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Lynnette Crowder (EMBA ’10
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LYNNETTE CROWDER (EMBA ’10)
Learning to Lead from ‘Crucible Moments’
Lynnette Crowder (EMBA ’10) decided early in her career to follow her curiosity and run toward challenges.
A mechanical engineering graduate of Virginia Tech, she was recruited by General Motors and offered a choice of working in the design group or operations. Most of her peers picked design, the sought-after darling of automotive engineering. Crowder chose operations.
“I said, ‘Actually, I’d much rather get experience managing people, leading people,’” she recalls. “They said, ‘Really? Are you sure?’ That was the beginning of a path of taking that analytical piece of me and fusing it with how to motivate and engage people.”
Crowder later moved into GM’s sales side, bringing fresh perspectives from operations. She was in sales and enrolled in Darden’s Executive MBA when, midway through the program, the global financial crisis hit and GM declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. At Darden, she found a place to pause and assess her next step. After graduating, she joined the general manager development program at MeadWestvaco to gain a high-level view of the business before choosing a specific path.
At a mentor’s urging, she moved into HR. She was leading HR for a large division in late 2019 when US Silica recruited her to be senior vice president and chief human resources officer.
“Years ago, HR was the personnel department. They figured out benefits, answered questions. It was very transactional,” she says. “But in the last decade or so, that’s really transformed. For a lot of business leaders, there has been this realization that achieving a business strategy is so dependent on the talent and organizational capability that you have.”
Within six months of starting the job, Crowder was overseeing layoffs forced by a downturn in the oil and gas sector, and then the pandemic hit. The experience proved to be one of her biggest tests yet.
“I call it one of those crucible moments that can really crystallize a team. Being in a new role in the C-suite, facing the challenges of the time, was one of those,” Crowder says. “Though it’s been really tough, it’s also been really valuable.”
Crowder serves on Darden’s Corporate Advisory Board. She’s eager to help open doors for students, particularly women, who lack a built-in network to advance their careers.
She still pulls out her notes from Professor Paul Simko’s financial accounting class to help colleagues explain accounting impacts in a clear and simple way.
“He had a way of doing that. The way that he taught accounting was so business relevant, rather than transactional or technical,” Crowder says. “I actually have my accounting notebook on my shelf right now.”
— Sally Parker development and job search support. It is a fantastic and FREE service to all Darden alumni. Want to learn more and request an appointment with any of our coaches? Check out the ACS page on the Darden site — hope you take advantage of it!”
Beth Hunt and her husband have retired and moved to Vermont where they will raise their two young daughters on a farm. Dream fulfilled! Davina Myers was traveling north on a COVID-19 road trip and was able to visit Beth and her husband Todd at their new home. It was great to catch up!
2009
Lizzie Breyer; Neal Pavlic lizziebreyer@gmail.com pavlic@gmail.com
Gina (Rajpal) Felton has recently moved from her role in strategy and portfolio management at ConocoPhillips back to the world of government affairs as director, federal regulatory. She is excited about this new opportunity and grateful that the remote-work culture we’ve all cultivated this past year will allow her to remain in Houston, Texas, for the time being. Gina and family fared OK during the historic freeze that hit Texas earlier this year and are thankful for the concerns of classmates near and far. She looks forward to one day sharing the beauty of the campus and Charlottesville with her husband and four children.
Adair Newhall was recently promoted to partner at Greenspring Associates, a venture capital firm where he works on sourcing and due diligence efforts as well as taking a lead role in the firm’s healthcare practice and Portfolio Impact Program. He and his wife, Kathryn, and their kids live in Baltimore, Maryland.
2010
Meredith Valentine; Kyle Power; Jackie Grace valentine.meredith@gmail.com kylepower11@gmail.com jacqueline.grace@gmail.com
Emily Murray is happy to report that she is a mom! Emily welcomed a daughter, Elizabeth Helen, on 30 November 2020. She’s looking forward to continuing the proud tradition of Darden women in the family — following her grandma Lee Brown Murray (MBA ’85) and her mom. Wahoo waaaah!
