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SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

C O M M E N C E M E N T

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

C O M M E N C E M E N T

Virtual Ceremony Friday

May 15, 2020 5:00 P.M.

Paul E. Tesluk Dean

Baird Point is an outdoor, Greek-style amphitheater located on the southern shore of Lake LaSalle. It was a gift to the University from the Baird Foundation and the Cameron Baird Foundation. The marble columns on the concrete platforms were once part of the old Federal Reserve Bank in downtown Buffalo. Following their relocation to the lake, the columns were dedicated as a memorial to servicemen and servicewomen.

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Program

Opening Declaration Robert S. Miletich Mace Bearer, Chair of the Faculty Senate, and Professor of Nuclear Medicine and Neurology

Welcome A. Scott Weber Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs University at Buffalo

Remarks Satish K. Tripathi President University at Buffalo

Remarks Paul E. Tesluk Dean, School of Management

Conferring of Academic Degrees Satish K. Tripathi

Inspirational Remarks School of Management Alumni Faculty Directors

Presentation of Awards to Students Paul E. Tesluk

Alumni Welcome Gary Jastrzab President of UB Alumni Association

UB Alma Mater

Closing Declaration Professor Miletich

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SUNY Trustee and UB Officials

Eunice Ashman Lewin Member of the State University of New York Board of Trustees

President and co-founder of Impacto Consulting Associates, Eunice Ashman Lewin was appointed to the SUNY Board of Trustees in February 2010. She was instrumental in reinstating the Student Life Committee, on which she serves as co-chair. In that capacity, she

spearheaded the creation of both the Food Insecurity and the Mental Health task forces. Lewin serves on the board’s Executive Committee and the committees for academic affairs, communications and external affairs, community colleges, and academic medical centers and hospitals. A former commissioner of the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin was a founding member of the Roswell Park Alliance and a board member of both the Buffalo Urban League and Hispanics United of Buffalo. She is also a member of the Hispanic Women’s League and the Greater Buffalo Racial Equity Roundtable. Among Lewin’s honors are the Distinguished Alumni Award from UB’s Graduate School of Education, the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education, and the National Conference for Community and Justice of Western New York 50th Annual Citation Award. She is a member of the Western New York Women’s Hall of Fame and was named a 2015 Citizen of the Year by The Buffalo News. A retired bilingual social worker for the Buffalo Board of Education, she is a leader and champion for STEM education in the Buffalo Public Schools. Born in Guantanamo, Cuba, Lewin immigrated to the United States with her family in 1967. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Marymount Manhattan College and master’s degrees in American and Puerto Rican studies, and in educational administration, from UB.

Jeremy M. Jacobs Chairman of the University at Buffalo Council

Jeremy M. Jacobs was appointed to the UB Council in 1997; in 1998, Gov. George Pataki named him chairman. Jacobs is chairman of Delaware North, a global hospitality company with almost 55,000 employees

serving half a billion customers in the U.S., Canada, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. The company’s operations include food and retail at airports and sports venues, sports facility ownership and management, operations of parks and major tourist attractions, hotel ownership and management, gaming operations and the Patina Restaurant Group. Jacobs owns the Boston Bruins and serves as chairman of the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors. In 2018, he received the sport’s highest honor when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. An alumnus of UB’s School of Management and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program, Jacobs holds honorary doctorates in humane letters from UB, Canisius College, Niagara University and Johnson & Wales University. In 2015, his family donated $30 million to advance UB’s medical school, which was renamed the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Jacobs has served Western New York for more than four decades with his business expertise and philanthropic leadership, and Delaware North has received multiple awards for social responsibility, community service and environmental stewardship. A longtime friend and supporter of UB, Jacobs has served as chairman, trustee and director of the UB Foundation, chairman of the President’s Board of Visitors and adviser to the School of Management.

Satish K. Tripathi University President

An internationally distinguished researcher and higher education leader, Satish K. Tripathi, PhD, is the University at Buffalo’s 15th president. Tripathi, who served as UB’s provost from 2004-2011, was dean of the

Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California-Riverside from 1997-2004. Previously, he spent 19 years as professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, including seven years as department chair. Tripathi graduated at the top of his class from Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in computer science from the University of Toronto, as well as master’s degrees in statistics from both the University of Alberta and BHU. A fellow of the IEEE and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he was awarded honorary doctorates from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and Brock University in Canada. An active leader in the national higher education community, Tripathi is chair of the Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents and serves on the boards of the NCAA Division I, NCAA Board of Governors, College Football Playoff Board of Managers and Internet2. He has also served on the board of directors for the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as an inaugural co-chair of the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council in 2011, he served in that position until 2017.

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A. Scott Weber Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

As provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, A. Scott Weber, PhD, serves as the university’s chief academic officer, responsible for leading the development and implementation of the

university’s academic vision. Weber provides leadership across the academic enterprise including research, scholarship and creative activities; undergraduate, graduate, professional and international education; faculty development; diversity and inclusion initiatives; and university libraries. A member of UB’s faculty since 1983, Weber is an innovative scholar and teacher and former chair of UB’s Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, where he helped establish UB’s transportation engineering program and oversaw the department’s significant rise in national rankings among U.S civil engineering programs. Weber has held progressively responsible administrative roles at UB, including senior vice provost and vice provost for academic affairs, where he was instrumental in the creation of the UB Curriculum and the nationally recognized Finish in 4 program; and vice president for student life, where he focused on enhancing the student experience on campus and promoting overall student wellness. Weber’s research focuses on biodegradation of chemicals in water and soil and the reclamation of environmentally impacted brownfield sites. He earned bachelor’s and master’s of science degrees in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnical Institute and a PhD in civil engineering from the University of California, Davis.

Paul E. Tesluk Dean and Professor School of Management

As dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, Tesluk has led expansions of the school’s initiatives in entrepreneurship, leadership, health care management, social innovation and global programs. He also has championed new

academic programs, including a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Management, an expanded set of interdisciplinary master’s programs and several graduate certificate programs. Under his leadership, the school has made a positive impact on organizations and the business community, increased its engagement with alumni and grown its base of philanthropic support. A faculty member since 2011, Tesluk served as chair of the school’s Organization and Human Resources Department. He also founded and served as academic director of the Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. With an extensive career of scholarly and academic leadership, Tesluk was recognized by UB with an Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement, and his research has been supported by such agencies as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Tesluk has considerable experience in designing, leading and teaching executive and corporate development programs on topics involving teams, leadership development, organizational change and innovation. Previously, Tesluk was on the faculty in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, and doctoral and master’s degrees from The Pennsylvania State University, where he majored in industrial/organizational psychology and minored in management and organization.

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Candidates for Degrees

Subject to the completion of all degree requirements, degrees will be conferred as indicated upon those individuals listed herein who were identified by April 3, 2020, and upon such others as may meet the requirements of their respective degrees. Candidates are listed according to actual date of degree conferral (September 2019, February 2020 and June 2020).

Undergraduate Latin Honors Subject to completion of all degree requirements and satisfaction of the following minimum criteria, Latin honors may be conferred as indicated upon the individuals listed herein and upon such others as may meet the requirements. To qualify for Latin honors, students must present a minimum of 60 credit hours of UB undergraduate coursework, at least 54 of which must be graded credits (i.e., not satisfactory or unsatisfactory [grades of ‘S’ or ‘U’]). The UB GPA must be a minimum of 3.2 (to 3.499) for cum laude, 3.5 (to 3.749) for magna cum laude and 3.75 (to 4.0) for summa cum laude. To receive the Latin honors designation in the printed 2020 Commencement programs, candidates for the June 2020 degree conferral date must qualify based upon their UB cumulative GPA through the Winter 2020 session and total number of UB credit hours projected through the Spring 2020 semester. Standings for Latin honors MAY change once final grades are posted or degrees conferred. Cum Laude is denoted by - † Magna cum laude is denoted by - †† Summa cum laude is denoted by - †††

School of Management Non-Academic Recognition

Class Gifts The undergraduate and graduate classes embraced and implemented the UB School of Management annual class gift program setting a new level of commitment, leadership and philanthropy to the school. (*) Denotes student donor to Class Gift (L) Denotes student made a Leadership gift of $50 or more to the Undergraduate or Graduate Class Gift or $100 or more to the EMBA or PMBA Class Gift. (LL) Denotes student made a Leadership gift of $50 or more to the Undergraduate or Graduate Class. or $100 or more to the EMBA or PMBA Class gift for two years or more. (♦) Denotes member of Undergraduate or Graduate Giving Council, Chair of the EMBA Class Gift Fund initiative, Co-Chair of the PMBA Class Gift Fund initiative.

