“Job” Class Notes
Benjamin Butler (Engr ’99 CM)
Ben Butler (Engr ’99 L/M) is the global manager of the cloud innovation center and accelerator program for Amazon Web Services Worldwide Public Sector. He evangelizes the culture of innovation at Amazon as well as work with governments, schools, cities, startups, and other public sector entities to solve innovation challenges with cloud computing technologies.
Marlene Hall (Col ’96 CM)
Marlene Hall (Col ’96), a real estate agent licensed in Virginia and Washington, D.C., joined eXp Realty. An Air Force veteran, Hall promotes entrepreneurship and veterans’ causes and also enjoys freelance journalism. She recently interviewed “Sex in the City” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” star John Corbett for the PBS National Memorial Day Concert. She is a member of the reunion committee for the class of 1996.
Brian Levy (Col ’02 CM)
Brian Levy (Col ’02 L/M) has joined the Atlanta office of Burr & Forman as a partner in the firm’s creditors’ rights and bankruptcy practice group. He brings experience in litigation and arbitration for complex business disputes across a range of industries.
Joseph Pancrazio (Engr ’90 CM)
Joseph J. Pancrazio (Engr ’88, ’90 L/M), associate provost and professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been named vice president for research at the school. Pancrazio’s research focuses on the development of novel neural interface technology, which is used to understand and influence the brain and nervous system for the purposes of improving human health.
Barbara Malone (Nurs ’77 CM)
Barbara Olcott Malone (Nurs ’77 L/M) is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado College of Nursing.
Penny Pennington (Com ’85)
Penny Pennington (Com ’85) has been selected as the next managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2019, of the financial-services firm Edward Jones. She has been with the company since 2000. Pennington and her husband, Mike, live in St. Louis, Missouri, and have two adult daughters.
Jillian Dennehy (Col ’06)
Jill Ackermann Dennehy (Col ’06) was promoted to partner with the law firm Kennedys (known as Kennedys CMK in the U.S.). Dennehy is based in the firm’s Basking Ridge, New Jersey, office, focusing primarily on a broad range of insurance coverage issues. She has been lead counsel on several significant insurance coverage matters. A graduate of Villanova University School of Law, Dennehy is admitted to practice in both New Jersey and New York, and has been with the firm since 2011.
Brian Eley (Col ’93)
Brian Eley (Col ’93) has joined NBCUniversal as vice president of communications for USA, SYFY and Universal Cable Productions, serving as press lead for the networks’ and studio’s marketing, digital, ad sales, distribution, international and business development/ventures divisions. Prior to that, he spent 13 years at Discovery, Inc. in senior roles at Discovery Networks International, Animal Planet and TLC. Eley is based in New York City.
Jason Sisney (Col ’95 CM)
Jason Sisney (Col ’95 L/M) was named state budget adviser to California State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and the Assembly Democratic caucus. In that role, Sisney is the Assembly’s lead negotiator on state budget matters with the state Senate and Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration. Previously, Jason served for 12 years at the California Legislative Analyst’s Office, most recently as chief deputy legislative analyst.
Ben Webne (Arch ’03)
Ben Webne (Arch ’03) was promoted to associate vice president with the Washington, D.C. office of architecture and engineering firm HGA. Mr. Webne is a project manager working with public and corporate clients.
Liz Cohen (Col ’91 CM)
Robert Griffin (Col ’02 CM)
Robert Griffin (Col ’02 L/M) was promoted to associate professor in the department of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he leads interdisciplinary NASA Applied Sciences research programs. Griffin is the son of Gordon Griffin (Arch ’72 L/M).
Dina Hyde (Col ’85 CM)
Dina Huml Hyde (Col ’85 L/M) became the director of civil and international space business development at Raytheon’s Space and Airborne Systems business unit in El Segundo, California. Her husband David C. Hyde (Engr ’84 L/M) is a senior flight test engineer and test director at Kitty Hawk in Mountain View, California, and Tekapo, New Zealand. In October 2017, they opened North Shore Lookout on Maui, a boutique bed and breakfast.
Robert Buchsbaum (Col ’86 CM)
Rob Buchsbaum (Col ’86 L/M) has been appointed by the engineering firm AECOM as principal for real estate economics for the Northeast U.S. His responsibilities include advising clients on the repositioning of corporate portfolios, “Brownfields” (environmentally contaminated sites) and special use facilities. In this new role, Mr. Buchsbaum will provide strategic oversight and direction for client’s real estate redevelopment and positioning activities in the region.
David Hein (Col ’76, Grad ’82 CM)
C. David Hein (Col ’76, Grad ’82 L/M) has joined the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia, as a senior fellow. He was previously a professor at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland. His books include Noble Powell and the Episocopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century, the account of a beloved figure at the University of Virginia.
Heather Wood (Grad ’00 CM)
Heather Wood (Grad ’00 L/M) has joined the Virginia Beach office of Dewberry as a business development director for the firm’s ports and intermodal division in the southeast and mid-Atlantic regions. In her new role, she is responsible for the growth and development of the firm’s ports and intermodal clients across the two regions.
Lawrence Roberts (Col ’78 CM)
Lawrence “Larry” Roberts (Col ’78 L/M) is serving as chief of staff to Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax. Mr. Roberts chaired Mr. Fairfax’s successful 2017 campaign while also serving as a partner at the Venable law firm. In 2017, he received Venable’s Pro Bono Attorney of the Year and the Federal Communications Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award, and he was named a 2017 Virginia Leader in the Law by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. He splits his time between Richmond and Tysons Corner.
Aime Seymour (Com ’06)
Amie Seymour (Com ’06) has joined Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida as executive vice president and chief technology officer. In these positions, she supports the company’s growing business by implementing its future state operating and digital distribution model across all business units. She also is responsible for the development and execution of the bank’s overall technology roadmap.
Leslie Bohner (Col ’87)
Leslie Gillin Bohner (Col ’87) has been promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president at Pennsylvania Trust. She remains chief fiduciary officer and is assuming the title of General Counsel. In her new role, Ms. Bohner is responsible for managing all fiduciary and legal matters across the company, coordinating with outside counsel, reviewing legal agreements and providing legal advice to the management team. She has been with Pennsylvania Trust since 2011.
Eric Davis (Arch ’83 CM)
Eric Davis (Arch ’83 L/M) has been appointed deputy director of the Cook County Department of Capital Planning and Policy. He oversees the county’s public safety facilities portfolio, including the nation’s largest single-site jail and its second-largest unified court system. He has also been re-elected to serve a third term as a trustee of Oak Park Township.
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