33 Morton Morrison and Sylvia Willner (’35) are celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary. They originally met when she sold him a book on statistics.
42 Richard L. Gilbert is a freelance writer and editor.
47 Melvin Schneck serves on the board of directors of Anna’s Linen Company. Previously, he was president of U.S. Shoe Corporation’s specialty retailing divisions.
48 Steven Cord, professor emeritus at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, recently published
The Golden Key to Continuous Prosperity, a book that details how to reduce taxes, poverty, and unemployment and protect the environment. In May retired accountant/attorney
Coleman Mishkoff and his wife sailed to England aboard the Queen Mary. In June the New York University Medical Center honored Bernard L. Schwartz, a trustee on its board, with a dinner attended by 650 guests. The event raised $1.7 million. Also a Baruch College Fund trustee, Schwartz was honored by Baruch in 1997 with the College’s President’s Medal.
50 In July Seymour I. Rubinstein (MBA) was appointed to the board of directors of California News Tech. A software industry inventor, Rubinstein most recently served as president of Prompt Software.
51 Gil King is retired and living in Sarasota, Fla., where he is president of Baruch in Florida’s East and West Alumni Chapters, treasurer of Hunter College Alumni Association’s West Chapter, and a member of the Democratic Executive Committee of Sarasota.
52 In 2004 Sheldon Williams marked his 50th anniversary as a member of the Society for Human Resource Management. He holds the record for longest continuous dues-paying professional membership in the organization. Williams, who does pro bono work with Baruch College and the League for the Hard of Hearing, runs a consulting practice from his home in New Jersey.
56 Professor Eric J. Lynn (MBA ’60) is “happily retired” from Philadelphia University and living in Pennsylvania.
59 Steven E. Gross is managing partner and chair of corporate, banking, and securities at the firm Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C., located in Newark, N.J.
63 In May Fred E. Shapss, CPA, was elected president of the board of directors of Polaris International, a network of international accounting and consulting firms. He is the managing partner of Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Company LLP.
67 One of New York’s most high-profile personal injury lawyers, Sanford Rubenstein (MBA) has represented victims of police brutality (including Abner Louima) and the families of 9/11 victims. Tommy Steyer lives in Vero Beach, Fla., where he is president of Inter-American Florida Land Corp., a real estate company.
69 In May Stuart Hoberman was named president of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Currently a partner at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer in Woodbridge, he has been in practice for 30 years.
70 After a long career in public school administration, Laurance Anderson became division head at the Kew-Forest School in Forest Hills, N.Y., this fall. He is married and has two daughters.
71 David Krell (MBA), president and CEO of International Securities Exchange, was among the finalists for the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Author and counselor Joel Vorensky recently published I Dare to Heal with Spiritual Power (Xlibris), a follow-up to his first book, I Dare to Heal with Compassionate Love.
73 James Heller is the 2004–2005 president of the Greater New York chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. A certified property manager, he has worked in the field for over 35 years.
74 Tom Shanahan was the chairman of the 25th annual Great Irish Fair to benefit Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, held on Sept. 10–11 in Coney Island, N.Y. Shanahan, who lives in Forest Hills, is married and has four children and six grandchildren.
75 In addition to her job at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Maddalena Nappi Reidy recently started her own calligraphy/writing business. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, Thomas.
76 In July CPA Jeffrey M. Chertoff was named senior VP and CFO of LaBranche & Co. Inc., a specialist and market-maker in equities, options, and exchange-traded funds on major securities exchanges. Previously, he served as the executive VP and CFO of Daiwa Securities America. Recently, Steven R. Winter was appointed managing director and head of fixed income prime brokerage at Bank of America Securities.
77 Since 1985 Arthur Grant has been president and CEO of Cadaret Grant & Co. Inc. of Syracuse, N.Y., a securities broker-dealer firm. In April Patrick G. Healy, CPA, became vice chairman of InsightExpress, an online marketing research service. Previously, he was executive VP and CFO of NFO WorldGroup. In July Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., named John Rossi general manager of KOKH-TV (Fox 25) and KOCB-TV (WB 34) in Oklahoma City. Most recently, Rossi served as VP, general manager of KUWB-TV in Salt Lake City. In January Emil Rufolo was honored for his dedication as a Boy Scout troop master at a reception in Summit, N.J. He owns an accounting business on Staten Island.
