J. Hagood Tighe (Col ’87 L/M) was honored as one of the “50 Most Influential People for 2011” by Greater Columbia Business Monthly Magazine for his work as board chairman of the Central Carolina Community Foundation. Mr. Tighe was also selected for inclusion in this year’s South Carolina Super Lawyers. Mr. Tighe is a partner in the Columbia, S.C., office of Fisher & Phillips.
Posted 05/09/2012
"We look forward to being back on Grounds for our 25th reunion in June!"
Angela Cleveland (Col ’87 L/M) is the commercial director for Shell Upstream International’s Scandinavian division, based in Stavanger, Norway. She has been in Stavanger since 2009 with her husband, Lee; and sons Harlan and Henry. This year marks 20 years living outside the United States. Ms. Cleveland’s prior postings have been in Singapore, The Hague, London and at the International Energy Agency in Paris. Ms. Cleveland received a master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD in July 1998.
Posted 04/10/2012
Steve Werber (Col ’87 L/M) is a portfolio manager for the global focus strategy at IronBridge Capital Management, splitting his time among Charleston, Chicago and London. After eight years in London and 11 years in Greenwich, Conn., Mr. Werber and his family relocated to Charleston, S.C., last August to be closer to their extended families. He and his wife, Caroline, have five children between the ages of 4 and 14, four boys and a girl.
Posted 02/23/2012
Beth Hoover (Col ’87 L/M) and her husband and writing partner, Gar, recently joined the film and TV faculty at Second City, teaching screenwriting as a team. They also teach screenwriting to students in the International Film & Media Studies Program at Loyola University.
Posted 02/23/2012
David C. Rose (Grad ’87) had a book, The Moral Foundation of Economic Behavior, published by Oxford University Press.
Posted 01/04/2012
Ken Jones (Grad ’87 L/M) was elected to the board of directors of the Kentucky Humanities Council. Mr. Jones is serving his eighth year as the Rosenthal Endowed Chair of the department of theatre and dance at Northern Kentucky University.
Posted 01/03/2012
Michael D. Huffstetler (Arch ’87) is international director of operations for the architecture firm of Leo A Daly. He has served as the operations director of the firm’s Miami office and most recently as a senior project manager and team operations lead in the company’s Omaha, Neb., office. Mr. Huffstetler and his wife, Maribeth, reside with their six children in Omaha.
Posted 01/03/2012
Greg Vining (Col ’87 L/M) works for the diabetes care division of Roche Diagnostics Corp. He lives in Kansas City, Mo., and currently serves as the president of the UVaClub of Greater Kansas City. He is also involved in Rotary International.
Posted 11/15/2011
Jane Jensen (Col ’87 L/M) is the director of graduate studies in educational policy at the University of Kentucky. Ms. Jensen studies educational aspirations and community development in Appalachia. She earned her doctorate in anthropology and higher education at Indiana University in 1997. She has a daughter, Ella McConway, 8.
Posted 11/14/2011
Melissa Fuller Brown (Col ’87 L/M) is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She was recently a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She practices complex family law in Charleston, S.C., where she lives with her husband, Todd; and two children.
Posted 11/14/2011
Brian K. Matney (Col ’87 L/M) was recently elected to serve on the executive committee of the board of directors for the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals. This summer, he was also appointed by the Virginia Board of Education to serve on its advisory board on teacher education and licensure. Mr. Matney is the principal of Landstown High School and Technology Academy in Virginia Beach, where he resides with his wife, Kathryn; and two sons, Will and J.T.
Posted 10/19/2011
J. Hagood Tighe (Col ’87 L/M) was named in the Best Lawyers in America 2012. Mr. Tighe is a partner in the Columbia, S.C., office of Fisher & Phillips, where he practices exclusively in the area of labor and employment law. He was also named by his peers in the Midlands’ top 10 labor and employment law attorneys for the Greater Columbia Business Monthly’s Legal Elite 2011 listings.
Posted 09/23/2011
J.F. Contijoch (Arch ’87) is the real estate operations manager for construction at Baptist Health Enterprises and Development Corp. He accepted this position after a long tenure as construction project manager for Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Posted 09/15/2011
Xuri Maurice Allen (Col ’87, Educ ’89 L/M) is director of admissions and recruitment at the University of the Virgin Islands. Mr. Allen has worked at the College of William and Mary, Virginia Commonwealth University, St. Philip’s College, Thomas Nelson Community College and Winston-Salem State University. He earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2000. He and his wife, Carolyn Rae, have a son, Saiid Ayinde, 8.
Posted 08/12/2011
Mary Hager (Col ’87 L/M) is executive producer of CBS News’ Face the Nation. She lives in Falls Church, Va., with her daughter, Kate, 3.
Posted 06/22/2011
Carl M. Buchholz (Col ’87 L/M) was named United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Volunteer of the Year. He is a partner in the litigation department at the Blank Rome law firm in Philadelphia.
Posted 06/22/2011
Martha Grigsby Rhodes (Com ’87) is owner of Travel With Martha, a full-service, luxury travel consulting company affiliated with Brownell, in Richmond, Va. She specializes in family and group travel around the world.
Posted 05/18/2011
Martha Grigsby Rhodes (Com ’87) is owner of Travel With Martha, a full-service, luxury travel consulting company affiliated with Brownell, in Richmond, Va. She specializes in family and group travel around the world.
Posted 05/18/2011
Rob Thurmond (Col ’87 L/M) was highlighted in the February 10 issue of R&D Directions in the article “Notable People in R&D.” He has also recently edited a book, Histamine in Inflammation, published by Landes Bioscience. Mr. Thurmond is currently a senior director for Johnson & Johnson in San Diego.
