Alumni

Class Agents and Secretaries

Class Agents and Class Secretaries are enthusiastic alumni volunteers who serve as liaisons between their classmates and Cranbrook Schools. They share a commitment to connecting their classmates back to Cranbrook Kingswood, increasing alumni engagement and encouraging philanthropic support.

Agents, Secretaries and CRAN reps: Save the date for the fall Volunteer Leadership event October 13-14, 2023.


This is an opportunity to join us on campus and dialogue with administrators and fellow volunteers. Participants will enjoy campus activities and give feedback on ways we can better support you in your volunteer role. For more information, email alumni@cranbrook.edu.

Class Agents

Cranbrook Schools Class Agents serve the vital role of helping to increase and sustain alumni giving to The Cranbrook Schools Fund. They typically work in teams of two to four to educate their fellow classmates on the importance of the Fund as it relates to the success of the school, and they inspire participation in supporting the Schools through the Fund.

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  • About Class Agents

    Class Agents should possess an enthusiasm for Cranbrook Schools, be willing to commit about one hour per month to the program as well as making their own gift through The Cranbrook Schools Fund.

  • Becoming a Class Agent

    If you believe in the value of a Cranbrook education and want to help ensure the experience is available to students long into the future, please reach out to Teresa Anderson tanderson@cranbrook.edu to find out more about representing your class as a Class Agent.

  • List of Current Class Agents

    Paul M. Dodyk '55
    James J. Akers '57
    Robert M. Klein '58
    Raymond A. Sokolov '59
    Brock R. Landry '65
    Joan W. Cavanagh '66
    Mary K. Holmes '66
    Sheridan Strickland '66
    Sally C. Harris '72
    John Maturo ‘72
    Chase Brand ‘79
    Howard M. Brophy ‘83
    Anna J. Duff ‘88
    Erik S. Stamell ‘89
    Bradford P. Kroh ‘90
    Matthew L. Eriksen ‘90
    Nicole P. Bonk ‘92
    Seran Chen ‘94
    Rudy K. Yukich ‘00
    Alex S. Paul ‘07
    Latresha Staten Howland  ‘08
    Adam Wells ‘09
    George N. Tepe ‘10
    Julia Bleznak ‘11
    Caroline Shinkle ‘11
    Andrew J. Wilson ‘12
    Ryan Polk ‘13
    Molly Wyett '16
    Garrick Allison '18
    Gabriel Ervin ’20
    Theo Taubman ‘22
    Rachael Claxton, '23

Class Secretaries

In their role, Cranbrook Kingswood Class Secretaries foster lasting relationships between and among classmates, maintain communications and cohesion within their classes and perpetuate class members’ ties with the school.

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  • About Class Secretaries

    Major responsibilities of Class Secretaries include communicating with classmates regularly through a variety of channels and assisting the school in maintaining good contact information for classmates. They solicit life updates and submit a class notes column for the school publication Tradition at least once a year. They are the first point of contact when the alumni office needs to communicate important information to their class, such as the loss of a classmate or faculty member. They assist the alumni office in maintaining good contact information for their classmates.

    Depending on the needs of the class, secretaries may serve independently or as a team, striving to ensure that all members of their class are reached in a consistent manner and given opportunities to share their news. For milestone reunions they assist with communication, helping to recruit and/or serve on the reunion planning committee.

    Click here to download a full description of the Class Secretary role and formatting guidelines for Tradition.

  • Becoming a Class Secretary

    If you are interested in becoming a Class Secretary or have questions about how to contact or best assist your Class Secretary, please email alumni@cranbrook.edu for more information.

    Click here to download a full description of the Class Secretary role and formatting guidelines for Tradition.

  • Upcoming Tradition deadlines

    NOTE: All alumni updates should be submitted directly to your Class Secretary. The alumni office cannot accept individual updates on graduates. Check the list below for the name of your Class Secretary. Email the alumni office at alumni@cranbrook.edu if you need contact information for your class secretary. If your class has not had notes in a while, or there is no Class Secretary listed for your class, let us know if you are interested in supporting your class as a Class Secretary.

    Fall/Winter Tradition 2022:  Class Notes deadline for secretaries to submit their column is September 9, 2022

    The deadline for the spring issue will be February 3. If you have submitted notes in the Fall/Winter issue and your class is not celebrating a milestone reunion in June of 23 or 24, we ask that you pass on submitting a column for the spring 23 issue.

    For your reference, deadlines for secretaries to submit class notes for future issues of Tradition generally fall on the first Friday after Labor Day weekend in the fall, and the first Friday of February.

