Hofstra Magazine

Class Notes

Summer 2007

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1980

Alan Fishbein (B.B.A) of North Wales, PA, is working for URS Corporation as senior project manager for Forensic & Litigation Services in Philadelphia, PA...Sherry Petersen (B.A.) of Stratford, CT, has vacationed at a beach house on Long Island for the past 16 years with fellow Hofstra alumnae Caryn Goldberg (B.A.), Janice Estis (B.A.), and Maureen Tully (B.A.). Sherry is a freelance editor and copywriter, Caryn is a retail consultant, Janice is a marketing entrepreneur and analyst, and Maureen is an administrator of a nonprofit lobbying organization. They are proud that they have never missed a year celebrating their 30 years of friendship that started at Hofstra...Beth Steinberg (B.A.) of Woodbury, NY, has joined Harris & Associates as the firm’s client sales manager. She has been involved in various aspects of marketing, government and business management...

1981

Christine Archer (B.B.A.) of Brightwaters, NY, was named assistant vice president and branch manager of Community National Bank’s Garden City facility. She is responsible for the day-today activities of the operation of the branch...Ben Rubinowitz (J.D.) of Roslyn Heights, NY, has been honored as a New York Super Lawyer. Sponsored by the publishers of Law & Politics, Super Lawyers in each state are chosen by a survey of their peers and through the publishers’ independent research...Edith Jud (B.A.) of Freeport, NY, earned an M.L.S. from C.W. Post’s Palmer School of Library & Information Sciences in May 2005. She is currently employed as a school library media specialist at PS 377 in Brooklyn, New York...Susan Nolan (B.B.A., M.B.A. ’89) of Mineola, NY, continues to serve on the Hofstra Alumni Organization as Alpha Theta Beta’s alumnae representative. She is celebrating her 20-year wedding anniversary this year, and has volunteered with her husband as docents at Old Westbury Gardens for the past 25 years...Daisy Fernandez Seebach (J.D.) of Glen Gardner, NJ, was recently named vice president and chief ethics officer of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a premier provider of business process outsourcing and information technology solutions...

1982

Paul Brady (B.B.A.) of Wayland, MA, presented during the Third Annual Information Security Conference hosted by America’s Growth Capital in cooperation with Soleil Securities. Paul is currently CEO of Mazu Networks, Inc... George Hong (Ph.D.) of Montebello, CA, has been re-elected for a two-year term as vice president for public interest & diversity of the Division of Family Psychology, American Psychological Association. Dr. Hong is a professor at California State University - Los Angeles. ...Joanne Minieri (B.B.A.) of New York, NY, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Forest City Ratner Companies, received the 2006 Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement. This award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University... Dr. Joseph O’Connor (Ed.D.) of Freeport, NY, recently celebrated his 60th birthday with his wife in New York City. They are continuing their dance lessons at Arthur Murray in Merrick...Martin Weinstein (B.A.) of Dix Hills, NY, is a principal at Intermediate School 302 in Brooklyn, NY. During his time in this position, he has received numerous awards and recognitions for raising student achievements, including the Middle School Principal of the Year Award from The Association of Orthodox Jewish Teachers and the proclamation of “Martin Weinstein Day” in Brooklyn by the president of the borough of Brooklyn...

1983

Steven Goldstein (C.A.S.) of Jericho, NY, has retired from his position as assistant director of business services with the Board of Cooperative Education Services of Nassau County. He and his wife, Barbara, are living in Tallahassee, Florida...David Paterson (J.D.) of New York, NY, was elected lieutenant governor of New York in November 2006. As a part of his campaign, he has decided to promote a healthier lifestyle for all citizens of New York...Eric Resch (M.B.A.) of Skillman, NJ, has been named senior vice president and chief tax officer for Tyco Electronics. He is responsible for the company’s global tax strategy, as well as tax accounting and compliance...

