“Job” Class Notes
Stephen Rademaker (Col ’81, Grad ’85, Law ’84 CM)
Stephen “Steve” Rademaker (Col ’81, Law ’84, Grad ’85 L/M) has rejoined the law firm Covington, where he began his legal career. As he joins the firm’s public policy and government affairs practice in Washington, D.C., he brings experience on national security issues from his 21 years in government. He led the drafting of legislation that created the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and served in numerous roles in government including as an assistant secretary of state, chief counsel for the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, general counsel of the Peace Corps and deputy staff director and chief counsel of the House Committee on International Relations.
Teresa Bazemore (Col ’81 CM)
Teresa Bryce Bazemore (Col ’81 L/M) has been appointed as an independent director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
Jason Clarke (SCPS ’14)
Jason Clarke (SCPS ’14) has been named vice president of risk management at DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) in Waynesboro, Virginia. Mr. Clarke is a nationally certified compliance officer and enterprise risk manager and has served the credit union movement for over 18 years, the past 13 of which have been with DCCU. Mr. Clarke and his wife, Sonja Musser Golladay (Grad ’95), live in Staunton, Virginia, with their four rescued dogs.
Judith Hermis (Com ’09 CM)
Judith M. Hermis (Com ’09 L/M) joined the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, as an assistant professor of accounting in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. Ms. Hermis received her doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a certified public accountant. Her research focuses on the impact of regulatory oversight on firms’ operating decisions and financial disclosures.
Mark Brewer (Engr ’07)
Mark Brewer (Engr ’07) was promoted to associate in the Fairfax, Virginia, office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm. Mr. Brewer has been with the firm for ten years as a transportation engineer. He has extensive knowledge in highway and public road design and specializes in widening and realignment, highway interchanges,and maintenance of traffic designs. Recently, he has served as a resource for developing alternative technical concepts for designs that have produced more economical transportation configurations for the public.
Michael Salmonowicz (Educ ’13 CM)
Michael Salmonowicz (Educ ’13 L/M) was promoted to chief operating officer of KIPP Chicago Schools, a charter school network serving 2,000 students in six schools on the west and south sides of Chicago. This is Michael’s eighth year with KIPP.
J. Colley (Col ’84, Grad ’90)
Carroll Colley (Col ’84, Grad ’90 L/M) was reelected to the board of directors of Globaltrans, a freight rail transportation listed on the London Stock Exchange that provides railcar leasing and ancillary services to clients in Russia, countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the EU. He also serves as chairman of the audit committee.
Haley McCrory (Col ’08)
Haley Burton McCrory (Col ’08) has been appointed chief of staff for Broome County Executive Jason Garnar. Broome County is located in upstate New York. The county seat is Binghamton. Ms. McCrory spent six years working as an anchor and reporter for WBNG-TV in the Binghamton market. She and her husband, Tamdan, a professional mixed martial artist and business owner, live in Binghamton and have three children.
Stephen Smithson (Engr ’90, Engr ’96 CM)
Stephen Smithson (Engr ’90, ’96 L/M) has become vice president, general counsel and board secretary for TechLaw Holdings in Chantilly, Virginia. Most recently, Stephen held private practice and in-house positions in Utah, and he is thrilled to be back in Virginia. Whenever possible, he spends time hiking, camping, boating, fishing and spending time with his wife, four young kids (future Hoos!?) and two dogs. He’s looking forward to catching up with old friends in D.C. and at UVA football and basketball games.
Gabrielle Rashleigh (Arch ’17 CM)
Gabrielle Rashleigh (Arch ’17 L/M) has joined the Baltimore office of Cho Benn Holback, a company of Quinn Evans Architects, as a designer.
Lisa White (Col ’88 CM)
Lisa Crockett White (Col ’88 L/M) has been named general counsel of Electro-Mechanical Corporation in Bristol, Virginia. Electro-Mechanical Corporation is a global manufacturer of products used in the generation, transmission, distribution and control of electricity.
Brendan O’Shea (Com ’84, Educ ’01 CM)
Brendan J. O’Shea (Com ’84, Educ ’01 L/M) has joined St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, North Carolina, as its 14th head of school. Before arriving at St. Mary’s, he served in several administrative positions over 16 years at Woodberry Forest School and was headmaster at Charleston Day School for 13 years.
