“Job” Class Notes
Kristin Garris (Grad ’96)
Kristin G. Garris (Grad ’96), an intellectual property attorney, joined the law firm Scarinci Hollenbeck’s New York office. She has significant experience with trademark and copyright litigation, and with trademark proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Susan Klobuchar (Col ’96 CM)
Susan Stuelpner Klobuchar (Col ’96 L/M) joined the UVA Alumni Association as chief marketing officer in October 2018. She returns to Charlottesville after 15 years in Minneapolis, leading brands and marketing initiatives for General Mills and BreathableBaby, and is thrilled to be able to give back to the University in this new role. She is accompanied by her husband, Tim, and children Jack,10, Lise, 7, and Cecily, 5.
Brandon Peters (Law ’92)
Brandon Peters (Law ’92) has been hired by the Florida Democratic Party to serve as director of statewide voter protection through the 2020 presidential election.
Abigail Spanberger (Col ’01)
Abigail Davis Spanberger (Col ’01) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 2018 and sworn into the 116th Congress in January 2019. Congresswoman Spanberger represents Virginia’s 7th Congressional district and lives in Henrico County with her husband, Adam Spanberger (Engr ’02) and their three daughters. She serves on the Foreign Affairs and Agriculture Committees.
Renee Catacalos (Col ’85 CM)
Renee Brooks Catacalos (Col ’85 L/M) joined Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) as Membership and Strategic Partnerships Manager. SAFSF strengthens connections, fosters collaboration, and builds capacity within the philanthropic and impact investing sectors toward ensuring that all resources invested in food and agriculture systems enhance our collective well-being. Catacalos published The Chesapeake Table: Your Guide to Eating Local in October 2018.
Wendy Shoob (Col ’74)
Wendy L. Shoob (Col ’74) joined JAMS, a provider of alternative dispute resolution services. She previously served 24 years on the Fulton County State Court and Superior Court benches, during which time she participated in the creation of the Fulton County Business Court and the Fulton County Family Division. Shoob served two terms in the Family Division, including as chief judge. She also served as associate chief judge of the Fulton County Superior Court and chair of the Business Court Division. Based in the Atlanta Resolution Center, Shoob will serve as a mediator, arbitrator and special master in a variety of practice areas, including business/commercial, employment, family law, insurance, personal injury, probate and professional liability.
Peter Garvey (Darden ’02)
Peter Garvey (Col ’82) was promoted to vice president of Dewberry. He serves as the business unit manager for the firm’s Boston office, where he oversees growth in water/wastewaster, transportation, and telecommunications engineering and consulting services in the Northeast.
Jay Miller (Grad ’87)
Jay D. Miller (Engr ’87) was named as president and chief executive officer of Nortech Systems. He had been serving as interim president since January 1 and has been an independent director of the company since May 2018. Miller brings experience in the medical imaging industry.
Michael Cairo (Grad ’94, Grad ’99)
Michael Cairo (Grad ’94, ’99), professor of political science at Transylvania University, will assume the position of interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of the university on Feb. 16, 2019. For the past three years, Cairo has served the university as the associate dean for academic affairs.
Charles Miller (Educ ’76)
Charles H. Miller Jr. (Educ 76) was elected as vice chairman of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors in Chatham, Virginia, on Jan. 4, 2019. He served the county’s school board from 2003 to 2018. He previously served as a principal in Pittsylvania County and in North Carolina. Miller currently serves as chief financial officer for American Logistics and Freight and as a pastor of Conservspeak Christian Ministries International. He also owns the O.B. Clement Group, an insurance services provider in Chatham. He also has published a book, None, but the Righteous, which is in its fourth edition. Miller and his wife, Eloise, recently celebrated 42 years of marriage and have four adult children, 13 grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Gunes Hopson (Col ’97, Law ’01 CM)
Gunes Hopson (Col ’97, Law ’01 L/M) has joined Automattic/WordPress.com as associate general counsel and works with Paul Simienski (Law ’02), the general counsel. Being part of a company that powers over 30% of the internet inspired Ms. Hopson to start her own travel blog: fotogenictravel.com. Anecdotally, Ms. Hopson had a chance encounter with law professor A.E. Dick Howard at Bodo’s Bagels on the Corner when she was visiting the Grounds with her family in November 2018. Mr. Howard claimed that he remembered her as a student (maybe he was just being nice?), and he complimented her seven-year-old son regarding his wahoo gear.
Ryan Coonerty (Law ’01)
Ryan Coonerty (Law ’01) is the founder and host of a new podcast, “An Honorable Profession,” that profiles state and local leaders who are rising stars in American politics. Coonerty is the chair of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors in California.
Michael Campbell (Res ’10)
Michael O. Campbell (Res ’10) joined Eye Care and Vision Associates as eye physician and surgeon. Campbell, a board-certified ophthalmologist with more than nine years of experience in comprehensive eye care in New York and Pennsylvania, specializes in wellness, cataract surgery and laser treatments. He lives in Orchard Park, New York.
Tara Nauful (Col ’89 CM)
Tara E. Nauful (Col ’89 L/M) recently joined the boutique law firm Beal after completing two-year clerkship with the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina. Prior to her clerkship, Nauful was in private practice for 23 years, representing financial institutions and other lenders in bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters. Her most recent article, “I Confess! The Ethical Obligation to Tattle on Yourself,” was published in the October 2018 issue of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal.
R. Stephenson (Grad ’90, Grad ’98)
R. Scott Stephenson (Grad ’90, ’98) is the the new president and CEO of the Museum of the American Revolution. Stephenson has a background in history and film, including time as a consultant for Last of the Mohicans and the TLC show “How Do You Think You Are?” with guests like Scott Foley, Angie Harmon and Valerie Bertinelli. Stephenson was previously vice president of collections, exhibitions and programming at the museum, which opened in 2017.
James Hemmings (Col ’98 CM)
James Hemmings (Col ’98 L/M) was elected to partner at the law firm Tucker Ellis. He represents clients including pharmaceutical and medical device companies, consumer and industrial product manufacturers, industrial chemical suppliers, and national universities at all levels of state and federal courts. He has managed or participated on trial teams in mass tort proceedings, multidistrict litigation, and class actions relating to product liability and other tort, consumer fraud, insurance, antitrust, RICO, and breach of contract matters.
Adam Kesselman (Col ’02)
Adam Kesselman (Col ’02) was named executive director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, a non-profit dedicated to smart, hopeful and vital education for sustainable living in K-12 schools.
Anna Levin (Col ’02 CM)
Rabbi Anna Levin Rosen (Col ’02 L/M) is in her third year as executive director of Hillel at the University of Chicago, where she is responsible for the full range of activities involving Jewish undergraduate and graduate students. She lives with her husband, Tal Rosen, and three children in the Lakeview section of Chicago, where they all enjoy city living and being near the home of the Cubs.
Leslie Leighton (Col ’74 CM)
Leslie S. Leighton (Col ’74 L/M) has been appointed a visiting lecturer in the department of history at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He teaches American history and the history of public health and medicine to undergraduates.
Veronica Jones (Col ’96)
Veronica Jones (Col ’96 L/M) earned her master’s degree from the University of Southern California in May 2018 and was recently named chief operating officer at the National Abortion Federation in Washington, D.C.
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