“Other” Class Notes

Elizabeth Philpott (Col ’03) has been promoted to counsel of the Washington Nationals baseball club in Washington, D.C. As counsel, Ms. Philpott handles various litigation and transactional matters for the team, the stadium and related charitable organizations.

David Melon (Col ’03 CM) and Jennifer Sage Melon (Col ’03 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Alexandra Leigh, on June 4, 2015. She joins brother Ethan Grant, 5, and sister Genevieve Sage, 3. The family lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Praveen Kathpal (Col ’02, Darden ’16 CM) and his wife, Sarah Koch, welcomed a son, Milan Fredrick, on March 2, 2016. The family lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

Christina Froehlich (Col ’08, Educ ’08) and Andrew Froehlich (Engr ’09) welcomed a daughter, Anna Catherine, on March 5, 2016. The family lives in West Orange, New Jersey, where Mr. Froehlich works for Audible.com and Ms. Froehlich is a middle school science teacher.

Leslie Lillard (Col ’04 CM) and her husband, John, welcomed a daughter, Lucille “Lucy” Rose, on Oct. 1, 2015. Lucy joins sister Molly Elizabeth, 5. The family lives in Madison, Virginia.

Christopher Marsh (Col ’06 CM) and Christina Hammond Marsh (Col ’06 L/M) welcomed a son, Henry Cooper, on Dec. 13, 2015. The family lives in Austin, Texas.

Robert Scearce (Engr ’13) has been promoted from process engineer to continuous improvement manager at Monogram Foods in Martinsville, Virginia.

Colleen Rigby (Col ’13 CM) and Paul Babiak were married Oct. 27, 2015, in Fair Haven, New Jersey. The couple lives in New York City, where Ms. Rigby is a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Mr. Babiak is an auditor at Deloitte.

Mary Gordon (Col ’10, Educ ’10 CM) and Derek Bradley Murray (Educ ’10) were married at the UVA Chapel on Nov. 7, 2015. The couple lives in Northern Virginia, where Ms. Murray teaches in Alexandria and Mr. Murray teaches in Vienna.

Caleb Dunn (Col ’10) and Danielle MacGregor Dunn (Arch ’11) have launched EddiKit, a startup that offers a greeting card subscription service. Subscribers register dates of occasions that call for a greeting card and receive a monthly kit containing a card, a stamp and other essentials. The kit arrives in time for users to mail cards for the occasions, reducing the possibility of forgetting the date.

Henry Clarke (Col ’07 CM) and Adeline “Addie” McKinney Clarke (Col ’07 L/M) welcomed a son, Thomas Henry Clarke VI, on Sept. 27, 2015. The family lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, where Ms. Clarke is a trusts and estates attorney and Mr. Clarke is the director of major gifts for the Virginia Episcopal School.

Christopher Ruhlen (Law ’05) has been named principal in the law firm of Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland, where he focuses on land use, zoning, real estate and related governmental issues. He assists local real estate developers, property owners, commercial tenants and small businesses with planning, zoning and regulatory matters.

Joseph Mutschelknaus (Engr ’04 CM) has been named a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox. He works in the firm’s electronics group, where he prosecutes patent applications and post-issuance proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Mutschelknaus has particular expertise in using expedited procedures. In addition, he practices before the patent trial and appeal board of the USPTO.

Christopher Ledoux (Col ’03) has been named a partner in the law firm Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis. He works in the firm’s Roseland, New Jersey, office, where he is a member of the firm’s litigation department and its automotive dealership and franchise law practice group. Mr. Ledoux’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, business and shareholder disputes, general equity matters and the representation of automotive dealerships in matters related to franchise law.

James Tysse (Col ’02, Law ’06 CM) has been named a partner in the law firm of Akin Gump. Mr. Tysse works in the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate practice in Washington, D.C. He focuses on administrative, constitutional, labor and employment, class action, arbitration and American Indian law.

Roger Morris (Educ ’98, Educ ’02) has retired as superintendent of Patrick County Public Schools in Virginia and has been appointed assistant professor of educational leadership at Malone University in Canton, Ohio.

Steve Klepper (Grad ’98, Law ’01) has been included in the 2016 edition of Maryland Super Lawyers for his work in appellate, insurance coverage and general litigation. He has appeared in the Super Lawyers directory every year since 2011. He is a principal with Kramon & Graham in Baltimore.

