“Other” Class Notes

Jennifer Sweeney Quindoza (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Gerry, had their third child, Miles Cannon, on Dec. 20, 2010. Ms. Quindoza is a certified public accountant and is the controller at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Va. The family resides in Midlothian, Va.
Online only: Miles is the nephew of Christopher Rogers (Col ’92, GSBA ’99); the grandson of William Timothy Sweeney (Col ’65 L/M); the grandnephew of Norman Sweeney (Col ’69); and the cousin of Timothy Brian Sweeney (Engr ’03), Liza Asarias Johanknecht (Col ’96) and Jennifer Asarias (Col ’00).

Mary Bland Love (Col ’74, Law ’78 L/M) joined the law firm of Marks Gray. She is a member of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and is admitted to practice in Georgia as well as in Florida. An active member of many associations, she also holds the honor of being the first woman president of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel and Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.

Jennifer Walkowski (Arch ’08) was the featured guest on the On Target radio show hosted by Justice Penny Wolfgang of the Supreme Court of New York, 8th Judicial District. Topics of discussion ranged from Buffalo’s collection of historic architecture, including Buffalo City Hall and the Guaranty Building, to other preservation topics in the area. Ms. Walkowski works for Clinton Brown Company Architecture, a historic preservation architecture firm in Buffalo, N.Y., as an architectural historian and serves as acting president of the Louise Bethune Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

Kimberly Grace Spence (Col ’08 L/M) and Drew Linkous (Col ’09) were married at River Road United Methodist Church in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 4, 2010. The wedding party included Laura Rose Pall (Col ’08), Julie Turner Haddix (Com ’07), Sandra Louise Cunningham (Col ’08), Paige Corbin Nichols (Com ’07, Law ’13), Elizabeth Katherine Lovato (Col ’09, Educ ’10), Brittney Dawn Rose (Col ’11, Educ ’12), Kyla Annette Turner (Col ’08), Kathryn Mary Connors (Col ’09), Barry Edward Wirt Jr. (Col ’07), Christiaan Gustavo Rasmussen (Com ’08), Todd Richard Zivic (Engr ’08), M. Tyler Boles (Com ’08), Benjamin Russell Fox (Col ’09), William Harper DuVal (Com ’08), Henry James Ponton (Col ’09), Brandon Arnold Crook (Col ’07) and Nathan Otis Garrison (Col ’10). A model of the Rotunda served as the cake. The couple resides in Middleburg, Va., where Ms. Linkous is a territory sales manager with Altria Sales & Distribution and Mr. Linkous is a district manager with Dixon Marketing, Inc.

Jason Scott Maras (Com ’01 L/M) and his wife, Maria, are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Eleanor Jane, on Oct. 5, 2010. The family resides in Chicago.

Alyssa Barillari (Col ’01 L/M) and Andrew Barnes were married Oct. 9, 2010, in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. The couple lives in New York City.

Lara Kuykendall (Col ’00 L/M) and Mike Scherman were married on Sept. 18, 2010, at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Va. The couple resides in Overland Park, Kan.

Erin Sinesky Lovett (Col ’99 L/M) and her husband, Edward, welcomed twins, Maxine Cecilia and Audrey Lorraine, on Dec. 4, 2010.

John Buford (Col ’99 L/M) was elected in October 2010 to the partnership of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, where he practices business litigation. He joined the firm in 2003. Among other honors, Mr. Buford received the Charles F. Blanchard Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the North Carolina Bar Association in June 2010 and was named a North Carolina Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in business litigation by Law & Politics magazine in February 2010. He lives in Greensboro, N.C., with his wife, Anne Peters Buford (Col ’99 L/M), who owns Avonlea Consulting, a consulting firm for nonprofit organizations. They have a son, Will, 3.

Peter Broadbent III (Col ’99) and his wife, Jane, welcomed their first son, McKinley Edwin, April 24, 2010.

Amy Stewart (Law ’92) has been elected a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.