1984

Anthony Colleluori (J.D.) of Syosset, NY, has been an active member of the Scleroderma Foundation’s board of directors and recently stepped down as chair of its development committee. He is a partner in charge of his multi-attorney law firm, The Law Offices of Anthony J. Colleluori and Associates LLC, located in Westbury, NY...David DeScalzo (B.B.A.) of Calhoun, GA, is a certified public accountant, certified fraud examiner, and a certified QuickBooks professional adviser. He and his wife, Laurie, have a daughter, Amanda, and a son, Daniel. David received the Georgia Certified Public Accountants Excellence Award as the 1999-2000 president of the Rome, GA, chapter... David Houlden (B.F.A.) of West Newbury, MA, is working as the director for the Gloucester Housing Authority and several municipal and nonprofit agencies developing affordable housing opportunities in Northeastern Massachusetts. He is also still acting, recently appearing in the premiere of two new works, Yankee City Theater Project and The Garden of Dramore at the Firehouse Center for the Performing Arts in Newburyport, MA... Kathryn Marinello (M.B.A.) of Apple Valley, MN, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Ceridian Corporation, which is a $1.4 billion human resources outsourcing company. She was previously president of GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services, where she was responsible for overseeing more than 3,000 employees in 20 countries around the world...Susan Michlik (B.A.) of Central Islip, NY, recently moved to the Washington, D.C., area and joined the morning news team at WUSA9 as a traffic reporter. Her son, Brian, is following in her footsteps and is a junior at Hofstra studying communications, while her daughter, Nicole, keeps Susan’s hair looking great for television now that she is a licensed hair stylist...Andrew Oringer (J.D.) of Syosset, NY, has been honored as a New York Super Lawyer. Sponsored by the publishers of Law & Politics, Super Lawyers in each state are chosen by a survey of their peers and through the publishers’ independent research... Elyse Barbell Rudolph (B.A.) of Lake Hiawatha, NJ, is the executive director of the Literacy Assistance Center in New York. The agency assists illiterate individuals by training teachers, collecting data and sharing information. She has worked at this agency for 10 years and became the director four years ago...

1985

Seth Bookey (B.A.) of New York, NY, graduated from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Queens College in June 2006, and is now serving as assistant librarian at the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society Library. He is also a contributing editor for the Jobson Optical Group, publishers of VisionMonday, 20/20, and LabTalk magazines...David Crichlow (B.A.) of Upper Montclair, NJ, has been named managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP...Laurie Shepherd Johnson (Ph.D.) of Garden City, NY, professor of counseling, research, special education and rehabilitation as well as graduate program director in Hofstra’s School of Education and Allied Human Services, received the 2006 Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement. This award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University... Richard Kellner (B.B.A.) of New York, NY, has been promoted to partner from tax director at Nasberg CPA PLLC. Richard had opened the tax department at the firm in 2003...Yung Ki Kim (B.B.A.) of Seoul, Korea, is currently an adjunct professor at the graduate school of business and also teaches a course in international banking and finance at the division of international studies at Hanyang University. He is the author of the book Global Investment Banking English (Nexus Publishing, Korea, September 2005), which is useful for learning both investment banking and business English...George Newill (B.A.) of Westbury, NY, is working as an educator/mentor in customer service at Connections Clubhouse in Hicksville, NY...Stuart Shinske (B.A.) of Colchester, CT, has been named executive editor and director of content and audience development at the Poughkeepsie Journal in NY. He was most recently the executive editor of the Norwich Bulletin in CT. Both newspapers are owned by Gannett Co, Inc., for which he has worked for 18 years...Eve Tahmincioglu (B.A.) of Wilmington, DE, is a freelance business writer and regular contributor to The New York Times and Business Week. She is also a columnist for MSNBC.com where she writes the “Your Career” column. Her book From the Sandbox to the Corner Office was recently published by John Wiley & Sons...

