“Job” Class Notes
Peyton Stroud (Col ’11)
Peyton M. Stroud (Col ’11) has joined Christian & Barton, a broad-based civil practice law firm in Richmond, Virginia, as an associate concentrating on corporate and public finance.
Linda Choe (Col ’07)
Linda Choe (Col ’07) is associate at Bean, Kinney & Korman in Arlington, Virginia. She represents individuals in divorce and other family law matters, and also serves on the board of directors for the Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project. Previously, Ms. Choe worked as an associate at Hottell Family Law Group and at Legal Services of Northern Virginia.
Danylo Villhauer (Engr ’05)
Danylo A. “Dan” Villhauer (Engr ’05) has been promoted to associate in Dewberry’s Richmond, Virginia, office. Mr. Villhauer, a project manager with the company for more than six years, is experienced in a wide array of water/wastewater engineering disciplines including planning, modeling and design of treatment plants, pump stations, tanks and collection/distribution systems. He also leads full-service teams in the development of engineering reports, treatability studies, process design and construction administration.
Lauren Parker (Col ’05, Law ’08)
Lauren Parker (Col ’05, Law ’08) has joined UVA Law School’s Career Services team as director. Ms. Parker, who participated in on-Grounds interviews as a student and later as an employer, will now help prepare students to launch their careers. Previously, Ms. Parker was a commercial litigation and antitrust attorney for Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Washington, D.C. In her new position, she will advise students and alumni on private-sector positions; help them evaluate practice areas, firms and legal markets; and help them develop strategies to compete for the positions they target. She will also help students create resumes and cover letters and prepare for interviews.
Mark Spinelli (Engr ’04)
Mark A. Spinelli (Engr ’04) has been hired as a technical specialist for Harness Dickey, an intellectual property law firm, in its Reston, Virginia, office. In addition to being a patent holder himself, Mr. Spinelli has more than 15 years of experience driving innovation for semiconductor and transistor technologies, including dynamic random-access memory circuits.
Catherine Rawls (Engr ’04 CM)
Catherine “Lisa” Davis Rawls (Engr ’04 L/M) was named partner of KPMG in October 2016. She first joined KPMG’s risk consulting practice upon graduating from the University, and now leads the practice’s enterprise governance risk and compliance services group and is recognized as a global leader, helping companies proactively manage risk and improve business performance. Ms. Rawls lives with her husband in Falls Church, Virginia. In her free time, she serves on several committees at N Street Village, a homeless and rehabilitation center for women in Washington, D.C., and is a mentor through the Global Give Back Circle to a Kenyan University student. Ms. Rawls is the sister of Christopher James Davis (Col ’99 L/M) and the daughter of James Charles Davis (Col ’69 L/M).
Brian Barry (Law ’04)
Brian C. Barry (Law ’04) has been appointed chief compliance officer for EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA in Darmstadt, Germany. Mr. Barry will be responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of the company’s comprehensive compliance program and will also be a member of the organization’s leadership team.
J. Kraig Schmidt (Arch ’03)
J. Kraig Schmidt (Arch ’03) has been named an associate with Rhodeside & Harwell in its Alexandria, Virginia, office. A landscape designer with 12 years of experience, Mr. Schmidt joined the firm in 2014 and has designed a variety of public and private projects. His experience includes government plazas and grounds, streetscapes, parks, gardens, rooftop landscapes, institutional campuses, memorials and residential communities. Mr. Schmidt is also a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Rachel Walker (Col ’02)
Rachel Kay Walker (Col ’02), assistant professor and nurse scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing, has received a Career Catalyst Research award totaling $450,000 from the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, the world’s largest nongovernmental breast cancer research organization. Ms. Walker will work with a multidisciplinary team over the next three years to develop new technology to support breast cancer survivors, building on research she conducted at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, during her postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Innovative Care in Aging. While five of these awards were given to researchers this year, Ms. Walker’s was the only nurse-led team to receive the award.
Claude Reynaud (Col ’02)
Claude F. Reynaud III (Col ’02) has joined the law firm of Chaffe McCall in its developing Baton Rouge, Louisiana, office as an associate. With this addition, the firm bolsters its business and commercial litigation practices and its commitment to developing young attorneys.
