The PINNACLE Award
Recipients of The PINNACLE are chosen by past inductees, based on the following criteria: success or distinction in one’s chosen field of endeavor, significant contributions to society and humanity through public or humanitarian service and outstanding service to the University or reflection of the unique character of FDU in one’s life.
2021
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Kate Buggeln, BA’83
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Elizabeth Catrini, BS’85, MBA’89
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Frank Santoloci, BS’61, MBA’65
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Thomas Timko, BS’91
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Past Pinnacle Recipients
2019
Richard M. Brenner, BS’73
Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
The Brenner Group, Inc.
Eric Kaplan, DC, FIAMA, BS’74
Chief Executive Officer
Disc Centers of America
Concierge Coaches
Deanna Gray-Miceli, PhD, GNP, FAAN, BSN’82
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Ronald G. Pantello, MBA’77
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Havas Health
2018
Christine M. Candio, RN, FACHE, MPA'96
President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Luke’s Hospital
John P. Crawford, MBA'88, MA'01
Management Consultant Communications, Change & Team
Michael Moss, BS'75
Chairman, Intercontinental Development
Robert J. Zatta, MBA'77
Independent Director; Former Chief Financial Officer, Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
2017
Patrick A. Cozza, MBA'82
CEO, North America Insurance and SEVP Retail Banking and Wealth Management (Retired), HSBC
Thomas Dinsmore, MA'80
Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds LLC
Thanu Kulachol, MBA'72
President Emeritus, Bangkok University
Arthur Sukel, MBA'67
Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO (Retired), Diamandis Communications, Inc.
2016
Marko Costanzo, BS'81
Foley Artist
Howard Cowan, BS'66
Founder and President, Cowan Financial Group
Frances Gormley, BA'78
Founder and Managing Partner, Greenwich Marketing Group
Vito Luppino, BS'59
President, V.A.L. Floors
Lester Owens, MBA'91
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
2015
Timothy P. Lavin, BS’69
Manager of Operations (Retired), Shell Oil Company
William A. Lockwood, Jr., BS’62
Founder and President, ComputerTalk Associates, Inc.
Michele D. Logan, MBA’96
Chief Executive Officer, CompoSecure, LLC
Carolyn Oakley Lowe, BA’72
Administrative Partner, Lowe & Associates
Howard W. Robin, BS'74
President and CEO, Nektar Therapeutics
Nancy Barr Weinstein, AA’61
Registered Nurse
2014
Dely Po Go, MSN'09, DNP'12
Founder and President, Nursing Network, LLC
Howard Gogel, BS'79
President and Chief Executive Officer, Gogel Enterprises
Adele Gulfo, MBA'93
Executive Vice President of Global Collaboration and Strategic Operations, Mylan Inc.
Armen Khachaturian, BSEE'69, MBA'80
President, KEA Engineers
Marta L. Tellado, BA'81
President and Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Reports
Gene C. Waddy, BS'92
Chief Executive Officer and Owner, DIVERSANT, LLC
2013
Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, BSEE'70
President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Neil Koenig, BS'72
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Imowitz Koenig & Company
Robert Silbering, BA'69
Special Adviser to the CEO, T&M Protection Resources
2012
Yousif R. Al-Khater, BS’89
Economic Advisor to the Premier Minister of Qatar and Member of the State of Qatar Advisory Counsel
Joseph M. Healy, BS’72
Chairman of the Board, Kolmar Labs Group
Jay Jorgensen, BA’78
Civil War Historian, Author
Sun Hyang Kim, MA’68
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, University of North Korean Studies (Seoul, Korea)
2011
Linda M. Bowden, MBA’83
Regional President, PNC Bank, Northern New Jersey
Michael J. Clarke, BS’81
Partner and Co-founder, Buchanan Clarke Schlader LLP
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard J. Codey, BA’81
State Senator and former Governor, New Jersey
Seth V. Greenberg, BA’78
Head Basketball Coach, Virginia Tech.
