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Winter 2021

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Passings

Patricia “Patty” Lee Berard M.Ed. ’92

Patricia “Patty” Lee Berard M.Ed. ’92, of Selbyville, Del., died Nov. 11. Born on May 10, 1957, in Olney, Md., she was the daughter of James and Betty Mills. Berard attended Damascus High School and Salisbury State University, where she graduated with…

Passings

Debra B. Powell ’73

Debra B. Powell ’73 died Oct. 2 in Charlottesville, Va., at age 69. She was born on July 20, 1951, in Alamogordo, N.M., and moved with her family to Maryland at an early age. Following her graduation from UMD, Powell worked in business and federal…

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Paul Monteiro ’02

Paul Monteiro ’02, chief of staff at Howard University, was named to President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on education.

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Sarah Brown ’12

Sarah Brown ’12 was named one of The Daily Record’s 2020 Leading Women honorees. The awards recognize women under the age of 40 for career accomplishments. Brown is an associate at Hillman, Brown & Darrow, P.A.

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Catherine Truitt ’94

Catherine Truitt ’94 was elected North Carolina’s superintendent of public education. She is the chancellor of Western Governors University North Carolina. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Washington in 1997.

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Michele Reing ’93

Michele Reing ’93 was hired as the chief financial officer and chief operating officer of LongRange Capital, a private equity firm focused on building better businesses. Previously, Reing served as managing director, deputy head of fund management of the…

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Thomas A. Sporkin ’89

Thomas A. Sporkin ’89 was appointed managing director, enforcement of CFP Board, where he leads a team of attorneys and legal staff to modernize detection, investigation and prosecution activities. Sporkin previously worked at Buckley, providing…

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Anastasia Salter ’05

Anastasia Salter ’05 co-authored “A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchise.” The book is a study of the unique relationship between the audience and creators who are considered trusted fans.