Ryan Howell (Col ’02 CM)
Ryan Howell (Col ’02 L/M) has been promoted to counsel at Faegre Baker Daniels in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Howell is a trial attorney and member of the firm’s food and agriculture litigation team, playing a leadership role in the crop nutrient/fertilizer segment. He was honored as a “Rising Star” in the food and drugs segment of Great Plains Super Lawyers in 2016 and serves as president of the UVA Club of Iowa.
Jennifer Harpole (Col ’02 CM)
Jennifer S. Harpole (Col ’02 L/M) has been promoted to shareholder in the Denver, Colorado, office of Littler Employment and Labor Law Solutions. Ms. Harpole is an attorney who counsels employers on a wide variety of employment matters, with extensive litigation experience involving state and federal wage and hour laws. She defends companies against discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims at the state and federal levels.
Andrew Haas (Col ’02 CM)
Andrew J. Haas (Col ’02 L/M) has been promoted to partner of Blank Rome in its Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, office. Mr. Haas focuses on estate, tax and closely held business planning; he works with business owners and entrepreneurs to integrate business interests into a comprehensive estate plan. He also counsels high-net-worth individuals, professional athletes and families, and works closely with clients and their professional advisers to ensure the seamless exchange of information.
Catherine Morgen (Law ’01)
Catherine Elizabeth Morgen (Law ’01) has been made partner at Morris, Manning & Martin in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Morgen is a member of the commercial real estate development and finance and hospitality groups for the firm. Her practice represents clients engaged in the acquisition, development, financing and disposition of commercial real estate, and her experience includes handling hospitality properties, large multistate transactions, office and industrial leasing, and complex restrictive covenant and easement transactions.
Juan Castañeda (Col ’01)
Juan M. Castañeda (Col ’01) has joined Fieldpoint Private, a wealth advisory and private banking boutique, as managing director/senior adviser in its New York City offices. Mr. Castañeda spent the past decade with UBS, most recently as executive director of emerging-market credit sales and head of Latin America.
Kyle Wood (Col ’00)
Kyle Wood (Col ’00) has joined Perkins Coie as senior counsel in the firm’s technology transactions and privacy practice in the Dallas, Texas, office. Mr. Wood will focus on complex transactional technology, intellectual property, data protection and cybersecurity matters. Previously, he was counsel at Andrews Kurth.
Adrien Pickard (Col ’00 CM)
Adrien C. Pickard (Col ’00 L/M) has been promoted to of counsel to Blank Rome in its Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Pickard handles a range of matters from complex commercial disputes to employment, construction, real estate, and trust and estate matters before state and federal courts and on appeal. He regularly appears before the courts of the Eastern District of Virginia and also has experience litigating before equal opportunity employment commissions and human rights boards.
Sallie Lin (Law ’00), Alyssa Petroff (Law ’09)
Sallie E. Lin (Law ’00) and Alyssa M. Petroff (Law ’09) have joined Stoel Rives as OnRamp Fellows, a re-entry program for experienced women in the legal and financial services industries who want to return to those professions after a period of time away. The fellowship offers participants career development through education, training and one-on-one coaching with career experts. Ms. Lin, who will be joining the Seattle, Washington, office, focuses her practice on real estate law and is a member of Washington Women Lawyers and the Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association. Ms. Petroff, who will be joining the Portland, Oregon, office, focuses her practice on business law and is a member of Oregon Women Lawyers.
Brian Muse (Col ’98 CM)
Brian G. Muse (Col ’98 L/M) has joined the Richmond, Virginia, office of Sands Anderson, bringing his private practice into the employment law team. Mr. Muse focuses on counseling, mediating, arbitrating and litigating matters involving employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage and hour claims. He has extensive experience representing businesses in issues related to the public accommodation and access requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Mr. Muse lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, and serves clients throughout the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas.
Elizabeth De Santis (Nurs ’93)
Elizabeth Anne “Beth” De Santis (Nurs ’93 L/M) is chief executive officer of the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Previously, Ms. De Santis served as director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control’s Statewide Family Planning Program in 2010; she became director of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in 2013.
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