2010
Brenda Blackmon, BA’01
Co-anchor, My9, WWOR-TV
Rosemary Español, BA’70
President and Founder, IEI Group
David Knee, BA’88
Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Myles Malman, Esq., BA’67
Managing Director, Malman, Malman & Rosenthal
Zygmunt “Zygi” Wilf, BA’71
Chairman, Minnesota Vikings
2009
Wayne B. Hallard, BS'80, MBA'84
Manager (Retired), Verizon
Christopher A. Johnson, BS'93
Managing Partner and CEO, Hollister Construction Services
Daniel C. Lewis, MBA'76
Senior Partner, Booz and Company
A. Lynn Moran, MBA'96
CEO, Sonoran Life Transition and Performance Coaching
2008
George W. Blank, BS'73, MBA'82
Executive Vice President and CFO (Retired), Univision Communications Inc.
Nicholas S. Cyprus, BS'77
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, General Motors Corporation
Shirley T. Hailstock, MBA'92
Award-winning novelist
Anthony L. Marano, MBA'78
President and CEO, Encelium Technologies
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Robert J. Pures, BS'67
Senior Vice President, Administration, CFO and Treasurer,
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
2007
Cheryl K. Beebe, MBA’88
Vice President and CFO, Corn Products International;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Stewart Krentzman, BA'73
President and CEO, Oki Data Americas, Inc.;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
John M. Muscarelle, AA’87, BS’89
President, Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc.
Carl Viola, MPA’79
Executive Vice President (Retired), Fairleigh Dickinson University
2006
Jeong-Eun Hyun, MA’83
Chairwoman, Hyundai Group
William D. McGarry, BS’69, MBA’77
President, Anna Maria College
Joseph J. Murphy, Jr., BS’64
Semi-Retired Real Estate Executive
Gregory H. Olsen, BS'66, BSEE'68, MS'68
President, GHO Ventures
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Emil W. Solimine, BS’75
Founder and Former President, EMAR Group
2005
John R. Monninger, BA'65
Founder, Bergen County Dodge and Manhattan Jeep Eagle Chrysler Plymouth
Anthony J. Petrocelli, BS'69*
Entrepreneur
Vincent Rienzi, BS'78
President, Rienzi & Rienzi Communications
Founder, Banyan School
Donna Rienzi, AA’79
Founder, Banyan School
Steven A. Rudnitsky, MBA'85
President and CEO, Dolce Hotels and Resorts
Joseph R. Tort, BS’80
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2004-2003
Anthony P. Ambrosio, Esq., BS'63
Attorney
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Jeffrey J. Carfora, BS’80, MBA’88
Executive Vice President and CEO, Penn Federal Savings Bank
Thomas J. Colligan, BS’69
Retired Vice Chairman (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers
Vice Dean of Executive Education, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton
Mark A. Meyer, Esq., BA'68
Attorney, Herzfeld & Rubin
Chair, Eastern European Practice Group
Salvatore B. Valente, BS'67, MBA'71
CEO, Bildisco Manufacturing, Inc.
2002
Anthony J. Cuti, MBA'71
Former Chairman, President and CEO, Duane Reade, Inc.
Charles M. Dombeck, MA’73
Organizational Consultant
Vice President of Corporate Human Resources (Retired), Pfizer.
Robert D. Ferris, BS'64
Executive Managing Director, RF Binder Partners, Inc.
Robert F. Foley, MBA’72
Lt. General, US Army (Retired)
Former President, Marion Military Institute.
Carol C. Knauff, MBA'78
Vice President of Global Markets, AT&T
Trustee, Faileigh Dickinson University
Past-President, Alumni Association Board of Governors
Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, BS’77
Executive Director, Cancer Research Institute
2001
Ronald E. Calissi, BA’70, MBA’89
Executive Associate Dean for Off-Campus Credit Programs,
Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Robert P. Evans, BS'71
Partner, KPMG LLP
Winston I. Lowe, Esq., BA’71
Attorney, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Thomas P. Mac Mahon, MBA'73
Former Chairman, President and CEO, LabCorp
Christine L. Miniman, BA’75
Judge, Appellate Division, Superior Courty, State of New Jersey
Dennis J. O’Brien, BS’65
Vice President (Retired) of Finance, Consumer HealthCare Group,
Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
2000
Gil Bashe, BA’76
Executive Vice President, Health Practice, Makovsky & Company
Michel F. Baumeister, Esq., BA'66
Partner, Baumeister & Samuels, P.C.,
Joseph M. Pizza, BA'73, MBA'78
CEO, Interchem Corporation
Mary Ann Walk, MBA’87
Vice President (Retired), Human Resources, AT&T
Stephen "Skippy" Weinstein, Esq., BS’62
Attorney; Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard D. Wellbrock, BA’60, MBA’64
Chairman, HillTop Community Bank; President, Wellbrock Inc.
