University at Buffalo School of Management

4 Buffalo Business Spring 2017 Best of Show Buffalo Business magazine has garnered many awards over the years, but this past June, in addition to a Gold Excalibur award, the magazine received the coveted Platinum Excalibur (best of show) award from the Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The editorial team extends its appreciation to all our readers for sharing feedback and helping to make your alumni magazine a publication worthy of a world-class business school. x The Buffalo Business editorial team accepts a Platinum Excalibur Award for Excellence in Magazines. From left: Matthew Biddle, Jacqueline Molik Ghosen and Kevin Manne. Photo: Mark Gruber Three alumni who work at PwC served as judg- es: Nathanael Carbrey, BS/MBA '12, senior associate; Everett Pefley, BS '06, senior manager; and Heather Warnes, BS '11, MS '12, senior associate. Coming in second was Team Apex, made up of ju- niors Noah King, Tymon Nechipurenko and Anthony Vedella, along with sophomores Anita Lin and Vinicius Moura. The team shared an $800 prize. Team Street Creds came in third, with sophomores George Gao, Chetinai Kalamaphichit, Kenneth Setiadi, Ayush Sharma and Tasnia Tonima. x CEL, EMBA sponsor Zuckerberg as distinguished speaker With a mix of candor, humor and keen social media insight, Randi Zuckerberg quickly engaged an enthusias- tic audience when she spoke at UB in October, sharing her experiences being on the early front lines of Face- book, running her own media company and realizing a dream of performing on Broadway. Zuckerberg is CEO of Zuckerberg Media, the for- mer marketing director for Facebook and sister of Face- book CEO Mark Zuckerberg. She also is the author of several books, including the best-selling Dot Complicat- ed: Untangling Our Wired Lives. Zuckerberg's lecture was part of UB's 2016-17 Dis- tinguished Speakers Series and was sponsored by the School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Executive MBA program. Startups "My dream was not to go into technology," Zucker- berg told the audience. "My dream was, actually, to sing on Broadway. And that came about by chance. It's im- portant to be authentic to who you are and put yourself out there because you never know what opportunities are going to come to you." Prior to her mainstage appearance, Zuckerberg spoke to a small group of CEL participants and Execu- tive MBAs at an informal session. x CEL Executive Director Tom Ulbrich gives Zuckerberg a tour of the Blackstone LaunchPad at UB. Photo: Joe Cascio

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