ALUMNI NEWS NOTES 1 million of them. Today, the Boston, Massachusetts-based organization has 15 employees, and it partners with national corporations, sporting goods manufacturers, foundations, sports teams, athletes, and, most recently, ESPN. This year, Good Sports is opening an office in New York. Keswick has learned to focus on what will make the biggest impact on the long-term growth of Good Sports. “That means I have to say ‘no’ to a lot of things,” she says. She still finds time to get involved elsewhere. Keswick sits on several boards in Boston, including Zoo New England, and accepts some speaking engagements on topics such as women’s issues, leadership, sports, and nonprofits. The biggest message she wants to share: “If there isn’t an element of philanthropy that you can personally get involved with [in your job], you can help move forward someone else’s mission.” — Rebecca Scherr
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1999
Robert Creighton has
Jim Suprenant has been named partner at William Blair, a Chicagobased global investment banking and asset management firm.
been named managing partner at Farrell Fritz, a New York law firm. Previously he was a partner at the firm.
1998 Marisa Edmund has been appointed executive vice president, global sales and marketing, for Edmund Optics. She’s shown above with her father, Robert Edmund (B ’70), at the SPIE Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation in 2015.
2000 Karina Rajpal (B ’00, MBA ’05), Ankur Mittal (MBA ’05), and Neha Sachar Mittal co-founded Kidologoy, India’s first and leading designer kidswear brand with distribution in stores around the world.
2001 Justin Kontul
has been promoted to partner at Reed Smith LLP in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. He is a member of the firm’s Financial Industry Group. Michael Medici has been
Kate Eberle Walker is CEO of The Princeton Review. She previously served as the company’s CFO and has 15 years of experience advising, acquiring, and investing in education companies.
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
promoted to managing director at Summit Partners, a leading global growth equity firm, where he focuses on the technology sector.
2003 Vinoda Basnayake is chair of the board of directors at DC Vote,
which works to secure voting rights, local autonomy, and statehood for the District of Columbia. He also is of counsel at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s D.C. office, and a principal and co-founder of Vindara & Co., a lifestyle and entertainment company in the District.
2005 John Ghirardelli and his
wife, Katherine (C ’05), welcomed a happy and healthy daughter, Emma Marie Ghirardelli, on Aug. 13, 2015. Emma was born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. and measuring 19.5 inches. Johnny and Katherine have been busy settling into life as a family of three and are excited to introduce her to the Georgetown University community and Hoya family.
2009 Laurie Banitch is vice president of strategic planning for the Borderplex Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to economic development and prosperity in the Ciudad Juárez, El Paso, and southern New Mexico region. The alliance is leading the implementation of a binational strategic plan to spur growth in targeted industries and compete as a region in the global economy.
2013 Jeff Stefanis was named to Forbes magazine’s 2016 30 Under 30 list in the manufacturing and industry category. Jeff is co-founder and CEO of Riide.
MBA
1994 Christopher Hewitt has been named an Ohio Super Lawyer for 2016 at Tucker Ellis LLP.
1998 Charles Hallab (MBA/ JD ’98) is a partner at Mayer Brown, where he chairs the firm’s Middle East practice. Previously he served as chair of Baker & McKenzie’s
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