THE 2022 HONOREES

Claudette Aldebot ’06 ’08g

Assistant Dean of Students/ Director of Equity & Inclusion Program/ (Bard College)

Spanish, Humanistic-Multicultural Education

Justin Berbig '12

Mobile Food Pantry Coordinator (Island Harvest)

Lauren Berg '06

Database and Development Manager (Walkway Over the Hudson)

Luis Blanco '16

Electrical Engineer who specializes in wireless communication

Electrical Engineering

Senior Producer (Good Morning America)

Communication Media

Vernon Byron '10

Ebony J. Calvin '04

Director of Campus Life at St. John’s University

Michael Camargo '07g

Behavior Analyst (Ellenville Central School District)

Mental Health Counseling, Psychology

Michael Circe '05 '09g

1st Lieutenant in the New York Air National Guard, Educational Technology Integration Specialist (Kingston City School District)

Childhood Education

Candido Crespo '06

Artist, podcast host and educator

Visual Arts Education

Wilalberto De Los Santos '05

Program Manager with the Office of Student Organizations, Leadership, and Service (Vanderbilt University)

Black Studies, Communication Media

Michael A. DeJesus III '05

Founder of Reaching Higher Ed

Black Studies

Yannick Florest '06

Educator, artist and mentor

Camille Hall '04

Job & Internship Coordinator at the College of Mount Saint Vincent-Bridge Program

Martha Holzman '10

Registered Nurse, Clinical Support Specialist, and Adjunct Education Specialist (Albany Medical Center)

James Jacobsen '06

Design Manager at TradeLens/Maersk

Black Studies

Christopher Jones '05

Professional Development Coordinator (State of Florida), Priest in the Gulf Atlantic Diocese

Black Studies

Donte Jones '08

Corporate Attorney, and C.E.O of Lyrically Correct

Michael Katz '06

Proprietor and director of personnel (Carry Out Kings Restaurant Delivery Service and Village Pizza)

Communication

Shauna Keating '16

Senior User Experience Designer (Truss)

Graphic Design

Zachary Keck '11

Analyst in Strategic Planning within the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon

Political Science

Ashley Knox '07 '10g

Executive Director (Go Beyond Greatness, Inc.)

Black Studies, Spanish, Sociology, Humanistic-Multicultural Ed

Vice President of Operations (S&O Construction Services, Inc.)

David Maffei '05

Owner of Halfsies Cookie Company

Lester Mayers '19

Many Voices Fellow at The Playwrights’ Center

Theatre Arts: Performance

Regina Musicaro '07

Postdoctoral Researcher (Yale Child Study Center)

Christopher Nostrand '11

Independent Filmmaker (Nostrand Productions LLC), Adjunct Professor in Digital Film Production (Marist College, SUNY New Paltz)

Communication Media

William Papetti '11

Middle School Math Teacher

Adolescence Ed: Math

Elizabeth Rivera '07

Director (East Brooklyn Community High School)

Kenneth Ronk, Jr. ’07

Minority Leader of the Ulster County Legislature, and Director of Downstate Regional Services for NYS Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay

Political Science

Dylan Rose ’16

Senior Manager of Business Intelligence at PBS

William Serino ’13g

Teacher at Hohenfels Middle High School in Germany

Adolescence Ed: Social Studies

Casey Silvestri ’17

First video producer and editor for The Washington Post’s Instagram account

Danielle Sofer ’05

Visiting Assistant Professor of music theory and music technology at the University of Dayton and co-founder of the LGBTQ+ Music Study Group

Ross Trapani ’07

CPA and partner at RBT CPAs, LLP

Valerie Turco ’05 ’10g

Director of The Center for Student Media at SUNY New Paltz

Communication Media, Humanistic-Multicultural Ed

Abe Uchitelle ’10

Business consultant and county legislator

Political Science

Lyndsey Wells ’14 ’16g

First Tech High School Robotics coach Wappingers School District

Early Childhood & Childhood Ed B-6, Childhood Education 1-6

Katherine Wilson ’14g

Associate Director of the Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center at SUNY New Paltz

Richard Winters ’08

Director of Community and Government Relations, SUNY New Paltz

Political Science