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If you have a newsworthy item (births, marriage, job change, whatever), please email the details to Terri Wosczyna.

The Executive Review

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With a commitment to life-long learning, the Executive MBA Alumni Board is pleased to announce final details for the upcoming EMBA Alumni Conference and Reunion on May 30th and 31st. The event will open with a lunch in The Exchange area of Bartley Hall and will be followed by the guest speaker portion of the event. Our guest speakers include:

Dr. Russell Ackoff, Author, Professor, Chairman of Interact
Geordie Lemmon, Jr., EMBA '07, President & CEO, The Brynavon Group, Inc.
John "Jack" Quindlen, retired SVP and CFO of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company
Ed Steinberg, Manager, LinkedIn<br>

On Saturday, the program includes a cycling event, golf outing and BBQ. For more information contact your class member-at-large or click here for registration and pricing. We hope to see you there!

Newsworthy Events

 

Richard Mankovich '03 and Sharon had a girl, Arden Lee Mankovich on May 21, 2007.

Steve Zarlinski '03 and Maureen had a boy, Justin Cormac Zarlinski on May 31, 2007.

Larry Ehmer '04 was named the First Vice Chair for the American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn-Jersey Region. To view the article, click here.

Erin McAllister '04 was promoted to Director, Digital Strategy and Marketing at Unisys.

Mark Partridge '04 is teaching Policy Formulation and Administration to undergraduate students at the Villanova School of Business during the Fall 2007 semester.


Charles D. Wallace '04, Chief Technology Architect and IT Director, Infrastructure of Rohm and Haas, has been named one of the top 50 under 50 African-American MBA corporate executives in the upcoming summer issue of Diversity MBA Magazine. To view the press release, please click here.

Jennifer Barrett '05 and Eric Gorman had a boy, Finn Barrett Gorman, on August 1, 2007.

Beverly Henderson '05 is now with Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) in California.

David Henkin '05 has taken a new position as Chief Operating Officer at Coates Analytics, LP in Chadds Ford, PA.

Barry Kull '05
and Kristie had a boy on Harrison Porter Kull on August 17, 2007.

Keith Laborde '05 has returned to Sprint Nextel as Director of National Sales for Sprint’s Advanced Wireless Solutions group.

Matthew Poli '05 has been assigned to Assistant Product Director, Tylenol PM at McNeil Consumer Healthcare. Matt and Beth Ann are expecting their first child in November 2007.

Brian Brunius '06 accepted the Webby award for the PBS web site "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly." To view the press release, click here.

Matthew Hayes '06 has joined Merrill Lynch in the Six Sigma Central Deployment Office as a Vice President. Matt married Gina Carozza on September 1, 2007 and have recently settled into a new house after returning from a honeymoon in Italy.

Stacy Hudgins '05 and Jennifer had a boy, Ryan Finn Hudgins on June 3, 2007and were married on August 27, 2007. Stacy has taken a new position as Business Integration Manager for Merck & Company a the West Point Site.

Mark Lashendock '06 has joined Bristol-Myers Squibb in New Brunswick, NJ as Director of Global Engineering.

Corey Staats '06 recently transitioned to a VP role in JPMorgan Private Bank where he is managing a team of Account Officers. Corey’s team is responsible for serving ultra high net worth clients in New York and Connecticut.

Cheryl Jordan Winston '06 was recently promoted to Global Strategic Planning Manager for Horticulture for AgroFresh.

Lee Pearson '06 was promoted to the Giles & Ransome Product Support Sales Manager responsible for all Parts & Service Sales through all 6 full service Construction Equipment facilities.