“Job” Class Notes
David Meredith (Com ’03)
David Meredith (Com ’03) has been appointed to the board of directors of Riskified, a New York Stock Exchange public company that is a leader in ecommerce fraud management and risk intelligence.
Meredith has spent three decades serving in senior executive leadership and board director roles across both multi-billion-dollar public companies and private equity backed technology-focused firms.
As CEO of Everbridge, the global leader in software to provide resilience to organizations, Meredith led a period of rapid growth which moved the company into the large-cap Russell 1000® Index and earned him the award for Top 50 “Best CEO 2020” in the largest company category by Comparably. Prior to Everbridge, Meredith held leadership positions at Rackspace, CenturyLink, VeriSign, CGI, and Capital One Financial Corporation. In his role as CEO at integration-software leader Boomi, Meredith was also named as a “Best CEO 2022” for his work related to the spin-out of Boomi from Dell to become a stand-alone global company. Most recently he served as Board Director and Committee Chair for digital transformation leader SADA (an Insight company).
Meredith serves on the advisory board of the McIntire School of Commerce, where he earned his master’s degree. He graduated with honors from James Madison University with a bachelor’s degree in in finance.
Amanda Smith (Col ’10)
Amanda Smith (Col ’10) has joined the health care practice of law firm K&L Gates LLP as counsel in its Washington, D.C. office. She joins the firm from 340B Health, a nonprofit organization comprising more than 1,500 hospitals and health systems participating in the federal 340B drug pricing program.
Smith has advised on regulatory, legislative, and legal matters related to the 340B program. She has worked directly with member hospitals on 340B compliance and policy issues, prepared legal analyses and advocacy documents on various 340B issues, and has played a key role in the development of state level policy and advocacy resources. Prior to her role at 340B Health, Smith served as a health care law clerk for the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
Jonathan McCullers (Col ’89 CM)
Dr. Jon McCullers (Col ’89 CM) has been named dean of the College of Medicine and vice president of health affairs at the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. He previously served 13 years as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
Brian Cafferty (Grad ’90)
Brian G. Cafferty (Grad ’90) has joined the boutique law firm GoldMark Partners LLP as a partner. Cafferty brings an extensive background in real estate, corporate governance, and finance to the firm, which is located in Needham, Massachusetts and is focused on commercial real estate and corporate law His expertise spans corporate creation, governance, acquisitions, zoning, commercial leasing, and environmental compliance. He has successfully represented clients in various courts and provided strategic counsel on operational and compliance matters. He has handled the development, financing, and leasing of industrial, suburban office, retail, and multi-family projects, including brownfield sites. Cafferty is also experienced with Chapter 91 filled tidelands and Chapter 21E hazardous waste sites.
Before joining GoldMark, Cafferty served as vice president of legal affairs at Combined Properties, a full-service real estate investment and development firm, specializing in the development and acquisition of high-quality office, residential, industrial, and retail properties in the Boston area. Cafferty received his J.D. from Boston College School of Law.
Jason Nadolinski (SCPS ’22 CM)
Jason S. Nadolinski (SPCS ’22 CM) has been selected to serve as the director of the student affairs division of the Military and Veterans Student Success Center at Florida Atlantic University.
In this role, he will lead a professional staff dedicated to serving and supporting over 1,700 military and veteran students, their dependents, and the U.S. Army ROTC battalion at six campus locations across south Florida. He will create and sustain meaningful education pathways and a sense of special membership for the entire service member community across FAU, which has earned the Military Friendly School designation for twelve straight years and the Military Spouse Friendly School recognition for 2022-2023.
Nadolinski accepted this position upon retirement as a senior special agent/ team leader with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he served from 2001-2023. He also retired from the U.S. Navy as a master chief petty officer after combined active duty and reserve component service of over 26-years. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the Naval War College – Senior Enlisted Academy.
He was a member of the second group of public safety leaders to earn the UVA Master of Public Safety degree and credential in 2022.
Kim Bridges (Col ’87 CM)
Kim Bridges (Col ’87 CM) has been promoted to associate professor in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She joined the Department of Educational Leadership in 2018 after earning a doctorate in education leadership (Ed.L.D) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She directs the Ed.D. capstone experience, a year-long collaboration with graduate student teams and partner organizations. Her scholarship and facilitation work focuses on local governance and state policy for sustainable K-12 improvement.
Karl Frisch (SCPS ’23 CM)
Karl Frisch (SCPS ’23 CM) was re-elected as chairman of the Fairfax County (VA) School Board on July 11, 2024. With a $3.5 billion budget, 200 schools, 183,000 students, and 27,000 employees, Fairfax County Public Schools is Virginia’s largest and America’s ninth-largest public school system.
Frisch was elected in 2019 to represent Providence District on the school board, garnering more votes than any candidate for that office in the district’s history. In 2023, he was re-elected by a wider margin. He is the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to local office in Virginia’s largest county.
Before joining the school board, Frisch was a nonprofit executive and public policy specialist. In addition to his work on the board, he serves on the board of directors for the University of Virginia Queer Alumni Network (QVA).
Stephen Chang (SCPS ’22)
Mark Eid, M.D., M.B.A. (SCPS ’22) and Stephen Chang, M.D., M.B.A (SCPS ’22) have founded Acts Financial Advisors, a wealth management firm in McLean, Virginia that recently surpassed $100 million in assets under management. They started their company after graduating from UVA’s Certified Financial Planning program, and now provide comprehensive financial advising with an emphasis on tax strategy and asset protection for high-net-worth physicians and entrepreneurs.
