“Job” Class Notes
Eric Patashnik (Col ’87 CM)
Eric Patashnik (Col ’87 CM) has been appointed chair of Brown University’s Political Science Department.
Ann McCollum (Educ ’93)
Anne McCollum (Educ ’93) recently joined the Recreation Law Group, of Driggs, Idaho, opening a New Mexico office. The firm focuses on risk management consulting and recreation law. She worked in classroom and outdoor experiential education and risk management for schools, camps, and youth development programs, and has relied on the counseling skills gained at the UVA School of Education and Human Development during the past five years working as a criminal defense attorney. She graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2016. She has trekked and biked extensively in Nepal, Tibet, and the India Himalaya, as well as most recently in the Italian Dolomites.
Neva Bryan (Col ’89 CM)
Neva Bryan (Col ’89 CM) has been named Senior Director of Academic Enhancement and Coordinator of National Awards and Fellowships at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Previously she served as Director of Career Discovery and Planning at UVA Wise.
Michael Todd (Grad ’07 CM)
Michael Todd (Grad ’07 CM) has been named VP for Finance & Administration at Lehigh University. He most recently served as COO at Franklin & Marshall College.
Andrew Topps (Col ’93 CM)
Andrew Topps (Col ’93 CM) has been promoted to Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the American Forest & Paper Association, effective September 1.
In his new role, Topps will be responsible for the association’s legal affairs and governance issues and providing overall direction of the association as a member of the senior leadership team. Topps joined AF&PA’s legal team in 2010 and currently serves as Deputy General Counsel.
During his time at AF&PA, he has helped formulate and implement the association’s approach to various issues, including antitrust compliance, key environmental issues, employment law, lobbying guidance and corporate compliance. In addition to his legal work, his facilitation of AF&PA’s Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging Team has enhanced the association’s respectful work environment and strengthened the organization.
David Thompson (Com ’01)
David Scott Thompson (Com ’01 CM) has announced that he is joining forces with Doug Rohan, another workers’ compensation attorney in Atlanta, to provide more resources to better serve their clients. Thompson, who has been in Atlanta since enrolling at Emory University School in 2001, will also be helping with marketing.
Erik Larsen (Engr ’90 CM)
Erik Larsen (Engr ’90 CM) started a new job as a proposal manager at Maxar Technologies – Assembly, Integration & Test Group. Previously, he was an engineering fellow at Bombardier Transportation/Alstom.
Jordan McElwain (Col ’14)
Jordan McElwain (Col ’14 CM) has taken on a new role as the first content marketing hire at Chapter, a Medicare Advisor with a simple commitment: it’s impossible to find a better Medicare recommendation or better support anywhere else. Chapter’s team and technology search every Medicare option nationwide at an unprecedented level of detail.
The company aligns with McElwain’s life goal of helping underserved populations.
Kailey Hamrick (Col ’17)
Kailey Leinz (Col ’17 CM), Dani Burger (Col ’14) and Kriti Gupta (Col ’18 CM) were part of a rare and fun moment, when the Bloomberg TV anchors appeared together on the show Bloomberg Surveillance: Early Edition. They played up the UVA connection throughout the program.
Andrew Buie-Moltz (Col ’08 CM)
David Buie-Moltz (Col ’08 CM) started a new job as director of advancement communications at the UVA Darden School of Business Foundation in July 2022. Previously, he was director of strategic communications for UVA Health.
Jasmine Hall Ratliff (Col ’99 CM)
Jasmine Hall Ratliff (Col ’99 CM) recently joined Build Missouri Health as its inaugural executive director. In this role she will establish a strategic plan, branding and other activities to launch the statewide nonprofit addressing health equity in Missouri.
Patricia Sasser (Col ’99 CM)
Patricia (Anyaso) Sasser (Col ’99 CM) recently moved with her family to Raleigh, North Carolina to start her new job as the Assistant Head of School at Saint Mary’s School. Saint Mary’s is an all-girls boarding and day Episcopal school serving grades 9-12 founded in1842.
Henry Frey (Engr ’85)
Chris Frey (Engr ’85) is on leave from North Carolina State University to serve as Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He was nominated for this role by President Biden in January 2022 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 2022. He also serves as the EPA Science Advisor.
Michael Trimble (Col ’04 CM)
Lt. Col. Michael Trimble (Col ’04 CM), USAF, on May 25 completed a two-year tour as Squadron Commander and C-130J Instructor Pilot, 19th Operations Support Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The 19th Operations Support Squadron enables the combat airlift mission of the 19th Operations Group, operating the airfield and providing mission scheduling, aircrew training, combat tactics instruction and development, aircrew flight equipment, aviation resource management, weather forecasting, and joint airdrop inspection for two AMC flying squadrons of 32 C-130J aircraft and 327 aircrew members.
Judith Hermis (Com ’09 CM)
Judith Hermis (Com ’09 CM) joined the faculty of Saint Mary’s College of California in January as an assistant professor of accounting in the School of Economics and Business Administration. She was previously on the faculty of the Naval Postgraduate School. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and her research examines how accounting information enhances decision-making at the intersection of the public and private sectors.
John Markowitz (Col ’05)
John Markowitz (Col ’05) was appointed Deputy Secretary of Finance for the Commonwealth of Virginia by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Margaret Rankovic (Col ’04, Educ ’05)
Margaret Rankovic (Col ’04, Educ ’05) has been promoted to Director of Content and Education at the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program. She manages the development of new content and oversees projects related to ethics, regulatory and compliance topics in areas of clinical research. She is a member of Harvard’s Health Literacy in Clinical Research working group, the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative single Institutional Review Board, ClinicalTrials.gov reporting challenges project teams and the Clinical Trials Registration and Results Reporting Taskforce consortium. She and her husband and their three sons reside in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Steven Longstreet (Col ’05)
Steven Longstreet (Col ’05 CM) has been appointed senior vice president, data & analytics, at ExecOnline, the pioneer of online leadership development for enterprises. Longstreet will lead enterprise data & analytics, driving enterprise business impact through data, analytics, insights, and strengthening a data culture that ensures continued improvement and increased value for customers. Longstreet will play a key role in enabling ExecOnline to deliver impact through its proprietary methodology and partnerships with the world’s top business schools. Longstreet has more than 15 years of experience in strategy, product management, and analytics, including roles as global head of advanced analytics, BI, and automation for Hilton, and independent consulting for Fortune 100 companies in product, data and analytics. Longstreet also held senior management, data science and analyst roles at CDT Dynamics, Concentric Methods, and eStara. Longstreet is an AI & Data Science Standards Board Member for General Assembly, a pioneer in education and career transformation.
Suzannah Evans Comfort (Col ’03)
Suzannah Evans Comfort (Col ’03 CM) was promoted to associate professor in the Journalism unit of the Media School at Indiana University.
Kendall Jones (Col ’89 CM)
Kendall Jones (Col ’89 CM) has been named the General Counsel of California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., and all of its affiliated companies.
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