Lisa Manley (Col ’91, Educ ’93 L/M) is executive vice president of business and social purpose at Edelman, a public relations firm, in Chicago. Ms. Manley joins Edelman from Coca-Cola, where she was responsible for global corporate responsibility and sustainability strategy.
Posted 05/21/2012
Gary Allen Kriebel (Engr ’91 L/M) and Gretchen Blankenship Kriebel (Col ’98 L/M) relocated to Charlottesville in 2011 with their sons, Colin and Devin. Mr. Kriebel is a project manager with Silverchair Information Systems and Ms. Kriebel is a risk analyst with CFA Institute.
Posted 04/26/2012
Sean Haran (Col ’91 L/M) joined Nixon Peabody’s government investigations and white-collar defense practice in New York City. In addition to his experience as defense counsel, Mr. Haran served for seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he supervised federal prosecutors as deputy chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section.
Posted 02/23/2012
"The attached picture is from a 2010 deployment to Afghanistan. In the pictures, Cmdr. “Wedge” Cordero is on the left and Lt. Cmdr. “Rub” Morrow is on the right. The U.Va. flag was flown on an OEF mission over Afghanistan. "
Daniel K. Cordero (Col ’91 L/M) and John R. Morrow (Engr ’01) are U.S. Navy Reservists flying EA-6B Prowlers with Electronic Attack Squadron 209. Cmdr. Cordero and Lt. Cmdr. Morrow are deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Posted 11/15/2011
Brian T. Ford (Col ’91 L/M) was selected by the readers of Richmond Magazine as the best financial planner in Richmond, Va. Mr. Ford is a senior vice president and leads the Ford Group of RBC Wealth Management in Richmond.
Posted 09/30/2011
Mike Albo (Col ’91 L/M) had two novels, Hornito and The Underminer, published by Harper Perennial and Bloomsbury, respectively. A new novella, The Junket, was released via Amazon and Kindle.
Posted 08/30/2011
Terrence L. Graves (Law ’91), chair of the Sands Anderson law firm’s risk management practice, was invited to join the Council on Litigation Management, a national group of lawyers, corporations, risk management professionals and insurers.
Posted 07/12/2011
Erin Cole Lau (Com ’91 L/M) and her husband, Wayne, welcomed a son, Matthew James, on Aug. 3, 2010. Matthew is the nephew of James V. Cole II (Col ’89 L/M) and Eileen Marie Cole (Col ’94, Law ’97 L/M).
Posted 07/05/2011
Erin Cole Lau (Com ’91 L/M) and her husband, Wayne, welcomed a son, Matthew James, on Aug. 3, 2010. Matthew is the nephew of James V. Cole II (Col ’89 L/M) and Eileen Marie Cole (Col ’94, Law ’97 L/M).
Posted 07/05/2011
Bryan Slaughter (Col ’91) published an article, “Craft a Credible Life Care Plan,” in the June 2011 issue of Trial Magazine. Mr. Slaughter is an attorney with MichieHamlett in Charlottesville, concentrating on complex personal injury cases. He was recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine as a top attorney in Virginia for 2011.
Posted 06/27/2011
Bryan Slaughter (Col ’91) published an article, “Craft a Credible Life Care Plan,” in the June 2011 issue of Trial Magazine. Mr. Slaughter is an attorney with MichieHamlett in Charlottesville, concentrating on complex personal injury cases. He was recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine as a top attorney in Virginia for 2011.
Posted 06/27/2011
Anne Scharff Bacon (Col ’91 L/M) and her husband, Mark, welcomed a daughter, Natalie Rose, on April 10, 2011. She joins siblings Jacob, 13; and Melissa, 2. Natalie is the niece of Cathy Scharff Hodson (Col ’88 L/M) and Al Hodson (Engr ’98 L/M). Ms. Bacon stays involved with U.Va. through the Madison House Alumni Council.
Posted 06/10/2011
Anne Bennett Pullen Alexander (Com ’91, Grad ’92 L/M) and her husband, Steve, welcomed a daughter, Mia Reading, on Aug. 21, 2010. Mia joins Cole, her brother. She was born in Dallas.
Posted 05/18/2011
Debbie Eade Howe (Com ’91 L/M) and her husband, Ben, welcomed a daughter, Amelia Claire, on March 4, 2011. She joins a sister, Alexandria, 4.
Posted 04/12/2011
R.P. “Bob” Grimesey (Educ ’91) is superintendent of Orange County public schools and was named the 2010 Child Advocate of the Year by the Virginia PTA.
Posted 04/12/2011
Elizabeth Rogers (Col ’91) had an essay published in Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education, edited by Sam Chaltain. She leads a learning stories effort with Maine Public Broadcasting Network and The Telling Room. She is also vice president of a non-profit organization, Oral Health America, headquartered in Chicago.
Posted 04/05/2011
Elizabeth Rogers (Col ’91) had an essay published in Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education, edited by Sam Chaltain. She leads a learning stories effort with Maine Public Broadcasting Network and The Telling Room. She is also vice president of a non-profit organization, Oral Health America, headquartered in Chicago.
Posted 04/05/2011
Tina Cote (Com ’91 L/M) and her husband, Robert, welcomed a daughter, Thayer, on Dec. 30, 2010. At delivery, Thayer was a healthy 6 pounds, 14 ounces and was 18.5 inches long. Thayer is a family name, chosen to honor the maiden name of the baby’s maternal grandmother.
Posted 01/28/2011
Greg Willis (Law ’91) was elected criminal district attorney of Collin County Mr. Willis resigned his judgeship to run for DA. He is married to Jill Willis, a state district judge in Collin County. They are parents to two children.
Posted 01/27/2011
Jonathan Q. Morgan (Col ’91 L/M) is an associate professor, with tenure, in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Morgan teaches, conducts applied research and advises public officials on economic development.
Posted 12/17/2010
Jonathan Q. Morgan (Col ’91 L/M) is an associate professor, with tenure, in the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mr. Morgan teaches, conducts applied research and advises public officials on economic development.
Posted 12/17/2010
Emily Stewart Hoak (Col ’91 L/M) and Brady Dale Hoak (Col ’92 L/M) welcomed a son to their family. Peter Andreas was born on September 20, 2010 and joined sister Lucy Marshall, 11, and George Stewart, 9. The family resides in Falls Church, Va.
Posted 10/08/2010
Wendy Brafman (Col ’91) married Christopher Brown on May 21, 2010 at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Ms. Braufman and Mr. Brown are foreign service officers for the state department. In May they completed a tour at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. They are now serving at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, where Ms. Brafman is a staff aide in the office of the U.S. Ambassador.
Posted 09/23/2010
Jennifer Taylor Hodge (Col ’91 L/M) wrote a nonfiction piece, Mother Dearly Loved Flowers, which was published in April in the Smithfield Review, a journal of history west of the Blue Ridge. Ms. Hodge adapted the piece from her 2009 master’s thesis from Hollins University about the women involved in the inspiration and creation of the Beale Memorial Garden at Hollins as well as the recent restoration by the Garden Club of Virginia. Ms. Hodge lives in Blacksburg, Va., and is the daughter of H. Robert Taylor (Col ’67 L/M).
Posted 06/22/2010
Rob Willis (Engr ’91, ’01 L/M) is a lieutenant colonel and experimental test pilot in the U.S. Army. He relinquished command in May of the Army Aviation Flight Test Directorate, co-located in Huntsville, Ala., and Fort Rucker, Ala. In that position, he was responsible for the planning, execution and reporting of the testing of modernized Army rotary-wing, fixed-wing, and unmanned aircraft, as well as associated weapon systems. He and his wife, Tracy, and daughter, Allison, 7, will move to Paris, where Lt. Col. Willis will serve for three years at the U.S. Embassy as defense attaché and commander, International Technology Center - Atlantic/France.
Posted 05/26/2010
Courtney Hunt (Educ ’91) founded a professional community called Social Media in Organizations. SMinOrgs’ mission is to be a source for information and guidance about the intra-organizational implications of social media.
Posted 04/08/2010
Nancy Haberkorn Kumar (Com ’91 L/M) and her husband, Rich, welcomed their son, Grant Andreas Harrison, on Dec. 31, 2009. The family resides in Atlanta.
Posted 03/24/2010
Elizabeth “Betsi” Phoebus (Col ’91) completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. She began on March 16, 2009, at Springer Mountain, Ga., and hiked 2,178 miles through 14 states to summit Mt. Katahdin, Maine, on Sept. 30, 2009. Ms. Phoebus resides in Phoenix.
Posted 03/23/2010
Lisa Stephens Garriott (Col ’91 L/M) and Richard Ellis Garriott Jr., welcomed their first daughter, Rachel Elizabeth, on Oct. 6, 2008. She joins older sisters: Madison,14; Meredith,11; and Annellise, 8. She is the granddaughter of Richard Ellis Garriott (Engr ’67, ’72 L/M) and the niece of Bethanne Garriott Campbell (Col ’95). The family resides in Virginia Beach, where Ms. Garriott is a pediatrician.
Posted 03/01/2010
Anne Bennett Pullen (Com ’91, Grad ’92 L/M) married Stephen Ray Alexander on Sept. 13, 2009, in Dallas. Her brother is John David Pullen (Com ’95 L/M), who officiated the ceremony. Ms. Pullen also became stepmother to Christopher Cole Ray Alexander.
Posted 01/12/2010
Corry Catherine Andrews (Col ’91, Law ’96, Educ ’12) and Barton William Biggs (Col ’90) welcomed a son, Ezra William Biggs, on May 19, 2009, at home in Nelson County, Va. Ezra joins sisters: Ailey, 6; Harper, 3; and Marley, 3.
Posted 12/15/2009
Stephanie Bird Yates (Col ’91) and her husband, Whit, welcomed the arrival of their third child, Iris Lillian, on Oct. 25, 2009. Iris joins a sister, Julia, 5; and a brother, Sam, 3. The family resides in Atlanta.
Posted 12/03/2009
Robert Winstead (Arch ’91 L/M) is principal of SHW Group, a national planning, architecture and engineering firm focused on the design of learning environments. He is the design leader of the new Charlottesville studio, which was founded in May 2008. As the firm’s director of sustainable design, Mr. Winstead is responsible for the integration of environmentally sensitive and high performance building strategies into projects throughout the firm. He is active in national conversation on sustainable design and particularly in high-performance schools. He is a guest at many regional and national conferences and is a Green School Advocate, a select group of professionals working with the U.S. Green Building Council to promote healthy, high-performance schools across the country. He represents SHW on the American Institute of Architects Large-Firm Roundtable on Sustainable Design. Mr. Winstead is also the co-designer of the Community Chalkboard and Podium: A Monument to Free Expression in Charlottesville. The project has garnered a number of awards, including a 2007 VSAIA Award, a 2007 Virginia ASLA Award and a 2009 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. Another project of his, the Manassas Park Upper Elementary School and Pre-K Addition, designed while at VMDO Architects, is pursuing LEED Gold Certification and was awarded the 2008 GoGreen Honor Award by the James River Green Building Chapter. The Poquoson Elementary School, also designed while at VMDO Architects, is pursuing LEED gold certification and was awarded the 2006 GoGreen Honor Award, a 2007 DesignShare Recognized Value Award, a 2007 CEFPI Design Award and the 2009 Green Innovation Award for Best Institutional Project K-12 by the Virginia Sustainable Building Network. He is currently working on a LEED platinum project designed to generate as much energy as it uses on an annual basis. He lives in Charlottesville with his wife and two children.
