Class Notes

Jack Rokahr ’47 - Jack recently reconnected with Thunderbird and noted that as T-birds, we are citizens of the world. It is exciting to go out into the world and meet someone and see what the two of you can do together. His mind has always been abroad and fascinated with world travel. He joined the U.S. Army after attending the University of Nebraska. He was called to active duty in WWII. He spoke French, so he was selected to be on the first Jeep on a regimental convoy. Jack got special assignments that took him behind the lines. When he returned home in June, his aunt and uncle knew bankers who were putting up money to buy Thunderbird in Glendale. He didn’t realize until afterward that it was perfect for antsy GIs like himself.

Howard Crooks ’54 - Mr. Crooks graduated from Thunderbird in 1954. He is a member of the Board of Directors for Nancy Ellen Crooks Foundation, which empowers Kenya’s children with educational and play opportunities. He started the foundation to honor his wife, Nancy Ellen. The foundation provides solar lights to rural schools, installs playgrounds to promote safe play (including at Kenya’s women’s prisons), and implements gardening programs to improve accessibility to food/nutrition.

Dr. Belmont Haydel ’57 - Dr. Haydel was appointed by President Kennedy in 1963 and President Johnson in 1964 as a US Foreign Service Officer (Diplomat) in economics, commerce, and protocol in Brazil and Argentina. Later, he returned home to New Orleans to work as an accountant in the family business, Haydel’s Flower Shoppe. Later, he served as a Peace Corps adviser and economic consultant in Paraguay. He was awarded two Fulbright Awards in economics at National Universities in Amman, Jordan, and Uruguay. A native English speaker, he’s fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, with familiarity with Arabic, French and Latin. He was also a professor and recruiter for Thunderbird.

William W. Morgan ’58 - William states, “At my age, I'm trying to stay away from the virus. My Vietnamese wife recently acquired citizenship, and her mother and sister are now green card holders.”

George Ramirez ’59 - George is the Director of Armed Forces Service Center, Inc. at Miami International Airport.

Jerome K. Pascoe ’65 - Jerome is long retired!

Alan McDonald ’66 - Alan spent most of his business career working in the cable television industry on the operating side in Denver, CO. After 25 years, he switched to the dark side (program provider) and worked for a short time as the president of Turner International Japan in Tokyo and NBC Sports. He is presently splitting his time between Tequesta, FL, and Lake Toxaway, NC.

J. Clark Hallmann ’67 - J. Clark retired in July 2008 after working almost 40 years internationally. He moved with his wife, Ulla, to the high country in northern Arizona. His last position was as an Executive Committee Member of Union Bancaire Privee, a family-owned Swiss private bank in Zurich, Switzerland. He published his autobiography in an eBook format in January 2020 on Amazon.com, entitled “Sailing Against the Wind.” Previously, he had written a guide for his European and US relatives to assist them in their business lives and give something back. And this manuscript morphed into his autobiography, which his European and US friends urged him to publish for a global audience.

John Farrington ’68 - John is retired.

Manfred Lo Locher ’69 - Manfred was a Management Trainee at American Can Corp., makers of DIXIE Cups; followed by Bendix Corp., in the USA, Germany, and France in 1972. At Bendix, he reported to Michael Blumenthal, later the US Secretary of the Treasury during the Carter Administration. In 1978, he joined MBB (Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm, now Airbus Corp.) in Munich, where he held management positions at EuroCopter EC sales departments in France, Belgium, Germany, Iraq, Dubai, and Kuwait. In 1990, during the Gulf War between Iraq and Kuwait, he was taken hostage and deported to Iraq but released November 1990, right before the allied Desert Storm military intervention. In 1991, from April to December, as a lieutenant colonel in the German Air Force reserves, he supported the German Embassy Attaché staff in Kuwait. In February 1991, Manfred returned to work with MBB in Munich, where he retired in 1996. Manfred founded and organized Cavitator System GmbH and Hydrodynam Jetmix GmbH with partners based on his own patents. He sold all shares in 2014 and retired definitively. Manfred was married for 30 years until his wife died in 2007. Since 2015, he has lived with his partner Annette Kahn in Munderkingen, Germany, and New Jersey, USA. He will be 82, and even after some serious health problems, Manfred thinks and hopes they will have more good years ahead.

