Class Notes

Geraldine Pierre (Col ’08 L/M) is in the second year of a master’s of science in public health degree program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lauren Brown (Com ’08) lives in New York City and works as a communications planner on the Procter and Gamble account at Carat.

Jamie Jones (Col ’08) will marry Robert Fisher on Aug. 15, 2009. Ms. Jones is program manager of the Juvenile Literacy Center in Raleigh, N.C.

Lindsay Jones Miller (Com ’08) and Chip Miller (Com ’07) were married at a farmhouse estate in Charlottesville and then moved to San Francisco.

Leah Passman (Nurs ’08 L/M) is a registered nurse at a free community health clinic.

Jonathan Segal (Com ’08) has lived in downtown Washington, D.C., for a year. He works as a client service analyst at comScore.

Ali Birouti (Col ’08) works for SEI Investments Company in Philadelphia as an asset management solutions associate and is also pursuing a master’s of science degree in financial engineering part-time at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Casey Winzeler (Engr ’08 L/M) works with Booz Allen Hamilton in Arlington, Va., developing enterprise architecture.

Catherine Tobin (Col ’08 L/M) married Matthew Mika (Engr ’08) at the University Chapel on Jan. 3, 2009.

Connie Chang (Col ’08) finished her first year of vet school at WesternU College of Veterinary Medicine in California.

Dreama Lynn Montrief Johnson (Col ’08) married R. Marc Johnson (Educ ’08) on Sept. 20, 2008. Ms. Johnson is the college guide at William Monroe High School in Greene County, Va., and recently bought a home with her husband in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville.

Emily Prescott Hamel (Col ’08) is working on Terrence Malick’s movie, “Tree of Life”, as the visual effects assistant. She also skates for the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, a banked-track roller derby league Austin, Texas.

Samantha Bute (Col ’08) began working with Americorps in Philadelphia in July.

John O’Dea (Col ’08) works for CC Pace, a business and IT consulting firm located in Fairfax, Va. He works in the areas of business development and account management for the staffing and recruiting practice.

Ashley Woodard (Col ’08) is an admissions counselor at Longwood University in Farmville, Va.

Nora Kayton (Col ’08) is working toward a Ph.D. in molecular physiology at Vanderbilt, working in a laboratory that studies Type 1 diabetes. She thinks Nashville is a wonderful place to be.

Mary Slosson (Col ’08) worked at the Peace Operations Training Institute for a year and is now backbacking around Central America for a few months while waiting to hear back from the Peace Corps. She loves her life.

Jonathan Robins (Col ’08) is an associate at Stonebridge International.

Anna Levinger (Col ’08 L/M) lives in Oaxaca, Mexico, for 6 months of the year for her position with International Education Programs (IEP), a study, volunteer and intern abroad organization.

Tyler Gaffney (Col ’08 L/M) works as a paralegal in Washington, D.C.

Jianyi Lee (Col ’08, Grad ’12) is a graduate student in the U.Va. cell biology department.

William Smith (Engr ’08) is a Ph.D. pre-candidate in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan.

Brian Freeman (Engr ’08 L/M) moved to Louisville, Ky., and started medical school in July.

Michael Okola (Engr ’08 L/M) is finishing his master’s degree in computer science this fall and started working as a software engineer at CORE Business Technologies. He will be living in Providence, R.I. this year.

Keith Hanauer (Com ’08) works for Barclays Capital.

Meghan Pianta (Col ’08 L/M) works in communications at GE Energy Financial Solutions.

Sarah Walls (Engr ’04 L/M) earned her professional engineer licensing in the state of Virginia. Ms. Walls works for Jacobs Technology at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., as a mechanical engineer.

Robert Nix (Col ’85 L/M) and Pebbles Glenn, both of Atlanta, were married May 30, 2009, in Murrells Inlet, S.C. Mr. Nix is vice president in the retirement plans practice at Register Financial Associates and Ms. Nix is owner of the residential interior design firm, Glenn Epting Interior Design.

Ellen Henry Silva (Educ ’92) and her husband, David Silva, welcomed their first son, Gabriel Teamir, on June 22, 2009. He was born in Mekele, Ethiopia, on August 3, 2008.

Jacintha Tabalujan (Arch ’05 L/M) earned her LEED accreditation in June. She is a development manager at Clark Real Estate Advisors, based in Bethesda, Md. She is pursuing a master’s of professional studies degree in real estate at Georgetown University. Ms. Tabalujan is engaged to John Herzog and is planning a Spring, 2010 wedding. Ms. Tabalujan also received a gold medal at the Virginia Commonwealth Coventry State Games for Womens Singles Badminton and is eligible to participate in the 2011 National State Games of America held in San Diego, Calif.

