Class Notes

1966

Daniel Kincaid, Med '66 (MD), is a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he works full time at the age of 84. He has been affiliated with the clinic for 52 years.

1970

Douglas Greene, Med '70 (MD), HS '72, is chief medical officer of Eclipse Screening Technologies, a research facility that works to identify and deter mailborne threats. In the position, Greene guides the development of drug interdiction solutions that ensure safety for correctional staff and incarcerated individuals. He was chair of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drug Advisory Board for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and was the founder and chief consultant of Dagphamed.

1971

Gernant E. Maurer, Engr '71, is a retired former director of research and development at Special Metals Corp. and Carpenter Technology Corp., both suppliers of vacuum-melted specialty alloys used in the aerospace industry. Maurer was honored in September 2024 as the dedicatee of the International Symposium on Superalloys for his contributions to the processing and development of these substances. He is a fellow of ASM International and served as its president in 2013, the year the society celebrated its 100th anniversary.

1972

Larry A. Jones, A&S '72, Med '76 (MD), is a life coach and retired pediatrician in St. Louis, Missouri. At the invitation of MEDRIX, he presented a lecture series on ADHD, autism, and suicide prevention at the National Children's Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, where these topics are only recently recognized and gaining support. He has more than 30 years of experience as a community pediatrician, public health officer, and hospital administrator.

1974

Raymond Daniel Burke, A&S '74, is a member of the litigation and real estate practice group at Gordon Feinblatt in Baltimore. He was named again to the 2025 editions of Best Lawyers in America for construction law and Maryland Super Lawyers for construction litigation.

1978

Gary Ledley, Engr '78, is regional director of clinical cardiology services for the Tower Health System and Tower Cardiology at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and professor of medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. He received the William Likoff Excellence Award from the Drexel College of Medicine in June 2024 in recognition of his lengthy career and professionalism, humanity, ethical standards, diagnostic acumen, ability to develop outstanding clinical programs, and service as a role model for those striving for excellence in the practice of medicine.

1983

David Wheadon, Med '83 (MD), was named to the board of directors of Seaport Therapeutics. He is an experienced pharmaceutical industry executive, who served most recently as senior vice president of global regulatory affairs, patient safety, and quality assurance at AstraZeneca.

1985

David Biderman, A&S '85, is president of Biderman Consulting, a firm he founded in 2023 that serves solid waste companies and agencies with safety and compliance issues and sustainability goals. He also advocates for the industry before federal agencies, state legislatures, and local governments. In September 2024, he spoke at the International Solid Waste Association's annual World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa.

1987

Patricia Brooks, A&S '87, is professor of psychology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island and chief executive officer of the CUNY PhD Program in Psychology. She is also president of the Eastern Psychological Association, the oldest regional psychological organization in the United States.

1992

Christopher Garcia, Med '92 (PhD), is the scientific founder of Synthekine, an engineered cytokine therapeutics company that develops disease-optimized treatments. The company recently announced a global partnership with Sanofi, through which they will collaborate to research cytokine therapies and develop IL-10 receptor agonists for inflammatory diseases. Garcia received the 2024 Passano Award from the Passano Foundation, in recognition of his discoveries in the structure and function of cell surface receptors and their interaction with the molecules that bind to them.

1993

Thomas Knight, A&S '93, is a partner at Washington, D.C.–based Vinson & Elkins, in its energy regulatory practice. He represents leading natural gas and storage companies before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy. His focus is on rate, certificate, compliance, and tariff matters. He also counsels new natural gas pipeline and storage companies, and crude oil and liquids pipeline companies, on developing greenfield energy projects.

1994

Alfred Burger, A&S '94, is senior associate program director of the internal medicine residency program and attending physician/ hospitalist in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York City. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Society of Hospital Medicine at its annual meeting in April 2024. The award is presented to a hospital medicine physician who has best demonstrated outstanding teaching and served as a role model and mentor to fellow hospitalists, residents, medical students, or other health care professionals.

Bruce Poulin, SAIS '94 (MA), is state deputy for the Knights of Columbus in Ontario, Canada. The organization has 56,000 members and its charitable efforts focus on a number of causes, including food centers and the needs of children and veterans, among others.

1996

Jessica Lewis, Ed '96 (MAT), is a policy director in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's government relations department. She recently joined the board of directors of the Halo Trust, a humanitarian organization that works to clear landmines and other explosives left behind after conflicts. During her tenure as assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs for the U.S. State Department, she dealt with the issue of unexploded land mines and other devices.

