Susan Clark-Johnson '67 has been named president of the Gannett Co., Inc Newspaper Division. Clark-Johnson was senior group president of the Gannett Pacific Newspaper Group, Gannett's largest regional group, and chairman, CEO and publisher of The Arizona Republic in Pheonix.
"Taking the helm of the Newspaper Division at this moment in time is not only exciting and challenging but also humbling," said Clark Johnson. "There are very talented and innovative people in the division, which I believe is the best in the industry. I'm very much looking forward to working more closely with my colleagues, and becoming part of the team that will lead Gannett into the future.
Clark-Johnson is the first women to lead Gannett's Newspaper Division. She was publisher of the Binghamton Sun Bulletin in 1983. |
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Susan Rosenthal '71 has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Business Trial and Finance & Bankruptcy practice groups. Rosenthal, most recently at Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner in New York, concentrates her practice in corporate and commercial litigation.
Rosenthal said, "It is a great pleasure to join Sheppard Mullin. I am excited about practicing with a top-notch firm which has historically served financial institutions. I look forward to continuing my long-standing professional relationship with Alan, who I've worked with for almost a quarter of a century, and to forging new relationships with my colleagues in the New York office and firmwide." |
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The Lesbian and Gay Psychotherapy Association of Southern California, Inc presented one of two Community Service Awards to Stuart Altschuler '72 at their annual awards ceremony September 25. Altschuler was honored as a ground-breaking radio talk show host, pioneering AIDS activist and caretaker, founder of the International AIDS Project, facilitator of "The Hayride," founding executive director of the LA Center for Living, addictions and ADHD specialist, educator and visionary, psychotherapist and Breathwork Private Practice. |
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The National Labor Relations Board announced the appointment of a new administrative law judge, Mindy Landow '73. Judge Landow transferred to the Board from a similar position with the Social Security Administration (SSA). The Division of Judges, which has offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, San Francisco and Atlanta, is responsible for docketing unfair labor practice cases brought by the Board's General Counsel on charges filed by unions, employers and individual employees.
The Judges Division disposes of those cases, either by settlement or by conducting trials and issuing initial decisions, which may then be appealed to the five-member Board and thereafter to an appropriate U. S. Court of Appeals.
Judge Landow was named a judge with the SSA in 2004. Previously, she served as a trial attorney in the NLRB's Manhattan office (Region 2) for 15 years, and she was in the private practice of law in New York City. |
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| Peter L. Janoff '78, a lawyer in the area of real-estate management and a former prosecuter with the district attorney's office in the Bronx, is now general manager of the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. Janoff, who lives in Larchmont with his wife, Lori, and their three children, said his biggest challenge is to maintain the mall's freshness and to continue to make it one of the most exciting places to visit and shop in the region. The four -level Palisades Center has 270 tenants. |
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Al Dufty PhD '81has been appointed associate dean of the Graduate College at Boise State University. Dufty held a research position at Rockefeller University before joining the Boise State biology faculty in 1988. He acheived the rank of professor in 1996, and received the Foundation Scholar Award for research in 2000 for his contributions to behavioral endocrinology and ecology.
Dufty has been coordinator of biology graduate programs, chairman of the graduate student oversight committee and associate chairman of the biology department at Boise State. |
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New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi has named Janet Penksa '81, UB associate vice president for government affairs, as his appointment to the control board that will oversee Erie County's finances.
"Erie County is facing a serious fiscal crisis after years of irresponsible fiscal management and needs experienced, courageous leadership to resolve this financial mess. This is why I am nominating Janet Penksa to the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority," Hevesi said. "Janet has more than 20 years of budgetary, government and management experience. She has led top-level budget negotiations, has a track record of building consensus among groups with diverse needs, and a reputation for candor and honesty. I have no doubt that she will distinguish herself even further in this new and critical position."
A member of the University of Buffalo staff since December 1998, Penksa manages and directs the operations and staff of the Office of Government Affairs and actively participates in the university's strategic direction and planning, local economic development and community activities.
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Reva Price '82 is walking some of the same Capitol Hill corridors she's haunted for years, but she's be wearing a new hat.
Price, the Washington director of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, is set to join the staff of House Democratic Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
As an advisor to Pelosi, Price will be reaching out to the Jewish community she has long represented, as well as to women and other consituencies.
Asked about the move from advocacy to the political side, Price says after years of "meticulous" nonpartisanship, she sought to switch.
"I've been lucky enough to create a career based on issues that I feel passionately about, " Price said in a recent interview, citing Israel, poverty, immigration and international human rights. "It's not such a large leap to help effect change from the congressional side.
In 1997, she launched JCPA's Washington office, where she has worked since, championing Jewish concerns with policymakers and in coalitions of other advocacy groups. |
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Chili, NY resident Gary Egan '83 grew up in Rochester, attended Monroe Community College and, after earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics, came back to MCC. "I love it here," says the recipient of the State University of New York (SUNY) 2005 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
The professor of mathematics has been at MCC for 21 years and says teaching never gets old for him. "I still get excited at the beginning of each semester," says Egan. "It's important to me that my students do well and get excited about learning."
