Michael N. Burlant, BA ’82, JD ’86, and Elizabeth L. Elting-Burlant made an additional gift of $100,000 to the Michael N. Burlant and Elizabeth L. Elting Scholarship Fund.
Jay C. Coppoletta, ’03, and Carey A. Coppoletta made a gift of $50,000 to the Victors for Michigan Scholarship Fund. Jay is the chief corporate development and legal officer at PEAK6 Investments LLC.
Kevin M. Costantino, ’00, made a gift of $100,000 to the Law School Fund. He is the co-head of corporate finance, head of Greenhill International, and co-head of mergers and acquisitions in the United States at the investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. He has been with the firm for more than 20 years.
Jessica Gibson Rosen, ’01, made a gift of $50,000 to the Victors for Michigan Law Scholarship Fund. Based in Seattle, she serves as the vice president and associate general counsel at Amazon, one of several leadership positions she has held during her 17 years with the company.
Aidan Synnott, LLM ’89, and Elizabeth Grayer made a gift of $250,000 to establish the Synnott Grayer Family Scholarship Fund. Aidan is a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he has worked for 37 years.
Matthew P. Herrick, ’06, made a gift of $75,000 to the Victors for Michigan Law Scholarship Fund. He is a 25-year veteran of the securities industry and a former corporate attorney. He is the managing director of Herrick Wealth Advisory.
Barbara Jane Irwin, ’80, of Winnetka, Illinois, made a gift of $50,000 in honor of her Class of 1980 Reunion. She split her gift between the Barbara Jane Irwin Family Scholarship Fund and the Michigan Law Class of 1980 Scholarship Fund. Jane is retired from Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., where she served as senior vice president of administration until 2011. She serves on the boards of S&C Electric Co., the Chicago Botanic Garden, and the American Writers Museum. She also is a member of the Law School’s Development and Alumni Relations Committee.
Alex M. Liberman, ’89, and Kathryn L. Johnson, ’90, partnered with Stephanie Posner and her children, Marissa, Drew, Emmy, and Katie, to make a $100,000 gift to the Law School. The gift established the Ethan Posner Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of Ethan M. Posner, ’89, who died in February. Ethan was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP, where he developed a practice and expertise in federal investigations related to major pharmaceutical and health care organizations.
James C. Melvin, ’90, and Amy S. Melvin made a gift of $100,000 to establish the James and Amy Melvin Family Scholarship Fund. James is the president of the Connable Office in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Aaron A. Ostrovsky, ’05, and Andrea D. Ostrovsky, ’05, made a gift of $50,000 to the Victors for Michigan Law Scholarship Fund. Aaron is the general counsel at Russell Investments, and Andrea is a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Tyler Page, ’00, made a gift of $146,000 to the Law School Fund. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Cipher Digital Inc., a data center development company that specializes in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.
Sarah K. Rathke, ’01, made a gift of $100,000 to establish the Sarah Rathke Scholarship Fund. She is a partner in the New York and Cleveland offices of Squire Patton Boggs.
Raj N. Shah, BA ’95, JD ’97, and Diane M. Shah BS ’97, made a gift of $100,000 to establish the Raj N. and Diane M. Shah Scholarship Fund at the Law School and the Niranjan M. & Jayshree M. Shah & Dennis R. & Sue M. Yates Scholarship Fund at U-M’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Raj is a partner and chair of the Chicago litigation group at DLA Piper.
Arthur H. Siegal, ’86, and Michele A. Siegal, BA ’85, MBA ’93, documented a planned gift of $50,000 to establish the Michele and Arthur Siegal Law Student Support Fund. Arthur is a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, and Michele is the director of development and alumni relations at U-M’s Rackham Graduate School.
Joan P. Snyder, ’84, made a gift of $85,000 to the HBCU Go Blue Law Scholarship Fund in honor of Rasheeda N. Creighton, ’02. Joan is based in Portland, Oregon.
