Amelia Wehunt (Engr ’07 L/M) passed the professional engineering examination and is now registered in Virginia. She works as a civil engineer at Timmons Group in Richmond, Va.
Posted 01/18/2012
William Barratt (Col ’07) married Susanna Guo on Dec. 24, 2011, in Shanghai. Mr. Barratt works in corporate communication at SMIC, a major semiconductor foundry based in Shanghai.
Posted 01/18/2012
Blair Reilly (Com ’07 L/M) and Adam Matthews (Engr ’07 L/M) were married on May 7, 2011, in Charlottesville. The ceremony took place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the reception was held at King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Va. The wedding party included Elizabeth Gibbs (Col ’07 L/M), Demetra Karamanos (Col ’07, Law ’10 L/M), Alana Witte Newman (Col ’07), Nancy Ferretti Stranix (Col ’07), Mariah Underhill (Col ’07 L/M), Michael “Mickey” Cloud (Com ’07), Trey Garza (Col ’07), Chilton Griffin III (Engr ’07 L/M), Bernard Harkless (Arch ’07) and Bryan Wood (Col ’07). The couple lives in Arlington, Va., where Ms. Matthews works in marketing research for Millward Brown, and Mr. Matthews works in engineering for Jacobs.
Posted 11/16/2011
S. Kristen Peters (Col ’07 L/M) has joined Burr & Forman’s financial litigation practice group at the firm’s Birmingham, Ala., office.
Posted 11/16/2011
Lane Carpenter (Col ’07) founded Patriot Aid Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aims to raise awareness of and financially aid nonprofit organizations that provide direct support to wounded US veterans.
Posted 11/16/2011
Sara Stromeyer (Col ’07 L/M) married Bryan Porter (Col ’07 L/M) on May 14, 2011, in Baton Rouge, La., at the home of her parents. Their wedding party included Margaret Patton (Col ’07) and Brian Yoakam (Col ’07). Ms. Stromeyer holds a master’s degree and is currently working on her doctorate in clinical child psychology at the University of Alabama. Mr. Porter recently graduated from the University of Alabama with a joint juris doctorate and master’s degree in business administration. He works for BBVA Compass. The couple resides in Birmingham, Ala.
Posted 09/23/2011
Kelly Fleming (Col ’07 L/M) married Tyler Walk (Com ’07 L/M) at the U.Va. Chapel on June 26, 2010, with their reception held at Alumni Hall. The couple currently resides in New York City, where Dr. Walk is a resident in pediatric dentistry at Columbia-NY Presbyterian Hospital and Mr. Walk is an associate at the private equity investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.
Posted 09/23/2011
Zach Mote (Col ’07) and Stephanie Holcombe Mote (Col ’07 L/M) welcomed a daughter, Julia Marie, on June 28, 2011.
Posted 08/30/2011
Mary Whelan (Col ’07 L/M) married Christopher Lovely on July 23, 2011, in Rye, N.Y. Their wedding party included Patrick Whelan (Col ’09 L/M), David Whelan (Col ’10 L/M), Kelly Whelan (Col ’13 L/M), Elizabeth Corbett (Col ’07 L/M), Michelle Jackson (Col ’07 L/M) and Mikaela Joseph (Col ’07). The couple lives in Houston, where Ms. Lovely is an associate attorney working in the corporate department of Seyfarth Shaw.
Posted 08/30/2011
"My students will be Wahoos before we know it, if I have anything to say about it!"
Elizabeth Heaney Ziccardi (Col ’07 L/M) joined Teach For America’s 2011 teaching corps in San Francisco after four years in private wealth management. She is teaching middle school math.
Posted 08/12/2011
Molly Seltzer (Col ’07 L/M) works as a financial reporter and editor at Bloomberg News. In May, she published her first book, a collection of humorous essays about her first two years living in New York City, All Downhill from Ivan Puffenbarger.
