Alumni Photo Archive

 

Ernst & Young Alumni Give Back

University at Albany alumni employed by Ernst & Young have contributed over $400k to the School of Business over the last five years, through an in-house funding raising campaign to fund student-related accounting initiatives. This year they raised $120k.

Pictured from left to right are School of Business Dean Donald Siegel, Accounting Department Chair Ingrid Fisher, Alex Fredericks '95, Ernst & Young Partner and member of the Accounting Board, Anna Politano ’10, recently hired by Ernst & Young, and Fardin Sanai, Vice President for University Development and Executive Director of The University at Albany Foundation.

Deloitte & Touche Sponsors Event for Incoming Freshman

In April, Deloitte hosted a reception at their New York offices for the incoming class of Direct Admit students, high achieving high school seniors who have identified business or accounting as their major.  Now in its sixth year, the School of Business Freshman Admit program was the first academic unit at UAlbany to unconditionally admit students at the start of their college education.

Students and their parents had time to read through materials and chat with Deloitte partners and School of Business faculty and staff.

Jeff Black ‘76, Vice Chairman, Deloitte & Touche, School of Business Dean Don Siegel and graduating business student Neema Moghadam ’11, addressed the crowd.

 

The School of Business 26thAnnual Student Awards Ceremony

Carl Florio ’71, Vice Chairman, Paradigm Capital Management, presents the Dick '69 and Estelle Schecter '70 Scholarship to Ian Ellis-Jones, a dual major in accounting and business, with a concentration in the Financial Honors Program.

Professor Emeritus Bill Danko presents the Milton & Mary Danko Golden Rule Award, created in honor of his parents, to accounting student Angela Razzano.

 

Accounting lecturer Michelle Moshier presents the award for Outstanding Graduating Senior in Accounting to Abigail Karam.

 

Commencement 2011

Commencement Speaker Michael Carmen ’84, Senior Vice President and Partner at Wellington Management.

 

Alumni Rock It in NYC

The annual School of Business NYC event, held at the Hard Rock Cafe this year, featured a “Conversation with the President.”

University at Albany President George Philip and School of Business Dean Donald Siegel attended and fielded questions from the crowd. Richelle Konian ’95, CEO, Careers On The Move, and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board, moderated the event.

George Warnock ’79, Partner, Charge Audit, Deloitte, talks to Bob Matza ‘77, President, Goldentree Asset Management.

Fardin Sanai, Vice President of Development for The University at Albanychats with Don Boyce ’06, ’08, examiner FINRA.

 

George Warnock ’79, Partner, Charge Audit, Deloitte with Assistant Dean John Levato.

Recent graduates, Roseanne Vaz‘05, Lisa Fund ’05, Lisa Fund, Client Operations, Goldman Sachs, and Safat Hannan, WeiserMazars.

Recent graduates Misratu Saka ’10 with Samantha Irvin ‘10

Professors Paul Miesing and Cecilia Falbe and with David Bergenfeld ’93, Attorney, D’Amato & Lynch.

 

Private Equity, LBOs and Corporate Governance, An International Review

This year, Dean Siegel organized a private equity conference convening experts from across the globe, including esteemed alumni from the University at Albany.

School of Business Dean Donald Siegel

Panelist Alan Mantel ’85, Partner, Snow Phipps
Panelist Frank Petraglia ’94, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

Panelist David Waterman’74,Managing Director, DeltaPoint Capital Management

 

Students Visit Federal Reserve Bank

In October, Associate Professor David Smith took 28 students to the New York Federal Reserve Bank and Oppenheimer's headquarters, where they met alumnus John Sturges ’79, Director of Investments for Oppenheimer & Co. The Center for Institutional Investment Management sponsored the trip. Sturges recently visited campus to speak on “Context for Value Investors: Market Drivers and Perceptions,” and then hosted students at his office in NYC for a follow-up presentation titled “Stock Selection and Analysis.” One student said, “I found your techniques for stock analysis and selection to be insightful, and the value approach presented seems far more logical than others I've come across. I learned a great deal from these past two meetings, and I hope to utilize your techniques in screening stocks for the Investment Group.”

