Maxwell Class Notes
Kristen Thorsness ’02 M.P.A.
has joined the Rochester, N.Y., office of the law firm Bond, Schoeneck & King as of counsel. Her work concentrates on athletics regulation, specifically gender equity and Title IX.
Roland Van Deusen ’67 B.A. (Soc)
had his article on reducing veteran suicides accepted by the research department of Syracuse University’s National Veteran Resource Center. The article was originally published in the Summer 2019 issue of Combat Stress magazine. Van Deusen runs a veteran support group in Clayton, N.Y., where he lives with his wife Nancy de Thomas Van Deusen '69 B.A. (Soc). He played a part in the successful effort to have the NFL test helmet add-ons, which helped reduce in-game concussions.
Federico Vincente ’14 B.A. (IR)
is a legal operation specialist at LUMA Energy ServCo, LLC, an electrical energy company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Luma’s parent companies are Quanta Services, based in the United States, and ATCO, based in Canada.
Kathleen E. Walpole ’12 B.A. (Hist/PSt/PSc)
has accepted a role as the principal management analyst for the county manager's Office of Clark County, Nev.
Katie Wells ’08 M.A. (Geog)/ ’13 Ph.D. (Geog)
has co-authored the book “Disrupting D.C.: The Rise of Uber and the Fall of the City,” with Declan Cullen ’13 Ph.D. (Geog) and Kafui Attoh ’08 M.A. (Geog)/’13 Ph.D. (Geog). The book is an analysis of the deep social divisions and urban politics that gave rise to the gig economy in the U.S.
Jonathan Wilson ’11 M.A. (Hist)/ ’15 Ph.D. (Hist)
recently accepted a position as an upper-school world history teacher at the Wardlaw-Hartridge School in Edison, N.J.
Maxanne R. Witkin ’78 B.A. (PSc)
was appointed by the comptroller general of the United States to a five-year term as an administrative judge and member of the General Accountability Office’s Personnel Appeals Board, an independent adjudicatory authority that rules on employee relations, equal employment opportunity and labor relations issues.
Derek Gutierrez ’21 B.A. (IR)
is utilizing his foreign language skills on contract with the U.S. Air Force as an airborne cryptologic language analyst. He’s tasked with analyzing messages obtained during flight and translating them to provide warnings and intelligence to assist in Air Force mission planning.
Mark N. V. Temnycky ’17 M.P.A./M.A. (IR)
was recognized at the International Sports Press Association Awards in the “Special Topic of the Year–Russian Invasion of Ukraine” category for writing an Atlantic Council article on how Ukrainian athletes are providing aid to the country during the Russian invasion.
Sangeun Yeo ’16 M.A. (IR)
has taken a job as an environmental, social and governance consultant at Deloitte. Yeo works as an assurance professional to help businesses incorporate sustainability objectives.
Alex Lynch ’16 B.A. (PSc/CCE)
has taken a job with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Enforcement Support System’s software team in the firearms operations division.
Rachel Dunsmoor ’08 M.P.A.
was selected as a 2022 Bertelsmann Foundation Fellow, a six-month program that explores policy actions pertaining to an annually chosen topic. Dunsmoor, who works as a senior analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, also contributed to the program’s February 2023 publication, "Emerging Ties: Essays on Transatlantic Engagement in the Developing World.”
Michael Scherger ’07 M.P.A.
is the new chief learning officer for the National Park Service. He is tasked with running the learning and development function of the agency.
Thomas Constable ’04 M.A. (PA)
announced on May 1, 2023, that he has retired from his role as acting assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs after an extensive career in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Jonathan Schwabish ’02 M.A. (Econ)/ ’03 Ph.D. (Econ)
has published a book “Data Visualization in Excel: A Guide for Beginners, Intermediates, and Wonks” (A K Peters/CRC Press, 2023). Schwabish is the founder of PolicyViz, a data visualization and presentation skills firm.
Alyssa DeAndrade ’92 J.D./M.P.A.
was named the first female major of the Providence Police Department in Rhode Island in April 2023. She has worked at the department for 26 years, previously serving as a sergeant, lieutenant and the department’s second-ever female captain.
Timothy Doyle ’97 M.P.A.
has been appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Drupal Association, a free, open-source content management system with a global team of over a million developers.
Lelia DeAndrade ’90 M.A. (Soc)/ ’96 Ph.D. (Soc)
has been appointed the deputy secretary of state for equity and inclusion of Maine. She develops strategies to foster equity and inclusion across Maine’s Department of the Secretary of State.
Jonathan Shull ’86 M.P.A.
announced his retirement as CEO of the self-insurance pool California Joint Powers Insurance Authority on June 30, 2023, after a 28-year career at the agency.
Timothy Dye ’85 B.A. (IR)/ ’87 M.P.A./M.A. (IR)
has been appointed to a five-year term as the inaugural dean of Concordia University's new School of Health in Montréal, Québec, Canada.