“Other” Class Notes

Rob Shields (Engr ’95 L/M) and Meredith Davis Shields (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their second child, Kirsten Stephanie, on Dec. 29, 2010. Kirsten joins a brother, Carter, 2. The Shields family resides in Richmond, Va.

Pete Caramanis (Col ’94) became a partner in the law firm of Scott Kroner. Mr. Caramanis’ practice focuses on business law, real estate, land use and zoning. He lives in Charlottesville with his wife, Ida Gonzales Caramanis (Col ’95) and their children, Brandon, Grace and Evan.

Meredyth Gilmore (Col ’10) joined Teach For America’s 2011 teaching corps after a year of working on community development programs for Greater DC Cares’ Neighboring Now program. She is teaching seventh grade English at Wheeler Middle School in Wahiawa, Hawaii.

Heather Chitty (Engr ’10 L/M) and Ensign Paul Schauppner were married June 4, 2011, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The couple lives in Falls Church, Va., where Ms. Schauppner works as a process design engineer for ExxonMobil and Ensign Schauppner prepares for future deployment on a nuclear submarine.

Elizabeth Heaney Ziccardi (Col ’07 L/M) joined Teach For America’s 2011 teaching corps in San Francisco after four years in private wealth management. She is teaching middle school math.

Molly Seltzer (Col ’07 L/M) works as a financial reporter and editor at Bloomberg News. In May, she published her first book, a collection of humorous essays about her first two years living in New York City, All Downhill from Ivan Puffenbarger.

Amirul Manaf (Engr ’07) is an aircraft performance engineer working for AirAsia, an airline based in Malaysia and operating throughout the eastern hemisphere.

Gary Sherman (Col ’04, Grad ’11 L/M) and Kathleen Van Eron Sherman (Col ’04 L/M) moved to Cambridge, Mass., after living in Charlottesville for 11 years. Mr. Sherman completed his doctorate at U.Va. and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Christine Barnett Petrak (Engr ’03 L/M) and Edward Petrak welcomed a son, Thomas Edward, on May 12, 2011. The family resides in Potomac Falls, Va.

Sara Rains Hunt (Col ’03) and John Vaden Hunt (Col ’98 L/M) welcomed their second son, Joseph Pennington, on April 27, 2011. Penn joins a brother, John Vaden, Jr., 2. The family resides in Lynchburg, Va.

Katie Pack Repsher (Col ’02) and Mark Repsher (Col ’01) welcomed their second child, Charlotte Ann, on March 22, 2011. Charlotte joins a sister, Lila, 3. The family resides in Lafayette, Colo. Mr. Repsher is a managing consultant in the Denver office of PA Consulting Group.

Michael Harrison Huneke (Col ’02 L/M) and his wife, Lauren Elizabeth, welcomed their first child, William Alexander, on June 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

Lauren Rooker Cardwell (Col ’02) and Hank Cardwell (Col ’02, Educ ’03) welcomed a son, Clayton Scott, on June 19, 2011. He joins a sister, Lottie; and a brother, Lem.

Eric Michael Mackiewicz (Col ’01) and his wife, Megan, welcomed their first child, Caroline Astrid, on June 18, 2011. The family resides in Arlington, Va.

Allison Berger Tiller (Col ’00, Law ’04) and her husband, Ben, welcomed a daughter, Ande Elizabeth, on Jan. 27, 2011.

Jenny Sigel Burkett (Nurs ’97 L/M) and her husband, Allen, welcomed their first child, Emma Faye, on July 5, 2011. The family lives in Chesapeake, Va., where both parents serve at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.

Nicole Bossard (Grad ’95) was awarded a doctorate in leadership and change from Antioch University. Ms. Bossard is the president and senior consultant at TGC Consulting.

Heather Nelson Brame (Col ’94) has been selected to serve in the North American network of subject matter experts who write test questions for the social work licensing examinations used in the United States and Canada. Ms. Brame is a social worker who has a private practice in San Francisco. She is an assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, serves as a subject matter expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, and is an on-call perinatal educator for California Pacific Medical Center.

Brant Thomas Murray (Arch ’93) is a production manager and facility manager for David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, the resident lighting designer for Bodiography Contemporary Ballet in Pittsburgh and a freelance lighting designer.

T.C. McCarthy (Col ’93) had a book, Germline, published by Orbit in August 2011.