Posted 08/12/2011
Amirul Manaf (Engr ’07) is an aircraft performance engineer working for AirAsia, an airline based in Malaysia and operating throughout the eastern hemisphere.
Posted 08/12/2011
Kelsey Carlson (Col ’07 L/M) is the owner of Green Nest, an earth-friendly gift shop and boutique in Culpeper, Va.
Posted 06/02/2011
Barney Breen-Portnoy (Col ’07) is a soldier in the spokesperson’s unit of the Israel Defense Forces. He lives in Tel Aviv.
Posted 04/20/2011
William Barratt (Col ’07) is a corporate relations manager at SMIC, a major semiconductor foundry based in Shanghai.
Posted 04/05/2011
Nancy Twine (Com ’07 L/M) is currently an associate at Goldman Sachs within the commodities sales division. She resides in lower Manhattan.
Posted 03/10/2011
Louisa Collier Gehring (Col ’07 L/M) launched her e-commerce business, Semper Finest Care Packages, which sells packages for loved ones to send to their deployed Marines overseas to show their support, and in turn sells packages for Marines to send to family and friends at home. The company builds on Ms. Gehring’s three years as a USMC spouse, and experience as a marketing manager.
Posted 03/10/2011
Lindsey Ruhf (Col ’07) married Bryan Smith (Col ’07) at the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville on Nov. 13, 2010. The couple currently resides in Nashville, Tenn., where Mr. Smith is pursuing a master’s degree at the Owen School of Business at Vanderbilt.
Posted 02/11/2011
Brian Yoakam (Col ’07) received the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance’s Defender of the Year Award for the U.S. Air Force. He is currently stationed in Aurora, Colo., at Buckley AFB.
Posted 01/28/2011
"In true Wahoo spirit, on Aug. 6, 2010, a “ReHOOsal” party at Bottoms Up in the Shockoe Slip district of Richmond honored Michael and Paris and united their families with good food, drink and fun—with the most popular and sought-after dessert being “Hoo Cakes” prepared by Pearl’s Cupcake Shoppe in Richmond. The exchange of wedding vows followed the next day at the West End Assembly of God on N. Parham Road. "
Michael Ronald Sorrell Jr. (Col ’07, Law ’10) and Paris Michelle Ratliff (Col ’07 L/M) were married on Aug. 7, 2010, in Richmond, Va. The couple met while undergraduates at the University. Mr. Sorrell went on to attend the University of Virginia School of Law, serving as an executive editor of the Virginia Law Review and being inducted into the Order of the Coif. Ms. Ratliff attended the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law and graduated with honors. Both received their juris doctor degrees in May 2010 and passed the Virginia Bar exam two months later. Three other Wahoos were key participants in the wedding ceremony: Nikola Juris-Nable (Col ’07) of Baltimore served as matron of honor, and David Bowen (Col ’08 L/M) of Tyler, Texas, and A.J. Burton (Law ’10) of Bethesda, Md., served as head ushers. The Crossings in Glen Allen, Va., was the site of the reception. Mr. Sorrell is serving a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Robert E. Payne in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, in Richmond. Ms. Ratliff joined the law firm of LeClairRyan, based in Richmond, in January 2011. The couple resides in Richmond.
Posted 01/10/2011
Amanda Shimshock (Com ’07) and Scott Allen (Col ’06 L/M) were married at the U.Va. Chapel on May 15, 2010. Their reception was at Veritas Vineyard & Winery. The wedding party included April Shimshock (Com ’02), Lindsey Long (Col ’07), Anna Mapes (Nurs ’07), Sarah Pierce (Col ’08), Benjamin Knezic (Col ’06 L/M), Matthew Hale (Col ’06 L/M), Reed Smollar (Com ’06 L/M) and Eric Giardini (Col ’07 L/M). Ms. Shimshock and Mr. Allen both currently work as consultants in the Northern Virginia area.
