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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
Desiree A. Davis (Col ’07 L/M) is a senior research analyst with Interpret, a new media and entertainment market research firm based in Santa Monica, Calif. She has been working in the mobile and new media sector of the company since joining it in June 2008.
Posted 05/12/2009
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
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
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
Joseph Guyton (Col ’07) and Kara Wagner (Col ’07) were married on Dec. 27, 2008. The couple resides in Olympia, Wash.
Posted 05/12/2009
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
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
Erin Henshaw (Col ’07 L/M) is program manager for SparkHer Women’s Program at The Foundation for Youth Social Entrepreneurship in Beijing, China. Previously she taught English in Tangshan, China.
Posted 08/31/2010
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Posted 07/08/2009
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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