Maxwell Class Notes
Lauren Day ’10
was reappointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council, which certifi es and funds local crime stopper programs throughout the state. Day�s term ends in September 2024.
Claudia Delgado ’17 B.A. (IR)
completed a juris doctor degree with honors at George Washington University School of Law. Delgado also earned the Gold President�s Volunteer Service Award for pro bono work with The Nature Conservancy.
Frank DelVecchio ’82 M.P.A.
is senior vice president for public finance at the Boston, Mass. office of Roosevelt & Cross, a municipal securities firm.
Ashley Denney ’20 B.A. (IR)
is serving in the AmeriCorps Volun-teers in Service to America program in the New York City Department of Education. She focuses on education for children�s afterschool programs and coordinates partnerships with donors to sponsor grant programs.
DeChane Dorsey ’91 B.A. (PSc)
has been named executive director of AdvaMed Accel, a division which specializes in helping smaller start-ups with medical technology development. Dorsey previously served as vice president of payment and healthcare delivery policy for AdvaMed.
Matthew Duncan ’09
is director of intelligence of the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center at North American Electric Reliability Corp. He previ-ously served as program manager for the U.S. Department of Energy�s State/Local/Tribal/Territorial Energy Assurance.
Curtis Eatman ’09 B.A. (PSc)/ ’11 M.P.A.
is transitioning from fi nance director to acting economic develop-ment director for the town of Hamden, Conn.
Youssef El Ayachi ’16 / ’19 M.P.A.
is chief executive officer for Africa Bright Asset Management in Douala, Cameroon. El Ayachi was previously a board member for the firm and was adjunct professor at Emlyon Business School in France from June 2018 to August 2020.
Dina Eldawy ’19 B.A. (CCE/IR)
is Syracuse University�s second recipient of the Marshall Scholar-ship. In the United Kingdom, Eldawy is working toward a master�s in migration and global development at the University of Sussex and a MSc in comparative and interna-tional education at the University of Oxford.
Nuria Esparch ’00 M.P.A.
is a Peruvian lawyer who has been serving as the country�s Defense Minister since November 2020.
Kate Farrar ’04 M.P.A.
is State Representative, 20th District, in Conn. She previously served as executive director for Connecticut Women�s Education and Legal Fund in Hartford, Conn.
Katherine Ferguson ’19 E.M.P.A.
was named chief of staff for the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). She previously served as chief of staff for the White House Domestic Policy Council and as chief of staff for rural development at USDA during the Obama administration.
Pamela Fessler ’80
published Carville�s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice(Liversight) in July 2020. It tells how leprosy patients in the U.S. were treated as if they were inmates for much of the 20th century.
Peter Fusco ’01 B.A. (Geog)
is assistant principal at Lakeshore Elementary School (Iredell-States-ville Schools) in North Carolina.
David Gaulin ’02 B.A. (Hist/PSc)/ ’07 M.S.Sc.
is senior director of cyber operations at BluVector, a Comcast company. He is also a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
Virginia Giannini ’16 B.A. (IR)
passed the New York State Bar exam after completing a juris doctor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. She is now providing legal advice to immigrants at the New York City Immigration Court.
Elissa Gibbs ’18 M.S.Sc.
is chief of staff at Armoured One, which trains school faculty and staff on how to respond to an active shooter or other crisis situation.
Carol Gifford-Bloom ’81 Select (PSc)
is a community relations specialist for Lancaster (Pa.) Vision-Corps and Manheim Township (Pa.) commissioner.
Shiro Gnanaselvam ’93 M.P.A.
was named chief executive offi cer of Social Impact, a global develop-ment consulting fi rm in Arlington, Va. Gnanaselvam was previously chief operating offi cer and executive vice president at Social Impact.
Susan Gooden ’95 M.A. (PSc)/ ’96 Ph.D. (PSc)
was named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University L. Douglas Wilder School of Govern-ment and Public Affairs. Gooden previously served as interim dean at the Wilder School since May 2018.