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UVA Community Spotlight: Marie Olavere (CLAS ’19)

Marie Olavere is an undergraduate, rising fourth year College of Arts and Sciences student majoring in History. For her Senior Thesis in the History department she is writing on the topic of Asian Americans in Civil Rights Movements. This is Marie’s third year serving as an intern with the LGBTQ Center, where he manages the […]

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UVA Community Spotlight: Zoe Pettler (Col class of ’18)

Zoe Pettler is an undergraduate fourth year College of Arts and Sciences student majoring in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS) and Religious Studies. For her Distinguished Major Project in the WGS Department she is writing on the topic of Queer temporality. This is Zoe’s second year serving as the Vice President of Education for […]

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Fall Weekend Message from Serpentine’s Chair

10/18/2017 The Serpentine Society’s Fall Weekend is now just a few weeks away. Each year, we gather to honor members of the University of Virginia community who work on behalf of LGBTQ people on Grounds and in Charlottesville. We honor people like Jennifer Hulvey, the Director of Financial Aid at UVA Law and a tireless […]

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Brendan Maupin Wynn

Charlottesville, VA brendan@serpentinesociety.org Serpentine Society Co-Chair College of Arts & Sciences, 2014 Brendan is a graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences and currently works in U.Va’s Office for Diversity and Equity. He previously worked for Standard & Poor’s, where he analyzed U.S. and international higher education endowments and other tax-exempt and tax-deferred investment […]

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Ryan Whitney

San Francisco, CA ryan@serpentinesociety.org McIntire School of Commerce, 2014 Before graduating from the University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and a dual concentration in Information Technology and Management, Ryan had the distinct pleasure of serving as President of the McIntire Commerce Council. As an active member of the McIntire community, he […]

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Julie Weed

Charlottesville, VA julie@serpentinesociety.org Curry School of Education, 2000 Julie was born and raised on a farm in Central Virginia, and attended high school in Charlottesville. She attended college in New England and came out there, only to return to the closet when she attended UVA as a graduate student. She did not have any idea […]

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Jasmine Hall Ratliff

Princeton, NJ jasmine@serpentinesociety.org College of Arts & Sciences, 1999 Jasmine N. Hall Ratliff is Deputy Director for Strategy & Culture at Keecha Harris & Associates, Inc, a Black woman-owned consulting firm. In this role she works closely with the CEO in developing strategy for the firm’s work with organizations dedicated to racial equity and systems […]

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Matt Paco

New York, NY matt@serpentinesociety.org College of Arts & Sciences, 1995 As one of the co-founders of the Serpentine Society, Matt Paco has been a very active UVa alumnus. He was on the Board of Managers of the University of Virginia Alumni Association from 2013-2019, and he was the co-chair of the Harriman Cup, which hosts […]

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Sharon McGowan

Takoma Park, MD sharon@serpentinesociety.org College of Arts & Sciences, 1995 Harvard University Law School, 2000 A 1995 graduate of the University, Sharon currently works in Washington, DC as an attorney with the federal government. Sharon lives with her wife and daughter in Takoma Park, MD. Sharon was honored to receive the Society’s Bernard Mayes Award […]

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