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NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Judd Caplain ’82: Global Head of Financial Services, KPMG
Christine Ho ’00: Founder and Owner, Dough In The Oven
Lucas Fisher ’03, ’08 MBA: Senior Manager, Global Category Management – Castings, Xylem, Inc.
William Maguire ’03 MBA: Chief Operating Officer Nuclear Operations, Entergy
April Coen ’06: Senior Director, Audience & Data Strategy, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Epsilon
Alyssa Chimileski ’06, ’10 MBA: Program Manager, Lockheed Martin
Kimberly Blasiak ’08: Outreach Coordinator, NYS PTA
AJ Malta ’08: Manager, Men’s Sales, Jack & Jones, BESTSELLER
Brandon Lawler ’09: Financial Advisor, TrueView Financial
Reema Amin ’12: Senior Director, Marketing & Brand Advocacy (Celebrity and Influencer Relations), WW
Dan Folkman ’12: Senior Vice President, Business, Gopuff
Ryan McKenna ’13: Vice President Business Development, PRISM Vision Group
Leon Lyazidi ’14 MBA: Director Marketing Analytics, Disney Streaming Services
Preston Harris ’16: Director of Strategy, SouthWood Corporation
David Campos ’17 MBA: Director of Sales and Customer Support, Garlock Family of Companies
Brian Gladstone ’17: Vice President, Meridian Capital Group
Nicole Lerner ’17: Senior Buyer and Planner, Mavie Solutions, Inc.
Ria Dhuper ’18: Associate Sales Strategist, AccuWeather
Christopher Joodi ’18 MBA: Sales Development, Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.
Samuel Monn ’19 MBA: Plant Manager – Films, Sealed Air
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Syracuse University Trustee Christine Carona ’85 (below), executive director and financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Top Women Advisors 2021 as well as one of Forbes’ Best-In-State Wealth Advisors 2021.

IN THE MEDIA:
Alan B. Richer ’76, retired senior tax counsel-global tax initiatives leader at GE and potato chip historian also known as the Toga Chip Guy, was featured on the History Channel’s “The Food That Built America”.
IN MEMORIAM:
Marshall M Gelfand ’50, a Syracuse University Life Trustee, passed away on April 1, 2021.
Warren F. Kolber ’53, ’56 MBA passed away at age 90 in New York City on January 13, 2021.
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