Tracy K’Meyer (Col ’85 L/M) is chair of the University of Louisville Department of History. She also published two books: Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South:
Louisville, KY, 1945-1980 and Freedom on the Border: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky (co-authored by Catherine Fosl), both by the University Press of Kentucky. Ms. K’Meyer lives in Louisville with her husband and fellow historian, A. Glenn Crothers, and their two children, Colin and Norah Crothers.

Samuel N. Crosby (Col ’73 L/M) received the Chief Justice’s Outstanding Leadership Award for his service to the court system as president of the 16,000 member Alabama State Bar.

Courtney Johnson Deitz (Com ’99 L/M) and Brian Deitz (Com ’99 L/M) welcomed their third child to their family. Carson Malloy was born June 12, 2009.  He joins sister, Campbell, 4; and brother, Cooper, 2. The family resides in Atlanta, where Mr. Deitz works for Reagan Consulting, a small investment banking and consulting firm.

Charlotte Hudgins Zito (Col ’03 L/M) and her husband, Ari Zito, celebrated their son, Isaac Hudgins Zito’s, first birthday on Feb. 6, 2009. Mr. Zito received his master’s degree in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College in August. Both Mr. and Ms. Zito teach English at Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Va., and Mr. Zito is director of the Breakthrough Collaborative at Norfolk Academy. Ms. Zito ran in the Dismal Swamp Stomp Half Marathon in April and is training to run in the Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon in September.

Kevin Cunningham (Com ’00 L/M) and his wife, Stacy Fleck Cunningham (Com ’00), are pleased to announce the birth of their first child and daughter, Whitney Ann, born June 5, 2009.

John R. Snoddy IV (Col ’02) is the environmental director of Kyanite Mining Corp. in Dillwyn, Va. His most recent mine reclamation project received the 2009 Virginia Mineral Mining Reclamation Award presented by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance. Mr. Snoddy’s project, the reclamation of the United States’ first kyanite mine, received both the Best Quarry and Overall Winner categories of the award. These awards recognize companies that have made extraordinary efforts to implement innovative techniques which protect the public and the environment from potential adverse effects of mining. By winning the state award, the project is automatically nominated for the national reclamation award.

Anna Kirby Samaha (Arch ’07 L/M) and Benjamin David Streufert (Col ’07 L/M) were married in Lecanto, Fla., on March 14, 2009. The couple currently resides in McLean, Va.

Omar Faison (Grad ’02) is interim chair of the department of biology at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va.

Chris Weil (Engr ’98 L/M) and his wife, Jennifer, celebrated the birth of their first child, Katherine Elizabeth, on March 30, 2009. The couple resides in Chicago.

Tess Nance Bradford (Col ’92) and her husband, Brian, welcomed their second daughter, Tanner Nance Bradford, on June 15, 2009. Older sister, Ryan Nance Bradford, is excited about the new addition. The family resides in Alexandria, Va.

Susan Kim (Col ’99) is a corporate lawyer in Washington, D.C. and was selected as one of five individuals for the American Bar Aassociation’s Ambassadors Program for the 2009-2011 class. Ms. Kim is a representative to the Fairfax County board of supervisors and serves as a board member and in-house committee co-chair for APABA-DC. Ms. Kim is married and resides in Reston, Va.

Natasha Fedoseyev (Col ’04) and Edward Miller Collie (Com ’03 L/M) were married May 3, 2009. The couple resides in New York, N.Y. Mr. Collie is pursuing his M.B.A. degree at Columbia University and Ms. Collie works in private wealth management at Merrill Lynch.

Megan Silva Janes (Nurs ’00 A/M) and her husband, Mark, welcomed their second child, Charlotte Ann, on Feb. 3, 2009. She joins sister, Elleri, 2. The family resides in the Reno/Tahoe, Nev., area.

Brian K. Madden (Col ’91 L/M) is vice president, commercial division, at Brock Realty in Arlington, Va., and, in March, he broke the long-standing single transaction production record at the 65-year-old firm, representing the buyer of a commercial property listed and closed in mid-$4MM range. He was named “2009 Agent of the Year” at the firm.

Russ Petrin (Col ’00 L/M) and Carrie Kindred were married May 30, 2009. The couple resides in Highlands Ranch, Colo., where Mr. Petrin is a second vice president-wealth management with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC.