Marlene Hall (Col ’96 L/M) is assistant director of the Heroes to Hometowns program at the American Legion in Washington, D.C. She connects wounded service members and veterans to resources that help them make a successful transition back to civilian life.
Posted 04/30/2012
Sarah Steger Blair (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Mark, welcomed a daughter, Morgen Josephine, on Nov. 21, 2011. Morgen joins a sister, Finley, age 2. The family resides in Atlanta, where Mr. and Ms. Blair are both architects.
Posted 03/27/2012
Posted 02/08/2012
Tamer A. Soliman (Col ’96, Law ’00) is a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld at the firm’s Abu Dhabi office. Mr. Soliman is a member of the firm’s international trade practice, advising corporate and government clients on international trade and trade policy issues, including in the areas of defense trade/export controls, anticorruption laws, economic sanctions and customs/security-related issues.
Posted 01/18/2012
Sean Dell’Orto (Com ’96 L/M) and Jennifer Burns Dell’Orto (Engr ’96 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Peyton Michelle, on April 2, 2011. Peyton joins a sister, Sydney Katherine, 2. The family resides in Reston, Va.
Posted 01/18/2012
Susan Stuelpner Klobuchar (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Tim, welcomed a daughter, Elisabeth Violet, on Sept. 8, 2011. Lise joins a brother, John Brenner, “Jack,” 3. The family resides in Minneapolis, where Ms. Klobuchar is a marketing communications manager at General Mills.
Posted 11/15/2011
Susan Stuelpner Klobuchar (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Tim, welcomed a daughter, Elisabeth Violet, on Sept. 8, 2011. Lise joins a brother, John Brenner, “Jack,” 3. The family resides in Minneapolis, where Ms. Klobuchar is a marketing communications manager at General Mills.
Posted 11/15/2011
Rodney Hopson (Grad ’96, Educ ’97 L/M) received the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Award for Leadership in Ethics from Duquesne University, where he is a professor in its School of Education.
Posted 09/30/2011
Rodney Hopson (Grad ’96, Educ ’97 L/M) received the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Award for Leadership in Ethics from Duquesne University, where he is a professor in its School of Education.
Posted 09/30/2011
Alison Halley (Col ’96) received a Top Women in Finance award from Finance & Commerce. She is a senior vice president at Wells Fargo and serves on the boards of the Nonprofits Assistance Fund and the Local Initiative Support Advisory Committee.
Posted 09/23/2011
Seth Corazzini (Col ’96) and Alison Trumbower Corazzini (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their third child, Ella Grace, on April 27, 2011. She joins a brother, Jack, 5; and a sister, Kate, 2. The family resides in New York City but will be relocating to Richmond, Va., this fall.
Posted 08/12/2011
Tyler J. Hodges (Col ’96 L/M) is director of upper school academics and student life at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, Calif. Previously, Mr. Hodges served as upper school dean of students.
Posted 07/13/2011
Scott Bellamy (Engr ’96) married Morgan Lambert at a ceremony in Wayne, Pa., on March 19, 2011. The couple resides in Downingtown, Pa., and they both work at The Vanguard Group.
Posted 07/13/2011
Scott Boltwood (Grad ’96) was awarded an All Disciplines Fulbright Scholar Award to pursue research at the Queen’s University of Belfast in Northern Ireland from August 2011 through July 2012. Mr. Boltwood has been an associate professor of English at Emory & Henry since 1997. He began laying the groundwork for his Fulbright project as a Visiting Professor at Queen’s during the spring of 2008. Belfast’s Lagan Press has named him a series editor in drama, allowing him to publish many of the group’s plays in the future.
Posted 04/12/2011
Simon Cooke (Col ’96 L/M); his brother, Tim Cooke (Col ’98, Educ ’99 L/M); and Robert K. Winters (Educ ’99) have founded GOLFPREP, a junior golf academy in Hilton Head, S.C.
Posted 04/05/2011
Rosalie Fenwick Tilghman (Arch ’96 L/M) and her husband, Myres, welcomed twin boys, Desmond Bruce and Patrick Clarke, on Feb. 20, 2011. They join a brother, Granville Myres, 2. They live in Maryland, outside Baltimore.
Posted 04/05/2011
Jason Saul (Law ’96) had his third book, The End of Fundraising, released by Jossey-Bass Press on March 7, 2011. The book hit No. 1 on Amazon’s nonprofit books list the first week of its release. Based on 15 years of experience advising the world’s leading nonprofits, foundations and corporations, the book reveals the formula for how nonprofits transcend the paradigm of charitable fundraising and reach true financial sustainability.
Posted 04/05/2011
Rosalie Fenwick Tilghman (Arch ’96 L/M) and her husband, Myres, welcomed twin boys, Desmond Bruce and Patrick Clarke, on Feb. 20, 2011. They join a brother, Granville Myres, 2. They live in Maryland, outside Baltimore.
Posted 04/05/2011
Jason Saul (Law ’96) had his third book, The End of Fundraising, released by Jossey-Bass Press on March 7, 2011. The book hit No. 1 on Amazon’s nonprofit books list the first week of its release. Based on 15 years of experience advising the world’s leading nonprofits, foundations and corporations, the book reveals the formula for how nonprofits transcend the paradigm of charitable fundraising and reach true financial sustainability.
Posted 04/05/2011
Chris Sloan (Col ’96) has joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz as a technology group shareholder in its Nashville office.
Posted 03/10/2011
Chris Sloan (Col ’96) has joined the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz as a technology group shareholder in its Nashville office.
Posted 03/10/2011
Kathryn “Kate” Williams Filoni (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Michael Filoni, welcomed a daughter, Theresa Juliet, on June 17, 2010. Dr. Kate Filoni works as a pediatrician and Mr. Filoni is vice president of Carload Express, a shortline railroad and transportation company. Tess weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and was 23 inches long.
Posted 03/04/2011
Neal Kahle (Engr ’96 L/M) and Kirsten Mattes Kahle (Col ’95 L/M) welcomed a son, Theodore Neal, on Dec. 6, 2010. He joins a brother, Maxwell; and sister, Annika. The Kahles live in Waterloo, Iowa.
Posted 02/17/2011
Julie K. Rose (Grad ’96) published her first novel, The Pilgrim Glass, a fast-paced modern story with a touch of medieval magic, blending past and present. Publishers Weekly called it “a highly enjoyable French mystery.”
Posted 02/11/2011
Julie K. Rose (Grad ’96) published her first novel, The Pilgrim Glass, a fast-paced modern story with a touch of medieval magic, blending past and present. Publishers Weekly called it “a highly enjoyable French mystery.”
Posted 02/11/2011
Jennifer Sweeney Quindoza (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Gerry, had their third child, Miles Cannon, on Dec. 20, 2010. Ms. Quindoza is a certified public accountant and is the controller at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Va. The family resides in Midlothian, Va.
Online only: Miles is the nephew of Christopher Rogers (Col ’92, GSBA ’99); the grandson of William Timothy Sweeney (Col ’65 L/M); the grandnephew of Norman Sweeney (Col ’69); and the cousin of Timothy Brian Sweeney (Engr ’03), Liza Asarias Johanknecht (Col ’96) and Jennifer Asarias (Col ’00).
Posted 01/28/2011
Jennifer Sweeney Quindoza (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Gerry, had their third child, Miles Cannon, on Dec. 20, 2010. Ms. Quindoza is a certified public accountant and is the controller at the Collegiate School in Richmond, Va. The family resides in Midlothian, Va.
Online only: Miles is the nephew of Christopher Rogers (Col ’92, GSBA ’99); the grandson of William Timothy Sweeney (Col ’65 L/M); the grandnephew of Norman Sweeney (Col ’69); and the cousin of Timothy Brian Sweeney (Engr ’03), Liza Asarias Johanknecht (Col ’96) and Jennifer Asarias (Col ’00).
Posted 01/28/2011
Sarita Talwar Finnie (GSBA ’01) and Steve Finnie (Engr ’96, GSBA ’01 L/M) welcomed a son, Kieran, on March 1, 2010. Kieran joins his brother, Glen, 2. The family resides in Minneapolis.
Posted 01/10/2011
Heather L. Wishart (Engr ’96, ’98 L/M) and Charles John Keller Smith married at Devils Lake, Mich., on Sept. 5, 2010, where Keller’s family has been spending their summers for the past 90 years. They were married on the same day and time as Keller’s parents, in honor of their 50th anniversary and the recent passing of Mr. Smith’s father. Ms. Wishart-Smith is a principal with Jacobs, managing Department of Defense design programs in the northeast. They reside in Alexandria, Va., with their three-year-old twins, Clara Masten Shriner and Nicholas Wishart Shriner.
Posted 01/10/2011
Jason Ayres (Col ’96 L/M) is a shareholder at Farleigh Wada Witt, a full-service business and financial services law firm in Portland, Ore. Mr. Ayres will continue to represent equipment leasing companies and other commercial lenders in commercial collections and litigation, bankruptcy matters and enforcement of creditors’ rights.
Posted 01/10/2011
Nathan Hines (Engr ’96) and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed their second child, Zachary Cooper, on March 7, 2010. Zachary joins a sister, Rachel Elise, 6.
Posted 12/17/2010
Doug McManamon (Arch ’96 A/M) has joined the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton. The Oakland-based construction law firm he worked for, Bell, Rosenberg & Hughes, merged with Kilpatrick Stockton in October 2010. Mr. McManamon’s practice is focused on construction claims litigation and legal services for the construction industry. He and his wife Elizabeth live in San Francisco with their two sons, Alex, 3; and Austin, 1.
Posted 11/04/2010
Doug McManamon (Arch ’96 A/M) has joined the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton. The Oakland-based construction law firm he worked for, Bell, Rosenberg & Hughes, merged with Kilpatrick Stockton in October 2010. Mr. McManamon’s practice is focused on construction claims litigation and legal services for the construction industry. He and his wife Elizabeth live in San Francisco with their two sons, Alex, 3; and Austin, 1.
Posted 11/04/2010
Christine Dougherty Packard (Col ’96 L/M), and her husband, Dr. Michael Packard, welcomed their second child on May 2nd, 2010. Sydney Noelle joins her brother, Jacob.The family resides in Pittsburgh, where Dr. Packard is completing his residency in radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Posted 10/28/2010
Christine Dougherty Packard (Col ’96 L/M), and her husband, Dr. Michael Packard, welcomed their second child on May 2nd, 2010. Sydney Noelle joins her brother, Jacob.The family resides in Pittsburgh, where Dr. Packard is completing his residency in radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Posted 10/28/2010
Mark Reynolds (Com ’96) and his wife, Nikki, welcomed their son, Jacob Cooper, on August 24, 2010. Jacob joins his brother, Cameron, 3; and sister, Caitlynn, 5. Mr. Reynolds is director of customer experience at Equinix, inc. He and his family reside in San Carlos, Calif.
Posted 09/16/2010
Mark Reynolds (Com ’96) and his wife, Nikki, welcomed their son, Jacob Cooper, on August 24, 2010. Jacob joins his brother, Cameron, 3; and sister, Caitlynn, 5. Mr. Reynolds is director of customer experience at Equinix, inc. He and his family reside in San Carlos, Calif.
Posted 09/16/2010
Brian W. Baker (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife Kate welcomed their newborn son, Edward Kenneth, on September 4, 2009.
Posted 08/30/2010
Anne Gillenwater Frye (Col ’96) and her husband, Aaron Frye, welcomed their daughter, Zelda June, on March 27, 2010. Anne is the director of sales and marketing for the Doubletree Hotel Denver North.The family resides in Denver, Co.
Posted 08/30/2010
John-Paul Shebalin (Engr ’96) married Theresa McReynolds on May 17 2010. They reside in Durham, N.C., where Mr. Shebalin works in engineering consulting and sustainable forestry.
Posted 06/28/2010
Scott Slankard (Com ’96 L/M) and his wife, Alissa, welcomed the birth of their first child and son, Alexander “Xander” Chase Slankard, born on Sept. 19, 2009. Mr. Slankard is software quality assurance manager at LPL Financial, which was listed as #686 in the Fortune 1000.
Posted 06/28/2010
Patrick Calpin (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Christine, welcomed their second child, Elizabeth Regina, on Dec. 1, 2009. She joins her brother, Henry Joseph, 2. Mr. Calpin is the director of legislative affairs for the National Automobile Dealers Association in Washington, D.C. The family resides in Falls Church, Va.
Posted 06/28/2010
Sara Bidgood (Col ’96) and her husband, Jason, welcomed their first child, Claire Elizabeth, on May 2, 2009. The family resides in the Atlanta area.
Posted 06/24/2010
Brian Doud (Col ’96 L/M) and Kelly Lander Doud (Col ’99) welcomed their third child and first son, Thomas Ford, on Dec. 25, 2009. Thomas joins sisters: Delaney, 5; and Charlotte, 2. The family resides in Clemmons, N.C.
Posted 05/26/2010
Cole Kelly (Col ’96, Educ ’98 L/M) and his wife, Kate, are the new directors of Camp Weequahic, a short session residential camp for boys and girls located in northeastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Kelly is also serving as the co-chair of the giving committee for the Class of ’96 15-year reunion.
Posted 05/20/2010
Leslie Bywater Bishop (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their first child, Benjamin Thomas, on Feb. 2, 2010. They reside in Jacksonville, Fla., where Ms. Bishop is a medical device rep for Boston Scientific.
Posted 04/01/2010
William Todd Feagans (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Katie, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Francis Wilder, on Jan. 16, 2010. Wilder was welcomed home by his sister, Quinn, 1. The family resides in Gum Spring, Va.
Posted 03/25/2010
Scott A. Surovell (Law ’96) was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates representing the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County, where he lives with his wife, Erinn Madden (Col ’91 L/M), and his children Eva, Leia, Mara and Colin.
Posted 03/24/2010
Monty Harris (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Bryce, welcomed their third child, Leila Bendall, on April 3, 2009. Leila joins brother, Bode, 6; and sister, Kaki, 4. Mr. Harris is a senior managing director at Newmark Knight Frank in Atlanta. Their family is looking forward to moving to Charlottesville later this summer.
Posted 03/23/2010
Thomas Hutson-Wiley (Col ’96 L/M) is a Merrill Lynch financial advisor living in the San Francisco Bay Area. In December, he was recognized in the third annual “Top 40 Advisors Under 40” list in the On Wall Street magazine, a national publication serving the retail brokers and financial services industry.
Posted 03/19/2010
Kelly Oakes Whitehead (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second daughter, Elizabeth Garland Oakes Whitehead, on July 13, 2009. She joins her sister, Cate. The family resides outside of Philadelphia in Wallingford, Pa.
Posted 01/04/2010
Jennifer L. Sadler (Col ’96 L/M) married Tony Daniel in Atlanta on April 25, 2009. Ms. Sadler is a marketing communications consultant in Atlanta. Mr. Daniel is a partner with an investment consulting firm, LCG Associates. Ms. Sadler is the daughter of Alexander B. Sadler Jr. (Engr ’58 L/M) and the sister of Brian G. Sadler (Com ’87 L/M) and Bruce K. Sadler (Engr ’88 L/M).
Posted 01/04/2010
Ravi Shankar (Col ’96 L/M) and Diane Creede (Col ’96 L/M) welcomed their second daughter, Talia Parvathi Shankar, on Nov. 18,2009. Talia joins her sister, Samara, and the family resides in Chester, Conn. Mr. Shankar teaches at Central Connecticut State University and Ms. Creede is employed at Connecticut College. The family will be traveling to Cypress early next year, where Mr. Shankar will be teaching for the semester. Talia is the niece of Rahini Shankar (Col ’07).
Posted 12/15/2009
Sarah Kelsey Kellermann (Col ’96) and her husband, Tim, welcomed a daughter, Carter Elizabeth, on Nov. 8, 2009. The family lives with their dog, Cooper, in Charlottesville.
Posted 12/09/2009
Tabitha R. Brown (Col ’96 L/M) was sworn in as a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 14, 2009. The admission ceremony was held in open court by all nine Justices. Ms. Brown has a solo practice and serves as director at the American Psychological Association. She is a founder of HOPEJUSTICE, an online community of resources for women and young people and is a volunteer attorney with the Maryland Foreclosure Prevention Project. Ms. Brown is admitted to the Maryland Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. She resides in Upper Marlboro, Md., with her husband and their four children.
Posted 12/03/2009
Michael L. Smith (Col ’96, Med ’00 L/M) is assistant professor of neurosurgery at NYU School of Medicine, subspecializing in spinal surgery. Dr. Smith lives in Manhattan.
Posted 12/03/2009
Alexandra Brisky Cunningham (Col ’96) and Chip Cunningham (Col ’97, Law ’02) welcomed their second son, Edward Gray “Teddy”, on Dec. 27, 2008. Teddy joins brother, Charlie. The Cunningham family resides in Richmond, Va., where Ali and Chip are both attorneys.
Posted 10/05/2009
Jill Rosenthal Bankston (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Troy, welcomed the arrival of their second daughter, Kira Paige, on Aug. 26, 2009. Kira joins sister, Ella Reese, 2. The family resides in San Diego, where Ms. and Mr. Bankston are both registered professional civil engineers working for the County of San Diego.
Posted 09/29/2009
Mark Gillespie (Engr ’96 L/M) and his wife, Trixy, welcomed their second child, Caroline Emma, into their family on June 15, 2009. She joins brother, Connor, at the family’s home in Tampa, Fla.
Posted 09/11/2009
Sarah Steger Blair (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Mark, happily announce the birth of their first child, Finley Ann, on May 26, 2009. The family resides in Atlanta, where Sarah and Mark are both architects.
