Alicia Ruggiero Bochi (Col ’94 L/M) is an art advisor specializing in Contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture and other media. She lives with her husband, Gabriel, and their two children, Luca and Rita, in New York City.
Posted 09/10/2009
Shannon Comer (Arch ’94) is proud to announce her new firm, Shannon Comer Architects, Inc. She practices residential and commercial architecture in Stevenson, Md.
Posted 09/23/2009
Toni Cooper Davis (Col ’94 L/M) and her husband, Ben, welcomed their daughter, Liles Cooper Davis, on Jan. 7, 2009. The family resides in Raleigh, N.C.
Posted 05/12/2009
David Dosa (Col ’94 L/M) is publishing a book, Making Rounds with Oscar-The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat, with Hyperion Books, New York in February 2010. Dr. Dosa is a geriatrician and an assistant professor at Brown University. The book, which is also being published in at least a dozen other countries, highlights Dr. Dosa’s experiences working with Oscar the cat and his patients on the third floor of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I. Oscar gained international attention 2 years ago for his unusual ability to predict when patients with dementia are about to die. An essay about Oscar was published the New England Journal of Medicine.
Posted 09/11/2009
Jennifer Thornton Farrar (Com ’94 L/M) and her husband, Chris, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Christopher Edward, on June 30, 2009. The family resides in Richmond, Va.
Posted 09/03/2009
Christy-Lynn Parker Flynn (Col ’94, Educ ’94) and Patrick G. Flynn (Engr ’98) joyfully welcomed their second child, Constance Parker, on July 30, 2008. Constance joins brother, Josiah Patrick, born on Feb. 9, 2007. The children’s grandparents and great-grandparents include Robert S. Parker Jr. (Com ’65 L/M) and the late Robert S. Parker (Educ ’52). Constance and Josiah are the niece and nephew of Robert S. Parker III (Com ’96). The family resides in Charlottesville.
Posted 09/29/2009
Laura Gesicki-Wood (Col ’94, Med ’99 L/M) and Oscar Wood (Engr ’95 L/M) welcomed their second child, Reagan George Abigail, on Aug. 19, 2008. Reagan George joins her brother, Preston George, 3. The family resides in Springfield, Va. Dr. Gesicki-Wood owns Accredited Allergy Center of Springfield, where she also practices. Mr. Wood is president/chief executive officer of Data-Tactics, a government contracting firm.
Posted 02/12/2009
Shawn Gibson (Com ’94) launched an investment management firm, Blue Ridge Asset Management, with two partners.
Posted 05/12/2009
Brian Kush (Com ’94 L/M) and Mary Beth Young Kush (Col ’97 L/M) celebrate their 5 year wedding anniversary on Oct. 30, 2009. Mr. Kush is a certified public accountant, certified information systems auditor and certified information technology professional and serves as president and coach at Moxie Partners, where he works with accountants, entrepreneurs and executives to change their life through leadership coaching. He has written a book, Auditing Leadership, published in July by Wiley, which helps auditors take their professional and leadership skills to the next level.
Posted 07/07/2009
Swayne Latham (Col ’94 L/M) and his wife, Sara, are proud to announce the birth of Christopher Steele on Sept. 2, 2009. Christopher joins brothers: Nicholas, 5; and Andrew, 2. The family resides in Chicago, where Mr. Latham is a commodities trader on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Posted 12/03/2009
Kathy Lawrence (Col ’94) married Scott A. Swanjord on Feb. 23, 2008. Ms. Lawrence graduated from the William & Mary Law School in May 2008, passed the Virginia Bar Examination in July 2008 and, in September 2008, began her second career as an attorney in the business section of the firm of Hirschler Fleischer in Richmond, Va. The couple lives in the city of Richmond.
Posted 05/12/2009
L. Roger Mason (Engr ’92, ’94 L/M) is associate director of National Intelligence in the Obama Administration. He was tapped by DNI Dennis Blair to stand-up the first Systems and Resource Analyses Office to provide systems, technology and cost analyses to build the government-wide National Intelligence Program and Budget.