Rob Begland (Law ’00 CM)
Rob Begland (Col ’89, Law ’00 L/M) has joined the litigation and dispute resolution practice team at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, a full-service law firm focused on real estate in the United States. Mr. Begland, who brings nearly 20 years of commercial litigation experience, joins as a litigation partner. He represents companies in disputes related to real property, contracts, corporate governance, intellectual property, and insurance. Mr. Begland is based in Los Angeles.
Ryan McEnroe (Arch ’09)
Ryan McEnroe (Arch ’09) has been promoted to associate at the Washington, D.C., office of Quinn Evans Architects, an award-winning architectural and planning practice. A member of the AIA and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Mr. McEnroe holds a master of architecture (2009) and a master of landscape architecture (2009) from the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of Science from Arizona State University (2005). His projects include design of the new bird house at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoological Park and a study for the sanctuary at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C.
Afi Wiggins (Educ ’14)
Afi Wiggins (Educ ’14) was recently hired as director of program evaluation and research at the University of Texas Charles A. Dana Center. The UT Dana Center provides teachers and leaders in schools, colleges and universities with training, resources and other products and services in K-16 science and mathematics education for underrepresented and other student populations across the US and internationally. See the feature on the UT Dana Center website for more information.
Kristin Ogburn (Col ’89 CM)
Kristin Decker Ogburn (Col ’89 L/M), a litigation lawyer for Horack Talley in Charlotte, North Carolina, began her term as the chair of the bankruptcy section of the North Carolina Bar Association on July 1, 2017. The bankruptcy section promotes networking and education for practitioners in all areas of bankruptcy practice and among members who practice in the three federal bankruptcy districts. Ms. Ogburn focuses her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and commercial real estate. She represents secured and unsecured creditors in consumer and business bankruptcy cases throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.
Luis Pedraja (Grad ’94)
Luis G. Pedraja (Grad ’94) was appointed president of Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Heather Wood (Grad ’00 CM)
David Maxwell (Engr ’94) has been promoted to senior vice president at Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm. In this position, Maxwell is responsible for leading the civil engineering operations of the firm’s southern Virginia and North Carolina offices. In this role, he works closely with Dewberry’s local leadership to set operational and growth strategies in the Southeast. He continues to serve as the manager of the firm’s Richmond and Virginia Beach offices. With more than 23 years of experience, Mr. Maxwell’s background includes the management of full-service term contracts and large multidisciplinary teams to bring unique engineering solutions to his clients. He is a registered professional engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional BD +C.
Leo Fernandez (Engr ’97 CM)
Leo Fernandez (Engr ’97 L/M) has joined the engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti’s New York office as a vice president in the Weidlinger Transportation practice.
Brian Dunkel (Col ’03 CM)
Brian J. Dunkel (Col ’03 L/M) has joined Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry as an Atlanta-based associate in the firm’s tax controversy and litigation practice. Mr. Dunkel brings nine years of tax experience, of which more than five were spent working in-house at national accounting firms. Mr. Dunkel focuses his practice on international tax controversy and litigation, representing individual and corporate taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service during all phases of the tax controversy and litigation process. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia, his law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law and his master’s in taxation from Georgetown University School of Law.
Jack Murray (Col ’16, Com ’17)
Jack Murray (Col ’16, Com ’17) has joined Skyway Capital Markets, a boutique investment bank in Tampa, Florida, as an investment associate.
Alice Taylor (Engr ’78)
Alice Taylor (Engr ’78 L/M) has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Charles River Center, a $25m non-profit social services organization supporting people with developmental disabilities, based in Needham, Massachusetts. The Charles River Center was founded in 1956 and is an accredited chapter of The Arc. It serves over 450 individuals daily and offers other services and supports to over 900 children, families, and adults with ID/DD and autism. A notable CRC accomplishment was the creation of Wings for Autism®, a coordinated airport rehearsal program designed to ease the stress of flying for persons on the autism spectrum and others with intellectual/developmental disabilities. The program is now offered at airports nationwide.