Posted 01/10/2011
Frank Michael Munoz (Col ’07) is a chapter co-author with Kathleen Manning in Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession. Edited by John H. Schuh, Susan R. Jones and Shaun R. Harper, Jossey-Bass published this book in 2010.
Posted 12/06/2010
Laura Moore (Col ‘07) married Christopher Tipton (Engr ’08) on Aug. 14, 2010 at Keswick Vineyards in Keswick, Va. Theirs was the first non-family wedding at the estate. Bridesmaids included Rebecca Garrison (Col ’08 L/M) and groom’s attendants included Yoshi Nagasaki (Engr ’08) and Valerie Hernandez (Col ’08). Mr. Tipton works for Zeta Associates in Fairfax, Va. Mrs. Tipton works for The George Washington University Biostatistics Center and is working on her master’s degree in statistics.
Posted 11/04/2010
Nick McTyre (Col ’07 L/M) married Nancy Funkhouser (Col ’07) on June 12, 2010. The ceremony was at the U.Va. chapel and the reception was at a private home in Albemarle County.
Posted 09/14/2010
Jared Marcantoni (Arch ’07) and Jodie Freed were married on July 10, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. They reside in St. Louis, Mo., where Jared is pursuing a master’s at Washington University.
Posted 09/09/2010
Helen Ang (Com ’07) is recruitment and career consultant at Michael Page International in New York City. Previously she worked as a financial analyst at Barclays Capital.
Posted 08/31/2010
Erin Henshaw (Col ’07 L/M) is working in Beijing, China. Previously she taught English in Tangshan, China.
Posted 08/31/2010
Anthony Colavito (Engr ‘07, L/M) and Laura Decker (Col ‘07) were married May 8, 2010 at the U.Va. Chapel. The couple resides in Arlington, Va., where Tony is a systems engineer for an FAA contractor performing concept development and safety analysis for the Next Generation Air Traffic Management system. Ms. Decker works in employer relations at the F. David Fowler Career Center in the George Washington University School of Business.
Posted 08/30/2010
Sara Hester (Col ’07) has joined the Darden class of 2012 after three years at Deloitte Consulting in Washington, D.C.
Posted 08/30/2010
Elizabeth Whittecar (Arch ’07 L/M) and Luke Roloff (Col ’07 L/M) were married on May 1, 2010 at King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Va. Mr. Roloff is a police officer and Ms. Whittecar works as an architect for SmithGroup in Washington, D.C. The couple resides in Alexandria, Va.
Posted 08/26/2010
Katherine Womack (Col ’07 L/M) is the senior notes and comments editor for the University of Richmond Law Review. Her comment, Please Check One—Male or Female?: Confronting Gender Identity Discrimination in Collegiate Residential Life, 44 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1365 (2010), was published in the May issue of the Law Review.
Posted 07/08/2010
Marissa Heigle (Col ’07) and Jerome Moore (Engr ’07) were married on May 29, 2010, at the Dallas Arboretum. The couple resides in Dallas, where Ms. Moore is pursuing her teaching certification for elementary and special education and Mr. Moore is an electrical engineer for Raytheon. Many of their fellow graduates of the University traveled to Dallas to attend the ceremony.
Posted 06/08/2010
Addy Awofisayo (Com ’07) is a finance manager at Microsoft Corp. in Redmond, Wash. She joined the firm after graduating from the McIntire School of Commerce. She lives in Seattle.
Posted 04/15/2010
A. Bryce Rufener (Law ’07) is a member of the intellectual property group of the law firm of Michael Best in its Waukesha, Wis., office.
Posted 04/01/2010
Josh Weiss (Com ’07) launched a Web site business in February. The site, www.bluegala.com, sells prom, evening, cocktail, party and casual dresses. Mr. Weiss previously worked for Lehman Brothers in the high yield credit research department covering metals & mining and chemicals.