78 After 28 years in the television industry, most recently as advertising account executive for Univision, Rhoda Santamaria opened a furniture store, Casa Bella Galleria, in Sacramento, Calif.
79 Gail Rosen is president of Gail Rosen, CPA, an accounting firm based in Martinsville, N.J. She was recognized as a “Woman of Influence” by NJ BIZ for 2004. Baruch College Fund Trustee JoAnn Ryan (MS ’83) recently assumed the title of CEO of Con Edison Communications. She is also president and CEO of ConEdison Solutions.
80 Michael J. Silvestri is managing director of New York Private Bank & Trust.
81 In June Crain’s New York Business named Big Apple Car Inc., run by Diana Clemente, among the top women-owned companies in the New York area. Robert DiPaola is a brokerage operations associate at ADP Clearing in New York City. In March Francis T. McCarron (MBA) was elected executive VP of Triarc Companies, Inc. He will also continue to serve as the company’s CFO.
83 Ellen Baer and David Lebenstein were married in June at the Friends Meeting House in Manhattan. She is a partner at Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Alschuler, an economic development and real estate consulting firm in New York City. Yoav Cohen is managing partner of NYC Advisors, a White Plains, N.Y., firm that has traditionally helped turn around troubled companies but is now focusing on aiding local small businesses.
84 In March Joseph Bellina joined Newmark & Company Real Estate as executive VP, where he heads the firm’s Property Management Division. Previously, he served as senior VP of operations for Macklowe Properties. Bellina is a member and management director of the Real Estate Board of New York and has taught real estate courses at NYU. Trevor Edwards is corporate VP of global brand management for Nike. An employee of the company since 1992, Edwards worked on endorsement deals with basketball player Lebron James, tennis star Serena Williams, and the Brazilian World Cup soccer team. Eric Kirsch was recently appointed global head of insurance asset management at Deutsche Asset Management. He joined the company in 1980 and was most recently head of its fixed income management team for New York and Boston. In June Herman Velasquez was appointed president of the Commercial Solutions Division of Robbins-Gioia, a provider of program management services. He previously served as the company’s VP for business development, commercial markets.
86 In June Joe Boyle joined PK Network, a New York–based marketing and communications agency, as managing director. Prior to PK, Boyle was a consultant for several media companies, before which he was VP of corporate communications at iN DEMAND networks. Laurie Brofermaker is a realtor with Friedberg Properties in Haworth, N.J. Mark Pensavalle is VP of production and operations for Starlight Runner Entertainment, Inc., a New York–based multimedia company he co-founded in 2000 with CEO Jeff Gomez. The company’s recently launched imprint, Kissena Park Press, published William Winokur’s novel Marathon in October. Robert Porr, northeast regional director at Solucient, a provider of information products for the health care industry, is the recipient of the 2005 Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Porr, senior administrator of the 105th Medical Group at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., was recognized for his work in 2004 as deputy commander of the 447 Expeditionary Medical Support Squadron at Baghdad International Airport, where he coordinated evacuation activities for more than 80 wounded American soldiers. Comic artist Joe Travieso (known as the “hairy hand” artist) has exhibited his work at various galleries in New York and New Jersey, in addition to designing greeting cards. He lives with his wife, Fran, in Secaucus, N.J.
87 Juan Torres has been president of Platform Learning since its 1993 inception. The company provides supplemental educational services to low-income students attending public schools that have been identified as “in need of improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind Law. Prior to that, he co-headed the software group at Thomas Weisel Partners, LLC, a merchant bank.
88 In April Connie Hammond (EMBA) was hired as director of the Department of Human Resources for the City of Greensboro, N.C. Previously, she was human resources director for the City of Jacksonville, N.C.
89 In June Rami Ish-Hurvitz was appointed CEO of WizCom Technologies Ltd., a provider of portable translation pens that help people read and use text. Previously, he was COO at Raytel Cardiac Services of Windsor, Conn. In January Bausch & Lomb named Evon L. Jones corporate VP and CIO, responsible for all IT services. In 2004 Jones was included in the Top 100 IT Leaders by Computer World. In addition to her position as managing director at Concord International Investments, Laura Osman (MBA ’94) sits on the board of governors of the Middle East Institute, the Arab Bankers Association of North America, and the ABANA Foundation. She lives in New York City and is married with two daughters. Yaakov (Jacob) J. Wolff lives in Jerusalem, where he is the director of partner relations for Net2Phone. He and his wife, Renana, have five children.
