University at Buffalo School of Management

26 Buffalo Business Spring 2018 1980s Joseph Kuchera, BS/MBA '81, was appointed vice president of prod- uct stewardship and compliance at Unifrax I LLC. Richard Johnson, BS '84, was pro- moted to senior vice president and chief risk officer at Bank of Akron. Mark Stramaglia, MBA '86, was promoted to director of process services and business develop - ment at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Debra Mason, BS '87, was appointed chief financial officer of Questex LLC. Yogi Shankar, MBA '87, is the CEO of Prescriptive Insights Inc., a global big data analytics firm. 1990s Maria Mendez, BS '90, founded Stone Point Investment Group in 2016. She also published the books Get Out of Your Way! and 4 Step Flip, in 2017. Roan Moncrieffe, BS '90, was appointed insurance sales representative at AAA Western and Central New York. John Spitzer, BS '89, MBA '90, CPA, was promoted to vice president of global tax at Rich Products. Donna Doleman Dickerson, MBA '93, was named chief marketing offi - cer of GreenPath Financial Wellness. Cristina Masucci, BS '94, was ap- pointed work- force development specialist for the American Apprenticeship Initiative at the United Way of Buffalo & Erie County. Robin Jubulis, MBA '95, was appointed director of human resources and core services at Lactalis American Group. Robert Liebler, MBA '95, was promoted to vice president of re - search and development in Global Toppings, Creams and Culinary Solutions at Rich Products. Lynne McFarland, EMBA '97, was promoted to vice president of as - sociate commu- nication and engagement at Rich Products Corp. Paul Cody, BS '92, MBA '98, was named chief executive officer of Counsel Financial. 2000s Thomas Barney, MBA '00, was promoted to vice president and treasurer at Delaware North. Marc J. Giampaola, BS '00, was promoted to audit managing di - rector at KPMG. David Luzon, MBA '01, joined Barclay Damon as a partner in the firm's trusts and estates prac- tice area. Andrew Ryan, MBA '01, was ap- pointed business development man- ager at Ashton Potter. Randolf Bianchi, EMBA '02, was appointed managing partner at Lakelet Capital LLC. Dave Wedekindt, PMBA '02, was named to the MusicalFare Theatre board of directors. Michael Cropp, EMBA '03, was named the Lifetime Achievement hon - oree on the 2017 list of the Buffalo 612' C-Level Executives. Denis Mantsurov, BS '03, was ap- pointed director of information and analytical advancement at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. class Notes Mark Rizzo, BS '96, MBA '03, was promoted to vice president and group manager of the commercial banking division at M&T Bank. Jason Hussar, BS '04, was promoted to cost segrega - tion senior at MS Consultants. Dionne Williamson, CEL '04, was promoted to national sales director at Visit Buffalo Niagara. Patrick Callocchia, BS '03, MS '05, was promoted to administra- tive vice presi- dent at M&T Bank. As asset liability data and systems manager in the company's Treasury Division, he is responsible for application administration, database devel - opment, maintenance, data recon- ciliation and analytical reporting. Adam Desmond, BS '05, was ap- pointed Buffalo regional mar- ket leader at Tompkins Bank of Castile. Stephen Cross, PMBA '06, was promoted to assistant vice president of technology at Merchants Insurance Group. noTe: Individuals are listed in Class Notes according to the year of their most recent School of Management degree. kuchera Johnson Mendez Moncrieffe Spitzer Dickerson Masucci Barney Ryan Mantsurov Rizzo Hussar Callocchia Desmond Cross McFarland Cropp

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