Class Notes

Thalia Halpert Rodis, class of 2011, became ordained as a rabbi in May 2020 from Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, NY.

Kira Lanewala, MPH currently lives and works in Orlando, FL as the Research Program Manager for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida. In the spring of 2020, she plans to spend 3-4 months with her partner in Fortaleza, Brazil before relocating to the Southern California area in the early summer.

Fitz Maro ’11 joined Pinterest in 2018 as their first-ever Creative Technology Lead, ramping up before the company’s 2019 IPO on the NYSE. Since 2016 Fitz has been honored as a Google “Young Innovator,” AdAge “Global Creative You Should Know”; earned the industry’s top awards for his work on HBO, Jamison, Canon, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation; featured in articles by Forbes, TIME, Fortune, Fox, AdWeek, AdAge; Judged at the North American ADDYs, Campaign Magazine’s awards; guest lectured at Syracuse Newhouse, LIU Marketing, VCU Brandcenter; and was a winner in UMW’s First Annual College of Business Alumni Awards.