Class News & Notes Spring 2025
1970-1989
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Bruce Rosen, CPA ’83: Partner, Sasserath & Co.
Dana Appel Young ’85: Enterprise Account Executive, LottoShield
Christopher Jaeger ’87: Senior Advisor, Beacon Global Strategies
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Joseph Eppolito ’82 MBA received the Wall of Distinction Award for lifetime distinguished community service by Canastota Central School District, New York. Eppolito is a financial advisor for IBN Financial Services, and a past president of the Whitman Alumni Club of Central New York and a long-time adjunct professor at Whitman.
IN MEMORIAM:
Joseph C. Leavell ’83, ’85 MBA of Hingham, Massachusetts, passed away Oct. 12, 2024.
Andrew Earl Larew ’86 of Westport, Connecticut, passed away Oct. 21, 2024.
1990-1999
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
David Cordts ’90: Director of Sales, Sales Support and Marketing, Toyota Industries Commercial Finance
Krishan K. Batra ’92 MBA: President and CEO, Institute for Supply Management
Kelly Hines ’98: Head of Americas, Talent and Culture, Kone
2000-2009
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Lucas Fisher ’03 (IST), ’08 MBA: Senior Manager, Specialty Products Global Category Management, Xylem
Brett Bushinger ’05: Managing Director, Mizuho
Justin Opalenski ’06: Marketing and Investor Relations, Old Orchard Private Credit LLC
Russell Patchett ’06: Director, Deb Syndicate, Societe Generale
Adam Gregorius ’07: Producer and Senior Vice President—Total Rewards, Newfront
Jack Leeney ’07: Investor, Poolside
Jane Burke ’08: Supply Chain Manager, Amazon
Michael DePersia ’08: Financial Planning and Analysis, Molina Healthcare
Gary Louie ’08: Senior Spend Manager, Vizient Inc.
Vaibhav Shah ’08: General Manager, LiftOne
IN THE MEDIA:
Stacey Tank ’02 (WSM/NEW) was featured in the D Magazine article, “How Stacey Tank and DFW-based Bespoke Beauty Brands are Playing to Win.”
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Congratulations to the following Whitman alumni who were included on the Forbes Best in State Top Wealth Management Teams 2025 list:
Jason Mingelgreen, CFA ’04 (WSM/NEW) of the Broderick Mingelgreen Group at Sifel
Gwen (Le) Parks ’13 of the Simon-Marra- Parks Group at Morgan Stanley
Taylor Brady ’15 of the Brady Wealth Management Group at Morgan Stanley
2010-2019
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Jeffrey Hansel ’15 MBA, first vice president at Rockland Trust Company, has been appointed to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Lending Advisory Council. Hansel and his fellow council members will advise the SBA on small business lending matters and recommend policy and program changes to improve small businesses’ access to capital.
Jelani Chance ’10: Executive Director, Mid-Cap Financial Sponsors Group, JPMorganChase
Jorie Fox ’10: Director of Logistics, Horizon Organic
Stephen Lombardo ’10: Account Executive, Chewy Advertising
Katelyn Meola ’10 (WSM/NEW): Director, Brand Marketing—Sparkling Beverages, PepsiCo
Danielle Scott ’10 MBA: Senior Pricing Manager, Lockheed Martin
Lisa Sonneborn ’10: Health care Senior Advisor, MidCap Advisors LLC
Tom Albrecht ’11 MBA: Senior Project Manager, Kettering Health
Jason Garfield CPA ’11: Partner, UHY LLP, Certified Public Accountants
Joshua Bobrow ’12 MBA: Vice President— Purchasing, Magna International
David Buziashvili ’12: Treasury Director, Brookfield
Neal Casey ’12: Co-Head of Originations, UBS
Jing Martin ’12 MBA: Strategic Alliances Manager, Upland Software
Emily Deshaies CPA, ’13, ’14 M.S.: Senior Manager, The Siegfried Group
Vidhya Sagar Kumar Naidu ’13 MBA: Managing Consultant, Exusia
Olivia (Rotenberg) Holt CPA ’14, ’15 M.S.:
Accounting Manager, Prospect Capital Management
Kevin MacConnell ’14: Field Examiner, PNC
Ronald Gregory Tascarella ’14 MBA:
Senior Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, Pathfinder Bank
Max Wainer ’14: Team Lead, Customer Success, parcelLab
Amanda El-Haj ’15: Head of Finance— Continental Europe Transformation, HSBC
Adrienne Gulino ’15: Divisional Merchandising Manager, Ross Stores Inc.
