“Job” Class Notes
John Bruggeman (Col ’75 CM)
John Bruggeman (Col ’75 CM) has been appointed by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to a four-year term on the state board of Virginia Behavioral Health & Developmental Services. The board is a policy-making body comprised of nine citizens from across the state and has statutory authority to establish policy for the department, state facilities and community services boards. Mr. Bruggeman also serves on the board of directors of both ServiceSource and Community Residences.
Alicia Zatcoff (Col ’89)
Alicia Zatcoff (Col ’89) of Richmond, Virginia, is the sustainability manager for the city of Richmond’s RVAgreen Sustainability and Energy Management program. She led the sustainability effort for the 2015 Road World Cycling Championships, for which the city of Richmond and Mayor Dwight Jones received the 2016 U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Award.
Kaushik Bhaumik (Engr ’91)
Kaushik Bhaumik (Engr ’91) has been promoted to executive vice president at Cognizant Technology Solutions, an information technology and business services firm.
William Jones (Law ’97 CM)
William Jones (Law ’97 CM) is a partner at Moye White, a business law firm in Denver. He helps manage the firm’s trial section and has been named a Colorado Super Lawyer for civil litigation. Mr. Jones and his wife, Kimberly “Kim” Katzenbach Jones (Educ ’96 L/M), live in Colorado with their two children, Carter, 17, and Emily, 14.
Chad Owen (Col ’95 CM)
Chad Owen (Col ’95 CM) was appointed records management coordinator at the Library of Virginia in May 2016. He leads the records management section, which analyzes and schedules public records for all state and local government agencies in the commonwealth. Mr. Owen was previously an associate professor at the University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections, where he served as archivist for records management and curator of the university’s extensive collections of Edgar Rice Burroughs material.
Alexa Smith-Osborne (Col ’73)
Alexa Smith-Osborne (Col ’73) has been elected a fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research and promoted to full professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she has been a faculty member and research scholar since 2006. Since 2012, she has directed the university’s Center for Clinical Social Work, a translational research hub for the development of resilience and recovery theory and intervention. She earned her doctorate in social work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 2006. She is now researching the use of biomarkers and brain imaging in advanced social work assessment and in behavioral-assistive technology interface to advance neurocognitive performance, to support resilience in children and the elderly.
Christen Pendleton (Col ’02, Educ ’07)
Christen Pendleton (Col ’02, Educ ’07) has opened a private practice offering individual and group psychotherapy in New York City. The practice specializes in treating college students and young adults. She also is a staff psychologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and an instructor at Columbia University Medical Center.
Sarah Lawson (Col ’06)
Sarah Lawson (Col ’06) has been named assistant director of the Virginia Center for the Book, a program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. In addition to coordinating literacy efforts across the commonwealth, she will help to coordinate the Virginia Festival of the Book, held each March in Charlottesville. Ms. Lawson previously worked with the Building Goodness Foundation and served as executive director of the Piedmont Council for the Arts, two other Charlottesville-based nonprofit organizations.
Michael Cairo (Grad ’94, Grad ’99)
Michael Cairo (Grad ’94, Grad ’99) has been promoted to associate dean for academic affairs at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, where he is a professor of political science. As associate dean, he assists with the recruitment and mentoring of new faculty, supports faculty through the tenure and promotion process, and assists with curriculum review and other matters related to academic affairs.
Garland Barr (Col ’96 CM)
Garland H. “Andy” Barr IV (Col ’96 L/M) took the oath of office as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2013. Congressman Barr serves on the Committee on Financial Services, with a seat on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He is focused on strengthening Kentucky’s signature bourbon, equine, agriculture and manufacturing industries and fighting for policies that restore government accountability and create a better environment for job creation and economic growth. Mr. Barr and his wife, Carol, welcomed a daughter, Mary Clay, on April 29, 2013. Mary Clay joins sister Eleanor, 2.
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Jason Campbell (Com ’92 L/M) joined GrayRobinson’s Jacksonville, Fla., office as a shareholder. His primary focus is business and corporate law and real estate law.
Jeffrey Hamilton (Col ’92 CM)
Jeffrey Hamilton (Col ’92 L/M) is a partner in the Dallas office of the law firm of Jackson Walker. He was also elected president of the board of directors for Heart House Dallas, an organization that provides free after-school care for underprivileged school-age children in Dallas area neighborhoods known for high crime and unemployment rates. Mr. Hamilton previously served as vice-chairman of the board. His law practice is concentrated in the area of complex business litigation and bankruptcy litigation.
Amanda Wright (Col ’07)
Amanda Wright (Col ’07 L/M) is an event planner for the Educational Leadership Center for Wiregrass, an educational non-profit located in Dothan, Ala. The organization focuses on improving leadership and learning in the Wiregrass area public schools. Ms. Wright also volunteers at the Wiregrass Humane Society and is a member of Dothan Area Young Professionals.
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