Maxwell Class Notes
Steven Wesley Holden ’07 E.M.P.A.
currently teaches finance, contract and leadership courses to federal employees and co-owns a business, Digital Horizon Services, which helps veterans win government contracts.
Rodney M Hudson ’96 M.A. (PSc)
has joined the law firm Greenberg Traurig as shareholder and litigator in its expanding pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare litigation and products liability and mass torts litigation practices.
Elisabeth Chistel IJmker ’15
was installed as a councilor on the city council in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on behalf of “Groen- Links” (the green party in the Netherlands).
Christian C Jackstadt ’04 B.A. (Econ)
was appointed to fill the position of deputy director of agency and enterprise operations and is now deputy director of state operations for New York State.
James A Jacobs ’74 M.S.Sc.
is professor emeritus of journalism and English at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, Calif. Jacobs just penned a new book, Reprisal (Palo Verde, 2021), the fourth novel in the Daniel Mendoza series.
Mazaher Kaila ’19 B.A. (PSc)
has joined the Syracuse-based law firm, Bousquet Holstein, as an associate. She is currently pursuing a J.D. at the Syracuse University College of Law.
Peter Karpinski ’20 E.M.P.A.
was named executive vice president of operations, independent and lifestyle hotels at Pyramid Hotel Group LLC, based out of Boston, Mass. Liam Kirst ’20 B.A. (PSc) received a “40 under 40” award from the Central New York Business Journal. Kirst is a legislative aide to Senator John W. Mannion in the New York State Senate.
Janis Garcia Keating ’98 M.P.A.
was named 2021 entrepreneur of the year for the northeast region by Latina Style magazine. She is the founder and president of Wilco Group LLC which provides information technology consulting services, Agile development support and general business consulting services in the Washington, D.C., area.
Stephen Keil ’14 B.A. (IR)
is now a strategy and issues management advisor for Chevron Corporation in Washington, D.C. He was previously Chevron’s project coordinator for international government affairs.
Jade Kraft ’14 B.A. (PSc)
was appointed to the New York State government position of deputy communications director for Albany. Kraft previously served as deputy press secretary in the executive chamber.
Sun-on Gilford Law ’04 M.A. (PA)
is the new Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office’s director-general.
David Angelo Levinthal ’02 B.A. (PPhil)
is now deputy Washington D.C. bureau chief at Business Insider, a financial and business news website. Previously, he held the position of senior Washington correspondent.
Scott Lowry ’21 B.A. (IR/PSc)
has accepted a position as a patent assistant with the fi rm Arent Fox in Washington, D.C.
Jason Lumia ’96 M.A. (Econ)
is the new chief of staff in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Nashville.
Rufat Mahmud ’07 E.M.P.A.
is the advisor to the chairman on the state committee on urban planning and architecture of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Thomas A Mandl ’05
has written a new book, Modern Paraguay: Uncovering South America’s Best Kept Secret (McFarland, 2021). The book is based on Mandl’s time in Paraguay interviewing leaders and collecting data in order to present Paraguay’s challenges, strengths and direction in a global world.
Benjamin J Markus ’02 M.P.A.
has been appointed as interim coordinator for English language arts for K-8 at Greenwich Public Schools located in Greenwich, Conn.
Kathryn E Martin ’99 M.P.A.
is the chief operating officer of Health Care Cost Institute, located in Washington, D.C.
John McBride ’01 M.A. (PA)
has been named as manager of underwriting and corporate sponsorship for WCNY (Western and Central New York) radio, based in Syracuse, N.Y.
Gerard McTigue ’11 B.A. (IR)
has been promoted as an account director at Freuds, a London-based communications agency focused on representing clients working to achieve the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.