Mark Angle-Hobson (Educ ’98, Educ ’02) has been offered a three-year contract as superintendent of Douglas County School District 15 in Days Creek, Oregon. Mr. Angle is also principal of Days Creek Charter School, a K-12 school in the district. He also has been nominated for recognition in the National School Public Relations Association’s Superintendents to Watch program.

Eric Potter (Grad ’97) has published his first collection of poems, Things Not Seen (Wipf and Stock). He is a professor of English at Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he teaches American literature, modern poetry and creative writing.

Uma Everett (Col ’96 CM) has been named a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox. Working in the firm’s litigation group, she has represented clients in the pharmaceutical and electronics industries in patent cases in federal courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Ms. Everett has also handled appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and 3rd Circuits and served as trial counsel in multiple proceedings.

Cicely Peterson-Mangum (Col ’94 CM) has been named executive director of Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The center offers a space for educational and outreach activities developed and delivered by Philadelphia residents, partnering nonprofits and Drexel University students, faculty and staff. Its offerings include a community lawyering clinic, computer education and access, job training, adult education, arts collaboration and hands-on science programs. Ms. Peterson-Mangum is a well-known community development leader in Philadelphia, having served as executive director of the Logan Community Development Corp. from July 2008 to July 2014.

Peter Taylor (Educ ’93 CM) has been appointed president of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, which facilitates charitable giving in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. He previously led the Maine Community Foundation, overseeing grant-making, scholarship and impact investing programs.

Derek Green (Col ’92 CM) has been elected to the Philadelphia City Council. He began a four-year term as councilman-at-large on Jan. 4, 2016. Mr. Green has worked as special counsel to Philadelphia Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco and has served as campaign manager, adviser and counsel to a number of political campaigns. He has also been a deputy city solicitor and assistant district attorney for the city of Philadelphia and has served as an assistant deputy attorney general for the state of Delaware.

Sarah Camougis (Col ’89 CM) has joined Choate Hall & Stewart’s private equity group as a partner. She advises private and public companies, private equity and venture capital funds, angel investors and management teams in a wide range of industries in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Ms. Camougis is a founder and board member of the Women’s Association of Venture & Equity, a national networking organization for women in venture capital and private equity. She was previously co-chair of Locke Lord’s technology, media and telecommunications group and a partner in both the corporate and transactional department and the private equity and venture capital group.

Brian Matney (Col ’87 CM) has been profiled in Phi Beta Kappa’s new national member profile campaign, “Behind the Key.” In the interview, he discusses the role of the liberal arts in a contemporary approach to education. Mr. Matney is the principal of the Governor’s STEM and Technology Academy at Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, where he lives with his wife, Kathryn, and two sons, Will and J.T.

Stacy Davidson (Col ’84 CM) has been named director for academic support at Trinity University’s Student Success Center in San Antonio, Texas, where she is working to implement theories and practices that support lasting and meaningful learning experiences. Among the programs she leads are the summer bridge program for first-generation students and athletes, adviser training and peer tutoring.

Dennis Curran (Law ’77) received the Chief Justice Edward F. Hennessey Award from the Massachusetts Bar Association for his work on revamping the jury selection process in Superior Court in Massachusetts. The award has been given out only five times in its 20-year existence. In addition to serving on the Massachusetts Superior Court, Judge Curran is an adjunct professor of law at the Roger Williams University School of Law, and published an article, “Abraham Lincoln: A Model for Today’s Trial Lawyers,” in the October 2015 issue of the Massachusetts Law Review.

William Thuston (Col ’71 CM) was named CEO of the Year by the Birmingham Business Journal. Mr. Thuston is a managing partner of the law firm Burr & Forman. He works in the firm’s Birmingham office.

Jessee Ring (Engr ’69 CM) and Deborah Sherman Ring (Nurs ’69) have opened JBR Vineyards and Winery, a Virginia farm winery. After returning to Virginia from California in 2005, they did a trial planting in 2006 and expanded in 2009. The couple has two vineyards planted in riesling and pinot noir grapes in Southwest Virginia. They have a further vineyard expansion underway as part of a three-year plan for upgraded facilities.

Roger Mentz (Law ’66) has published a book, Tales of Tax Reform. Mr. Mentz served in the U.S. Treasury Department as assistant secretary for tax policy from 1985 until 1987 and was the point person for the Reagan administration on the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Tales of Tax Reform recounts what happened during the tax reform legislative process in 1985-86 and discusses whether a similar tax reform could happen today.