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Autumn.2013Final_layout 8/1/13 12:50 PM Page 32 Class Notes Berner Kristy L. Berner, JD/MBA '02, was promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at First Niagara Financial Group. Kirk Kevin Kirk, PMBA '04, received his architecture license. He works as an architect for Uniland Development. Brendan P. Brady, BS/MBA '02, was promoted to senior manager at Dopkins & Co. Michael Klanac '04 is CEO and co-founder of the GripeO Website and Mobile Application, which recently partnered with Buffalo area technology incubator Z80 Labs for funding and acceleration assistance. Eric Reich, JD/MBA '02, received the George W. Thorn Award from the University at Buffalo Alumni Reich Association, given to distinguished alumni under 40. William J. Stamp II '07 was appointed branch manager at M&T Bank. Stamp Jeremy D. Blecha '08 was promoted to supervising senior accountant at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. Norris Poleon, MBA '04, accepted a position as vice president at Engineered Facility Solutions in Buffalo. Brady Babaria Stahl Umesh Babaria, MBA '03, was promoted to administrative vice president in the finance division at M&T Bank. Kevin Stahl '03 is vice president of product management at BNP Paribas in the corporate and investment banking global prime services division. Felix Castro '04 is a real estate sales person at Citi Habitats in New York City. Samantha L. Bonano '05 was promoted to president of Buffalo Filter. Bonano Ricardo Neander D. Santos, MBA '05, is partner/manager of Marcos Daniel Laboratorio LTDA in Brazil. The company was recently awarded for having the best branding recall in the clinical laboratory category. Jonathan Sepulveda '05 was promoted to senior vice president at Bank of America Corp. in Charlotte, N.C. Rajat Singhal, MBA '06, was promoted to senior vice president at Citigroup Global Markets and was elected to the board of directors for Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled. Valerie A. Czamara '04 was promoted to senior pay-per-click strategist at Eric Mower & Associates. Lang 32 Buffalo Business Autumn 2013 Thomas J. Lang, MBA '07, was named an associate at the law firm Magavern Magavern Grimm. Michael Graber '06, MBA '08, was elected to a four-year term on the USA Weightlifting national board of directors. Odrzywolski Dawn C. Odrzywolski, PMBA '08, was promoted to chief compliance officer at Independent Health. Joshua D. Karaczewski, PMBA '09, was promoted to manager of distributor marketing and product launch at Columbus McKinnon Corp. Kristin M. Kowalski '09, PHR, was promoted to human resources administrator at Niagara Cerebral Palsy. Kowalski Charles J. Marra '09 was promoted to development manager at Algonquin Studios. Adam P. Ohar '09 was promoted to senior accountant at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. Barrett Price, CEL '09, president of Bear Metal Works, recently purchased Denler Sheet Metal to make it a division of the company under the name Denler Stainless. 2010s Ryan Case, PMBA '10, was appointed director of sales and business development at Polymer Conversions. John F. Colonio '11 was promoted to developer II at Algonquin Studios. Colonio Jason Rosen '11 was promoted to assistant vice president of global finance at Citi Private Bank. Lauren A. Fish, JD/MBA '12, was appointed associate at Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel LLP. Nicholas C. Tirone '11, MS '12, was appointed staff accountant at Tronconi Segarra & Associates. Timothy M. Vasiloff '12 was appointed director of marketing at Stovroff & Taylor Travel. Evan W. Wopperer, MS '12, was named assistant for the commercial team at The Bonadio Group. Marra McKinney Donna M. McKinney, EMBA '09, was promoted to manager of projects and operations for Women and Children's Hospital. Wopperer