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Oberstein-Harris '93 selected for Head of School Award
Elana Oberstein-Harris '93 has been named the recipient of the 2017 Alumni Head of School Award for her inspiring commitment and service to Ransom Everglades. She will be honored during the Head of School Luncheon during Alumni Weekend on April 29.
Oberstein-Harris, an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami Health System specializing in rheumatology, has served Ransom Everglades with loyalty and passion since her graduation. A frequent visitor to the campus, she is known for her energy, grace, good cheer and devotion to her alma mater.
Even while earning her BA from Harvard University and MD from UM's Miller School of Medicine, Oberstein-Harris acted as class agent for the Class of 1993, assisting with every class reunion since she departed RE. She has served on the school's Alumni Board, helping transform the annual fund to a point of pride as alumni contributions have grown to more than 30 percent annually.
She also has served as co-chair of the five-year-old Ransom Everglades Epic Fishing Tournament, which has raised more than $150,000 for Breakthrough Miami and RE's waterfront.
Despite her busy schedule as a physician – she is also Medical Director of EMA Rheumatology for Modernizing Medicine – Oberstein-Harris has been active in alumni networking activities. She traveled to Los Angeles this winter to represent RE at a gathering of Southern California alumni, and also conducted an interview of Alonzo Mourning, father of Trey Mourning '14, in the fall of 2015 that shed insight into his journey from basketball prodigy to one of Miami's philanthropic leaders.
Oberstein-Harris, the daughter of former RE language teacher Alicia Oberstein, is the proud mother of two Raiders: Jack Harris '23 and rising sixth grader Eden Harris '24.
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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.