Austin Seay ’70 - Austin retired from a 32-year international business career in April 2002. In short, during his career and after graduating from Thunderbird in 1970, he resided in ten countries on six continents. He enrolled at Thunderbird after six years on active duty service in the US Navy and with a 1963 BS degree from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. He was a combat veteran from the Vietnam war when he entered Thunderbird. He was recently honored by The Chattanooga Times Free Press (CTFP) newspaper, which solicited nominations for deserving vets from Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Austin saw combat action in 1965 offshore in South Vietnam. In 1993, he returned from Singapore to Hanoi, Vietnam, and after President Clinton removed the USA’s trade embargo in 1994, he started a business operation with the government of North Vietnam. As one can see, there has been no lack of adventure and intrigue in Austin’s international business career (with 25 years overseas), and Thunderbird gets a lot of credit for that.

Clayton Stone ’70 - Clayton is retired from ASI Government after consulting at Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, FEMA, and the U.S.Coast Guard.

Dan Mapes ’71 - Dan is the Founder/President of VERSES LABS and The Spatial Web Foundation.

Robert Rawlins Crigler ’72 - Robert is retired and living in Los Angeles.

Jim Echle ’72 - After graduation in 1972, Jim moved to Japan and spent 44 years in Asia and the Pacific. Living in Japan (3 times), Singapore (3 times), Australia, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Jim married a Japanese lady that he met at a Thunderbird party 45 years ago, so his life changed for the good. He retired in Tokyo six years ago and now lives in paradise (Hawaii). He says Asia is in his blood and has been back many times, mostly on cruises. Jim golfs twice a week, which helps him as a caregiver for his wife. He says every day is still exciting. He will be back in Tokyo soon, where his son and family live, enjoying all the time he can spend there. Some day, Jim will get back to Thunderbird after the new building is complete. He attended a party at the old campus a few years ago and enjoyed seeing some lifelong friends.

Charles Georgedes ’72 - Charles has a career in Technology Consulting and is now retired at the Jersey Shore.

Gary Lumsden ’73 - Gary is building his client base at Area Marketing Associates (www.areamktg.com) and preparing for his eleven-year-old son to pursue a successful business career.

Anthony Acampora ’74 - After leaving Russell Investments in 2010, where Anthony was General Manager for Switzerland and Senior International Advisor, reporting to the Chairman, formed a new investment company based in Geneva, in concert with several of his ex-Russell colleagues. Anthony is CEO of Altaira Wealth Management SA (Altaira), a Swiss FINMA licensed and regulated Independent Asset Management company with headquarters in Geneva and an affiliated entity in London. They are a private family office focusing on delivering value-added generational wealth management services to their discretionary clients. Altaira focuses on following global best practices in the family office sector, working with trusted third-party custodians, advisors, and external asset managers.

Avinder Bindra ’74 - Avi Bindra had a successful career in investment banking. A well-known figure in the Asian Capital Markets, Avi is a former Chairman of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association. He has been recognized as one of the top 30 bankers globally by the International Financing Review and one of the top 25 bankers in the Asia region by Euroweek Magazine.

Raymond Burrus ’74 - A native Oklahoman, he graduated from OK State and then spent four years active duty as an officer in the Army Transportation Corps. After the military, he traveled in Europe and Africa for a year and a half. Susan and Raymond married in 1973 before attending Thunderbird. Caterpillar hired him in 1975 and, after a year and a half in Peoria, sent him to Hong Kong. In 1977, with the backing of a Hong Kong British company, Raymond started selling and distributing heavy equipment from several manufacturers. His daughters were born in Hong Kong. After ten years in Hong Kong, he spent two years in Indonesia before moving back to the US. He spent the rest of his career selling heavy and industrial equipment here and around the world. Raymond retired in 2012 and has spent the last eight years splitting his time between Dallas, TX and Bellingham, WA. He has six grandkids and loves spending time with them.

Dwight Winkler ’74 - After a short time with FCIA as a Credit Analyst, Dwight has spent the remainder of his time in Broadcast Transmission and Cellular along with Harris Corp and Motorola, focusing on vendor financing, sales, and business operations. This has included global responsibility with long-term residencies in Nigeria, Singapore, and Indonesia. Since 2008 he has resided in Kuwait as Contract Manager and Budget Control for Kuwait Telecom. Dwight recently relocated to Phoenix, where his daughter is an undergraduate at Thunderbird.

Michael England ’75 - Michael is retired.

