Class Notes

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.

John D. Fanburg, LA79, was named to the Influencers: Power List 2023 by Return on Information, New Jersey, in the area of law. The managing partner of Brach Eichler LLC, Fanburg also is chair of the firm’s health-
care practice.

Myrna Greenfield, LA77, published Marketing Your Farm: A practical guide to attracting loyal customers and increasing sales (Savvy Press, 2022). Greenfield, who lives in Boston, is the “Top Egg” at Good Egg Marketing, an agency that promotes good food and good causes. Her wife, Michelle Johnson, is a retired journalist.

Sharon Curcio, GB77, attended the world premiere of “Contemplating Fire,” an oratorio based on her lyric play, in Midland, Mich., in October 2022. She collaborated with composer Robert Hart, whose highly percussive score paired with Curcio’s libretto, and both score and libretto were well- received and well-reviewed.

Michael Shindler, LW76, is president and CEO of Four Corners Advisors, Inc., a hospitality acquisition, development, strategic advisory and dispute resolution firm that he founded in 2007. He was elected to by-invitation-only membership in the International Society of Hospitality Consultants, the leading source of global hospitality expertise.