The Alumni Career Roundtables are designed to provide a space for Wheeler alumni to have meaningful conversations with upper school students about their academic, professional and life experiences both at and beyond Wheeler.

Participants provide valuable mentorship advice to current students while enjoying opportunities to connect with other Wheeler alumni and community members.

Two roundtable small group sessions are followed by additional optional programming, which includes lunch with our Head of School, Mark Anderson; tours; talks and even a school pep rally!

Sign ups for the roundtables closed on October 8.
Reach out to daniellekachapis@wheelerschool.org with interest.

Students will be invited through a separate sign up process.

HOMECOMING ALUMNI DAY SCHEDULE

Friday, October 23, 2026 
Wheeler School, Providence Campus

• 10 am, Alumni check in and coffee
• 10:20 - 11:30 am, Alumni Career Roundtables
• 11:45 am - 12:30 pm, Head of School Lunch 
• 12:45 - 1:45 pm, Campus Tours / The Life and Art of Mary C. Wheeler (choose one)
• 2:20 - 2:50 pm All-School Homecoming Pep Rally

Wheeler Farm, Seekonk Campus

• 4:30 - 8 pm, Friday Night Lights
  • 4:30 pm Girls Varsity Soccer vs Beaver Country Day 
  • 6:30 pm  Boys Varsity Soccer vs Marianapolis Prep

The Guild PVD Beer Garden, 195 District Park, 260 Dyer Street

7 - 8:30 pm, Wheeler Homecoming Alumni After Hours, hosted by the Alumni Association 

2026 Alumni Roundtable Participants
 

1 - Architecture & Planning

Matthew Rice '94, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, MCPPO
Principal and K-12 Market Leader at SMMA

2 - Art

Casey Blanchard '71
Artist, Retired Real Estate Broker Self-employed

Sofia Warren '09
Freelance Animator, Iris MediaWorks, graphic novelist

Kye Ehrlich '09
Director of graphic arts, Marathon Company

3 - Education / Higher Ed & Nonprofits

Chérie Bertin Francis '72
Retired, Outreach Director, Graduate Diversity & Fellowships ,
University of California, Los Angeles

Cheryl Yaffe Kiser '68
Founder, Breakthrough Interactions Group, and Founding Executive Director of The Institute for Social Innovation at Babson College

Judith Alperin King '79
Founder and Senior Advisor, The Wily Network

4 - Education / Primary & Secondary / Independent Schools

Alexandra Etienne '09
Associate Director of Admission and Financial Aid, Beaver Country Day School

Jessica Flaxman '92
Associate Head of School, The Pingry School

Kate Edwards Paglia '97
Independent School Governance Consultant

5 - Engineering

Lisa Winter '04
Senior Coastal Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers

6  - Entertainment and Music

Jonathan Bahr '98, P’29, P’32, P’39
Senior Advisor, Artist & Label Services, BandLab Technologies & Caldecott Music Groups

7 - Real Estate & Development

Alex Baker '04
Director, Real Estate Acquisitions and Investment, Avery Hall

Jason Sisto, Esq. '92, P'30
Owner , The Discovery Group, Inc.

Erica Schechter '04 P'33, P'36
Project Manager, Peregrine Group LLC

8 - Entrepreneurship / Fashion & Lifestyle

Dakota Whitworth '10
Owner, Whitworth (boutique / small business)
Vice-President, Alumni Board
 

9 - Film & Television / Broadcast Media

Julie Snyder '83
Film Producer

Bethany Crudele '05
Senior Producer, CNN News Central, CNN

10 - Finance / Investment Management

Edward Turnbull '90
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, The TDM Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management 

David Mandell '86
Principal, Attorney, Wealth Advisor, Author, OJM Group, LLC

Timothy Rankin '90
Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton - Franklin Mutual Series

11 - Government / Politics

Jennifer "Jeff" Flather '82
Retired Commander, US Navy, Security Professional, retired Chief of Staff (IT company), Little Compton Historical Society and Town Budget Committee, Little Compton Historical Society

Gwendolyn Lohse '88
Chair, Commissioner, Advisory Neighborhood Commissions

Matthew Shumate '09
Deputy Chief of Staff, City of Providence

12 - Law

Andrea Latina Martin ’90
Lawyer, private practice and city government

Aaron Spacone '06
Partner, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

13 - Marketing / Public Relations / Food & Beverage
Brian Franklin '92
Principal, B-Frank Communications

Amanda Armbrust-Asselin '03
Marketing and Education Coordinator, Neumann Gruppe USA

Nicole Eacuello '10
Owner , The Savory Grape

14 - Medicine / Health & Wellness

Janis Baccari '87
Pediatrician and Co-owner, Atwood Pediatrics

Darlene D'Arezzo, MA, LMHC '87
Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts, Hearts & Hooves Counseling, LLC., Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Equine Assisted EMDR

15 - Tech / Business, Operations & Strategy

Andrew Lipof '10
Director of Loss Prevention & ORC Strategy, Nedap Retail
Hamilton Alumni

Junia Janvier '19
Senior Data/AI/Risk Product Manager, Capital One

Christopher Khosrovani '07
Director, Large Customer Sales US, Reddit, Inc.
Hamilton Alumni
 

16 - Consulting / Nonprofits

Carrie Alexander ’04
Consultant, Partner, Edgility Talent Partners

17 - Journalism & Publishing

Matt Coen ’88
Entrepreneur, Publisher, CEO, 142 Steps Ventures

Brent Lang ’00
Editor-in-chief, IndieWire