1999
Reed Brody, BA’74
Human rights activist; European Press Director and Special Counsel, Human Rights Watch
Guy F. Budinscak, BS'74
Vice Chairman and Senior Advisory Partner, Deloitte & Touche;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Donna DelPrete Marki, Esq., BS’82
Attorney; President and Owner, Say It With Flowers;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Paul B. Schmidt, Sr., BS'59
Real Estate Developer and Partner, Clinton Realty
Martin F. Stadler, MBA’74
Senior Vice President (Retired), Finance and Information Technology, Hoffmann-La Roche
Mary Kay Mastronardy Stratis, BA’69, MAT’71
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1998
Michael R. Dressler, BA’76
Bergen County Surrogate
Angela Gittens, BA’67
Vice President of Airport Business Services, HNTB Corporation
Alice U. Hahn, BS’69
Co-founder, Advanced Mobile Solutions
Kuslima Shogen, BS'74, MS'76
Founder and CEO, Alfacell Corporation
1997
Roberta C. Ferguson, AA'64*
Vice President and Trustee, Ferguson Family Foundation, Inc.
Paul G. Lewis, BS’90
Entrepreneur
Jack S. Singleton, BS’64
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Technetics Corporation
James L. Sonageri, BS’77
Managing Partner, Sonageri & Fallon
Dennis F. Strigl, MBA’79
President and COO, Verizon Communications
Anthony J. Vespa, BS’70, MBA’74
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1996
Lee N. Eagles, BS’71
Senior Vice President, James E. Hanson Inc.
Stephen A. Karnas, BS’71
Partner (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers
Vincent J. Naimoli, MBA’64
Chairman, Tampa Bay Rays;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Pamela A. Rossetti, MA’78, MBA’83
Former Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,
Ferguson Communications Group
Richard J. Swift, MBA’75
Chairman, President and CEO (Retired), Foster Wheeler Corporation
1995
Ronald Cannella, MBA’65, MA’67
Clinical Psychologist
Mong Hun Chung, MBA'83*
Chair, Hyundia Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; Vice Chair, Hyundai Group
John J. Fahy, Esq., BS'76, MBA'78
Attorney, Fahy Choi
June Schlueter, BA’70
Provost (Retired) and Charles A. Dana Professor of English, Lafayette College
Paul G. Stern, BS’61
Co-founder, Arlington Capital Partners; Chairman, Claris Capital
1994
Bernard E. Brooks, BS'73*
President, Bernard E. Brooks and Associates
Helen M. Kennedy, BSN’71, MBA’87
Healthcare Consultant; Former President and CEO of Meadowlands Hospital Center
Sabry J. Mackoul, BA’63, MBA’75
Senior Executive Vice President (Retired), Summit Bank and Summit Bancorp
James Peters, MBA’82
Chairman Emeritus, Bank of New York, National Community Division
1993
Richard G. Horvath, BS'55*
Senior Vice President, The Prudential Asset Management and Co.
Peter Onorati, MBA’80
Screen Actor
Patrick J. Zenner, MBA’75
President and CEO (Retired), Hoffmann-La Roche;
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1992
Ronald M. Brill, BS’66
Executive Vice President and CFO, The Home Depot Inc.
Craig P. Heard, BS’72, MBA’74
President and CEO, Gateway Outdoor Advertising
Robert D. Huth, BS’71
President and CEO, David’s Bridal Inc.
Thomas M. Kirwan, MBA'69*
Executive Vice President and CFO, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.