Ray Lamas took on a new role with AECOM as vice president, federal ventures. He is leading a new business line focused on large federal staff augmentation contracts aligned to our core engineering skill sets, as part of AECOM’s larger global growth strategy. Last year, Ray also served on his compa-
Emily Murray (MBA ’10) with her mother, Lee Brown Murray (MBA ’85), and daughter Elizabeth Helen
ny coronavirus task force that helped deploy capabilities to clients to help them address the crisis, including the rapid deployment of temporary field hospitals to New York City early in the crisis.
Ben Goodman and family are making the most of the virtual office and moving to Crozet, Virginia! Please reach out if you are ever in town. We’d love to catch up.
Kyle Power and Stephanie Quinones-Millet were married on 10 October 2020 in a quaint outdoor ceremony in Kyle’s hometown of Easton, Massachusetts. Although planning a wedding during a pandemic kept things interesting, the couple was fortunate to pull off a socially distanced event surrounded by close friends and family, including fellow Darden classmate Ned Greenberg.
Patrick Ryan, his wife, Sally, their daughter Evelyn, age 3, and son Michael, age 1.5, welcomed a daughter, Catherine Frances, on 10 December 2020. The family has also moved back to Charlottesville, so don’t be a stranger reach out when you are back in town!
The Class of ’10 gathered on a Zoom call on 19 April to celebrate our 10th (or 11th!) anniversary of our graduation from Darden. We had over 60 classmates join. It was great to hear updates from almost every participant — we learned about families, moves, new jobs and an incredible number of patents held by one classmate! We can’t wait to gather again in person soon!
2010 EMBA
Meghan Welch; Dave Bonenfant 4meghanwelch@gmail.com david.bonenfant@gmail.com
The EMBA class of ’10 is very sad that we will not be seeing each other on grounds for our rescheduled reunion this spring. We look forward to reconnecting virtually, and in the meantime, we have so much fun news to share!
We start by congratulating Vesna Todorovic on her promotion to a chair of the department of anesthesiology at the University of Colorado. Vesna has relocated to Denver for this exciting opportunity.
Dive Technologies, co-founded by Jerry Sgobbo, recently launched their large autonomous underwater vehicle. Dive Technologies also closed a funding round in December and is seeing good market interest from their defense and commercial customers. Congratulations Jerry!
Congratulations are also in order for John Benner and his wife, Jelena Kecmanovic. They have moved the Behavior Therapy Institute (BTI) into new offices in the Court House area of Arlington, Virginia. The institute also will open a new location in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in late August. BTI has expanded significantly in the past two years, growing from a sole practitioner psychotherapy practice to a group practice employing more than 20 doctoral level therapists specializing in cognitive behavior therapy and other evidence-based treatments for adults, adolescents and couples. Plans for 2022 include the opening of an office in suburban Maryland. Way to go John and Jelena!
Kudos to Tucker Norton who has been named the global business leader for the Cyrel Solutions Division at DuPont. Based in Wilmington, Delaware, Tucker is responsible for growing DuPont’s world-class portfolio of flexographic solutions for printers/ converters and trade shops.
Scott Berg sold his interests in ATA, the company he founded in 2008 while at Darden, to his business partners and investors in January of 2020. Scott is on to his next company — working on blockchain-based financing for secure pharma supply chains — called Authentag. Well done, Scott.
We also congratulate Carrie Cabell who joined USAA as executive director leading the property and casualty claims learning team of 80 learning professionals who serve 6200 claims adjusters. Located in Colorado Springs, Carrie also joined USAA’s regional executive team for 1700 Colorado-based employees.
And lastly, a high five to Meghan Welch who has been promoted to executive vice president of human resources and chief diversity officer at Capital One.
Brent Sanet (MBA ’11) with his family
Jimmy Hicks (MBA ’11) and Debora wed 14 March 2020 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Kyle Power (MBA ’10) and Stephanie QuinonesMillet were married on 10 October in a quaint outdoor ceremony in Kyle’s hometown of Easton, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Harris (MBA ’12) welcomed his second child, Sophia Isabella Harris, on 28 October.