Posted 03/31/2010
Allison Kirkner (Nurs ’07) is a clinical III registered nurse at Duke University in Durham, N.C. She is in her second year of the master’s of science in nursing program at Duke and is studying to become an acute care nurse practitioner and an adult primary care nurse practitioner. She plans to start the doctorate of nursing program at Duke this fall.
Posted 03/31/2010
Ivey Glendon (Col ’07) is the 2010 recipient of the Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship awarded by the North American Serials Interest Group. The award, which includes a $3,000 scholarship and a travel grant to the NASIG annual conference in Palm Springs, Calif., is conferred to a library and information science graduate student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship and potential for accomplishment in a serials career. Ms. Glendon is a digital conversion specialist in the serial and government publications division at the Library of Congress and is pursuing a Master of Science in Library and Information Studies through the distance education program at Florida State University.
Posted 03/12/2010
Meghan O’Leary (Col ’07, Educ ’08) lives in West Hartford, Conn. She works for ESPN as a programming coordinator primarily on college sports and the ESPNU network.
Posted 01/28/2010
"We are constantly awed by the support of our fellow U.Va. alums and look forward to seeing you at all our future events."
Serena Bolliger (Col ’07) and five other U.Va. alumnae: Allison Murphy (Col ’07, Grad ’08 L/M), Amanda Huffman (Col ’06), Emily Archambeault (Col ’07 L/M), Katie Appel (Col ’07 L/M) and Payal Maheshwari (Com ’06 L/M), founded a non-profit, Socialize Better, to raise awareness and inspire service in young professionals in Washington, D.C., by providing social opportunities. Their November kick-off event welcomed more than 200 people, mostly U.Va. alumni.
Posted 01/28/2010
Ross Baird (Col ’07 L/M) lives in Atlanta and works for Gray Ghost Ventures, an idea lab that invests in innovative early-stage enterprises that contribute to the well-being of low-income communities in emerging markets.
Posted 01/28/2010
Steve Gong (Col ’07) moved to London and is pursuing a master’s degree in photojournalism and documentary photography at the London College of Communication.
Posted 01/27/2010
Blair Reilly (Com ’07 L/M) lives in Arlington, Va., and is a client service manager at comScore, Inc., a digital market intelligence company headquartered outside Washington, D.C. She has been working in the digital marketing world since graduation.
Posted 01/27/2010
Alison Tramba (Engr ’07 L/M) is completing her third year at Bain & Company in Boston after spending nine months working in business development with TechnoServe in Swaziland.
Posted 01/27/2010
Eric Ast (Engr ’07) and Sean McVey (Com ’07) launched a new web-based marketing firm, Rising Lynx Marketing at www.risinglynx.com. They are working to apply the diversity of their marketing and engineering backgrounds to help businesses grow a well-rounded, meaningful online presence.
Posted 01/27/2010
"Really exciting stuff going on for me!"
Erin Levin (Col ’07 L/M) is producing a documentary about the African Children’s Choir and Music for Life. She made a 30-minute version that aired on CNN. Also, she is helping with the global telethon to help Haiti and is hosting a music and arts festival for Uganda in Atlanta in March.
Posted 01/27/2010
Elizabeth “Oz” Oswald (Col ’07 L/M) is the development manager for St. Martin’s Episcopal School, a pre-K through 8th grade institution in Atlanta. She lives with fellow U.Va. graduate, Marissa Kessler (Col ’07 L/M) in Inman Park in downtown Atlanta. Since graduating from U.Va., Ms. Oswald has become an avid salsa dancer. She travels throughout the Southeast and East Coast performing at and attending salsa events.
Posted 01/27/2010
Frank Michael Muñoz (Col ’07) received a master’s degree of education in higher education and student affairs in May from the University of Vermont, where he is the event coordinator for the Dudley H. Davis Center, the nation’s first LEED Gold Certified student center. He resides in Burlington, Vt.