Alice is an attorney (Boston College Law School, 1996) with a solo practice in Waltham, Massachusetts, and the parent of three adult children, one with autism.
Robert Gordon (Darden ’91)
Robert J. Gordon (Darden ’91) has been promoted to partner at his Miami firm, Investor Solutions, where he has been since 2007. Investor Solutions advises on retirement planning and fiduciary investment management, and Mr. Gordon specializes in helping organizations provide employees with meaningful retirement benefits. The firm manages over $800 million dollars in client assets and contributes a significant percentage of their revenue to charities each year.
Art Fuller (Engr ’86 CM)
Art Fuller (Engr ’86 L/M) has been promoted to Vice President and Executive Client Partner at SapientRazorfish. Mr. Fuller leads the financial services business for the firm’s north region, where he drives marketing and technology innovation for banking, insurance and wealth management clients.
Lincoln Bisbee (Law ’07)
Lincoln Bisbee (Law ’07) has been promoted to partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in the labor and employment practice. Effective October 1, 2017, Mr. Bisbee, who resides in Washington D.C., will join 31 newly elected partners from 12 offices and 10 practices. Lincoln represents employers in a broad array of employment litigation matters, including class actions and individual-plaintiff cases involving wage and hour, discrimination, and employment tort claims in federal and state courts and arbitration proceedings.
Jessica Gienow-Hecht (Grad ’90, Grad ’95 CM)
Jessica Gienow-Hecht (Grad ’90, ’95 L/M) has been acting chair of the history department in the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie University Berlin since 2013. This term, she holds the Alfred Grosser Chair at the Paris Institute for Political Studies, known also as Sciences Po.
Robert Nalls (Arch ’77 CM)
Robert E. Nalls (Arch ’77), of Nalls Architecture, Inc., has been elected Chair of the Board for the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP). Mr. Nalls has been involved with SCUP for 22 years, most recently as an At-Large Director. The nonprofit association provides resources on best planning practices and more for senior higher education administrators who are responsible for the integration of planning on their campuses. Mr. Nalls’ firm specializes in higher education clients with focused expertise in science and healthcare projects promoting sustainability. The firm is located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
John Nader (Col ’02)
John Nader (Col ’02 L/M) has joined the Washington, D.C., office of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC. He joins the firm’s commercial litigation and consumer financial services litigation groups as of counsel.
Mr. Nader represents financial institutions and servicers in mortgage- and consumer lending-based financial services litigation in state and federal courts, with a particular focus on mortgage lending and related commercial disputes. He advises clients on all aspects of complying with state and federal banking, foreclosure, and consumer protection laws, including the Dodd-Frank Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Regulations X and Z.
He also has experience in construction litigation and has represented large general contractors, developers, and owners in construction matters and related commercial disputes.
“John is a welcome addition to our nationwide Commercial Litigation team. His experience with consumer financial services statutes and his perspective as former inside counsel will allow us to more effectively serve banks, loan servicers, and other financial services industry clients across the United States,” said Rudy Aguilar, Managing Member of McGlinchey Stafford.
In addition to his private practice experience, John has served as chief legal counsel for an SBA 8(a) general contractor specializing in government construction, renovation, design/build, and perimeter defense work.
Joseph Minock (Col ’06)
Joseph Minock (Col ’06) of Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial was promoted to member. Mr. Minock’s practice centers on civil litigation with an emphasis in construction litigation and class action litigation. He has represented owners, sureties, architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors in numerous complex design and construction cases. He is also experienced in foodborne illness cases and is currently serving as lead counsel for a national restaurant franchise in connection with a multi-state Hepatitis A outbreak. Mr. Minock received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law. He received the Dean’s Award for legal writing, research and advocacy program, and served as Executive Managing Editor for the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal.
Erin Girdler (Col ’91 CM), James Lewis (Grad ’94)
Binney Girdler and James Lewis, two Kalamazoo College faculty members with University of Virginia ties, have been promoted from associate professors to full professors.
