trachtenberg school of public policy and public administration
Alumni Updates, continued from page 19
Sarah Kohari (MPA 2002) Elan Martin (MPP 2008)
Sarah Kohari now works as the staff lead for the program Elan Martin recently got engaged and relocated to Denver, where
performance portion of the EPA’s budget, after beginning in she accepted a position with Tricare Management Activity
the EPA Office of Inspector General in 2002 In 2007, Ms Ko-
hari got married to her husband, David, and the following year, Jim McEntire (MPA 1988)
they took a hiatus from work to travel around the world, visit- Jim McEntire moved to Sequim, Washington in June 2006 af-
ing 13 countries throughout Asia, Oceana, and the Middle East ter retiring from the Homeland Security Department A former
Ms Kohari is an active member of the TSPPPA Alumni Book Club member of the Coast Guard, Mr McEntire ran for local office
and serves as a mentor-contact in the TS Alumni network and was elected to one of three Port Commissioner positions in
Clallam County Port of Port Angeles, where Mr McEntire serves,
Joy Kraybill (PhD 2008) operates and maintains two airports, two large marinas, and
Joy Kraybill recently accepted a new position as the Associate several marine terminals
Director of Program Integrity for the D C Department of Health
Care Finance Ryan Miller (MPP 2008)
Ryan Miller, along with fellow TSPPPA alum Amy Petz, was
Ami Lynch (PhD 2006) recently acknowledged on CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf’s
Ami Lynch has been working at Social Solutions International, blog as being a member of a CBO team that has made important
Inc since the fall of 2007, most recently as Director of Gender and contributions to the policy debate about how to address global
Special Populations In 2008, her dissertation work was published climate change
in The International Journal of Conflict and Violence Ms Lynch
also recently celebrated the third birthday of her daughter, Mika Adrienne Montony (MPP 2007)
Lynch-Lee, and she and her partner recently bought their first Adrienne Montony has started a new job working for ENSCO,
house in Arlington, VA a government contractor with DHS She previously worked as
the assistant to Josh Bolton, the Chief of Staff of President
Sue Ann MacBride (MPA 1996) George W Bush
Sue Ann MacBride and Richard Bartecko were married on April
26, 2009, in Vancouver, BC, Canada The bride is originally from Andy Morris (MPA 1987)
Walpole, Massachusetts, and the groom is from the town of Andy Morris was recently named Director of the Systems Analy-
Kezmarok in Slovakia The wedding was followed by a reception sis and Testing Bureau for the New York State Department of
in Boston for the bride’s family and friends, then a honeymoon Taxation and Finance In his new role, Mr Morris will be respon-
in Paris and Slovakia Mrs Bartecko runs her own consulting firm sible for reviewing the tax administration of all new revenue
and Mr Bartecko is self-employed as an electrician and computer legislation, enhancements to all tax processing systems and the
technician The couple resides in North Vancouver, BC, where on-line tax center, and user acceptance testing He has received
they recently purchased a new home of the Department of Taxation and Finance’s Commissioner’s
Award Mr Morris previously served as a Presidential Manage-
Parisa Manteghi (MPP 2009) ment Fellow at the Department of the Treasury and received their
Parisa Manteghi recently had a paper she wrote for Professor Certificate of Merit for his service
David Brunori’s PAD 249 class published in State Tax Notes
Jessica Morris (MPA 2003)
Adam Marshall (MPA 2004) Jessica Morris and her husband, Ben, are proud to announce
Adam Marshall and his wife celebrated the birth of their the birth of their son, Leopold “Leo” Kenneth Morris, born
daughter, Alina, on April 3, 2009 He is currently teaching ethics September 3, 2009
at the University of Phoenix on a full-time basis In addition, he
is continuing his part-time service in the Air National Guard as a
Strategic Planning Officer on the Air Staff, based in Arizona
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