Class News & Notes (Winter 2023)
1949-1979
IN MEMORIAM:
 | Robert B. Menschel ’51, H’91, Syracuse University Trustee, philanthropist and financial icon, passed away on May 27 at the age of 92. |
Harry E. Goetzmann Jr. ’59, Syracuse University Emeritus Trustee, passed away on April 20. Goetzman was a serial entrepreneur who served his alma mater, nation and world.
1980-1989
Whitman Alumnus Joins University’s Board of Trustees
By Syracuse University Staff
Syracuse University has announced the election of five new members to its Board of Trustees, all with backgrounds in business and philanthropy. Individually and collectively, these new trustees have enhanced the student experience and advanced the University’s mission by supporting scholarships, programs and services that prepare students for success.
One of the new Trustees is Whitman alumnus Steven R. Becker ’73. Becker is executive vice president, treasurer and compliance officer for the nation’s largest distributor of wine and spirits, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, which operates in 44 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. He is responsible for the company’s treasury management functions, including bank relationships, cash management, mortgages, leases, real estate transactions and all financings. Additionally, he is responsible for managing the company’s government affairs on both the state and national levels, and compliance with all regulatory aspects of the business.
Before Southern, Becker worked for Knickerbocker Liquors Corporation, starting as a sales manager of the New York distributor’s wine division and becoming assistant general sales manager and then assistant to the president.
Becker serves on the Whitman Advisory Council, the Franklin Supply Chain Advisory Board and the Hillel Board of Governors. The naming of the Steven R. Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management reflects his commitment to his alma mater.
He graduated in 1973 with a bachelor’s in finance from the Whitman School. He earned a juris doctor degree from the School of Law at Boston University in 1976 and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1978.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
 | Hal Fetner ’83, president and CEO of Fetner Properties, Syracuse University Trustee and Whitman Advisory Council member, received the Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award. |
IN MEMORIAM:
Nanci Perle Kushner ’87 passed away on March 21.
Timothy Sullivan ’88, ’92 MBA passed away on June 16.
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Beth Perlman ’82: Managing Director - CIO Advisory, Think
Mark Ehde ’83: DbDC Technical Lead, Kyndryl Holdings Inc.
George Cardoza ’84: Chief Executive Officer, AccuraGen
Louis Weidt ’88: Relationship Manager, Siemens AG
Kevin Harris ’89: Supply Chain Director, North America, Ampacet Corporation
1990-1999
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Michael Day ’91: Chief Financial Officer, MetaLab
James Toto ’91: Partner, Private Client Practice, Sax LLP
Dave Gaetano ’92: Senior Account Executive, Amazon Ads
Gina M. Mazzariello ’93: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals
Kelli Valade ’94 MBA: Chief Executive Officer and President, Denny’s Corporation
Kerry Wills ’95: Digital Nexus - Senior Director Client Process Agility, KPMG
Jeanne Edwards ’96 MBA: Chief Procurement Officer, AIG
Yvonne Scott-Younis ’96 MBA: Director of Marketing, The Paige Group
Jeffrey Souva ’97: Enterprise Program Management Office, Vice President, MUFG
Kevin Varadian ’97: Senior Vice President Sales and GM – North America, CoachHub
Jill Lyon ’98 M.S.: Senior Project Manager, Constellation
Lou Amo ’99 MBA: President, Truck Brokerage, XPO Logistics Inc.