Girdler, a biology professor, earned her bachelor’s degree at Virginia. She focuses her research on studying the structure and dynamics of terrestrial plant communities such as shoreline communities, grasslands and forests. She’s also interested in applied conservation biology, and develops relationships with area natural resource agencies and non-profit conservation groups to match her expertise and students with their research needs.
Girdler is a member of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology. She has taught courses in environmental science, ecology and conservation, plant biology, population and community ecology, and senior seminars in environmental studies.
Lewis, a history professor, earned his Ph.D. at Virginia. He has taught courses in U.S. history, Native American history, American environmental history, Revolutionary America, the American frontier and Western history, the history of U.S. foreign relations, post-World War II America, American political culture, the trial in American history and a senior seminar in history. Lewis is a professional member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. He has written books including: The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson’s Noble Bargain? (2003), John Quincy Adams: Policymaker for the Union (2001), The American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood: The United States and the Collapse of the Spanish Empire, 1783-1829 (1998) and The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis due out this fall.
“Both Dr. Girdler and Lewis are respected teachers and scholars in the best tradition of the liberal arts and sciences,” Kalamazoo College Provost Mickey McDonald said. “This promotion recognizes their sustained excellence and the impact they have had and will continue to have on Kalamazoo College and our students.”
Derek Knerr (Col ’01)
Derek Knerr (Col ’01) has joined eBay Inc. as senior legal counsel at its headquarters in San Jose, California. In his new role, he advises the company (which includes the eBay Marketplace, StubHub and Classifieds platforms) on a variety of commercial and intellectual property matters.
John Northup (Col ’96 CM)
Bouhan Falligant LLP announced today that John Northup (Col ’96 L/M) has become an attorney with the firm. Northup’s practice will focus on commercial real estate, banking, corporate and litigation.
Prior to joining Bouhan Falligant, Northup worked as an attorney at Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP. He has extensive experience handling a wide range of matters for commercial banks and non-depository lenders, and also represents real estate developers in all aspects of their practice, including acquisition and development, zoning and land use, economic development, and commercial litigation. Prior to entering into private law practice, he was a vice president of a financial services-focused investment bank in Tampa, Fla., where he specialized in capital offerings and mergers and acquisitions for community banks and thrifts.
Northup earned his law degree and an M.B.A. from the University of Georgia, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. Admitted to practice law in both Georgia and South Carolina, he is a founding member of the Metropolitan Savannah Rotary, a board member and past president of the University of Virginia Club of Savannah, and a board member of the Alumni Board of Savannah Country Day School.
Karen Rauch (Grad ’96)
Karen L. Rauch (Grad ’96) has been named associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She had served as interim associate dean since July 2015. She has been with the university since 2001 and served as the chair of the department of modern language studies from 2010 to 2014.
Eric Kalkhurst (Col ’68 CM)
I have assisted in starting a business for sustainable grazing of cattle that restores the pastureland. It will be operating in the Southeastern States in numerous ranches. We hope to be operational by the forth quarter of this year.
Michael Reed (Grad ’79)
Michael D. Reed (Grad ’79) Joins Mette, Evans & Woodside as Shareholder
The law firm of Mette, Evans & Woodside is pleased to announce that Attorney Michael D. Reed has joined the practice. Mr. Reed has been practicing in the fields of construction law and litigation, as well as general commercial litigation and administrative and procurement law, for thirty-six years. He also has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration, both as an advocate and as a neutral. He is certified as a mediator in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and has also completed the course work for mediator certification in the State Supreme Court of Virginia.
Carlotta Stankiewicz (Col ’87 CM)
Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz (Col ’87 L/M) has been appointed Director of Marketing and Communications for the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas in Austin.
Ms. Stankiewicz is a writer and photographer who previously served as Creative Director at GSD&M Advertising in Austin, Texas. In 2016 she published Haiku Austin, a gift book of her own photography and irreverent haiku, via Haiku Empire Press. She is currently working on Haiku Hooville, a gift book about Charlottesville and UVA, which will be published in winter 2017–2018. Ms. Stankiewicz also serves on the Board of Directors of the Writers’ League of Texas, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the craft, commerce and community of writing throughout the state.
