Alumni Spotlight

Brookfield East graduate Marc Hughes ('79), and Brookfield Central graduate Chrissy Pappas ('13) are the recipients of the District's 2020 Alumni Excellence awards. These awards will be presented as part of the virtual Engaged in Excellence Awards celebration on Monday, May 11, which will be live-streamed at elmbrookschools.org/eie.

Brookfield East Class of 1974

Jeff "JT" Olson is a Spartan graduate who serves as the Founder and Executive Director of the Both Hands Foundation, helping to serve widows, orphans, and adoptive families.

Brookfield East Class of 2008

Spartan graduate Dan Mueller fostered a love for robotics at Elmbrook and today has worked as an engineer for companies like Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer and space transportation service company, SpaceX.

Brookfield Central Class of 1994

Impassioned by the loss of her mother to cancer, today Seanne Falconer is the Executive Director of the Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota and is working to move the needle towards a cure.

Brookfield East Class of 1997

Dr. Rajesh Rao is a BEHS Valedictorian and current ophthalmologist and retina surgeon whose work has been focused on repairing degenerative eye disease.

Brookfield Central Class of 2013

Chrissy Pappas is teaching a new generation of students in the District that raised her as an English Language (EL) Teacher at Burleigh Elementary.

Brookfield East Class of 2007

Spartan graduate Troy Grosenick has gone from the Eble Ice Arena to the Milwaukee Admirals roster.

Brookfield Central Class of 1980

Linda Dumke is a 1980 Lancer graduate whose entrepreneurial spirit led her to found and create modern and traditional wooden furniture pieces at Thomas William Furniture with her husband, Tom.

We invite our alumni from both Brookfield Central and Brookfield East to join the new, Elmbrook Schools Alumni Network! Help us build a network of Elmbrook Alumni across the globe - sign up now at alumni.elmbrookschools.org.

Brookfield East Class of 2002

Spartan graduate Phil Edwards has been sharing his journalism talent with the world through his Vox.com video series on history and culture, Almanac.