Yage Song ’14 are getting married on April 29, 2023 in Seoul. Albert is the son of Esther Kim, who works in SFS's IT department.