Alumni News & Notes
2001
Andrew Levine’s band, Emboda, released a full-length album. The band members met in 1999, while attending UAlbany. More: www.emboda.com.
2002
Andrew Edsall was appointed business development director, Asia Pacific (APAC) region, of SIS International Research in Tokyo.
2005
Chinwe Aniche recently married and is expecting a baby boy in October. She resides in New Jersey.
2007
Brent McGrady graduated from Otsego County Law Enforcement Academy in January 2017. He received the Sheriff Donald R. Mundy Sr. Award for academic excellence. Brent is a university policy officer at SUNY Oneonta. Emma Roszko Collum is a candidate for Florida State House Representative, District 93. She serves as general counsel for JL Audio in Miramar, Fla.; is founder and executive director of Women’s March Florida; and national, state and field head for Women’s March Washington.
2008
Angela Moyer is the recipient of Success Academy Charter Schools’ ETHOS Award for demonstrating the Success community’s values: Excellence, Teamwork, Humor, Ownership, and Students. She is a school psychologist at Success Academy Fort Greene in Brooklyn.
2009
Rashaun J. Allen is a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award recipient. He will conduct research in Barbados, teach English, and provide expertise abroad for the 2017-18 academic year. L. Syd M. Johnson was appointed to the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group Neuroethics Division. She is an associate professor of philosophy and bioethics at Michigan Technological University and coordinator of the University’s bioethics minor program.
2011
Raymond Blanchard is pursuing a doctoral degree in counselor education at Montclair State University. He is a school-based clinician in Harlem, N.Y.
2012
Carrie Gildersleeve Muthig is branch supervisor at Catskill Hudson Bank in Grahamsville, N.Y. She married Raymond Muthig in 2013. Courtney Hill was named “Rookie of the Year” by the Association of Pediatric Oncology Social Workers (APOSW). The award is presented to a practitioner who has worked in the field of pediatric oncology social work for less than five years. Courtney is a clinical social worker at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at the Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center.
2014
Kevin Baker joined Surgical Care Affiliates, Chicago, as a financial adviser. He previously was employed in Latham.
2016
Karsheen Azeem is co-CEO of Shakir Entertainment Management.
2017
Monica Van Ommeren was hired as an aftercare specialist at CityMD Urgent Care.
Matthew Jaslove was hired as a microelectronics process engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation. Kasey Wichelns relocated from Albany to Charlotte, N.C., where she is newly employed by KPMG.