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March 2008
Timothy Simons, MBA '03,
was promoted to Vice President and
Senior Compliance Officer of the
Legislative and Regulatory Unit of
the Federal Home Loan Bank of San
Francisco. Darren Ngiau, MBA '02,
joined Star Alliance, the leading
global airline alliance. He will be
relocating from the DC Metro area to
Frankfurt, Germany, and will be
managing Star's Common IT Platform
and architecture.
Jeannette Lopez '06,
graduated from Cornell University
with a Master's of Industrial and
Labor Relations. She will be joining
General Mills as an Assistant Human
Resources Manager for Yoplait in
Murfreesboro, TN.
November 2007
Dominic A. Labitzky, B.S. '02, has joined the Banking Regulation and Policy Group of the Federal Reserve Board's Legal Division.
Michelle Salob, MBA '00,
married Richard Freiberg on November
10, 2007 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Michelle continues to live in
Atlanta, Georgia where she works as
a consultant for Hewitt Associates,
focusing on talent and leadership.
Michelle recently managed Hewitt's
global Top Companies for Leaders
research study, the results of which
were published in the October 1
issue of FORTUNE magazine. Nicholas C. Crecca, BS '74,
passed away on November 10, 2007 from a primary malignant brain tumor called Glioblastoma Multiforme. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Barbara, and their 3 daughters.
Eugene L. Podsiadlo, MBA '81, has been named to the International Advisory Board of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute, an affiliate of Middlebury College, in Monterey, CA. He continues to serve on the Board of Directors of Wasatch Advisors, Inc., a asset management/venture capital firm in Salt Lake City, UT.
October 2007
Melyssa Fratkin, '01, has been named Director of External Relations for the Texas Advanced Computing Center, at the University of Texas at Austin. She oversees the center's public relations activities, corporate partnerships, education & outreach programs, and international collaborations.
July 2007
Ian L. Gresham, '01,
recently earned a Masters in
Business Administration from Harvard
Business School and has joined
Danaher, a DC-based industrial
conglomerate, as a participant in
their general manager development
program. Ian and his wife, Elaine,
will be settling in Baltimore, MD as
he joins the Danaher Tool Group in
Sparks, MD.
Nate Tibbits, MBA '01, was
named Chief Operating Officer of the
Center for a New American Security
this spring. Officially launched in
Washington, DC in June 2007, CNAS is
a a research-based think tank
dedicated to developing strong and
pragmatic national security
policies.
May 2007
Anthony Arana, MBA '03,
and Rev. Katie Lyon, his wife, would
like to announce the birth of their
daughter Sofia Elizabeth on January
30th 2007.
Ingar Grev, MBA '05, just
opened the DC, Arlington, and
Alexandria office of The Growth
Coach. Located in over 100 markets
in the US and Canada, the company is
a leader in small business coaching.
March 2007
John Snead, MBA '00,
recently joined Smith Barney as a
Financial Advisor. He is working out
of the Towson, Maryland branch and
lives in Baltimore with his wife,
Ginny, and their two sons - Jack (4)
and Will (2).
January 2007
Dominic A. Labitzky '02
has joined the Financial
Institutions practice group of Fried
Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson
LLP's Washington, DC office.
NOVEMBER 2006
Aditya Bhatnagar, MBA '01,
recently joined TeleworX Group of
McLean, Virginia, as a Senior
Consultant, reporting to the CEO,
for technology strategy and business
development.
October 2006
Lindsay Littlefield '03
married Ryan Schoonmaker, a UMD
mechanical engineering major, on
October 1st in Francestown, NH.
KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and
advisory firm, announced that
Timothy M. Phelps '91, of KPMGs
Baltimore office, has been admitted
into the partnership of the U.S.
firm. KPMG admitted 134 new partners
and principals nationwide for 2006.