Gregg J. Molotsky (Col ’92 L/M) received his doctorate degree in educational leadership and learning technologies from Drexel University in June 2011. He currently teaches high school in southern New Jersey and is an adjunct instructor of graduate students in the School of Education at Drexel University.

John Kosich (Com ’92 L/M) is manager of financial systems for the National Academies of Science in Washington, D.C. He resides in Falls Church, Va., with his wife and son.

Susan Wingo Kiers (Col ’85 L/M) and her husband, John Kiers, have opened Ox-Eye Vineyards Tasting Room in Staunton, Va.

G. Peyton Neatrour (Med ’84) completed a 10-day humanitarian mission in the Philippines last summer with Physicians for Peace.

Salman Tajuddin (Com ’95 L/M) and his wife, Mahnaz Khan, welcomed their first child, Inara Silvana, on Aug. 1, 2011. Mr. Tajuddin works at Capstone Advisory Group as a financial restructuring consultant and Ms. Khan, a graduate of Boston University and Chicago-Kent College of Law, is an analyst at the International Trade Administration. Both live in Arlington, Va., and work in Washington, D.C.

Michael Pillow (Col ’79 L/M) has re-established his contract consulting business as MFP Ventures, located in Winter Springs, Fla. Mr. Pillow has been teaching law as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and other schools. He recently published his first novel, Neighbors, and has been president of the UVaClub of Greater Orlando since 2009.

Rob Shields (Engr ’95 L/M) and Meredith Davis Shields (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their second child, Kirsten Stephanie, on Dec. 29, 2010. Kirsten joins a brother, Carter, 2. The Shields family resides in Richmond, Va.

John F. Jebb (Col ’78) had a book, True Crime: Virginia: The State’s Most Notorious Criminal Cases, published by Stackpole Books.

Jerry A. Davis (Law ’71 L/M) retired after 27 years as federal magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Fred Salzinger (Col ’70) is director of health planning, policy and finance in the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s business and finance office in Omaha. Mr. Salzinger joins UNMC after serving as associate vice president for health science at Creighton University in Omaha.

Katie Pack Repsher (Col ’02) and Mark Repsher (Col ’01) welcomed their second child, Charlotte Ann, on March 22, 2011. Charlotte joins a sister, Lila, 3. The family resides in Lafayette, Colo. Mr. Repsher is a managing consultant in the Denver office of PA Consulting Group.

Michael Harrison Huneke (Col ’02 L/M) and his wife, Lauren Elizabeth, welcomed their first child, William Alexander, on June 28, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

Brant Thomas Murray (Arch ’93) is a production manager and facility manager for David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, the resident lighting designer for Bodiography Contemporary Ballet in Pittsburgh and a freelance lighting designer.

Nelson Neal (Educ ’85) is associate professor of physical education and health at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. He has been awarded a grant by Marywood University for the 2011-12 academic year to study whether a program of physical activity will improve academic test scores and reduce obesity in young adults. He has been teaching for more than 30 years and continues to give presentations at national conferences and have his work published in refereed journals.

Michael Pillow (Col ’79 L/M) has re-established his contract consulting business as MFP Ventures, located in Winter Springs, Fla. Mr. Pillow has been teaching law as an adjunct professor at the University of Florida, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and other schools. He recently published his first novel, Neighbors, and has been president of the UVaClub of Greater Orlando since 2009.

Matthew Figgie (Com ’88 L/M) was appointed to the Board of Directors for University Hospitals. Mr. Figgie is the chairman of Clark-Reliance Corporation and founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Figgie Capital.

Vincenzo Patrick Lucibello (Col ’02, Law ’05 L/M) and his wife, Iciar Garcia, welcomed their second child, Mathilde Ivy, on June 29, 2011. Mathilde joins a sister, Isobel, 3. The family resides in Jersey City, N.J. Mr. Lucibello is a banking associate in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Ms. Garcia is corporate counsel at Forest Laboratories.

Tyler J. Hodges (Col ’96 L/M) is director of upper school academics and student life at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, Calif. Previously, Mr. Hodges served as upper school dean of students.

Shelia Slemp (Col ’95 L/M) has been serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine since 2008. She’s been working in community and youth development and with the Opika Performance Group, a group of nine young Ukrainians who are mostly graduates of the Perechyn boarding school. In July 2011, she was selected to share her experiences from the Peace Corps at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

Luis G. Pedraja (Grad ’94) is provost and vice president of academic affairs at Antioch University Los Angeles.