William J. Lovejoy, MBA’81
Former Vice President, Vehicle Sales, Service, and Marketing, General Motors
George A. McKeon, BA'59*
General Counsel, The Travelers Corporation
James M. McNamee, MBA’73
Former Chairman, President and CEO, Hooper Holmes Inc.
Warren T. Oates, Jr., BS’72, MBA’76
Director (Retired) of Legal Administration and Assistant Secretary, Philips Electronic North America
Helen L. Warren, AA’52, BS’54*
Professor Emerita of Statistics, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1991
Jack M. Berdy, BS’88
CEO of VIP Medicine, LLC
Ronald J. Doerfler, BS’65, MBA’72
Senior Vice President and CFO, The Hearst Corporation;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard A. Guarino, BS’57
President, Oxford Pharmaceutical Services
John J. O’Gorman, MBA’81
Executive Vice President and Regional President, United Jersey Bank
Fred B. Roedel, BS’54
Founder, Chalet Susse International
William Simon, BS’62
National Managing Partner (Retired), KPMG
Kathryn M. Sullivan, MBA’81
Retired
Kenneth T. Vehrkens, BA’69, MAT'70, MA'74
Dean, Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1990
Donald P. Hetchka, BS’55
President and Partner (Retired), Hetchka & Bachmann
Clark H. Johnson, MBA'73*
Vice President, Finance, CFO, Johnson & Johnson
Peter C. Kells, BS’62
President, Kells Associates
Michael S. Lesser, BS’64
Entrepreneur
James R. Leva, BS'60*
Chair and CEO, GPU Inc.
William L. O’Neill, BS’67, DDS’70
Dentist; Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Eugene V. Petrik, BS'55*
President, Bellarmine College
James J. Sciubba, BS’64, DMD’67
Professor, Otolaryngology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Deborah A. Simmons, BS’71
Dermatologist
Grace Stanton, BA’73
Executive Director, Brand Marketing & Creative, University of Denver
Stephen C. Tumminello, BS’58
President and CEO (Retired), Philips Electronics North America Corp.
1989
Robert B. Budelman, Jr., BA’59
Of Counsel, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Samuel M. Convissor, BA’53
Vice President (Retired), Government Affairs, Mutual Benefit Life
Thomas G. Ferguson, BS’65
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, CommonHealth
Charles A. Gargano, BS’76, MBA’77
Former Chairman and Commissioner, Empire State Development
and Vice Chairman, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Kathleen C. Gogick, BS’67
Publisher and editor, Cosmopolitan and Town and Country
magazines, and Scholastic Inc.
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr., BS’55
Chairman and CEO (Retired) AlliedSignal Inc.;
Trustee Emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Virginia Ann Hodgkinson, BA’63, MA’64
Research Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown
Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Harold “Cap” Hollenbeck, BA’61
Judge (Retired), Superior Court of New Jersey
Michael G. King, BS’71
Former Vice Chairman and CEO, King World Productions
George D. Martin, BA’87
Vice President of AXA Sports Financial Services;
former lineman with the New York Giants
George L. Miles, Jr., MBA’70
President and CEO, WQED Multimedia
Peggy Noonan, BA’74
Author and former speechwriter for Presidents Reagan and Bush
Darlene Orlov, BA’71, MA’82
President, Orlov Resources for Business Inc.
Louis Padulo, BS’59
President Emeritus, University City Science Center
Jae Kyu Park, BA’67
President, Kyungnam University, Korea
Elia G. Stratis, BS'67, MBA'76*
Partner, Campos and Stratis
Herman H. Suenholz, BS’59
Vice Chairman (Retired), National Westminster Bank
Hugh “Denny” Wisely, '61
Former Commanding Officer, USS John F. Kennedy
* In Memoriam
Past Pinnacle Inductees
Honorees • 2022 • 2019-2015 • 2014-2010 • 2009-2005 • 2004-2000 • 1999-1995 • 1994-1990 • 1989
2022 (Return to Top)
Elizabeth Catrini, BS'85, MBA'89
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business, Centenary University
Assistant Vice President, Global Customer Service Chief Financial Officer, AT&T (retired)
Bonnie Krentzman, BA'73
Educator
Frank Santoloci, BS'61, MBA'65
Production Director, The New York Times
Thomas Timko, BS'91
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, GE
2019 (Return to Top)
Richard M. Brenner, BS’73
Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
The Brenner Group, Inc.
