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Class Notes

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90s

Jackie Nowicki M.P.P. ’99

Jackie Nowicki M.P.P. ’99 was appointed to the board of directors of the New London Barn Playhouse. Nowicki is a director in the U.S. Government Accountability Office and has more than 25 years of experience in policy and budget analysis, grants…

Passings

Bradley J. Stranigan MBA ’88

Bradley J. Stranigan MBA ’88 died Nov. 3 at age 61. He was born Dec. 31, 1958, in Jamestown, N.Y., to Gale E. Stranigan and the late Carol Raffa Barone. He was a 1976 graduate of Jamestown High School and received his degree in finance from the University…

60s

Joy Wilkes Carol ’68

Joy Wilkes Carol ’68 is the author of “Nine Lives of Joy,” which tells the story of her ongoing survival of the rare and usually fatal paraneoplastic syndrome. This is Carol’s eighth book.

Passings

James “Jim” Erwin Christensen ’70

James “Jim” Erwin Christensen ’70 of Greeneville, Tenn., died Oct. 12 at age 79. Christensen was born on Aug. 15, 1941. He spent 30 years working in UMD’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions, first as an admissions counselor, then assistant and associate…

90s

Leigh Reichel MBA ’90

Leigh Reichel MBA ’90 was announced chief financial officer of Inky Technology, a pioneer in email phishing protection. Reichel has been deeply involved in more than half a dozen startup entities and several public companies, raising over $1 billion in…

10s

Pallavi Guha Ph.D. ’18

“Hear #MeToo in India: News, Social Media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism,” a book by Pallavi Guha Ph.D. ’18, will be published by Rutgers University Press on Feb. 12. It examines the role media platforms play in anti-rape and sexual…

10s

Callie H. Seaman '13

Callie H. Seaman '13, a fourth-year medical student at Marshall University, will enter the family medicine residency program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center/Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia. She is an ensign in the U.S. Navy.

70s

Steve Lafferty '71

Steve Lafferty '71 was nominated to serve as director of the Baltimore County Department of Planning, effective Jan. 15. Since August 2019, he had been the county's first chief sustainability officer. He previously served in the Maryland House of…