Jeff Cordisco ’99, ’06 MBA: Director, Fairstead
Barrett Ilic ’99: Director of Business Development, Whiplash
2000-2009
 | Elisabeth Dwyer ’06 has been elected vice president of the Syracuse University Alumni Association Board. She has been a member of the board since 2019 and chairs the diversity and inclusion committee. |
IN THE MEDIA:
 | Alyza Bohbot ’08, owner of Alakef Coffee Roasters and creator of City Girl Coffee brand, was featured on 3rd Hour of Today. Alyza shared that, shortly after she took over her family’s coffee business, she began to see the challenges faced by female coffee growers and soon launched sister company, City Girl, which raises awareness and sources its brew exclusively from female growers. |
 | Jeff Burbank ’08, co-founder and CEO of Oaza Beverages, discussed his specialty beverage brand in an interview on the Makers Gonna Make podcast. |
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Stephen Wilkinson ’00 MBA: National Corporate Account Director, Vifor Pharma
Ravindra Ramadhar ’02 MBA: President, Daicel Arbor Biosciences
Tracy Seligman ’02, ’03 M.S.: Managing Director, PwC
Betsy Hawley ’03: Vice President of Merchandising and Operations, De Beers Group
Nicholas Macaulay ’03: Senior Program Manager Saab Inc.
Meghan McKeegan ’04: Director, Commercial Marketing, Box
Jonathan Sandgarten ’04: Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Team Leader, M&T
Sarah (Smith) Francis ’05: Head of Participant Engagement, Public and Private Markets, Fidelity Investments
David Nguyen ’05: Dean, Ohio University College
Jeff Palumbo MBA ’06: Global Senior Product Manager - Esports and CTE, Lenovo
Patrick Patchen ’07: Strategic Growth Manager, Zoetis Inc.
Chris Royal ’07: Enterprise Account Executive, Datadog
Jeff Caravella ’01(NEW), ’08 MBA: Chief Financial Officer, Biotheryx Inc.
Caryn Espy ’09: Distribution Planning and Inventory Director, Unilever
Cassandra Kresch ’09: Account Manager, Warner Bros. Discovery
2010-2022
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS:
 | Josh Fishman ’12 and Emily Fishman ’12, welcomed Bram Asher Fishman on May 7. |
 | Andrew Klajbor ’12 and Alyssa Klajbor ’12 welcomed Connor James Klajbor on June 29. |
IN THE MEDIA:
 | Derrell Smith ’10 (IST), G’13 (NEW), Young Whitman Advisory Council member and executive producer and host of Mad Good Food on Tastemade, discussed his dedication to sharing nostalgic, soulful dishes on The Daily Blast Live. |
 | Chelsea Ransom-Cooper ’15, Young Whitman Advisory Council member and managing partner and director of financial planning at Zenith Wealth Partners, shared investing advice for the year ahead with Business Insider. |
Brandon Reiter ’16, founder of Skyview CFO, has released his first book, “Sky’s the Limit: Navigating a Business Launch.”
Richard Hutchison ’18 MBA was featured in the Vinton Messenger for bringing a “Shark Tank” experience to his eighth grade class at William Byrd Middle School, in Vinton, Virginia.
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Matthew Gelles ’10: President and Chief Executive Officer, NEFCO
Jacob Kurosaki ’10: Associate Director, Metlife
Brian Scasserra ’10: Director, Guggenheim Partners
Alison Sperling ’10 MBA: Head of Marketing, Flywheel Software
Omesh Bhatt ’11 MBA: Director, Matrix IFS
Tom Lyga ’11 MBA: Marketing Manager, Morris Products Inc.
Mark Stover ’11 MBA: Director, Medicaid Integration and Program Transformation, Humana
Julian Nico Enoch ’12: Inventory Planner, Curated
Sarah Green ’12: Senior Accounting Manager, Dr. Squatch
Matthew Palermo ’12: Music Economics and Valuation Manager, Citrin Cooperman
Kimberly Radesi ’12 MBA: Head of Marketing, Remble
Eric Reilly ’12: Account Director, MullenLowe U.S.