 

Young Entrepreneurs Organization

School of Business Dean Donald Siegel with Mark Shipley, Smith & Jones, and David Steel, The Steel Method at the June meeting of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization of the Capital Region held at the School of Business.

 

 

Shah Scholarship

MBA student Devaraj Iyer, winner of the Shah Scholarship, front and center, with Bill Roller, Paule and Premal Shah ‘71 and School of Business Dean Donald Siegel.

 

First Sign of New Building Construction

Construction of the new building will start in the spring.

 

The School of Business 26thAnnual Student Awards Ceremony  May 2010

Meg Picotte McClarence, graduate of the School of Business and a member of the School of Business Advisory Council, presents the 2010 Wall Street Journal Award to accounting student Kyra Ember Newman.	Eric Elbell, Research Analyst, Fenimore Asset Management and friend to the School of Business with this year’s winner of the Dean C. Backer '88 Scholarship, finance student Alex Perez.
Lee McElroy, Vice President for Athletic Administration and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics presents junior Jessica Edrington with the Dorothy Mitchell Selleck Scholarship.	Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Bill Hedberg congratulates Rostislav Rar, the first winner of one of our new awards-- The Henny Family Scholarship.
Alumnus Tony McCarthy meets with his favored professor and Dean Donald S. Siegel in the School of Business prior to awarding the first annual Professor Lakshmi Mohan Endowed Scholarship,	Marilyn VanDyke, President of the Class of 1952, presents the Class of 1952 Scholarship to Rebekah Anne Dressner.
Steve Zelin ‘84, a member of the Dean's Advisory Board and a good friend to the School of Business created the Zelin Family Endowed Scholarship this year.  Assistant Vice Provost for Student Engagement for the University and the Vice Dean for Administration and Sustainability for the School of Business Linda Krzykowski with Whitney Brown, the 2010 honoree.	Accounting faculty Marisa Berley ’05 presents the Scott Kunen Accounting Scholarship to Kelly Garry.
Alumni Peter and Linda Petrillo established the School of Business Veteran’s Scholarship this year. Director of Development Bill Roller presents the award to Ian Turner.

 

New York City Alumni Event Hosted by Jeff Black,
October 2009

See all photos from the October event here. (pdf)

The School of Business Advisory Council Winter Meeting

From left to right: Vice President of the New York Business Development Corporation Cedric Carter ‘01, Director of the Small Business Development Center Bill Brigham, and Dean Don Siegel.

Vice President of Operational Administration for Price Chopper Supermarkets Mark Boucher ’06 with Assistant Dean John Levato.	Dean Don Siegel with outgoing SBAC Chair Tim Bruculere, Vice President, Loan Participations Members United Corp. Federal Credit Union.

 

MBA Fall 2009 Sustainability Speaker Series

NYSERDA representative Greg Pedrick spoke to MBA students about the sustainability efforts in place at his organization, including the types of technology being used to channel new sources of energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, and nuclear.

Dean Donald Siegel presented an ethics seminar entitled: “An Empirical Analysis of the Strategic Use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).” Or “Green Management Matters Only if it Yields More Green.” Click here for the PowerPoint presentation.

Vincent Forte, Principal Engineer, discussed National Grid’s implementation of Smart Grid, which enables real-time two-way communication between the company and individual customers.

International Conference on Digital Forensics & Cyber Crime

The ICDF2C, the first of its kind, brought together practitioners and researchers to discuss traditional computer forensics and related information security concerns.

Conference Co-Chairs: Associate Professor Sanjay Goel and Accounting Chair Ingrid Fisher.	From left: Justin Offen and Matt Shelhorse, both from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Conference Chair and Associate Professor Sanjay Goel , Vincent Hom and Jared D. Crafton, both from Ernst & Young.

