Alumni Connections May 2016

Our 2016 Scholars have been busy receiving year-end awards, but also have been presenting their Educator of Distinction Awards to the teachers and mentors who have had a significant impact on their intellectual and personal development. Below are photos from only a handful of the Scholars and their EOD honorees.

Caleigh Propes

Manaal Ali

Cole Diggins

Raymar Turangan

Jessica Peebles

Shangda Xu

George Pandaya

Esther Brown

Angel Chin

Gracie Schram

Anne Flenner, teacher of Talia Fradkin

Azim Dharani

Jorge Casimiro (1994) met up with Nadya Okamoto (2016) in Portland, Oregon. Nadya graduated from the same K-12 school that his daughter attends and where his son will go in the fall! Nadya will be attending Harvard University.

Four Coca-Cola Scholar alumni had the opportunity to attend the 2016 dosomething.org gala in New York City on behalf of The Coca-Cola Company. One of the world’s largest organizations for youth and social change, dosomething.org has over 5 million active members, and Coca-Cola has been a proud partner since 2015. Featured in this photo, left to right, are: Jonathan Mark (2009), Kyle Baldwin (2006), Russ Mischner (The Coca-Cola Company), Eva Amesse (2007), and Elizabeth Galbut (2007).

Jeremy O’Brien (2012) interviewed for a position at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City after reading about it in our Coca-Cola Scholar Alumni LinkedIn group. While there, he connected with Sue Suh (1992), their Chief Talent Officer and member of our Board of Directors, who had told us about the job in the first place!

Mackenzie Lowry (2006) visited us for lunch while she was in town and told us about her new company, Oasis, that makes the beauty-item-dispensing kiosk, BeautyTouch.

Nina Vasan (2002), author of Do Good Well, was in town for a conference and stopped by during The Coca-Cola Company’s 130th birthday party in the courtyard!

Joe Semsar (2005) was in Atlanta for work and stopped in to say hello.