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Christopher C. Colletta (Vanderbilt 2013)

Christopher Colletta (Vanderbilt 2013) was awarded a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, which provides recent college and graduate school alumni with the opportunity to work with seniorlevel policy experts at one of more than two dozen leading thinks tanks and advocacy groups in Washington, DC. Christopher is working at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity. He attended Vanderbilt under a full Army ROTC scholarship, graduating in May 2013 with a B.A. in European History and Asian Studies. Upon graduation he commissioned as an Armor Officer and was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. Between 2013 and 2018, he twice deployed to the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. Leaving the Army in 2018, he earned his M.A. in International Security at the Paris School of International Affairs, concentrating in Chinese & East Asian Studies and Diplomacy. During this time, he interned with the U.S. Department of State in the economics section of the U.S. Embassy in Paris.

Tim G. Glowa (Calgary 1993)

Tim Glowa (Calgary 1993) has joined Grant Thornton LLP, a leading audit, tax, and advisory firm, as a principal and leader of the firm’s employee listening and human capital services offerings. In this role, Tim will expand Grant Thornton’s human capital offerings by helping clients define their total rewards packages to make better business decisions about their most critical asset, their people. A published author and recognized thought leader in preference measurement and total rewards strategy, Tim specializes in customer and employee research, quantitative and qualitative market research, human capital analytics, marketing science, conjoint, database mining, customer segmentation, concept testing, big data, marketing analytics, and total rewards optimization. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, he served as managing director at Ernst & Young. A resident of the Houston, Texas area, Tim received an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Calgary.

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David M. Kraebber (Georgia 1977)

Dr. David Kraebber (Georgia 1977) became the 86th President of the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association (SESAUA) in April 2021. He previously served as Treasurer of SESAUA from 2017 to 2020. The Southeastern Section is the largest in the American Urological Association, comprising nine states with over 2,000 members. David is past President of the North Carolina Urological Association and continues to serve on their board of directors. He is also past President of the Southern Society of Urological Surgeons and served six years on the board of directors of UROPAC, the political action committee sponsored by the American Association of Clinical Urologists. He received a B.S. in zoology from the University of Georgia in 1977 and an M.D. from the Medical College of Georgia in 1981. He is currently Urology Division Chief at Wilmington Health, a 200-provider multispecialty clinic in Wilmington, North Carolina.

William G. Paul (Oklahoma 1952)

Bill Paul (Oklahoma 1952) received an honorary degree from the University of Oklahoma on May 14, 2021, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements and generous service to others. An attorney in Oklahoma City, Bill has spent most of his legal career with the firm of Crowe & Dunlevy, which he first joined in 1957 and currently serves as of counsel. From 1985 to 1995, he worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. as senior vice president and general counsel. His leadership in the legal profession is highlighted by his term as president of the American Bar Association from 1999-2000, in which he initiated programs to increase diversity in the legal system. He also served as president of the American Bar Endowment, the Oklahoma Bar Association, and the National Conference of Bar Association Presidents. Bill has served his alma mater as a trustee of the OU Foundation, a life member and past president of the OU Alumni Association, and a board member for the College of Arts and Sciences, Bizzell Memorial Library, the Business Dean’s Council, and the College of Law. He was previously recognized with the OU Regents’ Alumni Award. Bill was named a Distinguished Fiji in 2015.

David E. Rapp (Virginia 1996)

Dr. David Rapp (Virginia 1996) is the founder and president of Global Surgical Expedition (GSE), a charity founded in 2012 to deliver surgical care to those in need while changing lives in helping the disadvantaged and poverty-stricken. Each year GSE sends multiple surgical teams to Central America and Africa. To date David and his 4

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team have presided over 350 surgeries. He participated in his first medical mission to Honduras in 2000 and has been traveling on medical mission work since. David earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency in surgery and urology at the University of Chicago. He is an Associate Professor of Urology in the University of Virginia School of Medicine and has authored over 100 publications, as well as several book chapters, in his specialty. His hobbies include running and mountaineering, and he recently completed the ascent of North America’s tallest mountain, Mount McKinley, in support of GSE.

C. R. Sabathne (Wisconsin Eau Claire 2002)

On July 20, C. R. Sabathne, CIB, LMFT (Wisconsin Eau Claire 2002) received the 2021 National Frist Humanitarian Award, HCA Healthcare's most distinguished honor. The award recognizes one HCA Healthcare employee, out of 275,000 worldwide, who exemplifies professionalism along with selfless acts of volunteer service aimed at making their communities better. C. R. is a trauma psychotherapist at Coliseum Center for Behavioral Health in Macon, Georgia. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves for over 10 years and deployed to Iraq in 2003 and 2006. Having witnessed firsthand the struggles of many of his comrades with depression, anxiety, and PTSD, he was inspired to become a therapist after his military service and earned a master’s in clinical psychology from Chapman University in 2011. C. R. volunteers his time with several nonprofits in the Middle Georgia area, many of which provide assistance to veterans. As recipient of the award, C.R. was able to designate a charity to receive a $5,000 donation from HCA Healthcare. He chose Comfort Farms in Milledgeville, Georgia, a nonprofit organization that helps veterans adjust to civilian life and assists those who struggle with PTSD. t