  • List of Current Class Secretaries

    For contact information for your Class Secretary, email the Alumni Office at alumni@cranbrook.edu

    Jim Kurfess ‘43
    Tom Austin ‘44
    Nancy Fitzgerald Kerver ‘44
    John Searles ‘45
    Ann Gehrke Aliber ‘46
    Bruce Smith ‘48
    Susan Hubbard Spademan '48 
    Sally Laughlin Kehren ‘49
    Richard Townsend ‘49
    Sally Landis Bohon ‘50
    Harley Warner ‘50
    Allan Levy ‘51
    Alice Shaw Aikens ‘51
    Ann Wettlaufer Benjamin ‘52
    Stan Hirt ‘52
    Elliott Trumbull ‘53
    Sue Martin Tritschler ‘53
    Ann Osborn Hartzell ‘54
    George Glover ‘54
    Ann Merseles Reed ‘55
    Bill Raisch ‘55
    Colleen McMahon Orsatti ‘56
    John Raviolo ‘56
    Rubyjean Landsman Gould ‘57
    Jim Akers ‘57
    Don LeMessurier ‘58
    Sally Waddell Goshorn ‘59
    Hank Hoffman ‘59
    Mitch Grayson ‘60
    Susan Fead Coflin ‘60
    Floyd Bunt ‘61
    Margaret Greaves Adams ‘61
    Linn Hobbs ‘62
    Judy Bartholomew Royer ‘62
    Bill Stroud '63
    Sandy Adamson Clanahan ‘63
    Steve Cook ‘64
    Leslie Schimpke Johnston ‘64
    Graham McDonald ‘65
    Yvette Daunic Howard ‘65
    Judy Conrad Sherman ‘66
    Stuart White ‘66
    Ted Lowrie ‘67
    Lora Morton ‘67
    Jan Decker Burggraaf ‘68
    Ron Fallon ‘68
    Rod Fonda ‘69
    Kit Brown Russell '69
    Jeff Cowall ‘70
    Elizabeth Kerrigan ‘70
    Marc Stadler ‘71
    Nancy Henry Story ‘71
    Nicholas Koch ‘72
    Sally Christiansen Harris ‘72
    Lucy Chase Williams ‘73
    Joyce Wheaton Lander ‘74
    Pasquale Iaderosa ‘74
    Jeffrey Berger ‘75
    Kim Swirbul ‘75
    Bart Williams ‘76
    Beth Newcombe Vogl ‘76
    Eric Booth ‘77
    Julie Rodecker ‘77
    Josh Brown ‘’78
    Sue Ann Harrison Schredder ‘78
    Jim Lundy ‘79
    Tina John Grippi ‘79
    Sarah Aikens Post ‘80
    Jon Melnick '80
    Scott Weinberg ‘80
    Jami Pyle Gregory ‘81
    Rob Edwards ‘81
    Lori Grey ‘82
    Barbara Rewey Newman ‘83
    Arash Babaoff ‘84
    Elizabeth Burrows Chapin ‘84
    Helaine Scholnick Pruzan ‘85
    Eric Rutin ‘85
    Paul Quick ‘86
    Laurie Brown Sabin ‘86
    Alan Davis ‘87
    Elizabeth Carmichael-Davis ‘87
    Jody Podolsky ‘88
    Erik Stamell ‘89
    Kay Brophy Baer ‘89
    Marcus Evangelista ‘90
    Marla Davidson Karimipour ‘90
    Christian Schultz ‘91
    Susan Poulton ‘92
    John Matter ‘93
    Jonny Imerman ‘94
    Coco Moulder Wardlaw ‘94
    Kate Richard ‘95
    Carlos Medina ‘95
    Tiffany Fellberg Harris ‘96
    Leah Groth Ornstein ‘97
    Sharmili Hazra Edwards ‘98
    Jodie Kaufman Davis ‘99
    Joe Slade ‘00
    Sarah Jacob ‘01
    Aaron Melaas ‘02
    Elizabeth Miller Battin ‘02
    Kristin Moul Driscoll    ‘02
    Stefanie Spiro Pohl ‘03
    Nikhil Kurapati ‘03
    Daniel Choi ‘04
    Julia Kramer Pong ‘04
    Brad Portnoy ‘05
    Janice David ‘05
    Muss Akram ‘06
    Theresa Tejada ‘06
    Alisha Varde ‘07
    Samrita Varde '07
    Hannah Kaneck ‘08
    Becca Kallen Murden ‘08
    Peter Baumhart ‘08
    Adam Wells ‘09
    Maurice Hill ‘10
    Tessa Huttenlocher ‘10
    Emily Dzieciatko ‘11
    Sydney Sanders ‘12
    Allesandra Tyler '13
    Will Sun ‘14
    Anna Du '14
    Shannon Irvine '14
    Alex Hubers ‘15
    Robert Li '15
    Bennett Faliski ‘15
    Gabby Shuert '15
    Betsy Saylor ‘16
    Laura Roed ‘17
    Alexandra Grant ‘18
    Charlie Panfil ‘18
    Aya Miller ‘19
    Jack Trees ‘19
    Tonia Ogolo ‘20
    Alexander Stamell ‘20
    Sherrye Ye ‘20
    Lydia Cheung ‘21
    Reet Singh ‘21
    Geoffrey Qin ’21
    Jonathan Zhao ‘21
    Sabrina Smith ‘22
    Charles Shaw, Former Faculty 
    Kathy Discenna, Honorary Alumni     

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