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1970s

GEORGE KREWSON 鈥76 retired from Kennedy Space Center as a chemist after 40 years analyzing rocket fuel and oxidizer. He may or may not have been responsible for starting the streaking craze on campus but will neither confirm nor deny it. He does admit to not being as fast as he once was and now builds wooden boats.

1980s

SUE (DINKEL) MCKAY 鈥80 and her husband CRAIG MCKAY 鈥81, both proud rowing alumni, welcomed their grandson, Ronin Charles McKay, to the Panther family.

MICHAEL MULLANEY 鈥88 was appointed executive vice president of business development for OTG, the hospitality group responsible for transforming the airport dining experience across North America.

COL. JOSEPH 鈥淛OE鈥 WALDEN 鈥88 MBA, 鈥89 M.S., won his 16th national championship in powerlifting at the United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) Drug Tested National Championships in Las Vegas. Walden and his youngest daughter earned back-to-back father-daughter national championships. En route to the national title, Walden set a new world record in the squat for his age group.

1990s

ALEX SEIDITA 鈥91 was appointed chief information officer for Aspida Holdings Ltd.

LT. COL. PAUL VANN 鈥92 M.S. released his book, Leadership Is Influence: A Three-Pronged Approach To Becoming A Leader Of Influence, in October 2023.

DAVE JUNGKIND 鈥93 M.S. was appointed the first chief revenue officer for Advanced Space LLC. In this role, Jungkind is responsible for the continued growth of the Advanced Space portfolio, supporting national security and civil and commercial customers.

JUAN CHIPIRODRIGUEZ 鈥98 was named a fellow of the College of Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico. Chipi-Rodriguez works for Azure Cloud Solutions as the architecture senior manager of Microsoft Corp. In this position, he oversees the technical team that enables customers in Central America and the Caribbean.

2000s

PATRICK CARRENO 鈥02 was promoted to director of aviation for Dallas Executive Airport, Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Vertiport. Previously, Carreno served as assistant director of operations and interim director for the department.

RENAUD BOIDIN 鈥03 M.S. returned to Paris Airports Operator Groupe ADP as head of innovation for the engineering and capital projects division. He will help implement the decarbonization roadmap and achieve the group鈥檚 sustainability objectives.

BRYAN JONES 鈥03 M.S. has been named president of the construction division with Hourigan, a fully integrated construction and development firm. Under his leadership, the firm has received numerous awards and accolades, including Engineering News-Record鈥檚 (ENR) 2021 Mid-Atlantic Contractor of the Year, 2022 Top 400 National Contractor and one of Fortune鈥檚 2022 Best Workplaces in Construction.

CHRIS SNYDER 鈥03 was appointed in July 2023 as director of technology transfer and new ventures with Stevens Institute of Technology. In this role, he leads the university鈥檚 technology transfer and commercialization efforts, helping to bring to market the ideas, technologies and solutions generated by Stevens faculty and students.

NONA OVRE 鈥04 has been promoted to executive director of service at Satisloh, a global leader specializing in ophthalmic and precision optics manufacturing technology. She is the first woman to hold this title in North America.

MANISH JINDAL 鈥06 M.S. celebrated his 20th year living in the United States in August 2023. Today, Jindal works for Amazon Web Services as the regional partner development leader and manages strategic global system integrators in the U.S.-Central and Canada region.

MATT GROSSI 鈥08 was selected as a data scientist with the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center to oversee innovative data management solutions and cutting-edge research in machine learning and workflow automation.

DAVID HORNE 鈥08 M.S. has been appointed vice president of trades with HII for the Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Horne is a third-generation shipbuilder and began his shipbuilding career in 1983 as a welder before entering NNS鈥 Apprentice School as a pipefitter.

APRYL ALEXANDER 鈥09 M.S., 鈥12 Psy.D., has been appointed to the board of directors for Envision: You, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving behavioral health outcomes for LGBTQ+ individuals.

LIZ (SNAPE) COLUCCIO 鈥09, 鈥12 M.S., and her husband, Raffaele, welcomed their first son, Thomas Pasquale Coluccio, May 18, 2023.

ISHMAEL CREMER 鈥09, 鈥15 Ph.D.; GEORGE LOPEZ 鈥17; and MANUELA CORTES 鈥18 reunited for a float flight to a remote lake in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

JACK KINDRED 鈥09, 鈥13 M.S., is the assistant director of materials science and engineering content operations at Chemical Abstracts Service based in Columbus, Ohio.

FRANCISCO LASANTA 鈥09 accepted a new position as project manager for Wanzek Construction Inc. Lasanta is involved in several developmental projects in Puerto Rico throughout crucial industries, such as transportation, health care, infrastructure and agriculture.

ALONDA WOODLEY 鈥09 M.S. accepted a new position as portfolio manager for the Technology, Innovation and Partnership directorate at the National Science Foundation. In addition, Woodley has pursued her lifelong passion for real estate by becoming a licensed realtor with Keller Williams Realty Centre in Columbia, Maryland.

2010s

MUZAMMIL ARSHAD 鈥10 M.S., 鈥18 Ph.D., was promoted to associate professor at Texas A&M University in June 2023. He also authored a textbook on fluid mechanics and power using the latest pedagogical trends for student success and learning.