As Director of Marketing, Ms. Stankiewicz will be responsible for promoting the many offerings of the Blanton, which holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with nearly 18,000 objects. The museum is recognized for its modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and encyclopedic collection of prints and drawings.
Cyndee Moore (Col ’85, Educ ’02 CM)
Cyndee Perdue Moore, Ed.D. (Col ’85, Educ ’02) has been appointed Executive Director of the University of North Georgia’s Oconee campus in Watkinsville, Georgia. Moore begins her appointment on May 1.
Brian Drummond (Col ’81 CM)
Brian Drummond (Col ’81 L/M) has been elected to the Virginia State Bar Council for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a three year term commencing July 1, 2017.
Victoria Hough (Col ’83 CM)
Victoria Hough (Col ’83 L/M) is employed as an Administrative and Office Specialist, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Melissa Hockstad (Engr ’96 CM)
Melissa Lisowski Hockstad (Engr ’96 L/M) has been named President and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI). ACI represents the producers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products and is dedicated to advancing public understanding of the safety and benefits of cleaning products. She lives with her husband Leif Hockstad (Engr ’96 L/M) in Washington, DC.
Cathryn Le Regulski (Col ’96)
Cathryn Le Regulski (Col ’96) has been promoted to partner in law firm DLA Piper’s Northern Virginia office, effective as of January 1, 2017.
Cathryn is a member of DLA Piper’s Employment practice, where she counsels management on employment law compliance issues, hiring and terminating employees, effective management of difficult employees, proprietary information and trade secret protection, workplace investigations, and developing and implementing personnel practices.
The firm’s complete press release on the 46 lawyers promoted to partnership for 2017 is available here for reference.
Shari Routch (Law ’91)
Shari Robbins Routch (Law ’91) has been appointed Interim Director of Admissions at Penn State Altoona. She continues to serve as Director of University Relations.
Dawn Ursula (Col ’90)
Dawn Ursula (Col ’90) will perform in the 2017–18 season at the Everyman Theatre in Baltimore. She has been cast in the roles of Esther in Intimate Apparel and Marianne Angelle in The Revolutionists. Ms. Ursula is an actress in the Washington, D.C. area. In 2016, she received a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play for her performance in Queens Girl in the World.
Neale Johnson (Law ’98)
Neale Johnson (Law ’98) has joined the legal project management team of the law firm Smith Moore Leatherwood. He works in the firm’s Greensboro, North Carolina office, where he leads the firm’s construction practice.
Michael Lang (Com ’94)
Michael “Mike” Lang (Com ’94) has joined BB&T as a residential construction specialist in the firm’s commercial real estate group. He is based in Richmond, Virginia.
Katherine Cook (Col ’86 CM)
Katherine Conner Cook (Col ’86 L/M) has joined the staff of the Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation in marketing and development in Richmond, VA. The nonprofit works to cultivate awareness and raise understanding of teen depression and anxiety, and was formed in 2014 after the sudden death of Cameron Gallagher, a 16 year old from Richmond, Virginia, and sister of rising 4th year student, D. Andrew Gallagher, II (Com ’18).
Andrew Cookingham (Col ’05 CM)
Andrew C. Cookingham (Col ’05) has been elected a partner in the law firm Thompson & Knight. He works in the firm’s Dallas office, where his practice focuses on managed care litigation and dispute resolution on behalf of hospitals, physician groups, and other healthcare providers.
Bradford Hammock (Col ’92 CM)
Bradford T. Hammock (Col ’92 L/M) has been named office managing principal at the Washington, D.C. regional office of the law firm Jackson Lewis. He focuses his practice on safety and health and is co-leader of the firm’s workplace safety and health practice group.
Wyatt Deal (Col ’03)
Wyatt A. Deal (Col ’03) has been promoted to partner at the law firm Hunton & Williams. He works in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia office, where he focuses his practice on private equity and venture capital.
Raymond Crosier (Col ’77 CM)
Raymond T. Crosier (Col ’77 L/M) has been appointed president and COO of financial services at Helios and Matheson Analytics, an information technology company that uses predictive analytics and data visualization. Mr. Crosier previously served as president and COO of Online Resources Corp., a financial technology provider.
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