Alwin Miller ’75 - Alwin is still working on the dark side, keeping hackers at bay. He describes his life as “Polar Bear every year since 2007, grampa with four daughters and eight grandkids (4&4). Pool, hot tub, RV, and a 6 to 2 workday as the lead cyber-trainer for one of the spook shops...win.”

Satjiv Chahill ’76 - Satjiv Chahil is a Silicon Valley pioneer and thought leader who specializes in the digital transformation of global businesses, enabling startups to scale and aligning business goals with a social purpose.

Edward Newill ’76 - Edward has two businesses— one is a medical device consultancy and the other is a specialized ophthalmic device distribution and assembly company. He is married and living in Philadelphia.

Steven Clarke ’77 - Steven is a retired T-bird. He says that Thunderbird opened doors for him that would have probably never been open. After four years in the Navy, then college, and later, three years with the Panama Canal Company, Thunderbird paved the way for travel to over 80 countries, eventually leading to his owning a very successful equipment distributorship in Florida. Over the years, he has hired a couple of T-birds, including one who has been a successful business owner and is still involved with Thunderbird. Now retired in the far western mountains of Panama (Boquete), he has nothing but fond memories of his time in Glendale.

Ronald Cook ’77 - Ronald has been retired since 2007 and lives in California’s Wine Country. He teaches an adult literacy class once a week and otherwise tries to move slowly through his days. He mentions he doesn’t have to hurry anymore. Travel has been the most enjoyable part of his retirement, and it is what he has missed most during these extraordinary times.

Luis Moreno ’77 - The Colombian businessman and former diplomat was his country’s Ambassador to the United States under President Andrés Pastrana Arango. Moreno was also president of the Instituto de Fomento Industrial and served as president of the Inter-American Development Bank from 2005 to 2020.

Curt Bloom ’78 - Curt started his own practice last year, ForesightOne, which helps technology companies deploy in the US.

Gail Goggin ’78 - Gail is retired and enjoying life in Merida, Yucatan and Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos, Jalisco, Mexico.

Roland McLean ’78 - Roland is retired now. After Thunderbird, he worked in 54 different countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. He is still active in a hydroelectric project in remote Mbeya, Tanzania.

Cramer Owen ’78 - Cramer sends greetings from Newtown, CT. Cramer transitioned from full-time work in 2015. He started a consulting firm, volunteers for the town’s economic development commission and provides some small business consulting pro-bono through SCORE. Cramer states that he is “enjoying more time for travel, family and staying healthy in mind, body and soul. Cheers!”

Wesley Bigler ’79 - Wesley is the CEO of LongView Wealth Management.

David Russick ’79 - David founded and currently serves as Managing Director of an angel investor network.

Theodorus van der Loo ’79 - Theodorus is retired from a large multinational and is currently doing consultancy.

James Halderman ’81 - James currently works with Internet domain names.

Mathis Shinnick ’81 - Mathis is currently the CEO of OptiPulse, Inc., a start-up bringing the Photonics Revolution to 5G Communication.

Steven Nicley ’82 - Steven is the Director of Vertical Bridge Reit, LLC.

Frances Arsht Tiger ’82 - Frances is a mother of 2, wife, Art Educator/Integrator, and journalist.

David Wee ’82 - David retired in 1997 after a 20- year career in private banking. He was VP with Merrill Lynch in Singapore. David lived in Singapore and Melbourne, Australia.

Brian Kelly ’83- Brian is pursuing commercial real estate (multi-family development, industrial) in the New York/New Jersey area. He is also looking for textile contract manufacturing operations in the western hemisphere (the Caribbean? Latin America?). He asks to be contacted if someone knows that industry.

William Murray ’84 - William is the president of the National Coffee Association, USA, a trade association representing the US coffee industry and stakeholders who play a role in that industry.

Gerhard Peyfuss ’84 - Gerhard is the COO of PCEN Media, Inc., an integrated Broadcast Entertainment, Media & Marketing company delivered through major OTT streaming mediums (Roku, Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast, Apple TV) as well as traditional “over the air” broadcast, cable, satellite, as well as branded websites and their own Mobile App.

Jeremy Umland ’84 - Jeremy founded in 1999 Ozumo Concepts International. He created the culinary concept Contemporary Japanese Cuisine and currently operates the Ozumo brand restaurants in San Francisco and San Jose.

Daniel Michener ’85 - Daniel is working on telecommunications projects in Myanmar.

