Class Notes Category: Career
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Lee Learman ’82, M.D., Ph.D.
Lee Learman ’82, M.D., Ph.D., was named the next dean of the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. He begins his new position on July 1. Read more here.
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Danielle Laraque-Arena ’76, M.D. ’81
Danielle Laraque-Arena ’76, M.D. ’81, has joined The New York Academy of Medicine as a Scholar-in-Residence. Dr. Laraque-Arena is a nationally renowned researcher, clinician and administrator who most recently served as President of SUNY Upstate Medical University. Read more here.
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Kevin Zen, J.D. ’07
Snell & Wilmer’s California offices announced that Kevin Zen, J.D. ’07, was elected to counsel, effective since January 1, 2019. Zen is a member of the firm’s corporate and securities group in the Orange County office. His practice focuses on capital markets and other corporate transactions. He has experience representing public and private corporations, REITs,…
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Patrick W. Kelly, J.D. ’10
Snell & Wilmer’s California offices announced that Patrick W. Kelly, J.D. ’10, was elected to join the firm’s partnership and Kevin Zen was elected to counsel, effective since January 1, 2019. Kelly’s practice is concentrated in business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis in contract disputes and claims relating to corporate, franchise and partnership disputes,…
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Caitlin Sinclaire Blythe ’06
Caitlin Sinclaire Blythe ’06 has been elected partner at law firm Morrison & Foerster. A member of the Litigation Department, and part of the firm’s Securities Litigation, Enforcement, + White Collar Defense, and Investigations + White Collar Defense Groups, Blythe is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Her practice focuses on investigations, white collar…
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Jonathan “Jay” Sures ’07
Jonathan “Jay” Sures ’07 was appointed in January to the University of California Board of Regents by Jerry Brown in one of the former governor’s last official acts. Sures is co-president and one of the three managing directors who run and oversee all aspects of leading global entertainment company, United Talent Agency (UTA). Sures oversees…
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Ray Pearl ’91
Ray Pearl ’91 (Life Member) was elected to serve as a member of the Westlake Village, Calif., City Council on November 6, 2018 and was sworn in on December 5, 2018. Additionally, as the Executive Director of the California Housing Consortium, a non-profit organization which strives to overcome the housing crisis facing California’s veterans, seniors,…
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Marcy Miroff Rothenberg ’73
Marcy Miroff Rothenberg ’73 has published “Ms. Nice Guy Lost – Here’s How Women Can Win.” According to its author, “the book weaves women’s personal stories with data and news reports about all the Trump Administration and GOP have done since 2016 to roll back women’s rights, and offers a detailed to-do list for women…
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Jerri Lynn Sparks ’98
Jerri Lynn Sparks ’98 has published her first memoir, “Surviving Madmen: One Woman’s Encounters With A Governor, Two Congressmen, And A Spouse.” Sparks was a congressional press secretary living out her childhood dream in the halls of the U.S. House of Representatives. She had an Ivy League-educated husband and beautiful children with a white picket…
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Rachel Vandenberg, MBA ’91
Rachel Vandenberg, MBA ’91, has been promoted to senior vice president of Dewberry, a privately-held professional services firm, in Dewberry’s Long Beach, California office. Vandenberg’s nearly 30 years of industry experience includes five years’ experience with Dewberry, where she has overseen the growth and expansion of its ports and intermodal practice across the east and…