Class Notes

Mark Haynes, GB10, is the manager of employee relations at Amazon. An attorney, he consults with business leaders on labor and employment policy across Amazon’s global operations. Previously, he worked at Boeing.

Brian Coleman, PMBA10, was promoted to principal at Baum Capital Partners, in Kansas City, Mo. Coleman works with business owners and managers, service providers, intermediaries and capital providers to originate, evaluate, execute and manage investments.

Dennis Cho, GL10, LW12, is the executive director of Sorin Corporation, a global trading company in the base metal and chemical industry headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.

Vir Singh, LA09, completed a residency in emergency medicine in the University of Central Florida Ocala Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He then began his career in Brownsville, Texas, where he is working in emergency department administration and operations. 

Alicia Bellezza-Watts, SW09, is the Atlanta chair of WashU Engage. The initiative, co-led by the Gephardt Institute and the Washington University Alumni Association, encourages alumni to engage in civic and community engagement opportunities in the cities where they live and work.

Paul Anderson, LA09, is associate general counsel, intellectual property, and commercial counsel at Forbes, Inc.

Erin Valentine, EMBA08, was promoted to vice president of business development at McCarthy Building Companies in 2020. She is a member of the leadership team that guides strategic business operations across the company’s 28-state central region. Valentine was recognized as a 40 Under 40 business leader by the St. Louis Business Journal and as a Top Young Professional by Engineering News-Record Midwest.

Ivo Rozendaal, GA08, was recently appointed to lead the SmithGroup’s newest workplace studio, operating out of its Madison and Milwaukee offices. In this role, Rozendaal collaborates with experts across the firm’s nationally recognized workplace practice to create high-performing office spaces that improve productivity and enhance employees’ physical and emotional health and well-being.

Melissa Reinckens, LW08, was promoted to partner at DLA Piper, based in the firm’s San Diego office. She advises clients on intellectual property litigation matters involving false advertising, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights and patents.

Joe Shumow, LW07, commented on a range of commercial real estate matters as a guest on the radio show “Development Matters,” which airs from Madison, Wis. Shumow is a tax credit attorney with Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.