Class Notes

Kristin Smith Ladewig, SI95, GB95, retired from Edward Jones in May 2021 after nearly 26 years of service.

Kristin Griffith, LA95, wrote and self-published Rush: Memoir of a Gay Sorority Girl (2020), a coming-of-age tale of her struggles and triumphs in coming out as gay and grappling with her gender identity while in a sorority at WashU.

Mark Buckles, LA95, is special counsel in the Executive Office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Prior to this appointment, he served one year as deputy general counsel and one year as acting general counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

Scott Markowitz, MD93, writes that he is honored and humbled to return to WashU as the inaugural vice chair for professional development and diversity, equity and inclusion in the Department of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine.

Jenny (Schulenberg) Hosfeld, LA93, was promoted to CEO of Think Bank, headquartered in Rochester, Minn. Hosfeld, who joined the bank in 2006, was previously president and chief banking officer.

Dea Hoover, BU93, authored STL Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for St. Louis’s Hidden Treasures (Reedy Press, 2021). The owner of tour companies Are We There Yet? and Discover St. Louis, Hoover has been showing residents and visitors around the city’s landmarks and other spots of interest for 15 years. Website: discover-stlouis.com

Spencer Greene, LA93, LA93, is director of medical toxicology in the Department of Emergency Medicine at HCA Houston Healthcare–Kingwood. He is also a clinical professor at the University of Houston College of Medicine and serves as the president of Bayou City Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine Consultants in Houston.

Murray Goldstein, LA93, was promoted to vice president, marketing and sales operations for Cox Communications. His new role includes leadership of sales operations and digital sales, as well as advanced marketing analytics and responsibility for B2B marketing strategy. Goldstein’s career spans more than 25 years in marketing leadership roles at Cox, General Motors and General Electric.

Gina (Butler) Castillo, LW93, a nurse at Kaiser Permanente, enjoys spending time in her Portland, Ore., garden and sells her vegan food items at a neighborhood farmers market.

Risa Seelenfreund, LA92, an executive coach and business trainer, penned Sacred Summer: A Mom’s Guide to Resilience, Discovery, and Family Fun (Gatekeeper Press, 2021). Through humorous and heartfelt personal anecdotes, she relates how she worked during the challenging summer of 2020 to increase her resilience to make managing life a little easier.