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SMITH SCHOOL CLASS NOTES
’80s
Maria Henry ’87 was
appointed to the NextEra
Energy board of directors.
Lawrence Post ’83, ’84
recently retired after 20
years as the secretary of
the National Archives Trust
Fund Board and CEO of the
National Archives Trust Fund.
as canon to the bishop
of the Jurisdiction of
the Armed Forces and
Chaplaincy. Renner is also
a principal with Woodford
Financial PLLC.
Jigar Shah, MBA ’01, director
of the loan programs office
at the U.S. Department of
Energy, was named to Time’s
100 Most Influential People
of 2024.
Kerri Stockland ’99
was recognized as being
among DCA Live’s NonProfit Star CFOs.
Michelle Smith ’08 was
promoted to deputy division
business manager of the
Planetary Science Project
Division at NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center.
’90s
James Beaven III ’98 joined
Rooftop Designs LLC as CFO.
Akash Palkhiwala, MBA
’99, was appointed as
CFO and COO with
Qualcomm Inc.
Athena Petersen ’90 is
the regional manager and
senior vice president of
Long & Foster’s Baltimore,
Eastern Shore and Western
Maryland region.
Justin Renner ’91 was
ordained to the priesthood
in the Anglican Church of
North America and serves
’00s
’10s
Jeffrey Gerarde ’07 is a
managing director at
Alvarez & Marsal Tax.
Jessie Hayes ’09 is the chief
development officer at the
Ulman Foundation.
Erik Jensen, MBA ’09,
was appointed chief
commercial officer with
CakeBoxx Technologies.
Sarah Kurtanich ’09
accepted the position of
chief marketing officer at
The Agenda.
Forbes 30 under 30 Retail
and E-Commerce list.
Erik Sallee, MBA/MS ’11,
was appointed CFO of XiFin.
Arielle Mortimer ’11 was
named COO at Spring Health.
Ashley Teti ’11 joined
Piper Sandler Companies
as director of equity
algorithmic sales.
Derek Myers ’10 was
promoted to managing
director at Alvarez &
Marsal Tax.
’20s
Scott Reddersen, MBA ’15,
partner at Withum,
was named on the
Washington Business
Journal 40 under 40.
Shalanda Armstrong,
MBA ’12, is managing
partner at 100KM Ventures
and was named on the
Washington Business
Journal 40 under 40.
Kimberly Mamaril, MBA
’22, joined Las Olas Capital
Advisors as vice president of
financial planning.
IN MEMORIAM
Larry Gramling, PhD ’82, professor
emeritus at UConn, passed away
in October 2023.
Kristin Fallon, MBA ’11,
was named chief marketing
officer at Bentley Systems.
Abby Krall, MBA ’14, joined
the Advisory Board of the
Casey Cares Foundation.
John Malone, MSIS ’15, assistant
director of graduate coaching in
Smith’s Office of Career Services,
passed away on May 20, 2024.
Brian McMahon ’15,
co-founder of Pickle,
was named to the 2024
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