Class Notes Profiles

Erica F. Blume, Arts ’08, was elected vice president of the Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis, which supports and promotes women lawyers.

Barry Owen, Arts ’99, is a partner at Chicago’s Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona.

Dominic A. Montileone, Ed.D., Arts ’67, retired after serving for more than 35 years in secondary and higher education teaching and administrative roles. He was a tenured full professor in business administration and assistant vice president for academic affairs at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pa. He contributed to the college’s undergraduate and graduate curriculum […]

Robert Campobasso, Arts ’05, is an associate attorney who focuses on the defense of toxic tort matters at Chicago’s Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.

Michael O’Neil, Arts ’83, of the Chicago and Indianapolis offices of Taft Stettinius & Hollister was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

Stephanie (Maier) Hawks, Arts ’08, is regional supervisor for Youth Villages Indiana, which serves Indianapolis-area children and families.

Elizabeth (Haynes) Poronsky, Arts ’99, studied diverse terrestrial, coastal and coral reef communities in Belize. She is a self-employed naturalist, photographer, writer and consultant in Tipp City, Ohio.

W. Nicholas Abraham, M. Div. Ph.D., Arts ’93, wrote I’m Limping Very Well, Thank You. He is a life coach, licensed practical counselor, motivational speaker and recording artist in Baton Rouge, La.

Kerry Dunne, Arts ’96, received her Ed.D. from Boston College in 2012. She has been a public school history teacher and department head in Massachusetts since 1997 and is director of history and social studies for Boston Public Schools.

Paul Coogan, Arts ’09, is an associate at the Chicago office of Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney Ltd., where he focuses his practice on toxic tort, product liability and general litigation matters. Previously he was a judicial extern for Judge Harry Leinenweber and Judge James Holderman in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District […]

Jeff Bjorn, Arts ’88, and Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn, Arts ’88, celebrated their 25th anniver-sary by renewing their vows twice: with friends in Portland, Ore., and with family in the Bahamas. He is a high school teacher and she is a school librarian in Portland. Their 25 years of travel experiences fuel their blog, “A Week or […]

John Nowak, Arts ’68, is Raymond and Mary Simon Chair in Constitutional Law Emeritus at Loyola University Chicago. During the fall, he was in residence at the University of Illinois College of Law, where he revised the two books he co-authored for West Academic and the annual supplements to the Treatise on Constitutional Law and […]

Kristin (KJ) (Hardy) Jackson, Arts ’93, is director of development at Chicago’s Communities in Schools, which helps low-income students receive the services they need to graduate.

Capt. Joseph Hanson, Arts ’09, received Marquette’s 2014 NROTC Young Alumnus of the Year award for outstanding service.

Caroline Plater, Arts ’93, is a partner at the Chicago office of Reed Smith LLP. She is in the U.S. commercial litigation practice group, where she focuses on complex commercial litigation and product liability litigation involving warranty, negligence, strict liability claims, unfair competition, trade secret and contract claims.

Kathleen McDaniel, Arts ’05, was appointed city attorney by the Manitowoc (Wis.) Common Council. Previously, she was assistant city attorney. She also was named Manitowoc County Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professional of the Year.

Eugene Killeen, Arts ’85, of Tucker Ellis in Columbus, Ohio, was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

Jeanne Cors, Arts ’89, of the Cincinnati office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister was included in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.

David Brummond, Arts ’72, is counsel in insurance and reinsurance at DLA Piper’s Washington, D.C., office. He provides strategic advice about international trade and economic sanction issues involving the insurance industry, as well as counsel and advocacy for insurance regulatory issues at state, federal and international forums

Daniel Jashinsky, Arts ’12, finished his first Ironman triathlon in 11:44.

Michael Penaflor, Arts ’05, is international business development manager for MOM Brands Co. in Minneapolis.

Kelly (Milligan) Kauffman, Arts ’97, is vice president of human resources for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Lara Johann-Reichart, Arts ’13, is teaching English and gender equality in Togo, West Africa, as a member of the Peace Corps.

Salvatore Bellomo, Arts ’81, retired after 29 years as a chief assistant prosecutor from the Passaic County (N.J.) Prosecutor’s Office. He also was director of the countywide narcotics task force for almost 14 years.

Kim Lamberty, Arts ’82, had her dissertation from the Catholic Theological Union, Eyes from the Outside: Christian Mission in Zones of Violent Conflict, accepted by the American Society of Missiology as part of its monograph series. She also co-founded and is president of Just Haiti, a fair-trade coffee development organization.

Staci Young, Ph.D., Arts ’97, was promoted to associate professor in the department of family and community medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Institute for Health and Safety in Milwaukee.

Katie Miller, Arts ’13, is a deputy data director for Battleground Texas. She previously worked in Fort Worth on Wendy Davis’ gubernatorial campaign. Specializing in digital data, she has developed and deployed data tools and analysis as the organization works to reshape the political landscape in Texas.

Collins Fitzpatrick, Arts ’66, gave the 27th Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School in April 2014. He also joined Robert Maher, Arts ’66, for the Annapolis to Bermuda sailboat race in June.

Meghan Kennedy, Arts ’90, received a certificate of recognition from California State Assemblyman Curt Hagman for her service on behalf of Californians living with epilepsy. She was in the audience at the California State Assembly for the reading of ACR–113, a state resolution recognizing Purple Day, an international day of awareness for the condition.

Philip Gloudemans, Arts ’74, completed his four-year term as board president of the Lynch/van Otterloo YMCA in Marblehead, Mass., one of the largest nonprofit organizations on Boston’s north shore. A board member since 2000, he also served on the capital campaign that helped build the 90,000-square-foot, $15 million facility that opened in 2009. He and […]

Colleen Boraca, Arts ’99, is an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University College of Law. She directs the school’s new health advocacy clinic in Aurora, Ill.

Rev. Thomas Unz, Arts ’66, retired as pastor at Divine Providence Parish in Westchester, Ill., and is a senior priest at St. Giles Parish in Oak Park, Ill.

David Koziol, Arts ’90, is vice president of marketing operations at Milwaukee’s Gravity Marketing LLC. He helps optimize the firm’s internal marketing operations, management and strategic planning for overall company growth, and talent development.