Biography Richard D. Kalson, Esq. is a partner at the law firm Cozen O’Connor. Mr. Kalson is based in New York City. Throughout his career, he has represented large contractors and specialty subcontractors on projects throughout the country. Rick graduated from the University of Wisconsin with Honors in History in 1990. He graduated from the …
Biography David Kuenzi majored in History and Political Science and graduated from UW in 1989. He was fortunate to be mentored by several UW history luminaries including David MacDonald, who helped foster for David an enduring fascination with Russia. He also had the good fortune of studying with Thomas Skidmore, Alfred Senn, Maurice Meisner, Melvin Croan (Political …
Biography Amy Lambert is a 1983 graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History and a native of River Hills, Wisconsin. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Michigan. After law school, she moved to northern California where she practiced law for 35 years. She started her career at Littler Mendelson as …
Biography Jon Leibowitz is a partner in Davis Polk’s Washington DC and New York offices. His practice focuses on the complex antitrust aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as government and private antitrust investigations and litigation. He also provides counsel in the developing area of privacy law and with respect to advocacy involving Congress. …
Biography Christina Dykstra Mead, after earning her BA in history from Madison and a MPA from New York University, moved to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where she worked as a researcher for McKinsey and Co. Upon her return, she worked in the nonprofit sector, serving as Vice President, Finance for Reading Is Fundamental; Chief Administrative …
Biography Barry Medintz is the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rubicon Global, the world’s leading cloud-based provider of waste hauling and recycling services. Barry joined Rubicon following a career as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Company Secretary of Recall Holdings Ltd. Senior Legal Counsel at Motorola, Inc., Trademark Licensing Counsel at The Coca-Cola …
Biography Hilary Miller (’19) is the Morris B. Abram Fellow at United Nations Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization that promotes human rights for all. She is responsible for monitoring the work of UN bodies worldwide, drafting articles, press releases and speeches, and managing social media. She has testified on behalf of the organization before the …
Biography Daniel C. Moreno (’86) is a District Court Judge in Hennepin County Minnesota. Prior to his appointment to the bench in 2006 Dan was a criminal trial lawyer for 16 years in the Hennepin County Public Defender’s Office. As the son of Mexican-American immigrants Dan has been an active member of the Latino legal …
Biography Constantine “Dean” Pagedas (’91) is Executive Vice President and COO, International Technology and Trade Associates, Inc. (ITTA), a small consulting company in Washington, DC. He works with senior officials from U.S., Japanese, and European companies, government agencies, and industrial associations in the areas of aerospace, space, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, and information technology; cross-border mergers …
Biography Bryant Plano (’11) received a B.S. in History and a B.S. in History of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2013. After graduation, Bryant worked for the Customer Support and Mobile Engineering branches of SaaS software company Zendesk in Madison and remotely to Dublin, Ireland. In 2018, he joined the Customer Experience team …