Class Notes

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.

Laura Valero, LA87, who earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015, is working in a primary care clinic while studying for her boards in lifestyle medicine. Valero was selected from candidates around the world for a rotation at Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Laura Glass, LA87, is a principal product manager at Workday, where she is involved in human-centered software design. Workday is the fourth software company she has worked for during her 30-year career supporting automation in the federal government. Glass shares that she is grateful to the WashU Career Center for helping her find her first internship, which turned into a full-time job. 

Paul Eykamp, LA87, LA87, is principal data scientist and strategist at AAA Mountain West Group. He lives with his wife, Stephanie, and their two children, Tyler, 12, and Maggie, 11, at Incline Village, Nev. In August 2020, the Eykamps began an RV road trip, with family members working or schooling remotely. Blog: greatamericanrvroadtrip.blogspot.com

Leon Bibi, LA87, penned a new book in his Adam series trilogy: Adam — The Missing Link: DNA Evidence of Man’s Alien Origins. Bibi is working on a documentary, Adam Decoded, that will run on Netflix in 2024. Preview: youtube.com/watch?v=Bn45-T5Aioc