Kathleen Hallberg (Reed) ’85 - Kathleen is retired from Hallmark Cards after 30 years. She joined Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) as a Business Process Consultant in May 2019.

Brenda Gant ’86 - In February 2020, Brenda appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy! (show #8155). After passing the initial tests online and in-person at the beginning of 2018, she was finally called to tape in November 2019. Although she did not win her match, she is proud to say she got a Daily Double, which she answered correctly, and narrowly missed the Final Jeopardy! Brenda had a wonderful experience meeting the other contestants and was so honored to play under venerable host, Alex Trebek. Additionally, Brenda walked in the Rose Parade with the entry celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. She was one of 100 women dressed in all-white period costumes who accompanied a float that carried descendants of notable persons who fought for women’s suffrage. Brenda lives in Glendale, CA and is an office manager and bookkeeper for several local companies after spending 20 years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Marypat Parker ’86 - Marypat lives near Minneapolis, where she works as a speech-language pathologist with adult acute care patients in hospitals. She attained her MA in Speech and Hearing Science at Cleveland State University in 1999. She married an architect who specializes in “green” building, so their house is in a constant state of remodeling and their gardens are filled with MN-only prairie grasses and flowers, which get a lot of mosquitoes in the summertime. Marypat volunteers at a horse rescue farm and takes saddle seat riding lessons. Her family has one adorable cat.

Eva Kavuma ’87 - Eva Kavuma joined ARC in 2017 as the Chief Operating Officer, bringing to ARC over fifteen years of executive experience in stakeholder engagement and organizational optimization, as well as a profound understanding of Africa’s diverse investment environments. Ms. Kavuma ensures that all of ARC Agency’s operational areas – Research and Development, Technical Support, Country Engagement, Contingency Planning, and Policy and Technical Advisory – are harmonized and efficiently working towards improving disaster risk financing in ARC Member States.

Lisa Wiemar Lillelund ’87 - Lisa Lillelund is a sustainability advisor and environmental advocate. She has a passion and respect for organizations and companies doing well by doing good. As a long-time advocate for electric vehicles and for more sustainable forms of energy and transportation throughout the world, Lisa is pleased to be part of Proterra, the leading manufacturer of battery electric buses in North America. As part of the Proterra Powered team, Lisa brings Proterra’s advanced battery technology to other Original Equipment Manufacturers such as school buses, coaches, and delivery vans, enabling them to bring to market high-quality buses with zero emissions. Having started her career years ago in the auto industry in Germany, she’s excited to be fully engaged again in the vehicle industry. She’s proud of her organization’s products that reduce emissions and are better for our environment!

Ruediger Nowag ’88 - Ruediger has been working in international sales of various chemicals for Dow and Dupont since 2011, now adding on new territories such as Egypt and Russia.

Thomas Murray ’89 - Thomas is a resident of Portugal where he has lived for the past four years. He has now added ‘published author’ to his life experiences. He has just published “The Eye of the Beholder: International Suspense in the Art World” which can be found on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/ product/1735260606. He has already written his second novel and is just waiting for it to be illustrated. He expects to publish a new book every six months instead of the seven years it took for his first one.

Tomoyuki Nishijo ’89 - Tomoyuki has set up Global 10 LLC and has been teaching academic writing to adults.

Lora Reeve ’89 - Lora delegates to the UN negotiations for the new legally binding instrument for the high seas. She has expertise in international ocean law. MS, JD, ABD in addition to Thunderbird MBA.

Yoshihisa Saita ’89 - Yoshihisa is in Transaction Banking Product Marketing.

Brian Hawkins ’90 - Brian is a serial entrepreneur and investor in the fashion tech, lifestyle, and hospitality industry.

Alexander Kramer ’90 - Alexander recently joined The Lundquist Institute in Los Angeles as CFO.

Dania Martinez ’90 - Dania is the Retail Center Service Consultant with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.

Ronald Schulman ’90 - Ronald recently purchased SYNERGY HomeCare.

Daniel Coe ’91 - Daniel moved back to the USA after 18 years of ex-pat life in Singapore, Shanghai, and London. He is currently the President and Vice Chairman of Coca-Cola’s Cross Enterprise Procurement Group - The company and bottler joint procurement consortium purchasing over $20 billion annually.

William Rathsburg ’91 - William’s and his wife, Jenny, along with their three children, live in Phoenix. They now have 23 years in the family business designing, supplying, and installing laboratory furniture solutions for higher ed, high tech, and healthcare markets.

