Poly Alumni Board welcomes new members
Alumni Board members are invaluable to the Poly community as leaders of important programs and role models of engagement. This year we are excited to welcome the following new members: Benjamin Chulay ’70, Marisa Echeverria ’96, Richard Kim ’98, and Jennifer Rho ’00. Read more about our new members below. If you are interested in learning more about the Alumni Board and how to get involved, please contact Alumni Association President Lori MacPherson ’85.
Benjamin Chulay ’70
Benjamin attended Middle School at Poly with the Class of 1970. During his years at the school, he was involved in drama and sports along with being a member of Troop 5 Boy Scouts. Benjamin graduated from Blair High School and from USC in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications. His career in the film industry began in the early 1970s, when he worked on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” as an extra and stand-in for five years, leading to 40 years in show business. He eventually moved into film editing with credits on “Remington Steele,” “Melrose Place,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” “Bones,” and “One Tree Hill,” among other shows, before he retired in 2015. Along with raising a son, Schafer ’10, and daughter, Kate ’13, with his wife, Nancy ’77, Benjamin was involved for 10 years with Pasadena Southwest Little League as a coach and board member (president in 2003 and 2004). Starting in 2011, he began working at Poly as the announcer for Varsity sports, including baseball, softball, football, girls and boys basketball, and various CIF playoffs in water polo, swimming, and volleyball. He still lives in Pasadena and enjoys vacation time in Oxnard and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Benjamin attended Middle School at Poly with the Class of 1970. During his years at the school, he was involved in drama and sports along with being a member of Troop 5 Boy Scouts. Benjamin graduated from Blair High School and from USC in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications. His career in the film industry began in the early 1970s, when he worked on the “Mary Tyler Moore Show” as an extra and stand-in for five years, leading to 40 years in show business. He eventually moved into film editing with credits on “Remington Steele,” “Melrose Place,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” “Bones,” and “One Tree Hill,” among other shows, before he retired in 2015. Along with raising a son, Schafer ’10, and daughter, Kate ’13, with his wife, Nancy ’77, Benjamin was involved for 10 years with Pasadena Southwest Little League as a coach and board member (president in 2003 and 2004). Starting in 2011, he began working at Poly as the announcer for Varsity sports, including baseball, softball, football, girls and boys basketball, and various CIF playoffs in water polo, swimming, and volleyball. He still lives in Pasadena and enjoys vacation time in Oxnard and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Marisa Echeverria ’96
Marisa is an actor and director based in Pasadena. Her artistic career has spanned theater, television, film, and commercial work in New York and California. She has originated roles in well-known musicals and played both cops and serial killers on hit TV shows. She got her start directing at Poly, helming a production of “The Fantasticks” for her senior project, and she has continued to direct theater, dance, and, most recently, two short films that have been recognized in national and international festivals. Marisa received her master's degree from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in literature from Harvard College. Marisa has volunteered with underrepresented students in Los Angeles to help them increase their chances to attend college and is actively involved with the Lineage Performing Arts Center in Pasadena founded by fellow alumna Hilary Thomas ’94. Her older daughter, Zoe ’30, attends Poly.
Richard Kim ’98
Richard serves as the chief investment officer and managing partner for IMEDRA Investment Partners, overseeing a multi-strategy investment portfolio spanning commercial real estate, public equities, private equity and venture capital, asset-backed lending, and alternative asset classes. Earlier in his career, as an investment analyst at QVT Financial, a $6-billion multi-strategy hedge fund in New York, he invested in public equities, private equity, convertible debt, and creative investment structures with a particular focus on the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors. Richard holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Harvard College in computer science and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds an M.D. from UC San Francisco. He began his career working in equity research at Merrill Lynch. Richard also serves on the board of directors for the IMEDRA Family Foundation.
Richard serves as the chief investment officer and managing partner for IMEDRA Investment Partners, overseeing a multi-strategy investment portfolio spanning commercial real estate, public equities, private equity and venture capital, asset-backed lending, and alternative asset classes. Earlier in his career, as an investment analyst at QVT Financial, a $6-billion multi-strategy hedge fund in New York, he invested in public equities, private equity, convertible debt, and creative investment structures with a particular focus on the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors. Richard holds a bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Harvard College in computer science and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also holds an M.D. from UC San Francisco. He began his career working in equity research at Merrill Lynch. Richard also serves on the board of directors for the IMEDRA Family Foundation.
Jennifer Rho ’00
Jennifer is an attorney in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she focuses on representing clients in intellectual property licensing and litigation. Her cases have involved high-tech and medical technologies such as consumer electronics, communications, defense, video game, and social networking technologies. Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2007. During law school, Jennifer was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law, as well as a research assistant for Cass Sunstein and Douglas Lichtman. She graduated with honors from the UC Berkeley in 2004, where she earned a bachelor's degree in political economy of industrial societies. Jennifer is active in promoting and supporting diversity efforts in STEM such as the Girls Who Code and ChIPs organizations.
Jennifer is an attorney in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she focuses on representing clients in intellectual property licensing and litigation. Her cases have involved high-tech and medical technologies such as consumer electronics, communications, defense, video game, and social networking technologies. Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 2007. During law school, Jennifer was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review and the Chicago Journal of International Law, as well as a research assistant for Cass Sunstein and Douglas Lichtman. She graduated with honors from the UC Berkeley in 2004, where she earned a bachelor's degree in political economy of industrial societies. Jennifer is active in promoting and supporting diversity efforts in STEM such as the Girls Who Code and ChIPs organizations.
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