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NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Robert B. Fagenson ’70: Member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chair, Quantum Computing Inc.
Jeanne McGovern ’80: Member of the Board of Directors, Huntsman Corporation
Amir Hamzah Azizan ’90: Chief Executive Officer, EPF Malaysia
Rakesh Mehta ’91: Vice Chairman, J.P. Morgan
Jay Mandel ’00: Corporate Trainer, Association of National Advertisers
Joe Lettween ’02: Principal, Head of Data & Analytics, OSSO Capital
Brian Morris ’03: President/Owner, Upstate Granite and Marble
Jessica (Logan) Joanis ’05: Director of Development, American Diabetes Association
James H. Choi ’11, ’12 MS: Director, Financial Applications Systems, Shutterstock
Larissa Sanz ’14: Brand Manager, Five Two at Food52
Jennifer Swirnow ’14: Human Resources Business Partner, Kohl’s
Zachariah Clickman ’15: Assistant Vice President, Solution Advisor – Treasury Solutions Group, PNC
Mei Han ’15 MBA, ’17 MA (A&S): Senior Director, Institutional and Capital Markets Analytics, Bankers Healthcare Group
Kristina Bugg ’16: Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Lead, Tapestry
Rubeisy Collado ’16: College Coach, Beyond 12
Dale Dykes ’16: Manager, Content Distribution FP&A, NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Jake Katz ’16: Senior Consultant, IT Advisory, Avanade
Dylan Weinberger ’16: Security and Compliance Manager, Nestlé Nespresso SA
Simon Winokoor ’16: Senior Analyst, Michael Kors
David Baker ’17: Senior Strategy Analyst, Global Business, PepsiCo
Zachary Barger ’17: Principal Consultant and Director of Operations
Patrick Condy ’17: Senior Associate, Evercore
Isabel Hodgson ’17: Account Executive, FRAME
Daniel Knapp ’17 MBA: Strategic Client Executive-Global, UnitedHealth Group
Logan Margolis ’17: Relationship Manager, Commodity Corporations, Bloomberg LP
Emily Murphy ’17: Merchandise Analyst, Nordstrom
Beth Wilner ’17: Associate E-Commerce Manager, The Inside
Eliza Hsu Chen ’18: Senior Graphic Design Specialist, Royal Caribbean Group
La Nae Durden ’18 MBA: Inclusive Leadership and Development Manager, Apple
Yanjun “Sophia” Li ’18: Research Executive, Ipsos China
Daniel Wolff ’18: AVP, Rate Sales, HSBC
Jade Daniels ’19 MBA: Board of Advisors, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club
Haley Kim ’19: Content Producer, Redis Labs
Tamara Seredneva ’19 MBA: Data Scientist Manager, Wavemaker
Tyler Newman ’20: BLP Rotation 2: Emerging Markets Client Development at CareCredit, Synchrony
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
John Buhrmaster ’86 (pictured below), president and chief executive officer of 1st National Bank of Scotia, has assumed the leadership role of vice-chair on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Community Bank Advisory Council. He will transition to committee chair in October.
Faraz Siraj ’95, vice president of channel sales at Code42, was recognized as a leading IT channel vendor executive on the 2021 list of Channel Chiefs.
IN THE MEDIA:
Nathaniel Cotanch ’12 (above), founder of Zia Hatch Chile Company, was included in the first 250 of the Forbes Next 1,000 list.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS:
Alec Speckhart ’12 and wife Brittany welcomed Oliver Philip Speckhart on Feb. 7.
Megan McDermott ’09 (below) and husband Badr Barco were married in Philadelphia on Dec. 11.
IN MEMORIAM:
Gregory Mathurin ’10, ’11 MS passed away on Feb. 2 at the age of 33.
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