September 2006
Laura (Grandy) McGann, MBA '03,
a Partner with The Clarion Group, was
selected as one of Hartford Business
Journal's Top 40 Under Forty. Laura
was chosen by an independent panel of
business leaders and recognized for
her talents and skills making a difference
in our business and social communities.
As a Clarion partner, Laura's works
with leaders in the areas of business
strategy, structure and behavior. She
is also serving on the YMCA Camp Woodstock
Board of Managers.
August 2006
Kevin Smith, MBA '03, has
started a performance and process improvement
consulting firm - NextWave Performance
- in Denver, CO.
July 2006
Kaushik Mukerjee, MBA '02,
joined SAIC in July 2006 as a Senior
Analyst. He is working with federal
government clients to prepare budget
requests and business cases for IT and
non-IT programs. He lives in Alexandria,
Virginia.
Raj S. Leyl, MBA '96, PMP,
has been appointed chief operating officer
of RelianceNet, an IT solutions company
based in Annapolis, MD. Leyl, who was
most recently a senior management consultant
at BAE Systems Inc., will focus on high-level
strategic issues and hands-on project
management.
Jeffrey A. Haslem, MBA '93
has accepted a position as CIO of Macrovision
in Santa Clara, CA.
May 2006
Anthony J. Montcalmo, MBA '71,
recently took an early retirement after
35 years in the Human Resources field,
most recently as Director, Worldwide
Compensation and International HR Programs,
for McCormick & Co., Inc., in Maryland,
to join the full-time faculty in the
Graduate Human Resource Development
Program at Towson University.
Paul Mason, MBA '95, has joined
VF Corporation in Greensboro, N.C. as
Director of Corporate Communications.
VF Corporation is a leader in branded
apparel with brands such as Wrangler,
Lee, JanSport, Eastpak, The North Face,
Vans and Reef.
April 2006
Aditya Bhatnagar, MBA '01,
has recently joined the Consumer Electronics
Association, Arlington, VA, as Director,
Engineering & Standards.
March 2006
James Reilly '87, recently
joined TIAA-CREF as Senior Vice President
and Chief Compliance Officer, based
in New York City. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF,
Jim was a Managing Director and Head
of Global Equities Compliance at Goldman
Sachs.
December 2005
Mike Brueck '01, has joined
the New York office of Shearman & Sterling
LLP as an Associate in the Capital Markets
group.
Jennifer Connorton, MBA 98,
married Dr. Brendan Mulholland on November
26.
Keith Gregg, MBA 93,
has joined the Board of Directors of
Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. Gregg is a
managing partner of BioPharm Development
Group, a global business development
and licensing firm.
Ryan Katz 00 is director
of client service at Congruent Media.
Melissa Luksis 00 is
engaged to Adam Perez. A May '06 wedding
is planned. Luksis works in Marketing
Operations for SAS Institute in Cary,
North Carolina.
Julie McElfish, MBA 03,
is the managing director for Heart of
Africa, a nonprofit helping poor Africans
establish businesses and begin entrepreneurial
ventures.
James M. Rallo, MBA 95,
is chief financial officer and treasurer
of Liquidity Services, Inc.
Ray Schiavone, MBA 98,
is president and CEO of Arbortext, a
global leader in enterprise publishing
software.
James G. Spencer 90 is
chief financial officer, secretary,
and treasurer for Allion Healthcare
Inc.
John Woolford, 94, MBA00,
is director of business planning for
Lentigen Corporation, a privately held
biotechnology company focused on the
manufacturing and development of research
and therapeutic grade lentiviral vectors.
November 2005
Carly Fiorina, MBA '80,
joined the Board of Directors of Cybertrust,
a global information security specialist.
"Information security will be a key
driver of growth and innovation in the
technology industry for years to come,"
says Fiorina in a Cybertrust news release.
(See this issue of
Smith Business magazine for information
about the Smith Schools pioneering
role in this burgeoning field. And give
us your opinion in the information security
Web Poll!)
