Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, FPPA ’84 SF, is an appointed judge for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Peter Castle, FPPA ’07 SF, will be joining the California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies (CASRA) as its associate director. CASRA is where Peter conducted his Individual Project while at Coro in 2007.

Kirstin Conti, FPPA ’08 SF, is an analyst for Environmental Science Associates in San Francisco.

Frederick Gregory, FPPA ’65 SF, is a granite sculptor living in Carmel Valley.

Letitia Henderson-Souza, MSW, FPPA ’05 SF, is a community specialist with Casey Family Programs in Oakland, CA, where she grew up. 

Phillip Kilbridge, FPPA ’98 SF, is the executive director of the newly merged Habitat for Humanity of Greater San Francisco which operates in San Francisco and the Peninsula. James Murray, FPPA ’06 SF, is associate director and director of government and legal affairs. Jim was recently featured in a story in the Notre Dame alumni publication, which highlights the fact that Jim landed his position at Habitat San Francisco following his Coro nonprofit placement. 
http://law.nd.edu/features/alumni-spotlights/alumni-spotlight-jim-murray-04

Beverly Lane, FPPA ’63 LA, is on the Board of Directors for the East Bay Regional Park District.

Kenneth Lee, EL ’00, is an account executive at Yelp.com living in San Francisco.

Justina Louie, EL ’01, is a financial analyst at Levi Strauss in San Francisco. She enjoys being involved with Community Involvement Teams at Levi, giving her the opportunity to do volunteer work during work hours.

Caroline Mullen, FPPA ’08 SF, will be joining the staff at REDF, a nonprofit organization formerly known as the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund, which provides financial investments and forms alliances with a portfolio of businesses in order to employ people who would otherwise remain living in long-term poverty. Jed Emerson, CF, ‘89, was the founding director of the organization in 1989.

Kristian Ongoco, CLP ’05 will be attending Columbia University in the Fall pursuing her Masters in Urban Planning, in the Graduate School of Architecture.

Sara Russell, FPPA ’88 SL, is a doula specialist with Mama to Mama, operating in San Mateo and San Francisco counties. She and husband Storm Russell, FPPA ’88 SL, have two sons, ages 5 and 8. Storm is starting a new career as a financial planner this summer.

Susan Monaghan Seligmann, FPPA ’74 SF, is the founder and CEO of the Discovery Creek Children’s Museum of Washington, D.C.

Jessica Standiford, CLP ’06, is the associate director of development for Low Income Investment Fund in San Francisco.

Bryant Tan, FPPA ’04 LA, is a senior planner for the Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco.

Jimmy Yung, EL ’00, is with Gruber & McBaine Capital Management in San Francisco.

In memoriam

Mike Bedwell, FPPA ’58 SF, longtime city manager of Menlo Park, passed away in March 2008 following a long fight with heart and lung problems. He served as city manager from 1964 to 1991, and is credited with helping grow Menlo Park from a small, progressive city to a Silicon Valley powerhouse.

Thomas J. Dooley, FPPA ’56 SF, a major figure in health and social services reforms in California for 35 years in the state Legislative Analyst’s office, died in May 2008 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. He is remembered as a brilliant analyst who offered nonpartisan solutions to difficult issues. 

Helen Dewar (1936-2006) Coro Alumna gets Virginia Honor

Helen Dewar’s long and legendary career with the Washington Post will be saluted in an entry in the upcoming Dictionary of Virginia Biography, published by the Library of Virginia. The entry will highlight her achievements and include impressions and memories about her fiery reporting style.

The Dewar entry will also make known how Coro was pivotal in Helen’s going east (she was a Sacramento native). In a letter from her father, Herbert Dewar, to Coro co-founder Don Fletcher in 1958, he writes: “When I visited you in your office, you may recall, I asked what Helen should attempt to do upon the completion of her Coro internship and you made the declaration you felt she should go to Washington. This, as you probably know, she has done...”  And some might say, Washington would never be the same again.

Coro received a generous bequest from Helen, and we remain deeply grateful.

Contributed by Alyson L. Taylor-White, editor, Virginia Review and volunteer for the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, 2008.

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