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Baccalaureate Degrees

Recommending Candidates for Degrees Paul E. Tesluk Dean

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

September 2019 Ayman M. Hussein Kurt R. McGowan Scott A. Pinto †

February 2020 Yuntang Jiang Mimi K. Khaing †

June 2020 Craig Adriaansen ††† Lauren Aldrich †† Kathleen R. Anderson † Caterina Arnautova Elizabeth M. Beikirch † * Scott Belarge †† * Mijas Bhattachan Jack M. Blazey †† Kirsten Byman †† Hannah K. Carboni ††† Aiden Chen Kevin Chen Meishan Chen †† Joshua Cohan Stephanie N. Cozzolino † Alexander J. Cubillo †† Zachary Daddino † Abigail A. Daniels †† * Tenzin Deckyi †† Antonio DiMonti † John T. Dodd Conner M. Drew ††

John Duffy Cassidy Eichhorn †† Christopher W. Ellis †† Jared Escalera Kyle Feeney †† Eric Feng † Olivia Fitzpatrick † William Gaulin Milad E. Ghanatios ††† Maryssa J. Grann Jack E. Griffith †† Hyeongwan Gwak †† Haley Harrington † Ashley A. Hassen † Stephen R. Hastings ††† Theresa Hill ††† Anthony M. Januska †† Tongchen Jiang ††† Michael Juszczak † Brendan Kelly †† Sung Jae Kim † Carol L. Kojsza †† Michael F. Krause † Jae Hyeok Kwak * Matthew Lambert †† Allen M. Lau ††† Phu Le ††† Gunju Lee † Nicholas R. Lewandowski Haolin Li †† Ryan D. Lilly Fan Lin † Janet Lin †† Janet Lin † Jie Lin ††† Keying Lin ††† Carly J. Linsner ††† Louisa Liparisa Amber Liu ††† Jason Liu †† *

Lukas Lorigo ††† Yizhi Lu † Shelly Lundwert † Scott M. MacEntee † Jeremiah Machelski †† Christopher T. Maggiore †† * Samyukta Mahendra Kumar †Benjamin S. Makosy ††† Dominique Matarese †† Rachel E. Matthews Genny M. McCurdy † Nicole McGraw †† Ethan S. Miller Dillon Morris †† Carrie Ng † Christina Nicolette †† John Marc S. Olan † Joel J. Oommen †† Noelle M. Ortiz ††† ♦ LL

Jonas R. Ottman † Matthew Otwinowski ††† Joseph Pecchia Yu Peng † Juandy M. Peralta † Quynh L. Pham ††† Bailey Popovski †† Michael A. Poturalski † Luke Rhodes Kevin Riford Lauren E. Rivera †† Elizabeth A. Roth † Alyssa M. Rudick ††† Shannon J. Salem † Simranpreet S. Salh †† Emma Schultz ††† Ashley N. Seymour Wengie Shao †† Benjamin Sherman Ashley Silva ††† Mary Kate Smith ††

Jaret A. Stankowski Harley D. Sternberg ††† Gary Stiles ††† * Michelina A. Strangio † Rocco Strangio †† Austin Szczesniak ††† John Tomani Devin Towlson Zakary J. Utley †† Peijin Wang ††† Ruiying Wang † Rafal Wojtanowski † Jonathan Wong †† Inness Wu ††† Qiting Xie ††† Quan Ye ††† Jeongho Yoon † Jehad S. Zatar † Shijia Zhang ††† * Hao Zhou † Lisa Zhu †† Xiao Zhu

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

September 2019 Mohammad Yusof Aslam † Nordiana Binte Bakar Namra Bhutta Zachary M. Burdzy Nathan Burruano Yu Hsi Chang † Ida Chen † Audrey Wai Chin †† Hazel Shuxin Chong †† Patrick J. Ciarla Wenda Dai Zachary Dubuc Anthony M. Dyer ††

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Kevin Ferguson †† Thelonious P. Fiorito Yinghao Fu Mingwei Gao † Alexis Glauber Malkijah Griffiths † Shreeya Gupta †† .Hein Tay Zar Thaw Michael S. Hura Samar Jabbar Hyemin Jang †† Laurent Jeannot-Louis Jewon Jeon Russell Tsung Liang Kan †† Rezwan Karim Luke W. Kenny Rijaa Khan Min Young Kim Lyle B. Krevitsky Andy Lam Andrew Latona ††† Chak Hei Lin † Kia Keng Nicholas Low † Muhammad Mansoor Anggara Elizabeth Manurung † Corey J. Masino Si Thu Maung Brenden G. McCauley † Kevin M. Millane Katherine Orzechowski Emilee Puccio Adrianna E. Rabusin Vincent B. Rice Dan F. Rim † Bob A. Robinson Lucas F. Rozeski Kenneth Setiadi Jordan Sobon ††† Jingren Keegan Tan ††

Shao You Andrew Indra Tan †† Wai Aung Tint Sharan Varadarajan Brent F. Wedge Benjamin J. Wellington Charles J. Zabaldo

February 2020 Ketki Acharya † Ross Tanner Jian Rong Aeria ††† Diar Al Rubayee Jeffrey M. Allen †† Blake R. Anderson Toster A. Andrade Charles A. Archibald II Christian Arena †† Jean-Pierre Auquilla Jermaine Jing Ming B Aw †† Mearon Azmera Alexander J. Bailey Lila M. Balali Himangini Banwari † Brandon L. Bascom ††† Ashley R. Bass ††† Tyler Bassett † Arjun Behal † Roni Berger Natalie V. Bernstein Brian D. Blumer Sabrina Bosch ††† Olivia Burgner .Chandrika Yongji Brandon Chang ††† Jennifer Chau †† Jiaxing Chen Jonathan Chen Benjamin Matthew Cheung †† Himayet S. Chowdhury Marcus Zhi Quan Chua †††

Joseph D. Clark † Nicola Annette Wenling Clarke ††† Yash Desai Samuel J. Dessena Tyler J. Deyoung Andrea Diedrich †† Jordan N. Dimitrievski Madison R. Doney Mitchell Donnelly Ashley R. Drzymala ††† Elizabeth I. Eisenberg Colleen Embury Reine Fanou Andrew M. Fields Quentin D. Finnerty Alexander Frohnen Joel A. Giambra Jr Christian Gonzalez Alex J. Grisanti Kenneth Grover Ashley Guszkowski † Kevin P. Hall Graham W. Hamer †† Christine Alva Haraldson †† Kota Hatasaki Mark D. Hays †† Lauren Heft Eugenia Man Ling Heng ††† Ryan Hennigan Eunjin Heo ††† Elizabeth M. Hulburt-Emerson † Jenna M. Jacob † Jack M. Jezioro Noelle R. Jurek Alexander T. Kamens Jordan S. Kleiman Jourdan Koenig Cordelia Bernadine Krishnan ††† Megan N. Kuster

Purva Sandeep Kuwad † Katya F. Kuznetsov Lena LaFratta † Sonam P. Lama † Song Pei Lee Andrew T. Lembke Terrell B. Leslie Sr Gary H. Leung Jing Li † Junle Li Khin Chuen Harry Loh † Jordan Lopez † Devyn F. Ludwig Wei Luo † Shelby R. Martin Marcella Martinez ††† Jared McGannon † Ryan T. Micozzi †† Justin Miller † Chasin A. Mizrahi †† Abdulfattah A. Mohamed Yosua Halomoan Moniaga †† Michael G. NeJame ††† Derek P. Newton Adam J. Nisbet Adam P. Orsini Tyler Ostolski Arthur T. Owens †† Ginger E. Page † Ishana Pandit Jai Patel Emily M. Phillips † .Phyo Thiri Maung Nicolas W. Piscitello Wee Liang Puay Gregory A. Quist †† Fiona M. Reid Kyle K. Rightmyer Elyssabeth M. Roetzer