1997

Benjamin Abella, Med '97 (MD), is chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. He oversees seven emergency departments and two emergency medicine residency programs in the Mount Sinai network.

Michael Bibighaus, Engr ' 97, Med '01 (MD), HS '04, and David Goetz, A&S '97, teamed up to coach the Loudonville Christian Boys High School varsity soccer team, which made it to the semifinals of the New York State Class C tournament, the best finish in the school's history. Bibighaus and Goetz are former teammates on the Johns Hopkins men's soccer team that played in the 1994 national championship game. Bibighaus was named the Section 2 coach of the year for the second consecutive year. He is president and chief medical officer at UCM Digital Health. Goetz is a gastroenterologist at Saratoga Schenectady Gastroenterology Associates.

Alexandra Gardner, Peab '97 (MM), an award-winning composer, was named one of the Lucas Artists Residency Program's 2024 International Music and Composition Fellows at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California. The three-year residency includes the use of one of Montalvo's free-standing, state-of-the-art live/workspaces.

2000

Hyung Chun, Med '00 (MD), is a partner at Foresite Capital, a multistage health care and life sciences investment firm. He leads investments across the company's portfolio, focusing on a broad range of therapeutic areas. He is also an adjunct professor in the Stanford University School of Medicine.

2001

Robert Thomsen, Med '01 (MD), HS '05, is vice chair of human resources and patient experience in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and is vice chair of the board of directors of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, the primary source of information for quality improvement in the field. The institute is a federally listed Patient Safety Organization and administers the Anesthesia Incident Reporting System, the first medical specialty–specific incident reporting system in the United States. It also administers the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry—a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Qualified Clinical Data Registry— and the Anesthesia Closed Claims Program, a repository of 30 years of closed medical malpractice claims used to identify major anesthesia-related safety concerns, patterns of injury, and prevention strategies.

2003

Lauren F. Olanoff, A&S '03, is chief operating officer and partner of Egan, Flanagan & Cohen, located in Springfield, Massachusetts. She serves as chair of the Supreme Judicial Court's Clients' Security Board and is a board member of Hampden County Lawyers for Justice. She was recognized in 2024 by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly on their Top Women of Law list.

2004

David Shook, Med '04 (MD), HS '07, is chief medical officer and head of research and development at Nkarta, a company involved in researching, developing, and delivering new NK cell therapy products. In addition to overseeing research and development, he leads the clinical development, regulatory, and translational science functions.

Oluwakemi Eniola Tomobi, A&S '04, Ed '19 (MHA), is clinical research scientist in the Department of Anesthesiology in the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Her first co-authored article, "Presidential Anesthetics and the 25th Amendment," was accepted for publication in the journal Anesthesia & Analgesics. It can be found on the journal's website and will be published in a future issue.

2007

J. Peter Campbell, Med '07, (MD), '09, HS '12, BSPH '08 (MPH), is co-founder and chief executive officer of Siloam Vision, a company that is focused on developing technology to prevent blindness, specifically retinopathy of prematurity, and making these technologies accessible to underserved communities worldwide. In October 2024, the company received an NIH grant for ultrawide field nonmydriatic portable pediatric retinal imaging.

Joseph Kim, Engr '07, is a director at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, headquartered in New York City. He is a member of the firm's trial and appellate practice group, where he focuses on complex intellectual property disputes in federal district court and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

2008

Ian Rosenbaum, Peab '08, is an associate professor at the Peabody Institute and a founding member of Sandbox Percussion, along with Victor Caccese, Peab '11, and Terry Sweeney, Peab '13. Sandbox Percussion received the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant Award and was profiled on an episode of Great Performances, which aired on PBS in February.

2009

Megan Ihnen, Peab '09 (MM), is a mezzo-soprano who focuses on contemporary chamber music and opera, which she shares through commissions and performances around the globe. She is half of the duo Neonautica, which released a new single, "Rise," their second collaboration with New Orleans–based producer SkyFaux.

Leigh A. Peterson Frame, BSPH '10 (MHS), '15 (PhD), is chief wellness officer at George Washington University (GW) Medicine and director of the Resiliency & Well-being Center, which she co-founded. She leads strategic whole-person care initiatives across the GW Medicine community and is also executive director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health and associate professor of clinical research and leadership/physician assistant studies.

