Peter E. Broadbent Jr. (Law ’76 L/M) was recognized in Virginia 2009 Super Lawyers magazine as being in the top 5 percent of lawyers in Virginia for utilities law. He was also reappointed by the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates as one of the non-legislator members of the Virginia War if 1812 Bicentennial Commission. Mr. Broadbent practices business, intellectual property, governmental and communications (utilities) law as a partner with Christian & Barton in Richmond, Va.
Posted 10/01/2009
Jill Tietjen (Engr ’76 L/M) was re-elected to the Georgia Transmission Corporation board of directors and will serve a three-year term. She has served as an outside director on the GTC board since 1997. GTC is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by 39 Electric Membership Corporations in Georgia. Ms. Tietjen is president and chief executive officer of Technically Speaking, a trustee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia and chairs the board of advisors of the Colorado Coalition on Gender and Information Technology. She is featured in the book, Changing Our World – True Stories of Women Engineers, and co-authored the best-selling book, Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America.
Posted 06/30/2009
Stanley A. Twardy Jr. (Law ’76 L/M) was recognized in New England’s 2008 Super Lawyers magazine for his white-collar criminal defense practice. He is a partner in the Stamford, Conn., office of the law firm of Day Pitney, where he has also served on the executive committee for the last eight years.
Posted 02/12/2009
John Valliere (Engr ’76 L/M) is the lead program analyst in the disaster recovery office of the U.S. Small Business Administration in Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Shirley Hottot, reside in Montclair, Va.
Posted 05/12/2009
Darlene Sprinkle Wood (Col ’76 L/M) has joined the law firm of Eckert Seamans in Pittsburgh as an associate. Her practice focuses on products liability. She is a second-career lawyer.
Posted 09/11/2009
Michael W. Woodford (Engr ’76) received a Meritorious Service Award from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the U.S. voluntary standardization system. Mr. Woodford is assistant vice president of standards at the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) in Arlington, Va.








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