A. Thomas Finnell 76
is executive vice president of Maryland
First Financial Services Corp., a Baltimore-based
firm that specializes in financial issues
pertaining primarily to intellectual
property, valuation matters, and services
related to bankruptcy and insolvency.
Donald A. Gabriel 62
was appointed by Maryland Governor Robert
Ehrlich to the Board of Trustees of
Baltimore City Community College in
July 2005.
Zev Kaplan 74 is founder
of a law firm concentrating its practice
in the areas of transportation, infrastructure,
government relations, and business and
administrative law. He is general counsel
to Cash Systems Inc., a publicly traded
company in the financial services business,
and general counsel to the Regional
Transportation Commission of Southern
Nevada, where he played a key policy
role in the start-up of the local transit
systems and their facilities.
Matthew Klein 95 and
his wife Kristine announce the adoption
of 3½ year old Sasha Tatiana Klein from
Russia. Klein is the director of pricing
and revenue management for Air Tran
Airways in Orlando, Fla.
Joseph Lieberson 64 retired
earlier this year after 38 years as
a senior economist within the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID.)
During his career he worked in 40 countries
to improve the income and welfare of
the poor, living in places as diverse
as Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Kenya.
The University of Maryland is a tradition
in the family: his wife, Ann Newlin
Leiberson received her B.A. in history
in 1995; son Matthew received a B.A.
in economics in 1993 and son Daniel
received a B.A. in business administration
in 1990 and an MBA in 2004.
James Melonas 70 founded
Empyrean Partners, a business development
and management advisory firm that serves
early/mid-stage telecommunications and
information technology companies.
Meg G. Mekelburg, MBA 82,
is the administrative assistant for
Howard County CONNECTIONS and co-founder
of Individual Differences in Learning,
a nonprofit organization that supports
children with learning disabilities
and ADHD.
Jay H. Nussbaum 66 is
the global head of sales, marketing
and business development for Citigroup
Global Transaction Services, a division
of Citigroup which handles cash management,
trade, securities services and fund
services.
Fabrizio Roman 93 married
Lynne Ciardulli on July 9, 2005.
Linda Rubin 95 married
Joshua Chad King on January 15, 2005.
Daniel Wolford 99 married
Angela Baskette on June 16, 2005.
October 2005
Julie (Terhark) Elginer, MBA
99, and her husband John welcome
the birth of their son, Jack, on August
16, 2005. Julie is a senior marketing
manager at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, CA.
William W. Heintzelman 87
is vice president of Evergreen Co.,
assisting clients with business strategy,
restructuring, financing, developing
and implementing business plans, internal
controls and reporting, cash flow management,
budget preparation, and other profitability
and business development projects.
Jay H. Nussbaum 66 is
global head of sales, marketing and
business development for Citigroup Global
Transaction Services, a division of
Citigroup which handles cash management,
trade, securities services and fund
services.
Bruce G. Dubinsky 83
is a shareholder with the certified
public accounting firm of Klausner Dubinsky
+ Associates, P.C. in Bethesda, MD,
and its director of forensic accounting
and dispute analysis practice.
Zev Kaplan 74 is general
counsel to Cash Systems Inc., a publicly
traded company in the financial services
business.
A. Thomas Finnell 76
is executive vice president of Maryland
First Financial Services Corp, a Baltimore-based
firm that specializes in financial issues
pertaining primarily to intellectual
property, valuation matters, and services
relating to bankruptcy and insolvency.
September 2005
Lindsay Littlefield 03 is
engaged to marry Ryan Schoonmaker, a
2004 UM graduate in mechanical engineering.
Odonna Mathews 72, MBA 82,
who served as the Giant Food companys
consumer advisor since 1977, is retiring
after 28 years as the public face of
the company.
Ryan Michael Thomas 02 married
Shannon Kathleen Babe on May 21 in Frederick,
MD.
Christian Fleming 05 married
Ashley Turba.