Posted 11/24/2009
Richard E. McDorman (Col ’94 L/M) published his second book, Managing Successful Meetings. The book was published by inlingua International (Bern, Switzerland) in February. The work is an English as a Second Language textbook, trainer resource manual and audio CD designed for advanced ESL students studying at inlingua’s 300 language training centers throughout the world. His first book, Labial Instability in Sound Change, an adaptation of his University of Chicago master’s thesis, was published in June, 1999.
Posted 06/30/2009
Scott McGuffin (Col ’94 L/M) and his wife, Stephanie, welcomed their second son, Eric Philip, on Jan. 23, 2008. Mr. McGuffin is a database contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Posted 02/12/2009
Virginia Baker Norton (Col ’94 L/M) was elected circuit court judge for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, Florida. She resides in Jacksonville, Fla.
Posted 02/12/2009
Chase David Patrick (Col ’94 L/M) and Paurenia Boyd Patrick (Col ’94 L/M) welcomed their fourth child and third son, Oliver Barney, on Dec. 7, 2008. He joins sister Sara “Sally,” 9; and brothers Chase Jr., 8, and Harry, 2. Lt. Cmdr. Patrick is the executive officer on the USS Chung-Hoon. The family resides in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
Posted 02/12/2009
Kathy Mulrane Piller (Com ’94 L/M) and her husband, Chris, welcomed their first child, Sophie Clare, on May 27, 2008. The family resides in Rome, Ga.
Posted 02/12/2009
Simone L. Pollard (Engr ’94 L/M) is the assistant dean of graduate business programs at Villanova University. She joined the Villanova School of Business in the summer of 2006. She previously held roles in production/manufacturing at Monsanto and in consulting at Sibson Consulting. Ms. Pollard received her M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. She and her husband, James, live in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Posted 02/12/2009
Chip Roy (Com ’94, Grad ’95 L/M) and his wife, Carrah, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Charles Allen, on Aug. 27, 2009. The family resides in McKinney, Texas, where Mr. Roy is special assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of Texas, after having served as a senior adviser to U.S. Senator John Cornyn in Washington, D.C.
Posted 09/23/2009
Deborah Ann Shelton (Grad ’94) is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Nursing and, in October, received professional certification in correctional health care from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Also in October, Ms. Shelton received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health for Formalizing a Research Partnership in Corrections. Her work identifies ways to formalize a collaborative partnership between the University of Connecticut Health Center/Correctional Managed Health Care and the Connecticut Department of Correction. She was also inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in the fall. Ms. Shelton is an associate professor at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and is the director of research and evaluation for Correctional Managed Health Care. In 2004, she was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the International Association of Forensic Nurses. Her research interests include the mental health care of young offenders, disproportionate minority confinement, forensic psychiatric nursing, child and adolescent mental health and corrections nursing.
Posted 02/12/2009
Stefan Sittig (Col ’94 L/M) is a director, choreographer, fight director, actor, singer and dancer living in the Washington, D.C., area. His directing and choreography/fight direction work has been seen in New York (off-Broadway); Canada; Uruguay; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; Maryland and Pennsylvania. As an actor, he has performed for several regional theaters. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre and serves on the faculty of the University of Maryland, University College, where he teaches acting, introduction to theatre and introduction to humanities courses. Photos, videos and more information are on his Web site, www.stefansittig.com.
Posted 05/12/2009
Mary Kelly Stokes (Col ’94 L/M) and her husband, Mark, welcomed their third child, Maeve Mickley, on Jan. 12, 2009. She joins a sister, Lauren, 6; and a brother, Luke, 3. Maeve is the granddaughter of James Vincent Kelly (Col ’69 L/M) and Victoria Elizabeth Fuller Kelly (Educ ’70). The family resides in Philadelphia, where Ms. Stokes is an attorney at the law firm of Blank Rome.
Posted 05/12/2009
Sally Tusa (Col ’94 L/M) and Jason Abbey (Col ’94, Arch ’98) were married on May 16, 2009, in Greenwich, Conn. Approximately 50 U.Va. alumni attended. The couple resides in New York City.
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