University at Buffalo School of Management

Brian Maze, BS '02, CPA, was named partner at Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP. Jennifer Seth- Cimini, MBA '02, was promoted to senior director of advancement for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB. Kara Rankin, MBA '03, is owner of Scout and Molly's Boutique in Brookfield, Wis. Jennifer Wiler, MD/MBA '03, was appointed to the Physician- Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, which offers comments and recommen- dations on proposals to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. Dale Payne, BS '04, was promot- ed to director of business devel- opment at Life Storage Inc. Grove Potter, PMBA '04, was named development direc- tor at Westminster Economic Development Initiative. Lindsay Jones, MBA '05, was named process improvement manager at Meloria Consulting LLC. Meagan Fitzgerald, BS '06, CPA, was named partner at Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP. Jeannette Marchant, BS '06, was promoted to senior manager at Freed Maxick CPAs. Scott Falbo, PMBA '07, was named chief tech- nical officer at LenderLogix. Victor Filadora, EMBA '07, MD, was named pres- ident of Great Lakes Cancer Care. Jared Sedor, BS '07, was appoint- ed assistant vice president, com- mercial loan offi- cer at Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. Bradley Sendlak, PMBA '07, was appointed corporate associate at Nussbaumer & Clarke Inc. Nicholas Hirsch, BS '08, PMP, CISA, was promoted to senior manager at Freed Maxick CPAs. Kathleen Hurley, BS '08, was promoted to director, strategic HR business part- ner at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. Dawn Odrzywolski, PMBA '08, was promoted to vice president of Medicare programs at Independent Health. For Anushka Reuben, receiving the Duke of Edinburgh's Interna- tional Award was the culmination of 14 years of time and dedication. She was presented with the award from Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, at the Gold Award Ceremony in New York City this past September. "After working toward this for years and finally seeing it come to life feels like a dream come true," she says. The Duke of Edinburgh's Interna- tional Award recognizes young adults for completing a series of self-improvement experiences that help them become committed, responsible and fulfilled citizens of the world. Doing the award is a personal challenge and not a competition against others; it pushes young people to their personal limits and recognizes their achievements. At the gold level, participants complete a residential project, which gave Reuben the opportu- nity to experience something she's always wanted to: martial arts. She spent a week learning real-world self-defense techniques, breathing and meditation, as well as how to defend against attackers with weapons. "Just that week alone taught me focus, mental strength and the ability to think clearly through high-adrenaline situations," she says. "That training is the reason I have found the ability to stay calm in stressful situations at work and in my personal life." Reuben currently serves as pro- curement operations analyst at Amazon, where she manages all the indirect procurement needed to fulfill a customer order, including purchasing all the packaging as well as overseeing every supplier working with the fulfillment center. "My search for an opportunity in this field brought me to the largest supply chain organization in the world, and I haven't looked back since," she says. Within her first six months, she had developed three network projects and realized more than $100,000 in cost savings, vaulting her to her first promotion. Since then, she's managed multiple teams across the country and recently moved to Denver to help launch one of the company's newest fulfillment centers. x Spring 2019 Buffalo Business 27 Maze Seth-Cimini Wiler Fitzgerald Marchant Falbo Filadora Sedor Hirsch Hurley Alumni Spotlight: Anushka Reuben, MS '14 Odrzywolski

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