Class Notes

Thunderbird Alumni Class Notes

1950s Narce Caliva ’56 — Narce has been retired since 1995. He has continued to volunteer for the American Red Cross and for the Korean War Veterans Association, where he is serving on the KWVA National Board of Directors. He and his wife were invited as guests of the Republic of Korea to attend the 70th Anniversary of the ROK Armed Forces in Seoul in October 2018. Among the many functions and events, they, along with other veterans and guests from nations that had sent troops to fight in the war, were highly honored at a luncheon at the Blue House hosted by President Moon and the First Lady. In April 2019, Narce will complete 60 years of Red Cross service and in September will be 90.

1960s Tom Aageson ’63 — Tom is co-founder of Creative Startups, a leading accelerator for entrepreneurs in the Creative Economy and is located in 4 locations around the world. Tom recently published a book titled Creative Economy Entrepreneurs: From Startup to Success: How Startups in the Creative Industries are Transforming the Global Economy. He is also the co-founder of the Santa Fe International Folk-Art Market, the largest folk art market in the world. Tom was VP of Marketing and Merchandising at Mystic Seaport, where he created the Mystic Maritime Art Gallery along with other startups. Tom led artisan entrepreneurs from 20 countries into international markets as Director of Aid to Artisans. Richard Ragsdale ’67 — “After graduating from the Thunderbird, I worked at Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC for five years. In 1973, I moved to Nash ville, TN, to accept the job of VP and Treasurer of Hospital Affiliates Interna tional, Inc. In 1981, I was promoted to VP, Treasurer and CFO of INA Health Care Group, Dallas, TX, HAI’s parent company. In 1982 I co-found ed Republic Health Corporation, Dallas, TX. That’s where, in 1983 and 1984, I raised over $400 million in the public capital markets, more

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than any other health services company during that time. In 1980, I co-founded GreatNorthern Health Management, Ltd., A British private hospital company, which we sold to a French conglomer ate in October 1989. In 1996, I co-founded and I served as Chairman of Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), a rural hospital company that we took public. I left CHS in 1998 after the Company was acquired by Forstmann Little in a $1.1 billion leveraged-buy-out (LBO). I was Chairman of HealthMont, Inc. for three years; was a Director of Vanderbilt University Technology Company from 2001 to 2003; served on the Legisla tive Commission of the Federation of American Hospitals from 1984 to 1995. I was a Trustee and Chairman of Benton Hall School, and I was the Trustee and Chairman of Maryville College from 1993 to 2005. I coached in the Spring Valley Ath letic Association, Dallas in the mid-80s; served as Chairman of the Hospital Authority of Metro Nash ville and Davidson County from 1999 to 2008; and chaired the Nashville Zoo board from 2000 to 2012. A serial entrepre neur, I have co-founded ten health services companies, serving as a Director and, for some, Chairman of the Board. For those companies, I helped match man agement with business ideas, helped raise venture capital to fund the enterprises, and provided advice and counsel when needed. In addition to the Thunderbird Distin guished Alumni Award for Entrepreneurship in 1990 and the Jonas Mayer Dis tinguished Alumni Award in 1993; I was awarded the Maryville College Me dallion (Its highest honor) in 1999; the 2011 Sage Award from The Council on Aging Of Middle Ten nessee; was inducted into the Benton Hall School Hall of Fame in 2010, and was recognized by 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee in 2001. I have been included in more than thirty Who’s Who publications, including the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award for 2017-2018. In 2019 I was named Top Healthcare Executive of The Year and recognized for Lifetime Achievement by the International Asso ciation of Top Professionals (IAOTP), NYC. Though I am retired, I remain active in personal and community projects and pursue private adventures, such as a recent tandem skydive with my grandson (3,500 feet, 285 mph!). I have three children and two grandchildren. After my wife of 41 years passed away in 2008, I married Ping Xu Ragsdale. We live happily together in Nashville, TN.”