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Madison M. Rozler † Sally Rozumalski Jared Scherer †† Taylor E. Schiffhauer Mitchell D. Schuler Nicholas Shanahan Tenzin Sherpa Trevor Simonick Bret M. Simpson Tanya Singh † Jintong Song † James Stenzel † Elana M. Stephan †† Luke R. Sterlace Shermie Tan †† Wei Jia Tan †† Amanda Taylor Christian M. Thibeau Neeraj Thirumoorti †† Shaun M. Tiedemann †† Zhen Shin Grace Ting † Samuel J. Tyrrel † Olga Ujeski †† Nathan D. VanEpps Angelo J. Vilardo Cindy Vu †† Tiffany A. Walters Wesley D. Watson † Jacob G. Welker Tyler J. Wiese Michael Wiratma † Jamison T. Wozniak Angie Wu Kimberly Wu †† Yiqin Xiao † Yi Xing † .Yee Mon Aung †† Sara E. Zaborny Steven Zaccardo †

Zijun Zhou †† Qiwei Zhu ††

June 2020 Aida Binte Abdul Malik Kaitlyn M. Abel Rashid I. Abubeker †† Ralph T. Ades ††† Salman Ahmed Brandon Alexander †† Mohammed A. Ali †† Kevin I. Almonte Manuel F. Alvarez Youngjun An Maxwell J. Anarella Lucas J. Andler † Maheen Ansari † Lauren K. Antonik ††† Marteen Arena †† Nathan A. Armbruster † Eliz H. Arnavut ††† Jacob C. Arnold †† Mahvish Arsheen † Zachary R. Asman †† Riley Atkinson Lucas R. Atwell Greenwood Lakshmi Manvika Avula Marc A. Ayala Ayomide O. Ayodeji Saad Azim Jordan R. Badura Yoonjin Bae † Claire Baluta Victor Bandriwsky Reid G. Barkoff †† Brandon M. Barnhart Noelle R. Bartz † Alex Bauer Adam K. Belkorchi †††

Breanna L. Belle †† Lena M. Beyer ††† Bradley T. Bihler Teril Boldiis Julia L. Borkowski Stephen Borman Tristan C. Bottum † Christopher D. Boyd Drew Bronen Alyssa Brouillet † Nicholas R. Buckle †† Bradley Bufalo Emma A. Burns McKenna Carberry Lizeth D. Cardona Anthony Carducci †† Tyler Carman Cassandra A. Carney Kevin E. Carney Salvatore A. Carosa Justin K. Carr Gabriella C. Castricone ††† Valerie Catalano Brian P. Caulfield Connor T. Chambers Jonathan Jian Jie Chan †† Lauren Chan Ravi Nitin Chandarana †† Qi Sheng Chang † Kevin Chau Jiaying Chen Kevin Chen † Lena Chen Peggy Chen Wan Qing Chen Wubin Chen † Xue Chun Chen † Yuhan Chen † Matthew Cheng †††

Raymond Cheng Xuan Ying Chew †† Shwu Yiin Maxine Chia †† Kelechi Chillis-Ihenko ††† Nicole L. Chin † Xin Quan Ching †† Jing Long Damien Choo †† Foo Kai Eugene Choong ††† Ming Zhen Choong † Hao Sheng Choy †† Madeline Clark † Tyler A. Clark Monifa Clarke Dylan R. Cohen Tyler J. Cohen Sean Colgan Patrick T. Comerford † William Y. Conklin †† Nicolette P. Coraci † Katie Corbett † Jacob Cotter † Robert Coulter ††† Kyle D. Crossman †† Meredith J. Cui Shelby M. Curtin Nathan R. Cyrulnik † Fanta A. Dabo Dean C. D'Accolti Kara Daly † Jeffrey Davidson Bailey G. Davis †† Ian E. De Beer † Nathan A. Debord † Travis J. Deinhart Rebekah DePugh ††† Raj Desai Alvin K. Devasia † Karimatou Diallo Nathanael Diaz

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Adam C. Didonato Payton Digangi Michael J. Diliberto †† Jonathan Dillenbeck †† .Divya Prabhakar † Steven E. Dolsky Francesca M. Dominianni †† Yingquan Dong ††† Yuning Dong †† Zheyu Dong Ryan J. Donnelly Jonathan P. Donoghue Zekun Dou † Justin R. Downey Devin Droll †† Andrew Du Michael B. Dubin ††† Troy M. Dygert Alexandra G. Egles †† Erik J. Eisenhuth Max J. Elleman Jason R. Emmett Raymon A. Fernandez II Marc Ferraiola Luke A. Ferrara Brendan Ferraro † Brandon Ferris Maximillian A. Fevola Scott B. Finkelstein Kevin Finney † Stephanie Fitzpatrick Jackson H. Fleming Jia Rong Justin Foo †† Marcus Ku Yuan Foo ††† Jibreel A. Ford Janelle Fore Liam Frank † Connor J. Freeman †† James C. Furgiuele Spencer T. Gadd

Kenzie H. Galletta Christian A. Gallucci Bo Gao †† Nathaniel M. George ††† Adam V. Gervase Erica R. Giannicchi Dylan P. Gibson † Harman Gill Thomas A. Girardi Alyssa L. Glenn † Salvatore A. Glosek Jing Wei Goh ††† Yu Xin Goh Amanda S. Gold Aaron Goldstein Jacob J. Graham Tom Grandits Brian Grimm ††† Arianna A. Grossfeld ††† Qimeng Guan ††† Patrick A. Guinto III † Shravya Guruprasad † Ryan Gustafson Daniel Gutierrez † Alexander M. Guzek Armeeta Hajikandi Abdulaziz A. Hakami Stephanie Haller †† Yiping Han ††† Eric J. Hanfland ††† Ahsanul Haque †† Kyle Harris Adam Hasasneh †† Zachary Hatem Wilson He Zhou He Ryan A. Heagerty Mallette † Emmanuel Terseer Heen Hunter Hellinger Zoe A. Hernandez †

Sean Hill † Jessica L. Hillman Gage M. Hilton Taylor N. Himes Riley Hines Tyler E. Hoeflich Savannah E. Holder Oleksandra Honcharuk Christine A. Hops Sumin Hoque Bing Shen Nicholas How † Kaitlynd M. Howell Allen Hu Andrew Hu † Miao Hu † Jiaming Huang Lei Huang † Zirong Huang Darnell Huff Noah R. Hurlbutt † Daniel K. Hyde Alexander D. Iacchetta †† Zakariya M. Imdad Ayesha Inam Evan Itzkowitz Nicholas A. Jackson †† Siddharth Dilip Jain † Paulina V. Jakson † Johnathan D. Janese John Javorowsky †† Fan Jia Nancy Jiang Yuntang Jiang †† Bingyao Jin † Yixuan Jin ††† Malik Jones Zharia Jones Samuel Jung †† Colin M. Kait †† Matthew M. Kalinowski †

Jia Qi Kam † Afsana Kamal Derek J. Kaplan Vignesh Kass ††† Makenzie Keller Benjamin Kelly Jessica R. Kennedy George H. Kfouri Salaah Khan .Khin Myanmar Nyein Aye † Vion Le Xin Khoo Dongwook Kim †† Yu Chul Kim †† Fallon B. Kinney † Brian J. Kirschner † Chester A. Knaus Jia Lin Koh ††† Christopher J. Kolber ††† Alex J. Konst † Rachel Kotas ††† Justin Kovalsky Maxwell I. Kravatz † Rachel A. Kubek Daniel A. Kurland Disorn Kwunchaithanya Michael Z. Lamonte Ethan Lang Haley E. Lang †† Alexander J. Langhorne Emma Laprade ††† Kevin S. Larimore ††† Bryce E. Larose Lyon H. Lascu ††† Zachary W. Latella Erik R. Lauricella ††† Chloe Ruo En Lee † Daniel Lee Zhi Xian Lee †† Hwai Yeng Jeelian Leong †† Shi Xian Leong


Ying Tao Max Leong ††† Zaneith Leow ††† Kassandra E. Lerman †† Jiakang Li † Junyan Li Renee Ni Lim † Ryan Jin Yuan Lim ††† Cerlina Lin ††† Fan Lin † Gavince Lin Jing Lin Josua Lin †† Jun Jie Lin †† Yan Ling † Nicholas Lipari Devon R. Lipp † Anna Lisske Benedict Jiahui Liu ††† Wen Hao Liu Yayuan Liu Amanda L. Lomber ††† Eric Lorenzo Elaine Lu Andrew R. Luckman Qijie Luo Elvis V. Luong ††† Edward J. Lynch † .Ma Su Nandar Htwe Matthew D. Maggiacomo † Anthony M. Magrene ††† Luke W. Mahan Maheen Mahmood Andrea D. Manns † Tyler C. Manthey †† Margaret Manzella †† Lisa R. Marcellus ††† Sydney E. March Colin Marrett Biljana Martic Raul Martinez †††

Joseph B. Martino Braeden A. Mathur ††† Marylynn H. Mattice Sean M. Maurer Andrew P. Mavrogeorgis † Kayla M. May Vincent R. Mccormick †† Morgan E. Mcdaniel Michael C. McDonald Andrew J. Mcdonnell IV Jace E. Mcgrath Nicholas K. Mcmanus Alexander D. Mcpherson † Nirupa Meenakshi Sundaravel Malayika Mehra Jake H. Melikian Nicholas Mezzoprete Jason Miller Jun Gi Min Jasmine E. Mohan † Andrew L. Monahan Nicholas B. Monroe † Angeleek N. Moquete †† Andrew Mosher † Givary Muhammad † Peter J. Mulcahy Martin T. Mulvey Matthew J. Murnane ††† Claire E. Murphy Ramavelu Murugesan †† Isabella G. Musachio † Daniel J. Mylott Eugene J. Naab IV Keisuke Nakatani Aleksandra M.

