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Alumni Achievement Awards

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Current Winner Biographies

2011 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award

Roslyn M. Brock, SPHHS MHSA '89, is chairman of the National Board of Directors for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and vice president of advocacy and government relations for Bon Secours Health System, Inc. Ms. Brock has been affiliated with the NAACP for more than 25 years. She was elected as chairman in 2010, becoming the youngest person and fourth woman to hold the position.

Bruce Sewell, LAW JD '86, is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Apple Inc. Mr. Sewell serves on the company's executive team and oversees all legal matters, including corporate governance, intellectual property, litigation and securities compliance and government affairs. He joined Apple from Intel Corporation in September 2009.

Leonard Wartofsky, CCAS BS '59, MS '61, SMHS MD '64, SPHHS MPH '95, is a clinical professor of medicine at GW's School of Medicine; a professor of medicine, anatomy, physiology and genetics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; and professor of medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Department of Medicine at Washington Hospital Center. Dr. Wartofsky's primary clinical focus is thyroid cancer.

Mary Margaret Whipple, CCAS MA '69, is a Virginia state senator, representing the 31st District. She is a member of numerous committees, including Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources; Education and Health; Finance; and Privileges and Elections. Sen. Whipple also serves as chair of the Rules Committee and chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus.

2011 Recent Alumni Achievement Award

Sherri Rose, CCAS BS '05, is a National Science Foundation mathematical sciences postdoctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She co-authored the statistical text Targeted Learning: Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Data. Dr. Rose was recently elected president of Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.