“Job” Class Notes

Bridget Tolson Sedlock (Col ’90 L/M) is now managing director of corporate services at the National Student Clearinghouse as of August 2016. She previously worked at Rolls-Royce North America as human resources director for the East and South region for 18 years.

Joseph E. Berger Jr. (Engr ’80 L/M) was named vice president and general manager of the Health & Consumer Solutions business unit at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio.

Eleana Collins (Col ’11) has been promoted to director at Warschawski, a full-service branding, marketing, public relations, advertising and interactive agency in Baltimore. In her new role, Ms. Collins will develop and lead clients’ integrated marketing communication campaigns that include social media, digital marketing, media relations, events, partnership development, branding and advertising.

Dean Razavi (Law ’10) has left his full-time job as a litigation attorney to become an indie game developer. Vidar, his first role-playing game (slated for release on PC in 2017) is a game with a randomly generated plot that mirrors his own embrace of the unknown.

Mona Olsen (Com ’08) has been promoted to academic director of the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. Ms. Olsen, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship, previously served as the center’s associate director. Before joining the faculty, she was a U.S. Fulbright Grantee to Norway, and earlier was the assistant director of the Mason Small Business Development Center at George Mason University.

Colin Hunter (Col ’04 CM) and his business partner, C. Peyton Jenkins Sr. (Col ’04 L/M), founders of the Alton Lane custom menswear brand, opened their 11th location, on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall, in October 2016. Mr. Hunter, who was an Echols Scholar at the University, is CEO of Alton Lane, and Mr. Jenkins, who was a member of the Honor Council, is vice president. The start-up company, which opened in New York City in 2009, combines 3-D body scanning technology and fabrics from fine European mills to create laser-cut, hand-stitched garments. The appointment-only showroom is at 112 Fourth St. N.E.

Brandi Colander (Arch ’02 CM) is associate vice president of natural resources and energy at the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. Previously, she served as deputy assistant secretary for land and materials management at the United States Department of the Interior and the deputy general counsel for the White House Counsel on Environmental Quality.

Peter Iorio (Grad ’99) has joined Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba as an attorney in the Estate Planning and Administration of Estates and Trusts group, serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey clients. Previously, he was a law clerk at Trautmann, Veres & Luther and the Law Offices of Brian J. McGovern. He also served as a legal intern for the United States Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel. Most recently, he was a taxation/trust and estate associate at Herold Law. He is a member of the bar associations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. District Court of New Jersey.

Rich Mehrenberg (Educ ’98) has been promoted to associate professor of early, middle and exceptional education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he worked as a high school teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools.

Howard Turner (Engr ’97) has been named director of energy contracting offerings at Trane Building Advantage. He works with Trane district offices to provide energy solutions to commercial, industrial and institutional clients. His wife, Hanna Phair Turner (Engr ’99), is a senior business manager at Capital One, where she is responsible for its credit card customer complaints program. The Turners live in Glen Allen, Virginia, with their two daughters and will soon celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary.

Diane Krehmeyer (Col ’91 CM) has been named director of admissions and marketing for the Peabody School, a pre-K to 8th-grade independent school for gifted and academically advanced students in Charlottesville. She and her husband, Dean Krehmeyer (Com ’92, Grad ’93 L/M), live in Charlottesville with their son and daughter.

Eeric Truumees (Col ’89, Med ’93 CM) has been named professor of surgery at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he was clinical director for the Harold W. Gehring Center for Biomechanical Research and Implant Retrieval at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has also served as adjunct faculty for the bioengineering center at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Mark Smith (Col ’85 CM) has sold all three of his print manufacturing facilities located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. The founder and CEO of Direct Impressions Inc. formally retired from the printing industry after 30 years in December 2014. He now owns and operates 51st Street Properties, a boutique real estate development firm specializing in resort and university properties.

Edward Karppi (Engr ’87 CM) has been named chief investment officer of Mangham Associates in Charlottesville. The company provides investment management services for foundations, endowments and families. His wife, Patricia C. Karppi (Col ’88 L/M), is a litigation attorney with Greenberg & Traurig. The Karppis and their two children split their time between homes in Washington, D.C., and Howardsville, Virginia.

Donna Garban (Com ’83 CM) has opened a bookstore in Hoboken, New Jersey, called Little City Books, named “best new business in Hoboken” by the Chamber of Commerce.

Robert Preston (Col ’83 CM) has joined the litigation group of Sullivan & Cromwell in its New York City office as litigation analyst, focusing on multilingual litigation (Spanish, French and Portuguese). This move follows years in-house as senior attorney at Wyeth Laboratories and assistant general counsel at CDNow.com.

