Team Prep for Prep

List of 6 items.

• Fahmina Ahmed (XXV/Riverdale ’09, Brown ’13)

  Fahmina is a product manager in the healthcare space who loves textile crafts and the outdoors. When she’s not working, you can find her in the garden trying to reintroduce native flowers to her backyard in Astoria, Queens where she lives with her husband and pet chameleon. When she isn't tending to her plants, she is usually running or knitting.

• Gregory Gourdet (P9 II/St. Andrew's ’93, Univ. of Montana ’98) Culinary Instit. of America ’00

  Gregory is a three-time James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, best-selling author, television personality, and ultramarathoner. He is known for his award-winning dairy- and gluten-free restaurant Kann, numerous TV appearances, and trendsetting role in Portland's culinary boom. In 2021, he released Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health, a best-selling cookbook that won a 2022 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook.

• Florian Koenigsberger (XXVI/Collegiate ’10, Yale ’14)

  Florian is a photographer and technologist committed to representational justice for underserved communities. He co-founded See In Black, a collective of Black photographers that has raised $500,000 for Black-centric charities. At Google, he leads the Image Equity Initiative, working to combat racial bias in camera technology. His leadership on Real Tone–Google’s Pixel camera technology that more accurately and authentically renders people of color–earned top industry honors. In 2023, he launched the Image Equity Fellowship, a collaboration between Google and three arts-centric nonprofits that supports emerging image makers of color with funding and mentorship to tell urgent, untold stories with dignity.

• Alejandro Luciano (P9 I/Exeter ’92, Wesleyan ’96) MSW, Smith ’05

  Alejandro is the Director of Mental Wellness at Prep for Prep. He coordinates mental health and wellness services for students and families in the Prep for Prep and PREP 9 programs, in addition to counseling students. Alejandro lives in Westchester, NY with his partner, their two sons, and labrador Lula. When not running, Alejandro likes to read, play piano, or attend concerts with his family.

• Jacob Reynolds

  Jacob is a middle school math teacher in Milwaukee, WI. His passions are running marathons and competing in cross country ski marathons. He’s completed 10 running marathons and 12 ski marathons to date. Jacob is the husband of a functional medicine doctor, father to two daughters in college, and college classmate of fellow Team Prep for Prep member Alejandro Luciano. He and his brother John are thrilled to be running with the Prep for Prep team this year.

• John Reynolds

  John is a landscape architect creating parks and outdoor spaces that encourage social interaction, physical activity, and a sense of community and belonging. He has degrees from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Aside from running, John enjoys Nordic skiing, ultimate frisbee, and relaxing with his wife, daughter, and dog. He and his brother Jacob are thrilled to be running with Team Prep for Prep in November.