90 Baruch College Fund Trustee John Grifonetti was recently appointed COO of Creditex, the global market leader in e-trading of credit derivatives. Recently, Joel C. Haims was promoted to partner in the litigation department at Morrison Foerster. In May Dennis Manu was named VP of product development at Cauldron Solutions, a provider of technology solutions for digital content management. Previously, he was a senior technology director at Sony Corporation. Peter McGuiness (MBA) is chairman of Skin Health Spa Plc, the holding company for Skin Health Spa UK and BriteSmile UK. Prior to this, he worked as an investment consultant on Wall Street.
92 Maria Oquendo is the training and development manager for INROADS/Northern New Jersey. She has worked for the organization, which develops and places minority youth in business and industry while preparing them for corporate and community leadership, for 10 years. Thomas Terzulli recently joined HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as senior VP, senior sector trader. Previously he was VP at Goldman Sachs.
93 Marilyn Flores is an admissions counselor at Dowling College in Oakdale, N.Y. Since 2003 Kelly (Brittain) Lipfert and her husband, David, have owned Urban Details, a shop in Spring Lake, N.J., where they sell modern handmade art, pottery, and furnishings. Previously, she was a VP at Goldman Sachs. Peter D. Sheran is a CPA who provides comprehensive tax services from his Brooklyn, N.Y., office.
94 In April Milton Chacon (MBA) joined Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as a director in the Commercial Real Estate Group. He was previously co-head of the Asset-Backed Securities Group at Moody’s Investors Service. In July Thomas McGillis (MBA) and Donald Gardenier were married at the Palais de Justice in Montreal. McGillis is the VP for human resources at Find/SVP, a New York company that provides research and advisory services to businesses.
95 Michelle Brown is a general assignment reporter at NBC 10 WJAR, the southern New England television station. Harry A. Valetk was selected to participate in Spain’s Young Hispanic Leaders Program this past summer.
96 In June Matthew S. Papertsian (MBA) was named North American marketing director for Cartesis, the global software vendor. Most recently, he was senior marketing manager and national program manager at Business Objects, an enterprise software company.
97 Matthew Peter Dragone (MBA) is a senior account executive at EMC Corporation, which provides products, services, and solutions for information storage and management. In May he was married to Nicole Kristine Bonilla; the couple lives in New York City. Edward Santana was recently named principal of St. Anthony High School in Jersey City.
98 Recently, Avi Azuolay joined Hudson Valley Bank as a VP and relationship manager. Prior to that, he was relationship manager at State Bank of Long Island. He lives in Larchmont, N.Y. In July William Walsh (MBA) was appointed senior VP of the North Bronx Healthcare Network and executive director of Jacobi Medical Center on a permanent basis. He’d been serving in those positions on an interim basis for the previous three months.
99 Howard Chung (MBA) and his business partner, company founder Anthony Leone, have opened three Energy Kitchen eateries in Manhattan since 2002. They have recently begun selling franchises to the healthy dining establishment and hope to turn it into a national chain. Ruschell West has been the Queens reporter for television news channel NY1 since 2002.
01 Jean Petit-Frere recently joined New York’s Cornerstone Property Group as sales director for the West Village.
02 Macollvie Jean-Francois is a reporter at the Haitian Times, an English-language weekly based in Brooklyn, N.Y. John MacKessy (MBA), a director in the New York–based FTI Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice, has more than 10 years of forensic investigation and legal, regulatory, and compliance experience. In January Sepia Owens-Villas gave birth to her second son; in May she was promoted to director of planning and program implementation for the MHRA MIC Women’s Health Services.
03 Adrianna Mercado (MBA) was married to Christopher Stillwell in Central Park in June. She is an account manager at eRSVP, an online event registration service in New York.
04 Co-host of ChickChat Radio, Lara Dyan (Solomon) (MBA) was recently elected to the board of directors of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT). On the air since 2002, ChickChat Radio is a nationally syndicated, interactive program broadcast live each weekday. Cristina Lacalamita is the advertising coordinator for National Geographic Kids.
05 Gerard J. Murphy (MS) recently joined the staff of Melanson Heath & Company, P.C., an accounting and management firm in Nashua, N.H. Previously, he was a budget analyst with New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Adam Schlachter (MBA) is manager of online marketing for Westin Hotels & Resorts. In April he was married to Zimra Koko Royal Panitz.