Ashleigh Owens (Col ’06 CM)
Ashleigh J. Owens (Col ’06 CM) was named chief assistant district attorney of Richmond County, New York (Staten Island). She is the first woman to hold the position in the history of the county.
Michele Walsh (Col ’92 CM)
Michele Bresnick Walsh (Col ’92 CM) has been elected as chair and CEO of the law firm Gordon Feinblatt LLC, effective July 31, 2024.
Walsh is the first woman to occupy this role in the firm’s 71-year history. She began as an Associate at Gordon Feinblatt in 1997, as a business and securities lawyer. Over time, she has become an integral member of many of the firm’s practice groups, including forming the EMERGE practice group for emerging businesses. She currently chairs the firm’s Business and Securities practice groups, serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, and chairs the firm’s Finance Committee and Talent Acquisition Committee.
Walsh is also a tireless advocate in the community where she is involved in the leadership of many philanthropic organizations, including There Goes My Hero Foundation, Lawyers’ Campaign Against Hunger, Executive Alliance and many others. She relates to those looking to “seize the day,” and has done just that in her professional and personal life.
Ben Arthur (Col ’95)
Ben Arthur (Col ’95) is launching the sixth season of his podcast, SongWriter, in which an author reads a song and a songwriter performs a song written in response. Past seasons have featured artists such as Questlove, Susan Orlean, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Roxane Gay, Joyce Carol Oates, Steve Earle, and others. This season will focus on elements of human flourishing like forgiveness, polarization, and empathy. SongWriter is also available as a live performance series.
John Flagg (Col ’19 CM)
John “Jack” Flagg (Col ’19 CM) has joined the law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. as an associate in the Tort & Insurance Litigation Department. He will handle insurance defense claims involving premises liability, automobile, and personal injury matters from the firm’s office in Fort Myers, Florida. Flagg is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and a member of the Lee County (Fla.) Bar Association.
Issa Moe (Col ’03 CM)
Issa K. Moe (Col ’03 CM) has rejoined Moss & Barnett, a multi-disciplinary law firm with offices in Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Moe returns to the firm after serving as general counsel for ACA International, a trade association for the accounts receivable management industry. He focuses his practice on representing clients in litigation and providing counsel to clients on compliance, risk management, and general business matters. Moe advises clients on compliance with consumer financial laws and regulations, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and Telephone Consumer Protection Act. He also represents clients in class action litigation and regulatory actions brought under those and similar financial laws and regulations.
Whitney Athayde (Col ’05)
Whitney Garrison Athayde (Col ’05 CM) has been promoted to managing consultant at AmPhil, where she helps mission-aligned nonprofits strengthen civil society by scaling their fundraising operations. She works from a farm just north of Charlottesville where she and her husband also homestead and homeschool their four children.
Kaitlyn Witman (Col ’12 CM)
Kaitlyn (Houck) Witman (Col ’12 CM) has been named co-CEO at Rainfactory, the company she co-founded in 2014. Rainfactory is a marketing agency for new technology product launches, crowdfunding, and pre-sales. She lives in Vienna, Virginia with husband Ben Witman (Engr ’12) and their three children.
Steven Fox (Engr ’81 CM)
Steven Fox (Engr ’81 CM) is co-founder and Luke Fox (Engr ’15 CM) manager of eViation and Drone Academy, which provides classroom, flight training, and hands-on experience focused on the emerging Unmanned Aviation Systems and electric “green technologies” aviation markets. Opened in January 2024, the Academy is located at Hampton Roads Executive Airport in Chesapeake, Virginia. Its mission is to prepare students for the FAA Part 107 UAS Operator examination and to also provide specialized drone training for select use cases.
The Academy has agreements in place with Old Dominion University, NASA, the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Virginia Tech, Hampton University, Community College Workforce Alliance, school divisions in Virginia Beach and York County, Virginia, and New Horizons Regional Education Centers.
Justin Watkins (Col ’02 CM)
Justin Watkins (Col ’02 CM) has been promoted to major in the U.S. Army. Maj. Watkins currently serves as an appellate defense attorney at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He previously served in South Korea, Kentucky, Iraq, Germany, and Kuwait. Next year, he will attend the Army’s Judge Advocate Officer’s Graduate Course in Charlottesville for a Master of Laws (LL.M) in Military Law.
Nicole Gates (Col ’09)
Nicole Gates (Col ’09) has been promoted to Vice President, Legal, for Dr. Seuss Enterprises. Gates, who previously held the role of Senior Corporate Counsel, will manage the growing Dr. Seuss Enterprises legal team and, as a member of the executive leadership team, will provide strategic guidance on major corporate initiatives and a wide variety of operational matters.
Michael Palladino (Grad ’94)
Michael Palladino (Grad ’94) has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Stockton University in Galloway, New Jersey. Palladino currently serves as vice chancellor for academic affairs at Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. His appointment is effective May 6.
Stockton Announces Next Provost – News | Stockton University
Evan Rothschild (Com ’97 CM)
Evan Rothschild (Com ’97 CM) has become the newest Principal at Adero Partners, a wealth management firm with offices in the San Francisco area and in Portland, Oregon that caters to high-net-worth clients. As a Chartered Financial Analyst for over 24 years and a Certified Financial Planner, Rothschild excels in guiding thoughtful individuals and families through the intricacies of stock plan compensation, investments, estate planning, and personal risk management.
Rothschild previously worked as a financial adviser at Morgan Stanley, founder and portfolio manager at Morris Rothschild Capital, and senior equity analyst at The Boston Company and Delaware Investments. He lives in Redwood City, California with his wife Allyson.
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