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Alumni in the News
August 2004
Leland Hardy, WG'86, was interviewed on his career as a sports agent to Ricky Williams, who recently resigned from the Miami Dolphins. (The San Diego Union-Tribune, 8/1/04)
Geoffrey T. Boisi, WG'71, former vice chairmen of JP Morgan Chase, was featured for organizing a Catholic Church conference on leadership and church management which was held at Wharton. (America, 8/2/04)
Mallika Srinivasan, WG'85, was featured in an article about how to mechanize small farms to increase production and reduce costs. (Business Line, The Hindu, 8/2/04)
Kathleen Ligocki, WG'85, was interviewed about her role as president and CEO of Tower Automotive Inc. (The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/2/04)
Mark Pavao, WG'94, has been named senior vice president of sales and marketing for NitroMed, Inc. (Business Wire, 8/2/04)
Christian Dahlberg, W'88, has been appointed head of SEB Merchant Bank's New York Branch. (Hugin Press, 8/2/04)
Steven McLaughlin, WG'95, was noted for his role as founder of Financial Technology Partners. (PR Newswire, 8/3/04)
Stephen Klasko, WG'96, was interviewed about his book, The Phantom Stethoscope, an allegorical account of the rapid changes in the business and ethics of medicine. (St. Petersburg Times, 8/3/04)
Beryl Wolk, W'51, was noted for his career in international marketing, and his recent marketing project with Gateway, a distributor of health, beauty and dietary supplements.
(Business Wire, 8/4/04)
Thomas Considine, Jr., WG'85 has been appointed corporate secretary at Technitrol, a producer of electric components. (Business Wire, 8/4/04)
Gene Wade, WG'99, was mentioned in an interview on the Tavis Smiley show about practices in the NBA. Wade was noted for starting his own charter school management organization that was later sold to Edison. (National Public Radio, 8/4/04)
Scott Chandler, WG'90, has been appointed to the board of directors of Paradyne Networks, Inc, a provider of broadband access equipment. (Business Wire, 8/6/04)
Johan Grietsen Hendrik Vreeman, WG'72, was nominated for election to the board of directors at Concern Kalina, a Russian perfumery and cosmetics producer. (SKRIN, 8/6/04)
William Burke, WG'85, has been elected to the board of directors of Medical Action Industries, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices. (Business Wire, 8/6/04)
Richard Williams, WG'67, has been named chairman of the board of directors at ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Biotech Week, 8/4/04, Pharma Business Week, 8/2/04, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 8/7/04)
Andrew Schindler, WG'74, was featured in an article about his role as former CEO of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. (Winston-Salem Journal, 8/7/04)
Michael Moritz, WG'78, venture capital investor and partner with Sequoia Capital, was noted for giving a speech concerning the health of the Levi Strauss Company. (San Jose Mercury News 8/8/04)
Lucy Stribley, WG'03, was featured for her management role at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (Washington Post, 8/8/04)
Steve Dollase, WG'04, was quoted regarding the elasticity of gasoline prices and the effects of gasoline prices on consumer buying habits. (National Public Radio, 8/8/04)
Roger Krause, W'83, and Marc Leder, W'83, were featured in an article about their leveraged-buyout firm, Sun Capital Partners, and their role in the acquisition of Mervyn's Department Stores from Target Corp. (Tribune Business News, 8/8/04)
Thymios Kyriakopoulos, WG'04, and Meghan Kelly, WG'04, were interviewed about their experiences with recruiting and entering the highly competitive job market. (U.S. News & World Report, 8/9/04).
Daniel Roussel, WG'84, was named president of European operations at Sonic Innovations, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of digital hearing aids. (PR Newswire, 8/9/04)
Duncan Cocroft, W'65, was named to the board of directors at SBA Communications Corporation, an owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U. S. (PR Newswire, 8/10/04)
Stuart Pulvirent, WG'84, has joined ThinkEquity Partners, an institutional investment firm, as a managing director and senior research analyst (PR Newswire, 8/11/04)
Theo Brandt-Sarif, WG'86, co-author of the travel advice manual, Guerrilla Travel Tactics, was mentioned in an article about the future of the airline and travel industries. (PR Newswire, 8/12/04)
Carlos Castillo, WG'81, has been appointed to the board of directors of Tricom, a communications services provider. (PR Newswire, 8/13/04)
Gary Hanick, W'75, was featured in an article about starting Naturemaker, which specializes in art designs of steel trees. (Financial Times, 8/14/04)
Pirojsha Godrej, W'02, Nikhil Nanda, WEV'95, Anil Ambani, WG'83, were interviewed about business ethics and corporate governance issues involving Indian businesses. (Business Today, 8/15/04)
Donald Trump, W'68, was interviewed about his career in real estate. (National Post, 8/11/2004. A similar article appeared in The Sunday Times, 8/15/2004).
