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University of Oxford in
March 2010 and March
2011 on the strategic psychology
of bombing.
1975
Robert W. Jenkins ’75,
adjunct professor at the
London Business School
and senior adviser to
CVC Capital Partners,
was appointed an external
member of the Financial
Policy Committee of the
Bank of England in July.
In August 2010, after
five years in retirement,
Dane Steven McGuire ’75
became chief financial officer
of Finca International
in Washington, D.C., one
of the largest microfinance
institutions in the world,
with 21 affiliates in Latin
America, Africa, Eurasia
and the greater Middle
East.
Jon Nowick JHU’74,
B’75, ’75 has been working
for SAIC since February
2006 after a 31-year career
in the U.S. government.
He trains federal analysts
in collaboration and counterterrorism
and supports
government agencies with
their outreach, communications
and quality control.
Nowick lives in Bethesda,
Md., with his wife. He
enjoys hanging out at the
beach, traveling and practicing
his cocktail-style
piano.
Lawrence I. Weinstein
JHU’74, ’75 is a partner
in the New York office
of Proskauer Rose LLP,
where he chairs the trademark
and false advertising
litigation practice. He was
named one of the “Litigation
Stars” of New York in
Institutional Investor magazine’s
2011 Benchmark Litigation
Survey.
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1977
Keith Oberg ’77 of Arlington,
Va., founded the nonprofit
Bikes for the World in
January 2005. Since then, his
organization has sent 55,000
used or unwanted bikes
to nonprofit partners in a
dozen countries, where they
are distributed to people in
need. The Washington Post
covered the positive effects
of this program in Costa Rica
in an article in July.
Edward M. Roche ’77
taught courses last fall in
business intelligence and
technology intelligence
at the Grenoble Ecole de
Management in France and
is professor of intelligence
technologies at Henley-
Putnam University in Palo
Alto, Calif. He is also the
CEO of Barraclough Ltd.,
a company that provides
litigation support for cases
involving Medicare audits.
In July 2010, Dominique
Thormann B’77, ’77 was
appointed executive vice
president and chief financial
officer of Renault in Paris.
He remains the head of RCI
Banque, Renault’s captivesales
finance affiliate. He and
his family returned to France
in October 2009 after three
years in Nashville, Tenn.,
where Thormann was with
Nissan North America. His
second son, Adrien, was
recently accepted as a Ph.D.
candidate at JHU Whiting
School of Engineering.
1978
Linda Hammer Collins
B’77, ’78 retired in December
2009 after 26 years as a
U.S. government employee
and four years as a U.S.
government contractor. She
served tours overseas at U.S.
embassies and consulates
in Bonn, Munich and Bagh-
dad. She lives in Montverde,
Fla., with her husband of 28
years, Richard, a retired foreign
service officer.
In November 2010,
Paul Dwyer B’77, ’78 was
appointed head of risk for
Hong Kong Aviation Capital,
a lessor of commercial jet
aircraft and subsidiary of
the mainland-based HNA
Group. He resides in Hong
Kong with his wife, Andrea.
In July, Gregory Powell
B’77, ’78 and his wife,
Margaret, hosted a “Bologna
by the Bay” weekend for a
few vintage SAIS stalwarts
at their home on the Chesapeake
Bay, Va. Attendees
included David Layton
B’77, ’79, Robin Reeder
Layton B’77, ’79, John
Haaga B’77, ’78 and his
wife, Elin, and Des Shaw
B’77, ’80 and his wife,
Siska. They reminisced
about the good times in
Bologna and discussed
domestic and international
politics.
1979
Since January 2009, Frank
Josbacher ’79 has been on
contract with Hewlett-
Packard (HP) to integrate
the former Electronic Data
Systems business into HP’s
financial systems. He still
considers diplomacy his
primary skill, as he was formerly
an internal business
systems implementation
manager. Josbacher lives in
Shrewsbury, Mass.
João Pignataro Pereira
’79 has worked at the
Ministry of Development,
Industry and Foreign Trade,
in Brasilia, Brazil, since
February 2009. He is the
technical adviser for the
Department of Industrial
Competitiveness.
After 12 years with
National Journal—the past
eight in the No. 2 position
of deputy editor—Patrick
Pexton B’78, ’79 became
ombudsman at The Washington
Post in March. At
National Journal, he oversaw
daily operations of the magazine
and directed coverage of
defense, foreign affairs, intelligence,
homeland security
and trade policy. He resides
in Chevy Chase, Md.
1980
Barbara Alexander ’80 of
Annandale, Va., became
director of the Cyber,
Infrastructure and Science
Division in the Office of
Intelligence and Analysis
at the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS)
in November 2010. She
provides analysis to DHS,
its operational components
and its state, local, tribal and
private sector partners on
threats to the United States.
Julia Michaels ’80 quit
her job in publishing in
August 2010 to blog about
the fascinating transformation
of her hometown, Rio
de Janeiro, in the runup to
the 2016 Olympics and
the 2014 World Cup.
RioRealblog.com is a bilingual
website that has become
a prime source of information
on many aspects of the
transformation and has been
featured on the websites of
Christian Science Monitor,
Insight Crime and the
Council of the Americas.
1981
Paul Dalle-Molle ’81 and
Katharine Phillips Dalle-
Molle B’80, ’81 live in Paris.
In July 2009 Paul became
the head of client relationship
management for
Europe, the Middle East and