“Job” Class Notes

Bridget Tolson Sedlock (Col ’90 L/M) is now managing director of corporate services at the National Student Clearinghouse as of August 2016. She previously worked at Rolls-Royce North America as human resources director for the East and South region for 18 years.

Joseph E. Berger Jr. (Engr ’80 L/M) was named vice president and general manager of the Health & Consumer Solutions business unit at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio.

Eleana Collins (Col ’11) has been promoted to director at Warschawski, a full-service branding, marketing, public relations, advertising and interactive agency in Baltimore. In her new role, Ms. Collins will develop and lead clients’ integrated marketing communication campaigns that include social media, digital marketing, media relations, events, partnership development, branding and advertising.

Dean Razavi (Law ’10) has left his full-time job as a litigation attorney to become an indie game developer. Vidar, his first role-playing game (slated for release on PC in 2017) is a game with a randomly generated plot that mirrors his own embrace of the unknown.

Mona Olsen (Com ’08) has been promoted to academic director of the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. Ms. Olsen, an assistant professor of entrepreneurship, previously served as the center’s associate director. Before joining the faculty, she was a U.S. Fulbright Grantee to Norway, and earlier was the assistant director of the Mason Small Business Development Center at George Mason University.

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.