Posted 03/10/2011
Rob Thurmond (Col ’87 L/M) was highlighted in the February 10 issue of R&D Directions in the article “Notable People in R&D.” He has also recently edited a book, Histamine in Inflammation, published by Landes Bioscience. Mr. Thurmond is currently a senior director for Johnson & Johnson in San Diego.
Posted 03/10/2011
Phil Drewry (Col ’87 L/M) has been appointed to serve as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State. Mr. Drewry previously was a business litigation attorney with Reed Smith in Los Angeles.
Posted 02/24/2011
Fred Wagner (Law ’87) has been appointed by President Obama to serve as Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Wagner makes this transition back to public service after 19 years at the law firm Beveridge & Diamond. Mr. Wagner and his wife, Mary, and children, David and Sarah, live in Rockville, Md.
Posted 01/27/2011
Fred Wagner (Law ’87) has been appointed by President Obama to serve as Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. Mr. Wagner makes this transition back to public service after 19 years at the law firm Beveridge & Diamond. Mr. Wagner and his wife, Mary, and children, David and Sarah, live in Rockville, Md.
Posted 01/27/2011
Kimberly Little (Col ’87 L/M) married Kristian Johnson on Nov. 6, 2010, in Portsmouth, Va. The Johnsons live in Norfolk, Va. Ms. Little works in the regulatory services department of Amerigroup Corporation.
Posted 12/17/2010
Kimberly Little (Col ’87 L/M) married Kristian Johnson on Nov. 6, 2010, in Portsmouth, Va. The Johnsons live in Norfolk, Va. Ms. Little works in the regulatory services department of Amerigroup Corporation.
Posted 12/17/2010
Robert Vidaver (Col ’87) joined the faculty of the department of psychiatry at Dartmouth Medical School. Rob works at Dartmouth’s New Hampshire Hospital, where he completed a fellowship in 2007.
Posted 08/31/2010
Jennifer Christian Mallare (Nurs ’87 L/M) received Virginia licensure to teach elementary grades in June. Ms. Mallare completed a Master of Arts in teaching at Mary Baldwin College in May and teaches third grade in Roanoke City, Va.
Posted 08/30/2010
Derek Hagemeyer (Engr ’87 L/M) is the program manager at Oak Ridge Associated Universities in Tennessee. A large part of his work is under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., for which he gives professional papers in Paris, France and Vienna, Austria, on the topic f nuclear processes. One such paper was accepted for presentation at Cambridge, U.K., in November.
Posted 07/07/2010
Alicia Glekas Everett (Col ’87 L/M) is a business affairs attorney at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. She lives in New York City with her son, Peter, 10.
Posted 03/24/2010
Brian G. Sadler (Com ’87 L/M) is the vice president and chief financial officer of Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates in Atlanta. In June, he was named the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “CFO of the Year” for the medium-sized private companies category. Mr. Sadler lives in Atlanta with his wife, Karla. He is the son of Alexander B. Sadler Jr. (Engr ’58 L/M) of Richmond, Va., and the brother of Bruce K. Sadler (Engr ’88 L/M) of Richmond, Va. and Jennifer Sadler Daniel (Col ’96 L/M) of Atlanta.
Posted 01/04/2010
Clayman B. Edwards (Com ’87, Grad ’88) is president of Hohner Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments and the world’s largest manufacturer of Harmonicas. Mr. Edwards is a Paul Harris Fellow and serves on the board of directors of the Western Henrico Rotary Club in Richmond, Va.
Posted 12/22/2009
Michael B. Russell (Engr ’87 L/M) received the Louis C. Brown Vanguard Award from the Morehouse School of Medicine in recognition of his work as co-chair of the Greater Grady Task Force, created by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The Task Force guided Grady Memorial Hospital through transition, ensuring quality health care for all Georgians. Mr. Russell is chief executive officer of H.J. Russell & Co. and is a member of the board of the Grady Memorial Hospital Corp.
Posted 05/12/2009
Douglas Milman (Col ’87 L/M) formed the partnership of Wexell Milman, a Fairfax, Va., firm specializing in family and matrimonial law. He is married to Natalie Bordelon Milman (Educ ’00 L/M), an associate professor at George Washington University. They reside in Northern Virginia with their two children.
Posted 05/12/2009
Martha Carlstead (Nurs ’87 L/M) graduated in December from Northeastern University in Boston with a Master of Science degree. She passed the national certifying board exam and is now a certified registered nurse anesthetist. She has joined the anesthesia department at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
Posted 05/12/2009
Andrew Langhoff (Law ’87) is president and chief executive officer, local media, at Dow Jones & Company. He works in Manhattan and lives in Bronxville, N.Y., with his wife, Katy Barrett; and their three children: William, 10; Caroline, 9; and Elizabeth, 4.
Posted 02/12/2009
Carroll Douglas Davis (Engr ’87) is manager of analytical chemistry for the Alcoa Technical Center in Alcoa Center, Pa., and has been named to the ASTM International board of directors for the term 2009-11. The board is responsible for directing the affairs of ASTM International, one of the largest developers of international voluntary consensus standards in the world. Mr. Davis has been a member of the organization since 1983, serving on various committees and as a fellow. He has received numerous awards, including ASTM International’s Award of Merit.
Posted 02/12/2009
David E. Jackson (Com ’87) is a partner in the federal tax practice of the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG, where he focuses on commercial banking, investment banking, stock brokerage, mortgage real estate investment trusts and other investment activities. He joined KPMG in 1987 and is a certified public accountant licensed in Virginia.
Posted 02/12/2009
Chad Brandt (Engr ’87 L/M) is executive vice president of Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and now manages its banking group. He and his wife, Kate Burkhardt Brandt (Law ’93); and their daughter, Lindsay, live in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago.
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