Ron Perelman, W'64, WG'66, was featured in an article about his company, MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, and its purchase of the AM General Company. (The Business, 8/15/2004)
P.J. Lynch, WG'98, was appointed executive vice president of VistaScape Security Systems, a provider of automated wide area surveillance solutions. (Business Wire, 8/16/2004)
Richard Folsom, WG'90, was featured in an article about his work on turnaround funds in Japan. (Nikkei Weekly, 8/16/2004)
Matthew Constantino, WG'02, has been appointed to the board of directors at AEP Industries, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of plastic packaging products. (PR Newswire, 8/16/2004)
Richard Sternthal, W'86, was named president of Solvay Draka, Inc, a subsidiary of Solvay America, Inc., an international pharmaceuticals and chemicals group. (Pharma Business Week, Biotech Business Week, Health & Medicine Week, 8/16//2004, Biotech Week, 8/18/2004, Drug Week, 8/20/2004, Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 8/21/2004)
Gary O'Brien, WG'79, has been named director of investment relations at Rohm and Haas Company. (Market Wire, 8/17/2004)
Paul Rupert Judge, WG'73, chairman of the Royal Society for the Encouragement
of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, was featured in Debrett's People of Today. (Debrett's People of Today, 8/18/2004)
Paul Kocourek, WG'79, has been appointed to the board of directors at Cenveo, Inc., a provider of visual communications. (PR Newswire, 8/20/2004)
Anthony Deering, WG'70, was featured in an article about his position as chairman and CEO of Rouse Co. and its sale to General Growth Properties, Inc. (The Baltimore Sun, 8/21/2004)
Hal Valeche, WG'83, was featured for his campaign for the City Council seat in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (The Palm Beach Post, 8/21/2004)
Jess Santamaria, WG'70, was featured for his work as a real estate developer and his efforts to fight overdevelopment in Fla. (South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 8/22/2004)
Eric Farr, WG'00, authored an article concerning the financial risks of entrepreneurship and the ethical issues of bankruptcy. (Deseret Morning News, 8/22/2004)
Christopher J. Floyd, WG'91, has been named CFO at Innovative Software Technologies, Inc., which specializes in the distribution of informational software solutions. (Market News Publishing, 8/22/2004, Business Wire, 8/23/2004)
Zubin Dubash, WG'86, has been appointed as group CFO at WNS Global Services. (Financial Express, 8/24/2004)
Raymond Ruddy, WG'67, has been named director of MAXIMUS, a government services company which provides program management, consulting and IT services. (Business Wire, 8/25/2004)
John West, WG'88, was appointed CEO at Solexa, Ltd., a developer of systems for human genome analysis. (Canada Newswire, PR Newswire, 8/27/2004).
Sujit Banerjee, WG'00, was featured in an article about his work as head of Nokia Venture Partners. (Business Today, 8/29/2004)
Donald Guthrie, WG'79, has joined the board of directors at Lumera Corp. (Knobias, 8/30/2004)
Sam Podolsky, WG'71, has been appointed to the board of directors at El Camino Resources Mexico, a provider of technology equipment leasing and financing for businesses and organizations. (Business Wire, 8/30/2004)
Walter Maner, WG'95, has been elected to the board of directors at Pelion Systems, a provider of Manufacturing Process Optimization software products and services. (Business Wire, 8/31/2004)
Pasi Hamalainen, W'92, has been named director of the Pacific Investment Management Company's Global Relative Value Offshore Fund II, Ltd. (Regulatory News Service, 8/31/2004)
Matthew Mellon, WEV'99, was featured in an article about his work as designer of Harry's Shoe Collection. Mellon previously designed for Jimmy Choo Shoes.
(The Independent, 8/31/2004)
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