Class Notes

Marie Bannerot McInerney, MFA ’12, was a winner of one of the 2024 Stone & DeGuire Contemporary Art Awards. The awards are open to BFA and MFA alumni of the Sam Fox School at WashU working in sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography and/or time-based media. Winners, chosen by a faculty and alumni jury, each receive $25,000 to advance their artistic practice.

Gina Marie (Gottlob) Fournie, BS ’12, MA ’17, married Adam Michael Fournie, MBA ’18, at Graham Chapel on May 27, 2023, in front of their closest family and friends. Gina was also named executive director of the Illinois Osteopathic Medical Society on Jan. 1. The society is the professional membership association of osteopathic physicians practicing in Illinois. Its mission is to protect, advocate, maintain and support the philosophy of osteopathic medicine for the benefit of the profession and the patients it serves.

Zachary Linneman, AB ’11, is a resident physician at UMass Chan Medical School.

Tiffany R. Ellis, JD ’11, LLM ’12, was recently sworn in as president of the Detroit Bar Association. Ellis is a partner at Peiffer Wolf and is a litigator specializing in corporate greed and institutional negligence. She has spent more than a decade representing government entities and individuals, including survivors of disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Ellis was instrumental in securing recovery from Michigan State University for those individuals.

Elia Powers, MA ’10, wrote his first book, Performing the News: Identity, Authority, and the Myth of Neutrality (Rutgers University Press, September 2024). The book explores how journalists from historically marginalized groups have long felt pressure to conform when performing for audiences and are increasingly challenging restrictive, supposedly neutral forms of self-presentation. Through in-depth interviews, Powers suggests ways to make journalism more inclusive and representative of diverse audiences.

Jimmy Kerrigan, MD ’10, earned two professional awards. He was selected for the 2024 Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) Early Career Leadership Program, an award that is for “academic excellence in physicians practicing interventional cardiology and endovascular medicine.” In addition, he received the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) “30 in Their 30s” award, which “recognizes the excellence of … members for their outstanding leadership and demonstration of SCAI’s core values.” Kerrigan is an interventional cardiologist with Ascension Saint Thomas in Nashville, Tennessee, and is an assistant professor of Medicine with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.

Paul Kalish, BS ’10, an attorney, was elevated to partner at Fox Rothschild in the intellectual property department. Kalish focuses his practice on patent litigation.

Sunit Anandwala, AB ’08, and his wife, Katelyn, welcomed their first child, Edmund (“Eddie”) Timothy Anandwala, on Jan. 11. Edmund is named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountaineer and explorer credited for being one of the first climbers to summit Mt. Everest. Anandwala and his family reside in Seattle.

Travis Hartman, MBA ’07, took command of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) from Lt. Col. Aaron Kia during an in-flight change of command ceremony at Naval Air Station Patuxent River on June 27. The exchange took place with Hartman flying an F/A-18 Super Hornet and Kia in a C-12 Huron. Hartman, who is the 52nd headmaster for the school, assumes command after serving as USNTPS executive officer for the past two years. He is a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Damara Hamlin-Vaughn, AB ’07, and her husband, Christopher, welcomed their son, Jediah Ryan Vaughn, into the world on March 1. They cannot wait to show him around WashU!