Julie Johns ’15 MBA/M.P.A. (WSM/MAX): Budget Analyst, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Stephen Kolka ’15: Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, Brown Harris Stevens
Jessica Matos ’15: Dream In Color (employee resource group) Events Lead, National Basketball Association
Catherine McDonald ’15: Senior Manager, Beauty Business Operations, Macy’s
Kelley McKenna ’15: Senior Manager Consumer Markets and Insights, Degree and Axe, Unilever
Melanie Prior ’15 (WSM/NEW): Manager, Change Acceleration, Constellation Brands
Chelsea Ransom-Cooper ’15: Chair of the Young Whitman Advisory Council, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
Ethan Rothschild ’15 (WSM/NEW): Head of Human Resources, Nutrition North America, Unilever
Marissa Blanchard ’16 (WSM/NEW): Social
Media Manager, TodayTix Group
Alex Bruno ’16: Corporate Recruiter, The Vitamin Shoppe
Nicholas Dickinson ’16: Chief Financial Officer, Sauce Essentials
Nathan Fornal ’16: Fixed Income Associate Trader, Capital Group
Lauren Goldberg ’16: Senior Sales Account Manager, Amazon
John Graham ’16: Supervisor of Financial Analysis, Sig Sauer
John Grib ’16: Vice President of Investments, Jadian IOS
Rami Jackson ’16 (WSM/MAX), G’22 (MAX): Senior Consultant, REI Systems
Eric Klein ’16: Chief Revenue Officer, Stealth Startup
Caitlyn Murphy ’16: Product Delivery Manager, Bloomberg
Dylan Weinberger ’16 (WSM/IST): Senior Data Classification and Privacy Specialist, M&T Bank
Kelsey Weston ’16 (WSM/NEW): Vice President, Director of Customer Experience, DDB Health New York
Haley Albert ’17: CRM Campaign Manager, T-Mobile
Gavin Dowd ’17: Senior Manager Corporate Development, Saltchuk
Vanessa Eatz ’17: Principal Consultant of Architecture, Harper Harrison
Joe Egidio ’17: Large Enterprise Account Executive, Box
James Eisenberg ’17: Customer Success Manager, S&P Global
Stephanie Gal ’17: Mid-Market Account Manager, monday.com
Eric Lebedin ’17: Vice President, Liquidity and Treasury Sales Specialist, J.P.Morgan Private Bank
Joe Lee ’17: Senior Vice President of Investments, Dominari Securities
Sam Levis ’17: Mid-Market Account Executive, Level IV, Gong
Eva Narun ’17 (WSM/NEW): Director of Public Relations, Attentio PR
Caroline Pusak ’17: Buyer, Foot Locker
Jacob Rackmil ’17: Enterprise AccountExecutive—Federal, Box
Annie Chu ’18: Global Operations Associate, Flexport
Corey Dender ’18: Associate Director of Finance Operations, IPG Mediabrands
Alexandra Dodge ’18: Senior Merchandise Planner, Stitch Fix
Ana Gomes ’18: Corporate Development Manager, Diploma PLC
Connor Hughes ’18: Executive Vice President, Harmony Housing Affordable Development
Brigid Kennedy ’18 (WSM/NEW): Breaking/ Trending News Writer, Sports Illustrated
James Matlesky ’18: Commercial Bank Risk Manager, KeyBank
Ryan O’Hara ’18: Vice President, BlackRock
Victoria Parker ’18, ’21 M.S: Sourcing Manager, NBC Universal
Jason Abell ’19 MBA: Account Executive, AIS
Grant Chamberlain ’19: Tax Manager, The Bonadio Group
Emily Dann ’19 (WSM/NEW): Senior Search Engine Optimization Associate, Seer Interactive
Alex Duffy ’19: Financial Due Diligence Manager, PwC
Sarah Flaherty ’19: Associate Buyer II, The TJX Companies Inc.
Natalia Grosfeld ’19: Senior Merchandise Planner, Ross Stores Inc.
Kristen Hurley ’19: Supervisor, Paid Search, Mediahub Worldwide
Khalil Jean-Baptiste ’19: Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Zachary Levine ’19: Sales Executive, Skematic
Carl MacEwen ’19: Vice President, Financial Institutions Sales and Solutions, Citi
Devin Miller ’19, G’23, L’23: Associate, McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP
Anthony Mongelluzzo ’19: Senior Staff Accountant, 4th Sector Solutions Inc.
Megan O’Donnell, CPA ’19: Manager, PwC
Catherine (Fields) Park ’19 MBA: Senior Manager—People Operations, Milestone Systems
J.P. Pham ’19 MBA: Vice President, Umax Shipping Inc.
