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Kathleen Grieco, MBA '95, CPA, was promoted to senior manager in the tax department at Tronconi Segarra & Associates LLP. Jennifer Kopf, BS '96, was named director, shared services at BlueCross BlueShield of WNY. David Murray, BS/MBA '97, clinical professor of management science and sys- tems, received the 2019 Faculty Award for Alumni Engagement from the UB School of Management Alumni Association. John Adamo, BS '98, was promoted to group vice pres - ident at M&T Bank, where he is a loan administration manager. Jonathan Manly, MBA '98, was appointed director, revenue management at Life Storage. Joel Salamone, BS '98, founded baddpizza, a Buffalo-style pizzeria with multiple locations in Virginia. Daniel Suttell, BS '98, CPA, was promoted to man- ager at Brock, Schechter & Polakoff CPAs and Consultants. Jennifer Beckage, BS '99, founder of Beckage PLLC, was named to the Upstate New York Super Lawyers list for 2019. Carrie Duggan, MBA '99, was appointed a senior marketing manager at Lactalis American Group. Lisa LaTrovato, BS '99, director of development at Hauptman- Woodward Medical Research Institute, founded the Fiy Fabulous Women Giving Circle, a community of philanthropic women who combine their finan - cial strength to improve the lives of women and girls in Erie and Niagara counties. 2000s Stephanie Argentine, MBA '00, founder and principal of solve& consulting LLC, a manage - ment consulting firm, has earned her National Association of Corporate Directors Board Governance Fellowship, demonstrating her commitment to the highest stan - dards of corporate governance and excellence in the boardroom. Michael Barone, MBA '00, founder/owner of Str84ward Communications, was named direc - tor at large on the Public Relations Society of America Buffalo Niagara Chapter's board of directors. Maria Knoebel, MBA '02, was promoted to vice president, TCCS category busi - ness unit at Rich Products. Jason Barocas, BS '03, was promoted to partner at KPMG. Nicholas Snyder, BS/MBA '03, executive vice president - retail distribution and corporate operations at Evans Bank, was named to the Buffalo Business First 40 Under Forty class of 2019. Kevin Kirk, PMBA '04, was promoted to senior project architect at Uniland Development Co. Jonathan Nyitrai, MBA '04, was promoted to director of logistics warehouse oper- ations at Ivoclar Vivadent North America. Jonathan Somer, BS '05, was named partner at Mazars USA. Adam Dunning, BS '06, was promoted to vice president, analyt- ics at BlueCross BlueShield of WNY. Gail Ettaro, BS '06, was named vice president of busi- ness operations at Arc Building Partners. Jeffrey Green, MS '06, was promoted to partner at KPMG. Carolin Soldo, BS '04, MBA '06, owner and CEO of Carolin Soldo Coaching and Events LLC, was named to the Buffalo Business First 40 Under Forty class of 2019. Chester Spivey, EMBA '06, was pro - moted to senior vice president of clini- cal sales at Ivoclar Vivadent Inc. Scott Allen Jr., MBA '07, senior associate at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, was appointed to the board of directors for Friends of Night People. Spring 2020 Buffalo Business 27 Grieco Suttell Barone Knoebel Barocas Snyder Kirk Nyitrai Beckage Duggan LaTrovato Kopf Murray Adamo Manly Argentine Dunning Ettaro Soldo Spivey Allen