Neckahuptysiowska Kirstie Wei Ting Neo Min Hui Ng †† Zi Ming Ng †† Zhi Ling L. Ni †††

Susan J. Nizialek Eric A. Nolan † Megan T. Nolan †† Sean Nord Tyler S. Nosbisch † Pokele G. Novali Lawrence D. O'Brien Jr † Robert S. O'Leary † Jared H. Omerhodzic ♦ L

Qin Jiu Jasmine Ong †† Samuel R. Orellana ††† Liam J. O'Shea † Tahiyah O. Osmani † Muthiah Palaniappan †† Eric Pang Yuqi Pang † Elaine Park Joshua D. Pasternak Benton G. Patchett Kre L. Paw Xiangrui Peng Yujie Peng † Jason M. Perreault † Bryce Pieszala Renee S. Pilat ††† Meghan M. Pilski † Scott Platukis Estee Zi Hun Png †† Saikiran Popuri Evan J. Powell Michael J. Pucci † Rachael Putelo † Jiamin Qian ††† Jingjing Qian ††† Yifan Qian † Iris Xiao Qin Quah ††† Jun Hong Jamesson Quek James R. Quinn † Dylan Racaniello Jake Raher †

Selwyn Raman Vianca Ramirez Sujay Rangarajan ††† Lucille T. Reczek ††† Regina N. Reid Siyi Ren .Rhea Harshadkumar

Upadhyay †† Taylor Riggins Alessandra Riggio Logan A. Rill Divine Rivers Jesse M. Roche Noah N. Rockoff † Justin M. Rooney Jacob Rosenblum † David Ross †† Chance X. Rossbach Carter Rowan Anthony T. Rozek †† Jia Wen Ruan †† * Marcelo G. Rubio Anthony J. Russell †† Antonino V. Russo Kyle Ryan Garialdi Salim ††† Sara Sanchez Monsalve †† Alex Sancimino † Freilly A. Santana Ahdem K. Sarki Matthew A. Sassoon † Maxwell Savarino Ella Sayan †† Evan Scales † Michael Scherer ††† Maxwell D. Schimizzi Alexa L. Schmidichen † Christopher K. Schmidt Jackson C. Schuck † Sam E. Scott



Ryan Sears Hollie L. Seguin Chowon Seo † Jacob C. Serrano Lonnesha Sessoms Damian Setiadi †† Mihir S. Shah † Sherry Shao †† Benjamin Shapiro Delaney M. Shaw †† Ryan J. Shea † Ngodup Tshering Sherpa Phurlamu Sherpa Tenzing C. Sherpa Hermes Y. Shi Matthew Shivinsky Jason Shuttleworth Melvyn Sin ††† Parmbir Singh Ranjit Singh Gregory M. Slator Jr † Brendan Smith † Cory H. Smith † Insil Song Lin Song †† Belvia Zi Qi Soo Samuel H. Soucy † Samantha St.Louis Jonathan Standhart † Zakary L. Steingart †† Paul D. Strawbrich Jr See Wei Donovan Sum ††† Carl Sun Michelle Sutorius † Tatheer F. Syed Anthony J. Szefler Michael J. Szokoli Jinho Tae †††

Bernice Qi Tan †† Bo Yu Daniel Tan ††† Ernest Kay Leng Tan ††† Hui Lin Serlyn Tan †† Ser Hui Tan Shaun Geng Da Tan †† Terence Zhi Xiang Tan † Wan Ning Tan †† Carmen Tang †† Jacky Tang Ethan Taylor †† Victoria K. Terrazzino † Joseph Thomas Amanda M. Tirado Yiu Jin Toh Alexander J. Tone Matthew J. Torretta † Sean M. Touhy Nicholas P. Tracy †† Anh P. Tran †† Phuong To Uyen Tran † Eric A. Travis Jr Christian M. Tredo Kyle A. Tricarick Brentyn Utter † Matthew R. Valentino Jensen M. Vega †† Katherine M. Verso William C. Villa Bill Vo Pei Xuan Voo †† Linh Vu † Steven Vulpis Connor M. Wagner Sara A. Walters ††† Jennie Wang Qiancheng Wang † Weihan Wang ††

Xuejing Wang † Xuewei Wang ††† Shakina L. Ward Abigail E. Webb † Cameron W. Webber †† Alexander J. Weinreich Hui Ling Weng †† Jared A. Wengender Sydney E. Wentworth ††† Austin A. Wesolowski Morgan Whitcomb Justin Wieder †† Nathanael W. Wilkinson Nile C. Williams ††† Elliot Wittenberg † Benjamin Wong Leah A. Wong Richard J. Wozniak Jiamin Wu † Shaorui Wu Tommy Wu ††† Xianpei Wu Mary K. Wyant † Madison N. Xander Jiani Xu Nikey Xu Tianren Xu Zezheng Xue Miaomiao Yan † Hanwen Yang †† Yue Yang †† Noah Yellen Isabelle Zi Min Yeo ††† Chien-Wei Yu Jiawen Yu Wenxin Yu † He Yuan †† Emily A. Yuen

Sin Young Yun Danzeng Yundan Langqin Zhang ††† Yue Zhang †† Bing Bing Zheng ††† Jason Zheng Jun Jie Zheng † Lukai Zheng Nicole Zheng Wenjie Zheng ††† Kaixun J. Zhong Orson Zhong Zhiheng Zhou Hao Ran Zhu † Judy Zhu † Joseph M. Zogaria † Nicholas Zona †† Christian H. Zook Xiyi Zou † Hannah C. Zuckerberg Joseph Zupka † Lucas Zurat


Master’s Degrees


Master of Science in Accounting Deanna Alonge Nicholas Backiel Karl Bader Tal Badry Justin Behar Jonathan Berr Scott Boehnke Austin Brown Mathew Buczek William Chan Dongmin Chen Kenny Chen Qian Chen Montana Copeland Lawrence Corbin Austin Crowe Abigal Dallessandro Matthew Duve Michael Farrell Jiajia Feng Syed Forhad Maria Fritz Ivan Garcia Joseph Gardon Kayla Gary Carly Gugino Matthew Gusman Bentley Ho Quinn Hodson Michael Hughes Matthew Jetter Chelsey Jordan

Tami Laiacona Jonathan Lee Tiffany Leung Carlos Leyte Dong Hwan Lim Anita Lin Sheldon Lip Viviana Lisboa Nathan Marino Ryan McDonough Jennifer Moore Kevin Patterson Scott Pinto Matthew Powell Benjamin Reimer Cuixian Ruan Goldy Sandhu John Schaller Cole Schiffman Zachary Smolinski Sawyer Stapleton Clifford Tompkins Tibor Von Maier Shiyao Wang Kelli West Brian Wiktorowski Euijeong Wu Yan Xue Yiyang Yan Danielle Zalta Molly Zheng Yilin Zhou