Sarah Quady ’19 (WSM/NEW): Lead Product Analyst, Zocdoc
Taylore Ratsep ’19: Senior Demand Generation Manager, Rescale
Brittney Scheriff ’19: Vice President, Bank of America
Nathaniel Solomon ’19: Vice President of Business Development, Beecher Reagan Capital
IN MEMORIAM:
Ankita Varman ’19 passed away Jan. 25, 2025. A video tribute honoring Ankita’s life can be viewed at www.ingramfuneralhome.com/obituaries/ ankita-varman.
2020-2024
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Nneka Akukwe ’20 (MAX), ’22 MBA: Vice President, Client Advisor, Marsh
Danielle Barenholtz ’20: Account Manager, Strategic, Rippling
Logan Blumenthal ’20: Chief Operating Officer, Noah Chemicals
Matt Brodie ’20: Revenue Operations Manager, IBISWorld
Jim Camp ’20: Senior System Deployment and Implementation Specialist, Sherwin-Williams
Kevin Crowley ’20: Director, Fidelity Investments
Dorinda Foster ’20 MBA: Vice President, BNP Paribas
Brett Genzer ’20: Vice President, BNY
Emily Hua ’20: Assistant Accounting Manager, Rokt
Keni Jheun ’20 MBA/M.S.: Vice President - Commercial Property Management, Onni Group of Companies
Jason Mathios ’20: Director of Sales, Ace Apparel & Promotions
Carter Morris ’20: Associate, U.S Real Estate, The Carlyle Group
Dustin Pruett ’20 MBA: Partner, Solberg Financial
Madison Rademacher ’20: Assistant Property Manager, Marx Realty
Sean Ross ’20: Financial Professional, New York Life
Quetzal Sebastian Martinez ’20: Associate Marketing Manager, Zolay
Nathan Sommer ’20 MBA: Avionics Technician, U.S Air Force Reserve
Andrew Southard ’20: Account Executive, Key Accounts, Automation Brand, IBM
Jack Walls ’20: Senior Associate, Tamarix Capital Partners
Joshua Wennrich ’20 MBA: Host Recruiter, Sporcle Inc.
Spencer Wilcox ’20: 401(k) Product Integrity Analyst, Paychex
Jinni Yang ’20: Strategic Market Insight Lead, PayPal
Ruth Bang ’21: Director, FTI Consulting
Charles Courtenay ’21: Associate Investment Advisor, Masterworks
Madison Dallas Hofrichter ’21: Rewards Marketing Planner, Kohl’s
Margaret Dude ’21: Programmatic Manager, EssenceMedia.com
Brendan Foy ’21: Senior Underwriter, Chubb
David Hart ’21: Settlement Consultant, Hart Settlement Group
Xinan Huang ’21: Assistant Analyst, HighLight Capital
Max Kennedy ’21: Supply Chain Manager, SizTech LLC
Ryan Klinger ’21: Investment Banking Associate, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Tommy Meusel ’21: Senior Account Executive, Expel
Ben Munick ’21: Senior Consultant, Applied Value Group
Brigid Naughton ’21 (WSM/IST): Senior Analyst, People Change Management, CIBC US
Julius Rees ’21: Investment Banking Associate - Public Finance and Infrastructure, Stifel Financial Corp.
Omari Romain ’21: Operations Manager, Success Academy Charter Schools
Jake Zeidman ’21 (WSM/NEW): Senior Associate, PwC
Amanda Blutig ’22: Sales and Trading Associate, Bank of America
Matthew Bromberg ’22: Investment Associate, J.P. Morgan
David Browne ’22: AVP-ADP, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Tyler Cianciola ’22: Senior Commercial Account Executive, Navan
Spencer Gross ’22: Corporate Account Executive, Launch Darkly
Matt Keenan ’22: Senior Account Executive, Prosek Partners
Emma McSherry ’22: Senior Associate, Marketing and Growth Strategy, Omnicom Health Group
McKayla Murphy ’22: Senior Financial Analyst, The TJX Companies Inc.
Jenna Smooke ’22: Associate Partner Manager, Walmart Connect
Yani Carter ’23 MBA: Talent Negotiations Manager, ESPN
Christian Gaucci ’23: Orthopedic Sales Representative, Arthrex
Michael Hills ’23 MBA: Initiative Demand Manager, Procter & Gamble
Daniel Liquori ’23: Junior Clinical Marketing Specialist, Straumann Group
Sam Roberto ’23: Analyst, Cambridge Realty Partners
Win Tran ’23: SDR, RingLink
Mallika Gore ’24: Growth Marketing Associate, Superbolt
Tanisha Mehta ’24 M.S.: Associate in Financial Due Diligence, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Smita Sawant ’24 M.S.: Audit Associate, FustCharles
Brianna Tubbs ’24 M.S.: Accounting Manager,
Ashley McGraw Architects D.P.C.
Alexander Ward ’24 MBA: Logistics Strategic Sourcing Specialist, Metrea