Class Notes

These are the unedited class notes as submitted by class agents and other alumni. Edited notes appear in the print edition.

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2010s

2010

Kelly Caldwell
kellyecaldwell@gmail.com

Joseph Oschrin graduated from the Washington and Lee University School of Law in May.

Emmett Rutkowski has been named head coach for Stetson University men’s soccer.

2011

Hannah Hopkins
hhopkins89@gmail.com

Kira Lanewala
klanewala@gmail.com

Delaware Today has named Brian V. DeMott  among the state’s top lawyers of 2020. He practices labor law for employers and employees with the firm of Baird Mandalas Brockstedt.

2012

Mandi Solomon
msolomon211@gmail.com

Shirin Afsous has been promoted to senior associate with the law firm of Livesay & Myers, working from the Arlington, Virginia, office. In 2019 she was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Virginia and Washington, D.C. She resides with her husband in Northern Virginia.

2013

Amanda Buckner McVicker
amandabuckner1@gmail.com

Andrew Hogan
andrew.hogan819@gmail.com

Ryan Hayes has become president of the Virginia-based forensic, biometric, and identity intelligence solutions provider SNA International.

Joey LoMonaco, a sports reporter for The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, was named outstanding young journalist of the year by the Virginia Press Association. Judges wrote that LoMonaco “recognizes sports journalism’s highest potential by finding the intersection of athletics and society.”

2014

Elizabeth Storey
elizabethdstorey@gmail.com

Peyton Kremer graduated in May from Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine at Virginia Tech.

2015

Maggie Lovitt is managing editor of entertainment for YourMoneyGeek.com.

2016

Elisa Tedesco Hart and Joseph Hart ’15 got married May 16, 2020, despite the pandemic. They started dating in college and had engagement photos made on the UMW campus.

2017

Samantha Litchford
slitchfo@gmail.com

2018

Brittany McBride
bmcbride2128@gmail.com

Sophia Hamdan earned a master’s degree in higher education administration from Boston College and was looking forward to equity and inclusion work at the university level.

Karina Donahoe graduated from the Sentara RMH School of Histotechnology and passed the certification exam from the American Society for Clinical Pathology. The pandemic cut Karina’s clinical rotation short by about a month and a half, but she and her classmates were able to graduate on time.

2019

Jasmine Pineda
pinedajasmine@gmail.com