Valerie Apolinski Yanni

Profile Updated: October 1, 2025
Who's your Spouse/Partner? How long have you been together? Raja Yanni - since 1992!
Any kids? Any grandkids?! 2 kids: Leila (2000) who is an aerospace engineer at Boeing and Xander (2002) who is a management consultant More…in Chicago at PWC
What do you do for money? Retired, worked in banking and my husband worked at Boeing and now McAfee
Do you have a website(s) that let's others in on what you're up to? Nope
Yes! Attending Reunion
Where do you reside now?

Washington

Where else have you lived since high school? and why were you there?

1985-1989-university of Illinois Champaign Urbana.
1989-1992-Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa in the peace Corps
1992-2010-Chicago, Illinois as AVP for BMO/Harris Bank
2010-2021-Bellevue, washington as volunteer for Issaquah schools foundation
2021-present retired in Port Ludlow, washington
2024-present also in Seattle, Washington

Any family in the Park Ridge area?

None
How often do you get back to Park Ridge?

Every few handful of years

What do you do for fun?

Travel, boating, kayaking, snorkeling, traveling with our travel trailer, hiking, PNW lifestyle

What was your scene at South? What do you remember fondly about those 4 years?

Lunches, horseback riding, getting into trouble that I never was called out on (who me?), band, track timing (can’t remember what that was called)

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You wouldn't happen to have any video footage from back in the day?

I don’t sorry

Do you have any video you'd want to share with your classmates that reveals the crux of who you are now?

Not sure that I do

How closely does your life now reflect where you thought you'd be heading when you graduated in 85?

Boy, I thought I was gonna be a doctor but I went into banking instead. I also didn’t know I was gonna go into the peace corps, but I met my husband there and it was the best decision I ever made.

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