Master of Science in Finance Shahd Mosaed M Alzeghaibi Aryaman Abhijeet Atray

Thomas William Bacigalupi Pruthvi Shankar Baria Poojitha Bondalapati Ronald Bustamante Yongji Cai Owen Dai Jivitesh Dhanuka Xingzhou Du Nolan Michael Dunn Youssef Elnowaihy Quanming Feng Michael Fleischman Angelo Goodenough Richard Michael Grant Mohammed Saif Hassan Ruby Shreyas Kothari Priyanka Kuchhal Matthew A Laroche Christopher Kin Lau Xiaoyun Li Zhenglin Li Juncen Liu Daniel Joseph McNamara Dhruv Vidyut Mistry Lauren C Muscato Deepika Mysore Radhakrishna Di Pan Yang Pei Supreet Kaur Randhawa Steven Ronca Xue Rui Jacob M Ryan Sumit Amar Sabhnani Sumit Satish Saxena Tyler Scull Ashher Shaikh Olivia Xiner Shi Joel Sims

Niveditha Srikanth Steven Paul Tait Madhavi Gopal Terdal Joshika Thalur Mohit Tuteja Sharan Varadarajan Selina Louise von Jackowski Hongjun Wang Bennett R Wright Qi Wu Junze Xu Zhong Yu Lutong Zhang Michael Zhang

Master of Science in Management Information Systems Minaz Afreen Reshma Ahuja Abhishek Annappa Prabhu Vrinda Dineshkumar Bagdi Priyanka Sudhakar Bagul Ruchika Bakaya Aditya Benjamin Shradha Ashok Bhat Shamitha Bikarnakatte Derek Caudill Charles Chacko Krishen Chaku Huiru Chang Gaurav Chatterjee Ashutosh Chaturvedi Jay Chen Kewal Chheda Sakshi Chouksey Sumedha Das Dennis James Derouen


Master’s Degrees

Mugdha Rameshrao Deshmukh . Devan Dileep Kumar Hemanth Sai Reddy Devarapati Neha Dhar Purva Dharmadhikari Elroy John Dsouza Arushi Dutta Pravallika Gandra Rahul Gaur Venkata Subba Reddy

Gunikuntla Pallavi Gupta Shivika Gupta Shreya Gupta Tushar Gupta Sonali Gopal Hattimare Govardhan Isayamudhan

Naicker Anup Johnson Murali Neelakanth Kembhavi Ashish Khare Neethu Kotathe Veetil Vishal Kumar Afua Pokuwaa Kwakye-Berko Samina Lohawala Tejas Sudhir Magar Arpit Maheshwari Shubham Malpani Rohitha Manchineella . Mandhir Bhasin Brian Stephen McGonagle Joseph F Mogavero Lenny Monteiro Ronit Rajesh Naik Yuvraj Nangia Christopher Js Oh Krutika Chandrashekhar Pai Haimanti Pait Chowdhury Neeharika Palepu Vrushali Valmik Pawar

Sneha Phatak Destiney M. Plaza L Divya Puthenveettil Viswanathan

Pill Abirami Radhakrishnan Vikram Mohan Rao Vissnu Kumaar Ravi Nithin Reganty Sreenath Geethika Rimmalapudi Hector Rodriguez . Sadia Amarendra Reddy Sagila Pranay Sagiraju Gargi Sarkar Apoorva Sharma Chehel Sharma Dipankar Sharma Nishit Shetty Pratik Prakash Shetty Wai Hung Andrew Shi Ojas B Shinde Sejal Sanjay Shinde Megha Mohandas Shirodkar Program shveta,. Anubha Singh Raghvendra Singh Sneha Singh Sreeja Sinha Roy Mayur Sinha Rudhresh Sivakumar Andrew Skeels Pawas Soni Rasika Soni Arya Sujit Srivastava Gesu Srivastava Shefali Srivastava Tushar Tanwar Swati Tewari David Jeffrey Torgerson Kuntesh Kishorkumar Udhas

Mugdha Pradeep Vartak Prakhar Vashisht Mahalakshmi Sundari Veliventi Anusha Haronahalli

Venkatesh Prasad

Master of Science in Management Science: Business Analytics and Systems Aiswarya Ajith . Akhil Sankar . Akshay Anil Nair Vineela Allamsetty . Anupama Varghese Abhirami Arunachalam . Aryasree Kannan Asha Sabu Noorul Haque Aziz Chandrababu Balaji Pavithra Basavaraju Kriti Begani . Bhagyashri Bijesh Chathamkulam

Balachandran Rahul Chelakkara Narayanan Balaswamy Cyril Chinnappa Shubham Das Lawanya Dasari Moukthika Emani . Gautham Anand Gokul Gopakumar Abiram Gurusamy Madur Harish Revanth Filbert Raj Irudhayaraj Aravind Janardhanan Sruthy Jayanth Alankrutha Jonnalagadda

Sainath Meghana Karna

. Kavya Suresh Hema Chowdary Kolluri Mounika Kotamraju Aviral Kothari Gopinath Krishnasamy Navneet Kumar Jyothikrishnan Kunnathuvayalil

Surendran Amritha Madhusoodhanan NaiSai Pavan Malisetty Neena Mathaliyil Thankam Sathishkumar Meganathan Puja Mehta Aravind Menon Puranjay Kesari Menon Devanshu Mittal Manas Ranjan Mohanty Sreejith Mundamattathil

Thankappan Raghuraman Murali Kamakshidevi Murthy

Rajalakshmi Kinnera Muthyala Shabin Nahab Sai Hemanth Kumar NallapaneShushant Pal Vamsi Krishna Pentam Setty Koushik Prem Kumar . Rajitha Rajakrishnan Amritha Ramachandran Harikrishnan Ramesh Uday Kumar Ramineni Rohit Remesh Babu Namita Sajeev Aksharaa Sangeetha Lakshmi Sanjeev Prathamika Sarkar Manasaa Seshadri Aadhil Shaik Mohammad Sruthi Sree Prasad

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Thejas Sreekumar Warrier Arijeet Dutt Srivastava Kavya Suresh Ardra Syam Anjali Usha Jeevanand Ganga Avinash Reddy Velagala Arun Veluswamy Divya Venkatesh Jithender Venkhatesh Vishnu Venugopal Felicia Maria Vincent Packia Raj Ashwin Kumar Visvaprasad

Master of Business Administration Solaman Adam Abidul Alam Ashton Armstrong David Augenblick Arnab Bag Charlotte Bamford Warren Barrett Matthew Bartone Jessica Birchler Victor Burdukov Joshua Burk Sarthak Chakravarty Karin Cho Shelby M. Connors ♦ LL

Andrew Cook Trevor Creedon Alec Delmerico Samyak Dhawan Hariston Allwyn Dias LL Steven Didas Nicholas Dunn Alby Eapen Anthony Fazzino John Frucci

Lawrence Gersz . Gita Denaya Rizkianto Akshata Gogate Simon Daniel Gough Alexander Guarino Anjali Gupta Kurt Harlock Casey Harris Ryan Henesey Danielle Hockwater Tyler Hurlbutt Katherine Jarvis Austin Keppler Michael Koester Kristen Kozlowski Eric P. Krieger ♦ LL

Shannon Lach Orion LaMontagne * Mitchell J. Macholz * Timothy Madden Shashank Malhotra Vincent Mascio Kayla McAuley Kirsten McCarthy Rostislav Melnik Andrew Meyer Sadie Mitchell Stuti Mittal Kyle Moody Stephanie Morrissey Austin Ocwieja Samuel Opoku-Acheampong Tyler Orlando Pauleena Pal Nicholas Pasquini Neel Patel Thirth Patel Robert Quebral Bryan Quinn

Evelyn Quist Matthew Reusher Nicole Ruh Priya Sasankan Yash Saurin Shah Michael Schake Michael Schwarz Drashti Shah . Shahil Usman Tucker Sheely Mohit Shrivastava Alexander Siracusa Mercede Siu Sakar Srivastava Heidi Stahlnecker Austin Steinbach Joseph Suk Alyssa Szal Ornwipa Taeng-aksorn * Farha Tahani Sonya Tareke Tushar Tiwari Archibald Ulysse Spenser Urban Joshua Van DeMortel Michael Van Heusen Abhishek Wahi Jacob Walsh Yaoxuan Wang Keiara Wilson Jake Winkler Steven Young

Professional Master of Business Administration Ahmed Abdelaty Eylul Akpinar Gina Barry Jake Battistoni

Nickolas Beauharnois Kimberly Berus Brooke Bojanowski ♦ L

Kelly Bourque Leandra Braham Kara Buchheit Carlos Bu-Wu Nicholas Carrubba Sagar Ishwarlal Chaudhari Carolyn Chilelli Steven Coccia Jason Curry Madelyn DePaula Kyle Divinichi Sean Emery Kevin English Amanda Ersing Khaled Moftah Abdelfatah