Peter Andon ’13: Manager, Mindshare
Anna McLane Butler ’13 JD/MBA: Senior Manager, Deloitte
Emily Deshaies ’13: Team Leader, The Siegfried Group
Rebecca Grossman ’13: Senior Associate Production Manager - Accessories, J.Crew
Davis Hull ’13 MBA: Business Development Executive, Vice President, Northern Trust Asset Management
Foster Rubin ’13: Senior Financial Analyst, William Morris Endeavor
Edward Walter ’13: Capital Markets, Partners Group
Natasha Bailey ’14: National Account Manager I, Community Coffee
Sierra Eldridge ’14: Associate Manager of Influence Marketing, Kinship
Ozy Feliz ’14: Senior Account Manager, Amazon
Joe Hanko ’14: Senior Delivery Manager, Amazon Web Services
Spencer Herbst ’14: General Manager, NYC, Returnmates
Sona Kim ’14: Growth Marketing Manager, Disney Streaming
Elizabeth Lafontaine ’14: Chief Retail Analyst, EnsembleIQ
Shelby Nahmias ’14: Senior Manager, Supplier Marketing, Wayfair
Brian Becker ’15 JD/MBA: Managing Counsel, Ditura Counsel
Rachel Firestone ’15: Associate Director, Vox Media LLC
Michael George Jr. ’15: Senior Analyst, Salesforce
Ankit Jindal ’15 MBA: Senior Manager, Deloitte
Elmer Luke III ’15: Investment Banking Associate, Mizuho
Jeremy Martin ’15: Senior Commercial Activation Specialist, The Trade Desk
Nicole Morreale ’15 MBA: Content Strategist, Mr. Smith Agency
Anabelle Uy ’15: Senior Marketing Manager, LinkedIn
Jimmy Zheng ’12 (ECS), ’15 MBA: Senior Manager, Monitor Deloitte
Jeremy Apple ’16: Managing Director, Riveron
Jacqueline Benavides ’16: Senior Manager, NBC Universal
Amanda Bergman ’16: Manager, Fashion Strategy, Chanel
Kristina Bugg ’16: Wholesale Merchandising Manager, SpaceNK
Devin Carbaugh ’16 MBA: Chief Operations Officer, Swiminista
Rubeisy Collado ’16: Program Manager, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Shawn Cummings ’16: Director of Operations, Critical Mass Group
Nicholas Dickinson ’16: Professional EOS Implementer, EOS Worldwide
Paige Gill ’16: Senior Product Manager, Fetch for Pets
Lauren Goldberg ’16: Account Manager, Amazon
Connor Greene ’16: Trust Solutions Manager, PwC
Susan Huang ’16: Manager, Internal Audit & Financial Advisory, Protiviti
Naim Hussein ’16: Tax Manager, EY
William Kane ’16: Commercial Credit Officer, Pioneer
Patrick Keenehan ’16: Finance Manager, Novanta Inc.
Ratna Khanduja ’16: Senior Associate, LinkedIn
Jessica Klein ’16: Buyer, Burlington Stores Inc.
