60 | Summer 2018 Kay Zimmerman speaks on behalf of Senora Wooten Bengal Friends Reunion honoring our 2018 Retirees David Gilbert, Linda Walker, Carmen Redding A great gathering of alumni, former teachers and current teachers Retiree, Beth Dunbar Taylor Curry ’12 speaks on behalf of Mrs. Dunbar An annual tradition, this luncheon officially welcomes graduating seniors in to the Alumni Association. Ari Medoff ’99 served as the keynote speaker during the 2018 Senior/Alumni Luncheon at the Proximity Hotel. Ari Medoff, is the CEO and Owner of Nurse Care of North Carolina and Developmental Therapy Associates. He is a certified nursing assistant (CNA) and honors the commitment and compassion of his companies’ remarkable caregivers. Ari earned an MBA/MPP at the Harvard Business School and Kennedy School of Government with Rubenstein and George Fellowships, and graduated from Duke University as a BN Duke Scholar. He went to Durham The above pictures are our 2018 Legacy Graduates and their alumni parent: James Roman ’18, Sara Knox Roman ’87, James Roman ’18, Jim Rucker ’82, Gray Rucker ’18, Missy Black Akin ’84, Harrison Akin ’18, Kellie Melinda‘80,  Taylor Brooks-Murphy ’18, Helen Brooks ’80,  Kilian Brady ’18, Louise Freemon Brady ’82,  John King ’87, Andy King ’18,  Grace Ruffin ’18, Mark Ruffin ’77, David Cox ’88, and David Cox ’18. (Not pictured: Maribeth Geraci ’78, Rachel Hudgins ’18 and Bryan Reich ’77, Henry Reich ’18) Tech to become a CNA in 2013. Ari serves on the boards of Caring House, BJH Foundation, and the Durham Workforce Development Board. Ari was the founding Chairman of the Junior Board of Directors of Seeds of Peace and has been a Big Brother to two for over a decade. Prior to Nurse Care of NC, he worked in private equity in New York City.  Most importantly, Ari is married to his summer camp sweetheart, Diana, and they are the proud parents of a ridiculously charismatic seven-year old, Shai, adorable four-year old Juliet, and happy two year old Asher. Ari’s hobbies include running, reading historical non-fiction, and inadvertently butchering James Taylor’s classics to get the kiddos to sleep. Senior/Alumni Luncheon