Mary Matthews, Peab '10 (MM), is assistant professor of flute at Florida State University, the second flutist of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and the flutist of Khemia Ensemble. Her latest album, Flutelore, was released this year by Big Blue Records and features the Newfound Chamber Winds, which includes Dillon Meacham, Peab '14.

2011

Jess Gartner, Ed '11 (MAT), is the founder and chief executive officer of Allovue, a software platform that supports school systems in managing their budgets. The company was acquired by PowerSchool in 2024, and Gartner also serves as group vice president of resource planning solutions at PowerSchool. She presented the 2025 William H. Hedeman Lecture in March, which was co-sponsored by the Johns Hopkins School of Education, Pava Center, and the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Jeanelle Spencer, Med '11 (PhD), is the owner of ZEHBRAS, a CrossFit gym in Baltimore, where clients focus on functional fitness, including strength-building, healthy nutrition, and training for longevity.

2013

Joshua Bornfield, Peab '13 (DMA), '14 (MM), is a Baltimore-based composer, performer, educator, and arts advocate. He received the commission prize of the 2025 NYC songSLAM Competition for the work "Shift," which featured baritone Michael Manganiello, Peab '21 (MM), and pianist Stephanie Baird, Peab '21 (MM).

2014

Katherine Pinkard, Bus '14 (MBA), is senior managing director of property management for MCB Real Estate. Earlier this year, MCB acquired Pinkard Properties, the asset and property management services company she co-founded with her father in 2012. They were the third and fourth generations of Pinkards involved in the commercial real estate market in the Greater Maryland area.

2015

Adeeb Barqawi, Ed '15 (MS), is president and chief executive officer of ProUnitas, an organization that helps school districts build systems that meet the nonacademic needs of students. ProUnitas was recognized by the American Heart Association at its annual convention in January and also received an investment from the AHA Impact Fund to further its work.

Morgan Kempthorn, Ed '15 (MS), is a middle school counselor at Patapsco Middle School in Howard County, Maryland. She was recognized as Howard County School Counselor of the Year in 2024 and Maryland Middle School Counselor of the Year by the Maryland School Counselor Association in 2025.

Kathryn Locke-Jones, Ed' 15 (MS), a seventh-grade English language arts teacher from Hampstead Hill Academy, was named 2024 Maryland Teacher of the Year.

Terri Savage, Ed '15 (EdD), is chief academic officer at Howard County (Maryland) Public Schools. She received the Visionary Alumni Award during the Johns Hopkins School of Education's gathering at the Council for Exceptional Children in March.

2018

Kate Harten DeMaio, A&S '18 (MS), is a microbiologist at a nonprofit plasmid repository. Her novel, Fiona and the Forgotten Piano, was published in January by Wild Ink Publishing and is geared toward readers ages 8 to 12.

2019

Endia Santee Crabtree, A&S '19 (MLA), is principal clinical product risk scientist at Boston Scientific. She was appointed to the advisory board of Medtech—WOMEN and was promoted to fellow of the American College of Epidemiology.

Kelly Dunn, Bus '19 (MBA), is inaugural director of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine. She is also a professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Neurobiology. Previously, Dunn was a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a joint appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Narae Lee, Peab '19 (MM), is a collaborative pianist at East Carolina University. She was recently named the principal keyboardist with the York Symphony in Pennsylvania for its 2025–26 season.

Chenguang "Edmond" Wang, Peab '19, is a trumpet instructor at the University of Virginia and interim principal trumpet at the Charlottesville Symphony. He is also a member of the University of Michigan Faculty Brass Quintet, for which he performs solo, chamber, orchestral, and commercial music.

2020

Lisa Rosales, Ed '20 (MEd), is managing director of leadership development at Teach For America (TFA) in San Antonio, Texas. She supports early-career teachers as their primary instructional coach, guiding their professional growth and teaching strategies. She also has developed regional programming focused on teacher development and provides professional develop-ment for the largest school district in the area. She serves as a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for the TFA Texas and Oklahoma regions, shaping and implementing strategies that foster inclusive and equitable learning environments.

2024

Zoe Pamonag, BSPH '24 (MSPH), is a research associate in the strategy, forces, and resources division in the Institute for Defense Analyses' Systems and Analyses Center.