“Other” Class Notes
Henry Clarke (Col ’07 CM)
Henry Clarke (Col ’07 CM) and Adeline “Addie” McKinney Clarke (Col ’07 L/M) welcomed a son, Thomas Henry Clarke VI, on Sept. 27, 2015. The family lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Ms. Clarke is a trusts and estates attorney and Mr. Clarke is the director of major gifts for the Virginia Episcopal School.
Christopher Ruhlen (Law ’05)
Christopher Ruhlen (Law ’05) has been named principal in the law firm of Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland, where he focuses on land use, zoning, real estate and related governmental issues. He assists local real estate developers, property owners, commercial tenants and small businesses with planning, zoning and regulatory matters.
Edward Sackman (Law ’04)
Edward Sackman (Law ’04) has been appointed to the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners. He will serve the rest of a recently retired member’s three-year term, which expires in November 2018. Mr. Sackman is a shareholder in the law firm Bernstein Shur, where he focuses on noncompetition agreements and related litigation. He was named a Rising Star in New England Super Lawyers. Mr. Sackman currently serves on the New Hampshire Federal Courts Advisory Committee and is the chair of the Federal Practice Section of the New Hampshire Bar Association.
Joseph Mutschelknaus (Engr ’04 CM)
Joseph Mutschelknaus (Engr ’04 CM) has been named a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox. He works in the firm’s electronics group, where he prosecutes patent applications and post-issuance proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Mutschelknaus has particular expertise in using expedited procedures. In addition, he practices before the patent trial and appeal board of the USPTO.
Christopher Ledoux (Col ’03)
Christopher Ledoux (Col ’03) has been named a partner in the law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis. He works in the firm’s Roseland, New Jersey, office, where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department and its automotive dealership and franchise law practice group. Mr. Ledoux’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, business and shareholder disputes, general equity matters and the representation of automotive dealerships in matters related to franchise law.
James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 CM)
James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 CM) has been named a partner in the law firm of Akin Gump. Mr. Tysse works in the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice in Washington, D.C. He focuses on administrative, constitutional, labor and employment, class action, arbitration and American Indian law.
Edward Mullen (Col ’99, Law ’08 CM)
Edward Mullen (Col ’99, Law ’08 CM) has been named a partner at the law firm of Reed Smith. He works in the firm’s Richmond, Virginia, office, where he focuses on administrative and regulatory practice before all Virginia state agencies. He has a legislative practice before the Virginia General Assembly and the Virginia congressional delegation, and he works as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. Mr. Mullen serves on various boards and committees across the Commonwealth and has been named to the Legal Elite by Virginia Business for each of the past five years.
Mark Warner (Grad ’98)
Mark Warner (Grad ’98) has written Eating in the Side Room: Food, Archaeology, and African American Identity (University Press of Florida), which uses archaeological data of food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Chesapeake to show how two African-American families established identity in the face of pervasive racism and marginalization. Mr. Warner is a professor of anthropology at the University of Idaho and co-editor of Annapolis Pasts: Historical Archaeology in Annapolis, Maryland.
Roger Morris (Educ ’98, Educ ’02)
Roger Morris (Educ ’98, Educ ’02) has retired as superintendent of Patrick County Public Schools in Virginia and has been appointed assistant professor of educational leadership at Malone University in Canton, Ohio.
Steve Klepper (Grad ’98, Law ’01)
Steve Klepper (Grad ’98, Law ’01) has been included in the 2016 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers for his work in appellate, insurance coverage and general litigation. He has appeared in the Super Lawyers directory every year since 2011. He is a principal with Kramon & Graham in Baltimore.
Mark Angle-Hobson (Educ ’98, Educ ’02)
Mark Angle-Hobson (Educ ’98, Educ ’02) has been offered a three-year contract as superintendent of Douglas County School District 15 in Days Creek, Oregon. Mr. Angle is also principal of Days Creek Charter School, a K-12 school in the district. He also has been nominated for recognition in the National School Public Relations Association’s Superintendents to Watch program.
Eric Potter (Grad ’97)
Eric Potter (Grad ’97) has published his first collection of poems, Things Not Seen (Wipf and Stock). He is a professor of English at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he teaches American literature, modern poetry and creative writing.
Leigh Cummings (Col ’97)
Leigh Cummings (Col ’97) and another lawyer specializing in family law have opened a law firm, Connell Cummings. The firm will offer services in all areas of family law, including divorce, alimony, child support, adoption, and mediation and arbitration. Before opening the new firm, Ms. Cummings was a partner with Warner Bates McGough McGinnis & Portnoy. She has practiced family law exclusively for nearly 15 years and has been recognized as a Rising Star, a Super Lawyer and one of the top women lawyers in Georgia Super Lawyers.
Uma Everett (Col ’96 CM)
Uma Everett (Col ’96 CM) has been named a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox. Working in the firm’s litigation group, she has represented clients in the pharmaceutical and electronics industries in patent cases in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Ms. Everett has also handled appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and 3rd Circuits and served as trial counsel in multiple proceedings.
Cicely Peterson-Mangum (Col ’94 CM)
Cicely Peterson-Mangum (Col ’94 CM) has been named executive director of Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The center offers a space for educational and outreach activities developed and delivered by Philadelphia residents, partnering nonprofits and Drexel University students, faculty and staff. Its offerings include a community lawyering clinic, computer education and access, job training, adult education, arts collaboration and hands-on science programs. Ms. Peterson-Mangum is a well-known community development leader in Philadelphia, having served as executive director of the Logan Community Development Corp. from July 2008 to July 2014.
Fatimot Ladipo (Col ’94 CM)
Fatimot Ladipo (Col ’94 CM) has been named executive director of government relations in the newly created division of economic development and community engagement at Kennesaw State University. In this role, she is Kennesaw’s liaison to state and federal policymakers, University System of Georgia officials, and business and civic leaders. She has more than 15 years of experience in government and community affairs, including several years focused on legislative issues involving education.
Peter Taylor (Educ ’93 CM)
Peter Taylor (Educ ’93 CM) has been appointed president of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, which facilitates charitable giving in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. He previously led the Maine Community Foundation, overseeing grant-making, scholarship and impact investing programs.
Derek Green (Col ’92 CM)
Derek Green (Col ’92 CM) has been elected to the Philadelphia City Council. He began a four-year term as councilman-at-large on Jan. 4, 2016. Mr. Green has worked as special counsel to Philadelphia Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco and has served as campaign manager, adviser and counsel to a number of political campaigns. He has also been a deputy city solicitor and assistant district attorney for the city of Philadelphia and has served as an assistant deputy attorney general for the state of Delaware.
Katharine Santos (Col ’89, Law ’92)
Katharine Santos (Col ’89, Law ’92) and her husband, Manuel “Manny” Santos, have written The Four Keys to Everlasting Love (Ave Maria Press, 2016), a book that discusses a Catholic approach to modern marriage, drawing on the personal experiences of the authors and the writings of church figures, including Pope John Paul II. Ms. Santos is a speaker and writer for the CatholicMatch Institute and Dr. Santos is a psychiatrist at Mercy Hospital, Rockville Centre, New York.
Michael Goodove (Com ’89 CM)
Michael Goodove (Com ’89 CM) has been appointed to Southern Bank’s Hampton Roads regional advisory board. Mr. Goodove is a personal injury attorney and a partner in the Norfolk, Virginia-based law firm Swartz Taliaferro Swartz & Goodove. He was selected for the board because of his leadership in the business community and his lifelong residence in Hampton Roads.
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