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Jill Christoff, BA ’04, Shaker Heights, OH, has been promoted to associate principal at Bialosky Cleveland. Trained in architecture and interior design, she joined Bialosky Cleveland in 2011 with the unique ability to approach projects from a fully integrated design perspective. Her experience in complex renovations led her to be an asset on notable projects, including the renovation of Shaker Heights Public Library, Kent State University’s School of Visual Communication Design and the $86 million expansion of the Ashley United States Courthouse in Toledo, Ohio.
She earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. She is certified through the National Council for Interior Design Qualification and is a member of the International Interior Design Association and an associate of the American Institute of Architects.
Jessica Hudson, BA ’04, MLIS ’07, MBA ’11, Canton, OH, was named president and chief development officer of the Summa Foundation in August 2022. The foundation supports patient care, medical education and research at Summa Health through philanthropy.
Janet Gbur, BS ’06, Canfield, OH, a research biomedical engineer and investigator in the Advanced Platform Technology Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, will serve a three-year term on the ASTM International board of directors. ASTM is an organization that offers global access to technical standards development.
Gbur also serves as senior research associate in the department of materials science and engineering and is a member of the Advanced Manufacturing and Reliability Center at Case Western Reserve University. She is an adjunct faculty member in mechanical engineering at Youngstown State University. Her work focuses on fatigue and fracture behavior of materials used in biomedical applications and the development of emerging technologies to improve devices used in neural-interfacing systems.
An ASTM International member since 2012, Gbur serves as second vice chair of the metallography committee (E04) and chair of its long-range planning subcommittee. She is also a member of the committees on fatigue and fracture (E08), mechanical testing (E28), and medical and surgical materials and devices (F04). Gbur has been honored by E04 with the Award of Appreciation in 2018 and by E08 with the M.R. “Mitch” Mitchell Best Student Presentation Award in 2014. She has also received the ASTM Graduate Scholarship (2015).
Gbur holds a BE and MSE in materials and mechanical engineering from Youngstown State and a PhD in materials science and engineering from Case.