Tulanians – Class Notes

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RONALD L. BOOK (L ’78) has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Daily Business Review as part of the 2025 Florida Legal Awards. This honor recognizes those who have made a significant impact on the practices of law in Florida over a notable legal career.

CURTIS MOSLEY (A&S ’78) has published three books: “The 10 Greatest Teams in the Bible,” “The Athlete’s Bible” and “How to Spot the Messiah When He Appears.”

MARIE QUINTANA (SW ’79) was featured at the 2025 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University with her memoir, “Last Flight From Havana,” which follows her journey fleeing Cuba with her family during Fidel Castro’s rise to power, growing up in New Orleans and building a trailblazing 30-year career in corporate America.

WILLIAM T. BEAM JR. (A&S ’80) had the Athletic Hall of Fame named in his honor at the Kentucky Country Day School, recognizing his contributions to the school and its athletic program. It is now called the Beam Athletic Hall of Fame.

LARRY CONNOLLY (B ’82) was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors for Skyland Trail. Connolly is also president of the Connolly Family Foundation.

JULIE ANN SIPOS (NC ’84) has published her debut novel, “Horrible Women, Wonderful Girls: A Jaycee Grayson Novel.” The novel explores themes of missed connections, snap judgments and the dearth of kindness within a post-feminist sisterhood.

LANCE SPENCER (E ’86) was inducted into the extremely selective Air Force Cyberspace Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors those individuals who made significant contributions, both to the Air Force and to the communications and cyber fields, while serving in the public and private sectors.

ELIZABETH BRISTER (B ’87) has been appointed president of Downtown Jackson Partners in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the state’s largest commercial district.

RIC D. SUBEN (L ’93) has started a new position as Senior Claims Counsel, Financial Lines, for CNA Insurance.

NIMROD CHAPEL JR. (L ’95) has been awarded the Missouri Justice Defender Award by the Missouri NAACP in honor of his past achievements and as an acknowledgement of the ongoing movement he leads.

CAROL SCHLUETER (B ’97) has been awarded the 2025 Jefferson Parish Tourism Ambassador of the Year Award from the Jefferson Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau. She is the director of the German-American Cultural Center and Museum in Gretna, Louisiana.

DEREK BARDELL (G ’01, G ’02) has completed a Doctor of Education degree in Leadership & Learning in Organizations, with certificates in College Online Teaching and Social Impact from Vanderbilt University.

MARISSA HERSHON (NC ’03) wrote a chapter entitled “The Ringling’s Ca’ d’Zan: Its Evolution from Winter Residence to Historic House Museum” in the collected volume “The Evolving House Museum: Art Collectors and Their Residences, Then and Now.”

QUIN BRELAND (B ’03, L ’07) and MARTHA CLAIRE (SW ’13) had their fourth daughter, Quinby “Hollis” Breland, on September 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas.

MOLLY MCFARLAND (SLA ’04) has been named a winner of The Path to Purchase Institute’s (P2PI) 2025 Retail Media Awards. The Retail Media Awards recognize the top 25 commerce marketers who are pioneering retail media across a variety of retail sectors and who are efficiently aiding in the leverage of retail media for digital and omnichannel campaigns.

LAURA FLANNERY-SACHTLEBEN (A ’05) has been appointed chief strategy officer at Landscape Forms, an international leader in integrated collections of high-design site furniture, structures, accessories and advanced LED lighting. She will lead the company’s strategic planning process and champion growth initiatives.

JEANNICE APPENTENG (L ’08) has been appointed a United States Magistrate Judge in the Northern District of Illinois. She is the first Black female Magistrate Judge in the district.

BRIAN MELTZER (B ’08) has been selected by The Baltimore Banner as an honoree for its 2025 Emerging Leaders event. The news outlet honors the next generation of emerging community leaders doing exceptional work to better Baltimore and the surrounding communities.

ADAM EITMANN (SLA ’09) has been named legislative director for Washington’s newly elected Attorney General Nick Brown.

ARIANNE LARIMER (SLA ’09, SSE ’09) has been named president of Symmetric, a leading sampling firm for companies performing survey research.

ELISE ROBERTS (SLA ’10) has been appointed director of media and public relations at The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE), the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Black entrepreneurs.

MATTHEW MAWBY (L ’11) and ELIZABETH CALDWELL (L ’11) had their first child, Malia Mawby, on July 11, 2024, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

ZACHARY ROSENBERG (L ’12) launched his new law firm Saikin Rosenberg, PLLC, where he is continuing his transactional real estate practice.

PATRICK LUAN (PHTM ’14, SLA ’14) has been selected for a Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship by the Center for New American Security. The fellowship brings together young professionals within the national security field to learn best practices and lessons in leadership.

SORRELL BROWN (B ’22, SSE ’22), a New Orleans-based general contractor and founder of Rellestate Renovations, recently completed a bold renovation of 1 Rail Street — a historically significant mid-century modern home in Lake Vista, Louisiana, originally designed in 1956 by George Saunders, a former professor in the School of Architecture and Built Environment.

DR. SASINI BENTOTA (M ’23), a second-year psychiatry resident at the Medical University of South Carolina, has been awarded the distinguished Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Fellowship, a highly selective fellowship that recognizes individuals for their exemplary leadership, academic excellence and commitment to advancing the field of psychiatry.