“Job” Class Notes

Colin Hunter (Col ’04 CM) and his business partner, C. Peyton Jenkins Sr. (Col ’04 L/M), founders of the Alton Lane custom menswear brand, opened their 11th location, on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall, in October 2016. Mr. Hunter, who was an Echols Scholar at the University, is CEO of Alton Lane, and Mr. Jenkins, who was a member of the Honor Council, is vice president. The start-up company, which opened in New York City in 2009, combines 3-D body scanning technology and fabrics from fine European mills to create laser-cut, hand-stitched garments. The appointment-only showroom is at 112 Fourth St. N.E.

Brandi Colander (Arch ’02 CM) is associate vice president of natural resources and energy at the National Wildlife Federation in Washington, D.C. Previously, she served as deputy assistant secretary for land and materials management at the United States Department of the Interior and the deputy general counsel for the White House Counsel on Environmental Quality.

Peter Iorio (Grad ’99) has joined Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba as an attorney in the Estate Planning and Administration of Estates and Trusts group, serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey clients. Previously, he was a law clerk at Trautmann, Veres & Luther and the Law Offices of Brian J. McGovern. He also served as a legal intern for the United States Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel. Most recently, he was a taxation/trust and estate associate at Herold Law. He is a member of the bar associations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. District Court of New Jersey.

Rich Mehrenberg (Educ ’98) has been promoted to associate professor of early, middle and exceptional education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he worked as a high school teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools.

Howard Turner (Engr ’97) has been named director of energy contracting offerings at Trane Building Advantage. He works with Trane district offices to provide energy solutions to commercial, industrial and institutional clients. His wife, Hanna Phair Turner (Engr ’99), is a senior business manager at Capital One, where she is responsible for its credit card customer complaints program. The Turners live in Glen Allen, Virginia, with their two daughters and will soon celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary.

Diane Krehmeyer (Col ’91 CM) has been named director of admissions and marketing for the Peabody School, a pre-K to 8th-grade independent school for gifted and academically advanced students in Charlottesville. She and her husband, Dean Krehmeyer (Com ’92, Grad ’93 L/M), live in Charlottesville with their son and daughter.

Eeric Truumees (Col ’89, Med ’93 CM) has been named professor of surgery at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he was clinical director for the Harold W. Gehring Center for Biomechanical Research and Implant Retrieval at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan. He has also served as adjunct faculty for the bioengineering center at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Mark Smith (Col ’85 CM) has sold all three of his print manufacturing facilities located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. The founder and CEO of Direct Impressions Inc. formally retired from the printing industry after 30 years in December 2014. He now owns and operates 51st Street Properties, a boutique real estate development firm specializing in resort and university properties.

Edward Karppi (Engr ’87 CM) has been named chief investment officer of Mangham Associates in Charlottesville. The company provides investment management services for foundations, endowments and families. His wife, Patricia C. Karppi (Col ’88 L/M), is a litigation attorney with Greenberg & Traurig. The Karppis and their two children split their time between homes in Washington, D.C., and Howardsville, Virginia.

Donna Garban (Com ’83 CM) has opened a bookstore in Hoboken, New Jersey, called Little City Books, named “best new business in Hoboken” by the Chamber of Commerce.

Robert Preston (Col ’83 CM) has joined the litigation group of Sullivan & Cromwell in its New York City office as litigation analyst, focusing on multilingual litigation (Spanish, French and Portuguese). This move follows years in-house as senior attorney at Wyeth Laboratories and assistant general counsel at CDNow.com.

Elizabeth Flanagan (Grad ’83) has been named vice president emerita by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. A retired vice president of development and university relations, Ms. Flanagan came to Virginia Tech in 2000 and immediately set to work outlining an aggressive fundraising campaign that ultimately sought to raise $1 billion, even though consultants recommended a lower goal. In November 2011, the campaign exceeded expectations thanks in part to Ms. Flanagan’s efforts. She also served as a member of the Legacy Society and the Ut Prosim Society. She created the Women in Leadership and Philanthropy initiative, served on a number of boards and was honored with the Crystal Apple Award for Teaching Excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Sharon Chidsey (Educ ’83) has opened a bed and breakfast in Ashland, Virginia, called The Tinder Guest House. The house is unusual in that it hosts only one group at a time in more than 2,000 square feet.

Stanley Joynes (Col ’77, Law ’81 CM) is CEO of Valley Road Vineyards, a farm winery in Albemarle County that celebrated its grand opening in August 2016. The ownership group includes Paul W. Kreckman (Grad ’76) and Robert L. Edwards (Com ’77, Grad ’81, Law ’83 L/M).

Don Mitchell (Col ’98 CM) is chairman of the division of languages and literature and associate professor of English at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. He continues to serve as co-chair of the International Conference on the Blues with his wife, a music professor at Delta State. He is a former president of the Delta State University Faculty Senate, and he is the public address announcer for the Delta State Fighting Okra football and basketball teams. Mr. Mitchell and Ms. Collins are the proud parents of a six-year-old son.