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“Job” Class Notes

William Igoe (Col ’01, Law ’06)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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.

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Kendal Sibley (Com ’96, Law ’02 CM)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

Kendal Sibley (Com ’96, Law ’02 CM) has been promoted to partner in the firm of Hunton & Williams. She works in the firm’s Richmond office, where her practice focuses on federal income tax issues with an emphasis on real estate investment trusts, asset securitization and investment funds.

Francy Magee (Educ ’95)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

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.

James Kibler (Col ’85 CM)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

James Kibler (Col ’85 CM) has been named president of Virginia Natural Gas. He will be responsible for the delivery of natural gas to the company’s customers in southeastern Virginia. Mr. Kibler previously worked as senior vice president of external affairs and public policy for AGL Resources, the holding company that owns Virginia Natural Gas.

Kim Fiorentino (Col ’83 CM)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

Kim Fiorentino (Col ’83 CM) has been appointed general counsel of the Archdiocese of Washington, to oversee all legal affairs for the archdiocese. She was previously a shareholder and a member of the board of directors of Shulman Rogers Gandal Porty & Ecker in the Washington, D.C., area.

Deborah Awai (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

Deborah Awai (Col ’81, Law ’84 CM) has been appointed senior vice president of bank operations for the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. She will provide executive leadership to the bank’s cash operations and will oversee district facilities management and workplace services. She has also been appointed to the bank’s executive committee and will retain the responsibilities of her previous positions, group vice president of the cash services division and Los Angeles branch deputy regional executive. Before joining the bank, she worked in private practice and served as senior counsel in the legal division of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.

Charles Luckey (Col ’77)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

Charles Luckey (Col ’77) has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the next chief of the U.S. Army Reserve and commanding general of U.S. Army Reserve Command. He also will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. Once in command, Lt. Gen. Luckey will have offices in Washington, D.C. and at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He will lead a force of nearly 200,000 Army Reserve soldiers.

Lee Sherman (Col ’75, Grad ’78)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

Lee Sherman (Col ’75, Grad ’78) has been named president and CEO of the National Human Services Assembly, an organization of nearly 80 national nonprofit organizations based in Washington, D.C. He joined the NHSA in June and works in its Washington office. Mr. Sherman was president and CEO of the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies from 2009 to June 2016 and has more than 25 years of executive-level experience in both the nonprofit and corporate sectors. His community leadership activities include board and committee positions with The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore; the Jewish Federations of North America; the Roundtable of Faith-Based Health and Human Services Organizations; and the Council on Accreditation.

William Johnson (Col ’75, Com ’78)

Job announcement on August 19, 2016

William Johnson (Col ’75, Com ’78) joined the Texas law firm Jackson Walker as a partner. He is based in the firm’s Houston office, where he works in the real estate and finance practice groups. Mr. Johnson has worked as a banking lawyer for more than 30 years and spent four years in Dubai representing multinational companies in cross-border transactions. He holds a rating of “AV Preeminent” from Martindale-Hubbell.

Frederick Greene (Col ’66, Med ’70 CM)

Job announcement on August 18, 2016

Frederick Greene (Col ’66, Med ’70 CM) has been elected president of the UVA Medical School Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Greene is a surgical oncologist and a medical director of the Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Steven Anderson (Col ’96 CM)

Job announcement on August 9, 2016

Steven Anderson (Col ’96 CM) has been appointed president and CEO of the Pacific Legal Foundation, a national public-interest law firm founded in 1973. He joins PLF from the Institute for Justice, where he served as executive vice president and CFO. He and his wife, Lyndsay Wilson Anderson (Nurs ’07 L/M), relocated to Sacramento, California, with their two sons when his appointment began in September 2016.

Dennis Leyden (Col ’78 CM)

Job announcement on July 30, 2016

Dennis Leyden (Col ’78 CM) has been appointed director of graduate studies for the department of economics at the Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is an associate professor of economics specializing in innovation, public-sector entrepreneurship and critical thinking in economics.

Stephanie Fineman (Col ’01)

Job announcement on July 10, 2016

Stephanie Fineman (Col ’01) has been promoted to partner at Fox Rothschild in Philadelphia, where she practices product liability, commercial and class action litigation.

Robert Landis (Arch ’83)

Job announcement on July 10, 2016

Robert Landis (Arch ’83) joined the Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation in Raleigh, North Carolina, as senior vice president in September 2015. It is a nonprofit syndicator of affordable housing, new markets and energy tax credits.


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