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Erich Hunker ’81, Columbus Academy’s assistant head of school for development and external relations since 1999, will be leaving his alma mater in mid-June to become chief executive officer at Columbus Humane, a local nonprofit with a mission to fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.

“Coming back to work for an institution that changed and shaped…

Stephanie Preston Domas ’05 accepted Columbus Academy’s 2024 Young Alumni Award during the school’s annual Senior Alumni Board Luncheon on April 23.

Stephanie is the chief information security officer at Canonical, the maintainer of the world’s most popular Linux operating system Ubuntu. Previously she was the chief security technology strategist for Intel and led two successful cybersecurity businesses after graduating Cum Laude from The Ohio…

Columbus Academy hosted the Andy Bowman Memorial Baseball Game on April 27 to honor the 2016 graduate who passed away in February of 2023. Joining his family – father Jim Bowman ’84, mother Tracey Bowman and older sister Lindsay Bowman ’14 – at the event were 22 of Andy’s classmates from Academy’s class of 2016 and 49 alumni in total in addition to many friends of the family, including some of his former teachers. Andy’s younger sister Carolyn Bowman ‘…

Ricky Joshi from Columbus Academy’s class of 1997 will serve as guest speaker for the school’s 111th Commencement on June 3, 2024, and JoAnne Adams will deliver this year’s Cum Laude Address at Upper School Honors Assembly on May 21.

Ricky is a distinguished entrepreneur and co-founder of Saatva, the pioneering online luxury mattress retailer that has fundamentally transformed the mattress industry since its inception in 2011.…

Our boys tennis program started a new tradition on April 18 by hosting Bexley for the inaugural Jack Madison Cup, named in memory of a 2021 Columbus Academy graduate from Bexley who passed away in January of 2023. Jack helped our Vikings place third in the OTCA state tournament as a senior and was a true leader on the court, earning four varsity letters and serving as a co-captain with his cousin and classmate Arie Tuckerman. The two of them were state runners-up twice in doubles…