This article first appeared in the UConn Business magazine, Volume 4, Issue 3 (Spring 2014)

1960s

Scott S. Cowen ’68, ’10H has been elected to the board of directors at Barnes & Noble. Cowen was also presented with the 2014 Maimonides Award by Hillel International for his dedication to higher education in promoting a deep commitment to Jewish and secular learning. Cowen is a member of the School of Business Hall of Fame. Ronald A. Pace ’69, ’72 MBA was elected to the Ariens Company Board of Directors.Pace is currently group president of interiors for the Kohler Company. He also serves on the boards of Road America as well as The Milwaukee Masterpiece. He is a guest lecturer and adjunct professor at Marquette’s Graduate School of Business. Mark R. Shenkman ’67 (CLAS) received the prestigious 2014 Renaissance Award by Hillel International for his advocacy of higher education and Israel. Shenkman is a member of the School of Business Hall of Fame.

1970s

David E. Sturgess ’78 has been appointed senior vice president, secretary and general counsel of Affinia Group Inc. Prior to his appointment at Affinia, he led all legal activities at ReCommunity Recycling.

1980s

Douglas G. Elliot ’82 has been named president of The Hartford. Elliot joined The Hartford in 2011 as president of Commercial Markets and was previously the president of Hartford Steam Boiler.Elliot is also a member of the School of Business Hall of Fame. Stephen M. Holcomb ’86 MBA has been appointed to chief executive officer at SmartPay Solutions. Holcomb is an experienced leader having worked with several companies in the insurance services and technology markets. Brian J. Kelley ’86 MBA has been named interim chief executive officer at Alteva, Inc., a premier provider of hosted Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). Kelley joined Alteva’s Board in November of 2013 and is currently the chief executive officer of Four Winds Advisors LLC. John C. Lent ’87 MBA has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Atlantic Coast Bank. Prior to his appointment, Lent served as the president of Temenos Advisory. Steven H. Mikel ’86 MBA has joined Caprock Oil Inc. as president and chief executive officer. Mikel has more than 30 years of experience in the industry’s financial and operating sectors. William H. Morgan ’81 has been promoted to co-head of healthcare financial services at Wells Fargo. Prior to his promotion, Morgan led the healthcare financial services in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Thomas W. Prete ’84, ’01 MBA has been inducted into the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. Prete is currently the vice president of engineering at Pratt & Whitney. Scott A. Trenholm ’82 has been named leader of the New England audit practice at Grant Thornton. Trenholm has more than 30 years of experience in auditing and financial consulting.

1990s

Brian M. DiBella ’92 has been named president of Legrand North America’s Electrical Wiring Systems division. Prior to his appointment, DiBella was the general manager of Wiremold and previously served as Legrand North America’s chief information officer. Daniel C. Dipillo ’99 has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as an assurance partner. Dipillo will be focused on the industrial products and aerospace and defense sectors. John P. Gianukakis ’98 MBA has been appointed vice president and treasurer of Frontier Communications Corporation. Gianukakis has 25 years of experience in treasury, financial services capital markets, insurance, bank relationships, and investment and commercial banking and information technology.Most recently, Gianukakis was the senior vice president of finance and treasurer of Castleton Commodities International. Joshua D. Goldfarb ’96 has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP as an advisory partner. Goldfarb will specialize in finance, technology and operations, focusing on the financial service sector. Nicole M. Lindsay ’96 has published a new book, The MBA Slingshot for Women: Using Business School to Catapult Your Career. Her book is a gender-based road map for women to develop the knowledge, skills and relationships to succeed in business school and beyond. Robert T. Peterson ’95 MBA has been named chief executive officer at Millinocket Regional Hospital in Maine. Peterson is a seasoned healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience. He previously served as patient care administrator for surgery and women and children’s services at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. Scott Wulinsky ’96 has been appointed to chief accounting officer of Affinia. Prior to his appointment at Affinia, Wulinsky served as the director of regulated accounting at Duke Energy Corporation.

2000s

Shelly Abdella ’05 MBA has been promoted to senior vice president of finance and profitability at Webster Bank. Abdella joined Webster Bank in 2001 and has held positions such as financial analyst and vice president of finance with the financial planning department. Robert Casey ’05 EMBA is currently the vice president and director of mutual fund compliance at Hartford Funds. Casey and his family moved from Storrs to Malvern, Pennsylvania in conjunction with the recent relocation of the Hartford Funds from Simsbury, Connecticut to Radnor, Pennsylvania. Wade A. Gibbs ’00 has been named the adult ambassador for the 2014 Greater Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis by the Arthritis Foundation, New England Region. As an ambassador, Gibbs will help the Greater Hartford Walk to Cure Arthritis reach its fundraising goal of $104,580. Ryan J. Krueger ’06 has been appointed to managing director of equity research at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Prior to his appointment at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Krueger served at Dowling & Partners securities as partner and sector head. Jose C. Oliveira ’00, ’01 MSA has joined Moriarty & Primack, P.C. as a tax manager. Oliveira is also a member of the AICPA and the Connecticut Society of CPAs. Diana J. Piquette ’06, ’07 MSA has joined The Phoenix Companies, Inc. as second vice president, GAAP accounting and assistant controller. Piquette was most recently an audit manager at Deloitte & Touche, focused on life insurance accounts. Gregg B. Schuster ’05 MBA, former First Selectman of Colchester, Connecticut, was appointed township manager of Pocono Township, Pennsylvania.

2010s

John P. Bonora ’11 MSFRM has joined First County Bank as the senior vice president, chief credit and chief risk officer. Bonora has also recently been honored as one of the Fairfield County 2014 “40 Under 40” business executives for demonstrating extraordinary leadership qualities. Jeffrey R. Carlson ’14 Ph.D. (marketing) has successfully defended his dissertation titled “Exploring the Importance and Value of Studying Subjective Time in Marketing Management.” Carlson has accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of Richmond. Matthew D. Dean ’10 Ph.D. has been appointed to associate professor of business with tenure at the University of Southern Maine School of Business. Dean is also the director of the Maine Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Southern Maine. Norman Massel ’14 Ph.D. (accounting) has successfully defended his dissertation titled “The Effect of Exemption from Mandatory Disclosure to the IRS on Firm Value and Behavior.” Massel has accepted a tenure track position as assistant professor at Louisiana State University. John Tartaglio ’14 MBA was featured on the cover of the 2014 spring issue of UConn Magazine: Portraits of Strength. His story appeared among those of eleven alumni who spoke out about their enduring spirit, sharing their darkest struggles as well as their greatest triumphs. Shuai Yang ’14 Ph.D. (marketing) successfully defended her dissertation titled, “Two Essays on Matching Strategy in Paid Search Advertising.” Yang has accepted a position at Donghua University in Shanghai, China.