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’70s
Stephen Heise, MBA ’76,
joined the Snohomish
County Parks &
Recreation board in
Washington State.
’90s
’00s
Leigh A. Burnside ’92
was appointed CFO of
Little Caesars Pizza.
Adam Cohn ’08 was
appointed CFO of Valence
Surface Technologies.
Marguerita Cheng ’93
was elected as a certified
financial planner board
of Standards Inc.
Kristen Connelly ’05
was appointed talent
solutions team director
at Crowe LLP.
Jay Herratti ’89
was appointed to
West Monroe’s board
of directors.
Annamaria Czege ’96
was named partner at
Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp LLP.
Justin D. Coulombe ’06
was named CFO of Miro.
Edward Marley ’82
has been appointed
president and CEO
of Mutual Insurance
Company of Arizona.
Annie Donovan, MBA
’95, was named president
and CEO of the Raza
Development Fund.
’80s
Lorrie M. Norrington
’81 has been appointed
lead independent
director of ColgatePalmolive Company.
Julia A. Pulzone ’84,
MBA ’93, was appointed
CFO of AINS.
Claudia G. Robinson,
MBA ’85, was named
head of institutional
capital and real estate
advisory services at
AreaProbe Inc.
Carissa L. Rodeheaver
’88 has been named one
of The Maryland Daily
Record’s “Most Admired
CEOs.”
David Rosato ’83, MBA
’85, was appointed senior
executive vice president
and CFO of Berkshire
Hills Bancorp Inc.
Daniel J. Schrider ’87
has been elected chair
of the board of directors
at Sandy Spring
Bancorp Inc.
Donnell Turner ’89
has been appointed
associate judge on the
Prince George’s County
Circuit Court.
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Mark E. Fitzmaurice ’92,
MBA ’96, was named a
2023 CRN channel chief.
Don Freeman ’98 was
promoted to president
of the North America
professional business
unit by WernerCo.
Vineet Gambhir, MBA
’96, has been appointed
chief human resources
officer of DataLink.
Jeffrey Kimsey ’93, vice
president of investment
intelligence at Nasdaq,
was named to the Institute
of Supply Management’s
board of directors.
Shelley Smith ’97
has been appointed
chief people officer of
Movement Mortgage.
Rebecca J. Yeung, MBA
’98, was appointed to
Columbus McKinnon
Corporation’s board of
directors.
Natalia Sokolova ’98
has been appointed
COO of Cytta Corp.
Xochitl Strohbehn ’98
has been promoted to
partner at Venable LLP.
Nicole Zussman, MBA ’94,
was appointed president
and CEO of AMC.
SMITH BUSINESS: SILVER JUBILEE EDITION /
fall 2023
Conor Thomas
Cunningham ’06 was
appointed a senior analyst
at Melius Research.
Allison Edmondson, MBA
’01, was named director of
communications for The
Investments & Wealth
Institute.
Nicole A. Engel ’08
was promoted to vice
president of marketing
for Northpass.
Shiva Fritsch, MBA ’08,
was promoted to chief
communications officer
of REGENXBIO Inc.
Alan Grantham Jr.
’05 was appointed
managing director of
debt capital markets
and credit products of
Synovus Bank.
David Helmreich Jr.,
MBA ’01, was appointed
global chief commercial
officer of Innovid.
Norman Miller ’09
was promoted to vice
president of BNP Paribas.
Marissa Morris ’08,
vice president of artist
relations at iHeartMedia,
was named to Billboard’s
2022 list of Women in
Music Top Executives.
Lisa Neuder, MBA ’00,
debuted as a children’s
author with “The Sweet
Friendship.”
Mark E. Nerenberg ’07
was promoted to COO
of Simplebet.
’20s
Ben Offit ’09 and his
team at Offit Advisors
opened a state-of-theart office Columbia, Md.
Matthew Parnell ’05,
director of marketing,
imaging solutions and
head of community
marketing at Sony
Electronics, was named
one of San Diego
Metro’s “40 under 40
Class of 2022.”
Anthony M. Ruiz ’09 has
been named partner at
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP.
Michael D. Weber ’14
has been named to CT
Insider’s Class of 2023
“40 Under 40.”
Anthony C. Woods,
EMBA ’15, was
appointed secretary of
the Maryland Department
of Veterans Affairs.
Clay Worley, MBA ’12,
was appointed executive
vice president and chief
human resources officer
of Bowman Consulting
Group Ltd.
Michael Ravenscroft,
MBA ’21, was named
managing director
of the Maryland
Momentum Fund by
the University System
of Maryland.
Jevon Wooden, MBA
’20, hosted the inaugural
Million Dollar Marketing
Summit in February
2022 as founder and
CEO of Live Not Loathe.
Adam Small ’04 was
appointed General
Counsel of the Diamond
Dealers Club.
Timothy Zhang ’05 was
appointed principal and
vice president of indirect
investments for Middleburg Communities.
’10s
Adeyanju O. “TJ”
Ademiluyi ’17 has been
named to Forbes’ “30
Under 30 Class of 2023.”
Gabriel Aguilera, MBA
’12, was appointed to
the New Mexico public
regulation commission.
Michael Hollis, MBA ’12,
was appointed vice president of the civil sector
at Stellar Solutions Inc.
Ryan D. McCarthy, MBA
’13, was appointed to the
board of directors of Lynx
Software Technologies.
Laura Miller ’17 was
promoted to manager in
technology consulting
at RSM.
Kevin C. Reilly ’12 has
been appointed director
of ABG Acquisition Corp.
Frederick Sullivan, MBA
’15, was appointed CFO of
Senseonics Holdings Inc.
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While Smith got me ready for my next leadership
role, it also prepared me for this next step in life,
and I can't wait!” —Martina Dashner, EMBA ’22
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