Fathallah Sergio Flores Robles Matthew Francis Eric Hansen Jessica Harms Gregory Harts Michael Jolevski Swapnil Kapse Brandy Kelly Matthew Koban Mitchell Larson Victoria Liberty Alexandra Liebel Ryan Marfurt* Susan May Aleem Merani Nelson Misso Daniel Molfese Natalie Murphy Lucas Novaes Barreto Kendra O'Connor


Master’s Degrees

Douglas O'Hair Jordan Pytlak Michael Quinn Danielle Rhoney (Snell) Katia Rodriguez Reyes Justin Sammarco Zachary Schalberg Rachelle Schmitt Alexander Seward Omar Shall Joshua Snyder Matthew Stanko Jacob Steffen Brian Sullivan Nathan Sutorius Stephanie Tisdale ♦ L

Alex Tomasik Kelsey Trautwein Ekaterina Vansuch Mitchel Victor Wei Wang* Meghan Whalen Brock Wilkinson Timothy Wilson Carissa Zamerski

Executive Master of Business Administration Austin Barnett Christopher Donacik Carl Drechsel Siddhartha Kambala Rajkumar Kanniah Connie Kotas L Keith McShea ♦ Brandon McCormick Laura McDowell Antonio Ocampo John Pastore Yash Ruparel Jatinder Singh Kayleigh Terranova Gary Thomas Rajesh Vasudevan Daniel Wagner Jeff Wojtasik


Doctoral Degrees


Li Ting Chiu BEc, Economics, National Cheng Kung University MS, International Finance, National Chengchi University The Role of Institutional Investors in the Debt Market

Seungoh Han BS, Nuclear Engineering, Seoul National University MS, Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University Essays on Financial Markets and Trading Activities

Albert Lee BA, Financial Economics, University of Rochester BS, Mathematics, University of Rochester MS, Finance, Johns Hopkins University Hidden Liquidity, Market Quality, and Order Submission Strategies

Ruochen Liao

BA, English, South China University of Technology MA, Medieval History, University of Leeds Three Essays on the Social Dynamics in Online Health Communities

Pavankumar Mulgund BS, Information Systems Engineering, Visveswariah Technology University MS, Management Information Systems, University at Buffalo Three Essays on the Impact of Digital Health Interventions: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Juehui Shi

BS, Business Administration Management, Elmira College MBA, Management, Montclair State University Investigating the Adjustment Speeds of the Actual Towards the Desired Chief Executive Officer Pay and Firm Performance: Three Partial Adjustment and Partial Adjustment Valuation Approaches

Zhasmina Tacheva BA, Economics, Philosphy and German, Canisius College Investigating Network Structure, Social Capital, and Sustainability in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Xunyi Wang

BS, Applied Mathematics, Central South University MS, Finance, University at Buffalo Have Fun in Both Game and Non-game Contexts? Three Essays on Online Gaming Addiction and Stimulating Effect of Gamification

Behzad Zahiri

BS, Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Tehran MS, Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Design of Hazardous Materials Transportation Networks Under Uncertainty


Undergraduate Honors

Beta Alpha Psi 2019-2020 Beta Alpha Psi, the National Accounting Fraternity, is a scholastic and professional organization whose primary objective is to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the field of accounting. In order to achieve these goals, the organization promotes the study and practice of accounting; provides opportunity for association with practicing accountants; and encourages a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Membership in the organization is open to all undergraduate and graduate accounting majors who have attained the appropriate cumulative grade point average and are in the top 35 percent of their class in all University courses completed.

Elizabeth Beikirch Scott MacEntee Milad Ghanatios Noelle Ortiz Tongchen Jiang Quynh Pham Carol Kojsza Bailey Popovski Phu Le Ashley Silva Jie Lin Gary Stiles Keying Lin Inness Wu Jason Liu Qiting Xie Xueying Liu

School of Management Honors Program Craig Adriaansen Jason Liu Lena Beyer Amanda Lomber Kirsten Byman Benjamin Makosy Gabriella Castricone Christina Nicolette Tenzin Deckyi Michael Scherer Milad Ghanatios Mary Kate Smith Theresa Hill Harley Sternberg Lyon Lascu Tommy Wu Kassandra Lerman Yue Zhang Carly Linsner

Beta Gamma Sigma 2019-2020 The University at Buffalo Gamma Chapter for scholars in management was established in 1932. The purpose of Beta Gamma Sigma is to recognize outstanding management students of high scholarship and good moral character. Election to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest scholarship rank that a student in management can attain. Gabriella C. Castricone Jinho Tae


Graduate Honors

Beta Gamma Sigma 2019-2020 The University at Buffalo Gamma Chapter for scholars in management was established in 1932. The purpose of Beta Gamma Sigma is to recognize outstanding management students of high scholarship and good moral character. Election to membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest scholarship rank that a student in management can attain.

Masters Brooke Bojanowski Kevin English Khaled Fathallah Lawrence Gersz Swapnil Eknath Kapse Connie Kotas Victoria Liberty Aleem Jamil Merani John Vincent Pastore Joshua Snyder Jacob Steffen Alex Tomasik Rajesh Vasudevan Daniel Wagner

PhD Li Ting Chiu Seungoh Han Albert Lee Pavankumar Mulgund Xunyi Wang


Undergraduate Awards Presented at Commencement

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence This award honors State University of New York students who have best demonstrated and been recognized for their integration of academic excellence with other aspects of their lives, which may include leadership, campus involvement, athletics, career achievement, community service, or creative and performing arts.

Lisa R. Marcellus Business Administration; Environmental Studies Lisa Marcellus of Rochester, N.Y., graduates with a bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in international business, a bachelor of arts in environmental studies and a minor in Spanish.

Marcellus is a University Honors College Scholar and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Scholar. She has been a resident adviser, teaching assistant, event assistant for the UB Distinguished Speakers Series, president of the Buffalo Undergraduate Consulting Group and leadership peer mentor. She helped rebuild houses in Puerto Rico as part of the first SUNY Stands with Puerto Rico initiative.

Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key for Academic Excellence This award is presented to the students who have compiled the highest grade point average of those eligible to graduate. Jordan Sobon Xuewei Wang

University at Buffalo Accounting Association Michael S. Dockery Memorial Senior Award This award is presented to senior accounting students who have contributed in a superior way to the Institute of Management Accountants, the accounting profession, fellow students and the School of Management. Theresa Hill Lauren Rivera

Eddy Lin Memorial Award This award is presented to an accounting student who is focusing on an accounting career with a mid-size public accounting firm. This student also actively mentors others, exhibits scholastic excellence, and a passion for learning. Lauren Aldrich

Student Achievement Award This award is presented to a student who has demonstrated scholastic excellence and has rendered outstanding extracurricular service to the school and the university. Milad Ghanatios

Adriana Ilyse Thaler Memorial Senior Award in Marketing This award is presented to students who have best demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, marketing professionalism and personal motivation. Francesca Dominianni Yue Zhang

William H. Wendel Memorial Award for Student Excellence in Human Resources Management This award is presented to a student who has made the greatest contribution to the field of human resources management. Kaitlynd Howell


Graduate Awards Presented at Commencement

Charles H. Diefendorf Award in Finance This award is presented to the student who has made the greatest contribution to the finance discipline. Jacob Ryan

The Intrepid Award This award is presented to an MBA student who exhibits exceptional achievement, persistence, and success. Stefan Korte

Sidney N. Kahn Memorial Award for MBA Student Excellence in Sales and Marketing This award is presented to an MBA student who has made the greatest contribution to field of sales and marketing. Danielle Hockwater

Magnus Award for Greatness in MBA Leadership This award is presented to an MBA student who has demonstrated greatness in all facets of the MBA program. This includes academic performance, leadership, innovation and generosity of spirit. Jacob Walsh

Drs. John and Arlyn Myers Award This award is presented to an MBA student who demonstrates excellence in the field of marketing. Alyssa Szal

Student Achievement Awards This award is presented to a student within each degree program. The student recipient has demonstrated scholastic excellence and has rendered outstanding extracurricular service to the school and the university.