1970s Gary Lumsden ’73 — Gary recently from Palm Beach, Florida to Paradise Valley, Arizona to launch a new broadcast advertising agency. “It will be fantastic to be back in Arizona once again. Both Arizona and Thunderbird have changed for the better.” Ronald MacDonald ’73 — Ronald is retired now living in Prescott Valley, AZ after living in Vietnam, Tokyo, Jakarta, England, and most recently, Ecuador. Arne Rosell ’73 — “I am now retired for many years living in Sigtuna, 40 km from Stockholm, and the oldest city in Sweden. I spend my time mostly traveling and playing golf. Actually, I went to the Thunderbird campus event last year celebrating the departure from the Glendale campus but did not meet anyone from my class. My career has mostly been international and in the medical field as I have also studied medicine. I have lived in Canada, the U.S., France, Belgium, and Austria working for different companies.” Andrew Lubin ’74 — Andrew celebrated his May (2019) semi-retire ment by hiking the robust 45-mile Salkantay Trail and climbing Machu Picchu. While no longer teaching undergrad or grad school or serving as a USMC Combat Correspondent in Iraq and

Afghanistan, Andrew is the president of Defense Solutions International, a security-related company currently active in West Africa, Iraq, and Israel. He’d enjoy hearing from his T-bird classmates and friends at Lubin@defense solutionsinternational.com. Lawrence Bradley ’75 — “Residing in Singapore since 1980, retired since 2016 from Kerr-McGee/ Tronox where I was Managing Director Asia/ Pacific, married w/two children William age 27 and Julia 18 - the latter of whom just graduated from Singapore American School & is heading to university at Western U in Ontario, which her brother also attended. I continue to be active with the Hash House Harriers, Anglican Church, and mentoring at the National University of Singapore.” Daniel Wagner ’75 — Daniel, CEO of Country Risk Solutions, published his sixth book in February - China Vision - addressing how China’s government approaches international relations and its impact on countries around the world. George Fong ’76 — George is a Professor of Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. Deborah Smith ’75 — “I am still doing spa and wellness facility con sulting for hotels, resorts and private clubs globally. For the last 20 years, I’ve been based in the Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen, Colorado. Free time spent hiking, cross-country skiing, and outreach for a couple of non-profit boards. I cherish the time I spent at Thunderbird and the lifelong friends I made. Another of my classmates said it well, ‘it was a different time’…in the middle of the desert, with a distinguished cast of characters as far as students and faculty went. I participated as a Project Artemis mentor to aspiring female entrepre neurs in Afghanistan and Jordan a decade ago and had occasion to be at the Glendale campus once again for the Afghanistan and Jordan week-long sessions. It was special.” Robert Lawes ’76 — “Alive and well, have lived in Australia approximately 25 years. Thunderbird has gotten me around a great deal of the world over many years. Interesting side-note: I went to ASU (then Arizona State College) with the idea of going on to The American institute for Foreign Trade (now Thunderbird). I eventually got to Thunderbird and now am reconnected to ASU.” G.J. Rancourt ’78 — Originally from Canada, G.J. continues to enjoy a full, vibrant and tre mendously abundant life ministering in Costa Rica where he is a permanent resident. He is the inventor, founder, and CEO of the global EZ Creeper Compa ny, which is headquartered in Canada. He is also the owner and president of a real estate company.

1980s Christophe Bellinger ’80 — Christophe has worked for American Hospital Supply in France and later began a 38-year career in political risk insurance (PRI) working for American International Group, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency as one of its first staff and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – all in the field of political risk insurance, credit insurance, and guarantees. He retired from ADB in 2014 and based his home in Manila, Philippines for 10 years. He also established his own consulting firm, Credit Enhancement Products LLC, and has continued working as a consultant for other international organizations, most recently the African Development Bank based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire - always in the same field. He credits the Thunderbird’s tripartite program for his career preparation. David Jones ’82 — David is retired and living happily in the central Visayas islands in the Philippines. Robert Shearer ’82 — Robert was recently elected to the board of directors of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Robert retired from BlackRock Advisors LLC in 2017 where he the managing director. Robert has over 35 years of experience in securities and leading investment