Eric Kaplan, DC, FIAMA, BS’74
Chief Executive Officer
Disc Centers of America
Concierge Coaches
Deanna Gray-Miceli, PhD, GNP, FAAN, BSN’82
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Ronald G. Pantello, MBA’77
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Havas Health
2018 (Return to Top)
Christine M. Candio, RN, FACHE, MPA'96
President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Luke’s Hospital
John P. Crawford, MBA'88, MA'01
Management Consultant Communications, Change & Team
Michael Moss, BS'75
Chairman, Intercontinental Development
Robert J. Zatta, MBA'77
Independent Director; Former Chief Financial Officer, Rockwood Holdings, Inc.
2017 (Return to Top)
Patrick A. Cozza, MBA'82
CEO, North America Insurance and SEVP Retail Banking and Wealth Management (Retired), HSBC
Thomas Dinsmore, MA'80
Portfolio Manager, Gabelli Funds LLC
Thanu Kulachol, MBA'72
President Emeritus, Bangkok University
Arthur Sukel, MBA'67
Senior Vice President, Finance and CFO (Retired), Diamandis Communications, Inc.
2016 (Return to Top)
Marko Costanzo, BS'81
Foley Artist
Howard Cowan, BS'66 *
Founder and President, Cowan Financial Group
Frances Gormley, BA'78
Founder and Managing Partner, Greenwich Marketing Group
Vito Luppino, BS'59
President, V.A.L. Floors
Lester Owens, MBA'91
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
2015 (Return to Top)
Timothy P. Lavin, BS’69
Manager of Operations (Retired), Shell Oil Company
William A. Lockwood, Jr., BS’62
Founder and President, ComputerTalk Associates, Inc.
Michele D. Logan, MBA’96
Chief Executive Officer, CompoSecure, LLC
Carolyn Oakley Lowe, BA’72
Administrative Partner, Lowe & Associates
Howard W. Robin, BS'74
President and CEO, Nektar Therapeutics
Nancy Barr Weinstein, AA’61
Registered Nurse
2014 (Return to Top)
Dely Po Go, MSN'09, DNP'12
Founder and President, Nursing Network, LLC
Howard Gogel, BS'79
President and Chief Executive Officer, Gogel Enterprises
Adele Gulfo, MBA'93
Executive Vice President of Global Collaboration and Strategic Operations, Mylan Inc.
Armen Khachaturian, BSEE'69, MBA'80
President, KEA Engineers
Marta L. Tellado, BA'81
President and Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Reports
Gene C. Waddy, BS'92
Chief Executive Officer and Owner, DIVERSANT, LLC
2013 (Return to Top)
Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, BSEE'70
President, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Neil Koenig, BS'72
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Imowitz Koenig & Company
Robert Silbering, BA'69
Special Adviser to the CEO, T&M Protection Resources
2012 (Return to Top)
Yousif R. Al-Khater, BS’89
Economic Advisor to the Premier Minister of Qatar and Member of the State of Qatar Advisory Counsel
Joseph M. Healy, BS’72
Chairman of the Board, Kolmar Labs Group
Jay Jorgensen, BA’78
Civil War Historian, Author
Sun Hyang Kim, MA’68
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, University of North Korean Studies (Seoul, Korea)
2011 (Return to Top)
Linda M. Bowden, MBA’83
Regional President, PNC Bank, Northern New Jersey
Michael J. Clarke, BS’81
Partner and Co-founder, Buchanan Clarke Schlader LLP
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard J. Codey, BA’81
State Senator and former Governor, New Jersey
Seth V. Greenberg, BA’78
Head Basketball Coach, Virginia Tech.
