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Keynote Speaker
Lynne Oldham ’86
Major: Business Administration/Finance
4 – 4:45 p.m.
Chief People Officer
Stash Financial Technology Company and formerly with Zoom Video Communications
“Applying Growth Mindset to Your Own Career and Leadership”
Lynne has been called a unicorn amongst HR leaders because she has not only worked in every role in HR but also across multiple diverse industries and geographies. As Lynne will explain to you this involves being open to new experiences and the change that goes along with that. Then she made the leap to the tech industry - pre-IPO and pre-pandemic. What challenges did all that change present for her, her company, and her leadership style and what does it mean for the way we all work going forward?
School of Business
Careers in Business
Accounting
Clarissa Goins '94
Vice President and Compliance Officer
Bank of Millbrook
Major: Business Administration/Finance
Dominique Goss*
Executive Director
M&T Bank Charitable Foundation
Major: Business Administration, Marketing; MBA Business Administration and Management
Ita Rahilly*
Partner
RBT CPAs, LLP
Major: Business Administration/Accounting
Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Management, Marketing
Sandra Jackson '86
Owner
Express Employment Professionals
Major: Business Administration
Judy Tallerman*
Owner
Senate Garage and CoWork Kingston
Major: Business Administration/Management
Melanie Kaplan '15
Licensing Manager
Sesame Workshop
Major: Communication Media
Human Resources/Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Lynne Oldham ’86
Chief People Officer
Stash Financial Technology Company and formerly with Zoom Video Communications
Major: Business Adminstration/Finance
Sofia B. Pertuz '94
Managing Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Billie Jean King Enterprises
Major: Organizational Communication
School of Education
Careers in Education
Adolescence/Early Childhood and Childhood/STEM Education
Lisa Roloson '06 '16g
Middle School Principal
Unionvale Arlington School District
Major: Adolescence Education/Biology; School Leadership
Lyndsey Wells '14 '16g
Educator and High School Robotics Coach
Wappingers School District
Major: Early Childhood Education
School Leadership
Rosemary Milczewski '08
Assistant Principal
Flushing International High School
Major: Adolescence Education/Mathematics
Starr Sackstein '18g
Chief Operating Officer Educator
Mastery Portfolio, LLC, author, speaker
Major: School District Leadership
Angela Urbina - Medina '00 '07g
Assistant Superintendent
Ellenville Central School District
Major: Pre K-6 General; School Leadership
Social Justice/Multicultural Education
Berne Bendel '03g
Associate Professor of Education and Psychology
SUNY Columbia-Greene Community College
Major: Social Justice Educational Studies
Megan Braren '04 '17g
Assistant Superintendent of Student Support Services
Rondout Valley Central School District
Major: Humanistic Multicultural Education/School Leadership
Special Education/Communicatons Sciences and Disorders
Kyomi Gregory-Martin '05
Associate Professor
Pace University
Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders
Rebecca Sorenson*
Assistant Principal/Learning Specialist
School of the Future
Major: Childhood Education 1-6; Master's degree: Students with Disabilities 1-6;
School of Fine & Performing Arts
Careers in Fine & Performing Arts
Graphic Design - Co-sponsored by Design Week
Andrea Carrillo ’13
Associate Director, Brand Design
Drift
Major: Graphic Design
Brianna Rascoe '15
Associate Director, Design; Adjunct Lecturer
Kinesso; SUNY New Paltz Graphic Design
Major: Graphic Design
Nicolette Seeback Ruggiero '15
Associate Art Director
Macmillan, Henry Holt & Company
Major: Graphic Design
Theatre Performance: Film, Television, Theatre, Music
Andrea Lynn Green '09
Actor
Appeared in Various Broadway and Regional Theatre Productions, Film and Television
Major: Theatre Arts
Geraldine Hughes*
Television and Stage Actress and Producer
Appeared in Film, Television and Stage
Major: Theater, Film and TV
Theatre Production
Renee Levine Furphy '10
Deck Sound, Local One Stagehand
Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway
Major: Theatre Arts
Jessie Malone '10
Live Producer
Peloton Interactive
Major: Theatre Arts
Noreen Yarwood '02
Founder
Shake It Out & former middle school theatre teacher
Major: Theatre Arts
VISUAL ARTS/PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHY/METAL - CO-SPONSORED BY ART AID AND DESIGN WEEK
Anna Conlan*
Neil C. Trager Director
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
Major: Master of Art, Museum Anthropology and Feminism and the Visual Arts; Ph.D Art History
Bobbi Esmark '84
Painter/Printmaker/Owner
Bravo Echo Gallery
Major: Painting
Andrea Pacione '15 '17g
American Contemporary Oil Painter
Pacione Studio Gallery
Major: Painting - Drawing
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Careers in Liberal Arts & Sciences
Digital Media & Journalism/Public Relations/Creative Writing/Communications
Stephanie Black '16
Associate Director, Programmatic & Display
Tinuiti
Major: Public Relations, Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication
Lee Conell '09 '11g
Author: The Party Upstairs
Forty Under 40; Wallant Award Recipient for this novel
Major: English
Zameena Mejia ’15
Communications Manager
Vera Institute of Justice.
Major: Journalism: Public Relations and Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Spanish
Casey Silvestri '17
First news editor for social video
The Associated Press
Major: Journalism
Alexandria Winters '09
Director of Experience Operations
Nuvance Health
Major: Communication Studies
Law and Politics
Joleen Caridad Rivera, Esq. '06
Attorney
Amazon Web Services Public Policy; Former Legislative Director & Chief Counsel US Senate
Major: International Relations
Julie Langdon, Esq. '99
Shareholder and Patent Attorney
Vedder Price, P.C.
Major: Biology
Keisha Parker, Esq. '00
Attorney
Nicolson Law Group
Major: Black Studies/Communication Studies
Law/Social/Public Services/Non-Profit/Community Service
Regina Calcaterra, Esq. '88
Founding Partner/Author
Calcaterra Pollack LLP/Etched in Sand
Major: Political Science
Renee Fillette '94 '97g
Executive Director
Dutchess Outreach
Major: Psychology
Rebecca Kassay '10
Trustee, Executive Producer, Host
Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson/Be the Change with Rebecca Kassay
Major: Environmental Studies
School of Science & Engineering
Careers in Science & Engineering
Biotechnology and Medicine
Camille-Ashley Chavez '17
Physician's Assistant
City MD
Major: Biology
Sheena Henry '12
Associate Manager
Regeneron, Biotechnology Research
Major: Chemistry
Engineering/Computer Science
Cora DiCesare '16
Director of Electric T&D
Central Hudson
Major: Electrical Engineering
Elizabeth Perez '98
Project Manager/Senior Electrical Engineer
WSP USA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Alethea Schaeffer*
Vice President of Sales and Engineering
USHECO
Major: Mechanical Engineering; Engineering Management
Graduate School and Science Research
Aylin Aykanat '12 Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Innovation Scholar
University of New Hampshire
Major: Biology and Chemistry
Rachel Marra '16, Ph.D
STEM Instructional Design Associate
e Cornell University
Major: Astronomy