Evan Morick 98 married Michelle
Poggi.
Neal Shear 76 is head of
the fixed income division and co-head
of institutional sales and trading for
Morgan Stanley.
Jeff Morrison 01 is engaged
to Ann Evans.
Harold Falcon 99 received
a Master of Arts degree from the University
of Delaware.
Stephen Oliner 74 was elected
treasurer of the Maryland Lawyers for
the Arts.
David S. Rosen 01 joined
the litigation practice group of Hodes,
Ulman, Pessin & Katz.
Karen Rigby 98, MBA 01,
is a member of the U.S. Department of
Labors MBA Fellows program.
Charles Hasper, MBA88, has
joined Global Secure Corp., a provider
of integrated products and services
for the homeland security industry,
as Chief Financial Officer and a director.
Rose Cohen, MBA 03, is vice
president and senior banker in Washington
for J.P. Morgan Private Bank, a wealth
management arm of J.P. Morgan Chase
& Co.
John Moore, MBA79, joined
the board of directors for Global Secure
Corp. in August 2005.
August 2005
Jerry Sheridan, MBA 96, is
vice president, finance and chief financial
officer of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. Sheridan
will be responsible for AmeriGas Partners
corporate development program and for
operation of its two West Coast customer
service centers.
Scott Buete 03 is playing
midfield for the Chicago Fire major
league soccer team. He was the Fires
top pick in the 2004 MLS Super Draft.
Nat Cohen, MBA 98, is founder
and president of State Ventures, Inc.,
owner of the Maryland.com Web site.
Nicholas Enukidze 96 is managing
director of investment banking for Kyiv,
Ukraine, based Concorde Capital, a Ukrainian
investment bank and top PFTS trader.
Leon Kafele 00 is a principal
in the D.C.-based investment and development
company, ICP Partners.
Leon Kaplan 73 is the executive
vice president of operations for CareFirst
Blue Cross Blue Shield.
James T. McCubbin 88 is vice
president and chief financial officer
of WidePoint Corp.
John A. Moore, Jr. 79 joined
the Board of Directors for Global Secure
Group in August 2005.
Carlos Mota, MBA 98, has
a financial news talk show in Mexico
City, Mexico.
Mark Nash 65 is the president
of Builders Design and Leasing Inc.,
of Gaithersburg, MD.
Richard Rudman 84 co-founded
Vocus and serves as its chief executive
officer, president and chairman.
James G. Spencer 90 is chief
financial officer, secretary and treasurer
of Allion
Healthcare Inc.
Connie Weaver 75 is chief
marketing officer of Bearing Point Inc.
Norman Weissberg 83 is vice
president, account sales for Vocus.
June 2005
Allison Bunge 01 is engaged
to Henrik Pettersson. Bunge is a consultant
in southern Maryland.
Jason Cohen 01 is engaged
to marry Carly Michelle Bashkin. Cohen
is a manager with the Thomson Financial
Capital Markets Intelligence Group in
New York City, NY.
Arthur N. Dubin 74 is chief
executive of Zalcos Residential Services
Division, which manages one of the largest
and most-significant Washington-area
portfolios of condominiums, homeowner
associations, apartments and cooperatives.
James Feldman 90 is president
of FORMost Graphic Communications in
Rockville, MD.
Ronald Holtz, MBA 92, joined
MaxCyte, Inc., a clinical stage therapeutic
company and pioneer in clinical scale,
non-viral cell loading systems, as Chief
Financial Officer.
Matthew Hussion 00 is engaged
to Heidi Downing. Hussion is a financial
analyst for Ryan Homes in West Chester,
PA.
Jill Kaminsky 02 is married
to Adam Washecka. Kaminsky is the operations
coordinator for the Avon Walk for Breast
Cancer in Washington, D.C.
Maurice I. Long 70 is chief
executive officer of the MIL Corporation,
which provides professional IT, financial
management/systems and e-business services
to federal agencies and private sector
clients.