2010 (Return to Top)
Brenda Blackmon, BA’01
Co-anchor, My9, WWOR-TV
Rosemary Español, BA’70
President and Founder, IEI Group
David Knee, BA’88
Managing Director, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Myles Malman, Esq., BA’67
Managing Director, Malman, Malman & Rosenthal
Zygmunt “Zygi” Wilf, BA’71
Chairman, Minnesota Vikings
2009 (Return to Top)
Wayne B. Hallard, BS'80, MBA'84
Manager (Retired), Verizon
Christopher A. Johnson, BS'93
Managing Partner and CEO, Hollister Construction Services
Daniel C. Lewis, MBA'76
Senior Partner, Booz and Company
A. Lynn Moran, MBA'96
CEO, Sonoran Life Transition and Performance Coaching
2008 (Return to Top)
George W. Blank, BS'73, MBA'82
Executive Vice President and CFO (Retired), Univision Communications Inc.
Nicholas S. Cyprus, BS'77
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, General Motors Corporation
Shirley T. Hailstock, MBA'92
Award-winning novelist
Anthony L. Marano, MBA'78
President and CEO, Encelium Technologies
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Robert J. Pures, BS'67
Senior Vice President, Administration, CFO and Treasurer,
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
2007 (Return to Top)
Cheryl K. Beebe, MBA’88
Vice President and CFO, Corn Products International;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Stewart Krentzman, BA'73
President and CEO, Oki Data Americas, Inc.;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
John M. Muscarelle, AA’87, BS’89
President, Jos. L. Muscarelle, Inc.
Carl Viola, MPA’79
Executive Vice President (Retired), Fairleigh Dickinson University
2006 (Return to Top)
Jeong-Eun Hyun, MA’83
Chairwoman, Hyundai Group
William D. McGarry, BS’69, MBA’77
President, Anna Maria College
Joseph J. Murphy, Jr., BS’64
Semi-Retired Real Estate Executive
Gregory H. Olsen, BS'66, BSEE'68, MS'68
President, GHO Ventures
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Emil W. Solimine, BS’75
Founder and Former President, EMAR Group
2005 (Return to Top)
John R. Monninger, BA'65
Founder, Bergen County Dodge and Manhattan Jeep Eagle Chrysler Plymouth
Anthony J. Petrocelli, BS'69*
Entrepreneur
Vincent Rienzi, BS'78
President, Rienzi & Rienzi Communications
Founder, Banyan School
Donna Rienzi, AA’79
Founder, Banyan School
Steven A. Rudnitsky, MBA'85
President and CEO, Dolce Hotels and Resorts
Joseph R. Tort, BS’80
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
2004-2003 (Return to Top)
Anthony P. Ambrosio, Esq., BS'63
Attorney
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Jeffrey J. Carfora, BS’80, MBA’88
Executive Vice President and CEO, Penn Federal Savings Bank
Thomas J. Colligan, BS’69
Retired Vice Chairman (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers
Vice Dean of Executive Education, Aresty Institute of Executive Education, Wharton
Mark A. Meyer, Esq., BA'68
Attorney, Herzfeld & Rubin
Chair, Eastern European Practice Group
Salvatore B. Valente, BS'67, MBA'71
CEO, Bildisco Manufacturing, Inc.
2002 (Return to Top)
Anthony J. Cuti, MBA'71
Former Chairman, President and CEO, Duane Reade, Inc.
Charles M. Dombeck, MA’73
Organizational Consultant
Vice President of Corporate Human Resources (Retired), Pfizer.
Robert D. Ferris, BS'64
Executive Managing Director, RF Binder Partners, Inc.
Robert F. Foley, MBA’72
Lt. General, US Army (Retired)
Former President, Marion Military Institute.
Carol C. Knauff, MBA'78
Vice President of Global Markets, AT&T
Trustee, Faileigh Dickinson University
Past-President, Alumni Association Board of Governors
Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, BS’77
Executive Director, Cancer Research Institute
2001 (Return to Top)
Ronald E. Calissi, BA’70, MBA’89
Executive Associate Dean for Off-Campus Credit Programs,
Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Robert P. Evans, BS'71
Partner, KPMG LLP
Winston I. Lowe, Esq., BA’71
Attorney, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Thomas P. Mac Mahon, MBA'73
Former Chairman, President and CEO, LabCorp
Christine L. Miniman, BA’75
Judge, Appellate Division, Superior Courty, State of New Jersey
Dennis J. O’Brien, BS’65
Vice President (Retired) of Finance, Consumer HealthCare Group,
Warner-Lambert Company (now Pfizer)
2000 (Return to Top)
Gil Bashe, BA’76
Executive Vice President, Health Practice, Makovsky & Company
Michel F. Baumeister, Esq., BA'66
Partner, Baumeister & Samuels, P.C.,
Joseph M. Pizza, BA'73, MBA'78
CEO, Interchem Corporation
Mary Ann Walk, MBA’87
Vice President (Retired), Human Resources, AT&T
Stephen "Skippy" Weinstein, Esq., BS’62
Attorney; Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard D. Wellbrock, BA’60, MBA’64
Chairman, HillTop Community Bank; President, Wellbrock Inc.
