Shannon Ryals (J 02) and her husband Michael are the proud parents of Madison Jean Ryals born on September 12, 2010.

Bojana Drobnjak (I 10) and friends recruit for TFAS International programs in Serbia.

Vice President of U.S. Programs Shane Mazzella and her husband Jeff welcomed daughter Laila Marie Mazzella on September 20.

ALUMNI NEWS

Out of Touch? Please send your updated contact information and any recent news to alumni@TFAS.org (E = ICPES, B = IBGA, J = IPJ, P = IPVS, A = AIPES, I = IIPES, HK = AIPE, EJI = EJI, EMJI = EMJI, CSS = Captial Semester Spring, CSF = Capital Semester Fall, LSI = Legal Studies Institute, ILA = Institute for Leadership in the Americas).

1973
Kirby Wilbur (E 73) was elected State Chairman of the Washington State Republican Party.

1992
Rosanne Lienhard (J 92, A 93) is the recipient of the 2011 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Teaching Excellence Award.

1996
Justin Bernier (E 96) will run for Congress in Connecticut’s fifth district in 2012.

1999
Vladimir Vano (A 99) was ranked as a frequently quoted Slovak analyst by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms.

2000
Georgia Mavrodi (I 00) completed doctoral studies in political science at the European University Institute and is a lecturer of European Union policy studies at James Madison University’s Florence campus.

2002
Kurt Couchman (E 02) is working for Rep. Justin Amash (Mich.) covering taxes, health care, financial services and homeland security issues.

2004
Travis Campbell (E 04) is an attorney with Simmonds & Narita in San Francisco.

Josh Garber (E 04) is a research attorney for the Supreme Court of Guam.

2005
David Reid (B 05) is the political action committee manager for UnitedHealth Group.

2006
Tom Zacharski (A 06, E 07) is working at Google in Dublin, Ireland.

2009
Bernhard Adamec (CSS 09) earned his master’s degree at the University of Vienna summa cum laude and will work for The Boston Consulting Group. 

Chelsea Barnett (E 09) is the special projects coordinator for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.

2010
Karen Fowler (B 10, ILA 11) is radio host of CA$H Radio, an acronym for Call In and SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise ) Helps at Texas State University. CLICK HERE for an article about Fowler and her radio program from the San Marcos Daily Record.