Ron Meliker 74 is chief operating
officer of the Kane Company. He is also
a director of the Howard County, MD,
Chamber of Commerce.
Marc Miranian 01 is engaged
to Cheryl Raab. Miranian is an account
executive for Enterprise Leasing Company.
Kaushik Mukerjee, MBA 02,
joined Federal Sources (FSI) in McLean,
VA (fedsources.com) in 2003 as a Consulting
Manager, responsible for market research
and strategic consulting engagements
on the federal information technology
market. He married in May 2004 in Washington,
DC.
Mark Nash 65 is president
of Builders Design and Leasing, Inc.
in Gaithersburg, MD.
Alison Otis, MBA 02, married
Frederic Heuber in May 2005. Otis is
a manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP
in Washington, D.C.
Joshua Prangley 99 is engaged
to marry Karen Ottens. Prangley is a
consultant with First Annapolis Consulting,
Linthicum, MD.
Steve Rehm, MBA 74, joined
RBS Greenwich Capital, a leading institutional
fixed income firm, as Managing Director
and Head of North American Financial
Institutions Relationship Management.
Kevin C. Rooney 91 married
Molly K. OBrien on December 31, 2004.
Rooney is a manager for Progressive
Insurance in Rockville, MD.
David S. Rosen 01 joined
the Litigation Practice Group of Hodes,
Ulman, Pessin and Katz, P.A.
Warner Sterling 94 is engaged
to Jennifer Skeen. Sterling is a systems
engineer for SRA International.
May 2005
Lawrence Twele, '89
(B. S. - Production Management)
Lawrence Twele was recentely hired as
the Director for the Carroll County
Department of Economic Development.
He is responsible for fostering the
economic health of Carroll County by
building a positive climate to advance
business expansion and new business
development. The department offers a
marketable supply of industrial buildings
and land, provides customized research,
financing and regulatory assistance
as well as workforce development, training
and business advocacy.
Randy Elliot, '90
(MBA)
Randy Elliott is a captain on the B737
for AirTran Airways.
Todd Atkinson, '02
(MBA)
Todd Atkinson recently joined the staff
of U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
as legislative assistant for the Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee.
He oversees federal policy on agriculture,
energy, interior, environment, public
works, and transportation. Prior to
joining this staff, Todd served as legislative
assistant to U.S. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun
(D-IL) and U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon
(D-IL).
March 2005
Kaushik Mukerjee, '00
(MBA, Information Systems)
Kaushik Mukerjee joined Federal
Sources (FSI) in McLean, VA (fedsources.com)
in 2003 as a Consulting Manager, responsible
for market research and strategic consulting
engagements on the federal information
technology market. He married in May
2004 in Washington, DC.
February 2005
Gary Richardson, '97
(MBA)
Gary Richardson was promoted to
Regional Finance Director of Europe,
Middle East and Africa of Acterna World
Holdings. He is currently Managing Director
and living with his family in Reutlingen,
Germany.
January 2005
Julia Pulzone, '93
(B.S. Accounting & MBA)
Julia Pulzone recently joined Global
Environment Fund, a private equity firm
based in Washington, DC. Julia will
focus on GEF's technology portfolio
companies and investment opportunities
in the firm's technology practice. Prior
to joining GEF, Julia was Senior Vice
President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer of SPACEHAB, Incorporated (NASDAQ:
SPAB) a leading provider of commercial
and government space services.
Josh Tobin, '01
(B.S. Finance)
Josh Tobin joined Fortress Investment
Group in the Drawbridge Special Opportunities
Fund in November 2004.
Scott Bernard Nelson, '98
(MBA)
Scott Nelson recently joined The
Oregonian in Portland, Ore., as an assistant
team leader. He oversees the weekday
business sections and all staff-generated
military coverage for the nation's 21st-largest
newspaper.