2011
Sarah Boice; Stephanie Conell sarahsboice@gmail.com stephanie.h.conell@gmail.com
Jimmy Hicks and his wife, Debora, married on 14 March 2020. They welcomed a baby girl on 31 March 2021.
Brent Sanet welcomed daughter Emerson on 17 May 2020. Emerson loves her weekends at the beach and exploring Vienna, Virginia, during the week with her mom, Alexandra. We wish everyone a safe and prosperous 2021.
2011 EMBA
Chris Mehalic chrismehalic@gmail.com
The 2011 EMBA class wishes all in the Darden community hope and optimism as we slowly emerge from what’s been a truly unique and challenging year. This year we celebrate our 10-year reunion. Though the reunion festivities will be virtual, we look forward to reconnecting and properly getting together in person later in the fall. Please enjoy a few recent class updates:
A big thanks to Tom Tichenor for organizing a lively and well-attended Zoom/ Homeroom (has that been trademarked yet?) on 25 February. A very special thanks for our guests Barbara Millar and Paul Simko.
John Dowd and his family have relocated from the sunny shores of California to the misty mountains of North Carolina. They’re excited to stretch out a bit and welcome the opportunity to be living back in the United States.
Vipul Dixit is now in Atlanta, Georgia, enjoying his new role with Shell working on the Pennsylvania Chemicals Project, when he’s not playing the markets, that is.
Matt Bradley survived the COVID-19 winter in classic Vermont style with his wife, Beth, and their two children by shredding the slopes. Matt is not at all ashamed to admit that he hung up his snowboard this year in favor of skis, even if it may seem a bit off-brand.
Dave Schmidle has accepted a new role as head of global compliance with CFA Institute in Charlottesville, focused on developing a strategic program and implementing new risk-based solutions.
Betsy Moszeter is spending 2021 living in Lagos, Nigeria, working remotely (really remotely!) while building her family. She’s extremely grateful for small wins (actually getting to buy shampoo and dish soap), the quality and diversity of the Nigerian-grown food, great technology tools and texts and video calls to stay connected with loved ones in the States. Drop Betsy a line to hear about her adventure and just say hi.
Lauren (Keller) Hunter (MBA ’13) married Daniel Hunter on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, last fall.
2012
Travis Danysh; Sadie Wieschhoff travis.danysh@gmail.com swieschhoff@gmail.com
Jonathan Harris is happy to announce to the Darden community that he and his wife had their second child, Sophie Isabella Harris, born 28 October 2020. She is alertly learning the world of business from her daddy and is a bundle of joy.
2012 EMBA
Courtney Johnston courtney.johnston@gmail.com
Congratulations, Rose! On 31 October 2020 Rose Blackburne married Michael
Laura Durity (MBA ’13) married Greg Galvin at home in Arlington, Virginia, this summer.
Covington. Rose has also been promoted to vice president, global head of general medicine at PPD.
After a productive seven-year stint in digital marketing and transformation consulting at Booz & Co., and then at Accenture Interactive, Ashu Mehndiratta is back to his first passion —healthcare. He joined ZS Associates in Princeton, New Jersey, as an associate principal in the Consumer Centric Marketing Practice focused on building out new ways to enhance physician and patient experiences primarily in the pharma and life sciences sector and using all those customer-centric skills he learned consulting.
For me, 2020 was a year of many changes, including working from home, being a teacher, and taking a new role as the product lead for B2B payables and fintech strategy within Capital One’s Commercial Bank. I am looking forward to seeing everyone in person soon. Don’t forget that our 10-year reunion is next April.
2013
Deanna de Arango; Janet Schroeder deannadearango@gmail.com janetaschroeder@gmail.com
Lauren (Keller) Hunter married Daniel Hunter on 24 October 2020 at her parents’ home on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, with a few fellow Darden classmates in attendance. Lauren wrote: “After navigating getting engaged, planning/replanning a wedding and getting married during a pandemic, we are enjoying the calm of just settling into our new home together in San Francisco, California.”
