Class Notes

Catherine Kelly, LA06, is an assistant professor of justice and rule of law at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a center in the U.S. Department of Defense located on the National Defense University campus. She became a first-time author with the recent publication of Party Proliferation and Political Contestation in Africa: Senegal in Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). Kelly was accepted into the Council on Foreign Relations as a term member.

Patrick Hill, PMBA06, was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Allsup, a nationwide provider of disability representation and return-to-work services.

Maggie (Konich) Fiock, LA06, GR08, and her husband, Frank, welcomed their first child, Susanna Beatrice, in October 2019.

Kathryn Zuckerman, LA05, is executive director at CBS News, overseeing the planning and strategy of special programming. She is responsible for coordination between CBS divisions and the CBS News operation with respect to CBS entertainment, sports, sales, marketing, affiliate relations and air control, as well as internally for CBS News special events.

Joseph Frank, GR05, GR09, was promoted to senior manager-reporting and com-pliance, in the Washington University Human Resources Department. He is also an adjunct lecturer teaching human resources strategy in Olin Business School and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Webster University and Fontbonne University.

Will Dorton, LA05, joined Dickinson Wright PLLC as of counsel. His practice involves counseling companies on complex corporate transactions, including leveraged finance and general mergers and acquisitions. Previously, Dorton was corporate and securities counsel at Tempur Sealy International.

Jonathan Gass, BU04, sold Nomad Financial, a  New York City financial services firm that he founded in 2013 to serve high-growth venture-capital and private-equity-backed companies.

Kristen Ehrenberger, LA04, completed a residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and joined the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty as an assistant professor of internal medicine. Ehrenberger teaches patient care and medical history.

Chad Kaffer, LW03, was named a partner at Taylor English Duma LLP. Working in the firm’s corporate and business department, Kaffer focuses on business, real estate and commercial law.

Jesse Cook, LA03, co-founded Watsi in 2011 to raise money via crowdfunding for patients’ health-care costs, focusing on low-cost, high-impact treatments. Cook left the nonprofit in 2014, but the organization has grown to fund health-care costs for over 20,000 patients in 25 countries. Another WashU grad, Mackinnon (Webster) Engen, LA04, currently serves as Watsi’s executive director.