Posted 09/11/2009
Jennifer Burns Dell’Orto (Engr ’96) and Sean Dell’Orto (Com ’97) welcomed their daughter, Sydney Katherine, on June 17, 2009. The family resides in Arlington, Va.
Posted 09/10/2009
Kristopher Johnson (Com ’96 L/M) is vice president of Market Risk Management at Prudential Bache Commodities, LLC. He resides with his wife in Manhattan.
Posted 09/03/2009
Meredith Rivers Burkitt (Engr ’96 L/M) and her husband, Todd, welcomed their first daughter, Mary Stewart Rivers Burkitt, on Sept. 24, 2008. Mary Stewart joins brother, Luke, 3. The family resides in Charlotte, N.C.
Posted 07/28/2009
Kathleen McLaren-Hawking (Col ’96) and her husband, Mark Hawking, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Lilian Elise Hawking. Lilian was born May 27, 2009, and weighed 7 lbs 12 oz. The family resides in San Diego.
Posted 07/27/2009
Tyler J. Hodges (Col ’96 L/M) is dean of students at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he oversees discipline and student life for the Upper School. He previously worked for six years as a history instructor and academic dean at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Hodges and his wife, Tristan, have two daughters: Madalene, 3; and Hannah, 9 months.
Posted 07/07/2009
Sara Lenser Capistrant (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Chris, welcomed their second child, Lucas Owen, on June 10, 2008. Lucas joins his brother, Colin, 2. The family resides in Ashburn, Va.
Posted 07/06/2009
Sarah McKay (Col ’96) and her husband, Christopher McKay (Col ’94) welcomed a son, Trevor James, on Jan. 17, 2009. Trevor joins his brother, Brooks, 2. The family resides in San Francisco.
Posted 07/06/2009
Britta Zimmer (Col ’96) and her husband, Adam Long (Col ’94), along with Lyle Deitch (Com ’94 A/M), Tim Quinn (Com ’94) and Grady Womack (Com ’94), started www.goodelements.com, a provider of quality nutritional supplements to support a healthy lifestyle.
Posted 05/12/2009
Henry I. Willett III (Col ’96) is chair-elect of the Virginia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. He also serves on its board of governors and is a partner with Christian & Barton in Richmond, Va.
Posted 05/12/2009
Haley Rose Sanchez (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Craig, welcomed a son, Evan William, on July 9, 2008. Evan joins his sister, Caroline, 2. The family resides in San Francisco
Posted 05/12/2009
Shelley Dunn McGinness (Col ’96 L/M) and her husband, Patrick, welcomed their second child and daughter, Ashley Francis, on Jan. 22, 2009. Ashley joins sister Erin, 2. The family resides in North Potomac, Md.
Posted 05/12/2009
Lisa Wechsler Childress (Col ’96 L/M) and Trey Childress (Col ’97 L/M) announce the birth of their first child, Donald Earl “Jacob” Childress IV, who was born on Nov. 24, 2008. Mr. Childress left the appellate practice group at Jones Day in Washington, D.C., to become an associate professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law. Ms. Childress completed her doctorate in higher education administration at George Washington University and is publishing her first book, The Twenty-first Century University: Developing Faculty Engagement in Internationalization, with Peter Lang Publishers.
Posted 05/12/2009
Joseph Isabella (Col ’96 L/M) and his wife, Jeanine, welcomed their third child, Colin Gerard Manning, on Oct. 23, 2008. Colin joins a sister, Molly Augusta, 4; and a brother, Ryan Joseph, 3. The family resides in Katonah, N.Y.
Posted 02/12/2009
Jonathan Daniel Distler (Col ’96, Educ ’97) and his wife, Leslie, welcomed a daughter, Elsie Rose Distler, on Nov. 20, 2008. Mr. Distler is an information technology manager in Arlington, Va. The family resides in Fairfax, Va.
Posted 02/12/2009
Carmen Stewart Clipper (Col ’96 L/M), Jennifer Erickson (Col ’98 L/M), Daphne Page MacDougall (Col ’99 L/M), Nola Falletta Miller (Col ’99, Educ ’04), Walker Noland (Col ’97, GSBA ’03 L/M), Mark Pinho (Com ’99 L/M), Karl Shin (Com ’97 L/M) and Daniel Van Clief (Col ’99 L/M) are all members of the University’s Young Alumni Council, which represents young alumni interests and concerns to the Alumni Association and the University. The Council also seeks to better serve and support young alumni with programs and communications that are uniquely tailored to their own needs and perspectives. Alumni from the University’s 12 most recent undergraduate classes are considered young alumni and are eligible to apply to the Council.
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