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Spring 2022 Buffalo Business 3 Siaw-Asamoah receives alumni engagement award The School of Management Alumni Association presented the 2021 Faculty Award for Alumni Engagement to Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, clinical associate professor of organization and human resources, and faculty director of Global Programs. Siaw-Asamoah received the award in December at a faculty reception hosted by the alumni association's board of directors. She was lauded for provid- ing outstanding opportunities for students to connect with alumni and the business and nonprofit commu- nity through numerous classes, programs and experiential learning activities. In her Global Programs role, she has engaged more than 200 School of Management alumni and friends through the Experience the 50 program alone. Additionally, through a class taught by Siaw-Asamoah, seniors in the school's undergraduate honors program connect with nonprofit organizations to provide student-led financial literacy training to some of the region's most under- served populations. Over the past seven years, students have assisted 15 local organizations. The School of Management honored the co-leaders of the Western New York Vaccination Hub and several alumni at the school's annual awards ceremony, held virtually last fall. WNY Vaccine Hub co-leaders Michael E. Cain, MD, former vice pres- ident for health sciences at UB and dean of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Thomas J. Quatroche Jr., PhD '04, president and CEO of Erie County Medical Center Corp.; and Mark A. Sullivan, president and CEO of Catholic Health, received the 2021 Buffalo Niagara Executive of the Year award for their role in the regional COVID-19 vaccination effort. In addition, the School of Manage- ment celebrated the following alumni for their considerable impact on the school, the community and their industry. • George Chamoun, BA '97 and management minor, CEO of ACV, for entrepreneurship • Ridzki Kramadibrata, MBA '99, pres- ident of Grab Indonesia, for industry leadership • Sarah Tanbakuchi, BA '09, JD/ MBA '14, president and CEO of TechBuffalo, for her service to the school • Danielle Vazquez, BA '16, MPH/MBA '19, director of support services at Rush University Medical Center, for early career success School honors alumni executives, leaders in COVID-19 vaccine effort Siaw-Asamoah Cain Quatroche Sullivan