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management firms. Philip Dei Dolori ’83 — Philip is the President, Europe and Asia for Welbilt Corporations, maker of commercial appliances. He resides in Munich, Germany. Hai-Yang Chen ’84 — Hai-Yang Chen has been named the next dean of the College of Business at Western Carolina Uni versity. Previously Chen was the dean of the Lew is College of Business at Marshall University from July 2013 until returning to the faculty in July 2016. He previously held administrative positions as the founding managing director of the Global Financial Services Institute, founding director of E*TRADE Financial Learning Center and founding director of the Financial Planning Program, all within the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University of New Jersey. Kymberly Eide ’84 — Kymberly was recently appointed president of Aperture, the largest provider of credentialing services to the healthcare industry. Kymberly joins Aperture with extensive operational, sales, and product leadership experience in the healthcare, manufacturing, and services industries. Kymberly previously spent 11 years at Optum leading product strategy and growth for its provider data management line of services. Zeek Ojeh ’84 — Zeek serves on the board of directors of Arizona’s third-largest credit union, The Arizona Federal Credit Union. Previously, he served on the boards of the state-wide Manufactured Housing Board and the Arizona Finance Housing Authority as a Governor’s appointee. John Scadden ’84 — John joined ATL Technol ogy as the Chief Financial Officer. ATL Technology creates custom medical connector systems, custom interconnect assemblies, and turnkey manufacturing solutions. Prior to ATL, John served as CFO in two Portland, Oregon based firms, Dry, Inc. and Evo, Inc., and brings 25+ years of experience with highgrowth companies to this position. Additionally, he was treasurer of FEI Company and held finance roles within Novell, Inc. Ahmed Dawood ’85 — Ahmed is the CEO of AD Automotive International.

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Steven Croxton ’86 — Steven was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Rekor Systems Inc, a leading provider of innovative ve hicle recognition systems. Steven currently serves as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for Rice, Voelker, LLC and has more than 32 years of experience in investment and commer cial banking. During his career, Steve has been involved in financing and advisory transactions to taling more than $35 billion for a variety of public and private corporations. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Peninsula Gaming Partners, LLC, and has held leadership roles with responsibilities related to investment, corporate, and international banking. Paul Bradley ’87 — Paul recently received the Transformative Leadership in Global Supply Chain Management Award at the Indian Institute of Supply Chain Management’s annual ceremony in India and was also awarded the CEO Excellence Award for Supply Chain Innovation and Best International Business Consultancy 2018 South East Asia by CEO Monthly Magazine United Kingdom. Kate Ferguson ’87 — Kate was named the new Director of Multifamily Programs for the California Housing Finance Agency. Kate has more than 30 years of experience in the multi family lending world, most recently with BBVA Com pass’ Affordable Housing division in Denver. In addition, she spent three years in risk management and underwriting with Mercy Housing, one of the biggest non-profit housing developers in the United States. She also has expe rience in California, with seven years at Bank of America and Scotia Bank in San Francisco. In those roles, she was respon sible for credit analysis, construction management and portfolio management for the West Coast. Helane Nelson ’87 — Helane is currently attend ing William M. Bowen Law School at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and will be graduating in December 2020. Kenneth Strange ’87 — Ken published a new book “It’s Your Camino: One Couple’s 500-mile Pilgrimage Across Spain.” You can find more information about the book on kennethstrange.com. Elizabeth Evans ’88 — Elizabeth works in developing partnerships for F500’s in the healthcare technology arena - primarily aging-related.

1990s Kevin Glynn ’90 — Kevin recently was awarded the 2019 CIO Innovator of the Year award at the SIM Chicago’s Spring Gala. Kevin is the Chief Information Officer at DSC Logistics. He is responsible for all information technology including IT operations, new system developments, and telecommunications. He leads the IT team in leveraging information technology to enable optimization across the enterprise and deliver innovative solutions to DSC’s customers. Rob Marandino ’90 — Rob currently consults in NYC providing marketing strategy and financial road maps for venture capital firms seeking go-to-market plans for direct-to-consumer health & wellness brand invest ment/acquisitions. He helped scale start-up and early-stage brands by in creasing brand awareness, quality lead generation and conversion, multimedia creative production, and both paid and earned media management. Since graduating from Thunder bird in December 1990, Rob has held several Chief Marketing Officer and VP Marketing positions in the

