Class Notes
Jerry Chen (Col ’14 CM)
Jerry Chen (Col ’14 CM) and his wife, Susan Russell, welcomed their first child, Millicent “Millie” Chen, in January. The family lives in New York.
Debbie Levy (Col ’78 CM)
Debbie Levy (Col ’78 CM) has published A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight Over Science in Schools, the first of three books she will publish in 2025. Levy will also publish Photo Ark 1-2-3: An Animal Counting Book in Poetry and Pictures and The Friendship Train: A True Story of Helping and Healing After World War II.
Levy’s previous books for children and young adults have put her on the New York Times bestseller lists and earned awards including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Virginia Library Association’s Jefferson Cup Award.
Philip Whitman (Col ’04 CM)
Philip Whitman (Col ’04 CM) was raised to the sublime degree of master mason on Sept. 21, 2024 and currently is serving as junior deacon of Bremond Lodge #241 in Newport News, Virginia.
Libby Buck (Col ’85 CM)
Libby Buck (Col ’85 CM) will publish her debut novel, Port Anna, with Simon & Schuster in July. The book explores second chances and a blossoming romance in a charming port town in Maine.
Zachary Brown (Col ’22)
Zachary Brown (Col ’22) has launched a production company, ZHB Productions, and is in the process of shooting “Up the Waterspout,” an animated short to be released in 2025. Brown performed in “When the Rain Stops Falling” as a fourth-year student at UVA, and the experience inspired him to pursue theater and acting as well as create movies and art. He is happy to have learned from such people as Cortney Lowinski (Grad ’23), Brian Willis (Grad ’23) and Mark Edmundson.
Cara Goodwin (Col ’07 CM)
Cara Goodwin (Col ’07 CM) has recently been published in CharlottesvilleFamily magazine. Her article is about the science behind toilet training. After a deep dive into current medical research, she distilled the findings into easy-to-understand action items to help parents. This is part of an ongoing series for the publication and will include future articles on sleep in childhood, parenting styles, mother burnout, developmental milestones, childhood anxiety and more. A licensed psychologist, Goodwin is the founder of Parenting Translator and the mother of four young children.
Charles Trowbridge (Law ’11)
Charles F. Trowbridge (Law ’11) has been elevated to shareholder at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management. Based in the firm’s Tysons Corner, Virginia office, Trowbridge focuses his practice on occupational safety and health law. He also defends employers against OSHA enforcement actions.
In addition to his workplace safety and health practice, Trowbridge regularly advises clients on a range of other employment law issues such as whistleblower claims, workers’ compensation issues, wage garnishment complications, among others.
Jared Deane (Engr ’94 CM)
Jared Deane (Engr ’94 CM) was named vice president, academic and student affairs for Kennedy-King College. The college is one of the seven campuses of the City Colleges of Chicago. Deane oversees all transfer, career and technical education (CTE), continuing education and adult education programs.
Stephen Cunha (Engr ’91)
Stephen Cunha (Engr ’91) has published The Seven Heavenly Letters: An Exposition of Revelation 2 & 3. Translated from the original Latin, the book is an erudite, pastoral exposition of the seven letters of Jesus Christ to the seven churches by the great sixteenth-century Protestant reformer Heinrich Bullinger. It is Cunha’s third book.
Amy Lightbourn (Col ’12 CM)
Amy Shroyer Lightbourn (Col ’12 CM) and James Lightbourn (Col ‘12 CM) recently welcomed Lyle Godfrey Lightbourn, who is already adored by big brother Landon, 5; and sister Linnea, 2.
Trevor Hardy (Col ’10 CM)
Trevor J. Hardy (Col ’10 CM) has been elevated to shareholder at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management. Hardy works in the firms Cleveland office and focuses his practice on providing advice and counsel to employers facing complex leave and accommodation issues.
Hardy also maintains a national training practice focused on state and federal obligations under leave and accommodation laws and lawful hiring practices. He has first-chaired over a dozen arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, National Arbitration and Mediation, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and JAMS, all dealing with employment-related claims involving disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, employee discipline, workplace investigations, labor grievances, and wage and hour claims.
Hardy earned his J.D., cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He serves as vice chair of the board of directors of the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, is a member of the regional board of directors for Canine Companions’ North Central Region and is as an adjunct faculty member teaching disability law at Case Western.