1999 (Return to Top)
Reed Brody, BA’74
Human rights activist; European Press Director and Special Counsel, Human Rights Watch
Guy F. Budinscak, BS'74
Vice Chairman and Senior Advisory Partner, Deloitte & Touche;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Donna DelPrete Marki, Esq., BS’82
Attorney; President and Owner, Say It With Flowers;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Paul B. Schmidt, Sr., BS'59
Real Estate Developer and Partner, Clinton Realty
Martin F. Stadler, MBA’74
Senior Vice President (Retired), Finance and Information Technology, Hoffmann-La Roche
Mary Kay Mastronardy Stratis, BA’69, MAT’71
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1998 (Return to Top)
Michael R. Dressler, BA’76
Bergen County Surrogate
Angela Gittens, BA’67
Vice President of Airport Business Services, HNTB Corporation
Alice U. Hahn, BS’69
Co-founder, Advanced Mobile Solutions
Kuslima Shogen, BS'74, MS'76
Founder and CEO, Alfacell Corporation
1997 (Return to Top)
Roberta C. Ferguson, AA'64*
Vice President and Trustee, Ferguson Family Foundation, Inc.
Paul G. Lewis, BS’90
Entrepreneur
Jack S. Singleton, BS’64
Chairman and CEO (Retired), Technetics Corporation
James L. Sonageri, BS’77
Managing Partner, Sonageri & Fallon
Dennis F. Strigl, MBA’79
President and COO, Verizon Communications
Anthony J. Vespa, BS’70, MBA’74
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1996 (Return to Top)
Lee N. Eagles, BS’71
Senior Vice President, James E. Hanson Inc.
Stephen A. Karnas, BS’71
Partner (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers
Vincent J. Naimoli, MBA’64*
Chairman, Tampa Bay Rays;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Pamela A. Rossetti, MA’78, MBA’83
Former Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,
Ferguson Communications Group
Richard J. Swift, MBA’75
Chairman, President and CEO (Retired), Foster Wheeler Corporation
1995 (Return to Top)
Ronald Cannella, MBA’65, MA’67
Clinical Psychologist
Mong Hun Chung, MBA'83*
Chair, Hyundia Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; Vice Chair, Hyundai Group
John J. Fahy, Esq., BS'76, MBA'78
Attorney, Fahy Choi
June Schlueter, BA’70
Provost (Retired) and Charles A. Dana Professor of English, Lafayette College
Paul G. Stern, BS’61
Co-founder, Arlington Capital Partners; Chairman, Claris Capital
1994 (Return to Top)
Bernard E. Brooks, BS'73*
President, Bernard E. Brooks and Associates
Helen M. Kennedy, BSN’71, MBA’87
Healthcare Consultant; Former President and CEO of Meadowlands Hospital Center
Sabry J. Mackoul, BA’63, MBA’75
Senior Executive Vice President (Retired), Summit Bank and Summit Bancorp
James Peters, MBA’82
Chairman Emeritus, Bank of New York, National Community Division
1993 (Return to Top)
Richard G. Horvath, BS'55*
Senior Vice President, The Prudential Asset Management and Co.
Peter Onorati, MBA’80
Screen Actor
Patrick J. Zenner, MBA’75
President and CEO (Retired), Hoffmann-La Roche;
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1992 (Return to Top)
Ronald M. Brill, BS’66
Executive Vice President and CFO, The Home Depot Inc.
