Fall 2024 Class Notes
1970-1989
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Jeffrey Jurick ’76: Associate Broker, AdvisoRE LLC
Michael Plaksin ’78, president and CEO of Alchera X, was featured in the 2024 C-Suite Magazine, produced by Los Angeles Times’ B2B Publishing, as one of the issue’s CEO Visionaries. Alchera X is an AI tech company engaging in the development and distribution of products involving visual AI, AI data, facial recognition, augmented reality, wildfire detection and health care solutions.
Christopher H. DeVoe ’79: Treasurer, Onondaga Chapter, Adirondack Mountain Club
Earl Evens Jr. ’79: Executive in Residence, Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama
Jeffrey Eades ’85: Partner, GEL Partners
Richard Buckanavage ’88 MBA: Managing Director, Reinsurance Group of America Inc.
Michele Simons ’88: Managing Director, 5C Investment Partners
Lee Zaretzky ’89: Member, Board of Directors, Steel Framing Industry Association
Gisele Marcus ’89, a member of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees, has been named vice dean, office of equity, diversity and inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis. Marcus was also recognized by CIO Views as one of the Top 10 Women Leaders in DEI. An author and frequent contributor to industry and academic publications, Marcus recently authored the Entrepreneur.com article “How to Lead a Multigenerational Workforce to Success” and provided perspectives in the BBC.com article “DEI is a lightning rod for controversy — but the practice isn’t dead.”
KEEPING IN TOUCH:
Doric Earle ’81 is a professor of practice at Southern Methodist University and co-founder of Restorative Farms. He mentors individuals from underserved communities to become entrepreneurs. Earle shares about his endeavors on his podcast, Reinvent4good.
1990-1999
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Matt Prohaska ’92: Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Media Center
Marc Berman ’93: Regional Sales Manager, Luminys Systems Corp.
Evan Aronowitz ’94: Director, Supply Strategy, Intel Corp.
Mike Jones ’95 MBA: Senior Director HR Service Center, Technology and Analytics, UCLA Health
Melanie Littlejohn ’97 MBA: President and CEO, Central New York Community Foundation
Aisha Thomas-Petit ’98: Chief Human Resources Officer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Jennifer S. Wilkov ’90 (WSM/NEW), president of Your Book Is Your Hook, business consultant, TED/keynote speaker, No. 1 best-selling author, podcast host and executive producer, was selected by the International Association of Top Professionals as the Top Motivational Speaker, Business Consultant and Best-Selling Author of 2024.
2000-2009
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Jay Mandel ’00: Founder, Marketing Accountability Council
Stephen Wilkinson ’00 MBA: Director, National Accounts, Aveo Oncology
John G. Dean ’04 MBA/M.P.A.: Associate Director, Defense Programs, Whitman School of Management, lieutenant colonel (retired)
Chad Wainman ’04: Team Lead, Gallagher Basset
Jessica Costner ’07: Global Procurement, Head of Raw Materials and Manufacturing Services and Capex, Diageo
Jamie Lawrence ’07: Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Adobe
Andrew Miller ’07: Partner, Landing Point
Harshal Shah ’07 MBA: Global Head of Device Strategy and Innovation, Sanofi
Eric Steckelman ’07: Executive Vice President of Business Development, Deerfield Agency of Brand
Rick Strasser ’07 MBA: Managing Director, Grant Thornton (US)
David Brian Cook ’08 MBA: Financial Management Instructor, Management Concepts
Samantha O’Connell ’09: Controller, Carrols Corp.
2010-2019
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Zachary Pienowski ’10: Lead Project Manager, National Grid
Jason Ross ’10: Managing Director, Cresset Partners
Daryl Cheung ’11: Supply Chain Manager, Samsung Semiconductor
David Seon ’11: National Account Manager, Constellation Brands - Circle K
Maple Chen ’12: Principal, Accord Group Holdings LLC
Nicole Darland ’12: Account Executive, Cole Haan
Nicole Lavon ’12: AVP, Data & Analytics, AdTheorent
Jeff Rickert ’12: Head of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Underwriting, Real Estate Finance, UBS
Jordan Fox ’13: Partner & Executive Producer, Par 3 Podcast
Davis Hull ’13 MBA: Regional Advisor Consultant, MainStay Investments
Samantha Raguso ’13: Product Development and Sourcing Manager, Women’s Elevated Apparel Brands, Walmart
Elizabeth Lafontaine ’14: Director of Research, Placer.ai
Alex Schwartz ’14: Project Manager, MRK Partners
