Class Notes

Meenakshi “Mini” Wadhwa, GR94, director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, was awarded the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 2021 Lawrence Smith Medal, given every three years for recent original and meritorious investigations of meteoric bodies. According to NAS, “Wadhwa has deepened the world’s understanding of the evolutionary history of the solar system through her significant contributions to the sciences of cosmochemistry, solar system chronology, meteoritics and trace element geochemistry. Her work has elevated the science and knowledge of the evolutionary history of the solar system, and she has advanced scientific understanding of the geologic history of Mars.”

Megan Flanagan, GR94, took a five-year hiatus from work to take care of family health matters. Now she is working part time as an editor with EditSprings as she pursues full-time work in the field of seismology. Flanagan writes that she is pleased with the support and encouragement she has received as she reboots her network of colleagues.

Jalmeen (Makkar) Arora, LA94, is in private practice as a psychologist in Lafayette, Calif., specializing in the treatment of trauma and dissociative disorders.

Doug Lane, LW93, joined Global Compute Infrastructure as CFO and managing director. The company recently acquired a data center business in Poland, its first acquisition.

Martin S. Lee, LA92, LA92, was named chief marketing officer at Sport Clips Haircuts. Lee has more than 15 years of marketing experience with brands including SIRIUS XM Radio, Sears Holdings, Sleepy’s and Shopko. He is on the advisory boards of The Perfect Game Foundation, College Scholar Foundation and Barrington Youth Baseball.

Doug Sesnowitz, LA91, a partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP, was elected to the firm’s management committee. Sesnowitz represents companies in a range of industries in complex corporate, commercial and financing matters.

Risé Sanders-Weir, LA91, was an executive producer on “We Are Witnesses: Chicago,” which was nominated for an Emmy in the News & Documentary-Outstanding New Approaches category. As part of The Marshall Project, the short-video series presented intimate portraits of Chicagoans touched by the criminal justice system. Website: www.themarshallproject.org/we-are-witnesses/chicago

Jeff Ross, LA90, was promoted to senior managing director-head of investments at Generate Capital, an investor in sustainability across energy, transportation, water, agriculture and waste-to-value. He is a frequent speaker on topics of sustainability, investing and technology. Ross lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Mary, and three children.

Doug Isenberg, LA90, an attorney at law with the GigaLaw Firm, was appointed to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s domain name dispute resolution panel. Isenberg continues serving as a domain name panelist for other Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy providers, including the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Julia Weber, LA89, SW94, LW94, is implementation director with Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and teaches domestic violence law at Golden Gate University School of Law. Weber recently co-authored “Dramatic Spike in Firearm Sales During COVID-19 Endangers Survivors,” which appeared in Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly. She lives in San Francisco with her partner, Charles Fineberg, EN87, EN87, and son, Zach, a college sophomore.