“Job” Class Notes

Pebbles Fagan (Col ’90 CM) has accepted the position of professor and director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco at the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, part of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She recently relocated from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to Little Rock. Ms. Fagan will teach graduate courses and continue to conduct research that aims to reduce tobacco use and related diseases.

Abby Kazley (Col ’01, Educ ’01 CM) was promoted to professor in the department of healthcare leadership and management at the Medical University of South Carolina. Ms. Kazley teaches in the master in health administration program and conducts research evaluating hospital strategies in health information technology. She and her husband live in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with their three children.

Jennifer Barbour (Col ’03) has been named a director in the law firm of Middleton Reutlinger in Louisville, Kentucky, where she is a member of the health care practice group. Her litigation practice includes malpractice defense in medicine and long-term care. She represents hospitals, doctors, nursing homes and health care organizations in lawsuits involving claims of negligence, abuse and neglect, violation of residents’ rights, breach of contract and wrongful death. Ms. Barbour also advises health care organizations on regulatory matters, including health care privacy, security law and licensure.

Daniel Redding (Col ’06) has been promoted to director in the law firm of Middleton Reutlinger in Louisville, Kentucky, where he is a member of the litigation and intellectual property litigation practice groups. He represents clients in a broad range of business disputes, with a particular focus on patent infringement litigation.

Alison Williams (Darden ’15) has been named chief of staff by Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas.

Andrew Ferguson (Col ’09, Law ’12) is a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the 2016 term. He is taking a break from his work as an associate at the Bancroft law firm in Washington, D.C., where he is an appellate litigator. He previously practiced antitrust and competition law at Covington & Burling.

William Igoe (Col ’01, Law ’06) has been named a partner at the law firm of Ballard Spahr. He works in the firm’s litigation department in Philadelphia, where his practice focuses on civil litigation and criminal investigations involving the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, federal wiretapping and computer fraud statutes, state and federal unfair trade practices laws and federal securities laws.

Kate Duvall (Col ’01, Law ’06 CM) has joined the University of Virginia School of Law as director of student affairs. She previously worked with the JustChildren program at the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville, where she mentored students in the Law School who worked on pro bono cases involving juvenile clients.

Benjamin Foster (Col ’98 CM) has been selected as one of 10 federal government officials to participate in the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program in Japan for 2016-17. The fellowship consists of a seven-week homestay and intensive Japanese language training in Ishikawa Prefecture and 10 months of practical experience in a Japanese government agency or ministry in Tokyo. Mr. Foster is an energy industry analyst for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Francy Magee (Educ ’95) has been appointed assistant provost and dean of students at Clark University. She previously worked as dean for campus life at the New York Institute of Technology for 10 years and in a number of positions in student affairs at Columbia University.

Melissa Johnson (Col ’93 CM) has been appointed to the advisory board of the Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College. The center trains students to research and analyze environmental issues with an emphasis on science, economics and policy. Ms. Johnson is the Southern California director of NatureBridge, a nonprofit that provides environmental science education programs in national parks for children and teens.

Robert McDonald (Col ’92 CM) was promoted to professor of history at the United States Military Academy, where he has taught since 1998. In August 2016 he published Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson’s Image in His Own Time (University of Virginia Press).

David Zura (Com ’89 CM) has been named president and chief operating officer of Allsup, a company that provides services and technologies that help meet the financial and healthcare needs of people with disabilities. Mr. Zura previously owned Centria Design Services. He has also held positions as president, COO and vice president with financial services companies.

Stephen Riddick (Col ’85 CM) has joined Tenable Network Security as general counsel. He leads the company’s legal department. Mr. Riddick was previously a senior member of the legal department at Praxair.