Laura Durity married Greg Galvin at their home in Arlington, Virginia, on 18 July 2020. Laura shared: “It was not the wedding
we had originally planned, and sadly due to the pandemic, we were unable to celebrate with any Darden friends. We look forward to a bigger celebration later this year.”
2013 EMBA
Josh Newell; Elisabeth Wright josh.newell@gmail.com elisabethbwright@gmail.com
Please send your updates for the next issue of the magazine.
2014
Himanshu Singh; Margot Sakoian himanshu.tevotia@gmail.com margotsakoian@gmail.com
In January, Mike Nieves and his wife, Nicole, welcomed their second child, baby Isabel. The family has formed an LT for her first year. In Darden tradition, it involves long nights, plentiful wine, and regular advice from Matt Priest.
Matt Assad married Jackie Diette in a small, COVID-19-safe ceremony at St. Thomas More Church in Darien, Connecticut, on 26 September 2020. Fellow Darden alumni Ben Midanek, Margot Sakoian, and
Herman and Allie (Czerapak) Schroeder
were in attendance.
Matt is an investment banker focusing on mergers and acquisitions at Portico Capital, a boutique investment bank specializing in the information and business services/ software industry. Jackie is the director of e-commerce for Kate Spade New York.
The couple live in Brooklyn, New York, with their sheepadoodle puppy, Tux. They look forward to hosting a larger reception to celebrate their marriage in the near future!
2014 EMBA
Maury Denton maurydenton@gmail.com
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Isabel, daughter of Mike Nieves (MBA ’14) and wife Nicole
2014 GEMBA
Cozy Bailey; Jordan Sorkin cozy_bailey@yahoo.com elsorko@gmail.com
From Joseph Schafer:
“Our daughter, Kat, did get married in Washington, D.C., on 8 November after having been COVID-postponed from May. Our son, Joe, is getting married in Modesto, California, on 11 June.”
From Leszek Lekstan:
“All good here! We had our first son born four months ago and it’s been a wonderful experience despite many sleepless nights.”
From Stephanie Scuderi:
“Nothing to report other than over the last year, finding gratitude in many things I previously took for granted, not the least of which was GEMBA — for many reasons, an impossibility today. Truly a different world. We’ll always have samba school.”
From Oliver Weiss:
“Hope everyone is making it to the other side in one piece and full of vigor to take on the next big thing in their lives. Here are the Weiss family updates: Wife (Peggy) got tenured at George Mason University in 2020 (special education). Empty nesters this fall as our daughter Samantha is a second year at Mizzou and son Max may go to Iowa State, Kansas University or Kentucky. Mom (age 78 in Germany) was diagnosed, unfortunately, with ALS. Me? Still consulting in sports (soccer) world and began coaching college soccer again with men’s program at George Mason U. Plus, I used a GEMBA mindset and Master Class subscription to become a more refined cook (pasta, chicken, palak dishes and stews).”
2015
Sonja Pedersen-Green; Archana Rao sonja.pedersen.green@gmail.com archanaraoc@gmail.com
Ned Lipes and Darcy have been living in Colorado since returning from Australia in 2018. Since then, they’ve settled up in the mountains outside of Boulder, where they’re surrounded by all kinds of animals and plenty of snow. Ned currently manages a product called the O-arm, an X-ray imaging system used in neurosurgery. Darcy works at an advertising technology startup called Sovrn. Their first son, Cassius, is turning 2 this year.
Matt Assad (MBA ’14) and Jackie Diette were married 26 September in Darien, Connecticut.
2015 EMBA
Jenn Scheurich jennifer.scheurich@capitalone.com
Please send your updates for the next issue of the magazine.
2015 GEMBA
Rob Lane rmlane11@gmail.com
Please send your updates for the next issue of the magazine.