1986

Debra Cicerello (B.B.A.) of West Islip, NY, is a human resources manager at AutoOne Insurance, which is a division of OneBeacon Insurance, located in Melville...Sherry Dalton (B.S.) of Somerville, NJ, married Jim Heffern in 2004 and they now have a son, Garrett Richard, born May 2, 2006...David M. Katz (B.A.) of Glen Cove, NY, a partner in Sterling Equities and an owner and board member of The New York Mets, received the 2006 Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement. This award is given to alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields of endeavor and/or demonstrated outstanding service to the University...Daniel J. O’Brien (B.B.A.) of Westbury, NY, has rejoined the New York Life Insurance Company as vice president of group membership...John Powell (C.A.S.) of Hempstead, NY, has been named assistant superintendent for business of Great Neck public schools. He is a certified public accountant and has volunteered income tax services to the elderly and low-income families...Cristina Prignano (B.A.) of City Island, NY, has been married to her husband, John, for 13 years and has two children – Gabriella, 8, and John, 6. She is currently teaching Italian, French and Latin at Pelham Public Schools in Westchester County...Vincent Solimine, Jr. (B.B.A., M.B.A. ’90) of Glen Cove, NY, recently wrote Path of a Scholar: An Inspirational Exploration of Connections and Meaning. A scholar who spends his life in the pursuit of knowledge, truth, beauty and connections therein, he has applied his creative interests designing, managing and teaching in the health care, finance, education and psychology fields. He is currently director of product development at Centris Group...

1987

Susan (Assunta) Vitti (B.A.) of Glen Head, NY, has three children, ages 15, 12 and 9. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and graduated from Adelphi University’s Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies in May 2005. Susan is currently a staff psychologist at the VA Hospital Manhattan Campus, which is part of the New York Harbor Healthcare System...Betty Zamarelli (C.A.S.) of Stony Brook, NY, has been a reading and literacy teacher in the West Islip Schools for more than 28 years. She is also a participant in numerous pageants, including the Mrs. New York America Pageant in which she was selected from a field of 350 married women to be one of the 21 semifinal contestants. She was a member of the U.S.A. team in the World Championships of Performing Arts event. Betty strives to create a healthier lifestyle, and extends the message to her students to become resilient, resourceful and versatile...

1988

Imran Ashraf (B.S.) of Sialkot Cantt, Pakistan, joined his family business of medical instruments production upon graduation. He is married and has three beautiful daughters and one son. In 2002 Imran ran in the general election in Pakistan and became a member of parliament...Edward Carp (B.A.) of Washington, D.C., recently celebrated his 40th birthday at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, and was joined by a number of Hofstra alumni...Eric Fried (B.B.A.) of Plainview, NY, recently celebrated his 15th wedding anniversary with his wife, Beverly Kohen Fried, in October 2006...Sheila Hunter (B.A) of Ogden, UT, is studying to be a pharmacist. She has worked for CNN Headline News, WINS Network, and Florida Radio Network...Erik Klingenberg (B.B.A.) of Glen Head, NY, has accepted a position as adjunct professor at St. John’s Law School. Erik teaches “Securitization, Structured Finance and Capital Markets,” while he continues to practice law full time at Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP...Yvonne Ventresca (B.A.) of Chatham, NJ, recently had her nonfiction book Avril Lavigne published by Lucent Books as part of its “People in the News” series in December. The biography of the pop singer Lavigne is written for kids ages 12 and older...

1989

Ellen Chase (B.B.A.) of Ithaca, NY, completed a master’s degree in landscape architecture at Cornell University...Dr. Hilarie Cranmer (B.E.) of Roxbury, MA, is an attending physician at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston...Vincenzo Iannucci (B.B.A.) of Huntington, NY, has joined Signature Bank, a New York-based full-service commercial bank, as an investment group director and vice president for its subsidiary brokerage firm, Signature Securities Group...Frank Nappi (B.A.) of Massapequa, NY, is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Echoes from the Infantry. He has also just been awarded the 2006 Silver Medal for Outstanding Fiction by the Military Writers Society of America...Nancy Rothenberg (B.A.) of White Plains, NY, recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her business, Studio B Dance Center, in Eastchester, New York. Ten dance scholarships were awarded as part of the celebration. Nancy also celebrated the first anniversary of her marriage to husband Daniel...

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