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Faculty and Staff Directory

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    Melanie Harnett Hoffmann
    Director of Advancement
    305-460-8820
    Hollins College - B.A.
    University of Pennsylvania - M.S.
    Bio
     
    As Director of Advancement at Ransom Everglades School, I oversee the school's fundraising efforts as well as alumni and parent engagement. I previously served as the Assistant Head of School and Director of External Affairs at Vermont Academy for two years and, for 13 years, worked as Director of Institutional Advancement at The Pingry School, a K-12 day school in New Jersey. I began my fundraising career at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. I attended Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., where I received my BA in Art History and German, and I received my master's degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania. My husband, Arthur, and I have two sons, William and Nicholas '27, and live in Coconut Grove.
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    Kim Arredondo
    Director of Donor Relations, Advancement Communications
    305-460-8908
    Brown University - B.A.
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    Melissa Bonafonte
    Director of The Fund for Ransom Everglades
    305-460-8215
    University of Arizona - B.A.
    Thunderbird School of Global Management - M.B.A.
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    Stacey Chopp
    Special Events Coordinator, REPA Liaison
    305-460-8239
    San Diego State University - B.A.
    Yeshiva University - M.S.W.
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    Tony Mercadal
    Director of Advancement Services
    305-460-2113
    University of Miami - B.A.
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    Maggie Pearson '80
    Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement
    305-460-8859
    Hollins College - B.A.
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    Yadira Pino
    Data and Prospect Manager
    Florida International University - B.S.
    Florida International University - B.A.
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    Erika Valdes
    Annual Giving Coordinator
    305-460-8818
    Johnson & Wales University - B.S.
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    Vicki Carbonell Williamson '88
    Director of Alumni Engagement
    305-460-8826
    Boston College - B.A.

Middle School

2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

Upper School

3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.