Trey Zissner (GEMBA ’16) with his family Kelly Gerhardt (MBA ’16) with her three children
2016
Adrienne Brewbaker; Kendal Carlson; Saranya Sundararajan afbrewbaker@gmail.com kendalmcarlson@gmail.com catchsaranya@gmail.com
Kelly Gerhardt shared: “Lots of change for the Gerhardt family this spring! We are now living in Ohio near family. Kelly started a new job as director of strategic planning at Big Lots. We welcomed a baby boy, Timothy, to the family on 3 March. Sister Emily and brother Josh like him very much! Adam is still with the NTSB and doing great.”
Over 70 members of the Class of ’16 joined to celebrate our five-year reunion last week. We made the most of the virtual setting, reconnecting and sharing memories as a class and in section breakouts. Needless to say, we’re looking forward to our 10-year!
2016 EMBA
Liz Goldstein; Jessica Pearson lizgoldstein15@gmail.com jessica.obradovic.pearson@gmail.com
Greetings and well wishes for good health and prosperity in 2021! We have all been through so much this past year with many highs and lows. We truly treasure our friends from Darden helping us navigate these years post-graduation. Thank you to Brendan Miniter and Generra Peck for organizing three calls with our cohort to connect and share experiences this past year and recently in February 2021. Please note that we are planning a reunion for our EMBA cohort in Charlottesville in October 2021, so stay tuned for details!
Congratulations Jo Cousins! He and his wife welcomed their second child, Gladys, in August 2020. She is beautiful!
Congratulations Rebecca Redington Lupesco! She and her husband, Anthony, welcomed their second child, Arthur, in October 2020. Life is good!
J. Corey Feist shared this update on LinkedIn: “Jennifer Feist, the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation and I are so proud that Sen. Tim Kaine was able to secure $140 million in funding in the COVID-19 package for the programs called for in the Lorna Breen Act. This is an excellent step in supporting the mental health and well-being of our health care professionals and first responders.” For more information, please visit drlornabreen.org.
Praveen Kathpal is now the president of Motor, an electric subscription service company. Motor offers full-service electric car subscriptions to save you time, money and the headaches of car ownership.
Glenn Cann (EMBA '17) stands with his second son, Eric, who was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy from Virginia Tech and is attending Nuclear Power School in Orlando, Florida. Kathryn Fox (MBA ’17), Dave Stuart (MBA ’17) and Julianne Stuart-Fox
2016 GEMBA
David Maruna david.maruna@gmail.com
Trey Zissner says: “Since graduation, Meg and I have had two sons, Liam, age 4, and Wyatt, age 1. Meg is still working as an equine veterinarian, and I started a new career at Virginia Asset Management helping individuals, families and business owners with comprehensive financial planning. We can’t wait to travel again once everything opens up!”
2017
Amy Brubaker Menendez; Gabe Legendy amy.b.menendez@gmail.com glegendy@gmail.com
Darden Class of ’17: Thanks so much for sharing your life updates and keeping us all informed about your lives. — Gabe and Amy.
Kyle Brodie and Meghan Brodie welcomed their son Leland “Lou” Reynolds Brodie on 15 September 2020. Their daughter Grace, age 3, is enjoying being a big sister! Meghan’s home organizing business, The House Finch, continues to grow and Kyle is enjoying his second year working for CarMax.
Christen Orndorff and Joshua Palmer welcomed their second child, daughter Alessandra Grace, in August 2020. Adeline, age 3, is excited to be a big sister.
Kathryn Fox and David Stuart welcomed their daughter Julianne Stuart-Fox on 11 December!
Nick Ksiazek has taken leave from Accenture to temporarily return to the Marines to work on artificial intelligence at the Defense Innovation Unit. If your company is interested in working with us check out DIU.mil. At home, year-old twins Teddy & Georgie, keep Nick and his wife, Veronica, busy chasing them around Alameda, Calif.
