School of Business at the Hard Rock Cafe - 2011 Edition


From left to right: Alex Fredericks ’95, Ernst & Young and Brian Cook ’08, ’09 Rothstein Kass.	Will Preston ’12, and Jesse Johnson ’12 meet Richelle Konian ’95, Careers on the Move.


Elda Di Re ’83 Ernst & Young with student Simeon Kawakami ’12.	From left to right: Mary Johnson, University at Albany, Gail Berley ’73, Alumni Association Board and Stacy Kanter ’79, Skadden Arps.


Matthew Brooks ’02, General Electric and Alexis David ’08, Universal McCann.	Matthew Brooks ’02, General Electric


From left to right: George Warnock ’79, Deloitte & Touche, Kevin Katz ’96, Duff & Phelps, Alex Fredericks ‘95, Ernst & Young and Robert Burstein ’71, Past President of the University at Albany Alumni Association.	Vincent Cisternino ’08, Starr Indemnity & Liability catches up with Israel Moljo ’09, UBS Financial.

From left to right: Ian Ellis-Jones ’12, Professor David Smith, Simeon Kawakami ’12, Scott Rubin '98, Gary Jacobson ’82, Harris Diamond '98, and Michael Planamento ’11.

Progress on the New Building . . .

. . . and a reminder of where we're heading

Exterior view

Cross Section	Interior view of the first floor

Women’s Networking Reception

Host Stacy J. Kanter '79, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom stands with the keynote speaker Jennifer Padovani '95, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs.

From left to right: Kerin E. Coughlin ’92,Attorney, Constantine Cannon LLP, Caryn H. Tuckman ’75, Independent Consultant, Debbie Cooper ’77, President, Cooper Advisers, Mary E. Ropes '87, Assistant Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, Jennifer Padovani ’95, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, Richelle Konian ’95, Co-founder and CEO, Careers on the Move, Kristi Prinzo ’95, Associate, Davis Polk, Stacy J. Kanter ’79, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, and Joan D. Rosenthal ’76, Director, University at Albany Foundation.

Allise Furlani ’04, Systems Analyst, Goldman Sachs, Associate Professor Rita Biswas, Dean Donald Siegel, and Michele Brancati ’05, Associate, Goldman Sachs.

Associate Professor and Chair of Management Janet Marler, with Angelica Paquette ’12 and Margaret Toohey ’95, ’97, Program Manager, CNNMoney.com of the Turner Broadcasting System.

Students Clean Up Pine Hills

Members of the Dean’s Leadership Council spent a day cleaning up the neighborhood.

Alumni Talk Finance

Bob Matza, President of Goldentree Asset Management, speaks to a finance class in October. Steve Zelin ’84, Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, Gary Jacobson ’82, Alpine Woods Capital Investors and DeForest Hinman ’05, Walthausen also addressed classes this fall.

Financial Analyst Honors Alumni at Rockefeller Center

The second annual Financial Analyst alumni event was attended by 40 graduates, ten current students, and ten faculty and staff. According to Associate Professor David Smith, attendees’ enthusiasm for the program was extraordinarily high. In his remarks, Dean Siegel noted that the Financial Analyst Honors program is strong, and continuing to experience gains in reputation.

Mike Reynolds '08 Analyst, Goldman Sachs, one of the founders of student-created, student-run University at Albany School of Business Investment Group and School of Business Dean Don Siegel.