“Job” Class Notes

John Nader (Col ’02 L/M) has joined the Washington, D.C., office of McGlinchey Stafford PLLC. He joins the firm’s commercial litigation and consumer financial services litigation groups as of counsel.

Mr. Nader represents financial institutions and servicers in mortgage- and consumer lending-based financial services litigation in state and federal courts, with a particular focus on mortgage lending and related commercial disputes. He advises clients on all aspects of complying with state and federal banking, foreclosure, and consumer protection laws, including the Dodd-Frank Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), and Regulations X and Z.

He also has experience in construction litigation and has represented large general contractors, developers, and owners in construction matters and related commercial disputes.

“John is a welcome addition to our nationwide Commercial Litigation team. His experience with consumer financial services statutes and his perspective as former inside counsel will allow us to more effectively serve banks, loan servicers, and other financial services industry clients across the United States,” said Rudy Aguilar, Managing Member of McGlinchey Stafford.

In addition to his private practice experience, John has served as chief legal counsel for an SBA 8(a) general contractor specializing in government construction, renovation, design/build, and perimeter defense work.

Binney Girdler and James Lewis, two Kalamazoo College faculty members with University of Virginia ties, have been promoted from associate professors to full professors.

Girdler, a biology professor, earned her bachelor’s degree at Virginia. She focuses her research on studying the structure and dynamics of terrestrial plant communities such as shoreline communities, grasslands and forests. She’s also interested in applied conservation biology, and develops relationships with area natural resource agencies and non-profit conservation groups to match her expertise and students with their research needs.

Girdler is a member of the Ecological Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology. She has taught courses in environmental science, ecology and conservation, plant biology, population and community ecology, and senior seminars in environmental studies.

Lewis, a history professor, earned his Ph.D. at Virginia. He has taught courses in U.S. history, Native American history, American environmental history, Revolutionary America, the American frontier and Western history, the history of U.S. foreign relations, post-World War II America, American political culture, the trial in American history and a senior seminar in history. Lewis is a professional member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. He has written books including: The Louisiana Purchase: Jefferson’s Noble Bargain? (2003), John Quincy Adams: Policymaker for the Union (2001), The American Union and the Problem of Neighborhood: The United States and the Collapse of the Spanish Empire, 1783-1829 (1998) and The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis due out this fall.

“Both Dr. Girdler and Lewis are respected teachers and scholars in the best tradition of the liberal arts and sciences,” Kalamazoo College Provost Mickey McDonald said. “This promotion recognizes their sustained excellence and the impact they have had and will continue to have on Kalamazoo College and our students.”

http://www.kzoo.edu/news/faculty-members-promoted/

Karen L. Rauch (Grad ’96) has been named associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She had served as interim associate dean since July 2015. She has been with the university since 2001 and served as the chair of the department of modern language studies from 2010 to 2014.

I have assisted in starting a business for sustainable grazing of cattle that restores the pastureland. It will be operating in the Southeastern States in numerous ranches. We hope to be operational by the forth quarter of this year. 

Carlotta Eike Stankiewicz (Col ’87 L/M) has been appointed Director of Marketing and Communications for the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas in Austin. 

Ms. Stankiewicz is a writer and photographer who previously served as Creative Director at GSD&M Advertising in Austin, Texas.  In 2016 she published Haiku Austin, a gift book of her own photography and irreverent haiku, via Haiku Empire Press. She is currently working on Haiku Hooville, a gift book about Charlottesville and UVA, which will be published in winter 2017–2018.  Ms. Stankiewicz also serves on the Board of Directors of the Writers’ League of Texas, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the craft, commerce and community of writing throughout the state. 

As Director of Marketing, Ms. Stankiewicz will be responsible for promoting the many offerings of the Blanton, which holds the largest public collection in Central Texas with nearly 18,000 objects. The museum is recognized for its modern and contemporary American and Latin American art, Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings, and encyclopedic collection of prints and drawings.

Cyndee Perdue Moore, Ed.D. (Col ’85, Educ ’02) has been appointed Executive Director of the University of North Georgia’s Oconee campus in Watkinsville, Georgia. Moore begins her appointment on May 1.

Brian Drummond (Col ’81 L/M) has been elected to the Virginia State Bar Council for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit for a three year term commencing July 1, 2017.

Victoria Hough (Col ’83 L/M) is employed as an Administrative and Office Specialist, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Melissa Lisowski Hockstad (Engr ’96 L/M) has been named President and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI). ACI represents the producers of household, industrial, and institutional cleaning products and is dedicated to advancing public understanding of the safety and benefits of cleaning products. She lives with her husband Leif Hockstad (Engr ’96 L/M) in Washington, DC.

Shari Robbins Routch (Law ’91) has been appointed Interim Director of Admissions at Penn State Altoona. She continues to serve as Director of University Relations.

Michael “Mike” Lang (Com ’94) has joined BB&T as a residential construction specialist in the firm’s commercial real estate group. He is based in Richmond, Virginia.

Katherine Conner Cook (Col ’86 L/M) has joined the staff of the Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation in marketing and development in Richmond, VA.  The nonprofit works to cultivate awareness and raise understanding of teen depression and anxiety, and was formed in 2014 after the sudden death of Cameron Gallagher, a 16 year old from Richmond, Virginia, and sister of rising 4th year student, D. Andrew Gallagher, II (Com ’18).