Class Notes

Michael Finley, GM98, in April 2020 received the Philip B. Hofmann Research Award for 2019, the second-highest award for research conducted within Janssen Pharmaceuticals Research and Development, at a virtual (Zoom) ceremony.

Benjamin Edlavitch, LA98, recently founded Edlavitch Law PLLC in Minneapolis, specializing in intellectual property strategy and electrical engineering patents. Before entering private practice, he was the sole in-house counsel for an enterprise software company. Edlavitch has more than 22 years of experience serving clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Peter Vogel, LA97, is a co-founder and the CEO of Leafwire, an online platform connecting investors to cannabis companies looking to raise funding. The company, which has gained a reputation as the LinkedIn of the cannabis industry, has grown quickly to become the largest professional network in cannabis, with 30,000 members representing more than 10,000 companies.

Joshua Mandell, AR97, is a vice president at FGM Architects. As principal he specializes in municipal and law enforcement facility assessment. He is currently leading the design of a new regional PSAP/911 facility with Emergency Operations Center and 311 Citizens’ Service Bureau for the city of St. Louis.

Leona Ketterl, GA97, and her husband moved from Los Angeles to Sacramento, where she is a senior architect with Rainforth Grau Architects, an exclusive designer of schools. Ketterl also is actively involved in the American Institute of Architects statewide committee on the environment. The couple shares their solar-powered home with their two cats, Shaggy and Scooby.

Catherine Bowes, LA97, is a program director of offshore wind energy at the National Wildlife Federation. She pursues clean energy options that work for both oceans and communities. Bowes was instrumental in helping bring the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States to Block Island, R.I., in 2016.

Sean Reilly, EN96, moved to Augusta, Ga., and is a critical care medicine physician at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Reilly has been in the military for 16 years and was recently stationed in Germany for nine months. His son attends college at TU Kaiserslautern in Germany, and his daughter attends high school in Westtown, Pa.

D. Mara Lowenstein, LW96, married Martin Schmaltz, a professor of theoretical particle physics at Boston University, on March 20, 2020, at their home in Jamaica Plain, Mass. Lowenstein has a law practice in New York City, and in her spare time, she makes cotton masks to protect neighbors and friends in the United States and in Italy from COVID-19

Adam Elegant, LA95, joined Baker Street Advisors, a boutique investment and wealth advisory firm in San Francisco. Founded in 2004 by Goldman Sachs alumni, the firm manages $9.5 billion for some 300 families. Previously, Elegant worked 19 years with Goldman Sachs and KKR. He lives in Kentfield, Calif., with his wife and three children.

Bill Weeks, EN94, EN94, joined Argent Capital Management as a quantitative research analyst, designing next-generation machine-learning algorithms for equity analysis. Previously at American Century Investments, Weeks has more than 13 years of experience in the investment industry in quantitative investment modeling.