David Altman (Engr ’92, GSBA ’97 L/M) married Sarah Seeland on Aug. 7, 2010, in Victor, Idaho. They reside in Portland, Ore. Ms. Seeland owns a sales consultancy firm and Mr. Altman is a partner in Gorge Holdings, a private equity firm.

Fred Wagner (Law ’87) has been appointed by President Obama to serve as Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Wagner makes this transition back to public service after 19 years at the law firm Beveridge & Diamond. Mr. Wagner and his wife, Mary, and children, David and Sarah, live in Rockville, Md.

Beat Steiner (Col ’73, Law ’80 L/M) was named by Best Lawyers in America as its Lawyer of the Year for Denver Area Real Estate.  Mr. Steiner is the administrative partner of the Boulder, Co., office of Holland & Hart and the chair of its resorts, lodging and leisure Group.

Richard J. Erickson (Grad ’71 L/M) has been elected to a six-year term on the National Board of the Military Officer Association of America.

C. Bruce Alexander (Med ’71 L/M) is president-elect of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Dr. Alexander is professor and vice chair of the department of psychology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Erin Sinesky Lovett (Col ’99 L/M) and her husband, Edward, welcomed twins, Maxine Cecilia and Audrey Lorraine, on Dec. 4, 2010.

John E. Schiller (Col ’79 L/M) a partner with the Cleveland, Ohio law firm of Walter & Haverfield, was honored for his professional rectitude by entrepreneur David H. Jacobs Jr., who donated $1.5 Million dollars to the Maurer School of Law at Indiana University at Bloomington to endow the “John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics.” Professor Hannah Buxbaum has been selected as the first professor to hold the John E. Schiller Chair.

Beat Steiner (Col ’73, Law ’80 L/M) was named by Best Lawyers in America as its Lawyer of the Year for Denver Area Real Estate.  Mr. Steiner is the administrative partner of the Boulder, Co., office of Holland & Hart and the chair of its resorts, lodging and leisure Group.

Emily Grannis (Col ’10 L/M) and Kenneth Mayo (Engr ’08) were married Dec. 11, 2010, in McLean, Va. The couple met while undergraduates at U.Va. They currently reside in Southern California.

Michael Ronald Sorrell Jr. (Col ’07, Law ’10) and Paris Michelle Ratliff (Col ’07 L/M) were married on Aug. 7, 2010, in Richmond, Va. The couple met while undergraduates at the University. Mr. Sorrell went on to attend the University of Virginia School of Law, serving as an executive editor of the Virginia Law Review and being inducted into the Order of the Coif. Ms. Ratliff attended the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law and graduated with honors. Both received their juris doctor degrees in May 2010 and passed the Virginia Bar exam two months later. Three other Wahoos were key participants in the wedding ceremony: Nikola Juris-Nable (Col ’07) of Baltimore served as matron of honor, and David Bowen (Col ’08 L/M) of Tyler, Texas, and A.J. Burton (Law ’10) of Bethesda, Md., served as head ushers. The Crossings in Glen Allen, Va., was the site of the reception. Mr. Sorrell is serving a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Robert E. Payne in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, in Richmond. Ms. Ratliff joined the law firm of LeClairRyan, based in Richmond, in January 2011. The couple resides in Richmond.

Amanda Shimshock (Com ’07) and Scott Allen (Col ’06 L/M) were married at the U.Va. Chapel on May 15, 2010. Their reception was at Veritas Vineyard & Winery. The wedding party included April Shimshock (Com ’02), Lindsey Long (Col ’07), Anna Mapes (Nurs ’07), Sarah Pierce (Col ’08), Benjamin Knezic (Col ’06 L/M), Matthew Hale (Col ’06 L/M), Reed Smollar (Com ’06 L/M) and Eric Giardini (Col ’07 L/M). Ms. Shimshock and Mr. Allen both currently work as consultants in the Northern Virginia area.

