“Job” Class Notes
John Markowitz (Col ’05)
John Markowitz (Col ’05) recently accepted a job as director of treasury services at the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in Boston. He will manage the cash position, investment accounts and debt portfolio for the oldest and fourth-largest transit authority in the country.
Ronika Carter (Law ’14)
Ronika J. Carter (Law ’14) has joined the intellectual property practice of the firm Watson LLP. Carter counsels clients involved in intellectual property transactions, corporate transactions, sports law and videogame law. Prior to joining the firm, she was employed by an Am Law 100 law firm, as well as at an entertainment law boutique firm.
Tresa Chambers (Col ’89)
Tresa Chambers (Col ’89) is the director of communications at Texas A&M University-Commerce in Commerce, Texas. She is responsible for leading the content development efforts for the university, brand development and production of the alumni magazine.
Bethany Harrison (Col ’01)
Bethany Harrison (Col ’01) was elected the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, in November 2017. Ms. Harrison will be the first female Commonwealth’s Attorney for Lynchburg when she takes office on Jan. 1, 2018. She serves as the chief deputy in the same office and has been a prosecutor since 2006. Bethany is the current president of the nonprofit Court Appointed Special Advocates of Central Virginia, chairwoman of the Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and she serves on the board of the YWCA of Central Virginia. She lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, with her husband and two sons.
Shari Routch (Law ’91)
Shari Robbins Routch (Law ’91) was recently named director of enrollment management at Penn State Altoona. She previously served as director of university relations.
Gesine Prado (Col ’92)
Gesine Bullock-Prado (Col ’92) premieres her new Food Network baking show, “Baked in Vermont,” on Dec. 2, 2017. UVA classmates Lisa Jones (Col ’92), Jennifer Nunes (Col ’92) and Michael Palace (Col ’92, ’95) and their children will join Ms. Bullock-Prado for a gingerbread house-decorating party in her Vermont baking school.
Brian Jonas (Arch ’97)
Brian Jonas (Arch ’97) has been promoted to associate principal at the Seattle-based Graham Baba Architects. Mr. Jonas has over 20 years of experience across a broad range of project types and scopes, and his expertise is in high performance building envelopes, energy efficient design and detailing. His most recent work includes a flagship roastery and café for a leading international coffee company, and Center Table, a 650-seat and six-restaurant dining facility for the University of Washington.
Gabriel de Guzman (Col ’96)
Gabriel de Guzman (Col ’96) has joined Brooklyn nonprofit art gallery Smack Mellon as curator and director of exhibitions. He will be organizing contemporary art exhibitions by emerging and under-recognized mid-career artists. His first exhibition for Smack Mellon, which opened Nov. 18, is titled UPROOT and features artists who are responding to the current state of affairs since the 2016 presidential election.
Shannan Fitzgerald (Col ’12 CM)
Shannan M. Fitzgerald (Col ’12 L/M) has joined the Richmond law firm of Christian & Barton as an associate in the litigation practice group. She will assist clients with contract and business tort disputes, and other general litigation matters.
Michael Collora (Col ’65 CM)
Michael A. Collora (Col ’65) will continue as a partner with Hogan Lovells in its Boston office following the firm’s acquisition of Collora LLP, which formed in 1988 and grew to include 25 lawyers. Hogan Lovells is an international law firm based in Washington D.C.
Cameron Garrison (Col ’96)
Cameron Garrison (Col ’96) was elected to be the next managing partner of the Kansas City, Missouri, law firm Lathrop Gage. Mr. Garrison, who is the assistant chair of the firm’s intellectual property division, has been with the firm since 2002 and has served on the executive committee since 2014. He has experience in patent, trademark, false advertising, copyright and trade secret litigation in a range of industries. His tenure as managing partner begins Jan. 1, 2018.
Stephen Erickson (Col ’91 CM)
Stephen Erickson (Col ’91 L/M) is the chief administrative officer & general counsel for Logix Fiber Networks, a fiber-optics telecom provider for small and mid-sized businesses in Texas and Oklahoma. Based in their Austin office, Stephen manages legal, HR and real estate matters. Previously he was general counsel & director of finance for Eye Corp Media.
Michael Powers (Com ’79)
Michael T. Powers (Com ’79) was appointed as the principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) and acting assistant secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller)/chief financial officer in July 2017. In this role, his mission includes formulating, submitting, and defending the Army budget to Congress and the American people and overseeing the proper and effective use of appropriated resources to accomplish the Army’s assigned objectives. His work providing reliable financial information to leaders and managers will enable them to incorporate cost considerations into their decision-making.
Stephen Rademaker (Col ’81, Grad ’85, Law ’84 CM)
Stephen “Steve” Rademaker (Col ’81, Law ’84, Grad ’85 L/M) has rejoined the law firm Covington, where he began his legal career. As he joins the firm’s public policy and government affairs practice in Washington, D.C., he brings experience on national security issues from his 21 years in government. He led the drafting of legislation that created the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and served in numerous roles in government including as an assistant secretary of state, chief counsel for the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, general counsel of the Peace Corps and deputy staff director and chief counsel of the House Committee on International Relations.
Teresa Bazemore (Col ’81 CM)
Teresa Bryce Bazemore (Col ’81 L/M) has been appointed as an independent director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh.
Jason Clarke (SCPS ’14)
Jason Clarke (SCPS ’14) has been named vice president of risk management at DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) in Waynesboro, Virginia. Mr. Clarke is a nationally certified compliance officer and enterprise risk manager and has served the credit union movement for over 18 years, the past 13 of which have been with DCCU. Mr. Clarke and his wife, Sonja Musser Golladay (Grad ’95), live in Staunton, Virginia, with their four rescued dogs.
Judith Hermis (Com ’09 CM)
Judith M. Hermis (Com ’09 L/M) joined the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, as an assistant professor of accounting in the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy. Ms. Hermis received her doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder and is a certified public accountant. Her research focuses on the impact of regulatory oversight on firms’ operating decisions and financial disclosures.
Mark Brewer (Engr ’07)
Mark Brewer (Engr ’07) was promoted to associate in the Fairfax, Virginia, office of Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm. Mr. Brewer has been with the firm for ten years as a transportation engineer. He has extensive knowledge in highway and public road design and specializes in widening and realignment, highway interchanges,and maintenance of traffic designs. Recently, he has served as a resource for developing alternative technical concepts for designs that have produced more economical transportation configurations for the public.
Michael Salmonowicz (Educ ’13 CM)
Michael Salmonowicz (Educ ’13 L/M) was promoted to chief operating officer of KIPP Chicago Schools, a charter school network serving 2,000 students in six schools on the west and south sides of Chicago. This is Michael’s eighth year with KIPP.
J. Colley (Col ’84, Grad ’90)
Carroll Colley (Col ’84, Grad ’90 L/M) was reelected to the board of directors of Globaltrans, a freight rail transportation listed on the London Stock Exchange that provides railcar leasing and ancillary services to clients in Russia, countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the EU. He also serves as chairman of the audit committee.
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