Class Notes

Amanda (Paetz) Hiner, GR92, GR98, was promoted to full professor at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., where she teaches English and is director of the critical thinking program. In May, she was awarded the Winthrop Award of Excellence, which recognizes individuals who have excelled in implementing the university’s strategic plan. A book that Hiner co-edited, British Women Satirists in the Long Eighteenth Century (Cambridge University Press), will be released in February 2022.

Catherine Buley, LA91, medical director of SEARHC (Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium) Primary Care Clinics, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for health-care leaders. The highest standard of professional development, fellow status requires candidates to meet academic and experiential criteria, and to demonstrate community involvement, among other standards.

Mike Salerno, PMBA90, in December 2020 retired from The Boeing Company, where he had worked for 36 years. In his final career role as the CFO of the Phantom Works R&D organization, Salerno was instrumental in the procurement of the T-7A RedHawk trainer jet program for the U.S. Air Force and the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial refueler aircraft for the U.S. Navy.

Bradley M. Mueller, GR90, was promoted to business development manager for the Heritage and Environmental Resources Office of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. In this role, he assists in guiding and growing Seminole Heritage Services, LLC, a recently established company offering environmental and cultural resources consulting from the perspective of a Native American–owned business. Mueller lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., area with his wife and two children.

Sandra Cohen, LA89, is a founding partner in the New York City law firm Cohen & Buckmann, P.C. The firm was named a Top Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Firm by Chambers & Partners, a UK-based company considered by many to publish the most researched and coveted rankings of top law firms and lawyers in the U.S. and around the world.

Susan (Pollack) Burns, FA89, designed a four-panel, stained-glass window, “Seasons of Joy,” which was commissioned and recently dedicated by congregation Ohr Tzafon, Atascadero, Calif. Burns writes that her first experience with large-scale graphics was designing the façade mural for the 1986 Thurtene Carnival.

Julie (Sirkin) Blake, LA89, GR91, was elected mayor of Hopewell Township, N.J., Jan. 4, 2021. First elected to the Township Committee in 2015, Blake now oversees the municipal government with particular responsibilities for public safety, the board of health and the historic preservation commission.

David Riddle, EN88, joined The Falcon Group, a full-service, multistate engineering, architecture and energy consulting firm, as the director of the West Palm Beach, Fla., office.

Tracey Kenney, LA88, in October 2020 was elected itinerant deacon for the Fourth Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Chicago.

Art Hinshaw II, LA88, a law professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, published two books during the pandemic. He co-edited Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Foundational Articles (Oxford University Press, 2021), a retrospective of the alternative dispute resolution field. Negotiation and Lawyers (West Academic Press, 2021), which Hinshaw co-authored, is a textbook presenting the core concepts, skills and strategies for lawyers to succeed in the negotiation process.