Maxwell Class Notes
Kamile Kralikaite ’24 B.A. (IR)
made history representing Lithuania in rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. She and her pair partner, Ieva Adomavičiūtė, placed fifth in the women’s pair final—Lithuania’s best finish for the event.
Mendell Grinter ’23 E.M.P.A.
was recently named president and chief executive officer of Wesley House Community Services, a nonprofit in Louisville, Ky., that strives to support those facing adversity. He recently helped secure a $50,000 award through Spectrum's Community Center Assist Program to support programs to help local adults secure employment.
Josephine Galdamez ’23 M.P.A.
was recently appointed as intergovernmental affairs coordinator for the City of Syracuse. Her new role supports government partners, coordinates funding requests and oversees several community initiatives. Prior to this, Galdamez served as a housing aid case manager for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.
Kevin C. Treadway ’22 B.A. (Hist/PSc)
joined Cornell University's Department of Classics as a graduate student fellow after holding a fellowship position in the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Classical Studies.
Parker L. Nash ’21 M.P.A.
recently started a new position as senior program coordinator with the geostrategy north team at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit. He manages programs focused on geostrategic issues facing Northern Europe, the Baltic states and the Arctic.
Katherine E. Rahmlow ’20 E.M.P.A.
joined the Rochester, N.Y.-based law firm Harter Secrest & Emery LLP as an associate in the commercial and intellectual property litigation practice group. She formerly worked as an intelligence analyst and U.S. District Court clerk in Washington, D.C.
Lara Hicks ’20 B.A. (IR)/ ’21 M.P.A.
became an impact associate at Protect Democracy, a cross-ideological nonprofit that organizes against the threat of authoritarianism using litigation and legislative and communications strategies. She conducts research, plans events, monitors legislation, and drafts reports and communication materials.
Arianna Galluzzo ’20 M.A. (Anth)
started a new position as associate director of prospect management and research in Yale Law School's alumni engagement and development office. In this role, she serves the law school's fundraising operations and identifies potential donors and new donor prospects.
Kaitlyn M. Menegio-Stahl ’19 B.A. (IR)
has been promoted to an administrative officer in the Office of Multifamily Housing with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Working out of the New York field office, she was selected to participate in a year-long succession management development program.
Lindsay J. Finman ’19 B.A. (PSc)/ ’20 M.P.A.
celebrated her one-year anniversary as a senior grant officer in the Office of Sponsored Programs at Boston Children's Hospital. She previously worked as a grant officer and development associate in the Boston Medical Center Office of Development.
Jared G. Shepard ’18 M.P.A.
is the director of planning and research at CenterState CEO, a Syracuse-based business leadership and economic development organization. His responsibilities include researching, conducting initiatives, analyzing data and supporting large-scale strategic planning activities.
Mark N. Temnycky ’17 Select
received a client impact award for supporting the director at Aeyon, a business management consulting company, where he serves as a congressional audit liaison. He helped draft the Acquisition Innovation Research Center's congressional reports for fiscal years 2022-24. His writing has been featured and referenced in Voice of America, The Washington Post and Business Insider.
Jennifer C. Dombroske ’16 E.M.P.A.
returned to Syracuse University as the executive director of community engagement in the Office of Government and Community Relations. She previously worked with the Onondaga County Department of Children and Family Services' School Based Initiatives Division for 10 years.
Jihoon Yu ’10 M.A. (PSc)/ ’14 Ph.D. (PSc)
was promoted to director of the Department of External Relations at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA). Previously a research fellow with KIDA, he is commander of the Republic of Korea Navy and a member of its task force on the CVX light aircraft carrier project. Previously, he was a professor of military strategy at the ROK Naval Academy.
Mariah S. Senecal-Reilly ’14 M.P.A.
was recently promoted to director of substance use initiatives for Onondaga County, N.Y. She oversees the county's mobile syringe services program, overdose prevention program, peer services and real time overdose response team.
Aaron M. Hoy ’14 M.A. (Soc)/ ’18 Ph.D. (Soc)
was named the director of the Center for Excellence in Scholarship and Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The center supports faculty, staff and student researchers.
David I. Frazier ’12 M.P.A.
has joined the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority as senior director for state and local legislative affairs. He advises on legislative, regulatory and other governmental actions that relate to ridership, construction and fiscal support for the MTA and its operating agencies.
Dan Zhang ’11 M.A. (Soc)
is chief financial officer at ClickUp, a project management software company headquartered out of San Diego. Previously, Zhang served as senior vice president of finance at People.ai and the director of sales operations and strategy for AppDynamics.
Whitney A. Hotchkiss ’10 B.A. (PPhil)
began a new position as director of operations at the Syracuse-based nonprofit Blueprint 15. The organization aims to revitalize the 15th Ward.
Kristin L. Ericson ’10 M.P.A.
recently began a new position at Unite America, a Colorado-based philanthropy that seeks to advance nonpartisan election reform. As senior director of investor experience, she is responsible for securing resources and utilizing strategic data analysis.