Walid Badawi ’92 - Mr. Walid Badawi was appointed as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Kenya with effect from 4 June 2019. Mr. Badawi has over 26 years’ experience in UNDP. Until his appointment, he served as the United Nations Resident Representative ad interim for UNDP South Africa and prior to that UNDP Country Director, South Africa (2014 – 2019). He began his career in UNDP as Programme Officer, UNDP Jakarta, Indonesia (1993 – 1999); and Coordination Officer in the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator, UN/UNDP Cairo, Egypt (1999 - 2001).”

Thomas Johnson ’92 - Thomas is a Private Money mortgage lender.

Michael A. Krafft ’92 - Michael recently completed his Ph.D. in organizational systems at Saybrook University and his dissertation was published as opensource on ProQuest.

Theodore Manning ’92 - Theodore is the founder of Socially Responsible Ventures L3C, a social enterprise that rehabs--and weatherizes--distressed residential properties in order to rent them out to low-income families. The company employs a workforce comprised mainly of ex-offenders.

Sandy (née Campbell) Menendez-Aponte ’92 - Sandy is the founder of Driven By Insights LLC, a brand marketing and innovation consultancy in the beverage, food, health & wellness arena. She resides in the NY/ CT area and is open to travel. She loves talking with T-birds!

Brendan McInerney ’92 - Brendan is working in Model Risk Management at HSBC in London. He is also doing a lot of sailing whenever he gets the chance - the dream is to do a circumnavigation when he retires!

Hassan Rashid ’92 - Hassan is the additional Managing Director of Eastern Bank Ltd.

Sasha Ablitt ’93 - Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners & Tailors, an environmentally friendly cleaning business dedicated to protecting the planet as well as its customer’s clothes, is a finalist for the 2020 Global Best Practices Award in retail textile cleaning. Hosted by the Netherlands-based Comité International De L`Entretien du Textile (CINET), an international organization representing the textile industry, the awards program showcases trailblazing professional laundry and dry cleaning operations from around the world with an emphasis on sustainability. As a finalist, Ablitt’s will present the company’s achievements on Nov. 4 before association judges and hundreds of participants representing 45 countries from around the world.

Takashi Amano ’93 - Takashi has now become an American citizen. He is working for a high-tech company in San Jose, CA.

Matt Laukaitis ’93 - Matt was appointed EVP and Global General Manager, Consumer Industries at SAP where he leads a global team responsible for SAP’s performance, solutions, go to market, and customer success for six industries – Agribusiness, Retail, Consumer Products, Wholesale Distribution, Life Sciences, and Healthcare. Matt also serves on the boards of the Fashion Scholarship Fund as well as The Runway of Dreams Foundation.

David Serbin ’93 - David is in Real Estate Development.

Candice Medina (Cramer) ’94 - Candice is an attorney, married, and has one daughter, living in Fort Lauderdale.

Amanda (Amy) Zambetti ’94 - In addition to being a T-bird, she is also a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach with a growing business that is expanding into Japan. She is looking for a couple of T-birds to collaborate with and leverage the Global Opportunity. Alumni may connect with her via email: aozambetti@gmail.com.

Murad Al-Katib ’95 - Murad was recently selected as the 2020 CEO Innovator of the Year by the Globe and Mail in Canada. Murad stated that “...everything we learned and live for as T-birds is global and innovation was a key part of our education.”

Robert Criste ’95 - Robert is the US Southeast Regional Manager for Mueller Water Products working in the Southeast US, Mexico, and Caribbean Nations - he mitigates non-revenue water using acoustic leak detection, drinking water pressure management, water-quality & conservation initiatives. He is still doing open-mic-nights as often as they want him to.

Lonnie Power ’95 - Lonnie works at Heilind Electronics as the Customer Business Manager.

Philip E. Graham ’96 - Philip is the Senior Vice President of External Relations for American Private Radio, a national non-profit media company that uses its unique storytelling radio show to unify the American public through positivity and a knowledge of history.

Dean Anderson ’97 - Dean sends his regards to everyone in the following message: “Aloha T-birds! My family and I have been on Maui since February of 2019. Raising three teenage boys with my tolerant wife. Still in the hospitality industry. Currently, Director of Revenue Strategy at the Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort. COVID has hit us hard. Looking for new opportunities, in or out of hospitality. In our out of Hawaii. Sales, Marketing, Revenue Management, Business Development. Love and safety to all!”

