Class Notes
Christine Hollins (Col ’91 CM)
Christine Hollins (Col ’91 CM) has been named chief development officer at the UVA Alumni Association. She serves as vice-chair of the Volunteer Board at The Fralin Museum of Art and lives in Charlottesville with her husband and daughter.
Andrew Joyner (Col ’97 CM)
Andrew William Joyner (Col ’97 CM) was named associate director of development at the UVA McIntire School of Commerce. Joyner spent the three previous years as assistant director of development at the University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development. Andrew and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Crozet with their three children.
Philip W Young (Col ’64)
Philip Woodward Young (Col ’64 CM) reports that his granddaughter, Margaret “Maggie” Galloway Young (Col ’23) is in her fourth year at UVA.
Fred Karnas (Arch ’71)
Fred Karnas (Arch ’71) recently completed a term as a senior policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Treasury. He was asked to join the leadership team focused on addressing evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic based on his career work as a deputy assistant secretary at HUD in the Clinton Administration, senior advisor to the HUD Secretary in the Obama Administration, and housing cabinet member for Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. He has now returned to his leadership of the Mental Health Strategic Impact Initiative (S2i), a national entity focused on improving mental health policy and practice, and his work on behalf of the Richmond Memorial Health Foundation.
Eric Patashnik (Col ’87 CM)
Eric Patashnik (Col ’87 CM) has been appointed chair of Brown University’s Political Science Department.
Sarah Carlin (Com ’13, Engr ’05)
Sarah (Rose) Carlin (Engr ’05, Com ’13) and her husband, Matt, welcomed their first child, Nathan Edward, on March 12, 2022. The family lives in Northern Virginia where Sarah is an IT strategist for Booz Allen Hamilton and Matt is a sales engineering manager for Splunk.
Neil Birkhoff (Col ’77 CM)
Neil Birkhoff (Col ’77 CM),principal and tax practice leader at Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, recently completed his 14-month term as visiting director of the Tax Clinic at the Washington & Lee University School of Law. He has been an adjunct professor of law at Washington & Lee for fifteen years, teaching income taxation of corporations, trusts & estates, and non-profit organizations.
Megan Winter (Com ’09 CM)
Christopher Winter (Col ’07 CM) and Megan Van Syckle Winter (Com ’09 CM) welcomed a son, Brooks Christopher, on August 18, 2022. The family, including proud sister Caroline, lives in Charlottesville.
Marvin Heinze (Arch ’79 CM)
Marvin Heinze (Arch ’79 CM) received a Master of Science in Executive Leadership from the Knauss School of Business at the University of San Diego in 2021. Additionally, this year, he took a Master of Science in Legal Studies from the the University of San Diego School of Law.
Casey Chalk (Col ’07, Educ ’07)
Casey Chalk (Col ’07, Educ ’07) and his wife, Claire, welcomed a son, Daniel Edmund, on Aug. 3, 2020. He joins siblings Annemarie, 9; Thomas, 7; Elizabeth, 5, and Lawrence, 2.
Jessica Hatch (Col ’12 CM)
Jessica Hatch (Col ’12 CM) celebrated the debut of her first novel, My Big Fake Wedding (Hachette Book Group; Bookouture), on August 18, 2022. It debuted at #1 in Amazon’s Humorous American Literature category. Hatch has a second novel forthcoming from Bookouture in February 2023. Learn more at www.jessicahatch.com.
Ann McCollum (Educ ’93)
Anne McCollum (Educ ’93) recently joined the Recreation Law Group, of Driggs, Idaho, opening a New Mexico office. The firm focuses on risk management consulting and recreation law. She worked in classroom and outdoor experiential education and risk management for schools, camps, and youth development programs, and has relied on the counseling skills gained at the UVA School of Education and Human Development during the past five years working as a criminal defense attorney. She graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2016. She has trekked and biked extensively in Nepal, Tibet, and the India Himalaya, as well as most recently in the Italian Dolomites.
Peter Curry (Grad ’74 CM)
Peter L. Curry (Grad ’74) has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 for Economic Development Law.
Edward Coleman (Col ’04)
Ed Coleman (Col ’04) has been included in the Best Lawyers in America 2023 edition for his practices in Insurance Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation-defendants. Recognition is by peer review. Only 5% (approximately) of U.S. lawyers are selected for inclusion in the publication.
Gordon Bernhardt (Com ’85)
Gordon Bernhardt (Com ’85 CM) has written Buen Camino: What a Hike through Spain Taught Me about Investing and Life. The book will remind readers that although we’re all walking a different path, we’re all headed for a common destination. Gordon is the founder, president, and CEO of Bernhardt Wealth Management, a comprehensive wealth management firm based in McLean, VA. The company is an independent registered investment advisory firm that provides clients with financial planning and investment management.
Frank Macgill (Com ’91)
Frank S. Macgill (Com ’91), a partner at HunterMaclean, a law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, Georgia, was recently selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023. Founded in 1983, Best Lawyers is an annual publication that recognizes attorneys for outstanding achievements in their areas of practice. Attorneys are selected through peer-review surveys that have been completed by thousands of leading lawyers who confidentially evaluate their peers.
Frank was also noted as a “Lawyers of the Year” in the practice area of Tax Law.
Jordan Brown (Com ’04 CM)
Jordan Brown (Com ’04) and husband Greg welcomed their first daughter, Easton Campbell Brown, on July 26th, 2022. Easton is well-loved by brothers Bruce (10) and Bode (2). The family lives in Newport Beach, California.
Sara Albrecht (Col ’18 CM)
Sara Albrecht (Col ’18 CM) and Michael McWilliams (Col ’18 CM) were married in Charlottesville July 10, 2022.
Neva Bryan (Col ’89 CM)
Neva Bryan (Col ’89 CM) has been named Senior Director of Academic Enhancement and Coordinator of National Awards and Fellowships at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Previously she served as Director of Career Discovery and Planning at UVA Wise.
Bradford Moore (Col ’07)
Bradford Moore (Col ’07 CM) has published his debut novel, The Phoenix of Upperville. Set in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, this political/legal mystery follows the investigation of the apparent suicide of a US senator. The protagonists must grapple with the reverberations of Southern history that linger in our modern times as they attempt to uncover the truth behind the senator’s death. Available from Brandylane Publishers.
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