Charlene Bozzi ’15: Senior Director, Human Resources, Novanta Inc.’s Precision Medicine Business Unit
Prat Dasari ’15 MBA: Channel Manager, Meta
Margot Dileno ’15: Ads Marketing, Go-To-Market/Digital Strategy, Netflix
Michael George Jr. ’15: Manager, Sales Strategy, Salesforce
Rennie Rechel ’15 MBA: Chief, Budget Operations Resolving Funds, United States Air Force
Ivan Robles ’15: Director, Global Strategic Planning, Salesforce
Jordan Arzi ’16: Director, Credit, Peachtree Group
Devin Carbaugh ’16 MBA: Chief Product Officer, Swiminista
Emily Goodman ’16: Technical Trainer, BlackLine
Michelle Hockett ’16: Director of Marketing, Epic Records
Jake Horowitz ’16: Vice President, Retail Leasing, Colliers
Gary Knapick ’16 MBA: Associate Vice President, Global Asset Management and Reliability, Sanofi
Bryan Samimi ’16: Investment Banking Vice President, Lincoln International
David H. Baker Jr. ’17: Supervisor, Finance Transformation, Arthrex
Ian Brown ’17: Manager, KPMG
Adrianna Carello ’17: Senior Marketing Manager, Rothy’s
William Carew ’17: Business Consultant, OneDigital
Adelina Colucci ’17: Buyer, Brunello Cucinelli
Patrick Condy ’17: Vice President, Evercore
Reza Daneshmand ’17: Vice President Finance, HUDDL3 Group
Nicholas Demmel ’17: Senior Manager, Customer Marketing, FanDuel
Jamie Gelberg ’17: Manager, Analytics and Metrics, Mastercard
Robert Hall ’17: Senior Manager, Finance, Fidelity Investments
Nicholas Hodge ’17: Tax Supervisor, WilkinGuttenplan
Anila John ’17 MBA: Associate Director, Insights and Search Engine Optimization, Publicis Canada
Viraj Khanna ’17: Investment Banking Vice President, Barclays Investment Bank
Christopher Lill ’17 MBA: Senior Group Manager, Hyundai Motor America
Javaughn Loftman ’17: Brand Partnerships Manager, TikTok
Taylor Motta ’17: Tax Manager, RenaissanceRe
Eva Narun ’17: Internal PR and Marketing Manager, Moroccanoil
Caroline Pusak ’17: Merchandise Planner, Beall’s Outlet
Evan Ronan ’17: Finance Manager, Brookfield PropertiesManager, Genpact
Sam Sirota ’17: Vice President, Greystone Monticello LLC
Angela Anastasi ’18: Business and Legal Affairs, RWS Global
Eli Carter ’18: Senior Account Executive Small and Medium-Sized Business, Attentive
Conor Chase ’18: SMB Account Executive, Emerging Markets, Okta
Angelo Damiano ’18: Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, Scrollmark
Matt Dumont ’18: Vice President of Finance, Elevate Entertainment Group
Phil Fasano ’18 MBA: Director Strategic Sourcing, Food and Beverage, Supply Chain, Carnival Corp.
Greg Fligor ’18: Senior Associate, Nautic Partners LLC
Max Gerstman ’18 M.S.: Director, Client Solutions and Analytics, Initiative
Ana Gomes ’18: Senior Associate, Investment Banking, G2 Capital Advisors
Andrew Litman ’18: Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Refjola Malushi ’18: Associate Director, Barings
Robert Melamed ’18: Corporate Finance Manager, Coty
Angela Montague ’18: Supply Planning Manager, Shark Beauty, SharkNinja
Richard Nigro ’18: Deputy Project Manager, Health Communications, ICF Next
Sally Phelps ’18: Associate Director of Influencer and Celebrity Marketing, Free People
Jack Reardon ’18: Vice President, Data Analytics, Havas Media Network
Mike Schiavone ’18 MBA: Vice President, General Manager, Terma Inc.
Jason Shaiman ’18: Senior Associate, K2 HealthVentures
Aaliyah Smith ’18: Senior Customer Success Manager, Amazon Web Services
Robinson Torres ’18: Senior Strategist, Learner Experience at Everfi
Daniel Wolff ’18: Vice President, HSBC
Rebecca Blekht ’19: Vice President, Product Manager, Synchrony
Anna Bupp ’19: Supervisor, Investment Management, Publics Health Media
Emily Dann ’19: Technical SEO Lead, Terakeet
Phelippe Daou Neto ’19: Director of New Business, Amazon Business
Prachi Dedhia ’19: Manager, Genpact
Esther Jo ’19: UX Designer II, BetMGM
Daniel Lehrman ’19: Inside Sales Representative, CaptivateIQ
Zachary Levine ’19: Senior Sales Executive, athenahealth
Xi (Angela) Liu ’19: Chief of Staff, Bioyond Robotics
Nick Morelli ’19: Principal Strategic Analyst, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
David Nam ’19: Manager, PwC
Luke Rinaldi ’19: Associate, Real Estate Finance, First Citizens Bank
Connor Rotenberg ’19: Account Supervisor, BGB Group
Erin Sciortino ’19: Finance and Strategy Manager, Liftoff Mobile
Lauren Sorrells ’19 MBA: Director of Operations, IATSE Local 695
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Olivia Bowser ’16, founder and CEO of Liberate and mindfulness expert, entrepreneur and speaker, recently launched Mentally Fit podcast.
