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Counselor of the Year finalists by the American School Counselor Association. They and the winner were flown to Washington, D.C., for three days of events including being honored at a White House ceremony hosted by first lady Michelle Obama and meeting their members of Congress. Owen has been a school counselor since 1999 and received the Ohio School Counselor of the Year Award from the Ohio School Counselors Association in 2014. Anthony Petruzzi, AB ’94, made partner at Tucker Ellis in Cleveland, Ohio. He practices white-collar criminal defense, corporate investigation, and business litigation for the fullservice law firm. He also was named an Ohio Super Lawyer for 2016 by Super Lawyers magazine, as he has every year since 2012.
’96
Jennie Cerino Malone, BMUS ’96, plays keyboard on the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. “I had the great fortune of playing at OHIO when the tour performed at Memorial Auditorium on Oct. 8,” writes the musician, dancer, singer, and member of Actors’ Equity Association. “It was great to be ‘home’ for one night!”
’97
Layton McCallum, BS ’97, joined York Risk Services Group, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, as vice president of its operations services centers, overseeing five locations with 130 employees. He lives in Powell, Ohio.
’98
Jeremy Church, BSJ ’98, has been named a partner at WordWrite
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Communications, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based public relations agency, at which he also serves as vice president of media and content strategies. Church joined the firm in 2011 as an account supervisor, after media relations and public relations jobs with a law firm, theater producer, and boarding school.
’99
Ivan Stefano, BSC ’99, became director of the Academic English Transition Program and assistant professor of languages at Ohio Dominican University. He had been the ESL composition program manager at Ohio State, another alma mater. Matthew Young, BBA ’99, part of the credit union practice group in the Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, office of Weltman, Weinberg & Reis, a full-service creditors’ rights law firm, was named a 2016 Rising Star in Ohio by Super Lawyers magazine. He has garnered this distinction every year since 2012.
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Cori McKeever Ashford, BSJ ’00, was promoted to executive vice president and Chicago healthcare practice lead at Weber Shandwick, a global public relations agency. She previously had been a senior vice president.
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Jessa Goddard Fannin, BSJ ’01, CERT ’01, joined Hamilton Capital Management, an investment management and financial advisory firm in Columbus, Ohio, as an associate financial advisor on the wealth advisory team. She had been a financial advisor with Libertas Wealth Management Group in Dublin. Earlier in her career, Fannin spent 13 years as a
television news anchor/reporter, including for WBNS-10TV and Ohio News Network in Columbus. Dustin Frazier, BBA ’01, made partner at the Columbus, Ohio, office of BakerHostetler law firm, which specializes in business, employment, intellectual property, litigation, and tax matters. He is a member of the business group and focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial finance, and real estate. Henry Geha III, BBA ’01, an associate in the Toledo, Ohio, office of Roetzel & Andress, a full-service law firm, was named a Rising Star in creditor debtor rights in Ohio by Super Lawyers magazine for 2016, as he was the previous two years. Philip Truax, BSJ ’01, was promoted to shareholder at Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista law firm. Based in its Avon, Ohio, office, he is a member of the litigation and real estate and construction departments. Truax also earned designation as a Rising Star in Ohio by Super Lawyers magazine for the third straight year.
’02
Michael Evranian, BSC ’02, accepted a job as senior director of business development at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. He had been manager of national sales at Richard Petty Motorsports. Earlier jobs in business development include Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Watkins Glen International.
’04
Ian McClellan, BSC ’04, became marketing manager at Rudolph/Libbe Inc., a national construction