JOSHUA ARONOVITCH 鈥12, 鈥14 MBA, and his fianc茅, Angela Miller, welcomed their daughter, Mia Niccole Aronovitch, into the Panther family March 3, 2023.

JOSHUA RICE 鈥12 and his wife, Abigail Pasmore, welcomed their son, Luca Ian, Aug. 2, 2023. Rice and Pasmore have both accepted positions as first officers with United Airlines.

MAJ. LACEY LOSOLE 鈥13 was promoted to major in the U.S. Army and is serving as a tactical officer at the United States Military Academy in New York. Since graduating from 澳门100%最准一肖一码, Losole has held various positions, such as a platoon leader and battle captain in Afghanistan and company commander of Alpha Troop 2-6 CAV in Oahu, Hawaii.

ADAM PRINKEY 鈥13, 鈥19 M.S., 鈥19 Ph.D., has returned to 澳门100%最准一肖一码 as an instructor in the department of mathematics and systems engineering. Before this role, Prinkey was a faculty member at Keiser University Flagship Residential Campus, Eastern Florida State College and Indian River State College.

MELISSA WILBRANDT 鈥14 MBA joined the Lockheed Martin Space team as a project engineer. Within her new role, Wilbrandt has been empowered to volunteer with nonprofits and looks forward to continuing to put effort into local disability companies.

DILAN GOBEIL 鈥15 and ALLIE (FOLCIK) GOBEIL 鈥17 were married in Vermont in July 2023 after meeting at 澳门100%最准一肖一码 during their undergraduate studies. Allie works for Exponent as an environmental consultant and Dilan works for HNTB as a project manager in bridge structures.

FRANK RIPLEY 鈥15 accepted a new position with Hitachi Energy as an offshore wind pursuits manager.

MELISSA BELDON 鈥16, 鈥17 M.S., was promoted to senior principal engineer systems architect at Northrop Grumman Corp. in Melbourne. She serves as a subject matter expert for instrumentation and data systems.

LEONOL HASBUN 鈥16 A.A., 鈥18, 鈥22 MBA, accepted a new position at The Mosaic Co. as a senior diversity and inclusion specialist. Within her new role, Hasbun will work with the diversity and inclusion networks to help facilitate a work environment where employees feel heard and represented.

BEN HOERLEIN 鈥16 became a Society of Actuaries fellow and has been promoted to actuary at Protective Life. Hoerlein鈥檚 new designation and promotion will allow him to soon become a product pricing lead, as well as to transition to a managerial role.

ARIANA TATE 鈥16 was promoted to senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton. This promotion came the same week Tate presented a software solution to her client, the National Cancer Institute.

DAVID LABRECQUE 鈥17 serves as assistant vice president of research for JETNET, the world鈥檚 leading resource for business aviation data. In this role, Labrecque is responsible for a highly specialized team of individuals who collect, validate and record time-sensitive data needed to power JETNET鈥檚 aviation database and further aviation worldwide.

JOHN BREEN 鈥18, 鈥22 M.S., accepted a new position with Blue Origin on New Glenn Umbilicals after four years with Jacobs, supporting NASA鈥檚 Artemis 1 mission, a flight test for the Orion capsule to eventually return humans to the moon.

CHRIS BRYANS 鈥18 M.S. accepted a new position in June 2023 as a project manager at Dialectic Engineering. He credits 澳门100%最准一肖一码鈥檚 project management program for giving him an edge in the industry.

AYUSH JHA 鈥18 was promoted from a level two software engineer to a level three software engineer at FedEx, working on geocoding and address validation applications.

KATHERINE WEATHERFORD 鈥18 MBA was promoted to manager, finance product enablement with PayPal.

AISHA BITAR 鈥19 M.A. is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) working as a program specialist with children and adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Within her role, Bitar is responsible for providing training and teaching applied behavior analysis (ABA) to new employees.

KEVIN KOLAR 鈥19 has joined EdChoice, a nonprofit advocating for educational choice, as legal affairs director.

2020s

ABDALLAH ALKINDI 鈥21 accepted a new position as a GIS installation and commissioning supervisor with Hitachi Energy Saudi Arabia.

BILL BAILEY 鈥21 MBA is CEO of Radiance Technologies, which develops innovative solutions for defense, intelligence and civilian customers鈥 advanced challenges. Radiance has over 1,000 employees, including more than 100 澳门100%最准一肖一码 graduates.

ALLISON (KLUVERS) CAUDLE 鈥22 M.S. transitioned out of the U.S. Army in May 2023 and accepted a position as a resource analyst for the Close Combat Lethality Task Force in Fort Moore, Georgia, reporting to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

DENNIS MORENO ORTEGA 鈥22 M.S. is a data analyst at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he contributes to both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Academic Advancement Center, while also pursuing his master鈥檚 degree in data science.

ANDY ROMERO 鈥22 M.S. accepted a senior project engineer position at Lockheed Martin Enterprise Operations, driving digital transformation across the enterprise.

REVATI KULKARNI 鈥23 M.S. is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst working with Bierman Autism Centers in New Jersey. Kulkarni works with children with autism ages 2 to 12 and creates behavior support plans to address skill deficits and increase overall independence.

EMILY SALWAK 鈥23 is attending the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law and has been awarded its Dean鈥檚 Scholarship.


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