ALUMNINotes BSBA Class of 1973
Joe David Berg retired Feb. 2 from
the U.S. House of Representatives, where he had served since 1977. Berg worked under the chief administrative officer at House Information Resources as a senior systems engineer providing technical support. He has been accepted into a training program to become a Virginia Master Naturalist and plans to enjoy gardening, bird-watching, photography, and outdoor activities. Berg lives with his wife, Nadine (Reamy) (SFS ’75), in Arlington, Va. BSBA Class of 1985 Michael Rachap founded the
Atlanta-based company Readeez, which makes “edutainment” videos for children, in 2005. In October 2008, it released its first product: a DVD titled Readeez Volume One. A “readee” is a short film, about a minute long, that uses synchronized video and audio to teach preschoolers how to read. The company is seeking international distribution. MBA Class of 1986 Ivy Cohen’s firm, Ivy Cohen Cor-
porate Communications, enters its ninth year of helping multinational and U.S. companies build their reputations through high-impact strategic marketing, media relations, and crisis communications campaigns. In 2008, ICCC created the first-of-its-kind College Partnership Program with low-income Bensonhurst elementary school PS 247 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Since then,
15 colleges from the Northeast have engaged with the K–5 student body to make college education part of their future plans.
changing macroeconomic conditions. Darquea and his wife, Paola, have three children: Gustavo, 11; Santiago, 8; and Sergio, 6.
BSBA Class of 1989
MBA Class of 1996
Nick McCormick published a
Andrew Sachs founded Sachs
book called Lead Well and Prosper: 15 Successful Strategies for Becoming a Good Manager. The book is a return to the fundamentals of management and leadership told in a humorous, edgy, and enlightening way. McCormick is a practice manager for CAI, an IT services firm. He lives with his wife and three children in Downingtown, Pa.
Capital in 2007, a private equity fund that invests in private operating companies in the mid-Atlantic region. He lives in Potomac, Md., with his wife, two children, and dog.
MBA Class of 1991 Bob Karig’s second book, Coal
Cars:The First Three Hundred Years, was published by the University of Scranton Press in December 2007. The book traces the history and evolution of coal cars from their earliest use in England through the end of the steam era on American railroads.
CEO of Noblis in October 2007. The Falls Church, Va., science, technology, and strategy consulting firm works on some of the nation’s most complex issues in health care, climate change, national security, transportation, and telecommunications. Joanne Hannafin chaired the third
annual Strollathon this past fall in Fairfax, Va., to benefit the Interna-
MBA Class of 1997 Karen Schroeder works at IBM as
a senior managing consultant in public-sector financial management practice. She has worked with the U.S. Department of Justice on its unified financial management system and now works with the U.S. Coast Guard on its financial systems segment architecture. Mike Blake became director of val-
uation services at Habif, Arogeti & Wynne LLP in Atlanta on March 2. He also has co-founded nonprofit StartupLounge.com in Atlanta to help early-stage investors and ventures connect with one another.
tional Rett Syndrome Foundation. Started in honor of her daughter, Claire, the event raises funds for Rett Syndrome research. Hannafin is grateful to her fellow IEMBA 3s who have generously supported the event as part of team “Hoyas for Claire.” Hannafin is a corporate finance and accounting consultant. Ivo Maric became an American
citizen in June 2008.
Raj Patel lives in Dubai and serves
as director of IT and innovation technology for Omniyat Properties, one of the city’s largest real estate developers. The firm’s projects include the technologically advanced apartment building called the Pad and the office tower Opus. MBA Class of 1995 Gustavo A. Darquea has been
leading Trebol Verde, a subsidiary of Cateringecuador, the largest food service solutions company in Ecuador, for seven years. The company serves more than 50,000 meals per day, catering to clients in business and industry, health and education, and remote locations. Darquea, who graduated with a focus on corporate finance, is constantly translating strategy learned at Georgetown into action in a country with challenging and
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Phil Cefaratti was running for City
T.C. Mullany and his wife,
Council in Alexandria, Va., at press time. He lives in Alexandria with his wife, former Redskinette Deb Antonini-Cefaratti, and her three children.
Elizabeth, started a small software development and consulting company, 3SigmaSoftware.com, in 2003 to help facilitate delivery of services by federal Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs. The program is available in all 50 states and in 33 Indian tribal organizations.
IEMBA 3 Class of 1998 Kimberly Higgins Deobald works
at IBM as a software business unit executive and is responsible for all software sales for civilian agencies and Department of Homeland Security agencies. She works on new initiatives to transform government, including cyber security, dynamic infrastructure, Smarter Planet, enterprise asset management, collaboration/social networking, and document/content management. Amr ElSawy became president and
After 15 years of marriage, Anna and Alan Li are expecting their first child in July. Last year, Alan became vice president of business development of AOL’s mobile advertising business, the same role he previously held at a venture capital–funded company based in San Francisco.
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