“Job” Class Notes

Susan Friedlander Earman (Col ’87 L/M) was appointed as a judge for the Fairfax General District Court. Prior to taking the bench, she was in private practice for 26 years working alongside her father Mark P. Friedlander Jr (Col ’51 Law ’57 L/M) in their family law firm. Susan is the wife of Chris J. Earman (Engr ’85 L/M) and mother of Christopher J. Earman Jr. (Engr ’16).

Jeff Gowdy (Engr ’97) has been named a director of Sustainserv, a Zurich, Switzerland, and Boston-based corporate sustainability, analytics and communications firm, following the company’s acquisition of J. Gowdy Consulting, a 14-year-old Nashville-based sustainability consulting firm. Gowdy will participate in all aspects of business operations, including marketing, sales and service delivery across all aspects of Sustainserv’s portfolio. Thrice named a “Green Hero” by the Nashville Post, Gowdy has won several other awards, including the Nashville Emerging Leaders Award for Business Services and a Nashville Business Journal 40 Under 40 Award. Gowdy is a member of the Technical Advisory Group for the Science Based Targets initiative and has taught at the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management in the Executive Development and MBA programs since 2011.

Everett “Bo” Fairlamb (Arch ’78) was promoted to senior associate in the Richmond, Virginia, office of Quinn Evans Architects. Fairlamb is a member of the AIA and serves as a mentor in the USGBC Connect the Dots Green Schools Challenge. 

Christine Cho (Col ’85 L/M), a member of the AIA, was promoted to senior associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Quinn Evans Architects. 

Tara DePorte (Col ’01) founded the Human Impacts Institute in 2010, recognizing a need for creative approaches to sustainability and global coalition building. Before starting the Human Impacts Institute, Tara worked for nine years as director of Environmental Education and as program director for a New York City community-based organization, developing opportunities for inner-city youth to learn about, and develop responsibility for, their local environment. She has also served as a global representative of The Climate Reality Project since 2006, presenting to thousands of people worldwide about climate change. DePorte is also an adjunct professor at Webster University in the Netherlands and has developed and led courses in Environmental Studies, Policy, Sustainable Development and Visual Arts at the New School, Syracuse University and Columbia University.

Irma Goyal Shrivastava (Com ’93 L/M) is starting a new role as chief marketing officer for Randstad USA, the largest business unit of Randstad, a $26.8B global leader in the HR services industry, putting 110,000+ people to work each day. Shrivastava will be based at the Randstad USA headquarters in Atlana.

Adam Olenn (Col ’95 L/M) launched Rustle & Spark, a strategic marketing and communications firm that applies relentless creativity to boost the bottom line. With a diverse list of clients, this new venture has reconnected him with old friends, as several Wahoos have joined the team, including Amanda Upson (Col ’95 L/M) and Melba Black (Col ’95).

Bill Decker (Col ’90, Engr ’95 L/M) was named director of business affairs and commercialization for the Office of Innovation and Commercialization at the University of California, San Diego. He is responsible for leading a team of senior professionals and administrators dedicated to seeing commercial products result from the creation of intellectual property and other modes of innovation at the school.

Anthony Lowman (Engr ’93 L/M) was appointed as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Rowan University, which has campuses in Glassboro, Camden and Stratford, New Jersey. Lowman has served as dean of the University’s Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering since 2013. 

Avalyn Taylor (Col ’00) has joined Portland, Oregon, law firm Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth as an associate. Taylor will represent clients in environmental matters ranging from regulatory compliance to litigation. Taylor most recently clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman after serving as an associate at a Portland litigation firm. She attended Lewis & Clark Law School.

Steve Nesbit (Engr ’80, ’82 L/M) retired from Duke Energy Corp. after a 37-year career and established LMNT Consulting for work on the nuclear fuel cycle and advanced nuclear energy systems. In June 2019, he married the former Shelley Stout and also testified on spent fuel management before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The couple lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Richard Goldenhersh (Law ’01) has joined the mediation and senior arbitrator panels of United States Arbitration & Mediation, a provider of mediation and arbitration services in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Goldenhersh was a justice with the Illinois 5th District Appellate Court for 30 years, as well as a circuit court judge and associate circuit court judge in St. Clair County, Illinois.