Posted 01/18/2010
Amanda Wright (Col ’07 L/M) is an event planner for the Educational Leadership Center for Wiregrass, an educational non-profit located in Dothan, Ala. The organization focuses on improving leadership and learning in the Wiregrass area public schools. Ms. Wright also volunteers at the Wiregrass Humane Society and is a member of Dothan Area Young Professionals.
Posted 01/14/2010
Jesimiel R. Jenkins (Col ’07 L/M) is pursuing his dreams of being an accomplished stage and film actor. Running after projects that satisfy the soul, he’s been involved in two acting apprentice companies, the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky and the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. He is in Philadelphia applying to graduate acting programs in hopes of sharpening his skills before moving to New York.
Posted 01/13/2010
Jeremy S. Pollock (Col ’07) lives in Baltimore and is a third-year medical student at the University of Maryland. He is pursuing a career in cardiology and hopes to move to San Diego next year to start his training.
Posted 01/13/2010
Rosemarie Ravenet Moxley (Arch ’07) and Brian James McReynolds (Engr ’07) were married on Sept. 26, 2009 in West Point, N.Y. Monsignor Brian Donahue, chaplain of the United States Military Academy, officiated the ceremony at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church. Ms. Moxley received her master’s degree in urban planning from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in June. First Lieutenant McReynolds earned his pilot wings for the U.S. Air Force in early September. The couple resides in San Antonio.
Posted 12/07/2009
Molly Pringle Harris (Col ’07 L/M) and Dan Laufer (Engr ’06) were married on Sept. 12, 2009, at King Family Vineyard in Crozet, Va. The couple resides in San Diego. Mr. Laufer is a product manager for Mitchell International. Ms. Laufer is a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 23 and is currently deployed with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group to the Arabian Gulf.
Posted 12/03/2009
Lyndsay Townsend Wilson (Nurs ’07 L/M) and Steven Douglas Anderson (Col ’96 L/M) were married on June 27, 2009 in a ceremony at the U.Va. Chapel with a reception at the Colonnade Club, Pavilion VII. The Andersons live in Alexandria, Va. Mr. Anderson is chief financial officer of the Institute for Justice. Ms. Wilson is an oncology nurse at Georgetown University Hospital. She is pursuing a master’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University.
Posted 09/28/2009
Scott Friski (Col ’07 A/M) completed Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Ala. He entered OTS on April 21, 2009, and on July 22, 2009, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. He began training as a navigator in Pueblo, Colo., and returned in September to Randolph AFB in San Antonio to complete the training.
Posted 09/08/2009
A. Carly Brown (Col ’07 L/M) and Garrett Edward Buxton (Col ’08) were married on June 27, 2009, in Richmond, Va. The couple resides in Chicago, where they are both pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Chicago. Mr. Buxton will complete a master’s degree in international relations and Ms. Buxton will complete her doctorate in East Asian languages and civilizations.
Posted 07/31/2009
Breann Alexandria Savage (Col ’07) and Benjamin Cameron Lyon (Col ’05) were married Jan. 3, 2009. Mr. Lyon received a master of divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary on May 28, 2009. The couple resides in Jenkintown, Pa.
Posted 07/27/2009
Sam Rosen (Com ’07) launched a new website for local event search: www.prximity.com. Prximity is designed to allow people to discover nearby events and to let the community promote “hidden gems”. The site is based around New York City and will expand into other metro areas. Anyone interested in more information or helping bring Prximity to another city can contact Sam directly at sam@prximity.com.
Posted 07/09/2009
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.
2007 CLASS NOTES FEED
Class Discussion
In response to my class note above (Blair & Adam Matthews): To add to the ‘Hoo crew, my mom, Melanie Miller Reilly, is a double ‘Hoo (CLAS’79 & LAW’82) and my dad, Craig Reilly, is LAW’81! And we ended the night with all our UVA guests singing the Good Old Song!
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