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health, wellness, fitness, diet/nutrition, and medical device spaces, including: VP Marketing, Sono Bello Body Contouring Centers; VP Marketing, Marketing Architects; Chief Marketing Officer, Therative Medical Device; Chief Marketing Officer, Fig Body Shaping Centers; Chief Marketing Officer, TrimSpa, Chief Marketing Officer, GoodTimes En tertainment (Billy Blanks); VP Marketing, Weider Nutrition. Doug Tilden ’90 — Doug was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer at Grow Financial Federal Credit Union. Doug previously was with Chase Auto, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York City, where he served as executive director and head of treasury and profitability management, a position with a wide range of responsibilities including portfolio funding, capital, liquidity, profitability management and reporting, business development support, as well as annual investments in information technology. He was also CFO for Chase Auto’s direct-to-consumer lending business. Amanda Hayes ’91 — Amanda has joined the Board of Directors at Veterans Recovery Resources. Veterans Recovery Resources is a community-based non-profit organization that serves veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors. Amanda has 30 years of marketing strategy, communications and program management experience in the consulting services, technology start-up and non-profit industries. She spent 18 years working and contracting with Accenture in London, Toronto, and the U.S. and is currently a co-owner of MFH Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia. Amanda is passionate about raising awareness of the issues facing our veteran community across the nation, all of whom have so selflessly served our country. She joins the board after volunteering her services full-time for nearly three years. David Alltop ’92 — David has retired from Wells Fargo in San Francisco after 34 years in banking and has moved to Rocklin, CA to work in the business office at William Jessup University. Christopher Boone ’92 — Christopher was recently appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of National Energy Services Reunited Corp., a national, industry-leading provider of integrated energy services in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Asia Pacific regions. Christopher has more than 25 years of industry experience including advising private equity transactions and previously served as Chief Financial Officer at Tesco Corporation and Chief Financial Officer at Lufkin Industries. Lloyd Diamond ’92 — Lloyd has been appointed to the role of

Chief Executive Officer of Pixium Vision. Lloyd brings with him 25 years of experience in the life science industry. Lloyd most recently served as the CEO of Precise Light Surgical, a commercially ready medical device company in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, he was the CEO of Bonesupport AB, a European orthobiologic company, where he drove rapid market penetration in Europe and the U.S. which led to a successful IPO on the NASDAQ OMX in Stockholm. Jon Kondo ’93 — Jon joined the leadership team of Appen as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Jon brings over 30 years of sales and marketing experience and a strong track record of revenue growth from global big data companies and SaaS-based start-ups. As Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, his responsibilities include leading Appen’s global sales and marketing teams and ensuring strong alignment to deliver con tinued customer value and revenue performance. Jon brings an extensive back ground in data, technology, and customer-focused leadership to Appen. Steve Mack ’93 — Steve joined Envida of Colorado Springs as the Director of Finance and Strategy. Prior to joining Envida Steve held executive financial roles at TRG Arts, Innov Wire Technology, Diamond Wire Material Technologies, and America Online. Pedro Soares ’93 — Pedro has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Sherpa. Pedro joined Sherpa in October 2018 as the Chief Strategy Officer, adding to the company’s extensive expertise more than 20 years of international leadership experience, including growing businesses and developing brands at Anheuser-Busch and Turnberry. Kristen Moore ’94 — Kristen recently joined the leadership team at inVia Robotics as Chief Market ing Officer. Kristen brings more than 20 years of experience, most recently serving as chief marketing officer and head of e-com merce at LifeSeasons. At LifeSeasons, she was responsible for building the brand and e-commerce business. She previously served in various lead ership roles at Demand Media, FedEx, AT&T, and Lucent Technologies. Mitchell Slape ’94 — Mitchell was recently appointed as CEO of Massmart, subsidiary of Walmart, in South Africa. Massmart owns Builders Warehouse, Makro, Game, Jumbo Cash and Carry and Dion Wired. Mitchell joined Walmart in 1995 and has worked in a variety of senior roles within Walmart most recently as the interim President and CEO for Walmart Japan. Anabel Cuadros Yeiser ’94 — Anabel is a certified Spanish court interpreter working for U.S. Immigration and the