Ron Arana ’19 MBA, managing partner of the Arana Group, a construction company based in San Francisco, was one of 35 individuals selected from a pool of 900 applicants for the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Access Network, a business accelerator program for minority CEOs and founders. Additionally, Arana Group was featured in a video produced by the Golden State Warriors and United Airlines in partnership with the Western Regional Minority Supplier Development Council. The video spotlighted Arana’s entrepreneurial success story as part of the Franchise Fund program, which sponsors minority-owned businesses to join WRMSDC’s Corporate Ready Program.
2020-2024
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Davis Blum ’20: Investment Banking Associate, Piper Sandler
Cole Charney ’20: Research Associate, Axiom Investors
Kristen Corrigan ’20: Account Executive, Growth Business, Salesforce
Parker Finestone ’20 MBA: Manager, Technical Accounting Advisory Group, EY
Claire (Huang) Hollasch ’20 MBA: Senior Product Manager, CoorsTek Inc.
John Jaroslawski ’20: Territory Manager, JSS GC, Milwaukee Tool
Cat Jordan ’20: Director of Investments, Lead Sports and Health Tech Partners
James Kang ’20: Senior Financial Analyst, Warner Music Group
Sydney Levy ’20: Portfolio Financing Analyst, Viking Global Investors
Quetzal Martinez ’20: Board Member, Social Media Club Global
Liam McGhee ’20: Senior Associate, Sourcing and Production, Boll & Branch
Jason Ohlstein ’20: Director of Business Administration, All American Assisted Living
Luz Perez ’20: Culture Strategist, Monks
Brendan Phair ’20: Audit Supervisor, Gray, Gray & Gray
Rachel Pinkel ’20: Associate Account Manager, Beautiful Destinations
Dustin Pruett ’20 MBA: Account Executive, Solberg Financial
Mitch Rudish ’20: Associate, IR, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners LLC
Nicholas Seis ’20: Portfolio Management Associate, Evensky & Katz / Foldes Wealth Management
Sam Turecamo ’20: Finance Business Partner, New England Gas, National Grid
Perri Vimadalal ’20: Revenue Finance Manager, X
Dominique Visser ’20 MBA: Program Analyst, U.S. Department of State
Kyle Alvarado ’21: Audit Senior, Deloitte
Domenic Biamonte ’21: Investment Portfolio Associate, Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Devon Canora ’21: Account Executive, Benchmark IT – Technology Talent
Jermaine Coles ’21: Portfolio Management Associate, Hall Capital Partners LLC
Michelle DeMaria ’21: Assistant Vice President, HSBC Innovation Banking
Lauren Fish ’21: Public Relations Executive, Guzmen y Gomez Mexican Kitchen
Caroline Mazza ’21 M.S.: Account Executive, MMGY NJF
William Mellusi ’21: Associate, Greystone
Emmanuel Ogando ’21: Project Accountant, Turner Construction Company
Shantal Risk ’21: Human Resources Executive Assistant, LionsPride Assistant LLC
Roxanne Rosenberg ’21: Supply Chain and Procurement Manager, La Fermière US
Todd Roshong ’21: Marketing Analyst, AQR Capital Management
Jon Russ ’21 MBA: Special Project Lead, Dandy
James Smyth ’21: Consultant, Financial and Strategic Solutions, Public Consulting Group
Russell Walker ’21: Sales Associate, Men’s Specialty, Ralph Lauren
Joshua Zymet ’21: Financial Analyst, Cord Meyer Development Company
William Cyrus Garrett ’22 MBA: Senior Vice President, Spero Studio
Hilli Goldhar ’22: Investment Banking Analyst, RBC Capital Markets
Melissa Gwilt ’15 (FALK), ’18 M.S., G’21 (MAX), ’22 MBA: Director of Budget and Administration, Syracuse University Libraries
Jeff Hingst ’22 MBA: Senior Analyst, Debt and Structured Finance Multifamily Capital Markets, Newmark
Alexander Jebaily ’22: Junior Equity Derivates Broker, TP ICAP
Vanessa Laungaphay ’22: Assistant Video Editor, RF Studio53
Jonathan Leibowitz ’22 MBA: Associate Product Manager, Kensho Technologies
Lauren Levin ’22: Associate Consultant, Cicero
Cecilia Marchini ’22 M.S.: Business Analyst, Gupta Media
Amit Mizrahy ’22 MBA: Senior Assurance Associate, ChonReznick LLP
Jenna Smooke ’22: Junior Sales Manager, Happier
Wilyanet Contreras ’23: Resident Service Manager, Willow Garden Memory Care
Tyler Fleischer ’23 MBA: Director of Marketing, The Tie
Sophie Green ’23: Business Technology Solutions Analyst, Deloitte
Danielle Kolodkin ’23 MBA: Manager, Brand Partnerships and Consumer Engagement, Abrams
Reid Ploshnick ’23: Business Development Representative, Vcheck
Evi Susilowati ’23 MBA: Production Manager, Frazer & Jones LLC
Jake Bard ’24: Capital Markets Associate, Lantern Real Estate Advisors + Partners
Kristyn Kleinhenz ’24: Information Technology Analyst, Jeffries