Class Notes

Jessica Pryde, LA07, published her first book, a collection of essays titled Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters (­Berkley, ­February 2022). Pryde writes that her studies in the Interdisciplinary Project in the ­Humanities and the undergraduate honors fellowship at WashU spurred her desire to gather and edit this collection. Publishers Weekly wrote about Pryde’s book: “The collection’s strength is in its thoughtfulness and wealth of perspectives. The result is as unique as it is heartfelt.”

Oliver Glen Ancheta, LA08, is the director of geriatric consultation and ­co-management at University Hospitals, Cleveland (Ohio) Medical Center, and an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University School of ­Medicine.

Stephanie Willerth, SI08, SI08, was elected to the Canadian Society for Senior Engineers. Willerth is a professor and Canada research chair in biomedical engineering at the ­University of Victoria, Canada.

Jessica Kronstadt, LW09, was recognized by the Los Angeles County Bar ­Association as one of its Women’s History Month ­Honorees in March. She is deputy district attorney at the Los Angeles County ­District ­Attorney’s Officeandimmediate past president of Women ­Lawyers Association of Los ­Angeles. ­Washington University School of Law ­r­ecognized her accomplishments with a ­Distinguished Young Alumna Award in April 2019.

David A. Shapiro, LA09, shifted fields in his legal career, leaving the Maryland Office of the Public Defender after almost seven years to join the Maryland Energy Administration as an assistant attorney general. Shapiro is excited about the opportunity to help combat climate change.

Fiona Turett, EN09,was selected as one of four flight directors for NASA in 2021. ­Following training in technical ­information and ­leadership skills, she will work in the ­Mission Control Center of NASA’s ­Johnson Space Center to lead teams of flight ­controllers, engineers and other ­professionals. Turett will oversee human spaceflight ­missions to, from and aboard the space s­tation, as well as the lunar missions of ­NASA’s ­Artemis ­program.­­

Sarah Kendzior, GR12, wrote They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps ­America ­Complacent (Macmillan, September 2022). The book unearths decades of buried ­American history, providing an essential and critical look at how to rebuild our democracy by confronting the political lies and crimes that have shaped us. A co-host of the “Gaslit ­Nation” podcast and an independent ­political journalist with over half a million Twitter ­followers, Kendzior was named by Foreign Policy as one of the “100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of ­global events.”

Sarah Buchardt, LA13, is piloting a new role as a corporate financial consultant for Charles Schwab. In this capacity, she has been tasked to build a better connection between the firm’s institutional clients and retail branches. Buchardt previously worked for five years at Edward Jones.

Kevin Fritz, LW13, joined Gusto, an ­automated payroll and employee benefits company, as employment counsel and thought leader on the future of employment technology. ­Previously, he was an attorney at Seyfarth Shaw LLP for 10 years.

Werner R. Holtmeier, LW13, GL13, was named a partner at Tenenbaum & Saas, P.C., where his practice focuses primarily on commercial real estate and general business transactions. Previously, Holtmeier worked for Crady Jewett McCulley & Houren LLP.