Morehead-Cains on the move | Summer 2026

Kristin Baker ’85 was named to the UNC–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees in June.

Morehead-Cain Alumni landed new jobs, received accolades, stepped into new seasons of life, and more. Here’s who made a move this summer.

• Richard Vinroot ’63 received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in June, one of the highest civilian honors granted by the Office of the Governor of North Carolina. It recognizes individuals with a proven record of extraordinary service to the state and their communities.
• Mark Smith ’83 was named UNC Medical School’s 2026 Distinguished Alumnus. Mark is a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
• Kristin Baker ’85 was named to the UNC–Chapel Hill Board of Trustees in June. The longtime psychiatrist has previously served on the board of directors for UNC Health and Carolina Alumni. She represented the 82^nd House District in the North Carolina General Assembly from 2020 to 2025.
• Jeremy Kelly ’90 was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2026 New Year Honours, receiving the insignia from King Charles III at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle in June. One of the United Kingdom’s highest civilian honors, the OBE recognizes distinguished national or international achievement and service. His appointment honors more than two decades of volunteer leadership with the Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation, where he serves as board chair and lifetime trustee.
• Tommy Koonce ’95 was named associate dean of admissions for the UNC School of Medicine, effective July 1. The alumnus previously served as associate chief medical officer for outpatient services for the faculty practice at UNC Medical Center and as a professor in the Department of Family Medicine.
• Sean Wiswesser ’96 was invited in June to lecture at the University of Cambridge’s Intelligence Seminar and University of Oxford’s Emerging Threats Group on his book, Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War, published by Naval Institute Press. The alumnus also presented at the Atlantic Council, Institute for World Politics, and Center for the National Interest in Washington, D.C. The book, praised for its apolitical examination of the Russian intelligence threat to Western democracies, entered its second reprint within two months of launch.
• Patrick Methvin ’01 has been appointed interim president of the U.S. Program for the Gates Foundation.
• Ezra Rawitsch ’19 created custom maps of Los Angeles for an anthology of essays written by writers, journalists, and historians. The book, to be published in November 2026, traces politics, sports, weather, and wildlife over the course of one year.
• Wehazit Senayt Mussie ’26 was selected as a 2026–2027 fellow for the Congressional Hunger Center’s Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program. Following orientation and field training in Washington, D.C., she will spend five months with community-based organizations across the United States before returning to Washington in February for a second placement focused on national anti-hunger and anti-poverty policy. At Carolina, she spent three years as a research assistant at the Nutrition Research Institute, where she worked on accessible solutions to eating disorders within the context of the broader food landscape.
• Trinity Sanders ’26 was accepted to Yale Divinity School’s three-year program with the Marquand Scholarship. She will begin this fall, serving concurrently as a lay associate pastor at a local church. Sanders plans to develop AI ethics training programs for churches and other nonprofits.