Kyle Brodie (MBA ’17), left, with his wife, Meghan, son, Lou, and daughter, Grace
2017 EMBA
Jana Maas; Nathan Uldricks jana.m.burnett4@gmail.com nathan.uldricks@gmail.com
Glenn Cann sold Battlespace Flight Services, LLC 16 months ago and runs AOC Global Services and AOC Program Solutions focused on weapon system life cycle management and sustainment. He started a new mentor-protege JV, American Tech Solutions LLC, in January 2021 focused on DOD and Intel IT Services. He’s still active in scouting, serving as scoutmaster of Troop 1978. His daughter, Jennifer, was married in Charlottesville. His eldest son, Andrew, was promoted to managing partner at Torrent
Alessandra Grace, daughter of Christen Orndorff (MBA ’17) and Joshua Palmer Chrissie (Ezzell) Hamilton (MBA ’18) and her husband, Carter, welcomed daughter Minia Deekens Hamilton in October. Justin and Sarah Masters, both Class of 2019, welcomed a son, Luca Rose Masters, in his first UVA swag!
Consulting and lives in Arlington, Virginia. Eric, his second son, was commissioned as an Ensign, USN from Virginia Tech and is attending Nuclear Power School in Orlando. Alex, his third son, is expected to graduate in May from Virginia Tech with a degree in computer science. Luke, his fourth son, is a sophomore at Virginia Tech and is pursuing a math degree. He and his wife, Claire, are still living in Vienna, Virginia, enjoying the family and life.
Elisa Farr and Kyle Kenyon were married on 1 February 2021. They bought eight acres of land in Sutton, Massachusetts, and are building a home.
Jessica Forman and her husband, Mark, welcomed Grant David Nau on 6 December 2020. Grant was born at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and weighed in at a colossal 9 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 21.65 inches. He decided to skip over both newborn clothing and diapers! They are looking forward to introducing Grant to family and friends in the year ahead!
Adreain Henry is the Associate Provost and Dean of Arts & Sciences, Graduate Studies, and Research for Hallmark University in San Antonio, Texas.
Tom Holz is now the electrical calibration product manager at Fluke Corp.
Jana Maas was invited to be a leadership coach in lululemon’s leadership coaching program in addition to her store manager role at Reston Town Center.
Evans Poston was appointed to serve on the Darden School Foundation board of trustees.
Casey Steffan and Paul Conboy got married on Nantucket in November. Paul works for PWC in their Resiliency Practice and Casey works for PBM Capital.
Nathan Uldricks finished his term as a presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he was chief of staff to the chief management officer. Throughout his tenure, he also served in roles at the Office of Management and Budget in the executive office of the president at the White House, the Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Department of Labor.
Danielle Walker is now the director, emerging markets public affairs – rare disease and internal medicine at Pfizer.
2018 EMBA Class Zoom: In December, Executive MBA Class of 2018 classmates held a “Secret Santa” over Zoom. From top left: Mike Rudolph, Kellen Ball, Charlotte Robertson, Chris Barchet, Meredith Aronson, Abin Matin, Kristina Stepanek, Jessica Cummings, Lindsey Longendyke, Latasha Kindrick, and Ryan Slevin
2017 GEMBA
Amanda Fox amanda.j.fox@gmail.com
Pedro Pereyra has joined NorthStar Anesthesia as vice president of financial planning and analysis. He provides financial insight and analytics to the leadership team, which includes one of Darden’s finest, Kate Stets. He continues to live in the Washington, D.C., area and is looking forward to connecting with his classmates and friends in person as the country opens up this year.
Teresa Fuller has joined SalesIntel.io as a senior sales director. She has also taken the opportunity to move her growing family to Round Hill, Virginia, horse and wine country of Virginia! She is missing her Darden family big time and looking forward to when we can all get together again!
2018
Collin Bauer; Kali McFarland; Lauren Hansen collin.bauer@gmail.com kalimcfarland12w@gmail.com lehansen23@gmail.com
Chrissie (Ezzell) Hamilton and husband
Anthony Roberts (MBA ’18) married Olivia on 12 May 2020.
Taylor Sankovich, Caroline Rose, MJ Keller and Allison Yarborough, all Class of 2019, met in Crested Butte, Colorado, where Keller has taken up residence during the pandemic.
Carter welcomed their daughter, Minia Deekens Hamilton, on 11 October 2020. Minia can’t wait for her first visit to Charlottesville!
