1981

Donald V. McCormick (Economics) joined Advatek Lighting as chief revenue officer.

1985

Dawn Zimmer (Business Administration) has been named principal deputy CIO by the U.S. Department of Energy. Dawn served as executive director for information technology at Virginia Tech since 2019. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, she held various roles at the Federal Aviation Administration and at the Department of Justice, Ulticom and GE Capital.

1990

Kristine Denning (Psychology) joined the law firm of Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP as a partner focusing her practice on insurance defense and commercial litigation. Kristine had been a partner with Harwood Lloyd LLP.

1992

Anthony Ferrandino (Business Administration), a member of DeMedio Wealth Partners, has joined the Rockefeller Global Family Office, the wealth management unit of Rockefeller Capital Management in Newton, Penn. Anthony serves as a private advisor and senior vice president.

1993

Jason F. Simon (Environmental Studies), associate vice president, data, analytics and institutional research at the University of North Texas, is among the contributors to a recent publication of the Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Data Informed Campus.”
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1997

Lynn Stamatelatos (Business Administration) is the new director of corporate and community relations for Berkeley College. Lynn joined Berkeley College in 2012 as coordinator of special projects. She also volunteers with Families for Families (NJ) and the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. She is a member of the New Jersey Career Center Consortium (NJC3). At Berkeley College, Lynn received the “President’s Award for Making a Difference,” the “Extra Mile Award” and the “Be Exceptional Award.”

2002

Robert Helm (Business Administration) was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ollie's Outlet Holdings, Inc. headquartered in Harrisburg, Penn. Robert joined the company in 2022 as senior vice president and CFO.

2005

Blaise Lucas (Accounting) has been appointed vice president of accounting at Woodmont Properties. Before joining Woodmont, Blaise served as senior vice president and controller at Vornado Realty Trust. He has also worked for Turner Construction and Deloitte and led his own firm, Lucas Financial. He is a certified public accountant.

2007

Lisa Rizzo (Psychology) was recently profiled by 201 Magazine. Lisa is an entrepreneur who founded Limitless Slides, a footwear company. Lisa also owns ChallengeU Softball in Wyckoff.

2010

Jennifer Cohen (American Studies and Literature) is now the head of adult information services at the Suffern Library in Suffern, N.Y.

2012

Carolyn M. Nagle (Communication Arts) was named vice president at The Next Solutions Group (NSG), a reputation management firm. Carolyn was most recently an integrated strategic communications manager at Bayer where she worked for over a decade in various roles across the U.S. communications.

2013

Tiffanie Henry (History) was accepted to the White House History Teacher Institute, sponsored by the White House Historical Association.  It is a week-long professional program which will take place in July in Washington D.C.

Drew Illingworth (Business Administration) has joined CohnReznick LLP, an advisory, assurance and tax firm, as managing director in its digital advisory practice. Drew had been senior director of global IT strategy at PVH Corporation. He holds an MBA from Binghamton University. Drew serves on ASB alumni advisory board and has taught at the college as an adjunct professor of finance.

Kaitlin M. McGuinness (Political Science) was promoted to state deputy director of the office of Senator Cory Booker. Kaitlin has served in the senator's office since he was first elected to the Senate in 2013. Before her time in the Senate office, she was a press assistant for then Mayor Booker of the City of Newark. Kaitlin was also recently honored by the publication, the Irish Echo, with a 2025 “Irish 40 under 40 Award.”

2014

Eneuri Acosta (Communication Arts) was elected vice president of the Horological Society of New York (HSNY). Eneuri previously worked as chief brand officer at HODINKEE, Inc.

2017

Wayne Mallette (MAEL) has been elected president of the Eastern Division of the National Association for Music Education (NAFME).  Wayne is immediate past president of New Jersey Music Educators Association and supervisor of fine arts and physical education (PreK–12) for the Scotch Plains–Fanwood School District. He is also a lecturer and adjunct professor of music education at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.  Wayne received a bachelor's of music and music education from Rutgers University and a master's in music and music education from Northwestern University. He received an Ed.D. in music and music education from Columbia University, Teachers College.

Ashley Mehyo (Mathematics) has been appointed vice president of claims for fine arts and collectibles at Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager. Previously, Ashley served as claims supervisor at Berkley Asset Protection.

2018

Kelly Huie (Psychology) recently completed a Ph.D. in criminology at Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland.

2019

Christopher J. Chiusolo (Business Administration) has been named vice president at NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co., a commercial real estate brokerage firm based in Woodridge. He will focus on industrial property sales and leasing.

Christopher Wong (Business Administration) has a new position at J&J as a senior auditor in its LIFT (Lean into Future Talent) program, a CFO-nominated leadership program.

2021

Jonathan Lee Lancaster (History, 2016; MAEL, 2021) has been selected as one of 21 educators from across the country to serve on the National Humanities Center's teacher advisory council.  The council was formed to aid in NHC's ongoing effort to encourage excellence in humanities teaching. Jonathan is a social studies teacher at the Bergen County Academies.

2023

Shane Storms Zurbach (BSN), a registered nurse in the clinical decision unit at Valley Hospital, received a “Daisy Award” this past March for his exceptional patient care.

2024

Brett Curtis (MAEL) has been named assistant principal of Westfield High School. Brett has been a social studies teacher at the high school since 2013. He has also served as coach of the freshman boys basketball team for the past nine years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Rutgers and a Master of Arts in teaching from Monmouth University.

Joseph Misilmeri (Law and Society) was recently sworn in as a police officer for the Village of Ridgewood. Joseph served in the U.S. Army before attending Ramapo College.