Michelle M. Smith (Engr ’05, ’08 L/M) and Nathan R. Brakke were married on Oct. 10, 2010, at the U.Va. Chapel; their reception at the Clifton Inn followed. Kathryn Smith (Engr ’10 L/M), sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and Catherine Edmunds (Col ’05, Law ’08) and Elizabeth Johnston (Col ’05 L/M) were both bridesmaids. The couple resides in San Diego, where Ms. Brakke is a design manager at Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest and Dr. Brakke is an anesthesiologist at Rady Children’s Hospital.

Irene Boland (Arch ’02) and Stephen Nielson (Arch ‘02) were married at Ash Lawn-Highland on July 24, 2010. The couple resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sarita Talwar Finnie (GSBA ’01) and Steve Finnie (Engr ’96, GSBA ’01 L/M) welcomed a son, Kieran, on March 1, 2010. Kieran joins his brother, Glen, 2. The family resides in Minneapolis.

Ryan Dunn (Col ’01) and Leigh Rodes Dunn (Col ’02) welcomed their first child, Virginia Leigh, on Nov. 22, 2010. The family resides in Goochland, Va.

John Daniel Roche (Engr ’99, GSBA ’10 L/M) and Theresa Titolo Roche (Col ’98 L/M) welcomed their second child, Nicholas John, on Nov. 19, 2010. Nicholas joins a sister, Megan Grace, 2. Mr. Roche is a director of general management at Sapient Corporation and Ms. Roche is a partner at the law firm of WilmerHale. The family resides in Arlington, Va.

Heather L. Wishart (Engr ’96, ’98 L/M) and Charles John Keller Smith married at Devils Lake, Mich., on Sept. 5, 2010, where Keller’s family has been spending their summers for the past 90 years. They were married on the same day and time as Keller’s parents, in honor of their 50th anniversary and the recent passing of Mr. Smith’s father. Ms. Wishart-Smith is a principal with Jacobs, managing Department of Defense design programs in the northeast. They reside in Alexandria, Va., with their three-year-old twins, Clara Masten Shriner and Nicholas Wishart Shriner.

William Lee (Col ’93 L/M) and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their twin baby girls, Lily Elizabeth and Emi Isabella, on Sept. 14, 2010. Mr. Lee recently started a new position with Telenav. The family resides in Newcastle, Wash.

Buddy Omohundro (Col ’92 L/M) has accepted an invitation to serve a three-year term on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Richmond Sports Backers. He is the senior vice president and general counsel of Apex Systems in Richmond.

Christopher C. Rogers (Col ’92, GSBA ’99 L/M) and his wife, Cara, welcomed their third child, Andrew Cholmeley-Jones, on Nov. 8, 2010. Andrew joins sisters Ellie, 7; and Lila, 5. He is the grandson of Edward S. Rogers II (Col ’54 L/M) and William T. Sweeney (Col ’65 L/M) and is the nephew of Stephanie Rogers Smith (Col ’89 L/M) and Jennifer Sweeney Quindoza (Col ’96 L/M). The family resides in Richmond, Va., where Mr. Rogers is the director of the pharmaceutical program for McKesson Medical-Surgical.

Jack Jefferies (Com ’49, Law ’51 L/M) published a collection of short stories, Happy Times.

Jodi Elliott (Col ’02 L/M) married James R. Watson on Oct. 2, 2010, on Windrose Farm in Paso Robles, Calif. The couple resides in Santa Barbara, Calif. Ms. Elliott acts and writes and Mr. Watson, a native of the United Kingdom, will receive his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in summer 2011.

Leah Ruth Kuchinsky (Col ’06 L/M) graduated with a master’s degree in security studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in December 2010.

Michael Rutherglen (Col ’06) is one of the founding editors of The Winter Anthology, a collection of 21st-century American and international literature.

Erin Noone (Col ’06) earned a master’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in science information management from Arizona State University in May 2010.

Lei Zhu (Engr ’05) and Yangyang Yu (Engr ’06) welcomed their first child, Virginia, on Jan. 25, 2010. They named their daughter after their beloved university. The family resides in Orange County, Calif.

Ken Vincent (Col ’02 L/M) and his wife, Virginia Vincent, welcomed their first child, Christopher Kenneth, on Oct. 12, 2010.