“Job” Class Notes

Casey English Bartok (Com ’99 CM), audit partner with KPMG, was selected as office managing partner for the firm’s Birmingham, Alabama office. In her new role, Casey will be responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the Birmingham office as well as ensuring KPMG Birmingham remains a great place to work and build a career for its professionals.

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (Col ’03) won a special election in March to become a Massachusetts state representative. She was sworn in by the governor in the first-ever physically distanced oath of office on the grand staircase of the State House. Lipper-Garabedian was previously the chief legal counsel at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education and a city councilor in Melrose, Massachusetts. She is running unopposed for a full term this fall. 

George Hodges-Fulton (Col ’98) became a professional EOS Implementer in 2019, and he owns 123Traction. In this role, Hodges-Fulton works with leadership teams of companies in a variety of industries to implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System, also known as Traction. EOS is a comprehensive set of simple concepts and practical tools that has helped entrepreneurs worldwide get what they want from their businesses by instilling focus, discipline, and accountability throughout the company, with all team members working toward a shared vision for the company’s future. Hodges-Fulton is a former principal of BOWA in McLean, Virginia, and former COO of Kane Landscapes in Sterling, Virginia.

Charles R. Lattimer (Engr ’01 L/M) was recently appointed as a senior faculty specialist at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory. The lab supports national, state and local efforts to improve transportation management and operations through research and development, technology implementation, big data visualization, training and education. He previously served as a project director for Atkins North America.

Drew Cutright (Com ’95 L/M) hasjoined Tallgrass Energy in Denver as vice president of regulatory affairs and chief compliance officer. Cutright previously worked at Dominion Energy in Richmond, Virginia, for nearly two decades.

Karlyn Crowley (Grad ’02) was named provost of Ohio Wesleyan University. “As one of the ‘Colleges that Change Lives,’ Ohio Wesleyan embodies all that I believe in – challenging academics, civic engagement and service to the community, a commitment to equity and inclusion, and the development of the whole person,” Crowley said. “OWU is the best of what a residential liberal arts college can be. I can imagine no better culmination of my liberal-arts passions and experience than leading OWU academics.”

Matthew W. Hughey (Grad ’09) was recently promoted to full professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. 

Michael H. Sampson (Col ’96) joined the law firm Leech Tishman as a partner in the litigation practice group and will serve as chair of the firm’s insurance coverage group and co-chair of the cannabis group. Sampson is based in Leech Tishman’s Pittsburgh office.

Jose Luis Alvarado (Educ ’01 L/M), who currently serves as founding dean and professor of the College of Education at California State University Monterey Bay was recently named the next provost and vice president of academic affairs at Cal State Los Angeles. Dean Alvarado will begin his new role during Summer 2020.

Sol Bermann (Grad ’92) is the chief information security officer and executive director of information assurance at the University of Michigan. Sol is responsible for the university’s information assurance program, including IT security, privacy and policy on several campuses. Sol was previously the director of international privacy at Walmart, and before that, the chief privacy officer for the state of Ohio.

Lawrence “Larry” Roberts (Col ’78 L/M) returned to Charlottesville in February 2020 when he was named the fifth director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVA. Prior to joining Sorensen, Larry served in high level positions with two statewide elected officials and chaired five successful statewide political campaigns. In addition, he was a lawyer in private practice for more than 25 years—winning multiple awards for distinguished service and pro bono work —and founded the Federal Communications Bar Association Foundation, which has distributed millions of dollars in student scholarships and donations to nonprofit service organizations.