JMC Alumni Notes: April 2026

Summary

Recent career-related updates from James Madison College alumni.

The following updates were shared in JMC's April 2026 alumni newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter online. Share an alumni-related update (including your own!) via Qualtrics:

Avonleigh Blenkhorn (SRP & IR ’25) is working as a field organizer for MI Supreme Court Chief Justice Megan Cavanagh and Justice Noah Hood’s joint re-election campaign.

Erik Bubolz (PTCD ’20) competed as a contestant on Jeopardy on April 13. Bubolz is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Patrick Jackson (IR ’94) received the Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions Faculty Award from American University, where he teaches in the School of International Service.

Abby Locke (SRP ’23) was accepted into the National Cooperative Business Foundations and Cooperative Development Foundation’s Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Fellowship.

Eileen Vesey (IR ’03) is the new Executive Director of the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago. She looks forward to building programs and partnerships that strengthen community connections through culture and shared experience.