Class Notes

Caroline Gonsalves Bertho, MFA ’24, has joined the faculty at Valdosta State University in Georgia, teaching in its dance department and developing a hip-hop curriculum. 

Balakrishna Menon Sreedharapanicker, MBA ’23, is pursuing a master’s degree in data center systems engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She is looking for opportunities in the data center industry.

Suhul Kebede, BS ’23, was featured in the May 2024 issue of Vogue, along with his mom, Liya, and sister, Raee. Liya has been a fashion model for decades. The family was modeling spring fashions for the shoot. Suhul works in data analysis near Philadelphia.

Mingqian Li, JD ’21, is an associate attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP and lives in San Francisco.

Moksh Singh, MBA ’20, briefly worked at a few smaller organizations before joining New York–based Synacor as a technical product manager in 2021, where he continues in that role.

Christina Lindberg, AB ’20, earned a DMD from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry and relocated to the St. Louis area to attend a general practice residency at Mercy Hospital.

Victoria Rabuse, AB ’18, married Michael Smyla on Oct. 14, 2023, in St. Paul, Minnesota, with numerous beloved WashU classmates in attendance. The couple resides in Chicago, where Rabuse works for Kohler Energy on the corporate communications team.

Emily Duggins Ehling, AB ’18, MFA ’24, has joined the Department of Theatre at the University of Missouri, where she is teaching, choreographing and developing a dance curriculum.

Andrew Glantz, BSBA ’17, and his GiftAMeal program reached the milestone of 2 million meals donated in July of this year. The innovative cause-marketing program has restaurant guests scan a QR code and snap a photo of their food at participating restaurants. GiftAMeal then makes a restaurant-funded donation to a local food bank to help provide a meal to a family in need. GiftAMeal, which began at WashU as a student startup in 2015, has expanded to 38 states at over 900 restaurant locations.

Paul K. Manda, LLM ’16, JD ’16, was promoted to shareholder at Winthrop & Weinstine. Manda represents developers, investors and lenders in utilizing low-income housing tax credits to finance affordable housing developments and help promote community development in under-resourced areas.