John Maze (Arch ’91 CM)
John Maze (Arch ’91 CM) was awarded the Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award by the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning. Maze is an associate professor of architecture and has been at Florida since 2001 following four years teaching at the UVA School of Architecture. He recently served as juror for final reviews at the end of the spring 2024 semester at UVA, and was elated to find the work is still among the best he has seen in the country. Maze credits Peter Waldman amongst other great educators at UVA for his success as an educator and continues to send students from Florida to UVA for their graduate studies. Once a ’Hoo, always a ’Hoo!
Billy Wynne (Law ’04)
Billy Wynne (Law ’04) will publish The Empty Path: Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening, with New World Library on March 18. Wynne and his family live in Colorado. His daughter is a first-year student at Cornell.
Casey Chalk (Col ’07, Educ ’07)
Casey Chalk (Col ’07, Educ ’07) and his wife Claire welcomed their sixth child, Catherine Rose, on Dec. 20, 2024. Catherine joins siblings Annemarie, 11; Thomas, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Lawrence, 4; and Daniel, 2. The family lives in Panama City, Panama.
Marisa Roman (Col ’09 CM)
Marisa Roman (Col ’09 CM) has been named a member of law firm McGlinchey Stafford. She has been at McGlinchey since 2021. Her practice includes commercial and contract disputes, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, products liability, lender liability, insurance defense, lawyers’ professional liability, professional negligence, insurance defense, and construction litigation. She represents clients nationwide in federal and state court and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Andrew Ceperley (Grad ’89)
Andrew Ceperley (Grad ’89) has published Tone Setters in the Academy: How to Build an Inspired Life as a University Administrator. The book offers practical strategies, known as “tone setter mindsets,” to help administrators dealing with challenges such as campus politics, the lack of promotional opportunities, and workplace dynamics cultivate their unique tone, manage energy, and build resilience. Ceperley is a seasoned university administrator, consultant, and a professional certified coach for individuals and teams serving colleges and universities throughout the world.
John Ludlum (Law ’98)
John E. Ludlum (Law ’98) has joined the law firm Cozen O’Connor in the labor and employment department. Ludlum brings nearly three decades of experience advising and representing national and Utah business clients in compensation and tax matters ranging from executive compensation to mergers and acquisitions-related tax issues. He will work in the firm’s Salt Lake City office.
Ludlum comes to the firm from Holland & Hart, where he was a partner in the tax and benefits group. Before joining the legal profession, Ludlum was an officer/aircraft commander in the U.S. Coast Guard, where he executed search and rescue, law enforcement, pollution response, ice patrol, and medical evacuation missions domestically and internationally, including service in Operation Desert Storm.
Robert Cottrell (Educ ’16 CM)
Jason Cottrell (Educ ’16 CM) was recently appointed the data coordinator for postsecondary education at the U.S. Department of Education. In this role, Cottrell will work to improve data quality and maturity by working with data stewards, assessing the needs for data literacy training, and managing data practices for the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) while developing a governance model for data collections and analyses within OPE. He previously served as lead research analyst in the Office of Postsecondary Education.
Cottrell was also elected to a 3-year term as the vice president for membership for the American College Personnel Association—College Student Educators International.
He received all of this news as he returned home from a 2-week trip to London and Paris where he and his husband celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary and their 25th anniversary.
Cecilia Tomko (Educ ’92, Col ’92 CM)
Cecelia Tomko (Col ’92, Educ ’92 CM) has published Sacred Stones, a novel set in her adopted home of Butler, Pennsylvania, where a man inherits his great-grandmother’s house. When his 10-year-old daughter begins to experience strange visions of the past, each glimpse of her ancestors leads the family closer to bringing long-buried secrets of theft, deceit and betrayal into the light.
Tomko moved to Butler in 2010. Impacted by the closing of a major steel railcar company almost 30 years earlier, much of its Main Street was boarded up. Tomko fell in love with the town and its history, as well as the surrounding beauty of western Pennsylvania. She hopes the book, which is packed with history and descriptions of local gems, will bring positive attention and tourism to the town.
Jane Everson (Educ ’80, Educ ’83 CM)
Jane Everson (Educ ’80, ’83 CM) recently retired from a faculty position with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and was elected to the school board in Hickory, North Carolina.
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