The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching honors those who have consistently demonstrated superb teaching at the undergraduate, graduate or professional level. Criteria include skill in teaching with consideration given to sound scholarship along with service to the University and to the campus. |
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MusicNet, the world's leading business- to-business digital music service provider, today announced that it has appointed Rory Parness '87 to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Parness will be responsible for overseeing MusicNet's planning, reporting and financial systems operations, as well as monitoring and ensuring the Company's financial strength. He will be based in the Company's headquarters in New York. |
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Guthrie Healthcare System officials announced that Mary Mannix '88 has been named as the new president and chief operating officer of Robert Packer Hospital. Mannix currently serves as the chief operating officer of Robert Packer Hospital and senior vice president of Guthrie Healthcare System.
Mannix's responsibilities as president and chief operating officer will include oversight of all Robert Packer Hospital operations, assurance of high quality clinical support services, effective collaboration with medical staff and devlopment of programs to enhance patient care and positive financial performance, GHS officials said.
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TurboWorx, Inc., a software company specializing in high-performance, distributed computing and workflow solutions for the life science, financial services and manufacturing marketplaces, has announced the appointment of Jason Alter, '89 PhD, to the position of vice president of marketing and professional services. Alter joined TurboWorx in March 2005. In his new role, he will be responsible for all solution operations, including sales support, marketing, professional services and strategic relationships with business partners and clients. |
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown named Sean Gahagan '90 its vice president of marketing, museum president Dale Petroskey announced.
Gahagan, a Binghamton native and Oneonta State graduate, will lead the Hall’s retail marketing, business marketing and membership efforts.
Gahagan most recently served as Ralph Lauren global brand manager for Safilo USA, a leader in the fashion eyewear industry, where he managed strategic marketing for the Ralph Lauren eyewear brand. Before Safilo, he served in a similar capacity as global brand manager for Nike eyewear with Marchon Eyewear from 2000-2004 and as marketing director for Apple-Dorson Sports, a licensee of Wilson Sporting Goods, from 1993-2000.
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Kimberly O' Connor '91, a former prosecutor and senior criminal justice official, has been named New York's Medicaid Inspector General by Gov. George Pataki.
As Medicaid Inspector General, O'Connor will coordinate the Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse control activities of state executive agencies whose clients are served by Medicaid, including the Department of Health, the Office of Mental Health, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, the Office of Children and Family Services and the State Education Department.
The position was established through an Executive Order signed by the Governor.
O'Connor will develop multi-agency investigation teams to work in concert with the Office of the Attorney General, county law enforcement officials, and other officials responsible for combating Medicaid fraud. She will also assist in developing legislative, policy and structural changes needed to strengthen the integrity of the Medicaid program.
She will report directly to the Secretary to the Governor on the state's continued progress and accomplishments. |
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Tamir Damari '92 has joined the Washington D.C. office of the law firm of Roetzel & Andress as an associate in the litigation group. Damari will focus his practice on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on breach of contract, real estate, copyright, trademark, trade secret and employment litigation matters. He has extensive experience representing businesses of all sizes in trial and appellate matters before both federal and state courts across the country. |
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Amy Dacey '93 worked on her first political campaign as a very young girl. Now she's the political director for Keeping America's Promise, Sen. John Kerry''s political action committee.
She was the featured speaker at an event sponsored by Women on the Move, a local Democratic group whose mission is to bring together women who want to make a difference by taking part in community forums, training and panels.
Debbie McCormack, co-chair of the group, said, "We wanted to inspire local Democratic women."
Dacey was invited to speak because she was a successful woman from Auburn and she has worked to support efforts to strengthen the Democratic party's grassroots base, McCormack. |
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Gale Global Facility Services (GFS), focused on reducing costs through operational efficiencies while raising service levels, today announced Scott Haley '93 has been named Vice President, Finance. Haley brings more than a decade of accounting experience and will be responsible for optimizing all financial and accounting operations for the company.
Haley started his career at Arthur Andersen. During his career Scott has worked with several development stage companies where he supervised all global accounting functions including AR, AP, billing, financial reporting, fixed assets, multi-currency GL, income taxes and regulatory reporting and compliance. In addition, Scott worked at Cornerstone Properties Inc. as Vice President of Finance and Accounting where he managed the selection and implementation of an enterprise accounting system worth $5 million. Scott was also a key member in the successful IPO of Cornerstone Properties. |
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Matthew Anderson, CPA, '94 with Rothstein Kass, an international accounting and consulting firm, has been promoted to Principal. Matthew oversees audit, accounting and tax related matters for alternative investment clientele. He worked extensively with various investment vehicles including hedge funds, fund of funds and private equity funds. Matthew is a certified public accountant in Colorado, New York and California and is a member of the professional CPA societies in those states. He is based in the firm's Denver office. |
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InsightExpress, a leading online market research firm, announced that it has appointed Michele McDonald '94 as a Senior Account Executive within the Emerging Markets Sector. She joins InsightExpress from the Greenwich, Ct. office of TNS NFO (part of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc), where she was an Account Executive responsible for several large Consumer Packaged Goods, Healthcare and Financial Services accounts. Prior to that, Michele held market research positions with Hamill Associates and Rothstein-Tauber. Michele also spent six years as a secondary social studies teacher prior to entering market research.
