Class Notes

Freda White writes that she gets together frequently with Lynn Conville Abraham ’83, Yvonne Koontz Seining, Carole Comly Dezii, Trish Bowdring Gordon, Teresa Negron Lough, Marye Driver Downs, and Cindy Greer Chalkey. They reconnected several years ago at the Mary Washington reunion and have been back for the last three years.

Lynn lives in Richmond and works for the state; Yvonne lives in Gainesville, and even though she is no longer practicing law she stays very busy with her three boys; Carole lives in New Jersey and one of her sons just moved to Hawaii; Trish lives in Reston and also works for the state her and son Joseph just turned 16; Teresa lives in Fredericksburg and stays very busy with her four children; Mary lives in Fairfax and is now a proud bee keeper (her daughter also lives in Hawaii in the same area as Carole’s son); and Cindy lives in North Carolina and is getting ready for her daughter’s wedding.

Freda still resides in Madison County and works in Fredericksburg. She is a hearing aid specialist in private practice and stays very busy with her four kids and her granddaughter.

James Miller is now Vice President, Consulting Solutions with Right Management Consulting in Addison, Texas.

Katherine Knightly Mulholland and her husband, Dave, retired about 2.5 years ago from the hustle and bustle of Houston, Texas, to the beautiful Texas Hill Country near the city of New Braunfels (which is between San Antonio and Austin. Katherine was an Operating Room Registered Nurse and Dave retired from the Army and later KBR. They have three daughters, two sons-in-law, and one adorable seven-year-old granddaughter. Their eldest daughter is a chef, the middle is a Registered Dietician, and the youngest is a CPA—one can cook for them, one can tell them what to eat, and the third who can keep their books!

Katherine writes that retirement is highly recommended!  They spend much of their time traveling both domestically and internationally. At home, she volunteers as an RN with a local health clinic for the indigent, is very active with Pro-Life organizations, and volunteers as a Comal County Master Gardener. They also dabble in conservative politics, support veterans’ groups, care for their aging parents, and, of course, spoil their granddaughter!

The Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA) has named Valerie Martino O’Brien as its new Executive Director effective April 1, 2016. VTLA is a voluntary statewide bar association, formed in 1959, dedicated to enhancing the knowledge, skills and professionalism of trial lawyers and committed to improving the law and the fairness of Virginia’s system of justice.

Valerie, who has been with VTLA since 1991, was originally hired as Director of Communications & Public Affairs and in 2014 was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining VTLA, she was a reporter with the Danville Register & Bee and with Virginia Lawyers’ Weekly. She lives in Richmond with her husband of 30 years, Rick, and they have three children—Kevin (25) in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Michael (21) in College Park, Maryland, and Eric (19) at Hampden Sydney College.