District Court. Robert Criste ’95 — Robert is now residing in Atlanta, Georgia and is a water industry expert - Storm-water, surface water, water-use-efficiency technologies, and SaaS platforms. Sean Deason ’95 — Sean was appointed to the role of Chief Financial Officer at WABCO Holdings Inc. Sean joined WABCO in June 2015 and served as Vice President, Investor Relations and Controller. Prior to joining WABCO, Sean spent four years with Evraz N.A., where he was Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to that, he spent twelve years with Lear Corporation where he served as Director, Finance, Corporate Business Planning & Analysis, Director, Finance, Asia Pacific Operations, Assistant Treasurer, as well as holding other positions of increasing responsibility from August 1999. Ted Raad ’96 — Ted was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer for Pulmatrix. Ted joined Pulmatrix in 2017 as Chief Business Officer to provide strategic business guidance and lead all business development efforts, which resulted

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in a partnership with Cipla Technologies for the development and commercialization of Pulmazole. Ted brings more than 20 years of experience, including executive leadership roles at Option Care and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals. Daniel Ring ’97 — Daniel was appointed as the Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning at Soligenix, Inc. Previously, Daniel served as the Vice President of Business Development at Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC and as an executive with Merck & Co for 17 years in various sales, marketing, and finance positions, rising to Executive Director of Corporate Licensing. Alberto Bottene ’98 — Alberto Bottene joined ChromaDex as Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development in August 2019. Alberto is a global executive with over 30 years of domestic and international business experience in launching, building and managing new markets in the health, beauty and supplements space. He was a key driver behind the growth of Wella AG in Latin America as well as Guthy-Renker’s worldwide expansion. Alberto brings his experience and knowledge of both domestic and international markets to ChromaDex to help propel the growth of existing and new markets. Frederick Guanich ’98 — Since graduating from Thunderbird, Frederick has worked in Argentina, followed by New York, Mexico, Uruguay and is now located in Houston and is the Treasurer for Tricon International, Ltd. Kelli Johnson ’98 — Kelli was recently recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in the field of Human Resources in recognition of her role as Owner of KJ HR Consulting. With over 22 years of experience in Human Resources, Kelli has set herself far apart from her competition. She has extensive exper tise in Business Strategy, Strategic Workforce Planning, Global Agility, Change Management, Organizational Devel opment and Design, Systems Implementa tions, Talent Assessment, and Succession Planning. Her exquisite customer service has allowed her to remain at the top of her field for decades. Ademir Sarcevic ’98 — Ademir recently was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer at Standex International Corporation. Prior to joining Standex, Ademir worked at Pentair plc where he had been serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer.

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Jarad Carleton ’99 — Jarad, a 19-year market industry veteran, was promoted to Global Program Leader of Frost & Sullivan’s cybersecurity market research practice. His team of analysts in the Americas, Europe, and APAC provides cybersecurity market intelligence and thought leadership to security vendors, investment banks, and CISOs in every industry who need to understand more about security solutions that can resolve modern business challenges associated with highly networked environments and digital transformation initiatives. Jarad, originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, has been based in Austria (Salzburg state) since 2015. Julianne O’Dwyer ’99 — Julianne is a personal health coach. Over the holidays, she traveled to Nepal where she visited a monkey temple, kings’ palaces, spiritual place Gupta, rode an elephant & saw rhinos & crocodiles. To see her travels and adventure visit her website trekkingwithjulianne.com.

