“Academic Accomplishment” Class Notes
Paul Lombardo (Grad ’82, Law ’85)
Paul A. Lombardo (Grad ’82, Law ’85), the Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law, was a featured commentator in the Oct. 16, 2018, broadcast of the PBS program American Experience, “The Eugenics Crusade.” His work on the history of eugenic sterilization and the 1927 Supreme Court case of Buck v. Bell was also highlighted in “Finding Carrie Buck,” a graphic article published online to accompany that program. Earlier this year he was the featured interviewee on the NPR program and podcast Hidden Brain: “Emma, Carrie, Vivian: How A Family Became A Test Case For Forced Sterilizations.”
Jill Zimorski (Col ’99 CM)
Jill Zimorski (Col ’99 L/M) passed the master sommelier exam on Sept 5, 2018, successfully completing the four stages required for the qualification. Of the 182 master sommeliers in the Americas chapter, 29 are women. There are 273 master sommeliers worldwide. Zimorski lives in Chicago, where she works as a champagne specialist, representing the Champagnes of the Moët Hennessy Champagne Portfolio (Krug, Ruinart, Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot & Moët & Chandon). She was previously the wine director for three Michelin-starred Alinea Restaurant & the Alinea Restaurant Group in Chicago & the Beverage Director for José Andrès, ThinkFoodGroup in Washington, D.C.
Kirsten Randall (Col ’95)
Kirsten Randall (Col ’95) earned a master’s degree in humanities from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, and works at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum.
Pamela Richardson-Greenfield (Col ’96)
Pam Richardson-Greenfield (Col ’96) received her doctorate of business administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. She previously obtained her MBA from Clark Atlanta University and spent 10-plus years in brand management at companies such as Unilever, Philip Morris, and Glory Foods. She begins her faculty position as an assistant professor of marketing at Radford University this fall. She and her husband, Tommy, along with their daughter, Grale, live in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Umberto Bonavita (Col ’95)
Umberto Bonavita (Col ’95), a partner at Robert Allen Law, spoke on a panel at the International Yacht Brokers Association’s East Coast Yacht Sales Summit in Fort Lauderdale. The panel, titled “Using Foreign Trade Zones to Sell Boats: A 1-Year Update,” focused on issues that have come up during the first year the foreign trade zone has been in place for yachts in Fort Lauderdale.
Andrew Lee (Med ’89 CM)
Andrew G. Lee (Col ’85 and Med ’89 L/M) will become the president of North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society in July 2018 and will join the board of directors of the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2020. Lee is chair of the Blanton Eye Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital and is a professor of ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Texas A&M College of Medicine. He and his wife, Hilary Beaver (Med ’91), encourage any Wahoos visiting the Texas Medical Center to feel free to call upon them.
Ashley Zamperini (Col ’11)
Ashley Zamperini (Col ’11) director of admissions of the Casualty Actuarial Society, has earned the Certified Association Executive designation, which is the highest professional credential in the association industry. In her role, Zamperini oversees the credentialing process for the organization, including the creation, delivery, administration, grading and appeals of more than 6,000 examinations annually. She also manages the work of more than 800 volunteers who serve on the admissions committees.
Mary McKinney (Col ’11 CM)
Mary Katherine “Kat” Mckinney (Col ’11 L/M) earned her doctorate from the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in May 2018. She lives and practices in Greenville, South Carolina.
Patrick Edwards (Col ’07)
Patrick Edwards (Col ’07) received his doctorate in Systematic Theology in December 2017. He lives with his, Teresa, and their two children, Aiden and Charlotte, in Warrensburg, Missouri, where he serves as lead elder of First Baptist Church.
Kathleen Waters (Engr ’88 CM)
Kathy Tanner Waters (Engr ’88 L/M) earned her master’s degree in applied Christian theology from the University of Balamand in El-Koura, Lebanon. Ms. Waters is a business development manager for Cisco and resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Patricia Walters (Educ ’85 CM)
Pat Bowen Walters (Educ ’85 L/M) is celebrating 20 years as founder and director of Private Schools Interscholastic Association, Inc. PSIA seeks to inspire student achievement through academic competition in 58 grade-level contests, coordinating 24 tournaments that advance to a state competition in each event. PSIA currently serves more than 50,000 grade 1-8 students in home and private schools.
Robert Eads (Col ’89, Med ’93 CM)
Robert “Stewart” Eads (Col ’89, Med ’93 L/M) passed the American Board of Internal Medicine Certification Exam for the third time in November 2016. This was his second time passing without studying, proving that the UVA School of Medicine produces the smartest doctors on the planet.
Earl Watts (Col ’79, Med ’84 CM)
Mark Watts (Col ’79, Med ’84 L/M) has been appointed to the Dean’s Council on Advancement for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The council is a committee of volunteers created to advance the stature of the medical school by providing guidance, assistance, advocacy and philanthropic investment in support of the school’s strategic objectives.
Alexander Boone (Col ’92 CM)
Alexander Boone (Col ’92 L/M) has been appointed to the Dean’s Council on Advancement for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The council is a committee of volunteers created to advance the stature of the medical school by providing guidance, assistance, advocacy and philanthropic investment in support of the school’s strategic objectives.
Katie Trigonis (Col ’10)
Katie Gambale Trigonis (Col ’10) has been appointed to the Dean’s Council on Advancement for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The council is a committee of volunteers created to advance the stature of the medical school by providing guidance, assistance, advocacy and philanthropic investment in support of the school’s strategic objectives.
Nancy Agee (Nurs ’79)
Nancy Howell Agee (Nurs ’79) has been appointed to the Dean’s Council on Advancement for the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.The council is a committee of volunteers created to advance the stature of the medical school by providing guidance, assistance, advocacy and philanthropic investment in support of the school’s strategic objectives.
Will Morton (Col ’95 CM)
Will Morton (Col ’95 L/M) completed a Master of Arts in Teaching from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, in January 2017, and he is now certified to teach grades 1-6 in Maryland. In the fall, Mr. Morton started teaching first grade at a Title I school in Baltimore County, Maryland. Previously, he spent a decade in journalism in New York and a dozen years as an at-home dad in Baltimore.
Maureen Boland (Col ’90, Educ ’17 CM)
Maureen Boland (Col ’90, Educ ’17 L/M) graduated from the Curry School of Education in May 2017 after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, entitled “Principal Leadership and the Implementation of a District Instructional Coaching Framework” on March 31, 2017. Ms. Boland is an elementary school principal in Fairfax County Public Schools.
Victoria Martinez (Col ’13)
Victoria Martinez (Col ’13) received her doctor of chiropractic degree in August from National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois. She plans to return to Virginia to serve the Tidewater community.
“We are very proud of Martinez, as National University’s Doctor of Chiropractic degree program is one of the most demanding of its kind,” says President Joseph Stiefel of National University.
Colleen Murphy (Col ’83 CM)
Colleen P. Murphy (Col ’83 L/M), professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, received the Rhode Island Bar Association’s Pro Bono Publico Award in June 2017. She was voted Professor of the Year by the law school’s 2017 graduating class.
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