Alumni News 2006

Hailey Foster (Class of 2002) Graduated from UC Davis with honors and a degree in Evolution and Ecology with a focus on Wildlife Conservation, plus a minor in Political Science. For the past year, she has worked as the VP Public Services for Earth Organization, a non-profit organization focused on finding solutions to global environmental issues. Hailey is now working in our Upper School!

Singer/songwriter Alison Sudol (Class of 2001) has just signed a record deal with major label Virgin Records under her band name, A Fine Frenzy. She has been working professionally as a singer, writer and musician since graduating Delphi. She has been working with producer Lukas Burton (Dido, Anastasia) for the past year and a half and they are now in pre-production for the album. The record is due for worldwide release in the spring of 2007.

Jessica Beckman (Class of 2001) is in her junior year at UCLA where she is majoring in business economics with a minor in accounting and computing specialization. Besides all the studying she is doing, she has also been producing events on campus, helping to get L. Ron Hubbard’s Study Technology known and in use.

Rustin Kretz (Class of 1997) is the founder of Scorpion Design, which is now the parent company of Scorpion Healthcare, Scorpion Medical, Scorpion Legal, and Scorpion Technology & Vet Websites. Scorpion is responsible for the marketing, websites & technology of thousands of professional. Since he started the company in 2000, it has doubled in size each year and now has offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minnesota, with a new office planned for Nashville in 2008.

Emily Blokzyl (Class of 1999) is currently living in Chicago where she is working and pursuing her career as a science-fiction writer. Emily has published three books: Site 184, Realms of Darkness: Return to Site 184, and Sinkhole. A synopsis of each title can be found on iUniverse.com.

Jenna Bowles (Class of 1998) graduated from San Francisco State with a B.A. in journalism. She completed three photojournalism internships at a variety of newspapers: The Recorder, a daily law journal in San Francisco; The Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa and the third was for The Californian in Bakersfield, California. She is currently back living in Los Angeles, working as a freelance photographer.

David Diaz (Class of 1999) graduated summa cum laude from Harvey Mudd College in May 2003 as a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. David was on the Dean’s List since his sophmore year, member of Tau Beta Pi (the National Honor Society for Engineers), and was awarded the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship his junior and senior years. (Only 34 candidates from 17 schools from across the United States are nominated.)

Acey Dubow (Class of 2004) can be seen in a current television commercial as a techno-wizard snowboarder. Acey says this is especially good acting, since he has never snowboarded in his life!

Damian Espinosa (Class of 2000) is now living in Melbourne, Australia where he is the Senior Director Narconon Melbourne. Narconon is a non-profit drug rehabilitation program dedicated to eliminating drug abuse and addiction through prevention, education, and rehabilitation.

Nima Fazeli (Class of 2001) is currently in his junior year at American University in Washington, D.C. He is interning at a law firm, is on the Dean’s list, is in a pre-law fraternity and is a member of the national philosophy honors society. Nima is double majoring in communication, law, economics, government (CLEG) and philosophy.

Mike Hedge (Class of 2002) graduated from the movie production and cinematography programs at the LA Film School. He is working on several production projects.

Jenny Jackson (Class of 2000) has been performing in the hit musical We Will Rock You at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, appearing nightly since June 2004 as a singer, dancer, and actor. Well done, Jenny!

Peter Milford (Class of 1991) and his wife Dannyelle, enrolled their five year old son Tyler in our kindergarten class (Beginner One) this September and are already thrilled with his progress. Peter is the first Delphi LA alumnus to have enrolled his own child at the school! Peter is Special Operations Project Manager at Panda Software U.S.A., in charge of developing and running special projects for this designer of anti-virus software.

Calyn (Kinney) Reinhart (Class of 2000) is currently working with World Financial Group helping individuals and families reach their financial goals and follow their desired path to financial independence. She is currently working with her best friend, KK Kalergis (Class of 2000) on plans to expand Delphi and open additional Delphi Academy schools across the country.

Her husband, fellow alumnus, Jesse Reinhart (Class of 2001) has been working in the field of computers as a support specialist and is also working towards a degree in network security and administration. They are proud parents of their daughter, Katherine Grace, who is turning three in October, and is already excited about her attendance at Delphi Los Angeles next year.

Eric Reuveni (Class of 1998) recently married Terra Roeschke (Class of 2001). Both work at Juniper Post, a post-production sound engineering group. Eric is currently working on James Cameron’s latest project, a 3-D IMAX film called “Aliens of the Deep.” In 2003 Eric won an Emmy for another James Cameron project “Expedition Bismarck.” We are very proud of his accomplishments.

Terra (Roeschke) Reuveni (Class of 2001) works along with husband Eric Reuveni (Class of 1998) at Juniper Post, a post-production sound engineering group. Terra is Senior Vice President of Administration handling the company’s human resources, promotion, marketing and sales. Terra particularly enjoys meeting with producers and directors on their films and helping them work out how they can improve their projects with audio. This past year Terra closed the company’s biggest project ever, their second with James Cameron (director of The Titanic, Terminator, and The Abyss ) and their first job for Disney, which will open at IMAX 3D theatres at the end of January!

Immediately after his Commencement, Ashton Sanders (Class of 2004) left for nine-weeks at the Boy Scouts of America’s Camp Cherry Valley on Catalina and served as the camp’s commissioner, a highly coveted position. He went on to help start a new scout troop for our Delphi school in Santa Monica, and is now assistant scout master for Delphi LA’s award-winning Troop 555, as well as the assistant scout master for the new Santa Monica troop.

Erin Scott (Class of 1999) graduated the London College of Fashion in July '04 with a B.A. in Women's-wear and Textiles. She has moved back to the States and now works at Juicy Couture, a large and successful clothing line. Additionally, she is working on her own designs so she may one day start a clothing line of her own.

Danielle Strack (Class of 2003) is in her sophomore year at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in VA. She is majoring in math and making plans to attend medical school. She intends to one day own a medical practice as a pediatrician.

Sarah Stradford (Class of 1998) is currently in her senior year at UCLA where she is majoring in philosophy. Sarah is in the top 3% of her class and making her plans to attend law school next September.