Class News and Notes

We welcome announcements of new jobs, promotions, board positions, marriages and family additions. Please visit our online submission form to share your news.

NEW POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS:

Cory Notrica ’91 – Senior Director, Digital Governance, PepsiCo

Lisa Halper ’92 – SVP and General Auditor, PepsiCo

John Cahill ’97 – Member of the Board Directors, Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York

Matthew R. Piechota ’00 – Advisory Board Member, The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants

Annie Turner ’03 – National Sales Director, Bolthouse Farms

Lee Krackow ’04 – Vice President, C2C Outdoor

Andrew Dreisiger ’06 – Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors

Chris Royal ’07 – Regional Sales Manager, Palo Alto Networks

David Koeppel ’07 – Senior Account Executive: Cross-Platform Sales, Conversant

John Reuter ’07 – Senior Account Executive, Salesforce

Douglas Finkelstein ’09 – Owner, CWT Logistics LLC

Angela Lee ’11 – Specialist of Network Support, Parts Logistics Department, Mercedes-Benz USA

Jessica Heaton ’11 – Officer, Legal Operations & Fulfillment Manager, Fifth Third Bank

David Held ’11 – Business Development Manager, Career Techniques Inc.

Thomas Howland ’12 – Strategist, Digital Investment, OMD USA

Andrew Wynschenk ’12 – Product Solutions Manager, Eyeview

Jeff Ryan ‘12 MBA – Senior Marketing Specialist, Welch Allyn

Allison Richards ’13 – Buyer, National Video Activation at Carat USA

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS:

Ryan Novak ’11 rose from the ranks of dishwasher to owner of the Chocolate Pizza Company. After working at the company for six years, he bought the business at the age of 21 and has led an explosive expansion with sales up 365 percent in just three years. Chocolate Pizza Company products are now sold at more than 1,200 retailers nationwide including Hallmark, Bass Pro Shops and Kinney Drugs and were featured on the Food Network’s “Unwrapped” and in Inc. Magazine. “People identify the name now and associate it with quality, taste and value,” according to Novak “and that has created the demand behind construction of our new facility.” Read more about the company’s expansion. 

Stacey Tank ’02, VP of corporate communications and external affairs at The Home Depot, is described by her former co-worker at Henieken USA as having “led transformational change and helped ignite business growth for some of the most successful and well-known companies in the world. She also accomplished this while traveling the globe, dedicating time to the causes she’s most passionate about, and raising two boys.” Read more about Tank’s accomplished career in PR Week’s Power List 2015.

UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS:

Be sure to stay connected. Keep your contact details current with the Syracuse University Office of Alumni Engagement.