Class Notes

Robert Barnett, GA91, founder and president of CBH Architects, is moving his firm to Summit, N.J., following 12 years in South Orange, N.J. After gut-renovating two homes in West and South Orange, N.J., Barnett founded CBH as a general contractor and became a licensed architect. He splits his time between South Orange and Brasília, Brazil.

Michael Bross, LW90, was appointed chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Rackspace Technology.

Camille L. Vélez-Rivé, LA89, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in November and sworn in as a U.S. District judge for the District of Puerto Rico. President Biden signed her commission on Dec. 9, 2022. Previously, she had served as a U.S. Magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico since 2004.

Photine Liakos, LA88, MD92, HS97, wrote three essays in What We Bring to the Practice of Medicine: Perspectives from Women Physicians (The Kent State University Press, April 2023). The book, consisting of essays by women physicians working in diverse fields of medicine around the world, highlights their compassion, humor and resiliency, while revealing what life is really like for a variety of women in medicine today.

Mark Balbes, LA86, recently was named chief technology officer at Docuverus, a comprehensive document-authentication, ID and income-verification platform.

Pete Woods, LW84, a managing partner with St. Louis law firm Haar & Woods, LLP, was recently recognized as a Top St. Louis Attorney honoree by St. Louis Small Business Monthly.

Shawn M. Domzalski, EN84, was named general counsel of Strix Leviathan, a Seattle-based investment firm. Working remotely from Los Angeles, he advises the firm on fund structuring, regulatory matters and developments in U.S. and international cryptocurrency policy. He was previously a member of Paul Hastings’ Los Angeles funds practice.

Leonard Chanin, LW84, recently joined Discover Financial Services (Chicago) as senior vice president/deputy general counsel. He was also recently elected president of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, which works to advance the quality and practice of consumer financial services law, promote consumer understanding of this area of the law and enhance the professional development of the group’s members.

Donna M. Cox, GR82, GR86, earned a doctor of ministry degree in semiotics, church and culture from Portland Seminary (George Fox University) in spring 2023. A professor of music at the University of Dayton, Cox teaches sacred music and worship, as well as African-American sacred music, and is the coordinator of the bachelor’s degree program in music. 

Bruce Manasevit, AB ’79, and his family partnered with the Be The Match Foundation in 1998 to establish the Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program in memory of Bruce’s late wife, Amy. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1993, Amy Strelzer Manasevit succumbed to complications six weeks following a successful bone marrow transplant. Now in its 25th year, the Be The Match Foundation has invested over $15 million in 49 early-career physician-scientists to develop research portfolios and establish their labs. The Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars have obtained over $110 million of additional federal funding and discovered novel ways to help patients live longer, healthier lives. Today, the Amy Strelzer Manasevit Research Program fellowship is one of the largest in the field of bone marrow transplantation.