University at Buffalo School of Management

26 Buffalo Business Autumn 2018 1960s Alan J. Laurita, BS '68, partner in the environ- mental practice at Hodgson Russ LLP, was honored with the Industry Leader award at the Northeast Oil & Gas Awards. 1970s Kenneth S. Dreifus, MBA '71, deputy chair of Touro College's Business and Accounting Department, co-authored a study, "Do Investors Still Gravitate to Preferred Habitats on the U.S. Treasury Yield Curve?", in the Macrothink Institute's Business and Economic Research journal. Joseph Curatolo, BS '76, president and founder of Georgetown Capital Group, was appointed to the Fidelity Investments Advisory Council. 1980s Brian Robison, BS '80, was pro- moted to chief of upstate field op- erations for the Bureau of Public Work in the New York State Department of Labor. Paul G. Buchanan, MBA '81, former Erie County Family Court judge, joined HoganWillig Attorneys at Law as special counsel. Michael Curatolo, BS '84, certified financial planner at Georgetown Capital Group, was named to the Fidelity Investments Advisory Council. William J. Kullback, MBA '84, is chief financial officer of BioLegend Inc., a San Diego-based biotechnology firm. Meghan McDonnell, BS '85, was named business devel- opment leader at CannonDesign, an integrated global design firm. Walter Ludwig, MBA '88, was pro- moted to presi- dent and CEO of Kenmore Mercy Hospital. Jeffrey McCabe, BS '88, was ap- pointed assistant vice president at USAA, responsible for mort- gage originations. Sujata Yalamanchili, BS '88, MBA '89, part- ner at Hodgson Russ LLP, was honored with the 2018 Community Leader Legal Award by the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York. 1990s Brian Shine, CEL '91, president of Manitoba Corp., was elected chair of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries. Kim Krug, BS '93, was recog- nized with the Small Business of the Year award from the Clarence Chamber of Commerce for her store, Monkey See, Monkey Do… Children's Bookstore. David Sheff, BS '93, was appoint- ed human resources manager for Lactalis American Group's Buffalo plant. Michael Kaye, BS '88, MBA '95, was promoted to vice president of finance – health care, higher edu- cation sales verti- cal at Xerox Corp. Alexandra Wehr, BS '95, was pro- moted to senior vice president, senior corporate relationship man- ager at KeyBank. Thomas E. Mazurek Jr., BS '98, CPA, was promot- ed to partner at Tronconi Segarra & Associates, where he focuses on state and local tax, and sales and use tax. Class Notes Jennifer Beckage, BS '99, a partner at Phillips Lytle who specializes in cybersecurity, was recognized on Cybersecurity Docket's "Incident Response 30," a list of the coun- try's top data breach response attorneys. 2000s Robert Denning, EMBA '00, pres- ident and CEO of Perry's Ice Cream Co., was honored with the 2018 Community Leader Corporate Award by the National Federation for Just Communities of Western New York. Hector P. Garrido, MBA/ MArch '00, was promoted to asso- ciate at Trautman Associates, an ar- chitecture and de- sign firm. Jill M. Johnson, BS/MBA '02, CPA, was pro- moted to part- ner at Lumsden McCormick, where she works in the assurance division. Kevin Majchrowicz, BS '02, CPA, CVA, partner at Brock, Schechter & Polakoff LLP, was promoted to direc- tor of audit and ac- counting at the firm. NOTE: Individuals are listed in Class Notes according to the year of their most recent School of Management degree. Laurita Curatolo Buchanan Curatolo McDonnell Ludwig Yalamanchili Shine Kaye Wehr Mazurek Beckage Denning Garrido Johnson Majchrowicz

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