Dean Bennion ’97 - Dean is the Managing Partner of Kimball Creek Partners.

Stephan Kopietzki ’98 - Stephan is the Chief Commercial Officer at FELCO SA.

Abdullah Al Sudairy ’98 - Abdullah Al Sudairy is the CEO of Amlak International for Real Estate Finance Company since January 2014. He joined Amlak International in 2007 as a Director of Risk & Credit and later was elevated/promoted in Deputy CEO & Director of Strategy, Risk & Credit from 2011 – 2013.

Scott Garner ’99 - Scott was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for Asia Environmental Holdings Group (Asia ENV Group). Scott joined Asia ENV Group in 2018 and is responsible for providing strategic business guidance and leading all business development efforts throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining Asia ENV Group, Scott spent eight years as Vice President (Asia-Pacific) at Hi-Vac Corporation, a world leader in providing environmental technologies and products to municipalities and industrial facilities worldwide. Scott also currently serves as Board Member of the Asia Association of Environmental Professionals (AAEP) and Board Member of the Association of Asia Environmental Services Companies (AAESC). In addition, Scott works with some of the world’s leading academic institutions and publishers in promoting academic research and publishing on environmental matters in the Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, Scott was appointed to the Editorial Board of River Publishers, Denmark’s leading publisher of academic journals. Scott serves on the Editorial Board of the series on Chemical, Environmental, and Energy Engineering. In addition to an MBA from Thunderbird, Scott has an MTax and JD from Georgia State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Lois Terry ’99 - Lois works in Global Capital Project Execution and Contract Strategy.

Sean McKee ’99 - Sean relocated to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in January 2020 to accompany his wife, Erin E. McKee, who is the U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. They will be there for a three-year assignment.

Matthew Romero ’99 - Matthew is in International LNG Business Development.

Kendra Cartwright ’00 - Kendra is the Global HR Business Partner for Real Estate, Blackstone.

Thomas Humphrey ’00 - Thomas owns his own business- Ferguson SM, Inc.

Karl Kleemeier ’00 - After nearly 20 years working in the Middle East for Saudi Aramco, Karl took early retirement in September 2020 and relocated to Singapore to start a position with Argus Media as Vice President of Business Development.

Carolina Pagano ’00 - Carolina is a seasoned and globally-minded Human Resources professional with over 20 years of leadership experience specializing in Executive Search at Fortune 500 companies, including Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Under Armour. She has an in-depth understanding of strategic staffing, recruiting operations, corporate recruitment, and HR business initiatives such as D&I, cultural immersion, international development, employer brand/recruitment marketing, contingent workforce management, and university/ rookie programs.

Madji Sock ’00 - Madji is a Partner in Dalberg’s Senegal office. She has more than 20 years of experience implementing and managing projects in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the US. Her recent project portfolio is strongly focused on supporting national governments to take a leadership role in development programs and development partners to build and/or strengthen the mechanisms for the transition to stronger government ownership of sector programs. She is the co-founder of the Women’s Investment Club Senegal (WIC). She is fluent in English and French.

Andrew Goehl ’01 - After three years in Cleveland with EY in a temporary National Office role, Andrew and his family moved back west and now reside in Denver. He is still with EY and is looking forward to a bright future in a new city that he will hopefully call home for many years to come. Most importantly, he is looking forward to connecting with T-birds in the Denver area.

Todd Smith ’01 - Todd is in Early Stage/High Growth Consulting, Multifamily Real Estate Investing, Tech Transfer, Writing, and Entrepreneurship.

Kevin Spence ’05 - Kevin is the Strategic Sourcing Manager for Aramark. He works outside of Washington D.C. in Rockville, MD.

Kristin Dacey ’07 - Kristin is the Chief Investment Officer of Emprenta Impact Investing Fund.

Viral Jain ’08 - Viral is in theTextile Industry - Cotton Recycling.

Christopher Lee ’08 - Christopher relocated to Des Moines, IA, in January 2020, where he began a new role as VP for Finance and Administration at Grand View University. Since 2014, he has been the VP for Finance and Administration at Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. He is engaged to Doug Staudt of Des Moines.

Robert McEntiree ’08 - Robert is the Director of Management Consulting Services for the School Services of California.

Umar Ahmed ’09 - Umar has just finished his PhD and is now working as Senior Adviser at the Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand.

