“Job” Class Notes

Travis W. Markley (Engr ’04) opened TrialHawk Litigation Group in Reston, Virginia, with his law partner in February 2018. Markley and the law firm focus their practice on complex medical malpractice litigation on behalf of injured patients and their families. In 2019, Markley and his colleagues secured nearly $10 million in medical malpractice settlements and judgments on behalf of their clients. Markley is the son of Nancy M. Markley (Col ’79 L/M) and the brother of Brian J. Markley (Educ ’09).

Molly Grover (Col ’01 L/M) was promoted to managing director at Accenture, a global professional services company. She is a leader in the customer insights and growth practice specializing in leveraging data to support customer experience and increase revenue growth. Grover, who is the sister of Bryson Grover (Col ’05), lives in Washington, D.C.

Andrew Joyner (Col ’97 L/M) started as assistant director of development at the Curry School of Education Foundation in December 2019.

Stephanie Clark (Col ’11 L/M) bought a home in Richmond, Virginia, and has begun a position in financial operational risk. She became a certified anti-money laundering specialist in 2018.

Yuan Chou (Com ’94) was promoted to tax partner at BDO USA, an assurance, tax and advisory firm. Chou has been with BDO since 2008 and serves as the technical practice leader of the Accounting Methods group within BDO’s National Tax Office. Chou assists clients with optimizing core accounting methods, interacting with the IRS on making changes in accounting methods and periods, implementing the new revenue recognition and leasing standards, and advising on the tax treatment of M&A transaction costs.​

Amy Finstein (Arch ’02, ’09) is assistant professor of modern architectural and urban history in the Department of Visual Arts at College of the Holy Cross.

John Russo (Engr ’89 L/M) was promoted to the position of vice president, engineering operations for Honeywell Aerospace in Phoenix, Arizona. In this capacity, Russo is responsible for financial performance and support service execution for Honeywell’s worldwide engineering organization. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Gilbert, Arizona, with their two children.

Christopher Haddad (Col ’91 L/M) finally decided to pursue his dream to become a high school teacher. In the fall of 2018, after 23 years in the law, including the last 13 in the Connecticut Attorney General’s Antitrust Department, Haddad accepted a faculty position with the Religion Department at Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. In the fall of 2019, Haddad was promoted to the Northwest Catholic Leadership Team as the school’s director of campus ministry.

Nakita Reed (Arch ’06) joined the Baltimore office of Quinn Evans as an associate. An award-winning architect with experience throughout the Mid-Atlantic, Reed is skilled in the preservation, restoration, and adaptive use of historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable strategies in design and construction. Reed has served as an architect and sustainability consultant on numerous projects, and has been involved in design projects for private-sector clients as well as the U.S. General Services Administration, the Veterans Affairs Administration, the U.S. Navy, and public-sector agencies at the local level.

Nicole M. Bacon (Col ’00), partner with Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, serves as president of the Federal Bar Association’s Washington, D.C., Chapter. Bacon joined the chapter in 2010 and has she has served in a number of leadership positions. As president, she will work to enhance the professional growth and development of members of the federal legal profession. 

Robert Edwards Griffin (Col ’02 L/M) was appointed associate dean for the College of Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, a research intensive institution. Griffin will help lead a college of approximately 100 faculty, 2,000 students and $10 million in annual research expenditures. He is the son of Gordon Dix Griffin Jr. (Arch ’72 L/M).

William Brockschmidt (Arch ’86 L/M) and his husband, Richard Dragisic, are opening Sud, a shop on Magazine Street in New Orleans specializing in unique artisanal goods, antiques and art from or inspired by Sicily. The couple has been visiting Sicily since 2000 and restored a house in Modica, a city known for its late baroque architecture.  In addition, his decorating firm, Brockschmidt & Coleman, has opened a southern design studio in New Orleans.

Julie Walko (Nurs ’05) is an adult gerontology nurse practitioner at Signature Hospice after earning her MSN from the University of North Dakota in 2019.

Lyle Dukes (Col ’86 L/M) began his term as the 10th chairman of the Prince William Chamber of Commerce on July 1st. Dukes serves as senior pastor of Harvest Life Church and is also the founder and former CEO of Mainstream Concepts, a media marketing company. In addition to his full-time responsibilities at the church, Dukes has written several books and publications and is active in the community. He and his wife have a daughter, a son-in-law, and three grandsons.