2000s Felipe Pastrana ’00 — Felipe was recently appointed to be the CEO of AbbVie Spain. AbbVie is a biopharma ceutical company that was founded in 2013. Previously, Felipe was the International Vice President of Eastern Eu rope, the Middle East and Africa (EEMEA). Felipe’s career began working for companies including Monsanto, Johnson & Johnson, the Zambon Group and Wyeth, occupying different commercial positions and as Country Manager. In 2001 Felipe joined Abbott Colombia, in the division of specialized products and immunology. After changing companies in 2004, he returned in 2008 as CEO of Abbott Venezuela, later occupy ing other management positions in Canada and, in 2014, in Spain. Todd Heustess ’01 — Todd was recently appointed as the Vice President of Develop ment at the Museum of Latin American Art. Todd has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, management acumen, and business and partnership develop

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ment. Most recently, he served as Assistant Vice President of Corporate Partnerships with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. Tay Kim ’01 — Tay Kim was recently appointed as Chief of MSCI’s Korea Unit. Tay has 20 years of experience working in the financial industry. She was formerly a managing director and head of institutional business for Franklin Temple ton Investment Trust Management, advising government institutions, pension funds, insurance companies, banks and other corporations for 13 years. Previously, Tay held senior roles at Citibank Korea and SK Securities and spent time as a research analyst at UBS Warburg Securities. Susan Stella ’02 — Susan was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Cultural Vistas. Cultural Vistas is a nonprofit that has facilitated skill-building international exchange programs since 1963. Susan is the Founder/ Owner of Stella Advisors, LLC, providing strategic consulting to the private equity and venture capital industry. Cheryl Zelenak ’02 — Cheryl was recently appointed as the Vice President of Marketing at Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery. Cheryl joins Advanced Dermatology with more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of marketing, including brand management, strategy, public relations, consumer research, and outreach via digital, social, electronic and print media, as well as local community marketing. Most recently, she was Director of Marketing for Colonial Management Group, a leading provider of addiction treatment and recovery services. She also worked at Orlan do-Laconia Harley-Davidson, Darden Restaurants, Hasbro, and Hormel. John Dunning ’03 — John has been appointed as the President of Recall Masters, Inc. He brings more than two decades of experience to Recall Masters as an entre preneur, investor, and operational executive. His expertise ranges from founding CEO at Confident Financial Services (now DigniFi), currently the leading auto repair financing solution, to serving as a critical team member in several San Francisco-based software start-ups, to working as a venture capitalist. He also founded and served as CEO of two Boulder, Col orado-based technology start-ups and has served as an advisor to several software businesses. Most recently, John ran San Juan Vacation Ventures, LLC, the largest vacation rental manage ment agency in the San Juan Islands, northwest of Seattle. DeVere Kutscher ’03 — DeVere joined BiasSync in September as the Vice President of Training and Certification. DeVere brings with him his experience in small and minority business policy and advocacy, communications, media, diversity & inclusion, and nonprofit-corporate engagement. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor at Public Private Strategies, a boutique consulting firm focused on creating opportunities where the public and private sectors meet. Prior to that position, Kutscher served as Chief Strategy Officer and SVP of Communications at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). Cody Sutton ’03 — Cody is the Government Relations Manager at Shell. Paola Nealon ’05 — Paola recently became a shareholder of Meketa Investment Group (Meke ta), a global investment consulting and advisory firm. This firm is entirely employee-owned and now has a total of 57 shareholders. Paola serves as a consultant for public and private funds, in addition to Taft-Hartley plans. She is a member of the firm’s Global Macroeconomic/ Tactical Asset Allocation Committee. David Dodge ’06 and Lauren Nguyen ’06 — This married Thundercouple met while completing their MBAs at Thunderbird, and togeth er launched an online coding school for children

five years ago called CodaKid that serves more than 10,000 students in 80+ countries around the world. Megan Ronk ’07 — Megan was appointed to the board of directors of Mountain West Bank, a division of Glacier Bank. Megan has served as Idaho Power’s director of business innovation and development since 2018. She spent the prior seven years working at the Idaho Department of Commerce and also was appointed the first exec utive director of the Idaho Meth Project. Megan has been teaching micro economics as an adjunct faculty member at The College of Western Idaho since 2010. Darrell Edwards ’09 – Darrell was recently promoted to Chief Oper ating Officer and Senior VP at La-Z-Boy. Darrell joined La-Z-Boy in 2004 and has held positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, where he is responsible for all La-Z-Boy Branded manufacturing, Regional Distribution Centers, Research & Develop ment, S&OP Planning, procurement, the La-ZBoy branded business customer experience, and after-market opera tions and services. In his expanded role, Edwards will lead the company’s international manu facturing operations, including its joint venture in Thailand.

