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Making Us Proud: Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship recipients (above from left) Lori Gosselin 16PH, Jessica Turner 16T, and Viktoriya Seredyuk 15OX 17C.
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Krysia Wrobel Waldron 08G 10PhD is a social-organizational psychologist focusing on self-awareness and interpersonal behavior. For more than 10 years, Waldron has worked to help leaders address challenges, make decisions, and solve complex problems. Her clients have included Intercontinental Hotel Group, Georgia Power, Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the Fulton County Board of Education, and more. Waldron also teaches executives in private training and at Goizueta Business School on a range of topics, including leadership development, emotional intelligence, coaching skills, group dynamics, and conflict management. Damon E. Elmore 96L of Lithia Springs, who is president of the board of directors of the Georgia Legal Services Program, has biked across all 159 Georgia counties. Emily Carrington Heath 96OX 98C of Exeter, N. H., is the senior pastor of the Congregational Church and a writer whose work is regularly featured in the Huffington Post. Brian J. Freidman 97OX 99C of Cherry Hill, N.J., is the national sales manager for Starlink Telematics with Subaru of America. Edwin Louis Peak 97M of Aiken, S.C., who specializes in joint replacement of the hip, knee, and shoulder, recently joined the Carolina Musculoskeletal Institute.
The Emory Alumni Board Leadership Scholarship was created in 2007 to recognize students whose actions, beliefs, and passion have improved the community in the arts or sciences, in academics or extracurricular pursuits, or through mentorship, social outreach, or other avenues. This year’s recipients include Lori Gosselin 16PH, a member of the Theta Alpha Kappa Honor Society and actively collaborates with El Refugio, a hospitality house for families of detainees in Lumpkin, facilitating humanitarian visits with immigrants detained at Stewart Detention Center whose families or friends cannot visit. Jessica Turner 16T is a leader of the Candler Committee on Race Equality (core), who was the principal organizer of the “die-in” on campus to draw awareness to issues of racial justice in policing and law enforcement. Viktoriya Seredyuk 15OX 17C, a native of Lviv, Ukraine, served as Volunteer Oxford Project Coordinator for Hunger and Homelessness, and in March 2014, helped orchestrate an interfaith vigil for the people of Ukraine.
Kirt J. Greenburg 98MBA of Wheat Ridge, Colo., is the small and medium enterprise center director at the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China. Ken E. Hall 98T of Roswell is the author of the book entitled Stonewall Jackson and Religious Faith in Military Command. Marc A. Huling 98C of Naples, Fla., a partner with the law firm Roetzel, is president of the Collier County Bar Foundation and president-elect of the Collier County Bar Association. Xin Dang 99MBA of Parsippany, N.J., is global marketing director of allergy relief with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare. Jonathan J. Pritti 99BBA of Port Washington, N.Y., is a director with the Healthcare Group of Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank. Matthew B. Shapiro 99C of New York City works in strategic partnerships at Google.
2000s Tolton R. Pace 00C 02PH of Rex won $25,000 on May 26 as a contestant on the television program “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” Marie H. Silloway 00EMBA of New York, N.Y., is the chief brand equity and customer experience officer for Godiva Chocolatier. Christina Sigmon Arnell 01PH of Morganton, N.C., is a consultant with Med Assets. Paul J. Curley 01C of Bow, N.H., a certified financial adviser, recently relocated to Bow, N.H., with his wife, Danielle, and daughter, Claire Ann.
Join the Team: The Emory Alumni Board (EAB) welcomed eleven new members in September. Under the leadership of incoming EAB President Michele Davis 87C, the board will focus attention this year on supporting access and equity of experience for all students, exploring ways to strengthen connections through key touchpoints in the student-alumni continuum, and working with school alumni boards to advance shared initiatives. New members are (left to right) Corrine Abraham 85N, Laurie Speed 96C 99L, Meredith Ingram 03C 12A 12PH, Rosalie Collado 05B, Liza Evans 14OX 16B, Kareem Maddison 03L, Robert Oh 10B, and Munir Meghjani 08OX 10C. Not pictured: Eva Arkin 76C 80M 84MR, Carlyn Burton 02C 02G, and Doug Torbush 88D 89DR.
W O R K I N G I T: T H EO LO GY Parker Diggory 09T is the new director of religious and spiritual life at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Having grown up near Skidmore, this seems like a homecoming, but with a new objective. Diggory said that she is “most looking forward to getting to know the students, and working together to raise awareness about religious and spiritual life.” She also is looking forward to helping “keep questions of faith, tradition, and spirituality in the conversations that happen on campus.” Diggory also is a PhD candidate in Hebrew Bible at Emory. Qi He 01MBA of Shanghai, China is executive vice president of operations and strategy for ShangPharma. Julie Hutchings Mayo 01C 02PH of Houston, Texas, is a partner of the global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright US where she focuses on the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of energy and infrastructure projects. Amy Beth Siegel 01L of Wellington, Fla., a partner focusing on workers’ compensation defense in the West Palm Beach office of the law firm of Kelley Kronenberg, was recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer Rising Star. Siegel is serving a three-year term on the Board of Directors for the Susan G. Komen, South Florida Affiliate and received the Susan G. Komen South Florida
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