Maxwell Class Notes
Patricia Ferrito ’82 M.P.A.
presented at a workshop titled “Collection, Selection, Objection,” that was offered during an event for New York State public school librarians. Ferrito is the senior policy coordinator of Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Education Services.
David Forrest ’89 M.P.A.
became planning director for the city of Erie, Pa. in September 2022.
Naoki Fujii ’03 M.A. (PA)
was appointed principal vice minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Tokyo, Japan, in June 2022.
Leo Kanawada ’65 M.A. (Hist)
has published a book, “Captain, Infantry: A Vietnam Memoir” (AuthorHouse, 2022). Kanawada taught in the Hicksville Public Schools in Hicksville, N.Y., for 30 years.
Andrew Schwab ’03 B.A. (Hist/PSt)
has been vice president and head of government affairs at Oak Street Health since September 2021. Oak Street Health is a national network of primary care health centers for adults on Medicare.
David Mahmoud Farhat ’99 B.A. (PPhil)
is a tax partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the New York City-based law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP.
Kristin Dady ’94 B.A. (IR/PSc)
has served as senior advisor for the International Organization for Migration in the Philippines since February 2018. Previously, Dady served as the senior program manager for the International Organization for Migration in Cambodia.
John Bachman ’88 B.A. (Econ)
serves as the senior vice president of human resources and chief people officer at Translational Genomics Research Institute, a biotech and genomic research institute based in Phoenix, Ariz.
John Bass ’86 B.A. (IR)
was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2021 as the U.S. undersecretary for management. He served as senior advisor at the Foreign Service Institute from 2020-21, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017-20, U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2014-17, executive secretary of the State Department from 2012-14 and U.S. ambassador to Georgia from 2009-12.
Carla Freedman ’85 B.A. (PSc)
was appointed United States attorney for the Northern District of New York in August 2021. Freedman was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in October 2021. She is the first woman confirmed for this position.
Harvey Strum ’70 B.A. (IR)/ ’76 M.P.A./ ’78 Ph.D. (Hist)
was recognized for 35 years of service at Russell Sage College in Albany, N.Y. where he teaches history and political science. He was also named Spector Fellow in the Humanities and is the recipient of the Beatty Faculty Excellence in Research Award.
Amanda E. Wooden ’95 B.A. (PSc)
, associate professor of environmental studies and sciences at Bucknell University, served as president of the Central Eurasian Studies Society from 2018-19, and was granted a Fulbright Global Scholar Award to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Lloyd Antoine Blanchard ’94 M.P.A./ ’00 Ph.D. (PA)
has been appointed chief operating officer at Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York.
Kurt T. Steinberg ’93 B.A. (IR)/ ’94 M.P.A.
is the chief operating officer of Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, Mass.
Joseph R. Brooks ’87 B.A. (PSc)
was named assistant vice president for institutional advancement at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Va. Previously, he was vice president of community impact at United Way in South Hampton Roads, Va.
Suzanne (Geissler) Bowles ’76 Ph.D. (Hist)
spoke at a conference in Washington, D.C., in October 2022 titled “Anglicanism in the Public Square.” Bowles is a professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J.
Carl T. Bogus ’70 B.A. (PSc)
has published his third book, “Madison's Militia: The Hidden History of the Second Amendment” (Oxford University Press, 2023). He is professor of law emeritus at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island.
Gretchen Wesche ’17 M.A. (IR)
became a foreign service officer for the United States Agency for International Development's Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance in October 2022.
Leanne Fay Abraham ’13 B.A. (Geog/Soc)
joined The New York Times as a graphic editor.
Sarah Byrne ’07 M.P.A.
is serving as deputy director of the Office of the National Advisory Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), supporting a team of 40 experts from across disciplines.