Alumni News the VMI Alumni Association through New York The MarathonFoto/Road Race This required the development of Management Lifetime Achievement the pretest briefing, call to stations, Chapter activities and then on its board for Award honored Creigh J. Kelley ’68 activity log, coordination of testing more than 20 years. He served as president of at the 2021 Road Race Management activities, daily posttest notes, and the board from 2006-08. Spellman has been Race Directors’ Meeting in November coordinating daily testing activities a member of the VMI Foundation Institute Society for 30 years. 2021. Kelley has been one of the most with the payload developers. influential players and leaders in the Mounts matriculated from Wash1839 Capital, Inc.—a boutique global investrunning industry and has been the voice ington, Pennsylvania, and earned a of many of the largest triathlon and Bachelor of Science degree in civil ment firm founded by Randy K. Janey ’87, William E. “Bill” Miller III ’89, and Matthew running events in the U.S. and abroad engineering from VMI. A. “Matt” Tederick ’89—recently announced for more than 40 years. As co-founder Kelley ’68 and president of BKB Limited, he has James F. “Jim” Spellman Jr. ’85 the establishment of 1839 Tech, LLC d/b/a managed and produced hundreds of events pinned on his first star and the rank of assis- 1839 Labs. The new establishment aims to leveracross the country and has been an integral part tant chief Dec. 9, 2021, in the Office of the age leading-edge technologies in its mission to create entertainment and hospitality ecosystems of Denver’s Colfax Marathon since its inaugural New York State Attorney General. A 35-year that elevate the experience of fans, spectators, race in 2006. He has been the director since law enforcement veteran, Spellman works in the 2008. Kelley’s nominator for the award credits attorney general’s investigations division and is and guests within sporting venues and other him with developing the state of Colorado’s assigned to its New York City office in lower mixed-use real estate projects around the globe. In addition to the launch of 1839 Labs, 1839 guidelines for safe events during the COVID-19 Manhattan. Spellman began his career as a Capital, Inc. successfully closed its pandemic, which led to the framework for other precinct cop, walking a beat in Mount first round of $8 million in funding states and municipalities. Vernon, New York. He spent several to complete the acquisition of its 10% Kelley matriculated from Westport, Conmore years as an emergency service equity position in the Balaton Gate necticut, and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree cop. Following ESU, he was assigned Entertainment Resort. The Balaton in English from VMI, as well as a master’s degree to the narcotics unit at the height of Gate Entertainment Resort project is in international relations from the University the crack cocaine epidemic and then to a fully integrated 2,480-room resort of Southern California. While at VMI, he was the general investigations squad of the strategically positioned next to a stateelected captain of the freshman track team and detective bureau. In 1996, Spellman of-the-art F1-compliant racetrack in the co-captain of the varsity cross-country and track transferred to the attorney general’s heart of the Lake Balaton entertainteam. Kelley served as a U.S. Army office, advancing through the ment region of Hungary. combat officer in Vietnam, earning two ranks of investigator, senior Janey matriculated from Suffolk, bronze stars and a Vietnamese honor investigator, detective superJaney ’87 Virginia, and earned a Bachelor of medal first class, and later served in visor, and now to his curArts degree in biology from VMI, Germany. rent rank of assistant chief. where he competed as a member During his career, Spellman of the track team. After graduation, has worked in the attorney Joseph R. “Joe” Mounts ’78 has he served in the Army as a military general’s organized crime been recognized at the Kennedy Space air defense artillery officer. He later task force, the Medicaid Center for developing payload simulaearned a Juris Doctor degree from tions tools that significantly aided in fraud unit, its special projects the University of Richmond and a unit, the civil enforcement/ preparations for testing the Space Test Master of Science degree in interProgram Houston (H) 7 and STP-H8 Spellman ’85 whistleblower unit, and the national shipping and maritime law payloads. The payloads are now at resident protection unit—a from the University of Plymouth the International Space Station. The software squad that investigates special victims’ (U.K.). simulation tools that Mounts developed were cases involving elder abuse, sexual asMiller ’89 Miller matriculated from Berryville, used during the end-to-end operational saults, vulnerable adults, and deaths Virginia, and earned a Bachelor of readiness test of the KSC and Marshall Space in homes and facilities. Spellman is a Arts degree in English from VMI, Flight Center ground systems and ensured former instructor/facilitator with the where he was a four-year letterman the systems were configured correctly for test, state and local programs at the Federal and co-captain of the tennis team. He Law Enforcement Training Center in thus minimizing impacts to schedule. The earned a Master of Business Admintools allowed KSC to check out newly built Glynco, Georgia, and is a graduate of istration degree with a concentration cables for the two payloads, ensured the remote the FBI National Academy at Quanin finance from San Diego State advanced payload test rig test configuration tico, Virginia. University. Spellman matriculated from Eastfiles were correctly built, and verified the test Tederick matriculated from Front setup between KSC and MSFC. In addition chester, New York, and was Company Royal, Virginia, and earned a Bachto his role developing the payload simulations, E lieutenant. He earned a Bachelor of elor of Arts degree in economics and Mounts is also recognized for reestablishing Arts degree in history and psychology from VMI. After graduation, he served Tederick ’89 business and modern languages from the test conductor position on the test team.
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