Anthony Roberts married his love, Olivia, on 12 May 2020. The couple lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
2018 EMBA
Adam Doyle; Laura Pettus; Chris Schenkkan adamdoyle0369@gmail.com lmpettus1276@gmail.com cms4v@hotmail.com
In 2020, Kristine Campbell earned her associate coaching credential from the International Coaching Federation and launched Coaching Strong LLC. Through this independent practice, Kristine actively coaches on a myriad of career, leadership and performance topics for individuals and teams across healthcare, international development, financial and information technology sectors. Additionally, in March 2021, Kristine began serving as an external coaching vendor for Darden’s Executive MBA Program. She is thrilled to be able to help EMBA students in their career journeys. Kristine continues to work full time for the Department of Defense and enjoys her role in talent development and coaching. She and Patrick and their girls are doing well. In the fall, their daughter Charlotte will start high school with the Health and Medical Sciences Governor’s Academy; their daughter Katie will start middle school and their daughter Georgie will start second grade.
Kristine also shared a memory of our late classmate Brian Vogel: “Brian and I were on the same learning team in India, along with James Small, Charlotte Robertson, Brian Kohler and Andy De. We all had a blast together — shopping, cooking, dancing and studying. Our team lost the car manufacturer challenge BUT were the cooking champions. Brian brought our team kindness and great humor. I loved the ‘movie’ that he and his team made during LR2. I will never forget him googling ‘whack’ instead of WACC and saying, “That can’t be right ...” Brian was a bright light and we have lost him much too soon.”
In December 2020, some classmates held a “Secret Santa” over Zoom. Each person mailed something to another person, and the person had to guess the gifter. It was a fun evening, in lieu of getting together in person. Participants included Mike Rudolph, Kellen Ball, Charlotte Robertson, Chris Barchet, Meredith Aronson, Abin Matin, Kristina Stepanek, Jessica Cummings, Lindsey Longendyke, Latasha Kindrick, and Ryan Slevin.
2019 MBA
Peggy Bermel; Sophie Nosseir; Caitlyn Pearson; Freyan Soonawalla; Allison Yarborough mmbermel@gmail.com, sophie.nosseir@ gmail.com, cms2hu@virginia.edu, f.j.soonawalla@gmail.com, ayarborough12@gmail.com
Justin Masters and his wife, Sarah, are happy to announce that they’ve welcomed a healthy baby boy as a new member of their family — Luca Rose Masters — and they’ve already got him fitted in his first UVA swag!
In March 2020, Johnny Mishu put all of what he learned in Core to use and opened a barbershop in Columbus, Ohio (@oldspicebarbershop). Now taking appointments!
Liz McMann threw away everything she learned in Core and invested her life savings in a rapidly depreciating asset to tour the country in a van.
Tom Gonzalez has gone over to the dark side, leaving BCG for a growing startup (@ EVC feel free to add him to your distro list).
Taylor Sankovich, Caroline Rose, MJ Keller and Allison Yarborough met up in Crested Butte, Colorado, where MJ Keller has taken up residence during the pandemic.
Terrance Walker moved to Washington, D.C., and continues to diligently educate the public on top tier rankings they CANNOT miss.
Kyle Rose was recently featured on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Instagram story, making him a Darden celebrity.
Hanna Dobbels (EMBA ’19) in training to be a volunteer firefighter in West Chester, Pennsylvania
2019 EMBA
Charlotte Gage; Terrell Fuller; Tiffany Harvey charlotte.jean.gage@gmail.com terrell.fuller@gmail.com tiffany.l.harvey@gmail.com
As of November 2020, Hanna Dobbels has completed her first class (out of five) in her journey to have her Firefighter I Certification and spend her free time working as a volunteer firefighter for West Chester, Pennsylvania. She is loving the teamwork, the leadership and the chance to give back to her community!
Chris Thomson, M.D., MS, MBA, fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, is starting a new role as group vice president and physician executive for Greater Colorado and Kansas Group. Chris and his family will be moving from Lynchburg, Virginia, to Colorado Springs, Colorado, as
Christopher Skinner (MBA ’20) celebrates his son Finnegan’s first birthday.
