Alumni Class Notes

70s

Steven Calvery ’73 has retired as director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency. He led the agency for over a decade and is the longest serving director in agency history.

Roger Goldman ’74 joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Rick Harcum ’79 was named budget director of Frederick County, Md.

Stephen Heise, MBA ’76 works as vice president of human resources at Maryland Live Casino.

William MacDonald ’79 was named the first president of Mill Creek Residential, a leading multifamily investor, builder and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the United States.

Gary Tabach ’77, managing partner of Greater Washington of Deloitte & Touche LLP, was selected to the Washington Business Hall of Fame for his business accomplishments, leadership, integrity, values and community engagement.

Michael Ward ’72 was appointed to PNC Financial Services Group, Inc’s board of directors.

80s

Joseph Amato ’84 joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Mitchell Barkley ’87 joined the Vision Council as the new liaison to the Eyewear and Accessories Division.

Jim Bond ’84 has joined Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. as chief financial officer.

Elissa Buie, MBA ’87 was awarded the title of Top Wealth Advisor by Washingtonian Magazine.  She has appeared in all five of the Washingtonian’s previous lists of top wealth advisors.Lisa Cines ’82 was featured on the March 2016 cover of the Journal of Accountancy. Cines is currently regional partner in charge of business development and marketing at Dixon Hughes Goodman in Rockville, Md.

Phyllis Caldwell, MBA ’87 was appointed chair of Ocwen Financial’s Board of Directors.

Michael Dunn ’85 joined Old Line Bank’s Mortgage Division as vice president and regional production manager.

Gary Garofalo ’82 was promoted to president and COO of Harkins Builders.

Douglas Kelsey ’81 joined the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations as program manager with Domain Awareness Standards and Analysis.

Christopher Kubasik ’83 was elected to the Wings Club Foundation Board of Governors. The Wings Club is a leading global foundation dedicated to the advancement and development of aviation.

Warren Moore ’89 was named president and chief executive officer of Children’s Specialized Hospital.

Dennis O’Connell ’82 joined Akooba as chief operating officer. Akooba is a Maryland-based family of early-state, technology companies that recycle, refurbish and destroy electronic devices.

Carissa Rodeheaver ’88 was named chairman of the board and chief executive officer for First United Bank & Trust.

Deborah Yates ’88 joined Blackbird Technologies as senior litigation counsel.

90s

Tyrone Brooks ’96 was named senior director of Major League Baseball’s new diversity program.

Dawn Doebler, MBA ’90 joined Bridgewater Wealth and Financial Management as a senior wealth advisor and director of education.

Stephen Ferber '90 launched a company, Golden Gate BPO Solutions, that climbed to No. 975 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing U.S. firms.

Val Fox, MBA ’96 was named chief marketing officer for Bentley University.

Charles Hicks ’92 was appointed chief operating officer of SC3. He will also continue to serve as the firm’s chief financial officer.

Brian Piper, MBA ’98 was promoted to chief financial officer of Medgenis, Inc.

Paul Rasevic ’96 was profiled in The Washington Post for building one of the region’s largest landscaping businesses, Rasevic Landscape.

Matt Vigano ’92 joined American Textile Company as a national accounts manager.

00s

Kelly Andresen, MBA ’06 was named vice president and head of branded content at Gannett.

Gil Ben-Menachem, MBA ’04 was appointed vice president of business development of Kitov Pharmaceuticals.

Sidra Berman, MBA ’01 joined Tangoe, Inc. as chief marketing officer. In this role, she is responsible for all of the company’s marketing programs, including global go-to-market strategy, market analysis, lead generation programs, branding, digital and overall positioning.

Jason Bleck ’05 married Julie Gordon on April 9, 2016 at the Ryland Inn in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

Robert Chernow ’09 was interviewed by Forbes for a new Podcast Series called "Two Inboxes: Learn how to tackle a life with multiple jobs, projects, and email addresses” to discuss his creation of the social media sensation #ChicagoForOne.

Scott Friedman ’04 married Rebecca Kaden on June 11 at the Rainbow Room in New York.

Jeremy Goldman, MBA '06 published a book, Getting to Like: How to Boost Your Personal and Professional Brand to Expand Opportunities, Grow Your Business, and Achieve Financial Success.

Steven B. Grant, Esq. ’05 elected as the youngest mayor of Boynton Beach, Fla.

Adriana Hofer, PhD ’07 was named director of the Global Engagement Office at Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

Ryan Huss, MBA '09 has launched an innovative new Daily Fantasy Sports mobile product called Syde that allows sports fans to enter a fantasy sports matchup in under 10 seconds by offering pre-populated matchups where users just have to pick a syde.

Briana Lee ’09 was recognized as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Grocery Industry Rising Leaders by the Griffin Report of the Northeast. She was also promoted to Kraft Heinz Company headquarters in Chicago, Ill., as senior manager of Kraft Sauces for Walmart & East Area.

Ben Offit ’09 established Clear Path Advisory in 2016, a full service financial planning firm serving clients in Maryland, D.C. and Northern Virginia.

James Suprenant, MBA ’08 was named partner at William Blair, a global investment banking and asset management firm.

Steven Tom ’02 was named senior vice president at TESSCO Technologies, a leading supplier for the knowledge, product and supply chain solutions to enable organizations to build, use, maintain and resell wireless voice, data, video, connectivity and control systems.

Pete Truby, MBA ’07, founder of Salazon Chocolate Company, was profiled in The Baltimore Sun.

10s

Brian Catalano, Esq., MBA ’15 joined the law firm Garson Law LLC in Bethesda, Md., where he will focus on business law, regulatory compliance and employment law.

Dan Cowens, EMBA ’14 had his company, Snag-A-Slip, named a finalist for Emerging Technology Company of the year by the Tech Council of Maryland.

David Engle ’14, MS ’15 was profiled in DCInno as landlord and founder of Startup Village, LLC, a convenient living space for budding college entrepreneurs.

LaKisha Greenwade, MBA ’11 launched an event called Glam Tech in Baltimore, Md., which highlighted the intersection of fashion and tech innovation.

Brian Hopman, EMBA ’10 was named vice president and general manager of ENPS, the world’s most popular multiplatform news production system.

Ryan Miller ’12 was elected to Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, Inc.’s Associate Leadership Council, part of the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Miller was also named one of Living Classrooms 2016 Rising Stars.

Mahka Moeen, PhD ’13 was recently named a Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellow at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Cyrus Peyrovian ’10 joined NaviMed Capital, a leading health care focused private equity firm as an investment associate.

Ali von Paris ’12, founder and CEO of Route One Apparel, was featured in The Daily Record Publication Path to Excellence highlighting Women-Owned Businesses.