Posted 11/24/2009
Wendy Jacobs Armstrong (Col ’91) and Jason Denis Armstrong welcomed a daughter, Josephine Ruby Lee, on Sept. 24, 2009. The couple also has a son, Ezekiel, 2.
Posted 11/24/2009
Tom Johnson (Col ’91 L/M) translated the book, La Fessée, by Olivier Maurel (La Plage, 2005), into English. His translation was authorized for publication on the Web site of Parents and Teachers against Violence in Education. It can be read at http://www.nospank.net/sp-qadv.htm.
Posted 10/21/2009
Vanessa Mackey Berry (Engr ’91 L/M) and her husband, Craig, announce the birth of their third child, Ryder Harrison. Ryder was born on Aug. 14, 2009, and joins his brothers: Griffin Craig, 4; and Hudson Ross, 2. The family resides in Duxbury, Mass.
Posted 09/11/2009
Holly Loiseau (Col ’91) is president-elect of the Women’s Bar Association of Washington, D.C. Ms. Loiseau is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Her term as president will begin in May 2010. A member of Weil Gotshal’s Complex Commercial Litigation and Product Liability practices, Ms. Loiseau has litigated cases across a variety of disciplines and has extensive experience coordinating class actions and multi-jurisdictional cases for clients in various industries and has successfully advised clients in grand jury proceedings and Congressional investigations. Ms. Loiseau has been a member of the WBA since 2003 and has served on its board of directors since 2007. In March 2008, she led the effort for the WBA’s “Creating Pathways to Success for All” program, which focused on challenges facing women of color as part of the association’s ongoing “Initiative on Retention and Advancement of Women.” At Weil Gotshal, she is an active participant in the “Women@Weil” program, the Diversity Committee and the Black Attorney Affinity group. She is also a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the D.C. Minority Attorney Networking Series; she has previously held positions as an appointed member of the American Bar Association and as the deputy chief of staff to President Vanita Banks at the National Bar Association.
Posted 07/13/2009
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.
Posted 07/07/2009
Ken Paxton (Law ’91) was re-elected to the Texas House of Representatives in November 2008 and completed his fourth legislative session. He currently serves on the Ways and Means Committee and the House Land and Resource Management Committee. Additionally, he owns and operates a private practice, specializing in estate planning, probate, real estate and general business matters. Mr. Paxton and his wife, Angela, and their four children currently reside in McKinney, Texas.
Posted 07/07/2009
Andrew Mauck (Law ’91 L/M) joined the law firm of Setliff & Holland, where he will continue his commercial and environmental litigation practice after 16 years at Troutman Sanders.
Posted 07/06/2009
John Blackburn Jr. (Col ’91, Grad ’96) and Bob Gatewood (Engr ’91) ran the Boston Marathon on April 20, 2009. They raised more than $24,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in memory of Jack Blackburn.
Posted 07/01/2009
Justin C. Eller (Col ’91, Law ’00) is a principal of the law firm of Miles & Stockbridge.
Posted 05/12/2009
David D. Dubay (Col ’91 L/M) and his wife, Carolyn; and twin daughters, Emma and Olivia, moved from Alexandria, Va., to Belgium. Lt. Col. Dubay is the director of operations and a Gulfstream V pilot with the 309th Airlift Squadron, Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, providing airlift for the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, European Command, and Africa Command.
Posted 05/12/2009
David Walsh (Engr ’91 L/M) received a Master of Science degree in technical management from Johns Hopkins University. Lt. Col. Walsh serves in the U.S. Marine Corps and is currently assigned as the director of operations at Fleet Readiness Center East and resides in North Carolina with his wife, Christina; and their two sons.
Posted 02/12/2009
Bonny Gray Mitchell (Col ’91 L/M) and Jesse Mitchell announce the birth of their second child, Patrick John, on Oct. 19, 2007. Patrick’s grandfather is Edward Emlen Gray (Col ’69) and his great-grandfather is Edward Irvine Gray (Col ’40).
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