Alumni Notes

’70s

Robin Depaoli ’77, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Virginia Hospital Center, received the Fiscal Heroes/CFO of the Year Award on July 17, 2013. The award is given by the Washington Business Journal.

Jayne Edge, MBA ’76, has joined Jenzabar as Vice President of Marketing.

John J. Keenan ’75 has been elected a director of Howard Bancorp and Howard Bank.

Philip Livingston ’79 has joined the Board of Directors of Ambassadors Group, a provider of educational travel experience and online education research materials.

William Longbrake, DBA ’76, was elected chair of the College of Wooster’s Board of Trustees.

Richard Schaeffer ’74 has joined the Board of Advisors of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources.

Joan Schwartz ’76 has been named Vice President of Human Resources at Cyveillance, a provider of cyber intelligence solutions.

’80s

Thomas L. James ’80 has been appointed as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of 22nd Century Group.

Bob Merket ’81 has been appointed Vice President of Federal Sales at DataDirect Networks.

Beryl L. Feinberg, MBA ’82, was elected as a Councilmember in Rockville, Md., in November 2013, to serve a two-year term.  She is also the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer in the Department of General Services in Montgomery County Government.

Robert Milkovich ’82 has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of First Potomac Realty Trust.

Jason H. Feuerman ’85 has been named Senior Vice President for Strategic Development and Managed Care at Genesis Healthcare.  He will be responsible for leading strategic development efforts at Genesis that provide innovative, effective solutions to the challenges presented in healthcare.

Dan Demmer ’86 has joined the Board of Directors at DataXu, a provider of programmatic marketing solutions for brands and agencies.

Corey Silverman ’87 has joined Corbis Entertainment, a division of Corbis, a Bill Gates company, as Head of Global Sales.

Peter Hotz ’88 was appointed to the Board of Directors of Take Care Health Systems.

’90s

Olive Calza, CPA ’90, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer at National Asset Services, a commercial real estate firm.

Beatriz R. Perez ’91 was elected to the Primerica Board of Directors.

Dean Dardzinski ’92 has been promoted to Vice President National Account Manager of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp.

Karl Hicks, MBA ’92, has been appointed Deputy Director of Athletics for External Operations at Florida State University.

Anjula Singh ’93 is chief financial officer of SoundExchange, a D.C.-based independent nonprofit performance rights organization representing the recorded music industry.

Jonathan Clark, MBA ’94, chief financial officer of Honest Tea, received the Fiscal Heroes/CFO of the Year Award on July 17, 2013. This award is given by the Washington Business Journal.

Jim Rallo, MBA ’95, has been promoted to President of Retail Supply Chain Group at Liquidity Services.

Sid Greenfeig ’99 has been appointed Senior Vice President of West Coast Business Operations for MSG Entertainment.

’00s

Sidra Berman, MBA ’01, has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing at Savi Technology.

Steve Good ’01 has been appointed Vice President of Marketing for Comtech EF Data Corp.

David Helmreich, MBA ’01, joined Audience Partners as chief executive officer.

James Li, EMBA ’04, joined Samsung Electronic China as a vice president. He was a member of the first Executive MBA cohort in China.

Crista Gibbons, MBA ’04, accepted the role of Director of New Business, Corporate Partnerships at the National Geographic Society.

Scott Knorr, MBA ’06, has been appointed Director of Lab Products Bulk & Synthesis at Polysciences.  He will be responsible for executing market development, sales and new business plans for the company’s Lab Products division.

David Lax ’06 was promoted to senior director of event marketing and partnerships at Factory Athletics and got engaged on April 6, 2014.

Chris Hiltbrand, EMBA ’07, and his wife Diana welcomed Robert Jonathan Hiltbrand, born on March 13, 2014. Robert joins his big sister, Mackenzie Hiltbrand.

Dev Jodhun, EMBA ’08, recently began a new position with Gartner as managing client director.

’10s

Don Kandel, EMBA ’10, has recently accepted the role of chief financial officer and chief operating officer for EarthShare.

Pete Plotas '95, MBA ’10, launched "DocJournal" in partnership with Children's National Health System. DocJournal is a mobile app that simplifies managing personal health information in one place. 

Craig Dixon, MBA ’10, co-founded a travel technology business called ZUMATA, now based in Singapore. ZUMATA has grown to include 10 employees and has raised two rounds of investor financing totaling $1 million. The company is now in discussions for its Series A round with venture capital firms, including a number of U.S.-based firms. “Moving to Singapore was a great decision both personally and professionally,” Dixon says. He and his wife also recently welcomed a child.

Terrill Drake, EMBA ’12, was promoted to executive director and senior project adviser with the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Patrick Kerwin, EMBA ’12, and his wife welcomed a second son, Tyler Robert, born on Dec. 10, 2013.

Jullie Mullins, MBA ’12, was hired by Cormant as the head of marketing and channel development.

Garey Taylor, MBA ’12, and Amy Taylor, ARHU ’06, welcomed their first child, Catherine Grace Taylor, on Oct. 13, 2013.

Mary Ann Walker, EMBA ’13, recently accepted the promotion of chief operating officer at Tapestry Solutions.

Susan Ali ’13 graduated with a double degree in finance and economics. She recently completed the White House Internship Program, where she was an intern with the National Economic Council.

(ART) Sara Ali ’14 is the founding co-owner of Sara's Baked Creations, a custom creative bakery business. The company’s Facebook page just hit 10,000 fans at facebook.com/sarasbakedcreations.

Paige Holden, EMBA ’14, director of communications at XONEX Relocation, was a featured speaker at the 2014 Philly Women in Tech Summit on April 12, 2014, at WHYY headquarters in Philadelphia. The summit is an annual event that educates and connects women in the technology industry from the Philadelphia region. At the summit, Paige presented MyXONEX, XONEX's new mobile app that was selected as one of Philadelphia’s Best Mobile Apps for 2013, and discussed how companies can create value for customers with mobile technologies.