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NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Maria Renna Sharpe ’80: Board of Directors, LGI Homes, Inc.
Scott McLaughlin ’89: Head of Equities, William Blair
Roger Carges ’90, ’91 MS.Ed.: Associate Director, Sales, Merck
Maj. Gen. (ret.) David P. Glaser ’94: Chief Strategy Officer, Sam Houston State University
Kevin Varadian ’97: Senior Vice President, Homebuyer Success, Tomo
Ryan Korby ’06 (NEW), ’08 MBA: Senior Research Analyst, Third Avenue Management LLC
Matthew McArdle ’07: Shareholder, Partner, DiMarco, Abiusi, and Pascarella CPAs
Aaron Posner ’07: Senior Vice President, Head of Treasury, Two Sigma
Eric Steckelman ’07 MBA: Vice President, Business Development, Communications, Syneos Health
John D’Agostino ’12 MBA: Assistant Brewer, Packaging Line Supervisor, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Alexandra Fischer ’14: Associate Director, Account Management, Dotdash
Carlos ‘CJ’ Cervantes Jr. ’15: Senior Manager, Business Development Operations, Marvel Entertainment
John Matthews ’16 MS: Tax Manager, PwC
Brandon McCaffery ’16, ’17 MS: Manager, M&A Advisory, PwC
Terell Drayton ’17: North America Brand Marketing Lifestyle Manager, Nike
James Eisenberg ’17: Senior Associate, Account Management, Third Bridge Group Limited
Sloan Genzer ’17: Senior Assistant Buyer, Luxury Bedding, Bloomingdale’s
Robert Hall ’17: Financial Analyst IV, Fidelity Investments
Anila John ’17 MBA: Manager, Strategic Insights, Publicis Canada
Alyssa Leyden ’17: Procurement Buyer, HelloFresh
Nick Metzger ’18: Associate, Citadel
Owen Murphy ’21: Agent, Addison Wolfe Real Estate
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Wendy Berger ’88 (below), chief executive officer and president of WBS Equities, LLC, was named one of 22 Cannabis Leaders Who Will Shape the Industry in 2022 by mg Magazine.
Jessica Santana ’11, ’13 MS (iSchool) (below), co-founder and chief executive officer of America On Tech, kicked off 2022 with a live segment on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, which featured American On Tech and two other organizations selected as inaugural “culture catalysts.”
Cheddar News welcomed Dan Folkman ’12 (below), senior vice president of business at Gopuff and Young Whitman Advisory Council Member, to discuss the massive expansion Gopuff experienced in 2021, meeting the needs of consumers that changed so drastically over the last two years. Folkman was also named to Business Insider’s list of 11 power players in the Instant Needs category.
Olivia Bowser ’16 (below), chief executive officer and founder of Liberate, pitched her venture on Shark Tank. The episode aired during Season 13 in December.
The Square-sponsored docuseries, Career Day, recently featured, Kelsey Davis ’19 (NEW), ’20 MS (below, far left), founder and chief executive officer of CLLCTVE, in the interview, Square Visits Forbes 30U30 Entrepreneur Kelsey Davis to Learn How She Bet on Herself and Founded CLLCTVE.
- May 2022 Class Notes - May 9, 2022
- April 2022 Class Notes - April 9, 2022
- March 2022 Class Notes - March 6, 2022