 

MBAs Tour Target Distribution Center

 

The MBA class of 2011 toured the Target Distribution Center. The tour covered many aspects of operations including inventory processes, shipment deliveries, and how information technology is used to manage processes.

Junior Achievement Bowl-a-thon

More than 100 students, faculty, and staff from the School of Business bowled at the 22nd annual Junior Achievement Bowl-a-thon this fall. A record 21 teams participated. Bowl-a-thon Coordinator, Laura Boccio ‘10 (in black) is shown with classmates.

Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires

Five MBA students from the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires came to UAlbany for a one week exchange program. They participated in weekend and evening MBA classes and toured the Nanotechnology complex.

Front Row: students from the Universidad del Salvador MBA program Back row: Professor Giri Kumar Tayi, PhD student Fernando Gomez-Baquero, Assistant Professor Christophe Faugere, USAL MBA Program Director Carlos Greco, Adjunct Professor Jerry Shaye, Associate Professor Cecilia Falbe, Associate Professor Paul Miesing, Study Abroad Director Jim Pasquill, and Vice Dean for Administration Linda Krzykowski.

 

Sanjay Goel recipient of $25,000 AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship.

School of Business Associate Professor Sanjay Goel is one of three recipients of a prestigious $25,000 AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship. His project is also supported by funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) worth $105,945, which includes support from UAlbany.

Associate Professor Goel speaks at a press conference highlighting UAlbany’s sustainability initiatives. Looking on are State University of New York Chancellor Nancy J. Zimpher and University at Albany President George M. Philip.	School of Business Dean Donald Siegel, Associate Professor Sanjay Goel, Robert Callender from NYSERDA, and University at Albany President George Philip.	School of Business Dean Donald Siegel, Marilyn Reznick from AT&T Associate Professor Sanjay Goel and University at Albany President George Philip.

 

MBA Class of 2011 teambuilding graduation orientation

Each fall the incoming MBA class starts the year with teambuilding- high and low ropes courses to help the students get to know and challenge and support each other. This is the class of 2011.

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E&Y and School Alumni Ernst to contribute $100,000 to UAlbany

UAlbany School of Business alumni at Ernst &Young combined efforts with the Ernst & Young Foundation to contribute $100,000 to the school. Part of the support will be used to provide resources for a communication class for accounting majors, as well as mentoring, and career and faculty development.

Mike Petrane, Partner in Assurance and Advisory Business Services, Alex Fredericks ‘95, Senior Manager, Evan Maltese ’90, Partner, and Elda Di Re ’83, Partner, all of Ernst & Young present a check for $100,000 to School of Business Dean Donald Siegel and Accounting Chair Ingrid Fisher.

 

Commencement 2009

School of Business Dean Donald Siegel, Commencement Speaker Steve Zelin '84, University at Albany President George Philip, Director of Development Bill Roller and Congressman Steve Israel, whose daughter Carly is a member of the Class of ’09.

Commencement Speaker Steve Zelin '84	School of Business Dean Donald Siegel.	School of Business Associate Professor, David Smith.

The ceremony at the SEFCU Arena	Assistant Professor Ray Van Ness with graduates
A group of the class of 2009 celebrate	School of Business Dean Donald Siegel, Commencement Speaker Steve Zelin '84, University at Albany President George Philip, Director of Development Bill Roller and Congressman Steve Israel, whose daughter Carly is a member of the Class of ’09

 

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COAP 2009

The School of Business partnered with the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants to offer Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession, introducing promising minority high school students to accounting and related fields as a profession.

Jason Cotugno, Undergraduate Advisor, Tyrone Reid, Director of Finance and Administration, and Veena Srinivasan, Director of Accounting programs stand with students from area high schools who attended the 2009 COAP program.	High school students attend a class sponsored by the Big 4: Deloitte, Ernst& Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers at the 2009 COAP program.