What you may not know…

Jeff Marootian

After completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Services in 2001, Jeff Marootian was selected to serve as a Presidential Administrative Fellow at The George Washington University. During this time he completed a Master's Degree in Public Administration while working in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Jeff subsequently accepted a position as a Legislative Aide for the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and has recently taken on the role of Manager for the MPD's Neighborhood Outreach Program. Jeff was also appointed to a 2 year term on Mayor Anthony Williams' HIV/AIDS Policy Advisory Commission. Jeff remains active in GW alumni activities and is member of the Alumni Association's Board of Directors.

Anslie Stokes

I am living and working in Washington. I worked at Accenture for 3 years and just over a year ago left to start a new career as a residential realtor in Washington.

Joe Bondi

I remember when I first came to GW, I thought campus was huge, a whole city of itself. I carried a GW map, folded over and over in my back pocket for the first few months of school. The campus in the fall of 1997 was not nearly as pretty as it is today. Probably the nicest spot on campus was the rose gardens in what we used to call “the quad”, now called the University Yard. There was no Kogan Plaza, and the newest and nicest building then was New Hall, which, was actually still kind of new. It’s now more than 10 years old. Thurston felt like an outpost on the far side of campus, and when we lived there, there was a dining hall in the basement. We used to role out of bed at 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays just in time to make the brunch before it closed. After Freshman year, J Street was the primary on campus meeting place. We used to eat dinner there most nights, and we ate lunch there everyday.

I actually never left GW. In the summer of 2001, I started as Presidential Administrative Fellow working toward a Master’s degree in Political Management, studying in particular political fund raising. At the same time, I was hired by the University’s fund raising department. Three jobs and five years later, I’m the Director of Development for my graduate school, the Graduate School of Political Management, doing my dream job.

The other things that keep me busy are remodeling an old house in a developing neighborhood of Alexandria and a tiny sailboat that I take out on the Potomac.

Maureen (Fleming) Petron

I work for a small-business trade association, the National Association for the Self-Employed, handling communications activities. This includes both internal and external efforts, such as media relations, a small bit of marketing, and member contact – newsletters, the member magazine, and e-mails. I have been with the NASE for the last four years. I live in Alexandria with my husband, Mike (BA’00 from GW).

David Holt and Rachel Canuso

David Holt and Rachel Canuso were married on May 10, 2003. Following graduation in 2001, David worked for U.S. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, and then at the White House. Rachel worked for the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and for a law office, Geltner and Associates. In 2004, they moved to David’s hometown, Oklahoma City. Rachel is now in her third year of law school at the University of Oklahoma. David coordinated Oklahoma’s efforts to re-elect President Bush in 2004, spent a year with the Lt. Governor of Oklahoma, and now serves as chief of staff to the Mayor of Oklahoma City.

Jessica Norris Fielding

Upon graduation, I moved to Massachusetts and was working as a retail store manager. I had my daughter, Elizabeth, on New Year's Eve of 2001 and then began working in Marketing Communications for Mykrolis Corporation. In 2004, I moved onto Iron Mountain, working in MarCom and then Product Management. I was laid off in 2005, just before my wedding. I got married in June 2005 and we are currently expecting our 2nd child in November 2006! I stay home with my daughter and plan to do so for a few more years.