The Washington Irish maintain an extensive list of alumni and current players, across a diverse career spectrum, who are willing and able to assist new recruits in networking and career help in the Washington D.C. metro area.

Old Boys Network

If you see a member of the Old Boy Network who you would like to get in contact with, fill out the form below, and our recruiting coordinator will help to make a connection.

*If you would like be added to the Old Boys Network, email Mark Seiss (vp@wirfc.org), and include the information provided in the following table.

First Name	Last Name	Irish Era	Industry(s)	Current Job	Past Professional Work	University(s)
Mark	Seiss	2005 to Present	Data and Analytics	Director, Predictive Analytics at Dun and Bradstreet	Mathematical Statistician at US Census Bureau	Virginia Tech
Ryan	Caldwell	2012 to 2017	Government Affairs, Communications, Lobbying	Vice President, J.A. Green & Company	Social Work	Duke University, University of Texas at Austin
Roger	Chaufournier	1981 to 1991	Health Care	Executive - Health Care Industry	Hospital and Medical Group Management, Managed Care, Population Health and Health Care Consulting and Technology	George Washington University
Robert	Guido	2005 to 2013	Government Affairs/Lobbying/Energy	Head of US Tax Policy, BP	US House of Representatives (2006-2013); bp (2013-present)	University of Pittsburgh
Merlin	Brittenham	2014 to Present	Law, Health Care	In-house counsel at PhRMA	Manatt Phelps & Phillips; Epstein, Becker, & Green	Stanford University, Columbia School of Law
Alex	Zeitchick	2007 to 2010	Psychology/Mental Health	Doctoral Licensed Clinical/Forensic Psychologist for the SC Department of Juvenile Justice		Xavier University, Connecticut College
Bill	Kelleher	1995 to 1998	Law	Director Gordon, Fournaris & Mammarella, P.A.		University of Delaware
Chris	Trainor	1988 to 1991	IT	IBM, Account Leader for DOJ	ATF Special Agent	University of Connecticut
Owen	Walsh	2001 to 2008	Advertising Technology	Technical Director, Advertising and Search Technology for Verizon Media	Software Engineering & Project/Program Management in Airline Reservation industry; Online Identity Management technology at AOL; Online Advertising Technology with AOL (now Verizon Media)	George Mason University, University of Limerick
John	Heisse	1981 to 1985	Law, Construction	Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	Braude Margulies Sacks & Rephan (law firm – DC, Baltimore); Pettit & Martin (law firm, SF) 1987-94: Thelen LLP (law firm, SF); Howrey LLP (law firm, SF); Pillsbury	Catholic University, University of California
John	Hanly	1997 to Present	IT	Head of IT Services for the International Food Policy Reserach Institute	Vice President of Technology at Center for American Progress, Director of Information Technology at Rare, Director of IT at American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, MIS Director at Association of Corporate Counsel	University of Limerick
Don	Cotchen	1980 to 1993	Industrial Market Research	Vice President of Sales, Industrial Info Resources Inc.	Internet publishing, B2B marketing- Construction, Energy & Industrial Market	American University, Georgetown University
Wade	Deliberto	2007 to 2012	Military, US Marine Crops	III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff G-3 (=Operations Officer) of ~27,000 Marines deployed in the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) Area of Operations; Stationed in Okinawa, Japan	USMC - Intelligence; Pentagon; Global Force Management; Reserve Integration; Operations	US Marine Corps
Brendon	Worley	2008 to Present	Government, Finance, Program/Project Management	Financial Systems Program Manager, Department of the Navy	Finance, Retirement Industry	Boston College
Chris	Putnam	2005 to 2015	Sales	Senior Director, Sales OPeratoins at Clarabridge	Senior Analyst, Oracle; Director, Consulting OPerations at Microstrategy, Account Manager at Adobe	Marymount, St. John Fisher College
Chris	Dunlavey	1989 to 1994, 2015 to 2019	Architecture/Construction, Professional Sports	President, Brailsford & Dunlavey (Program management), Owner, CENTERS LLC (Recreation facility management), Chairman, Old Glory DC (Professional sports team)	Owner at B&D, Owner at Centers LLC, Owner at Old Glory DC, Project Manager at MPC Associates, Architect at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill	George Washingotn University, Columbia University
Robert	Dillon	2006 to 2014	Communications, Journalism, Politics	Principal at FORA Partners and Agenda Global	Senior Vice President at Agenda LLC, Executive Director at Energy Choice Coalition, Associate Fellow at Josephy Rainey Center for Public Policy, Advisor at ConservAmerica, Communications Director for US Senator (Lisa Murkowski), Communications Director at US Senate, Energy Policy Analyst at Energy Intelligence Group	University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Thomas	Rigby	1993 to 2008	Legal, Venture Capital	Assistant General Counsel for SBIC Liquidation, U.S. Small Business Administration
Jack	Way			Project Manager at Arc Aspicio	Senior Manager at FEMA, Senior Consultant at Accenture, Scheduler at US Senate (Frank Lautenberg)	American University, Carnegie Mellon
James	Sams	1985 to 1991	Tax Law, Tax Accounting	KPMG, International Tax Partner	International Tax Group at KPMG, IRS Chief Counsel's Office	Brown University, University of Michigan Law School
Dave	Hennessey	1989 to 1996	Sales, Craft Brewing	Sales Executive at Muntons USA
Jim	Merklinger		Law	President at ACC Credentialing Institute		Wofford College, University of South Carolina
John	Studach	1985 to 1989	Education	Athletic Director
Michael	Bruce	1989 to 2000	IT and Security Technology	Vice President of Transportation and Border Security at Leidos	Senior Director at Anderson Consulting, Executive Director at Enterprise Application Development, US Department of Health and Human Services	Cornell University, Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Managment

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