Winter 2008 MPP Alumni Notes
MPP ’06
Jess Campese and Steve Ollis were married on Oct. 6, 2007, in Chatham County, N.C.
Lanier McRee and Scott Davis were married on Oct. 27, 2007, in Mississippi, and honeymooned in the Galapagos Islands. Classmates Amber Kuchar, Jess Campese, Verena Arnabal, Sarah Mazur, Drew Pounds, Kate Roetzer, Loren Becker, Stephanie Dean and Kristin Walker attended the wedding. Lanier has a new position as an associate at ICF International in Raleigh.
Paul Quinlan married Corrie Robertson on Aug. 25, 2007. They met at Sanford Institute Speed Dating, a 2005 fundraiser for the Graduate Internship Fund. Paul works at N.C. Sustainable Energy Association in Raleigh.
MPP ’03
Eileen Fleck has left the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee for a new job with the Baltimore Health Care Commission.
Meaghan Muldoon Mann has a new position as special assistant to the director of the Congressional Budget Office of Peter Orszag.
MPP ’02
Melanie Kadlic married Drew Meren in October 2007 in an outdoor ceremony on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Attending the celebration were fellow MPP classmates Susan Barnidge, Elizabeth Pika and Eric Sapp. The couple honeymooned in Thailand before returning to Washington, D.C., where Melanie works at Collaborative Communications Group, a consulting firm dedicated to strengthening public education through public engagement.
MPP ’99
Sekou Kaalund has a new position as senior vice president and global head of sales for JP Morgan Private Equity Fund Services, and has been a speaker at industry conferences in Dubai, Boston and California. He had a commentary published in Private Equity International magazine.
Susan Timberlake welcomed her daughter, Iselle Hope Timberlake Cohen, born July 21, 2007.
MPP ’98
Rob Schmoll, and his wife, Susan, welcomed August Ra Schmoll on Nov. 26, 2007. Rob is an attorney in Atlanta, Ga.
MPP ’97
Patrick Garvey is engaged to Andrea Budzinsky and they are planning a June 2008 wedding. Patrick is on the professional staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Trent Stamp was awarded the 2007 Five Sectors of Society Lifetime Achievement Award by the New Jersey State Legislature for “making a significant impact in serving diverse segments of the New Jersey landscape.”
MPP ’95
Stephanie Eglinton has taken a new job as program officer with the Sam L. Cohen Foundation in Portland, Maine. Stephanie and her husband Peter (Nicolas School '95) live in Portland with their two daughters, Hannah, 9, and Julie, 6.
Brad Regens is leaving his position as director of fiscal policy for the Arizona House of Representative to work as senior director for business development for Corrections Corp. of America, a private prison company.
MPP ’88
John Drescher has been named executive editor of The (Raleigh) News & Observer. He was managing editor.
MPP ’82
Keith Fontenot has left the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to become the new deputy assistant director for health and human resources at the Congressional Budget Office.
