Erika Gronek, GSEHD MA ’05, recently accepted a position at the Alliance for Construction Excellence – ASU, in Tempe, Ariz., as web administrator/educational technologist.
Category: Featured Class Note
Alexander Granados, GWSB EMBA ’01, Christina V. McLean, GWSB BBA ’03, and Omar Woodard, ESIA BA ’05 CCAS MPA ’07
Alexander Granados, GWSB EMBA ’01, Christina V. McLean, GWSB BBA ’03, and Omar Woodard, ESIA BA ’05 CCAS MPA ’07, were all honored at the 5th annual EnVest Foundation’s 40 Under 40 Awards Recognition Dinner in October.
Rachel Gore, ESIA BA ’03
Rachel Gore, ESIA BA ’03, and Jonathan Tyler Freed were married Oct. 14 in Nashville. Ms. Freed is an associate at the Law Office of Theodore N. Cox in New York, where she specializes in asylum and refugee law. Read more at The New York Times.
Shira Fishman, GSEHD MA ’07
Shira Fishman, GSEHD MA ‘07, was honored as the District of Columbia Public Schools Teacher of the Year in September during the Standing Ovation for DC Teachers event at the Kennedy Center. The event honored more than 660 DCPS educators who earned ratings of Highly Effective under the IMPACT educator evaluation system.
Edwin Feick, GWSB MBA ’86
Edwin Feick, GWSB MBA ’86, is the new Parker Aerospace group vice president of marketing, where he is responsible for all marketing and business development activities relating to the needs of the company’s global customers.
Ali Eskandarian, CCAS BS ’79, PhD ’87
Ali Eskandarian, CCAS BS ’79, PhD ’87, senior associate dean for strategic initiatives and research in GW’s College of Professional Studies, will now serve as the new dean for the George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus. Read more at GW Today.
Patricia Rice Doran, GSEHD EdD ’11
Patricia Rice Doran, GSEHD EdD ‘11, was appointed as an assistant professor of special education at Towson University. Her research at Towson will focus on intersections between special education and cultural and linguistic diversity, particularly in the identification and service delivery processes. Most recently, Ms. Doran served as the project director for a Fund for the […]
Katherine Knapp Carney, SEAS BS ’05
Katherine Knapp Carney, SEAS BS ’05, was featured in the TIME magazine article, “How to Build a Jet Engine” and the companion video on the TIME website, “What It Took to Create a Job for One Bright Engineer.” Ms. Knapp Carney is a mechanical engineer for Pratt & Whitney in Conn., working on the company’s new PurePower jet engine.
Celeste A. Bondon, LAW JD ’97
Celeste A. Bondon, LAW JD ’97, joined PCT(R) Law Group, PLLC as partner and chair of the firm’s Information Technology practice. Prior, Ms. Bondon founded Galloway Law and Media, PLLC, focusing primarily on technology and entertainment transactions for independent artists, entrepreneurs and corporations. She also formerly served as counsel at America Online, Inc., and spectrum […]