“Other” Class Notes

Ryan Griswold (Engr ’02 CM) and Caitlin S. McBeth were married on June 28, 2014, in Watch Hill, R.I. The couple resides in New York City, where Mr. Griswold works in leveraged finance for J.P. Morgan.

Matthew Axtell (Law ’02) has been selected by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as the 2014-15 Supreme Court fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center. He will spend his fellowship year, which begins this fall, in the history division of the Federal Judicial Center. Previously, Mr. Axtell worked as an assistant counsel for environmental law for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as an environmental law associate for Vinson & Elkins in Washington, D.C. He is a doctoral candidate in the history department at Princeton University, where he studies how legal concepts and actors have shaped, and have been shaped by, markets, property relations, geography and economic reasoning. He served as the Samuel I. Golieb Fellow in Legal History at New York University’s School of Law for the 2013-14 academic year.

Michelle Perrin-Steinberg (Col ’01 CM) and her husband, Brian Marc Steinberg, welcomed their first child, a son, Brandon Perrin Steinberg, on Dec. 21, 2013. Brandon is the grandson of Michael T. Perrin (Com ’75 L/M). The family resides in San Antonio.

David Decosimo (Com ’01) published Ethics as a Work of Charity: Thomas Aquinas and Pagan Virtue, with Stanford University Press. The book offers an analysis of Thomas Aquinas’ views on pagan virtue and reinterprets Aquinas’ ethics while providing a model for current efforts to articulate a truthful hospitality and do ethics in a pluralist, globalized world. Mr. Decosimo is an assistant professor of theology at Loyola University of Maryland in Baltimore.

Lauren Brown (Col ’00) and Henric Persson (Com ’00 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Hannah Persson, on June 10, 2014. Hannah joins big sister Anabelle, 5; and big brother Cole, 3. The family resides in Old Greenwich, Conn.

Lisa Kelley (Nurs ’99 CM) and Joe Miller (Darden ’05) welcomed a son, John Richard “Jack” Miller, on May 5, 2014. Jack joins big sisters Anna Elizabeth, 4; and Alyssa Claire, 2. The family resides in Charlotte, N.C., where Ms. Kelley is an oncology nurse practitioner at Oncology Specialists of Charlotte and Mr. Miller is an investment banker with SunTrust.

Heather Freeland (Col ’92 CM) and her husband, David, welcomed their first child, a son, Benjamin Hopkins Freeland, in June 2014. The family lives in Palo Alto, Calif., where Ms. Freeland runs global marketing communications at Facebook in nearby Menlo Park.

Jennifer Conway (Col ’99, Educ ’02 CM) and her husband, Brendan, welcomed a daughter, Charlotte Anne, on April 3, 2014. Charlotte joins big sister Caroline, age 2. Charlotte is the granddaughter of Walter H. Schumacher (Col ’70) and the niece of David A. Schumacher (Col ’03 L/M). Ms. Conway currently serves as a chief of staff at the New York City Department of Education. The family resides in Hoboken, N.J.Jennifer A. Schumacher Conway

Theodore Stimson (Com ’98 CM) and Katherine M. Yontz were married on March 29, 2014. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio, where Mr. Stimson works for a private equity firm investing in hotels.

Sarah Roth (Grad ’97, Grad ’02) published Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture with Cambridge University Press. The book examines how white women played a critical role in shifting how African American men were perceived in the decades leading to the Civil War through their contributions to popular culture and literature. Ms. Roth is an associate professor of history at Widener University.

Sue Feuerstein (Educ ’97 CM) published Children’s Bodies in Schools: Corporeal Performances of Social Class, a book that explores how teachers read children’s body language for their social class implications and examines the possible consequences of those interpretations. Ms. Henry is an associate professor of education at Bucknell University, where she also serves as director of the school’s teaching and learning center.

Liliana Esposito (Col ’97) has been named chief communications officer for The Wendy’s Co., the world’s third-largest quick-service hamburger company. Previously, she was vice president of corporate communications and public affairs for Dean Foods, where she also served as president of the company’s philanthropic foundation and spearheaded communications on critical topics such as environmental sustainability, animal welfare and nutrition.

Shae Garwood (Com ’96) co-edited a book, Lessons for Social Change in the Global Economy: Voices from the Field, published by Lexington Books. Ms. Garwood is a researcher interested in civil society and transnational politics, gender, labor and social change. She resides in Perth, Australia.

L. Mason (Engr ’92, Engr ’94 CM) retired from the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence as the first assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses. In that capacity, he served as the principal adviser to the director of national intelligence for all matters pertaining to intelligence requirements, operations research, cost analyses, resource decisions and program evaluation. He received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal for his work. Mr. Mason is now senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis.

Melanie Nix (Col ’91 CM) is a health advocate and speaker who addresses myriad groups and organizations about surviving triple negative breast cancer and overcoming obstacles. She is the co-founder of Breast Cancer Comfort Site, a robust resource of lessons and guidance for breast cancer patients and survivors, and was recently a featured cancer survivor in the American Association for Cancer Research campaign for National Cancer Research month. Ms. Nix is also a member of the advisory panel on patient engagement for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Aline Kalbian (Grad ’90, Grad ’96) published Sex, Violence, and Justice: Contraception and the Catholic Church with Georgetown University Press. The book outlines the Roman Catholic Church’s position against artificial contraception as principally rooted in three biblical commandments and shows how discourses in sexuality, both in the church and in culture, are often tied to discourses of violence, harm and social injustice. Ms. Kalbian is a professor in the department of religion at Florida State University.

Christopher D. Kniesler (CLAS 1978) (L/M) was recently appointed as Communications Specialist for the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. The Authority issues tax-exempt and low-interest bonds for hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, visting nurse associations and blood banks. The bonds are issured for hospital acquisitions, building expansions and equipment purchases.