William Landsberg ’16: Director, Kaufman Organization
Louis Leung ’16: Finance Manager, American Express
Natalie Metzgar ’16: Marketing Manager, WS Development
Tara Nason ’16, ’17 M.S.: Managing Consultant, CrossCountry Consulting
Alicia Pawelek ’16: HR Associate, ProArch
Alycia Renert ’16: Senior Operations Manager, Tomorrow Farms
William (Buddy) Wartell ’16: Vice President - Equity Sales Trader, Bank of America
Dylan Weinberger ’16: Information Security and Privacy Manager, Carrot Fertility
Joe Accinno ’17 MBA: Senior Financial Analyst, CareRev
Katherine Angst ’17: Associate Director, Integrated Planning, OMD USA
Annie Archibald ’17: Category Manager, Amazon Go, Amazon
Allison Baehr ’17: Security Analyst, TripleLift
Michael Bock ’17: Senior Auditor, Canandaigua National Bank and Trust
Adriana Brown ’17: Manager, Mid-Market Sales, Adobe
Savanna Canale ’17: Buyer, Ross Stores
Adelina Colucci ’17: Buying Coordinator, Brunello Cucinelli
Aaron Daughtrey ’17: Senior Consultant, Deloitte
Gavin Dowd ’17: Finance Manager, Business Development, SSA Marine
Alexis Drickel ’17 MBA: Lead Human Resources Business Partner, Petsmart
Karissa Farrel ’17: Senior Marketing Associate, Eli Lilly and Company
Max Gerstman ’17: Associate Director, Initiative
Brian-Michael Gloade ’17: Finance Associate, Valley Bank
Whitney Harrigan ’17: StreetLeader Director, UrbanPromise Charlotte
André Ishac ’17: Project Manager Associate, Omnispective Management Corp
Tom Kalaj ’17: Associate Director, EightBar
Alexis Katz ’17: Senior Manager, Travel Partnerships, Clear
Dustin Koff ’17: Director of Growth and Marketing, Visualize LTC Eye Care
Wissam Kolailat ’17 MBA: AVP Mortgage Product Management, Morgan Stanley
Mark Kolodkin ’17: Lead Associate, WTW
Sam Levis ’17: Senior Sales Development Representative, Gong
Alyssa Leyden ’17: Senior Procurement Buyer, HelloFresh
Jennie May ’17: Management Consulting Manager, Accenture
Lauren Natale ’17: Staff Accountant, Red Ventures
Caroline Pusak ’17: Merchandise Buyer, Beall’s Outlet Stores, Inc.
Amy Ribar ’17: Product Manager, Porsche Digital
Greg Gökçe Serdar ’17 Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Paseka School of Business, Minnesota State University
Max Solomon ’17: Official Scorer, Brooklyn Cyclones
Jenny Teng ’17: Sourcer (via Adecco), Google
Adriana Totino ’17: Manager, Strategic Planning, L’Oreal
Jordan Vecchio ’17: Credit Team Lead, Bankers Healthcare Group
Zachary Weinreb ’17: Property Manager, Milford Management Corp.
Lisette Weinstein ’17: Customer Transformation Manager, PwC
Katherine Winsor ’17: Senior Financial Consultant, UnitedHealthcare
Jessica Zoine ’17: Tax Manager, Deloitte
Hannah Zunick ’17: Senior Specialist Replenishment Planning, Nestlé Nespresso SA
Jess Behr ’18: Merchandising Manager, De Beers Group
Samuel Busco ’18: Senior Associate, PwC
Corey Dender ’18: Client Operations Manager, Horizon Media
Deanna Der ’18: Associate Director, Strategy, VaynerMedia
Mollie Falk ’18: Account Executive, G-III Apparel Group
Max Gil ’18: Associate Manager, SS&C Technologies
Matt Gloger ’18: Real Estate Agent, Halem Group, Compass
Nicholas Goodwin ’18: Finance Associate, Blackstone
Olivia Hager ’18: Senior Merchant, Birch Lane, Wayfair
Crystal Hawley ’18: Associate Product Marketing Manager, Google
Nicholas Jacobs ’18 JD/MBA: Senior Director, Finance and Operations, STS Trailer & Truck Equipment
Marisa Faye Joachim ’18: Account Manager, Stylitics
Christopher Johnson ’18 MBA: Vice President, Marketing, Waypoint Residential
Emily Kenney ’18: Executive Trainer, Rocket Central
Nicole Kibler ’18: Demand Planner Analyst, Diageo
Swetha Krishnan ’18 M.S.: Senior Associate, PwC
Jordan Lazarus ’18: Senior Financial Planning Analyst, Imre
Michael Lerner ’18: Team Lead - Enterprise Business Development, GitLab
Peter Menaker ’18: Advisory Account Technical Leader - Lowe’s, IBM
Matthieu D. Menand ’18: Staffing Manager, Amazon
Kalvin Peary ’18: Talent Buyer, The Bowery Presents
Sally Phelps ’18: Senior Influence Marketing Manager, Free People
Matthew Przybysz ’18: Associate, Jennison Associates LLC
Mackenzie Shine ’18: Senior Associate, PwC
Carla Spera ’18: Senior Consultant, The Hackett Group Inc.