Clark Colby ’09 - Clark is working for Mazda in the U.S. after working in Mexico and Canada for over 11 years.

Mark Streich ’09 - Mark Co-founded SquareFairy with another Thunderbird alum. They are providing a site/service to help stressed couples move forward in their lives, either through couples therapy or through providing an inexpensive way to file for divorce, and then helping them on their life’s journey. Mark also moved to Alexandria, Virginia for new adventures.

Jeremy Forman ’10 - Jeremy is the Director, Enterprise Architecture at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Christopher Lundh ’10 - Christopher is the Senior Economist for China and the US at The Conference Board, a non-profit thinktank. He has two kids now and is married to a British woman he met during his last year at Thunderbird.

Drew Pool ’10 - Drew is the Co-Founder of Wren House Brewing Company in Phoenix, AZ, as well as being the Global Marketing Manager at Intel for their IoT business!

Stephen Willson ’10 - Stephen is retired after almost 22 years in the US Air Force, working as an interpreter/translator and international specialist. He is currently working in product and project management for Dustless Technologies in Price, Utah.

Bryan Dsouza ’11 is celebrating over seven years at Microsoft. His experience spans product management and product marketing at the company. He is currently a Sr. Product Marketing Manager in Microsoft Azure Data and AI, driving open source strategy in the cloud.

Carl Williams ’11 - Carl is a DoD Contractor and USNR Officer.

Jesse Markham ’12 - Jesse is the Group Product Manager at Welcome Software in NYC, where he is managing product and engineering teams based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Luis Zacarias Sirvas ’12 - Luis is the Retail Manager in Business.

Timothy Lynn Burchfield ’13 - Timothy is a Franchise Owner of Chick-fil-A and Department of State appointed Consul to Guatemala.

Trudy Sharp ’13 - In August 2019, Trudy took up the position of Global Director, Human Resources for Medical Teams International (a humanitarian health organization), based in Portland, Oregon.

Borijan Borozanov ’14 - Borijan is the Plant Manager/Managing Director at Aptiv Services. He is a seasoned investment professional with a successful track record in originating, executing, and managing Foreign Direct Investments. Borijan has over ten years in sourcing mandates, due diligence, structuring deals, negotiating term sheets, Government Incentives, and Export Promotion. He has managed cross-functional teams across various industries and worked with a diversified portfolio of clients from all continents.

John K Cervenka ’14 - John is Investing in privately owned Tech startups.

J Zakk MacLaren ’14 - J Zakk is the Portfolio Management Officer for Bank of America’s asset-based lending group (#1 League Table ranking).

Kseniia Medvedieva ’14 - Kseniia is a SHARE fellow originally from Ukraine and is currently an Investment Specialist with EBRD.

Aram DiGennaro ’16 - Aram’s Thunderbird education was invaluable in starting several ventures in Kenya, where he lived for 11 years. He moved to Virginia in 2019 and continued to invest in entrepreneurship and strategy work. He always enjoys connecting with T-birds around the world.

Martin Holland III ’17 - Martin recently accepted a position as a Real Estate Analyst with a PropTech StartUp Medici Living in Berlin, Germany. He will be working on transactions in the EMEA region.

Bianca Lochner ’17 - Bianca is the Assistant Chief Information Officer for the City of Phoenix (5th largest city in the US) and the Chair for the Cybersecurity Council of Arizona. She has been selected as Arizona’s T-bird Leading in the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Jarrod Combs-Harris ’18 - Jarrod is pursuing his PhD in Strategic Leadership and about to enter the dissertation phase.

Rexcel Lagare ’18 - With over seven years of experience in finance, supply chain & operations projects with Fortune 500 clients and BusinessWorld’s Top 1000 Corporations, as well as with growth companies looking to secure their market as they enter the maturity stage, Rexcel Lagare is proficient in translating business strategy into action. He proactively manages strategic initiatives such as driving forecasts and budgets from their development stage up to implementation rollout. Rex is adept in increasing the current efficiency and effectiveness levels of organizations through process simplification, cost base reduction, and service improvement, ultimately enhancing value to both internal and external customers.

Aaron Eberhart ’20 - Aaron is currently working in medical devices and will be transitioning into an international managerial role either in business development or sales.

Robert Robertsonn ’20 - Robert is pioneering a new relationship diagnostic process to reduce companies’ risk.