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Provost Mary Ann Swain has announced that Tammara Behonick '95 has been appointed assistant dean of the School of Education and Human Development at Binghamton University. "Tammy has a diverse range of experience in higher education in the areas of human resources, financial management and budgeting, student advisement, grantsmanship, strategic planning, assessment, teaching, information systems and events planning," said Swain. "Her superior knowledge of the University, along with her leadership of the Commencement Committee and experience in working with many different offices on our campus, prompted this appointment."
Behonick assumed her new duties on Aug. 24. |
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When Health Management Associates bought Bartow Memorial Hospital on April 1, the Naples, Florida-based company began rolling out changes from the first day. Managers changed the name to Bartow Regional Medical Center, restructured the emergency room and worked with local physicians to purchase equipment to better serve the community's residents.
The day of the purchase, HMA named Justin Marshall Davis '97 as chief executive officer at Bartow Regional Medical Center. He left a similar position at Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center in Haines City, another HMA hospital, where he'd worked since 2002. |
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InsightExpress, a leading online market research firm, announced today the appointment of Kevin Kruper '97 as Group Director, Technology. In his new role, Kruper will be responsible for all research sales efforts and client service needs within this rapidly growing sector, and will also define its strategic direction and oversee all business relationships. The appointment is already effective.
Kruper, an experienced custom market research veteran, joins InsightExpress from TNS NFO (part of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc), where he spent over 5 years dedicated to meeting the full-service custom market research needs of his global clients. Prior to that, Kruper was with The Taylor Research & Consulting Group, Inc. |
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Meriden resident Iveta Valenova '02, was among a distinguished group of 20 Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) nurses who was recently honored with a Nightingale Award for Excellence in Nursing. Each year, the Visiting Nurse Association of South Central Connecticut holds an annual dinner to recognize nurses from greater New Haven hospitals and healthcare institutions who are committed to excellence in nursing practice.
Valenova has been employed for the past three years at YNHH where she works on the medical oncology unit. She holds a bachelor's of science degree in nursing from Palacky University in the Czech Republic
(Left: Valenova (right) is shown with Sue Fitzsimons, PhD. senior vice president, Patient Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital. ) |
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The Lippin Group today announced that Matt Biscuiti '98 has been promoted to the position of vice president effective immediately.
Biscuiti joined The Lippin Group in May 2004, and has over seven years of business-to-business and consumer public relations and marketing communications experience. Based in the company's New York office, he is responsible for developing and implementing corporate and consumer communications campaigns in conjunction with clients ranging from cable television networks to industry associations, advertising and marketing agencies, and companies in the mobile entertainment and new media/technology space.
Founded in 1986, The Lippin Group is one of the largest independent entertainment public relations agencies in the world, representing clients in the United States and abroad. |
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Two young Binghamton University musicians form two-thirds of an alt-indie rock trio called Back to Blonde based out of New York City that has been touring the East coast and blowing away audiences and critics with their explosive live shows and emotional debut LP, "Swim West". The electric guitar driven trio includes Joe Rogers on vocals/guitar, Christian Linsey '04 on drums and Brooklyn native Pat Malone on bass.
Starting out as students at Binghamton with a dream playing in a dorm, Back to Blonde played a month long fall tour of the East coast and an extensive radio campaign to help promote their new album. One of their stops was at Binghamton as part of the college's kickoff Late Nite program and at the University Fest celebration.
(Left: Rogers playing at University Fest.) |
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| Noah Garber '05 won a Saxe Memorial Prize for Public Service ($1,500). He participated in an internship with the Kings County (Brooklyn) District Attorney's Office, worked with the New York State's DA Office in Binghamton and volunteered with Legal Aid in Queens. |
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| Tracy Marchini '05 and Lyndsey Posner, both of Hyde Park, formed the team "Together in Tutus" and spent a weekend walking to help eradicate breast cancer by participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on October 1 and 2. They walked the marathon distance (26.2 miles) in pink tutus, hoping to raise $5,000 towards the eradication of breast cancer. |
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Mordechai Y. Nemes '05 is recipient of the James P. Kirkgasser Memorial Scholarship for Beta Theta Pi at Miamia (Ohio) University.
Mordechai will receive $400 to use towards college expenses whilel pursuing a degree in financial engineering. His accomplishments include volunteering for the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton, induction into Beta Gamma Sigma, membership in the Golden Key Honors Society and selection for the Pricewaterhouse Coopers Scholars program. |
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| Christine Pasquale '05 of Binghamton bought the Rathskeller Pub on State Street downtown and is giving it a facelift. Renovations have included a new stainless steel bar, new floor and lighting, expanded dance floor, and the addition of an 80-inch projection screen for sporting events and a private seating area, among other improvements. The bar will also have an expanded food menu and other enhancements that she hopes will attract college students and young professionals. |
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