co-chair of the council’s legislative affairs committee. He is an associate in the trial group at Duane Morris in Atlanta. Charles R. “Bobby” Zappala Jr. ’04 is CEO of Thrill Mill, a nonprofit that provides business coaching, legal counseling, and initial investment funding to startups. Thrill Mill organized the second Thrival Innovation + Music Festival last September in Pittsburgh. The two-day event highlights the area’s local music scene while raising money to support Pittsburgh’s entrepreneurial development. ’05 | 10th Reunion April 17-19, 2015 Courtesy Jeff Stern
Journalist Jeff Stern ’07, who traveled to Guinea to On the trail: Stern with village elders report on the Ebola outbreak for Vanity Fair, returned to in Meliandou campus last fall to talk to students in the Sanford School of Public Policy about his career journey as a journalist and the lessons he learned while tracking the worst Ebola outbreak in history. In an interview with Ken Rogerson, director of undergraduate studies at Sanford, Stern—a former student contributor to Duke Magazine—talked about how he retraced the outbreak of the Ebola virus to the village of Meliandou, where it is believed the virus was passed from a fruit bat to a toddler. “The underreported part of the story is ecological—the fact that there’s been so much trauma to the land, mining, and deforestation, that you have species coming into contact with people who have never really had to spend much time with them,” Stern told students. “People have to get used to having new neighbors basically, and those neighbors carry pathogens that we’re not used to.” IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Read Stern’s article on the Ebola outbreak, “Hell in the Hot Zone,” in the October 2014 issue of Vanity Fair.
liams B.S.E. ’93 and Kara S. Williams on Aug. 29, 2014…Hunter Dodge to Hoyt D. Morgan ’96 and Elizabeth C. Morgan on Oct. 23, 2014… Anton Edward to Jill L. Arnold ’97 and Jorge S. Wagner on Oct. 9, 2014…Collette Marie to Pamela F. Brown Kournetas ’97 and Nicholas G. Kournetas on Nov. 13, 2013…Keira Kathleen to Shannon E. Roche ’97 and Noah Rosenberg on June 19, 2014…Miriam Ellen to Michael W. Bowling ’98 and Ursula B. Bowling on June 20, 2014…Nora Elizabeth to Timothy P. Fitzgerald ’98 and Nicole E. Ladas Fitzgerald ’99 on June 22, 2014…Thomas Robert to Lauren F. McLoughlin Gallagher ’98 and Robert J. Gallagher Jr. ’98, J.D. ’04 on Oct. 16, 2013… Dylan Reid to Brian D. Igel ’99 and Stacy D. Igel on Oct. 4, 2014…Catherine Elle to Peter J. Klein ’99, M.D. ’04 and Monica E. Klein on Oct. 4, 2014…Sydney Jean to Riley A. Weber Murdock B.S.E. ’99 and Jamie Murdock on April 4, 2014. 64 www.dukemagazine.duke.edu
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Christopher D. Brandt ’00 was recognized by Ernst & Young as a 2014 Entrepreneur of the Year for Maryland. He is in his 10th year working for Audacious Inquiry, a healthinformation policy and technology company. He lives in Baltimore with his wife, Sarah, and son, Alexander. Dana L. Tyree Kopelman ’02 was promoted to director of AP curriculum and content at the College Board. She lives in New York with her husband, Erik. William W. Fagan III ’03 was elected as a Northern District of Georgia representative to the executive council of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia. He also was named
Stephen R. Berry Ph.D. ’05 published A Path in the Mighty Waters: Shipboard Life and Atlantic Crossings to the New World. He is an associate professor of history at Simmons College, where he teaches courses in early American, Atlantic world, and American religious history. Emily Barrett Brady ’05 was named one of 2014’s Most Influential Women in Business by the Columbia Regional Business Report. She was recognized for her professional work as a senior public affairs specialist for SCANA Corp., as well as for her volunteer efforts with the Columbia Museum of Art, Palmetto Health Foundation, Salvation Army of the Midlands, and Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity. Matthew J. Tolnick ’05 is the founder and CEO of Lawless Jerky, which produces the nation’s only 100 percent grass-fed and dry-aged beef jerky. Lawless Jerky is the first jerky company to be endorsed by the Humane Society for its all-natural production model. David K. Barker ’06 received a Ph.D. in forestry and environmental science from N.C. State University. The title of his dissertation is “Potential of Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) as a Biofuel Feedstock.” Steven M. Frenk A.M ’07, Ph.D. ’11 was promoted to senior service fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, located in Hyattsville, Md. He works on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and conducts research on prescription medication use and veterans’ health. Kristeena L. Ray B.S.E. ’09 was appointed West Virginia State University’s director of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. She was a member of the Nu Omicron chapter of Zeta Phi Beta while at Duke. MARRIAGES & COMMITMENTS Patrick J. Rosenthal ’02 to Sarah Rizzo on May 17, 2014. Residence: New York…Dana Lea Tyree ’02 to Erik J. Kopelman on May 10, 2014. Residence: New York…William W. Fagan III ’03 to Jessica Reece on March 29, 2014. Residence: Atlanta…Benjamin J. Moore ’04