Hoa Truong ’18 MBA: Digital Marketing, 10x Genomics
Jacob Urban ’18: Trader, Sunoco LP
Sterling Talob Waters ’18: Manager, Strategy and Consulting, Utilities and Power Gen, Accenture
Abigail Wells ’18: Supervisor, Mediahub Worldwide
Mikayla E. Bonseñor ’19: Senior Analyst, American Express
Frank Britto ’19: Tax Senior, EisnerAmper
Evan Cavallaro ’19: DC Operations Analyst, Converse
Tommy Chen ’19: Senior Associate, Digital Investment, Mindshare
Klint Drici ’19: Senior Business Development Executive, Mesh Payments
Randall Florek ’19: Product Owner, PNC
Dasha Foley ’19: Customer Success Manager, Starburst
Jack Geismar ’19: Enterprise Account Executive, Adenza
Amelia Goldstein ’19: ACE Associate, Houlihan Lokey
Devin Goldstein ’19: Associate, PwC
Tiana Gong ’19: Assistant Vice President, Citi Global Wealth
Matthew Gutierrez ’19: Staff Writer, Fundstrat Global Advisors
Caelan Houle ’19: Associate, Amity Companies LLC
Cassandra Kurtin ’19: Senior Associate, PwC
Daniel Lehrman ’19: Enterprise Business Development, CaptivateIQ
Michael Leong ’19: Associate, Management Consulting, KPMG
Sam Levy ’19: Client Developer Manager, Third Bridge Group Limited
Jamie Martin ’19: Program Manager, RenoRun
Benjamin Nordwick ’19: Principal, Proco Commodities
Sachin Patel ’19: Corporate Account Executive, Tanium
Courtney Pulicella ’19: Digital Strategist, Ketchum
Marshall Ruffing ’19: Senior Financial Analyst, Verizon
Anderson Serrata ’19: HPS Investment Partners LLC
Amanda Shaughnessy ’19: Senior Consultant, Risk Transformation, EY
Daniel Strauss ’19: Associate, Charles River Associates
Adrianna Switzer ’19: Project Manager, Butler/Till
Jordan Thompson ’19: Endorsements Coordinator, Chroma Media Partners
Alison Verp ’19: Senior Analyst, R3
Audrey Yoo ’19: Sales Development Lead, Teachers Pay Teachers
Cafui Awasu ’20: Consultant, Butterfly
Joseph DiLillo ’20: Product Growth Analyst, Meta
Aby (Boyang) Feng ’20: Senior APAC CRM and Marketing Analysis Specialist, Daniel Wellington
Peter Hayward ’20: OFLP Associate, General Electric
Sandhya Iyer ’20: Senior Associate, Marketing, Chief
Jason Robbins ’20: Analyst, Pelorus Equity Group Inc.
Kassady Sever ’20 MBA: Buyer, 7 For All Mankind
Victoria Tramontana ’20: Product Manager, The Esteé Lauder Companies Inc.
Marco Viera ’20: Area Manager Network Engineering & Operations, Verizon
Domenic Biamonte ’21: Capital Markets Analyst, Nasdaq
Emily Blum ’21: Investor Relations Associate, Prosek Partners
Kristopher Markert ’21: MRP Associate, Capital One
Lindsay Sayour ’21: Senior Research Analyst, Savanta
Amanda Blutig ’22: Sales & Trading Analyst, Bank of America
Andrew Dranoff ’22: Analyst, Deloitte
Tara MacGregor ’22: Client Financial Services Representative, Bloomberg LP
Kuldeep Mangalore ’22 MBA: Business Analyst V, Magnit
Stefanie Sullivan ’22 MBA: Vice President, Data Science Business Leader, Nielsen
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