“Other” Class Notes

Michael Hightower (Grad ’07) recently published Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood with the University of Oklahoma Press. The book offers a survey of banking from the early days of the American republic until commercial patterns coalesced in the East, then follows the course of American expansion westward, tracing the evolution of commerce and banking in Oklahoma from their genesis to statehood in 1907. An independent historian, Mr. Hightower is the principal researcher for the Oklahoma Bank and Commerce History Project of the Oklahoma Historical Society. He resides in Charlottesville.

Emily Lodge (Com ’06 CM) and Tim Pote were married Nov. 2, 2013, in Arlington, Va. The couple resides in Arlington, where Ms. Lodge works as a conference planner for a defense contractor and Mr. Pote is a co-founder of a tech startup.

Matt Oliver (Col ’05, Educ ’05) and Jennifer C. McCallum (Col ’07 L/M) were married Oct. 12, 2013, in Kiawah Island, S.C. The couple currently resides in Charlottesville.

Katherine Pierson (Col ’03 CM) and her husband, Philipp, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Caroline Russell, on June 9, 2013. The family resides in Washington, D.C.

Emily Leitch (Col ’01 CM) and her husband, Justin, welcomed a son, Davis Brooks, on Sept. 9, 2013. Davis joins big sister Gwyneth, 2. The family resides in Houston, where Ms. Leitch is an associate with the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani.

Elizabeth Kendall (Col ’01 CM) and her husband, Jason, welcomed their third child, Phillip Raymond, on Aug. 9, 2013. Phillip joins twin sisters Charlotte Ashwell and Eva Bradley, 2, and is the grandson of Jim Pollard (Col ’68 L/M) and the nephew of Jamie Pollard (Col ’98 L/M). The family resides in Potomac Falls, Va.

John Warburton (Col ’00) and Kimberly Bareford Warburton (Educ ’01, ’03 L/M) welcomed a son, William Holden, on Oct. 18, 2013. Will joins big brothers Ben, 5, and Max, 3.

Sarah Wallman (Col ’00 CM) was recently named one of the winners of Prada’s 2013 international literary contest. Her winning short story, “One Car Hooks into the Next and Pulls,” was featured in Prada Journal. Ms. Wallman is an assistant professor of English and associate director of the master of fine arts in writing program at Albertus Magnus College.

Scott Matthews (Grad ’00, Law ’00) recently joined the law firm of Tarabicos Grosso in New Castle, Del., where he practices in the areas of corporate, commercial, alternative entity and commercial real estate law. He previously practiced with the Wilmington, Del., firms of Richards Layton & Finger and The Delaware Counsel Group.

Jane Maschka (Col ’99 CM) has been promoted to partnership at Faegre Baker Daniels. She is a trial lawyer in the firm’s finance litigation team, specializing in pursuing and defending claims of fraud, fraudulent transfer and breach of fiduciary duty. Her pro bono work focuses on asylum and refugee assistance and criminal appeals. Prior to joining Faegre Baker Daniels in 2010, she was a litigator with WilmerHale in Washington, D.C.

Leah Friedman (Col ’99 CM) has founded Raleigh Green Gables, a professional organizing business, where she helps clients throughout the Triangle region in North Carolina clear space in their homes and corporate offices. Ms. Friedman lives in Raleigh, N.C., with her husband, Stephen; and their two children: Tova, 6, and Jordan, 4.

Meredith Correia (Col ’99 CM) earned certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and was recognized in a pin ceremony held by the Southeastern Virginia National Board Certified Teachers Regional Network on Feb. 28, 2014. Ms. Correia currently works for Norfolk Public Schools, teaching reading to gifted and talented students in the second through fifth grades.

Carrie Balsam (Col ’99) and her husband, Ethan, welcomed a daughter, Maris Bryn, on Nov. 10, 2013. Maris joins big sister Lila, age 4; the girls are the granddaughters of Carl S. Markowitz (Com ’67 L/M). The Balsams reside in Gaithersburg, Md.

Donald McColl (Grad ’96) and his wife, Ann, welcomed a daughter, Charlotte Marie Alexandra, on Nov. 26, 2013. The family resides in Chestertown, Md., where Mr. McColl is Nancy L. Underwood Associate Professor of Art History at Washington College.

William Feagans (Col ’96 CM) and his wife, Katie, welcomed their third child, Betsy Louise, on Oct. 23, 2013. Betsy is the niece of Thomas M. Gresham (Col ’98 L/M) and joins sister Quinn Rose, 5; and brother Wilder, 4. The family resides in Gordonsville, Va.

Anastasia Allain (Col ’95 CM) and Ryan Ansley Posner were married June 8, 2013, in Harrisonburg, Va. The couple resides in Atlanta, where Ms. Posner is a sales support manager with Travelport and Mr. Posner is an enterprise resource planning technology consultant with McGladrey.

Tracey Schaefer (Col ’94 CM) and her husband, John, welcomed their second child, Wyatt John, on Oct. 30, 2013. Wyatt joins big brother Luke, 2. Wyatt and Luke are the nephews of Darrell Zemitis (Col ’90 L/M) and W. Scott Zemitis (Engr ’94).

Bryan Goodwin (Grad ’94) has co-authored a book, The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching: A Checklist for Staying Focused Every Day, with Elizabeth Ross Hubbell. Mr. Goodwin is chief operating officer at McREL, a Denver-based nonprofit education research and development organization. A former teacher and journalist, he writes a monthly research column for Educational Leadership magazine.

Roger Ritchie (Col ’91 CM) has established Orphan Adoption and Reconciliation/Restoration Services, a charity to help orphaned and vulnerable children. Through family tracing, the charity seeks to reunite Zimbabwe’s orphans with their parents or family members who might have been unaware a child was in an orphanage. The group also trains couples to serve as foster parents or to adopt. Mr. Ritchie, a Social Security disability lawyer, practices law in Virginia and West Virginia. He and his wife, Keary, have five children.

Robert Honig (Col ’89) has been promoted to principal in the New York City office of the structural engineering consulting firm of Thornton Tomasetti. He joined the firm as general counsel in 2012. Mr. Honig has more than 20 years of legal experience, including 15 years in architecture, engineering and construction law, and manages a range of legal issues such as contract negotiation, litigation support, risk management, transactional-related activities and ethics.