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Ransom Everglades adds three trustees for '17-'18
Ransom Everglades is pleased to welcome three accomplished professionals and devoted members of the school's community to the 2017-18 Board of Trustees. David Gershman, general counsel for Trivest Partners; Susan M. Lampen '71, a longtime counselor and volunteer leader; and Ricky Stokes '94, managing director of HIG Capital, will formally join the board July 1.
The trio will replace departing trustees Albert E. Dotson, Jr., Jeff Roberts and Kim Smith, who among them have served on the RE board for a total of 27 years.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Gershman, Mrs. Lampen and Mr. Stokes," said Head of School Penny Townsend. "All have excelled in leadership positions, earned the admiration of colleagues within the Miami community and demonstrated a deep concern for the Ransom Everglades. We know they will elevate the work of our board.
"I sincerely thank Mr. Dotson, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Roberts for their years of excellent service during a transformative time at Ransom Everglades."
Gershman, formerly a partner at Akerman LLP, also serves as a member of Trivest's six-person Investment Committee and co-chair of the Association for Corporate Growth's Private Equity Regulatory Task Force. He earned his BA from Union College and JD from the New York University School of Law. Gershman and wife Hilary Gershman have four sons, Emmet '21, Leo '22, Reed and Charlie.
Lampen provided counseling to healthcare professionals at hospitals for more than 40 years. In 2005, she co-founded Casa Valentina, an organization whose mission is to help youth transition from foster care to independent living, where she remains vice chair of programming and an active fundraiser. A '71 graduate of the Everglades School for Girls, she received her BA at Johns Hopkins University, two master's degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her master's in social work from Barry University.
She is married to Richard Lampen, a former member of the RE board, and they have two daughters, Katharine Lampen-Sachar '99 and Caroline Miller '06.
Stokes, who is finishing a two-year term as RE Alumni Board president, is responsible for all aspects of the investment process at HIG Capital, and serves on the boards of several HIG portfolio companies. Prior to joining HIG in 2000, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Salomon Smith Barney. He played soccer and golf at Ransom Everglades before heading to Cornell University.
Stokes and his wife Amy have two children, Ellie and Spencer.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Gershman, Mrs. Lampen and Mr. Stokes," said Head of School Penny Townsend. "All have excelled in leadership positions, earned the admiration of colleagues within the Miami community and demonstrated a deep concern for the Ransom Everglades. We know they will elevate the work of our board.
"I sincerely thank Mr. Dotson, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Roberts for their years of excellent service during a transformative time at Ransom Everglades."
Gershman, formerly a partner at Akerman LLP, also serves as a member of Trivest's six-person Investment Committee and co-chair of the Association for Corporate Growth's Private Equity Regulatory Task Force. He earned his BA from Union College and JD from the New York University School of Law. Gershman and wife Hilary Gershman have four sons, Emmet '21, Leo '22, Reed and Charlie.
Lampen provided counseling to healthcare professionals at hospitals for more than 40 years. In 2005, she co-founded Casa Valentina, an organization whose mission is to help youth transition from foster care to independent living, where she remains vice chair of programming and an active fundraiser. A '71 graduate of the Everglades School for Girls, she received her BA at Johns Hopkins University, two master's degrees from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her master's in social work from Barry University.
She is married to Richard Lampen, a former member of the RE board, and they have two daughters, Katharine Lampen-Sachar '99 and Caroline Miller '06.
Stokes, who is finishing a two-year term as RE Alumni Board president, is responsible for all aspects of the investment process at HIG Capital, and serves on the boards of several HIG portfolio companies. Prior to joining HIG in 2000, he was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Salomon Smith Barney. He played soccer and golf at Ransom Everglades before heading to Cornell University.
Stokes and his wife Amy have two children, Ellie and Spencer.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.