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2010s Nicholas Smith ’10 — Nicholas recently moved to Pittsburgh to lead a global process re-engineering team at BNY Mellon. Courtney Williams ’10 — Courtney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Emagine Solutions Technology LLC. Emagine developed Vistascan, a mobile ultrasound machine that you use with your phone or tablet. To learn more about Court ney’s start-up visit their website at vistascan.co/. Revathi Advaithi ’05 — Revathi was named Chief Executive Officer of Flex, the Sketch-toScale solutions provider that designs and builds intelligent products globally. Prior to Flex, Revathi was President and Chief Operating Officer for the Electrical Sector business for Eaton, a power management company with over $20 billion in sales, 102,000 employees and a market capitalization in excess of $33 billion. She also had corporate responsibility for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. She managed the largest of Eaton’s businesses, consistently delivering high margins while reduc ing earnings volatility. Sanjeev Javia ’13 — Sanjeev was recently named President and CEO of BergaMet, a subsidiary of Grey Cloak Tech Inc. BergaMet im ports, manufactures, and distributes a proprietary line of products derived from the rare citrus fruit called “Bergamot.” Sanjeev has 17 years of experience formulating nutrition products and has developed entire lines of supplement products, with a focus on health and sports performance. His specialty and research emphasis is on nutrition and exercise interventions in diabetes/ obesity, autoimmune diseases, neurological issues, and post-che motherapy recovery. His client list includes some of the world’s top athletes, including Super Bowl MVPs, Stanley Cup Champions, World Series Hall of Famers, and Olympic Medalists. Sanjeev is the founder/ CEO of Javia Wellness Group and both a board member and partner in various health-related organizations, such as Youngevity, SpeedFlex Training Systems, Like A Pro Inc, SuperFlex Fitness, DermSpectra Imaging, and Splash Beverage Group. Ruby White ’13 — Ruby was recently promoted from Vice President of Human Resources to Senior Vice President of Human Resources at EagleView. EagleView is the leading provider of aerial imagery and property data ana lytics for the government, insurance, construction, and energy sectors. Michael Oviedo ’14 — Michael was appointed as the Director of International Business at Professional Coin Grading Service. Michael operates from the Shanghai office of PCGS. Em Martin Brott, ’16 — Em was recently appointed as the new Executive Director of the 27-year-old nonprofit Drawing Studio, a cultural organization that brings art and the benefits of creating art to the entire community through affordable fee-based and free classes and workshops, events and exhibits, and by fostering awareness that the world is a better place when art and creative spirit are fostered as cultural necessities. Em is an experienced fundraiser, accomplished senior executive, and caring manager with extensive experience in the Tucson non-profit sector. Most recently she was the Chief Development Officer for Our Family Services, where her team was responsible for all fundraising, communi cations, and contract management of the $5 million homeless-serving organization. She previ ously worked for more than a decade as a river ecologist, community organizer, and fundraiser at the Sonoran Institute. Pepe Santos ’18 — After graduation, Pepe was able to work on high-level evaluations of international development projects for USAID with major contributions for two publications: Endline Performance Evaluation of the USAID Global Health Ebola Team Ebola Virus Disease Survivor Program and The State of Water, Sanitation, and Women’s Empowerment: A Baseline exploration on Women + Water (W+W) Global Development Alliance implementa tion areas in Madhya Pradesh, India. Recently he began working in the UNICEF Country Programme Evaluation for Serbia (2016-2020), in which he designed and managed the proposal submission and support data analysis for final reporting. Michael Severin ’19 — Michael is deploying to Djibouti, Africa as part of the United States Navy. Larissa Simoncello ’19 — Upon graduation, Larissa accepted a posi tion as an Anti-Financial Crime Analyst with Deut sche Bank, in Jacksonville, FL. She will oversee all existing and incoming investments coming from Latin America.