New to Avici board
William Leighton '74 '77 has joined the board of directors at Avici Systems Inc. Mr. Leighton recently retired from AT&T after 28 years of service in various organizations, most recently as vice president of research at AT&T Labs, where he led the team responsible for AT&T’s core and directed research program. Prior to that, he was vice president of technology and services strategy at AT&T Labs.

Mr. Leighton has his master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton. He also completed an advanced management program at Harvard Business School.

Avici Systems is located in North Billerica, Mass., and is a provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet.

Anhalt joins Orbital
David A. Anhalt '77 has joined Orbital Sciences Corp. as senior director of special programs in the Advanced Programs Group. In this position, Mr. Anhalt will lead Orbital’s efforts in providing innovative space systems for the national security and military space market.
Previously, Mr. Anhalt was in the United States Air Force for 28 years, including serving in the Department of Defense and on the air staff at the Pentagon. Most recently, he served as chief of the Space Control and Advanced Technologies Division for the Undersecretary of the Air Force.

Mr. Anhalt received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy, and his master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton. Additionally, he holds a master’s degree in international relations from Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada.

New board member
Frost R.R. Prioleau ’82 is the newest member of the board of directors of Critical Path Inc. Mr. Prioleau is a managing partner of Blue Bridge Capital, a company he founded in 2003 to provide capital and management support to companies with high growth potential. In conjunction with investments made by Blue Bridge Capital, Mr. Prioleau is currently serving as the chief executive officer of the Nova Media Group and Blue Plex Partners. Prior to founding Blue Bridge Capital, Mr. Prioleau was president and a member of the board of directors of Intraware Inc.

Critical Path is a global provider of digital communications software and services. Mr. Prioleau earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

Bailey promoted
Adriene Bailey ’85 has been named executive vice president of business development and transportation purchasing for Pacer Stacktrain.

Ms. Bailey has more than 14 years experience in transportation-related planning and operations, holding key positions in logistics and equipment management for Pacer Stacktrain. She joined the Pacer organization in 2000 as vice president for planning for Pacer International, the parentorganization.

Ms. Bailey has served as assistant vice president for service planning and operations research at CSX Transportation, responsible for planning the merchandise operating network of more than 350 daily trains. She also has held posts related to operational, financial, and strategic planning for Southern Pacific Railroad, where she was vice president of service planning and design.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton and an M.B.A. in strategic management from the Wharton School of Business.

Baer is president, CEO
Jeffrey A. Baer ’95 is the new president and chief exe-cutive officer of Community of Science Inc., a Baltimore-based provider of information to the academic and scientific research communities.

Mr. Baer has been a member of the Community of Science senior management team since joining the organization in 1997, most recently serving as director of federal services.
Before joining Community of Science, Mr. Baer taught thermodynamics and engineering design at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore.

Mr. Baer earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton.

Community of Science provides Web-based critical information to facilitate scientific and academic research, and serves to connect its customers to scholarly information and resources. For more information about Community of Science, visit www.cos.com.