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Autumn.2013Final_layout 8/1/13 12:46 PM Page 1 ................................................................ Arjang A. Assad Dean, University at Buffalo School of Management Buf falo Business Jacqueline Molik Ghosen, APR Editor Cathy Wilde Contributing Editor Kevin Manne, APR Contributing Editor N u m b e r Deb Engel Art Direction/Design Sassy Design Group ................................................................ School of Management Dean's Advisory Council 3 0 10 VICE CHAIR Richard M. Ferranti, EMBA '97 Executive Vice President and COO, Rich Products Corp. Buffalo, N.Y. 90 YEARS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Celebrating the School of Management's history. page 2 18 GIVING BACK page 8 A VITAL CONNECTION Outreach benefits Western New York schoolchildren. page 23 GOING THE EXTRA MILE Matt Wagner '03 helps school develop new partnerships. Top cover photo by Tom Wolf D e p a r t m e n t s Mark C. Rizzo '96, MBA '03 Vice President –WNY Commercial Banking M&T Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. Andrew B. Rosengard '79, COO & CFO Intellivent Group, The Kitchen NYC and FoodPop, New York, N.Y. Steven H. Shepsman '75, Executive Managing Director NewWorld Realty Advisors LLC, New York, N.Y. David F. Simon '74, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer Jefferson Health System Inc., Radnor, Pa. Carl W. Turnipseed Partner Hodgson Russ LLP, Buffalo, N.Y. Robert M. Zak '80, President & CEO Merchants Insurance Group, Buffalo, N.Y. page 9 28 President & CEO Beniya Co. Ltd., Kobe, Japan Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz '69, Partner Dopkins & Co. LLP, Williamsville, N.Y. Gerald E. Murak, CEL '91, EMBA '96, Principal Murak & Associates LLC, Buffalo, N.Y. Thomas A. Palmer, MBA '71, JD '75, CEL '00, Chair Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Advisory Board Suffern, N.Y. John Alm '73 hopes scholarship gift will open doors. 26 Toshio Matsutani, MBA '77, PhD '85 Sujata Yalamanchili '88, MBA '89, 2 0 1 3 C o n t e n t s CHAIR President Performance Management Partners Inc. Williamsville, N.Y. Sharon D. Randaccio '76, MBA '81, COUNCIL Kenneth M. Barna '69, Partner Rubin & Rudman LLP, Boston, Mass. Thomas M. Barney Jr., MBA '00, Vice President – Finance for Parks and Resorts, Delaware North Cos. Buffalo, N.Y. Douglas C. Bean, MBA '87, COO Eric Mower & Associates Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. Joseph H. Bell, EMBA '99, Vice President Moog Inc., East Aurora, N.Y. Daniel E. Cantara '82, MBA '82, Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Banking Officer First Niagara, Buffalo, N.Y. Paul F. Ciminelli '87, President & CEO Ciminelli Real Estate Corp., Williamsville, N.Y. Michael W. Cropp, EMBA '03, President & CEO Independent Health, Williamsville, N.Y. Donna L. DeCarolis '81, MBA '83, Vice President for Business Development National Fuel Gas, Williamsville, N.Y. Louis A. DiBerardino Jr. '80, Partner – Tax Services Ernst & Young LLP, Boston, Mass. Edward Dong, MBA '91, Vice President General Manager – China Operations NDC Infrared Engineering Inc., Irwindale, Calif. Richard R. Floersch '80, MBA '80, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill. Glenn A. Fosdick '74, President & CEO The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb. Leonard S. Gaby '67, MBA '71, CEO Gaby Consulting, Paradise Valley, Ariz. Mary L. Hoffman, MBA '87, COO Lawley Benefits Group, Buffalo, N.Y. Howard D. Koenig, MBA '76, CEO Aruspex, San Francisco, Calif. James P. Lederer '82, MBA '96, Executive Vice President Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, Calif. Daniel T. Liebel '85, President School of Management Alumni Association A u t u m n x page 28 Startups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NewsBites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Insights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Community Impact . . . . . . . . . . 26 Alumni Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 page 26 Letters to the editor, address changes or other correspondence can be sent to The Editor, Buffalo Business University at Buffalo School of Management 160 Jacobs Management Center Buffalo, NY 14260 Telephone 716-645-2833 Fax 716-645-5926 Email mgt-editor@buffalo.edu The magazine for alumni and friends of the University at Buffalo School of Management