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NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS:
Robert J. Laughlin ’87: Global Head of Trust and Wealth Planning, Citi Private Bank
Allison Narins ’87: Director Channel Sales, Melissa & Doug
David Aron ’93: Derivatives Special Projects Assignment, United States Treasury Department
Kevin Varadian ’97: VP, Americas, Cutover
Eric Cooper ’06: Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, IP Capital Partners, LLC
Sarah Staller ’10: Omni Buyer Diamond Wedding, Macy’s
Jonathan Weinstein ’10: Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales, Pyramid Brokerage Company
Jacob Haworth ’11: Supply Chain Director, Icelandic Provisions
Mohit Diwan ’12 MBA: Product Manager, Facebook
Eric Rose ’12: Regional Director, Sysco
Shubhankar Goel ’13 MBA: Manager, Global Product Marketing, Alexa Shopping, Amazon
Camellia Loojune ’13: Origination Loan Officer, Capital Impact Partners
Ashley Keyes ’14: Senior Materials Program Manager, Amazon Lab126
Tim Stitt ’15 MS: Chief Financial Officer, Associates for Women’s Medicine
Alexander Bruno ’16: Recruiting Analyst, The Vitamin Shoppe
Angela Herrera ’16: Marketing and Inside Sales Specialist, Alban Muller, L’Expert du Naturel
Zach Kovner ’16: Senior Director, Enterprise Sales, Seismic
Jessica Matos ’16: Finance Analyst, NBA
Panio Zhivkov ’16: CEO & Founder, Lexington Capital Management LLC
Xinyuan Cao ’17: Product Manager, RingCentral
Clara Cedeño ’17 MBA: Sr. Manager, Strategy & Operations Lead
Nagelah Chery ’17: Prime Finance Associate, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Mike Zimmer ’10, ’11, ’17 MS, MBA: Sales Analytics & Forecasting Manager, Canopy Growth Corporation
Olivia Liskowitz ’18: Analyst, Blackstone
Kenneth Mintz ’19: Account Executive, Stanton
Matt Perry ’19 MBA: Adjunct Instructor, Davis Defense Group, Inc.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Hon. Nancy Steorts ’59 (below), a member of the Whitman Advisory Council, was awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who.

Barry Garber ’78, was recognized in Forbes’ annual list of America’s Top Wealth Advisors.
Mary Good ’90 MBA, Chief People Officer, Squarespace, was recognized as one of 50 People Leaders Driving Positive Change by Comparably.
IN THE MEDIA:
Philippe Bekhazi ’03, founder and CEO of XBTO Group, was featured in an interview with the Global Association of Risk Professionals, discussing Cryptofinance and the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Dan Folkman ’12, Vice President of Business at goPuff and a member of the Young Whitman Advisory Council, published an article in FOODDIVE, on the trends and shifting consumer habits in the instant delivery consumer market.
A.J. Damiano ’18 (below), Co-Founder of Powerspike, was interviewed by Syracuse.com discussing leadership.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS:
Gabrielle Harvey ’10, welcomed daughter, Annie Rae (below), on May 11, 2020.

IN MEMORIAM:
Richard Cohen ’05, passed away on September 10, 2020.
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