“Other” Class Notes
Dana Dunn (Grad ’84, Grad ’87 CM)
Dana Dunn (Grad ’84, Grad ’87 CM) received the Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation. Mr. Dunn is currently a professor of psychology and assistant dean for special projects at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa.
Dan Payne (Col ’00 CM)
Dan Payne and his wife Katie welcomed their son, McAllister John, on June 3, 2013. The family resides in Minneapolis, MN, where Mr. Payne was recently elected Partner at his law firm, Meagher & Geer, PLLP.
Jack Gallagher (Educ ’68)
Jack Gallagher (Educ ’68), a former faculty member in the Curry School of Education and the School of Medicine, has published findings from studies that he directed in the U.S. and Europe on non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. He co-authored two papers on his research, “The use of immediate postoperative instillations of intravesical chemotherapy after TURBT of NMIBC among European countries,” which appears in the August 2013 issue of World Journal of Urology; and “National practice patterns for immediate postoperative instillation of chemotherapy in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer,” published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of Urology. Mr. Gallagher currently serves as president of Clarity Pharma Research.
Benjamin Tisdell (Com ’97 CM)
Benjamin Tisdell (Com ’97 CM) has accepted a position as senior special operations officer of the International Finance Corp. of the World Bank Group. In this role, he will oversee workouts of troubled loans throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Mr. Tisdell was formerly a vice president in the restructuring group of Lazard Frères & Co., based in New York. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife, Alexis Siggers (Col ’99 L/M); and their daughter, Nora
Christopher Pond (Com ’00, Darden ’07 CM)
Christopher Pond (Com ’00, Darden ’07 CM) and his wife, Leigh, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Emma Amelia, on June 12, 2013. The family resides in Alexandria, Va.
Doran Gresham (Col ’94 CM)
Doran Gresham (Col ’94 CM) is a master educator for special education with District of Columbia Public Schools in Washington, D.C. He earned a doctorate in special education and emotional disturbance from George Washington University, where he was a Holmes Scholar and a member of Phi Delta Kappa. Mr. Gresham is the co-founder of Why The Sun Rises, an international initiative to showcase the faces and stories of women in education.
Lara Gehl (Col ’01)
Lara Bjorkquist Gehl (Col ’01) and Matthew Gehl (Engr ’02), welcomed their first child, Adelaide Larkin, on Oct. 25, 2012. The family is in the process of moving from Thousand Oaks, CA to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Yevonne Chandler (Com ’02 CM)
Yevonne Chandler (Com ’02 CM) has been named a member of the board of directors for the Junior League of Atlanta for the 2013-2014 league year. The Junior League of Atlanta is a not-for-profit organization of 4,000 women committed to making a difference in the lives of women and children in the Atlanta community.
Thomas Kraemer (Col ’83 CM)
Thomas Kraemer (Col ’83 CM) is working as counsel at Edna Adan Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somalia.
Laura DeLuca (Col ’85 CM)
Laura DeLuca (Col ’85 CM) recently completed a novel, Lost Girl Found, to be published by Groundwood Books in March 2014.
Catherine Frank (Col ’99 CM)
Catherine Shnaider Frank (CLAS’99) and Mitch Frank (CLAS ’96) welcomed their second child, William Marshall Frank, on April 18, 2013. William joins big brother Spencer and is the grandson of Irving Shnaider (CLAS ’68) and nephew of Adam Shnaider (COMM ’95). Mitch is an Associate Editor at Wine Spectator Magazine and Catherine is the owner of Catherine Frank Editorial Services. The Franks live in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Scott Ellison (Col ’89 CM)
Scott Ellison (Col ’89 CM) and Ted Hollifield (Com ’89, Grad ’90, Law ’97, Darden ’97 L/M) were married at San Francisco City Hall on June 30, 2013. They originally met as first-years at the University and then ran into each other in California 21 years after graduation. The couple resides in Palo Alto, Calif., where Mr. Ellison is senior director of strategy at eBay/PayPal and Mr. Hollifield is a tech corporate law partner at Alston & Bird.
Adrianne Webb (Col ’03 CM)
Adrianne Webb (Col ’03 CM) has been selected one of the 2013 “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by the Legal Intelligencer. The award recognizes outstanding lawyers under the age of 40 in Pennsylvania. Ms. Webb is an attorney in the Philadelphia office of Anapol Schwartz, where she is a member of the firm’s unsafe drug and medical device group.
Judith Baroody (Grad ’85 CM)
Judith Baroody (Grad ’85 CM) has been named the U.S. State Department’s foreign policy adviser to the Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Defense’s largest logistics combat support agency. The DLA, based out of headquarters at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, provides worldwide support to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries.
Laura Albritton (Col ’02 CM)
Laura Albritton (Col ’02 CM) and Jeremy Albritton (Com ’02 L/M) welcomed their second child, Brady Jeremiah Albritton, on May 10, 2013. Brady joins older brother Luke, 2. The family resides in Ashburn, VA.
Atima Omara-Alwala (Col ’03 CM)
Atima Omara-Alwala was elected to serve as President of the Young Democrats of America at their biannual convention August 8-11, 2013 in San Antonio, TX. Atima also became the 1st African American and 1st Virginian to serve in this position in YDA’s 81 year history
Christopher Harvey (Col ’92, Darden ’99 CM)
Christopher Harvey (Col ’92, Darden ’99 CM) and his wife, Thuy Anh, recently welcomed their first child, a son, Wilson. The family resides in Saigon, where Mr. Harvey recently launched ITviec.com, a technology recruiting website. Previously, Mr. Harvey served for six years as CEO of VietnamWorks.com, Vietnam’s largest jobs website.
Ramona Rice (SCPS ’12)
Ramona Rice (SCPS ’12) has joined Rose and Womble Realty in Virginia Beach as the company’s special projects marketing manager. She is responsible for corporate-level marketing projects, social media and publicity.
Allison Doughty (Col ’05 CM)
Allison Doughty (Col ’05 CM) recently accepted a position as director of events and hospitality services for the Atlantic Coast Conference College Football Playoff. For the past seven years, she served as the director of football operations and event management for the ACC. During her tenure with the ACC, Ms. Doughty has managed events such as the ACC Football Championship Game, the ACC Football Kickoff and the ACC Legends program for both football and basketball. She received a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 2012.
Courtney Thorsson (Col ’00)
Courtney Thorsson (Col ’00) is an assistant professor of English at the University of Oregon. She published her first book, Women’s Work: Nationalism and Contemporary African American Women’s Novels, with the University of Virginia Press in June 2013.
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