“Other” Class Notes

Stephen Thorson (Res ’83)
Stephen Thorson (Res ’83) has written Joy and Poetic Imagination: Understanding C.S. Lewis’s “Great War” with Owen Barfield and its Significance for Lewis’s Conversion and Writings (Winged Lion Press). The book explains a part of Lewis’ conversion to Christianity that is often misunderstood or ignored by Lewis scholars.

Amber Sappington (Com ’02 CM)
Amber Sappington (Com ’02 CM) and her husband, Jarrett, welcomed a daughter, Annie Anders, on June 25, 2015. The family lives in Atlanta, where Amber is a director of marketing at Equifax and Jarrett is an investment associate at Prudential Real Estate Investors.
Vincenzo Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 CM)
Vincenzo Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 CM) has been made a partner in the Boston office of Proskauer Rose. He focuses his practice on representing lenders in financing transactions.
Rebecca Poston (Col ’99, Grad ’12, Nurs ’03)
Rebecca Poston (Col ’99, Grad ’12, Nurs ’03) has been appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe to a four-year term on the Virginia Board of Nursing. Ms. Poston is an assistant professor of nursing at Old Dominion University.

Amy Ray (Col ’00 CM)
Amy Ray (Col ’00 CM) has been elected to partnership in the Washington, D.C., office of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. In her previous role as special counsel, she was featured in Global Competition Review’s 2016 “40 Under 40” list of antitrust lawyers. Ms. Ray lives in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, Abir Ray (Engr ’99).
Katy Scott (Col ’98, Educ ’98 CM)
Katy Scott (Col ’98, Educ ’98 CM) and her husband, Evan, welcomed a son, Truman Roscoe, on Oct. 31, 2015. Truman joins brothers Calder Evan, 10, and Nolan Henry, 8; and sister Juliet Annabelle, 6. The Scotts recently moved from Maryland to Southlake, Texas.
Heather Hickson (Col ’96 CM)

Heather Hickson (Col ’96 CM) and Peggy Moskaluk were married Sept. 4, 2015, in Tuckasegee, North Carolina. The couple lives in Laredo, Texas.
James Zehmer (Arch ’02)
James Zehmer (Arch ’02) and his wife, Anne, welcomed a son, John Franklin, on Oct. 21, 2015. John Franklin is the grandson of Frank Flippo Jr. (Engr ’72 L/M) and John G. Zehmer Jr. (Arch ’64, ’70 L/M). Mr. Zehmer is a historic preservation project manager in UVA’s facilities management department.
Kurt Hansen (Col ’98)
Kurt Hansen (Col ’98) and his wife, Ann Marie, welcomed a son, Grant William Kold Hansen, on Nov. 23, 2015. Grant joins brother Henrik Kold Hansen, 2. The family lives in Las Vegas.
Erin Galbreath (Col ’00)

Erin Galbreath (Col ’00) and her husband, Kharlon, welcomed a daughter, Emery Noelle, on Nov. 2, 2015. Emery joins brother Evan, 6. The family lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Bruce Milam (Col ’74, Educ ’76 CM)
Bruce Milam (Col ’74, Educ ’76 CM) received the Guy B. Hazelgrove Jr. Membership Development Award from the Home Building Association of Richmond for his success in organizing the association’s multifamily housing council among the city’s apartment builders; 45 firms have joined the council since its founding two years ago. Mr. Milam is senior vice president and partner at Colliers International in Richmond and Norfolk, specializing in the sale of land and multifamily developments.
Joshua Reeder (Engr ’05 CM)

Joshua Reeder (Engr ’05 CM) nd his wife, Amy, welcomed a daughter, Sophia Juli, on Oct. 26, 2015. Sophia is the granddaughter of Herman Wheeler (Engr ’01 L/M) and the great-niece of Donald Wheeler (Darden ’74 L/M). The family lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Donald Johnston (Col ’66 CM)
Donald Johnston (Col ’66 CM) has been appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to his fourth consecutive two-year term as chief judge of the Kent County Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit of Michigan. In that role, he is responsible for the administration of a 13-judge general jurisdiction trial court with more than 350 employees. He joined the Kent County bench in 1989 and, before that, served for 10 years as a judge of the Grand Rapids District Court, 61st Judicial District of Michigan. He and his wife, Shaula, live in Grand Rapids and have three children, including sons Stewart M. Johnston (Col ’96 L/M) and Scott M. Johnston (Col ’97 L/M), and four grandchildren.
Mary Elizabeth Kennedy (Col ’89)
Mary Elizabeth Kennedy (Col ’89) helped develop and improve a proprietary clinical key indicator dashboard for the pediatric intensive care unit while working in the critical care department at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The PICU dashboard tracks the patient quality and safety indicator bundle recommended by the Joint Commission. Ms. Kennedy also created several original components for the dashboard, including the neurological indicator section to help increase early awareness of potential deterioration in patients. A study based on the dashboard project appears in the September 2015 issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Tyler Padden (Engr ’10)
Tyler Padden (Engr ’10) and Lyndsey Lawrence Padden (Col ’10, Com ’11) welcomed a daughter, Nora Kathryn, on Oct. 27, 2015. The family lives in Cincinnati.
Bruce Webster (Engr ’74 CM)
Bruce Webster (Engr ’74 CM) has retired from a 36-year career with Hewlett-Packard, where he worked in the central engineering, AltaVista Search and federal government consulting divisions before becoming HP’s consulting practice principal for military health accounts with the Department of Defense. Before joining HP, Mr. Webster served for five years in the U.S. Air Force, having completed the Air Force ROTC program at UVA.

Katie Cristol (Col ’07 CM)
Katie Cristol (Col ’07 CM) was elected to a four-year term on the Arlington, Virginia, County Board, a five-member governing board. She lives with her husband, Steve Giballa (Col ’06) in Arlington’s Columbia Pike corridor.
Elizabeth Busch (Col ’06 CM)

Elizabeth Busch (Col ’06 CM) and her husband, Brian, welcomed a son, Henry William, on Oct. 15, 2015. Henry joins sisters Audrey, 6, and Caroline, 4. The family lives in West Springfield, Virginia, where Ms. Busch is a teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools.
Ryan Ward (Engr ’98)
Ryan Ward (Engr ’98) and her husband, Cmdr. Kelly Ward, welcomed a daughter, Caroline Sophia, on Oct. 22, 2014. Caroline joins brothers Collin, 9, and Connor and Cameron, 6; and sisters Cadence, 5, and Claire, 3. The children are the nieces and nephews of Aaron Giffin Childers (Col ’95 L/M). The family lives in Virginia Beach, where Ms. Ward has taken time off to raise her family.
Kendra Dunn (Col ’97 CM)
Kendra Dunn (Col ’97 CM) and her husband, Jason Kaiser, welcomed a daughter, Kenlee Grace, on June 6, 2015. Kenlee joins brother Braden, 3. The family lives in Charlottesville, where Kendra is the marketing manager for Southern Development Homes.
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