Aleta J. Williams, GWSB MPA ’94

Aleta J. Williams, GWSB MPA ’94, was appointed director of global education practice for GRM International. In this role, she will build GRM’s education, youth, and workforce development practice by working to improve the quality of primary, vocational, and tertiary educational systems. Williams was working as the senior education advisor for the US Agency for […]

Tom Hohman, GWSB MBA ’94

Tom Hohman, GWSB MBA ’94, was appointed executive director of the Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation (CICF) and the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA). CICF focuses on non-profit organizations that encourage civic and community development, job creation and training, improved access to community services and that provide youth and adult education, particularly for minority and disadvantaged […]

Karen Chopra, GSEHD MA ’99

Karen Chopra, GSEHD MA ’99, was one of many GW GSEHD alumni, faculty and staff members to present at last month’s National Career Development Association (NCDA) conference in Atlanta. Chopra presented tips on salary negotiations from her new book Coaching Career Clients on Salary and Other Workplace Negotiations.  

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, CCAS BA ’96

Iris Jamahl Dunkle, CCAS BA ’96, won the First-Book Award from Trio House Press for her forthcoming poetry collection, Gold Passage. Her chapbook Inheritance was published by Finishing Line Press in 2010, and her second manuscript, Interrupted Geographies, was a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Dunkle teaches writing at the University of […]

Joseph McCahill, CCAS BA ’99

Joseph McCahill, CCAS BA ’99,  joined PerfectServe as its first web and mobile product manager. McCahill is responsible for leading the visual and experience design efforts for PerfectServe’s website and mobile applications, which physicians and nurses use to facilitate clinical communications that improve care coordination and reduce medical errors. McCahill is the founder of the Social […]

Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, and Arlene Arrigan Pietranton, CCAS BA ’74, MA ’76, PHD ’93

Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, a doctoral student at Arizona State, will begin her second term as president of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association, the pre-professional organization of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA), in the fall. She will be working with Arlene Arrigan Pietranton, CCAS BA ’74, MA ’76, PHD ’93, executive director of […]