Craig P. Heard, BS’72, MBA’74
President and CEO, Gateway Outdoor Advertising
Robert D. Huth, BS’71
President and CEO, David’s Bridal Inc.
Thomas M. Kirwan, MBA'69*
Executive Vice President and CFO, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.
William J. Lovejoy, MBA’81
Former Vice President, Vehicle Sales, Service, and Marketing, General Motors
George A. McKeon, BA'59*
General Counsel, The Travelers Corporation
James M. McNamee, MBA’73
Former Chairman, President and CEO, Hooper Holmes Inc.
Warren T. Oates, Jr., BS’72, MBA’76
Director (Retired) of Legal Administration and Assistant Secretary, Philips Electronic North America
Helen L. Warren, AA’52, BS’54*
Professor Emerita of Statistics, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1991 (Return to Top)
Jack M. Berdy, BS’88
CEO of VIP Medicine, LLC
Ronald J. Doerfler, BS’65, MBA’72*
Senior Vice President and CFO, The Hearst Corporation;
Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Richard A. Guarino, BS’57
President, Oxford Pharmaceutical Services
John J. O’Gorman, MBA’81
Executive Vice President and Regional President, United Jersey Bank
Fred B. Roedel, BS’54
Founder, Chalet Susse International
William Simon, BS’62
National Managing Partner (Retired), KPMG
Kathryn M. Sullivan, MBA’81
Retired
Kenneth T. Vehrkens, BA’69, MAT'70, MA'74*
Dean, Petrocelli College, Fairleigh Dickinson University
1990 (Return to Top)
Donald P. Hetchka, BS’55
President and Partner (Retired), Hetchka & Bachmann
Clark H. Johnson, MBA'73*
Vice President, Finance, CFO, Johnson & Johnson
Peter C. Kells, BS’62
President, Kells Associates
Michael S. Lesser, BS’64
Entrepreneur
James R. Leva, BS'60*
Chair and CEO, GPU Inc.
William L. O’Neill, BS’67, DDS’70
Dentist; Trustee, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Eugene V. Petrik, BS'55*
President, Bellarmine College
James J. Sciubba, BS’64, DMD’67
Professor, Otolaryngology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Deborah A. Simmons, BS’71
Dermatologist
Grace Stanton, BA’73
Executive Director, Brand Marketing & Creative, University of Denver
Stephen C. Tumminello, BS’58
President and CEO (Retired), Philips Electronics North America Corp.
1989 (Return to Top)
Robert B. Budelman, Jr., BA’59
Of Counsel, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold
Samuel M. Convissor, BA’53
Vice President (Retired), Government Affairs, Mutual Benefit Life
Thomas G. Ferguson, BS’65
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, CommonHealth
Charles A. Gargano, BS’76, MBA’77
Former Chairman and Commissioner, Empire State Development
and Vice Chairman, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Kathleen C. Gogick, BS’67
Publisher and editor, Cosmopolitan and Town and Country
magazines, and Scholastic Inc.
Edward L. Hennessy, Jr., BS’55
Chairman and CEO (Retired) AlliedSignal Inc.;
Trustee Emeritus, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Virginia Ann Hodgkinson, BA’63, MA’64
Research Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown
Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Harold “Cap” Hollenbeck, BA’61
Judge (Retired), Superior Court of New Jersey
Michael G. King, BS’71
Former Vice Chairman and CEO, King World Productions
George D. Martin, BA’87
Vice President of AXA Sports Financial Services;
former lineman with the New York Giants
George L. Miles, Jr., MBA’70
President and CEO, WQED Multimedia
Peggy Noonan, BA’74
Author and former speechwriter for Presidents Reagan and Bush
Darlene Orlov, BA’71, MA’82
President, Orlov Resources for Business Inc.
Louis Padulo, BS’59
President Emeritus, University City Science Center
Jae Kyu Park, BA’67
President, Kyungnam University, Korea
Elia G. Stratis, BS'67, MBA'76*
Partner, Campos and Stratis
Herman H. Suenholz, BS’59
Vice Chairman (Retired), National Westminster Bank
Hugh “Denny” Wisely, '61
Former Commanding Officer, USS John F. Kennedy
* In Memoriam