“Other” Class Notes
Stefan Pomrenke (Col ’02)
Stefan Pomrenke (Col ’02) and his wife, Lee Ann, welcomed a daughter, Margareta “Greta” Florence on Oct. 1, 2014. Greta joins big sister Viktoria, 4. The family resides in St. Paul, Minn.
Colin Allen (Col ’03 CM)
Colin Allen (Col ’03 CM) and Colleen Colby Allen (Col ’02 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Eleanor Colby, on Aug. 27. 2014. Eleanor joins big sister Margaret, 2, and is the granddaughter of Conway Allen (Com ’74 L/M), the niece of Sherrie Colby (Col ’06, Educ ’06 L/M) and the cousin of Ashton Looney (Arch ’18 L/M). The family resides in Arlington, Va., where Ms. Allen is a project director with The EMMES Corp. and Mr. Allen is a lobbyist with the National Association of Realtors.
Colleen Allen (Col ’02 CM)
Colleen Allen (Col ’02 CM) and Colin Allen (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Eleanor Colby, on Aug. 27. 2014. Eleanor joins big sister Margaret, 2, and is the granddaughter of Conway Allen (Com ’74 L/M), the niece of Sherrie Colby (Col ’06, Educ ’06 L/M) and the cousin of Ashton Looney (Arch ’18 L/M). The family resides in Arlington, Va., where Ms. Allen is a project director with The EMMES Corp. and Mr. Allen is a lobbyist with the National Association of Realtors.
Tyler Sande (Col ’01 CM)
Tyler Sande (Col ’01 CM) and Margaret Kramer Sande (Engr ’03, ’04 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Ruthanne Darden, on Aug. 20, 2014. The family resides in Denver, where Mr. Sande is a deputy district attorney and Dr. Sande is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and medical director of the WELLS Simulation Center at the University of Colorado Hospital.
Margaret Sande (Engr ’03, Engr ’04 CM)
Margaret Sande (Engr ’03, Engr ’04 CM) and Tyler Sande (Col ’01 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Ruthanne Darden, on Aug. 20, 2014. The family resides in Denver, where Mr. Sande is a deputy district attorney and Dr. Sande is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and medical director of the WELLS Simulation Center at the University of Colorado Hospital.
Hartley Jeffries (Col ’06 CM)
Hartley Jeffries (Col ’06 CM) and Chris Glass (Col ’01 L/M) were married on Oct. 4, 2014, in Atlanta. The couple currently resides in Atlanta, where Ms. Glass is a teacher at The Westminster Schools and Mr. Glass is an attorney at Troutman Sanders.
Karim Farouki (Engr ’02)
Karim Farouki (Engr ’02) and Kristi Rayburn Farouki (Col ’00, Educ ’01) welcomed a daughter, Maya Siena, on July 4, 2014. Maya joins big sister Serene, 4, and big brother Samy, 6, and is the niece of Jeremy Rayburn (Com ’03 L/M). The Faroukis reside in Leesburg, Va.
George Seals (Col ’99, Educ ’00 CM)
George Seals (Col ’99, Educ ’00 CM) and his wife, Laura, welcomed a son, Tyler McClelland Seals, on June 14, 2014. He joins big brother George W. Seals III, 2.
Cindy Kluttz (Educ ’99)
Cindy Kluttz (Educ ’99) recently joined the administrative staff of the Summit School in Winston-Salem, N.C., as director of admissions. Previously, she served for seven years as director of admissions at a college-prep independent school, and taught elementary school in the Winston-Salem area for several years. She has also served as president of the Triad Association of Independent Schools and is an active member of the Winston-Salem Child Study Club.
Charles Hendricks (Arch ’97 CM)
Charles Hendricks (Arch ’97 CM) is sustainability director of The Gaines Group, an architectural firm based in Harrisonburg, Va. The Gaines Group received the U.S. Green Building Council’s 2014 Best of Building Award for Best Small Architectural Firm. The firm specializes in developing healthy, energy-efficient and durable design solutions.
Chris McKay (Col ’95 CM)
Chris McKay (Col ’95 CM) and Sarah Ward McKay (Col ’96) welcomed a daughter, Daphne Kate, on Nov. 20, 2013. Daphne joins big brothers Brooks, 8; and Trevor, 5. The family resides in San Francisco.
Meade Grandis (Com ’01 CM)
Meade Grandis (Com ’01 CM) and David Grandis (Col ’95) welcomed a son, Cardwell Turner, on Sept. 7, 2014. Cardwell joins big sister Eleanor, 2. The family resides in Richmond, Va.
David Grandis (Col ’95)
David Grandis (Col ’95) and Meade Prillaman Grandis (Com ’01 L/M) welcomed a son, Cardwell Turner, on Sept. 7, 2014. Cardwell joins big sister Eleanor, 2. The family resides in Richmond, Va.
Tené Franklin (Col ’95 CM)
Tené Franklin (Col ’95 CM) was recently named director of the Tennessee Department of Health Office of Minority Health and Disparities Elimination. In this position, she facilitates and advocates for the development of policies, programs and services that appropriately respond to population health disparity issues across the state of Tennessee, especially those of racial and ethnic minority populations.
Crystal Brown (Col ’95)
Crystal Brown (Col ’95) was recently named chair of the National Education Association’s board of directors. The NEA is a public charity that helps public school educators support student success. Ms. Brown, a seasoned communications leader, currently serves as the chief communications officer for the University of Maryland. In that role, she serves as the university’s spokesperson and oversees the central communications office, including reputation management, media relations, social media, public affairs and strategic communications initiatives.
Amelia Fogleman (Law ’94)
Amelia Fogleman (Law ’94) was named “Lawyer of the Year” for 2015 by Best Lawyers in America for antitrust litigation in Tulsa, Okla. Ms. Fogleman is an attorney with Gable Gotwals, where she has represented a number of large publicly traded companies as well as privately held businesses. She currently serves as an adjunct settlement judge for the court-ordered dispute resolution program in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Paula Anderson (Col ’94 CM)
Paula Anderson (Col ’94 CM) received the 2014 Top 100 Minority Business Enterprise Award, which acknowledges outstanding women and minority business owners in the mid-Atlantic region. Ms. Anderson, a licensed clinical and professional counselor, is president and CEO of PACE Consulting, which provides consulting services, direct counseling services, educational support services, temporary clinical staffing and workshops/training across the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metro area. Ms. Anderson has more than 14 years of experience providing individual, group, marriage and family therapy to children, adolescents, adults and families.
Karen Lillis (Col ’92 CM)
Karen Lillis (Col ’92 CM) received the 2014 Acker Award for avant garde excellence in fiction for her body of work, with special recognition of her four experimental novels and novellas published between 2000 and 2012. Her latest publications include a chapbook of poems called The Paul Simon Project and inclusion in an anthology of contemporary experimental women writers, Wreckage of Reason II. Ms. Lillis resides in Pittsburgh.
Sandra Chinn-Gilstrap (Col ’92)
Sandra Chinn-Gilstrap (Col ’92) was appointed to the faculty of the Virginia State Bar’s Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course. Her three-year term began in October 2014. As a member of the faculty, she is recognized for her commitment to upholding the standards of honor, integrity and courtesy in the legal profession. Ms. Chinn-Gilstrap is an attorney with Woods Rogers, where she focuses her practice in the areas of domestic relations, personal injuries, guardian- and conservatorships for adults, wills and estate planning, corporate law and real estate.
Dorothy Shea (Col ’88 CM)
Dorothy Shea (Col ’88 CM) has recently moved to Jerusalem, where she serves as deputy principal officer of the U.S. Consulate.
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