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Austi Critchfield

Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 2016

Bob Gries, Jr

Bob Gries is currently the largest shareholder and a board member of Crius Energy, one of the largest independent energy retailers in the United States, with approximately 800,000 electricity and natural gas customers. He was Chief Executive Officer of Public Power from September 2009, until its merger to form Crius Energy. He is the Founding Member and current Managing Director of the Gries Investment Funds. The Gries Investment Funds are active in providing financing for both corporate and real estate purposes, as well as being an active investor in distressed investment opportunities. Currently, the funds have investments in companies whose combined revenues exceed $1 billion.

Brandon Maxwell

Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 2017

David Luther

David Luther is the founder and Executive Director of the Instituto Dominicano de Desarrollo Integral, Inc. –IDDI- (1984 to the present). Mr. Luther sits on the Boards of 14 non-profit organizations in the Dominican Republic, the U.S. and Haiti, having been co-founder and president of a number of them. He is also the co-founder of 12 businesses in the Dominican with activities in construction, bio-fuels, crafts, agricultural products, consulting and financial services.

Isabella Schlact

Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 2019

Kim Graham Lawless

Kim Graham Lawless is Berkeley Preparatory School’s founding Director of Community Engagement and Service Learning. Prior to Berkeley, she founded and lead the Student Services and College Counseling Department of KIPP DC: College Preparatory – a Washington, D.C. charter school aimed at helping low-income, disadvantaged students to and through college. Lawless has a passion for helping under-resourced students reach their unique potential and in 2013, was awarded the College Board's NOSCA National Advocacy Award for her work.

Mallory Lykes Dimmitt

Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 1994, is a seventh generation Floridian whose childhood was partly spent exploring the lands and waters of central Florida. She pursued her passion for the outdoors by receiving her B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She was also awarded a Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship at Duke University’s Nicholas School of Environment where she earned a Master’s of Environmental Management. Some of Mallory’s projects include protecting river corridors and large landscapes in Colorado with The Nature Conservancy, research in Sri Lanka for the International Water Management Institute and strategic planning and organizational development with Legacy Institute for Nature & Culture (LINC). She currently serves as the Executive Director for the Florida Wildlife Corridor.

Matt Miller

Matt Miller has a successful background in capitalizing on business opportunities in the life science industry, from medical devices and disposables orthopedics, cardiovascular, thoracic and neurosurgical uses to early-stage pharmaceuticals.

Nicole Stevens

Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 2016

Sarah Ali

Berkeley Preparatory School Class of 2016

Sareet Majumdar

Sareet Majumdar '81 serves as President of Interconnect Cable Technologies Corporation and is partner at IC Intracom USA, Inc. Mr. Majumdar manages the Global Manufacturing Operations of ICTC with offices in Florida, China and the Philippines

Susan Alexander

Susan Alexander, MA, is a sixth grade Language Arts teacher beginning her ninth year at Berkeley Preparatory School.