MS – Carly Gugino MBA –Timothy Madden PhD – Pavankumar Mulgund

Dr. Marcel and Mrs. Kathryn Vinokur Award to Promote Global Understanding This award is presented to an MBA student born outside of North America. The student promotes global understanding among MBA students. Yash Saurin Shah

Dr. Jerry and Mrs. Dina Wind Award to Promote International Understanding This award is presented to an MBA student born in North America. The student contributes to promoting international understanding among MBA students. Sonya Tareke


Undergraduate Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships Given by the School of Management Prior to Commencement

The Challen Family Scholarship Christian Arena Michael B. Dubin Lukas Lorigo Kre L. Paw Dan F. Rim Gary Stiles

The Hsinchun Chen and Hsaio-Hui Chow Scholarship Jia Wen Ruan

The Michael Christopher Family Scholarship Adam J. Nisbet Breanna L. Belle

The John G. and Elizabeth Gibbons Family Scholarship

Christian Arena Lena M. Beyer Teril Boldiis Kirsten Byman Aidan Chen Francesca M. Dominianni Vignesh Kass Kevin S. Larimore

Cerlina J. Lin Braeden A. Mathur Noelle M. Ortiz Kre L. Paw Sujay Rangarajan Anthony T. Rozek Alyssa M. Rudick Gary Stiles

The Amena and Hatim Nakhoda & Family Scholarship Samyukta Mahendra Kumar Angeleek N. Moquete Carmen Tang

The Charles W. Pearson Family Scholarship Award Chak Hei Lin

Joseph T. J. Stewart Global Citizenship Scholarship Alyssa Brouillet Tenzin Deckyi Noah R. Hurlbutt Cerlina J. Lin Elizabeth A. Roth Alexa L. Schmidichen

The Arthur and Louise Wasserman Scholarship David Ross

Lisa Friedman Memorial Award Quynh Pham

New York State Society of CPAs Awards Matthew Johnson Quynh Pham Kelli West


Graduate Awards, Scholarships and Fellowships Given by the School of Management Prior to Commencement

Federation of Schools of Accountancy Award Carly Gugino

New York State Society of CPAs Awards Matthew Johnson Quynh Pham Kelli West

Victor and Joan Brown Accounting Masters Scholarship Kelli West

Connection to Excellence Scholarship Generously funded in partnership with Rich Products and M&T Bank Steven Didas Katherine Jarvis Michael Koester Orion LaMontagne

Gloria and Oscar Goldstein Memorial Fellowship Bentley Ho

Robert and Carol Gross Scholarship Michael Schwarz

Kaleida Health Resident/MBA Scholar Dr. Joshua Burk

E. Han Kim Finance Doctoral Student Scholarship Li Ting Chiu Seungoh Han Albert Lee William C. and Gloria K. King Scholarship Abidul Alam

School of Management Dean’s MBA Scholarship Trevor Creedon

Schomburg Fellowship Viviana Lisboa

Mary Jane Stoll Scholarship Alyssa Szal

Tax Executives Institute Scholarship, Buffalo-Niagara Chapter Kelli West

WNY Prosperity Fellowship Timothy Madden Nicholas Pasquini Bryan Quinn Keiara Wilson

Stephen J. Zielinski Management Scholarship Michael Schwarz


School of Management Faculty and Staff Faculty Laura Amo Alex Ampadu Muriel Anderson Prasad Balkundi Brian Becker Kate Bezrukova Michael Braunscheidel Kee Chung Dianna Cichocki Ann Cohen Michael Dambra Alan Dick Haimonti Dutta Supradeep Dutta Isaac Ehrlich Howard Foster Veljko Fotak Joana Gaia Philip Glick Indranil Goswami Debora Grossman Feng Gu Cheryl Hall Arlene Hibschweiler Ronald Huefner Rose Hu Sahn-Wook Huh Feng (Jack) Jiang Alan Katerinski Joshua Khavis Kenneth Kim Myungsun Kim Richard Kraude William Kross Frank Krzystofiak Arun Lakshmanan G. James Lemoine Winston Lin Charles Lindsey Timothy Maynes Lorrie Metzger Jessie Miller Pavankumar Mulgund David Murray Kathleen Nesper

Robert Neubert Jerry Newman Kathy O’Donnell Aisha O’Mally Philip Perry Scott Ptak Ram Ramesh Dominik Roesch Mary Ann Rogers Michael Rozeff Martha Salzman Lawrence Sanders Raj Sharman Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah Natalie Simpson Sanjukta Das Smith Lawrence Southwick Harold Star Sudhir Suchak Inho Suk Nallan Suresh Brandon Szerwo Debabrata Talukdar Ian Tarrant Paul Tesluk John Thomas Cristian Tiu Min-Hsuan Tu Ramin Vandaie Aditya Vedantam Charles Wang Mingcheng Wei Brian Wolfe Chunchi Wu Szu-Yin (Jennifer) Wu Weihong Xu Sunyee Yoon Nicole Zeftel Stanley Zionts

Staff Denise Adamski Molly Anderson Katie Andrews April Anthony Gwen Appelbaum Nicole Balzer Nicholas Battaglia Matthew Biddle Megan Bragdon Julia Braun Austin Byrd Harrison Cheung Eugene Colucci David Costello Candida Davis Jacqueline DeMarco Jennifer DePonceau Nanette Derry Diane Dittmar Derek Donovan Rebecca Donoghue Karen Drass Olivia Emrich Melissa Falgiano Jaimie Falzarano Hailley Fenski Carrie Gardner Emily Gearhart Jacqueline Ghosen Jason Gilbert Sanford Gunn Constance Hanel Kevin Hartman Ann Hayes Maggie Herdzik Jill Illenz Caitlin Janik Marina Jarnot Amy Johnson Tara Kaye Malinda Keidel Janet Kiefer Melissa Korte Pamela Krakowiak Jessica Labella BobbyJo LaDelfa Sara Langston

Julie LoTempio Debra Lowe Kevin Manne Deidre Marriner Robin Marti Kristina Martin Craig Mathis Erin McGee Caitlin McNulty MaryAnn McQuade Catherine Moody Cindy Mruk Ellen Murphy Jennifer Musone Jeanne Myers Erin O’Brien Rebecca Ott Michael Paolini Carl Pegels Alex Cleary Pelc Jeff Piscitelli Chuck Pustelnik Beth Ranney Hayley Rosario Melissa Ruggiero Caitlin Rush Christopher Salem Amanda Scheidel Jay Schwartzkopf Aaron Shaw Cynthia Shore Samantha Smith Richard Steinberg Keith Stolzenburg Andrew Swanson Richard Szafran Ann Marie Tobin Jackie Tomaszewski Cheryl Tubisz Thomas Ulbrich Gregory Vogelsang Loreta Vukadin Courtney Walsh Meghan Wood Carrie Zaenglein Cindy Zenosky Michelle Zglinicki Larry Zielinski


School of Management Dean’s Advisory Council Chair Sujata Yalamanchili Partner Hodgson Russ LLP Buffalo, N.Y. Kenneth M. Barna Counsel KP Law, P.C. Boston, MA Thomas M. Barney, Jr. Vice President and Treasurer Delaware North Buffalo, N.Y. Sachin Barot CFO AudioEye Douglas C. Bean Vice Chairman, Chief Brand Officer Mower Buffalo, N.Y. Joseph H. Bell Retired, Group VP and General Manager, Space & Defense Group Moog, Inc. East Amherst, N.Y. George G. Chamoun Chief Executive Officer ACV Auctions Buffalo, N.Y. Paul F. Ciminelli President & CEO Ciminelli Real Estate Corporation Buffalo, N.Y.

Michael W. Cropp President & CEO Independent Health Williamsville, N.Y. Donna L. DeCarolis President National Fuel Gas Company Williamsville, N.Y. Louis A. DiBerardino, Jr. Retired, Partner Ernst & Young LLP West Roxbury, MA Edward Dianhui Dong Founding Chair, US-China Committee The International Leadership Foundation Arcadia, CA Richard M. Ferranti CEO Rich Products Corporation Buffalo, N.Y. Gregg S. Fisher Founder, Portfolio Manager Fisher Family Ventures, LLC New York, N.Y. Glenn A. Fosdick Principal Glenn A. Fosdick Consulting, LLC Ann Arbor, MI Dottie E. Gallagher President & CEO Buffalo Niagara Partnership Buffalo, N.Y.

