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Alumni Stories
The LJCDS alumni network consist of more than 3,000 alumni who are inspiring greatness for a better world across the globe. When you join LJCDS, you are a member of this community for life. LJCDS alumni are driven, curious and passionate individuals of character.
Once a Torrey, always a Torrey.
David Jen ’98, Managing Director of Finance and Corporate Development at X, the moonshot factory
Kelsey Jones ’02, Co-Founder and Co-Head at Brooklyn Independent Middle School
Rhys Osborne ’16, Owner of Bedroom 6
Francesca Halleman ’06, Associate Producer and Zoë Ritchken ’03, Senior Supervising Producer on The Masked Singer
Vinny Pujji ’10, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Left Lane Capital
Jessica Hershfield ’08, Founder and CEO of Just Enough Wines
Ali Jackson ’05, VP at Tory Burch and Founder of Finding Mr. Height
Rostam Reifschneider ’17, Co-Founder of Hydrova
Olivia Lenz ’09, Staff Researcher Engineer at Membrion, Inc. and Veterinarian
Julie Landa Keryc ’99, Coordinating Producer for CBS and CBS Sports Network and Co-Producer
Jessica Wilson-Jones ’10, Foreign Affairs Officer at U.S. Department of State
Jocelyn Lin Drugan ’98, Analytics Team Director at Ocean Outcomes
Sam Hodgson ’02, Director of Photography and Video at The San Diego Union-Tribune
Kelsey Plum ’13, Professional Basketball Player, Summer Olympics Gold Winner
Robert Ridland ’68, U.S. Olympic equestrian team coach, co-founder and president of Blenheim EquiSports
Jandy Nelson ’83, YA novel writer
Brittany Williams '14, entertainment industry
Jordan Juarez ’13, MD/MBA Student
Meredith Nevin ’00, registered nurse at Sharp Memorial Hospital
Brook Mehregany Choulet ’11, Mental health professional
Cindy Cohen Marten ’84, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
Notable Alumni
Cindy Cohen Marten ’84
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
Ernie Hahn ’86
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Partner Valley View Casino Center
Jared Polis ’93
Governor of Colorado
Peter Huffman '97
Managing Director, Senior Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch
Board of Directors, Project Concern International
Kelly Goldsmith ’97
Professor of Marketing, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Byron Kim ’79
Renowned Artist
Natalie Brand ’02
DC correspondent for Newspath at CBS News
Matt McBane ’97
Musician
Founder Carlsbad Music Festival
Jared Finegold ’97
CEO Infiniti Medical
A.G. Spanos ’96
Executive Vice President and Team CEO, LA Chargers
Kelsey Plum ’13
Professional Basketball Player, Las Vegas Aces 2020 Summer Olympics Gold Winner
Alexandra Stevenson ’99
Former Pro Tennis Player
Tennis Analyst on ESPN
Aaron Rubenson ’92
Vice President Worldwide Amazon Appstore
Adrian Borsa ’84
Assistant Professor, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Miles Himmel ’10
Founder, Larry Himmel Neighborhood Foundation and Producer, KFMB Stations
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