Maxwell Class Notes
Andrea Hickerson ’01 B.A. (IR)
was named dean of the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.
Megan Joyce ’22 M.P.A.
is a communications officer for Reverse the Red, a global movement led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, that organizes conservation efforts and supports international biological diversity.
Leo Kanawada Jr. ’65 M.A. (Hist)
has published a new book, "George Clinton: An American Founding Father and American Independence" (AuthorHouse, 2022)
Zeina Koinis ’09 M.P.A.
is the leading managing director of Definitive Results, a marketing consulting firm based in Leesburg, Va.
Amy Stormes Kremenek ’11 E.M.P.A.
was named the fifth president of Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden, N.Y.
Jeffrey Patrick Kurkjian ’15 B.A. (PSc)
was named the new co-host of the Andie Summers Morning Show on 92.5 WXTU-FM in Philadelphia.
Raymond Levine ’18 B.A. (PSt/PSc)
is starting his last semester at the University of Michigan Law School and is managing executive editor of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law, Volume 27. He is currently a research assistant for Professor Patrick Barry in the legal writing department.
John Mandyck ’89 B.A. (PSt)/ ’92 M.P.A.
published an article in the Harvard Business Review titled “What If Banks Had to Disclose the Climate Impact of Their Investments.” Mandyk is the CEO of Urban Green Council, a visiting scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an adjunct faculty member for the University of Connecticut School of Business.
Jonathan Edelberto Martinex ’14 B.A. (IR/PSt/PSc)
is head of U.S. federal affairs for Haleon, a healthcare company based in Washington, D.C. He previously served as the director of federal government affairs at GlaxoSmithKline, a global biopharma company.
Adam Miller ’19 M.A. (IR)
is a research analyst at the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, an organization that tracks political violence globally.
Robyn Moore ’96 M.P.A.
was appointed managing director of Piper Sandler Companies, an investment bank headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn.
Seth Mulligan ’05 M.P.A.
is the new director of innovation and partnerships at the Griffiss Institute, a talent and technology development company based in Rome, N.Y
Parker Leland Nash ’21 M.P.A.
is a program assistant for the German Marshall Fund’s security and defense policy team in the Washington, D.C., office. The German Marshall Fund is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works on issues critical to modern transatlantic interests, such as democracy, security and geopolitics, technology, and innovation. It drives policy debate through analysis, community-building and cultivating leadership.
Mark Newsome ’07 E.M.P.A.
was promoted to vice president and senior partner of U.S. Federal Healthcare, IBM Consulting. The Armonk, N.Y.-based business discovers, designs and develops advanced information technology through consulting services.
Ife Olatunji ’06 B.A. (Anth)
has spent the last four years as a media educator with Facets Multimedia, a Chicago, Ill.-based nonprofit that connects people to independent ideas through transformative cinema. Olatunji teaches media literacy, narrative editing and documentary filmmaking.
Alejandro Perez ’02 M.A. (IR)
is the senior vice president of policy and government affairs at the Washington, D.C.-based World Wildlife Fund, an organization that seeks to preserve wildlife globally.
Jennifer Rafael ’94 B.A. (PSc)
is working at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association as the director of communications and marketing. The Alexandria, Va., organization is dedicated to the general welfare of federal workers and retirees.
Syedur Rahman ’77 Ph.D. (PA)
has retired after a 40-plus year career in international education administration. He served as director of international sponsored programs at Northern Virginia Community College and, before that, was director of international programs and coordinator of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at Penn State University.
Tapan Ray ’06 M.A. (PA)
was re-appointed to the board of directors of CMS Info Systems, a cash management and payment solutions company based in Mumbai, India.
Timothy Robb ’90 B.A. (PSc)
has joined World Insurance Associates LLC as general counsel. World Insurance Associates LLC is a national brokerage specializing in personal and commercial insurance lines, bonding, employee benefits, financial and retirement services and human capital management solutions.