Fall 2024 Class Notes

1970-1989

NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:

Jeffrey Jurick ’76: Associate Broker, AdvisoRE LLC


Michael Plaksin

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

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

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

 

 

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