Maxwell Class Notes
Janis Garcia Keating ’98 M.P.A.
was named 2021 entrepreneur of the year for the northeast region by Latina Style magazine. She is the founder and president of Wilco Group LLC which provides information technology consulting services, Agile development support and general business consulting services in the Washington, D.C., area.
Stephen Keil ’14 B.A. (IR)
is now a strategy and issues management advisor for Chevron Corporation in Washington, D.C. He was previously Chevron’s project coordinator for international government affairs.
Jade Kraft ’14 B.A. (PSc)
was appointed to the New York State government position of deputy communications director for Albany. Kraft previously served as deputy press secretary in the executive chamber.
Sun-on Gilford Law ’04 M.A. (PA)
is the new Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office’s director-general.
David Angelo Levinthal ’02 B.A. (PPhil)
is now deputy Washington D.C. bureau chief at Business Insider, a financial and business news website. Previously, he held the position of senior Washington correspondent.
Scott Lowry ’21 B.A. (IR/PSc)
has accepted a position as a patent assistant with the fi rm Arent Fox in Washington, D.C.
Jason Lumia ’96 M.A. (Econ)
is the new chief of staff in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville.
Rufat Mahmud ’07 E.M.P.A.
is the advisor to the chairman on the state committee on urban planning and architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Thomas A Mandl ’05
has written a new book, Modern Paraguay: Uncovering South America’s Best Kept Secret (McFarland, 2021). The book is based on Mandl’s time in Paraguay interviewing leaders and collecting data in order to present Paraguay’s challenges, strengths and direction in a global world.
Benjamin J Markus ’02 M.P.A.
has been appointed as interim coordinator for English language arts for K-8 at Greenwich Public Schools located in Greenwich, Conn.
Kathryn E Martin ’99 M.P.A.
is the chief operating officer of Health Care Cost Institute, located in Washington, D.C.
John McBride ’01 M.A. (PA)
has been named as manager of underwriting and corporate sponsorship for WCNY (Western and Central New York) radio, based in Syracuse, N.Y.
Gerard McTigue ’11 B.A. (IR)
has been promoted as an account director at Freuds, a London-based communications agency focused on representing clients working to achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.
Lawrence Miller ’09 Ph.D. (PA)
was named vice president for learning and workforce development at Greenville Technical College in Greenville, S.C.
Mary Jacqueline Myers ’07 M.P.A.
works as healthcare and life sciences lead at Slalom, LLC, a global consulting firm focused on strategy, technology and business transformation in the U.S., Canada, Australia and England.
Robert O’Neill ’74 M.P.A.
will serve on the board of directors of the National Academy of Public Administration’s Center for Intergovernmental Partnerships, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress to assist government leaders.
Eliza Orlando ’10 E.M.P.A.
is the strategic director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y. She was also recently named director of stakeholder engagement for the Center for Leading Collaboration and Innovation.
Howard Palley ’63 Ph.D. (SSc)
professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, recently co-authored the introduction, conclusion and a chapter on Canada in his paperback issue of Comparative Health Care Federalism (Routledge, 2020). The publication offers academics the opportunity to study federalism on an international level.
Sanjay Pandey ’94 M.S.Sc./ ’95 Ph.D. (SSc)
is professor and Shapiro Chair of Public Policy and Public Administration at the Trachtenberg School at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Rachel Pasternak ’03 B.A. (PSc)
joined the Bonadio Group as a recruiting specialist. The Bonadio Group is a group of certified public accountants and consultants based in Rochester, N.Y.