Elizabeth Flanagan (Grad ’83) has been named vice president emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. A retired vice president of development and university relations, Ms. Flanagan came to Virginia Tech in 2000 and immediately set to work outlining an aggressive fundraising campaign that ultimately sought to raise $1 billion, even though consultants recommended a lower goal. In November 2011, the campaign exceeded expectations thanks in part to Ms. Flanagan’s efforts. She also served as a member of the Legacy Society and the Ut Prosim Society. She created the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy initiative, served on a number of boards and was honored with the Crystal Apple Award for Teaching Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Sharon Chidsey (Educ ’83) has opened a bed and breakfast in Ashland, Virginia, called The Tinder Guest House. The house is unusual in that it hosts only one group at a time in more than 2,000 square feet.

Stanley Joynes (Col ’77, Law ’81 CM) is CEO of Valley Road Vineyards, a farm winery in Albemarle County that celebrated its grand opening in August 2016. The ownership group includes Paul W. Kreckman (Grad ’76) and Robert L. Edwards (Com ’77, Grad ’81, Law ’83 L/M).

Don Mitchell (Col ’98 CM) is chairman of the division of languages and literature and associate professor of English at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. He continues to serve as co-chair of the International Conference on the Blues with his wife, a music professor at Delta State. He is a former president of the Delta State University Faculty Senate, and he is the public address announcer for the Delta State Fighting Okra football and basketball teams. Mr. Mitchell and Ms. Collins are the proud parents of a six-year-old son.

Pebbles Fagan (Col ’90 CM) has accepted the position of professor and director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She recently relocated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to Little Rock. Ms. Fagan will teach graduate courses and continue to conduct research that aims to reduce tobacco use and related diseases.

Abby Kazley (Col ’01, Educ ’01 CM) was promoted to professor in the department of healthcare leadership and management at the Medical University of South Carolina. Ms. Kazley teaches in the master in health administration program and conducts research evaluating hospital strategies in health information technology. She and her husband live in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with their three children.

Jennifer Barbour (Col ’03) has been named a director in the law firm of Middleton Reutlinger in Louisville, Kentucky, where she is a member of the health care practice group. Her litigation practice includes malpractice defense in medicine and long-term care. She represents hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and health care organizations in lawsuits involving claims of negligence, abuse and neglect, violation of residents’ rights, breach of contract and wrongful death. Ms. Barbour also advises health care organizations on regulatory matters, including health care privacy, security law and licensure.

Daniel Redding (Col ’06) has been promoted to director in the law firm of Middleton Reutlinger in Louisville, Kentucky, where he is a member of the litigation and intellectual property litigation practice groups. He represents clients in a broad range of business disputes, with a particular focus on patent infringement litigation.

Alison Williams (Darden ’15) has been named chief of staff by Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas.

Andrew Ferguson (Col ’09, Law ’12) is a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2016 term. He is taking a break from his work as an associate at the Bancroft law firm in Washington, D.C., where he is an appellate litigator. He previously practiced antitrust and competition law at Covington & Burling.

William Igoe (Col ’01, Law ’06) has been named a partner at the law firm of Ballard Spahr. He works in the firm’s litigation department in Philadelphia, where his practice focuses on civil litigation and criminal investigations involving the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, federal wiretapping and computer fraud statutes, state and federal unfair trade practices laws and federal securities laws.

Kate Duvall (Col ’01, Law ’06 CM) has joined the University of Virginia School of Law as director of student affairs. She previously worked with the JustChildren program at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, where she mentored students in the Law School who worked on pro bono cases involving juvenile clients.

Benjamin Foster (Col ’98 CM) has been selected as one of 10 federal government officials to participate in the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program in Japan for 2016-17. The fellowship consists of a seven-week homestay and intensive Japanese language training in Ishikawa Prefecture and 10 months of practical experience in a Japanese government agency or ministry in Tokyo. Mr. Foster is an energy industry analyst for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Francy Magee (Educ ’95) has been appointed assistant provost and dean of students at Clark University. She previously worked as dean for campus life at the New York Institute of Technology for 10 years and in a number of positions in student affairs at Columbia University.

Melissa Johnson (Col ’93 CM) has been appointed to the advisory board of the Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College. The center trains students to research and analyze environmental issues with an emphasis on science, economics and policy. Ms. Johnson is the Southern California director of NatureBridge, a nonprofit that provides environmental science education programs in national parks for children and teens.

Robert McDonald (Col ’92 CM) was promoted to professor of history at the United States Military Academy, where he has taught since 1998. In August 2016 he published Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson’s Image in His Own Time (University of Virginia Press).

David Zura (Com ’89 CM) has been named president and chief operating officer of Allsup, a company that provides services and technologies that help meet the financial and healthcare needs of people with disabilities. Mr. Zura previously owned Centria Design Services. He has also held positions as president, COO and vice president with financial services companies.

Stephen Riddick (Col ’85 CM) has joined Tenable Network Security as general counsel. He leads the company’s legal department. Mr. Riddick was previously a senior member of the legal department at Praxair.

James Kibler (Col ’85 CM) has been named president of Virginia Natural Gas. He will be responsible for the delivery of natural gas to the company’s customers in southeastern Virginia. Mr. Kibler previously worked as senior vice president of external affairs and public policy for AGL Resources, the holding company that owns Virginia Natural Gas.