Frantz Casseus, '02
(B.S. in Finance and General
Business)
Frantz Casseus recently joined the
McLean Group, LLC, a private investment
bank, as Senior Analyst.
November/December 2004
Clifford M. Kendall, 54
Clifford M. Kendall, chairman of
the University of Maryland Systems
Board of Regents and a past chairman
of the Tech Council of Maryland, received
the Mario Loiederman Emeritus Business
Leader award from the Montgomery County,
MD, Chamber of Commerce.
Edward P. Webster, 69
Edward P. Webster, a retired financial
systems manager for the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp., died of congestive
heart failure and diabetes on November
17, 2004 at Northwest Hospital Center.
The Columbia resident was 57.
J. David Pincus, 70, PhD
94
J. David Pincus was awarded
second in a National Geographic competition
for a photo he took in Paris. The photo
will be published in the January/February
2005 issue.
Frank M. Reich, '85
Frank M. Reichs participation in the
greatest comeback in football history
is chronicled in the book Marv Levy:
Where Would You Rather Be? Reich, who
graduated in 1985, quarterbacked for
the Terps and went on to play for the
Buffalo Bills from 1985 to 1994.
James OBrien, 81
(MBA)
James OBrien, is off to a good start
in his first year as head coach of the
Philadelphia 76ers. The franchise has
a 12-8 record at the halfway point of
the season.
Alan P. Spurgin, '87
(MBA)
Alan Spurgin, executive vice president
of Silicon Valley Bank, was named to
Whos Who in Technology.
Keith A. Goldan, 93
Keith A. Goldan was appointed Chief
Financial Officer of Sterilox Technologies,
Inc. Formed in 1997 and headquartered
in Radnor, Pa., Sterilox is a medical
technology company engaged in the development
and commercialization of its portfolio
of non-toxic, non-hazardous, fast-acting,
broad-spectrum biocides.
Richard T. Minoff, '76
(MBA)
Richard Minoff has been named Managing
Partner of Dorland Global Health Communications.
Joseph Firschein, '04
(MBA)
Joseph Firschein has joined Fannie Mae
as a Director of the National Community
Lending Center.
James Reilly, '87
(B.S. Finance)
James Reilly was recently named a Managing
Director at Goldman Sachs. He continues
to head Global Equities Compliance at
the firm, a position he has held since
2000.
Jeffrey A. Haslem, '93
(MBA)
Jeffrey A. Haslem has been promoted
to Vice President, Information Technology
at OpenWave, Redwood City, CA.
September 2004
Ronald Webb, '73
(MBA, DBA)
Ronald Webb was recently appointed
Managing Director of International Business
Institute. He is also a visiting Professor
of Management at Messiah College, PA.
Natalie J Mall, '90
(MBA)
Natalie Mall has accepted a postion
at T-Mobile USA as a Sr. Product Marketing
Manager for T-Mobile HotSpot in Bellevue,
WA.
July 2004
Steve Patch, '82
(B.S., Info. Sys. Management)
Steve Patch has joined Science Applications
International Corp as a Senior Policy
Analyst. This move comes after his retirement
from United States Air Force with 24
years of service.
James G. Howes, '69
(MBA, Transportation)
James Howes received the Award of
Excellence from the Bermuda Hotel Association
at the annual banquet on May 22. He
was recognized for outstanding services
in attracting and securing new and more
frequent air capacity to Bermuda.
February 2004
Jeffrey A. Haslem, '93
(MBA)
Jeffrey Haslem has moved from BroadVision
to OpenWave (Redwood City, CA) as Director
of Enterprise Applications.
Raj S. Leyl, '96
(MBA, Information Systems)
Raj Leyl has accepted the position
of Senior Management Consultant at DigitalNet,
Inc. (Herndon, VA). Prior to this, Leyl
was a Program Manager at Cherokee Information
Services, Inc. (Arlington, VA). DigitalNet
was bought over by BAE Systems, Rockville,
MD, in Fall 2004.
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