Alumni Spotlight

 1930s

 
 

Florence Aichele '33

Alumna turns 100

 

William E. Gordon '39

Designer of the Arecibo telescope

 1940s

 
 

Barbara Horn Buhrer '43

Edward and Barbara Buhrer Endowed Scholarship. 

1960s

 

Dorothy Daniela Gioseffi '63

Published author, prolific poet

James L. Guter '64 '68 MA

Music Teacher and Band Director

Arlene Crescenzi Allen '64

Celebrated teacher

William Eickhorst '69 '70 MA

Artist and retired professor

 1970s

 
 

Bob Walton '70 '77 MA

Co-Author of Route 66: The People, The Places, The Dream

Elsa Nunez '70

President of Eastern Connecticut State University

 

Joan Ficke '71

Dean of the Graduate School

 

Margaret Ann "Midge" Guerrera

Playwright

 

 Celeste Marie Fasone '71

 First female Director of NJOCTV

 

 Laureen Ong '74

 President of the Travel Channel

 

 Paul V. Stahlin '74

 Chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

 Marcy LoCastro '74

CEO of MLoCastro Consulting LLC

 

 Sheryl Cohn '75 MA

 Author of The Boy in the Suitcase: Holocaust Family Stories of Survival

John Fugazzie '77

Founder of Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Pamela Lerner Portin '77

Principal of Pamela Portin Consulting, LLC

Jeanne Markey '78

Director of Global Management Reporting, Budgeting and Analysis at Lazard Freres

Carol Blazejowski '78

Associate Vice President for University Advancement

Sandi Makofsky '78

Director and choreographer

Michael Matossian '78

Global Head of Group Regulatory Compliance for Arab Bank

 

 Christopher Mattaliano '79

 General Director of the Portland (OR) Opera

Helane Becker '79

Director at Dahlman Rose & Co.

Lisa C. Buono '79

Director of U.S. Over-the-Counter Medicines at Actavis, Inc.

Greg Collins '79

Founder of G. Collins & Company, LLC

 1980s

 
 

 Jana Polsky '80

 Writer/Producer; Recipient of the 2010 Alliance for Women in Media Achievement Award

 Valerie Maholmes '80 '84 MA

Director of the Social/Affective Development, Child Maltreatment and Violence Research Program at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Gerard Fazzio '81

Assistant Principal and former Professional Wrestler

Michael Price '81

Award-winning writer on The Simpsons

Debra '83 '91 MA and William '82 Tomaszewski

Owners of the Marin Bee Company

 

 Janine Iannarelli '83

 Founder and President of Par Avion Ltd.

Peter Aquino '83

President and CEO of Primus Telecommunications

 

 Tom Kaminski '84

 WCBS Radio Traffic Reporter; Recipient of the Allen B. DuMont Broadcaster of the Year Award

David Mudrick '86

CFO of Topcon Corporation

Patricia DiFlauro Piroh '88 '92 MA

Producer and Director

 1990s

 
 

 Louis A. Ramunno '91

 National Leader of Deloitte Tax LLP's Private Equity Tax Practice

Piera Accumanno '92

Vice President of Political Activities at Deutsche Bank

Steven Resnick, Esq. '93

Accomplished lawyer and member of the Attorney Alumni Network

Gaspard Louis '93

Owner of Gaspard and Dancers

Joyce M. Smith '94

Chief Legal Officer of Prudential Trust Company

 

 Jeff Zarrillo '95

 One of the original plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case

 

 Sal M. Anderton '95

Member of the Legislative Law Journal; West Orange Township Council President 2010

Denise Rodak '96 MA

Outstanding Advising Award Winner

 2000s

 

Daryl H. Bryant '00

CEO and co-founder of Hudson Horizons

 

Tiffany Aliche '02

Best-selling author and budgeting expert

Chris Cancialosi '02 MA

Founder of gothamCULTURE

 

 Frank Iannucci '03 '10 MA

 Recipient of the Milken Award for outstanding teaching

 

 Kristian Dyer '03

 Sports Journalist for Metro New York, Sportsillustrated.com and MLSsoccer.com

 

Ines Rosales '04

Traffic Reporter at Fox News

 

 Chris Fitzpatrick '04

 Regional Talent Acquisition Manager for Enterprise Rent-a-Car, mentor current students

 

 David Cirino '04

 Singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, engineer

 

 Theresa Concepcion '04

 Litigation Associate at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC.

Kristin Kehoe '06

Associate Director of Volunteer Services at City Harvest

Ben Clawson '07

Actor, playwright and co-founder of Strangedog Theatre Company

Chris Lighty '07 '12 MA

Family Service Specialist with the Division of Child Protection and Permanency of New Jersey

 

 Ellen Cahill '08 MEd 2011

 Teacher of the Year by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities

 

 Viviana Bernal '08 and Katherine McGhee '10

 Speaker at the 2012 Forum of the Association for Women's Rights in Development

 

 Ariel Frenkel '08

 Independant filmmaker

Erica Emmich '09

Associate Producer for Specials Unit at CNBC

Tracey Keelen '09

Brought Hurricane Sandy victims to safety

 

 David Keefe '09 MFA

 Director and Coordinator for the Combat Paper Program at the Printmaking Center of New Jersey

 2010s

 

Chris Besmir Ruli '10

Peace Corps volunteer

 

Michael Mahadeen '10

Recipient of the New Jersey Distinguished Student Teacher Award

Jackie Rothong '10

Food Stylist on The Chew

 

 Keyla Silva '10

 Founder and Director of Inda Cares

Rob Bonara '10 and Anthony Greco '10

Part of "Coast to Coast for a Cure" Charity Walk

 

 Greg Addo '10

 Multimedia Producer for Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker

Ankit Duggal '10 MBA

Founder of RER LLC

Brian Baker '10

Participant in the Veteran Associate Program at the New York Stock Exchange

Stephen Hines '10

Speaker at the 2013 Boys to Men Conference

Michael Vitale '10

Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners

Nicole Rios '11

White House Intern

Gina Giardinieri '12

Part of the Fresh Air Fund

Alyssa Moser '12

Third generation Montclair State graduate