Barry B. Goldstein Chairman & CEO Kingstone Companies, Inc. Kingston, N.Y. Robin Hunter EVP, Corporate Development Fluent, Inc. New York, N.Y. Howard D. Koenig CEO Perspecta San Francisco, CA. Charles Koller Principal Accounting Group of WNY Elma, N.Y. James P. Lederer Retired, Executive Vice President Qualcomm Inc. San Diego, CA Gerry E. Murak Principal Murak & Associates, LLC Getzville, N.Y. Michael J. Murray Retired, Managing Partner Ernst & Young LLP Hamburg, N.Y. Paul A. Quebral President School of Management Alumni Association President Reid Petroleum Corp. Lockport, N.Y.

Sharon D. Randaccio President & CEO Performance Management Partners, Inc. Buffalo, N.Y. Mark C. Rizzo Senior VP, Commerical Banking Leader, Northeast Division Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Buffalo, N.Y. Steven H. Shepsman Executive Managing Director New World Realty Advisors, LLC Great Neck, N.Y. David F. Simon Chief Legal Affairs Officer Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia, PA


The Mace Designed to tell the story of the university and the Niagara Frontier, the UB mace was fashioned by silversmith Hudson Roysher of Arcadia, California. It was used for the first time in the 1962 general commencement. The mace is silver with accents of lapis and howlite to represent the university's colors. It is topped by a miniature walled structure representing the City of Buffalo. Engraved atop the city are three arrows bound together, symbolizing the unity of UB and the city. A band of alternating jewels of lapis and howlite encircles the head of the mace and bears the founding dates of the thirteen divisions that composed the university in 1962. The UB arms appear on the front of the head. On the back are the arms of the United States, encircled by the name Millard Fillmore and the dates during which he was U.S. president and UB chancellor. The discovery of Lake Erie in 1669 by Louis Joliet and early explorations by Robert de LaSalle are symbolized on the left side of the head. A crest on the right side is symbolic of the university's role as a dynamic center of human growth and welfare. The wild rose, the official flower of the state, is depicted in a floral motif at the top and bottom of the mace's head. Encircling the ends of the shaft are three wavy lines representing intellect and water, the latter a reference to the Niagara River and the Great Lakes. The motto "University and City: Community" is lettered in Latin around the knob of the shaft. Traditionally used in university ceremonials, the mace is a symbol of "enlightened authority." The mace bearer is the chair of the university's Faculty Senate.

UB Alma Mater

Verse 1: The pride of our spirit and tradition, Our alma mater's truth and name declare. Celebrate our history and wisdom, O let us all prepare to sing her glory.

Refrain: To Buffalo all hail to thee, Noble and strong it's our university! To blue and white pledge loyalty, Singing, I will always remember thee!

Verse 2: We'll ever keep our standards high, And sing UB's praises to the sky. Receiving the finest education, Our knowledge we impart unto the nations.

(Repeat refrain)

Verse 3: Our friends we've made with ties that bind, A union of our spirit, heart, and mind. Together we'll continue life's journey, O may dear Buffalo forever be.

(Repeat refrain) By Walter S. Goodale, MD, 1903 Lyrics adapted by UB students in 2006 for contemporary use


Congratulations! On behalf of the School of Management Alumni Association, I applaud you and your accomplishments over the past several years. You have completed a rigorous education at a top-ranked business school and now have the knowledge and skills to make your mark on the world.

Welcome to the School of Management alumni family — a group of nearly 43,000 graduates living and working in 87 countries. Wherever you go, you will find School of Management alumni who are willing to help you navigate your way to continued success.

Though you may be leaving campus today, you are not leaving UB behind. I encourage you to take advantage of the many ways to stay in contact with your alma mater: • LinkedIn group (University at Buffalo School of Management Alumni) • Facebook (UB School of Management Alumni) • Twitter (@UB_MgtAlumni) • Attending events in a city near you (mgt.buffalo.edu/alumni) • Buffalo Business and At Buffalo magazines • UB Connect, the online community exclusively for UB alumni I also encourage you to keep your information up to date either online or by contacting the Office of Alumni Engagement and External Relations so that you can receive emails about alumni events and programming happening near you. You can contact the Office of Alumni Engagement and External Relations at 716-645-3224 or [email protected].

Best wishes for your continued success.

Sincerely,

Paul A. Quebral, MBA ’92 President, School of Management Alumni Association


mailto:[email protected]

https://mgt.buffalo.edu/alumni

The State University of New York Board of Trustees Merryl H. Tisch Chairman

Cesar Perales Vice Chairman

Joseph W. Belluck* Courtney E. Burke Eric Corngold Robert J. Duffy Christy Fogal Gwen Kay Eunice A. Lewin* Stanley S. Litow Austin Ostro Richard Socarides Carl Spielvogel Edward M. Spiro Cary F. Staller

Emeritus Members Sheila H. Battle Roger I. Blackwell Robert T. Brady Randall L. Clark Frank N. Cuomo* Pamela Davis Heilman* Gerald S. Lippes* Mary E. Randolph Rose H. Sconiers* John N. Walsh III

University at Buffalo Officers Satish K. Tripathi President

A. Scott Weber Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

Graham L. Hammill Academic Affairs

Christina R. Hernandez* Student Life (Interim)

Laura E. Hubbard Finance and Administration

Despina M. Stratigakos Inclusive Excellence

Deans Aviva Abramovsky School of Law

Michael E. Cain Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Kemper E. Lewis School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Marsha L. Lewis School of Nursing

James M. O’Donnell School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Suzanne N. Rosenblith Graduate School of Education

Robin G. Schulze College of Arts and Sciences

Robert G. Shibley School of Architecture and Planning

Nancy J. Smyth School of Social Work

Paul E. Tesluk School of Management

Jean Wactawski-Wende* School of Public Health and Health Professions

Joseph J. Zambon* School of Dental Medicine

Vice Provosts Ann M. Bisantz Undergraduate Education

Robert Granfield Faculty Affairs

Graham L. Hammill Academic Affairs; Graduate School

Evviva Weinraub Lajoie University Libraries

Lee H. Melvin Enrollment Management

Despina M. Stratigakos Inclusive Excellence

John J. Wood* International Education (Interim)

Trustees Samantha L. Bonano* Gregg S. Fisher* Claudia D. Fosket* Kathleen T. Grimm* Daniel M. Hamister Louis M. Jacobs Kathie A. Keller Dale M. McKim III* David R. Pfalzgraf Jr.* Vikki L. Pryor* Thomas S. Quealy Jr.* Nagendra Raina Justin Reich* Amy Habib Rittling* Murray S. Rosenthal* Steven H. Shepsman* Eileen S. Silvers* Daniel A. Sperrazza* Satish K. Tripathi D. Scott N. Warman

System Administration Kristina M. Johnson Chancellor

Tod A. Laursen Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor

University at Buffalo Council

Vice Presidents and Cabinet Members Mark Alnutt Athletics

J. Brice Bible Chief Information Officer

Michael E. Cain Health Sciences

Beth Del Genio* Chief of Staff to the President

John DellaContrada University Communications

Venugopal Govindaraju* Research and Economic Development

Rodney M. Grabowski University Advancement

University at Buffalo Foundation Officers Gregory M. Bauer* Chairman

Robert E. Denning* Vice Chairman; Treasurer

Jean C. Powers* Secretary

Edward P. Schneider* Executive Director

Directors Beverly Foit Albert-Cox* Sheldon M. Berlow Helen M. Cappuccino* Ashok G. Kaveeshwar* Anthony B. Martino* Marjorie E. Winkler* Margaret W. Wong*

Emeritus Trustees Randall I. Benderson* Dianne Bennett* Lawrence P. Castellani Ellen E. Grant* Mark E. Hamister Jeremy M. Jacobs* John N. Walsh III

Jeremy M. Jacobs* Chairman

Michael W. Cropp* Jonathan A. Dandes* Scott E. Friedman June Williams Hoeflich* Christopher H. Koch Brenda W. McDuffie Mike Montoro*

Non Voting Members Michael E. Cain Rodney M. Grabowski Laura E. Hubbard A. Scott Weber

*University at Buffalo alumnus/alumna


ON THE COVER

The modern seal for the University at Bufalo harks back to a design adopted in 1923 to reflect the evolution

of the university from separate schools into a more close-knit organization. Though the seal has been revised

several times over the decades, the foundational elements remain: a proud bison signifying the City of Bufalo

atop a shield supported by the palm leaves of victory and emblazoned with the flames of wisdom.

school of management commencementmgt.buffalo.edu/content/dam/mgt/current-students/...eric feng †...

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